Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Chapter 463 Leisure Time 3 - New Year

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.

Shi Qiu and Bubble Chinchilla completed the final demo recording and released a trailer for the release of the new single on the Internet.

"Do you feel that my singing skills seem to have improved a lot recently?"

When they leisurely returned to the villa, Shi Qiu suddenly said to the bubble chinchilla in his arms.

Improve singing skills?

The foam chinchilla tilted its head and shook its tail.

Speaking of which, his recent music practice seems to be a lot easier than usual, as if he has reached a new level, and the previous training can no longer give him more pressure.

“(Recently, Genesis’ team practices have been much leaner.)”

Lu Qing’s villa is big and the pool is also big.

Shi Qiu felt that it was not a good thing for the elves to stay in the simulator secret realm all day, so the Genesis music team often held team building in the courtyard of the villa. The vocal practice every morning became more and more harmonious.

The morning exercise trio of Lu Qingrongyue and Yize not only did not feel that Genesis was noisy at all, they even thought it was a good experience.

"Hiss, morning exercise and morning song... eh~" Recalling the not-so-pleasant experience, Shi Qiu shook off the goose bumps on his body.

Sorry, he didn't understand what was so good about this experience.

"(wrong!)"

Suddenly, the bubble squirrel stood up in Shi Qiu's arms and jumped onto Shi Qiu's shoulders in two or three steps.

"What's wrong? Isn't it good to have some progress..."

"(I remember it!)"

The Bubble Squirrel tapped Shi Qiu's head with its tail, signaling him to stop interrupting and disrupting its thoughts.

"(During this period of time, when I coordinated Genesis in the morning, the activity of the 'Music Venue' has been ridiculously high! And at the beginning, I even noticed that there seemed to be elves intervening in my 'Music Venue' line score!)"

"(Although after that, I never noticed any intrusion from outside forces... No, maybe it should be called joining? Anyway, I think the recent activity of the "Music Venue" must have something to do with that Pokémon!)"

Because the strange feeling only lasted a short time and never reappeared, Bubble Squirrel never took it seriously.

It wasn't until today when he happened to recall what was wrong that day during a casual chat that Bubble Squirrel connected the two events.

And, it looks like... well-intentioned?

Able to intervene in the music venue coordinated by the Bubble Squirrel, and only showed abnormality at the initial contact, and then was able to directly and perfectly integrate into the music venue without any mistakes, and even deceived the perception of the Bubble Squirrel...

Shi Qiu raised an eyebrow.

Is there really an elf?

He had no doubt about Bubble Squirrel's idea. Even though Bubble Squirrel's strength was still criticized, its ability to coordinate music was no weaker than Ice Ninetails' ability to coordinate ice and snow.

There is no possibility of perception error.

"Do you have any specific musical preferences?" Shi Qiu asked.

In the Pokémon world, there are quite a few Pokémon that are good at music.

But if you know the attribute tendency, you can shorten the range greatly.

For example, the ninth-generation Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile, even if the sound moves it uses are just simple round-robin or loud sounds, have an inevitable "fire" attribute tendency.

There is also the Western Lion and the Sea Ren corresponding to "water", the Staff-tailed Scaled Dragon corresponding to "dragon", and so on.

More than a month had passed. Bubble Squirrel frowned and thought hard for a long time before he said with certainty: "(There is no tendency. It should be a normal Pokémon like me.)"

"Then it could be Pokémon like Jigglypuff, Cathead, Happin, Bubble Squirrel, etc."

Shi Qiu thought for a moment and said, "I think we can try to contact it. From your description, I feel that this elf has a very high musical talent."

"If you absorb it, maybe you can raise Genesis and even your strength to a higher level."

Since it did not show up openly, but only appeared from the side, it proved that this mysterious elf was cautious and shy.

Shi Qiu felt that as a human being, it would be best for him not to actively pursue it, to avoid counterproductive results, and he should just let the elves with the same talents like the Bubble Squirrel to get in touch with it.

Anyway, he has no shortage of elves, so even if he doesn't score any goals and is just a name in Genesis, Shi Qiu can totally accept it.

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It was already afternoon when we returned to the villa.

Rongyue and Yize were moving things into the living room in large and small bags. From the transparent packaging bags, one could see that the items were of various types.

Most of them are various snacks, and there are some strange decorations, such as couplets, Spring Festival couplets, and blessing characters. At the end, there are also various childish toys that children would dislike.

Lu Qing and Shi Qiu, who had been following along with oohs and oh wows, had their eyes lighting up when they saw the little toys.

It's still too childish for kids, but it's just right for college students like them!

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As evening approached, the Lu family villa was bustling with activity.

All the elves, as long as they were big enough, gathered from the yard into the villa.

Several butlers and Tabunai prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. The four of them and a group of elves ate and drank while watching the Spring Festival Gala on TV. They also took time out from the busy schedule to play poker.

Lu Qing asked: "I heard that you were also invited to the Spring Festival Gala? A pair of 6."

Shi Qiu nodded: "But I'm lazy, and I can't do the thing of singing in public... one on two... and it must be more fun to celebrate the New Year in private."

Gardevoir raised his hand, stopping Shi Qiu from continuing to play, and used his supernatural powers to throw down four cards.

"(Four fours, bomb!)"

Rongyue waved her hands with a gloomy look, indicating that she couldn't pass. Yize was still busy sorting the cards.

Shi Qiu smiled: "Five 8s, I'm done."

Lu Qing threw the cards and yelled, "You cheated!?"

You can't blame him for thinking this way. This group of elves have been playing for more than ten rounds, and the cards in Shi Qiu's hand are only good and better.

After a few hours, Shi Qiu won 90% of the games.

The remaining 10% was all due to Gardevoir's card skills that turned the tide.

As for Rongyue, Yize, Lu Qing and the others, they are just there to make up the numbers.

"(Then let's end it~)" Ice Nine Tails shook the tail of the playing cards and threw away the cards that had never been played.

It had been mentally prepared for a long time, so it would naturally not let go of the hope of relief.

"It's gone. It's gone."

"It's over, it's over."

Before Shi Qiu could say anything, Gardevoir had already teleported away. Ize, Lu Qing, Rongyue looked at each other and quickly put the cards away.