MTL - Not a Trainer This Time-Chapter 340 race!

Chapter 340 Horse Racing!

 On March 25, 1999 in the league calendar, the horse racing meeting officially opened.

 Early in the morning, Naoki rushed to the venue with a few Pokémon and Adek.

　　Although it was still early, when Zhi Shu arrived here, many people and Pokémon had already gathered on the grassland.

Trainers like Xiaozhi passing by, students wearing Padia Academy uniforms, townspeople coming to watch the game, etc.

The grassland is decorated with lights and colorful, and it is very lively.

 The ribbons of the "Ziqin Town Spring Horse Racing Festival" are hung at the entrance. Not far away is a stall for purchasing horse racing tickets. Behind the stalls are various small prizes and props, which can be exchanged for horse racing tickets.

Looking at this scene, Adek couldn't help but sigh: "Wow! It's really lively here!"

Zhishu smiled and nodded: "Yes! The horse racing meeting here in Ziqin Town is quite famous. At this time every year, it attracts many trainers to come here to participate."

This kind of activity is just like the insect catching conference held in some small places.

"Baboo is a Pokémon that controls the palm. Although it usually moves slowly, when it has to face a battle, it will defeat the enemy with lightning speed. Its fluffy body hair is a battery. It can store and power electricity. The same amount of electricity as a car.”

 Naoki: “It’s not scary at all!”

Zhi Shu nodded slightly: "Yes, the Pokémon here is Gulton, and the one here is just Ergui, a grass-type Pokémon."

Eguifen, who was following Naoki, looked at the people around him with a timid expression.

Naoki asked: "Then do you think this Pokémon is scary?"

Perceiving the shocked, confused and confused eyes of the other party, Babu said a friendly hello to them:

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 “Hahahahaha!”

One of the trainers took out the Pokédex and scanned it, but received the answer that there was no relevant information in the Pokédex.

 “Guluton?”

Eguifen noticed their gazes and hid behind Zhishu.

 The two trainers who had never seen this scene immediately exclaimed excitedly.

 The aura of the ferocious beast spread instantly, and the two teenagers were frightened.

Zoki thought of several of Adek's Pokémon in his mind.

Hurton, this Pokémon is so interesting!

As soon as he finished speaking, several young trainers were attracted by the two unseen Pokémon, Gulton and Erguifen.

 Huluton immediately put his head up like a big dog.

Huluton looked back with a fierce expression.

“Sir, are you the trainer of these Pokémon?” the young man on the left asked with adoring eyes.

The young men did not dare to look at Gu Ledun, so they turned their attention to Egui Pun on the side.

The young man murmured the names of these two Pokémon.

The teenagers swallowed their saliva and thought to themselves that this was not the way it looked at them just now...

 The pink fur, silver metal hammer, and red cloak show the majesty of the owner...

Another person took the illustrated book and scanned the Babu landhog, who was wearing a red cloak and floating in the air. The illustrated book now gave an introduction:

Zhi Shu touched its head and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, no one here will hate you."

 Then he clenched his fists with both hands and flew into the sky, like a superhero.

"What a pity. If I hadn't had a horse Pokémon around me, I would have signed up to give it a try!" Adek looked regretful.

Zhi Shu was a little puzzled. He turned his head and glanced at Gulton, and stretched out his hand towards it.

 “Babu Woodchuck?!” The trainer exclaimed.

 “Wow! A Pokémon I’ve never seen before!”

 Agility Bug, Afro Buffalo, Red Faced Dragon, Double Dodo Ice, Knight Snail, Vulcan Moth.

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"Amazing!!"

 “Ah gahis~”

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the Pokémon in front of him in surprise, which was very different from what he had in mind.

 They looked at the tall Pokémon with a scarlet body and strong muscles.

 It's a pity that there is no bull racing competition, otherwise Adek could participate on the afro buffalo.

 “What a scary Pokémon!”

Adek was trying hard to hold back his laughter, but in the end he couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.

Is this Pokémon really the Baboo he knows? !

More importantly, it actually flew...how did it do that? !

 The two teenagers shook their heads like rattles: "It's not scary at all."

 “Aren’t you afraid of it?” Naoki asked again.

The young man was stunned. They heard the tone of the man in front of them, as if he was confirming something to them.

One of the teenagers asked doubtfully: "Why are you afraid?"

Zhishu said with a smile: "It's nothing, Eguifen, did you hear that? No one is afraid of you, and they don't hate you."

"Boni..." Erguifen looked around and looked at the lively crowd. A warm current surged in his heart, and then he jumped twice happily: "Boni!"

 The two teenagers began to feel anxious: "Sir, can you have a Pokémon battle with us?"

Zhishu looked at the people at the registration desk. He came relatively early and there was still some time before the conference started. He just wanted to play with the two trainers for a while.

When Naoki asked them which Pokémon they wanted to battle, both of them chose Gulton.

 The reason is simply because this Pokémon looks very powerful, and it will definitely be exciting to battle it!

So, Naoki directed Gulton to play with the two teenagers.

 They seem to have been traveling for a while, and the Fire Crocodile and New Leaf Cat around them have evolved into the second stage.

 But even so, it was still not enough in front of Guluton.

Zhi Shu was interested in playing with them, so he was not in a hurry to end the battle. You moved one move after another, and the real-time system was turned into a turn-based one.

 When all their Pokémon fell down from exhaustion, Naoki stopped, then said goodbye to them, and prepared to go to the registration office to sign up.

Adek stayed where he was, patting his chest and promising, "Don't worry! I will take care of Babu and the others!"

Zhi Shu smiled and nodded, then turned and walked towards the registration office.

On the way, he met Alvin who was looking for him everywhere.

As soon as he saw him, Alvin asked excitedly: "Have you signed up?"

 Naoki: “I’m getting ready to go!”

Ivan patted him on the shoulder: "Good brother, I leave it to you!"

Naoki: "...How many horse racing tickets did you buy?"

Evan chuckled: "It's not much, I just bought 100,000 alliance coins!"

Zhi Shu said speechlessly: "Aren't you afraid of losing everything?"

Ivan's expression suddenly became serious: "That's because I believe in you!"

Then he said pitifully: "You won't treat me like that, right?"

 Naoki: “…”

He pushed Aiwen's face away: "Stop!" Ivan took a step back and said with a smile, "That's it, I'll wait for you in the auditorium. Come on!"

 After saying that, Alvin jumped away and left.

 Naoki sighed helplessly.

This guy…

 He turned around and walked into the registration office.

“Name.” The old man with a white beard in charge of registration looked up.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 “The participating horse Pokémon.”

 “Lingyouma.”

Hearing this name, the old man paused slightly in the movement recorded in his hand, raised his head and looked over in surprise: "Lingyou Horse? What kind of horse is that?"

"Uh..." This made Naoki not sure how to explain it. He thought for a while and replied: "It's a ghost-type horse Pokémon from the Galar region."

“It turns out to be a Pokémon from other regions!” The old man suddenly realized, “Can I take a look?”

 “Of course.” Naoki nodded, took out the spirit ball of Linyouma, and released it.

With a flash of white light, a completely black horse Pokémon with a blue mane and a light blue tail, and soul-like mist attached to its limbs appeared in front of the registration office.

Looking at this scene, the old man's eyes widened instantly. He ran forward, looked at Lingyouma excitedly, and murmured:

“This strong body, this muscular posture, this jet-black fur, what a perfect horse! I have been raising horses for so many years, and I have never seen such a perfect horse Pokémon!”

Zhi Shuxin said that was not the case. This was the former ruler of Crown Snowfield. Although he was later tamed by King Lei Guan, Ghost Horse was not comparable to ordinary horse Pokémon.

 “It’s called Lingyou Horse?” the old man asked.

"Yes."

The old man nodded: "I know, I remember its name. It's still an hour before the conference starts. You go! I hope you can ride it and perform perfectly in the conference!"

“The waiting area for runners is right at the back. Go get your jersey and track number, and then wait there.”

"Okay, thank you very much." Naoki thanked him politely, then led the ghost horse and continued to move forward.

 After passing through a stepped auditorium, they came to an open grassland.

At this time, many contestants have gathered here.

 They all also let the horse Pokémon out, feeding them sugar cubes and stroking their heads.

  Naoki went to get his number plate and player uniform first.

  Both are number 06.

 This also means that they will compete on runway six later.

Zhi Shu led the spirit horse to a quiet meadow and stopped to rest, while looking at the other players not far away.

Including himself, there were a total of eight contestants participating in the horse racing meeting this time.

　　Everyone’s appearance horse Pokémon is different.

There are majestic flame horses whose whole bodies are burning with flames, thunder zebras with black and white stripes, tall and strong heavy mud draft horses, and an earth-yellow sand hippopotamus...

 What surprised Naoki even more was that there was even a slightly immature little fire horse inside.

The owner of the little fire horse is a young man who looks young. Compared with the tall and mighty horse Pokémon around him, the little fire horse is really not impressive enough.

  But compared to the sand hippopotamus, the little fire horse is still a normal horse Pokémon.

But there is no way, after all, the number of horse Pokémon in the Pokémon world is too rare.

These trainers are already pretty good even if they don’t come riding a black horse...

 Time passes minute by minute.

Gradually, all the empty seats in the auditorium were filled, and with the sound of fireworks exploding, people's cheers swept in like a tide.

Looking at this scene, Naoki couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

 Because the popularity of this year’s horse racing conference seems to be much higher than last year!

 He clearly remembered that last year the auditorium was not even full...

　 Today is different from the past. It seems that Zhiqin Town is becoming more and more prosperous.

There must be many of those spectators who came to Ziqin Town specifically after hearing the legend of King Lei Guan.

Just like the people in Beishang Township who use ghost legends as a gimmick to attract tourists and develop tourism.

When Ling Youma on the side saw this scene, his usually calm eyes also revealed excitement.

 So many humans...so many Pokémon...

Soon, it will be crowned the King of Horses in front of the eyes of these people and Pokémon!

 “Are you ready?” Naoki put on his protective gear and turned around to ask.

 The ghost horse neighed.

 “Then, let’s go!”

 Zhi Shu turned over and rode up, and rode into the arena together with other players.

“Welcome to Zhiqin Town to participate in this horse racing conference! I am Renping, the commentator of this conference!”

 “Then, let me explain this wonderful game to you!”

“Now everyone can see that our players are already in place! The first one to enter is our No. 1 player!”

“Contestant No. 1’s partner is a flaming horse. Wow, look at that flaming horse. How handsome it is! The blazing flames are just like the enthusiasm of the audience!”

 When player No. 1 arrives at his position, player No. 2 follows him.

"Next, is our No. 2 player. It seems that our No. 2 player is unusual! His partner is actually a slow sand hippo! But the sand hippo does have the word horse in its name, so Let us look forward to what kind of performance this player and his partner will perform next!"

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, obviously not optimistic about the slow sand hippopotamus.

 Then, Contestant No. 3, Contestant No. 4, and Contestant No. 5 entered the venue one after another.

Soon, it was Naoki's turn to ride the ghost horse.

“So...the next person to enter is our player No. 6, huh? What kind of Pokémon is that?”

The commentator was stunned for a moment, unable to recognize the name of the Pokémon.

Hearing this, the audience in the auditorium also cast their gazes downward.

I saw a horse as dark as night slowly walking out of the passage.

It has blue mane, and its limbs are covered with purple mist like misty clouds.

 What is even more eye-catching is the pair of closed eyes on its face.

It obviously has its eyes closed, but it seems to be able to feel everything around it, and it walks towards the destination accurately.

Seeing this scene, the audience in the auditorium was surprised.

 “What’s going on? What kind of Pokémon is that?”

 “This is incredible! Is that horse blind?”

“How could it see the road clearly with its eyes closed?”

 “But that horse is so handsome! I like its feet! It’s so cool!”

 The commentator finally found the player's registration information after searching through the player's information.

“This is so surprising! Contestant No. 6’s partner turns out to be a horse Pokémon that has never been discovered before!”

 “Eh? It’s never been discovered?!” The audience immediately opened their eyes and became even more curious about that Pokémon.

　　Commentary: "That's right! According to the information provided by player No. 6... Ghost Horse, the name of that Pokémon is Ghost Horse!"

 (End of this chapter)