Elf: This little Mao is very different.

"I finally got the Rock Badge!"

Mei walked out of the Kanaz Gym with Xiaomao. Looking at the rock badge in her hand, she excitedly shared her joy with Xiaomao.

"Congratulations." Of course, Xiao Mao was also generous with his congratulations.

"Xiao Mao, let's hurry up and head to the next gym city to grab our third badge!"

Mei looked at the second badge she got, and her ambition became higher and higher, so she wanted to pass the third gym quickly.

"There's no need to be so anxious." Facing Mei who was a little impatient, Xiao Mao was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"We have only been in Kanaz City for a short time. We don't need to leave so early."

"Hey." Hearing Xiao Mao's words, Mei's high spirits suddenly waned, so Mei also looked listless and asked Xiao Mao: "Then how long will we stay in Kanaz City?"

"Well, I don't know either." In response to Mei's question, Xiao Mao spread his hands and said.

"Xiao Mao, what's going on in Kanaz City?"

Hearing that Xiaomao was planning to stay in Kanaz City and that he was not sure about the length of time, the smart Mei quickly figured out the reason, so she frowned and asked Xiaomao.

"That's right," Xiao Mao nodded and explained to Mei: "Actually, I'm waiting for a friend."

Prior to this, Xiao Mao had asked Du Juan, the trainer of the Kanaz Gym, whether there was a person named Xiaozhi who came to challenge the gym before.

Dujuan's reply was also very affirmative. Before Xiaomao challenged the gym, there was no one named Xiaozhi who came to challenge him.

In addition, Xiao Mao also found out from the Internet that the Kanaz Conference in the Pokémon Grand Contest will be held in Kanaz City soon.

After obtaining these two pieces of information, Xiao Mao also confirmed that Xiaozhi, who was one step ahead of Xiao Mao, had not yet arrived in Kanaz City.

You know, Xiaomao set out for Hoenn a few days later than Xiaozhi, but he didn't expect that Xiaozhi arrived in Kanazawa City even later than him.

Based on the above, Xiaomao finally concluded that Xiaozhi was probably lost in the Orange Forest again.

So when Xiao Mao told Mei that he was waiting for a friend, the friend he was waiting for was Xiaozhi.

"Friend?" After hearing Xiaomao's answer, Mei's originally frowned brows instantly relaxed.

She thought Xiaomao had encountered some trouble and made her worry for nothing.

"Xiaomao, do you have any friends in the Hoenn region?" Mei also knew that Xiaomao was from the Kanto region, so she was very curious about Xiaomao's Hoenn friends.

"No," Xiao Mao shook his head after hearing Mei's question and said, "He and I are both from Pallet Town, and we are also here to challenge the Hoenn Alliance."

Afterwards, Xiao Mao gave Mei a brief account of Xiaozhi and his situation.

"So it's that Xiaozhi!"

After hearing what Xiaomao said, Mei immediately recalled that Qianli had also mentioned Xiaozhi in the Orange Gym before.

"it's him."

"Since you need to wait for him, Xiao Mao, let's stay."

When Mei heard that Xiaomao was going to wait for Xiaozhi in Kanaz City, she agreed.

"It's just right. We can also watch the magnificent competition that will be held in Kanaz City next."

Xiao Mao also noticed that Mei was not in a good mood at the moment, so he told her about the gorgeous competition.

"Gorgeous Contest? What is that?"

When Mei heard Xiaomao talking about an unfamiliar competition, she looked at Xiaomao curiously and asked for the answer.

Although the Gorgeous Competition has existed in the Elf World for a long time, its reputation is much smaller than that of mainstream alliance conferences and elf battles.

Moreover, the Gorgeous Contest is now only popular in the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions. The Kalos region has a similar Triple Crown Satellite Tournament. As for other regions, the Gorgeous Contest is not involved for the time being.

Mei's hometown, the Unova region, is also a region not covered by the Grand Contest.

However, due to the increasing reputation of the Gorgeous Contest in recent years, and the fact that the current champion trainer of the Hoenn region, Mikoli, is also a very famous Gorgeous Master, it has slowly spread to the surrounding areas of the Hoenn region.

And now the Kanto region and Chengdu region seem to have begun to introduce the gorgeous contest as a competition mode.

Therefore, it is understandable that Mei doesn't know much about the glamour contest.

Faced with Mei's inquiring eyes, Xiao Mao immediately supplemented her with knowledge in this area.

"The so-called Grand Contest is a competition between trainers and their Pokémons, where trainers show the charm of their Pokémons through the coordination of various moves. Such trainers are also called coordinated trainers."

"So that's how it is." After listening to Xiao Mao's explanation, Mei also had a certain understanding of the gorgeous competition.

"Moreover, the current champion trainer of the Hoenn League, Mikoli, is a top coordination trainer." Xiao Mao then added to Mei.

"Is that so? It looks very interesting."

After listening to Xiao Mao's talk about the Grand Contest and the coordinating trainers, Mei immediately became interested.

Seeing Mei's interested look, Xiao Mao turned his gaze towards her and said, "Why? Do you want to participate in the competition?"

"Participate in the competition?" After hearing Xiaomao's question, Mei thought about it carefully, but finally shook her head and refused.

"I still prefer elf battles a bit, so I'd better continue to participate in my alliance meeting."

"Xiao Mao, do you want to participate?" After expressing her own opinion, Mei also wanted to know what Xiao Mao thought.

"I'm not interested either." Xiao Mao also shook his head.

Then Xiao Mao changed the subject: "But we can go watch the gorgeous competition, what do you think?"

After saying that, Xiao Mao turned his attention to Mei.

"good idea!"

After hearing Xiaomao's words, Mei's eyes suddenly lit up, and then she nodded continuously, so that her twin ponytails shook, attracting Xiaomao's attention.

"Then let's go get the passes for the gorgeous competition together."

"it is good."

After seeing that Mei was interested in watching the Gorgeous Contest, Xiao Mao went to the Pokémon Center with Mei and received their Gorgeous Contest passes.

(I’d like to explain here that you can also get the Grand Contest Pass at the Pokémon Center.)

Because the glamour contest was held the day after tomorrow, Xiao Mao and Mei rested for a day in Kanaz City, and then went to the venue of the glamour contest together on the morning of the next day.

However, just after they arrived at the venue of the gorgeous competition, they met several familiar figures in front of them.

"By the way, what are they doing? It doesn't look like they're doing pre-match training."