Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

[Special competition format.]

Participants may give an impromptu performance before the competition.

[The judges will award special prizes based on the performance.]

The first-place winner will receive a mystery grand prize!

The second-place winner will receive one Miracle Seed (which can be converted into the same prize money).

[Third place.....]

[Everyone can participate and fulfill your musical dreams. Special guests will be invited on the day of the finals.]

Fulfill your musical dreams! Fight amidst the sounds of Buddhist chants!

Register as soon as possible.

I looked at the sign several times, from top to bottom.

That's really something, Thai pants are hot.

This idea is at the forefront of the trend, far ahead of the trend by several waves. Even aliens could find the taste of home here.

An impromptu performance before the competition? Would anyone even attend such a thing? And a mysterious grand prize too.

This thing looks like a scam.

Bian Xiang stared at the sign for a long time.

He sighed. As long as his master was happy.

Bian Xiang walked step by step into the trumpet bud tower.

Top of the tower.

Master Guang Sheng stroked his beard, looking at the scene with a smug expression.

"Xiao Xiang, do you see that sign by the door?"

"Um.""

Bian Xiang looked at Master Guang Sheng and nodded.

"how?"

Master Guang Sheng looked on expectantly, lost in thought.

How about it? I thought for a moment and organized my thoughts.

Finally, he uttered two words.

"good."

"I'll just say it."

Master Guang Sheng nodded in satisfaction.

"Master, has anyone signed up?"

Bian Xiang finally couldn't help but ask.

"Register? More than four hundred people have already registered."

Master Guang Sheng said calmly.

"so much???"

Bian was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, mainly students from Haruno Middle School; they're incredibly enthusiastic about signing up."

Master Guang Sheng said.

"The venue for the preliminary rounds was also borrowed from Haruno Junior High School."

Master Guang Sheng said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

I feel like I did something that I regret.

Bian Xiang looked at Master Guang Sheng with a suspicious expression.

"Master, is there anything else I don't know?"

"Yes, that's right. I said in the group that as long as you participate, you can take a photo with Abbot Bianxiang."

"Um???"

He glanced at Master Guang Sheng, then quickly opened his fan group.

[Haha, I'm definitely going to win this competition!!]

I'm definitely getting that photo with Xiang Ge!!

[Dream on! This time, only I can win!!]

[Isn't everyone who attends the event entitled to a group photo?]

[That's so nice! I'm so envious. I'm only a high school sophomore and I don't have any fairies.]

[It's okay, I've signed up. I secretly brought my cat Bobo along to participate, mainly so we could take a picture together.]

[This is a photo of us after Bianxiang became the abbot.]

[It might have special effects.]

【Yeah, it's been a long time since I've seen Senior Bian Xiang.】

He glanced at the fan group, then looked up at Master Guang Sheng.

Master Guang Sheng scratched his head sheepishly.

"I didn't expect you to have such a strong influence at school, Xiaoxiang."

"anything else?"

Bian Xiang looked at Master Guang Sheng and said, "This part of the school grounds."

"Um, didn't the high school league just start recently?"

"Xiao Xiang, you're also a member of the Chunye school team."

At this point, Bian understood.

His expression returned to calm.

There's been so much going on lately. Has the school team competition already started?

Speaking of which, the principal also has a strong desire to leave his mark in the school's history.

This attachment to Buddhahood doesn't seem to have much value anymore.

"The principal wants me to participate, right?"

"Actually, the school team's performance is quite good; they have already achieved their best results in history."

"Currently ranked fourth in the Chengdu area."

"But the next competitor is Manjin City, which is number one in the Chengdu area."

"Therefore, the principal hopes that you can participate in this competition."

...

"Well, I see."

He nodded in agreement.

Even if my master didn't tell me, I would still participate in the competition.

It's not just about the Buddhist value; those guys on the school team are also my friends.

This reminded Bian of his time training at the Kikyo Dojo.

"That's good."

Master Guang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Master, who gave you these ideas?"

Bian Xiang looked at Master Guang Sheng and asked.

This is not an idea that Master Guang Sheng could come up with.

It was so ahead of its time that it gave Bian a strange sense of familiarity.

The last time I experienced such avant-garde ideas was when I was in Haruno Junior High School.

"Oh, it was when I was chatting with them in the group."

Three teenagers said they were Xiaoxiang's good friends.

"They are willing to help me."

"They came up with most of these ideas."

"I discussed it with Mu Nian, and it seems quite feasible."

"The main purpose of this competition is to promote Buddhist music and, incidentally, to promote our beverage."