Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Su Hao had a vague premonition that Necrozma might lose its light if it did, and that Diancie might be even more attractive to it than Solgaleo and Lunala.

"I wonder where the Kapus are now. After I finish dealing with these matters, it seems I'll have to go find them and use the power of the Island God to help Diancie fully develop its burgeoning power..."

Su Hao rubbed his forehead and frowned. How come he felt like he had only rested for about a week, yet things were already piling up?

Suddenly, a rhythmic knocking sound at the door interrupted Su Hao's thoughts.

I got up and opened the door. Sure enough, there was the disguise artist with lots of bags and a large suitcase.

The disguise artist was young, around twenty-five or twenty-six, and a pretty young woman. Su Hao found it hard to recognize her as a disguise artist whose makeup skills were so realistic.

Does this mean that makeup skills depend on talent rather than practice?

While helping his female disciple with disguises move her large and small bags, Su Hao picked up a bag that made a clattering sound when being moved and asked, "Are these also things for disguise?"

The female disguise artist, who was tidying up the props, was taken aback. After recognizing the bag in Su Hao's hand, she replied, "Ah... inside are some masks with Pokémon-inspired designs, used to cover up facial features that are impossible to conceal."

"Oh~ Can I open it and take a look?"

"OK

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Having received permission, Su Hao unzipped the bag and curiously began rummaging through the numerous masks inside.

Pikachu, Vulpix, Togepi, Squirtle, Charmander, Entei, Suicune, Zapdos, Articuno...

Raising an eyebrow, Su Hao picked up the high-quality, ice-blue Articulated Bird mask and examined it closely.

It's less of a mask and more like a masquerade worn at a ball, only covering the forehead and eyes.

While fiddling with the Articulated Bird mask, Su Hao accepted the makeup from the disguise artist.

To be honest, the disguise girl was really skilled. She took a bunch of makeup tools, stood in a horse stance, and worked on Su Hao's face for a whole hour. When she finally put on colored contact lenses to cover her eye color and stood in front of the mirror, Su Hao almost thought he had a new head.

Good heavens, this truly deserves to be one of the four great evil arts of Asia.

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Outside the Taikoo Arena, which was packed with people.

"Bo-hoo~~" (Guest, that's harassment~)

The Dragonite with a QR code hanging on its chest looked embarrassed, and a pair of hands were groping its soft, creamy-colored belly.

"I've been taking care of you for days now, what's wrong with touching your belly? It's because you're so cute!"

Su Hao grinned mischievously and patted Dragonite's belly a few more times before finally freeing his hand to take out his phone and scan the QR code hanging on Dragonite's chest.

"Drip~"

"Here's a tip for you."

After generously doubling the money that Kairyo earned from driving a flying taxi over the past few days, Su Hao waved to Kairyo and drove away.

"Pop..."

Dragon couldn't help but sigh. He had to put up with the customers' petty tricks even though he was out working to earn money.

Life is tough, even fat people sigh.

However, when Kuailong checked his phone and discovered that his earnings over the past few days had doubled due to tips, his eyes lit up.

This money... doubled just from a few pats on the stomach. Isn't that too easy? Isn't that faster than working yourself to death every day to make money?

I heard there's a cat café in the next city that's hiring, maybe... I should apply?

The bottom line of Dragonite, the king of part-time workers, suddenly developed a slight crack due to someone's interference.

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Chapter 775

The Chengdu Rising Star Trainer Challenge, jointly promoted by several top leaders in Chengdu, can be said to be a challenge that will determine the trend of young talents in Chengdu in the coming year.

This is a memorable first edition of the competition. Based on the final rankings of the challenge, the top-ranked players will receive preferential training resources from Chengdu in the coming year. Such generous conditions have naturally attracted many players who are confident in their abilities and meet the eligibility requirements to participate.

In the noisy lounge, Su Hao, now disguised as Xiao Ming, looked up at the small TV broadcasting the battle in the arena in real time, and was not bothered by the noisy environment around him.

Unlike before, when he always had the privilege of being assigned to a private rest room, Xiao Ming's current identity, including his status as a trainer, was only registered a few days ago.

After all, Xiao Ming was just an ordinary 25-year-old working man who didn't have the money or time to become a trainer and was busy all day trying to pay for his sister's medical treatment.

Unlike the highly anticipated seeded players, he was naturally placed in the most crowded lounge.

The slight reversal in treatment did not affect Su Hao's mood. He was focused on watching the battle of an acquaintance, or rather, his former teammates from the college cup.

On the screen, a professional-level early-stage Flygon is engaged in a fierce battle with a similarly level Excadrill. The handsome young man is methodically directing the Flygon to corner the Excadrill.

The person commanding the Desert Dragonfly was Bai Ziyu, a member of a collateral branch of the Rongcheng Royal Dragon Clan and Su Hao's former teammate in the College Cup.

It had been about half a year since they last met, and his Desert Dragonfly had finally been upgraded from the late-stage Elite level to the early-stage Professional level, which gave Su Hao a strange sense of relief.

Back in the old Su generation, having an elite-level Pokémon at this age was considered a great achievement nationwide, but now professional-level Pokémon are emerging one after another.

The torrent of time keeps moving forward. In corners he doesn't know, everyone is doing their best to grow. The times are not standing still, but developing rapidly.

That's why his progress is all the more meaningful.

After Su Hao's exclamation, the battle on the screen ended with Bai Ziyu's victory.

Nearby, several trainers gathered together saw Bai Zi and Sheng Sheng and immediately started talking all at once.

"Tch, as expected of a genius from a prestigious family, he's matched with opponents of similar strength. How wonderful."

"Who says otherwise? I'm really unlucky. I was matched with a certified professional trainer."

"Tsk, what's that? Look at that kid sitting up straight over there. He's the real unlucky one. He was directly matched with the seeded player who's the favorite to win this time."

"Ugh... If it were me, I would definitely go back and complain to the organizers. A bunch of idiots putting elite, professional, and gym-level fighters together for a free-for-all? Are they crazy?"

"Maybe the higher-ups want a dark horse like Chengdu to produce a young gym-level trainer? Hahaha!"

Su Hao, the unlucky guy, twitched his ears. Even though those people tried to keep their voices down, he could still hear everything clearly.

That's right, he's the unlucky guy who got matched up against a favorite to win the championship.

When Su Hao first discovered that his opponent was actually that Chengdu native trainer genius who was being touted online as having early-stage gym-level combat power at only 26 years old, he thought that Lao Su and Qian Kun had pulled some tricks.

After all, Qian Kun had highlighted this person's information, and he was considered a promising talent by those people in Rongcheng who were constantly making underhanded moves. It was simply unbelievable that they were able to snipe him at the very beginning.

Now I don't need to fight my way to the finals. I can just snipe this guy in the first round and then gracefully withdraw from the competition.

The name of the championship favorite that Su Hao bumped into was Wang Wen. The name sounded refined and cultured, but he wondered what kind of person he was.

To be honest, Su Hao felt a little guilty that the old guys' grudges had affected Wang Wen's future. He could only see how things went and find an opportunity to make it up to him.

It's because my own father is still so childish.

The door to the lounge was suddenly opened, and a staff member shouted through a megaphone, "Contestant number A1169, Xiao Ming, it's your turn to go on stage. Please follow me."

The whole rest

The noise in the rest room suddenly subsided. Almost forgetting that his name was now Xiao Ming, Su Hao reacted a beat late, raising his hand and saying, "Coming."

Having said that, she calmly followed the staff out of the lounge, ignoring the pitying gazes of the people who had just been gossiping.

After he left, the lounge became noisy again. The group exchanged glances and said with great interest, "Want to bet on how many seconds he can last?"

I bet 3 seconds!

"Are you stupid? It takes five or six seconds to release the Pokémon."

"Then... I'll bet 30 seconds!"

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"Please wait here for a moment. Mr. Xiao Ming, you can go in when the previous contestant leaves the stage."

Not only were he gently instructed by the staff in a voice softer than usual, but they also looked at him with a very pitying expression, causing Su Hao's eyelids to twitch.

It's as if he already knew he was going to be killed, so he immediately started trying to calm himself down.

Su Hao nodded helplessly, indicating to the staff that he was in good spirits. At that moment, faint footsteps sounded at the end of the passage.

Su Hao and his staff turned their attention to the newcomer, who was none other than Bai Ziyu, who had just won the match.

Bai Ziyu seemed to notice Su Hao and the others' gaze as well, glancing over and her expression clearly shifting from the joy of victory to surprise.

Bai Ziyu stopped and subtly observed Su Hao for several moments before finally saying, "Hello."

Su Hao was surprised that he would speak to him, so he nodded slightly and replied, "Hello."

After a moment of silence, Bai Ziyu said with a look of reminiscence, "I'm sorry, but when I first saw you, I noticed that you looked a bit like someone I used to know, so I couldn't help but say hello."

"May I ask what your name is?"

Su Hao replied in a deliberately altered tone, "Xiao Ming."

"Xiao Ming... Good luck in the competition."

"it is good."

After speaking, Bai Ziyu waved to Su Hao in a friendly manner, then looked away and walked inside without glancing to the side.

Thinking to himself how amazing the disguise artist was, with his skills described as simply divine, Su Hao walked towards the brightly lit other side of the passage and arrived at the center of the arena.