Union calendar year 198, March 25th, sunny, Wednesday.
Today is the day when the spring horse racing is held. After finishing his work in the ranch, Naoki specially brought a few Pokémon to watch and join in the fun.
By the way, he learned about the competition rules in advance to prepare for his future participation.
The spring horse racing is held on a vast pasture outside the town.
When Naoki arrived, a lot of people had gathered here.
Trainers passing by, young couples coming to travel, boys coming to watch the race with their father, old people raising horses, etc.
The grassland is decorated with lights and colors, and the "Zhiqin Town Spring Horse Racing Festival" ribbons 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, all of which can be passed through
Redeem for horse racing tickets.
At this time, there were already many contestants on the racecourse.
Naoki stood not far away and looked over with envy.
There, he saw the flaming horse whose body was burning with red flames. The flaming horse was well taken care of and looked particularly dazzling among the horses.
In addition to the normal form of the flame horse, there is also the Galar region form of the rainbow flame horse.
Its body is all white, and the manes on its head and tail are as misty and dreamy as colorful clouds.
In addition to the flaming horse, there are also thunder zebras with electric lights all over their bodies, a strong and powerful heavy mud draft horse, and a light brown and slightly fat hippo beast.
Um?
It seems like something strange got mixed in.
Isn't Hippopotamus a hippopotamus Pokémon? Why can it also participate in the horse racing competition?
At this time, Naoki heard the voice of the postman Alvin coming from behind.
He turned his head and saw Alvin running towards him: "Hey! Naoki, are you here too?"
Naoki nodded: "Yes! I'm done with the work in the ranch, so I came over to take a look."
Ivan took Naoki to the side of the racecourse and grinned: "Come here and pick the player you are going to support later! Who are you going to support?"
To be honest, Naoki hasn't thought about it yet.
But he had a question to say.
Looking at the hippo spitting sand, Naoki asked: "That kind of Pokémon can also participate in horse racing?"
Alvin chuckled and explained: "Because there are too few horse Pokémon! Therefore, the town has stipulated that any Pokémon with a horse in its name can participate in the competition!"
Naoki: "..."
Ai Wen added: "It's pretty good now. Last year, there were contestants who brought Mo Haima to compete!"
Sorry, he couldn't imagine that picture.
After all, the Mohaima is very small, and there is no way it can drive a human that is much larger than it.
"Which player are you going to support?" Ivan asked.
Naoki turned his attention to the group of horse Pokémon, and finally landed on a strong flaming horse.
"Well, that flaming horse looks like it has the potential to win the championship."
Compared with Flame Horse, Thunder Zebra looks a bit too strong, and Mud Horse's size doesn't look like a fast Pokémon at first glance.
As for the flaming horse in the form of the Galar region... its figure is also very strong.
Naoki's eyes wandered between the two horses, and he was a little undecided for a moment.
Ivan looked over there with excitement and said, "I plan to support that heavy mud draft horse! God, it looks so strong!"
"Shouldn't a big person run slowly if he has a big frame?" Zhi Shu was a little confused.
Looking at his look, Ivan probably understood what he was thinking, so he explained: "No, no, no, this is not the same as traditional horse racing!"
Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly.
Ivan pointed to the heavy mud draft horse and continued with excited eyes:
"During horse racing, Pokémon moves are allowed. Take the mud horse for example. As long as it uses earthquake while running, the other players will - bang! lose their balance and be thrown down.
behind!"
Naoki: "???"
"Wait a minute, will the trainer ride on the horse during the competition?"
"Of course!" Ivan explained: "But the trainer will wear corresponding protective gear, which can isolate the impact of the Pokémon's moves to the greatest extent. Even if it is hit, it will not cause much damage."
Naoki: "..."
Sure enough, everyone in this world has a super true rookie physique, right?
If this is the case, then he will have to reconsider the objects he supports.
Earthquakes can help Mudhorse close the speed gap with other horse Pokémon.
Sand hippos can raise dust and interfere with other players' vision.
Thunder Zebra also has a large number of interference moves.
If you think about it carefully, it seems to be a harder choice.
However, the horse racing competition was about to start, so Alvin took Naoki to buy horse racing tickets.
The owner of the stall was a bald man wearing glasses who looked very shrewd. There was a sign on the table in front of him, which said that one person could only purchase 200 horse racing tickets, and the price of one horse racing ticket
It is 50 alliance coins.
There are various props placed in the cabinet behind him.
The most basic ones are all kinds of special elf balls, such as diving balls and lair balls, which all cost 50 horse racing tickets.
The more expensive items are props for Pokémon, including electric balls that Pikachu can carry to increase attack and special attack, hard stones that increase the power of rock-type moves, and black glasses that increase the power of evil-type moves.
These require 250 horse racing tickets.
In addition, there are also evolution stones of various attributes that Naoki wants most.
He took a general glance and found that in addition to the Sun Stone and the Moon Stone, there were other Ice, Fire, Water, and Thunder.
And their exchange price is 300 horse racing coupons.
"A horse racing ticket costs 50,200 for only 10,000. I bought it!"
Zhi Shu waved his hand and bought two hundred tickets from the boss.
Alvin also purchased two hundred copies.
At this time, a horn sounded, saying that the first round of competition was about to begin.
The boss behind him reminded: "Do you two want to start placing bets?"
As he spoke, he took out a table recording the odds of each player.
The largest is the sand hippopotamus, reaching an exaggerated figure of 1/57.
The flame horse, the Galar flame horse, and the thunder zebra are all about the same, both are 1/1.5.
The heavy mud draft horse hovers around 1/3.
"It seems that most people are like me, choosing to overpower the flaming horse!" Naoki thought.
Alvin on the side simply bet all his horse racing tickets on the heavy mud horse.
Naoki hesitated for a while, but still chose to trust his own judgment and bet on the divine flaming horse.
After the bets were placed, Naoki took Gulledon and followed Ivan to the auditorium.
Alvin's Pokémon is a small Mililion, and he puts the sushi-style Mililion on top of his head to watch the game with him.
Audiences are gathering here one after another.
All contestants at the racecourse also wore protective gear and rode on their horses.
As a whistle sounded, all the horse Pokémon on the track ran out at the same time.
Watching them galloping below, Naoki was extremely envious.
At this moment, he made a decision in his heart: one day, he would have a horse of his own!
Just like King Lei Guan’s ghost horse and snowstorm horse!
Speaking of ghost horses and snowstorm horses, Naoki suddenly thought that he might go to the Galar region.
Because the current situation of King Lei Guan is not very good. Not only has he been forgotten by the world, but his two horses have also run away.
The plot of Crown Snowfield appeared in his mind, maybe he could bring King Lei Crown's horse and people back together.
Then he borrowed a horse from King Lei Guan to participate in the competition.
but……
The ranch is now in the development stage and cannot be separated from him. Once he leaves, the Pokémon will be hungry.
And even if he goes to the Crown Snowfield, he may not be able to find King Lei Guan.
But at this moment, Naoki suddenly thought of something. According to the legend of King Lei Guan, it is said that he can see everything in the past, present and future.
So the question is, if he does something beneficial to King Lei Guan in the Padia region, can He see it?
For example, by building an ancestral hall or something, this might increase the favor of King Lei Guan. When he goes to the Galar region in the future, King Lei Guan will take the initiative to come out to see him.
Thinking of this, Naoki decided to go back and build an ancestral hall for King Lei Guan in the pasture.
Don't worry about whether Lei Guanwang can really sense it. It doesn't cost any money to believe it anyway.