Chapter 288: Superpower Competition
After Abe Rei and Shinichi Kida instructed everyone with serious expressions, they went to join their families, and the citizens who came to participate in the festival today were all families and families.
There were old men with gray hair, old women with silver hair, burly and tall young men, delicate women, young men and women in their teens, and children with pigtails......
The sacrificial square was very empty, there were no sacrificial animals, no tall altars, and none of the things that a good person knew should have when sacrificing to the gods and ancestors.
The only thing that caught the attention of the beloved was that the citizens who came to participate in the sacrifice, men and women, young and old, each holding a golden grapefruit in both hands.
Everyone stared solemnly at the 'sacred tree' in the center of the square, and outside the sacrificial square, Junsha was maintaining order, vehicles were rerouted, shops were closed, and more and more citizens came to participate in the festival.
The festival began in earnest when Nazi, who was a priest, stood up from under the sacred tree.
The citizens who had been fanatical in the arena last night were now solemn and calm, and after entering the sacrificial square, they spontaneously knelt down in a circle around the sacred tree.
One lap, two laps...... Ten laps ...... ...... a hundred circles, there were a few lovers who were originally watching the strange and lively people on the sidelines, and the citizens around them knelt down one by one, which made the few people standing alone in place seem dazzling and abrupt.
Everyone hurriedly withdrew until they reached the outside of the square, but he was surprised to find that the road outside the square was already full of people kneeling in circles.
"Let's go to the newsstand." The lover glanced around, and the outsiders who had come to see the bustle like them had withdrawn from the square and looked for an inconspicuous place to stand, just like them.
The sacrificial activities began, because of the distance between them, the situation that happened in the sacrificial square was not very real, but the citizens not far in front of them had already put the grapefruit in front of them at this moment, and then bowed deeply.
The citizens who knelt down and bowed down with their foreheads on the ground did not get up, but saw that their mouths were slightly open and closed, and there were words in their mouths, but they could not hear them clearly.
Perhaps to thank the sacred tree for its protection and grace, and to remember the industrious and brave spirit of the ancestors, the entire sacrificial square was extremely quiet.
There was no sound of priests chanting the prayers, no music that should be seen during the sacrifice, and there was not the slightest smell of incense, just the local citizens who knelt down in front of them in a circle around the sacred tree and placed golden grapefruit in front of them.
However, it was such a silent, solemn, and peaceful sacrifice, and the beloved person standing under the newsstand felt a shock that hit the heart.
After the silent sacrifice lasted for half an hour, the totem pole and the sacred tree in the center of the square suddenly burst into bloom.
This 'sacred tree' that the lover watched with his own eyes the night before yesterday brought and planted, and at this moment the leaves were windless and automatic, and then the emerald green ripples radiated towards the outside of the square, and after passing the citizens who were kneeling down, the green light quietly merged into the citizens' bodies.
The changes in the totem stone pillar are even more striking, and the whole body radiates a golden light full of divinity, and the sky above the sacrificial square is like a mirage, and many changing images suddenly appear.
A large tree of unknown thickness, with a dense canopy in the shape of a huge umbrella covering the sky and the sun, and golden fruits on its branches, and a group of huge Pokémon and dwarf humans under the tree.
With fox-shaped bodies and yellow-brown skin like the book skin of a tree, these Pokémon are more than ten times larger than a diminutive human, yet they still look tiny under the tree.
"The super-ancient Kathy, Yongjira, and Hudi?" Looking at the image that suddenly appeared in the sky above the square, the lover said secretly in his heart.
The golden fruit of the tree, the ultra-ancient Hudi tribe, and the small human beings get along with this Hudi tribe in the changing picture above the sacrificial square.
There are large trees to shelter from the wind and rain and provide food, and it is obviously in a wild land full of dangers, but under the protection of the big trees, it is a peaceful scene that has no quarrel with the world.
"Let's use wisdom as a boat to cross the sea of delusion—"
"Let us use our courage as a sword to cut through the rock of ignorance—"
“……”
The citizens may be familiar with this scene, but the few lovers who stood outside the square and watched the bustle, as well as other outsiders, were indescribably shocked by this miraculous scene at this moment.
So much so that when the citizens stood up with grapefruit in their hands and followed Nazi in the center of the sacrificial square to recite the slogan shouted by the audience in the arena last night, the beloved had not yet come back to their senses.
"Because of the sacred tree of wisdom, our nation can survive, and because of the industrious and brave ancestors, we have today's civilization......
Next, let's use the Super Pokémon, which represents wisdom and courage, to use a sports competition to pay our highest respect to the sacred tree that will always protect us, as well as the ancestors. ”
The solemn ceremony of worshiping the Holy Spirit and the ancestors ended, and with the telepathic announcement made by Nazi, the quiet sacrificial square suddenly became lively.
"Whew-"
Regardless of men, women, and children, everyone had joy on their faces, and the solemn and oppressive atmosphere was broken, and a few people who stood under the newsstand in the corner of the square for more than half an hour dared to take a big breath.
"Trainers participating in the festival competition, please gather at the festival square." Nazi's voice rang out in the hearts of thousands of people in the square.
The square was restored to the lively atmosphere that a grand festival should have, and when Nazi's voice was heard, several lovers walked out of the newsstand and walked towards the square.
For those of them who are outsiders, the sacrificial ceremony just now is just a curiosity, and the next celebration competition is what interests them.
After the ceremony, the citizens retreated to the square with the gift of the Sacred Tree of Wisdom, the Fruit of Wisdom, and handed the square to the trainers who were going to present the sacred tree and the ancestors with sports competitions.
Whether it was to participate in the festival with sincerity or to improve the wisdom of the Super Pokémon, there were many trainers who squeezed through the crowd and came to the square, and there were nearly 100 of them.
"I didn't expect so many trainers to participate in the celebration competition." When he came to the square to meet Shinyi, he looked around left and right, and his lover said in surprise.
"This year is normal, I remember when I was eight years old, there were nearly 300 people participating in the Super Energy Celebration Competition." Unlike the surprise of his beloved, Shinichi Kida behaved very blandly.
"The Sacred Tree of Wisdom is not only a symbol of wisdom, but also a symbol of peace, so although the Super Festival is a traditional festival in our Golden City, as long as you have a Super Pokémon in your hands, you can sign up for it regardless of ethnicity, color, gender, or creed."
"All trainers who are pure and kind in heart will be blessed by the Sacred Tree of Wisdom. So let's go all out and give back the gift and blessings of the Holy Spirit with the greatest enthusiasm for the competition!! ”