Chapter 073: "Pokémon Horse Racing"
In order to test the strange aura on the detective's body, Miss Assistant has to start a friendly match with the little flame monkey.
Since Hugo's choice of Baa sheep in the game was too spicy for the eyes, Blue changed his mount before the game began, replacing the bouncing lamb with Reib, who seemed to be running fast.
"Bu Te Bu Babble!"
A little guy in the corner looks proud, munching on Pokémon fodder while dancing with his hands and a tail wagging non-stop, frantically cheering for his master.
It stands to reason that Reib's 0.8-meter size can't ride and carry people, but it's just a video game, and there's no need to worry too much, Hugo's previous Baa sheep is even lighter and smaller.
I don't know if it was influenced by the trainer's personality, unlike Ibu's performance, the grass turtle and Bogaman just squatted quietly on their master's lap, and Hugo, who was holding a telescope to observe, looked very stable.
The reason why the detective crouched in the corner with the Pokémon was to stay away from the little flame monkey so that it would not be affected by that broken chain aura. According to Hugo's previous calculations, without commanding the Pokémon to use the move, the range of the Pokémon directly affected by himself will not exceed the two-meter area with his own center of gravity as the center of the ball, so this distance is definitely enough.
At present, the game has not officially started, and the little flame monkey is still teaching the blue players basic operations such as acceleration, changing direction, and drifting, and has demonstrated the details of Pokémon skills and the use of the ground accelerator plate without concealment.
After teaching, the two also conducted the first round of teaching, and through trial and error, the assistant lady gradually became familiar with the operation, and also recognized the effect of the skills that Reib could use in the game. The first game ended in such a harmonious atmosphere of teaching and learning.
"Bilan is a very fast learner, and the little flame monkey is also a good teacher."
Hugo nodded in satisfaction, not in the slightest sense of how strange the image of a Pokémon teaching humans to play games using sign language was in front of him.
Then it was time for the official competition.
In order to take care of the disadvantages of Blue's unfamiliar map, the venue was chosen at Feiyun Pier, which everyone is familiar with.
The obstacles in the map are dominated by vehicles parked on the side of the road and containers loaded and unloaded from ferries, and the rules are the simplest three-lap tiebreaker, allowing both teams to use the move skills of the mount Pokémon.
Before the race, the opening animation that came with the track began to play.
The background of the film captures the street scene of Feiyun City at night, surrounded by high-rise buildings lined with bright advertising signs, and the warm yellow lights serve as a guide to the track, paving a winding road.
Compared to the real night view of Feiyun City, the game reproduces the cityscape of the metropolis in a cartoonish and neat style. In fact, there are not so many nighttime lights in Feiyun City, and the advertising photos are mainly concentrated around the pedestrian avenue that runs through the city center, and the roads around the city are more plain.
However, the game's adaptation is not in line with reality, but it is just right, perfectly showing the urban temperament of Feiyun City, and the setting of the signboard makes the atmosphere of the map cheerful and vivid all of a sudden. The game designer's transformation of the road is also up to the point, and the track is arranged properly, so as not to make Bilan, a traveler who has lived in Feiyun City for more than a month, feel unfamiliar.
The orange monkey still chose its favorite flaming red flame horse, and Azure, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, seemed to have begun to take an interest in the game, and was also staring at her game screen with all her energy, and after holding down the accelerator button, the soles of Reib's feet began to flash with electric light.
Three, two, one, the countdown is zero.
Pokémon Racing has officially begun.
The little flame monkey and the blue accelerate at the same time. Due to the difference in the choice of mounts, the unskilled Turquoise was a little faster.
But the gap was immediately leveled at the first corner, and the flaming horse, with its blazing mane, overtook Reib with a limit drift that clinged to the container obstacle.
Ievee, beside Hugo, let out a nervous babbling sound, as if he had been overtaken by the enemy.
As the so-called church apprentice killed the master, the blue trainer activated his true colors, and without hesitation, he activated Reib's skill "Lightning Stone Fire", and wanted to press the little flame monkey into the wall from the outer circle.
However, as the girl's opponent in the competition, the little flame monkey did not panic, but pressed the handle methodically, and did not use any skills.
In the dexterous operation of the monkey claw, the direction of the flame horse's travel swayed slightly, and then, the turquoise and imposing skill was empty.
Even though Reib plunged into the gap between the horse's body and the wall like a blade, forcing the little flame monkey to the outside, the opponent was still ahead of Reib, and his speed was not disturbed in the slightest.
At this moment, the monkey snapped the skill button, and a storm of flames surrounded the flaming horse, greatly slowing down the opponent and allowing himself to gain a period of acceleration, through which the monkey successfully passed through the short lane without stalling, and then galloped towards the farther straight, leaving behind the poor opponent who was sluggish and lacked skill speed.
The grass turtle became excited, and the young seedlings above his head moved happily, while Bogaman touched his chin with his fin and nodded approvingly.
The obstacles on the straights are mainly a few mountains of dust entrenched in the middle of the road, and in this game their size is exaggerated, becoming as large as if they have become extremely large.
These mountains of dust will sprinkle toxic sludge that slows down in the surrounding area, and if you don't predict where the sludge will fall and dodge it in advance, you are likely to get into trouble.
However, the little flame monkey didn't seem to take the danger seriously, and the pilot's flame horse easily passed through the mud minefield at full speed, but Blue had to slow down several times in order to avoid the mud overhead.
After putting down the binoculars, Hugo's eyebrows raised: "The speed of the little flame monkey through the obstacle is obviously much faster." Not only that, but it hasn't made a single mistake in its operation until now, and if it can continue to do so, let alone surpass my previous horse racing results, it may even be able to challenge the current best record in the game on this map. ”
The rest of the game is not much to watch -
The little flame monkey drifted perfectly around every corner, flying between the accelerator plates with the best path, and caught up with the blue from behind in the second half of the second lap.
Blue is determined to use the pure interference skill "100,000 Volts" to redeem some disadvantages, but the Flame Horse seizes the opportunity and uses the skill "Charged Flame Attack" at the same time.
Under the rules of the game, the energy from the electric light is concentrated into the fire behind the flaming horse, which is said to be possible in reality.
The horses that have completed the second charge have turned red all over their bodies, and their speed has been further increased to the theoretical peak of the game's setting.
In the blue player's view, the flaming horse swoops and disappears, leaving only a red trail.
The race ended with an overwhelming lead for the Flame Monkeys, and even though there was no obvious mistake on the part of the blue Reib, he still trailed by nearly two laps, setting a new record for the detective's previous run.
Little Eevee in the corner jumped to his feet in anger.
"Hugo, don't you still have to do a controlled experiment? Sit down next to the little flame monkey and let's play another game! ”
Competitive games are easy to get carried away, and the girl is unconvinced and wants to fight again, and there are strict conditions attached.
Hugo put down the telescope in his hand and shook his head at the assistant lady: "The experiment is over, and the conclusion is very obvious. ”
Whether it is luck or level, Pokémon will be weakened by Hugo's side, action will be inexplicably slow, hit rate will be inexplicably reduced, mistakes will appear inexplicably, and accidents will come inexplicably. This anomaly is not immune to even slapstick video games.
"The test is over. Now, I'm going to contact a cyber hacker and challenge him in this game, Little Flame Monkey, can you take on it for me? ”
Hugo walked to the couch, faced the overwhelmed little monkey, crouched down, and made a solemn request to his Pokémon.
"Boom!"
The little flame monkey jumped three feet high, jumped on the back of the sofa, and the small flames that had been gathered in order to sit on the sofa suddenly burst from the tail.