Chapter 468: 2.2 Main·Pinokangni (139)

"Wait..." Hu Tao seemed to realize something, quickly waving her hands, "Miss Shenhe, you wouldn't be thinking of having Liuying take out the judges, would you?"

"No, Miss Hu Tao." Shenhe shook her head expressionlessly, "I think during the selection, we can have the transformed Miss Liuying press the judges' heads and knock them three times on the ground; if nothing unexpected happens, they'll let Xing easily get first place."

"This way, we won't eliminate the judges, Xing will get first place, and we won't have to eliminate the other contestants... I think this is a very good method."

"Hiss..." Hu Tao suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air, quietly leaning close to Xiangling's ear, "Xiangling, has Miss Shenhe previously experienced something bad?"

"This... I'm not sure either; I only know that Miss Shenhe is quite efficient at taking customers' orders and greeting them, I never expected her ideas to be, uh... so unconventional."

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To reach the endpoint as quickly as possible, considering efficiency and safety, Jizi suggested forming pairs: she would team up with San Yue Qi, and Liuying would team up with Xing.

The first trial is a performance; Xing and Liuying each receive a script about the early pioneering of Pinokangni's dreams, in which the pioneer plays a disappointed settler, expressing emotion through a single line of disappointment.

""What a vicious meme! Just ram straight into it!""

""No way… you're supposed to perform 【Disappointment】, why are you so excited…""

No choice, Xing had to forcibly hold her forehead, expressing dissatisfaction with the clockmaker's deceit.

""Very good!" The judges were very satisfied with Xing's performance, "Next—— although you're disappointed, your partner is instead excited. Now! Miss, what will you say——"

Liuying clenched her hands, forcing a stiff expression of great enthusiasm, biting on the stick as she said: "So, so great! I love this… stimulating, stimulating life!"

The lines judge couldn't help but burst into applause: "Fantastic! Your command of lines is profoundly deep! However, lines aren't the whole of performance; please continue this story on the second stage……"

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Assassin Wu Liuqi.

"Where's the stick? My toes are about to dig out a three-bedroom apartment…… there won't be any hidden agenda, will they?" Wu Liuqi seriously held her chin, "Or maybe it's not that their skill is lacking, but that I actually have a talent for lines? Suitable for being an actor?"

"Even the hairstylist wouldn't understand, you just want to be an actor?" Ji Da Bao lightly flicked the cigar in her hand, "Mm, wrong! This girl's tone is completely off!"

It somehow got hold of a cowboy hat, put it on its head, one foot on a wooden crate, striking an exaggerated cowboy pose: "Cutie! True treasure of excitement! Let's make this scene even louder!"

Wow, you're so good at it; have you been secretly imitating Bo Ti Ou all along?

Wu Liuqi narrowed her eyes, quickly moving to Ji Da Bao's back: "Could it be… he… is your idol?"

"Exactly! Exactly!" Xiao Fei Ji suddenly burst from the nearby grass, excitedly waving her tiny wings, "It's the idol!"

"Don't talk so much!"

Ji Da Bao leapt up, swung her wing and slapped it away with one blow, face flushed: "What do you guys know? The Sea Patrol Rangers value loyalty; maybe that day they'd be willing to help us, so I'm…… making preparations in advance!"

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On the second stage, Xing and Liuying's characters were preparing to enter the umbrella business in the commerce world, but just as their business started to pick up, competitors began dumping low prices to seize the market. At this point, the unwilling-to-lose Xing began the next performance.

After Xing thought for two seconds, she turned and left, feeling disheartened.

""Heroes leave their homeland to venture into Beautiful Dream to cultivate; if Beautiful Dream won't keep me, I'll defect to the Annihilation Gang!""

Liuying froze: "This is basically surrender… come back quickly, come back quickly……"

This segment also failed to move the judges; Xing immediately fell to her knees with a thud, kowtowing loudly to the commercial rivals. To live a safe life, it all comes down to four words——"Spare the hero's life!"

""Come on, get up… nobody relies on kowtowing to win a business war, right……"

No choice, seeing that this segment also failed to move the judges, Xing had to recite an impassioned line and successfully earned the instructor's approval. Next is Liuying, who will perform the despair of being buried in debt.

""Uh… then I'm feeling disheartened, leaving Pinokangni… is that okay?" Liuying asked tentatively.

The judges were very pleased: "Yes, absolutely! You two have outstanding acting talent—I'm about to cry!"

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Honkai 3.

"There's a hidden agenda! Absolutely, absolutely there's a hidden agenda!"

Qianyana sprang up from the sofa with a "whoosh", waving her fists indignantly: "Why would that judge be crying? He's clearly smiling and hasn't stopped! Can this kind of performance even pass?"

After watching their performance, Qianyana even felt she could do it too; if this kind of performance counts as talent, then with a little effort, couldn't she also compete?

"I also think it's a bit over the top…… Yayi, although she didn't understand, was also greatly shocked by this "kowtowing in business" behavior: "Could the judges have deliberately placed them here to make it easier for them to advance?"

"No, your ideas are all wrong." Buruoniya interjected timely, "You can't treat Xing's performance as a serious, unwilling-to-yield pioneer story; instead, you must view all her performances after taking the stage as a continuous comedy. As a comedy, she successfully made the judges laugh—doesn't that already show her acting talent?"

"Moreover, even if we concede ten thousand steps…… Xing's group advancing doesn't mean they performed well; it's just that the other monsters and demons are even worse. Compared to them, Xing's team's results are already excellent."

"That makes sense; if it were me, I'd also give them full marks." Fuhua nodded seriously, "Especially that poem…… the moment it appeared, I had to give them full marks—it was written superbly!"

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In the next round, Xing and Liuying each portray long-lost acquaintances, standing on Pinokangni's street, hesitating to recognize each other. Xing has become a tycoon, Liuying is impoverished; after the judges laid out a long list of demands, they said Xing's performance must be rich with layers of joy and sorrow.

Xing ignored all that, directly activated the clock trick, adjusting her inner state to resentment.

As a result, the next second the judge sternly barked: "Cut!!!"

Although Xing and Liuying hadn't done anything yet, the judge had already imagined an entire year's drama in her mind; upon reaching this point, her voice trembled involuntarily, she covered her mouth, so excited she could hardly speak:

""Your performance even surpasses the original! Simply… simply… simply——"

""Not like acting!!"