A beautiful 20 years old lady got out of the taxi. She is Julia, wearing a cap and carrying a suitcase while walking to the Crimson Company Headquarter. She is one of a thousand lucky Crimson Go owners and was invited to be a jury at the amateur game competition. When Julia arrived at the gate of the Crimson Company Headquarter, she found that the gate is blocked by many uninvited fans. She squeezes to the front and show his invitation to the guard and successfully enter the headquarter.
Julia soon found that many media already camped in front of the venue. It is her first time enter the Crimson Company headquarter. She saw many novel things like the sculpture of many Crimson Company game characters, themed restaurants, and many more. When she tried to take a selfie, she bumps into someone.
"Ouch, I am sorry..." Julia didn't realize that someone in front of her. Her cap fell from her head and she pocked it up. She raises her head and looks at the person which he bumps into. Oh my god, he is so handsome! His eyes are clear, not like many men staring at her like prey. She had a better impression of the man in front of her.
But what she didn't know that Joshua was completely dumbfounded. God damn, so beautiful! Even with his plenty of experience watching 'action' film in his previous life, it is his first time to see someone so beautiful. He didn't know what to do, so he just stupidly smiles and go to the other way. After the walk very far away, he took a dreap breath.
"Damn, there is someone so beautiful in this world. And I forgot to ask her name..." Joshua shook his head and continue to walk to his both. His booth is located a bit farther from the main entrance, and two posters that very eye-catching hang above the booth.
[Experience the world of Kanto]
[Catch all of the 151 Pokemon]
[And become the very best Pokemon trainer!]
The two posters, one in the left depicted a handsome boy wearing a red shirt and holding a poke ball with so many cool and ferocious pokemon behind him, like Charizard, Gyarados, etc with a big 'Fire Red' text above him. The right poster depicted a beautiful girl wearing a blue dress and carrying a handbag with cute and sweet pokemon surrounding her, like Pikachu, Jigglypuff, etc with a big 'Water Blue' text above her. Joshua nodded and smiled, satisfied with his booth exhibition. Now he just needs the event to start.
At 08.00 am, the main gate is opened. All of the anxious attendees rushed to the main venue. Joshua watched from the very back of the crowd, the opening dance is performed by girls from the cosplay community, with the mouth-watering costume. Some singing, DJ, and many performances later, the main event has come.
"Ladies and gentleman, it is time to start the main event. 20 Professional Game Studio competes for the grand prize, and 100 Amateur Game Studio also competes for the top prize. Which game studio will bring home the top prize? We will see later. Ladies and gentlemen. The 10th-anniversary competition of Crimson Game Company is started!"
All of the attendees cheered. They then rushed to the Professional Game Studio competition venue. Why did you ask? Of course, they want to see the new game made by the professional game studio. No one wants to see an 'amateur'-made game for a 10 years old game system. Only the 1000 invited jury for the amateur competition went to the amateur venue.
Julia is one of them. She wasn't anxious to know what the latest game made by the professional game studio are, because they will release the game whether they win or not. She went to the amateur competition venue with a curious attitude. The last time she touched Crimson Go is 4 years ago when she wants to relive the nostalgia. Soon, she reached the venue's main entrance. The staff handed her a token and a special edition Crimson Go.
The staff said that this special edition Crimson Go is a gift for the invited juries. Julia inspected the Crimson Go and saw the 10th-anniversary logo on the back of the Crimson Go. Not bad, it will be a collector item, especially for a fan of Crimson Go. Julia stroll around the venue to find a game she liked to try. A few booths attracted her and she picked a cartridge from each interesting game booth. Some playing inside the game booth, some sat on the sofa, and some still inspecting each booth.
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Julia scanned the venue and found a relatively secluded corner and went there. She didn't want to be bothered by some annoying man asking for her number. Julia takes out her headphone from her suitcase and plugged them into the special edition Crimson Go. She plays 5 games she picks in just about 1 hour. Can't blame her though, although the game is good, after all, it's made by amateurs. She got bored quickly and want to pick another game. When she just stand up, she heard a group of men bragging to each other.
"Look at my pokemon. Cool, isn't it? And it is strong! I already swept 3rd gym with just this one pokemon alone!" Man A said.
"Oh yeah? Then battle with my pokemon! This bad boy could defeat your pokemon in one move!" Man B said.
"You guys are a noob. Although my team is not evolved yet, they complement each other!" Man C said.
"Yeah I agree, teamwork is better than fighting alone. What, you don't agree? We battle then! You afraid?" Man D said.
"Come come, you think I'm afraid?!" Man A said.
If it's not for Crimson Go in their hand, Julia will think that they want to beat each other in real life. She soon heard another conversation in from a corner.
"Look at my pokemon. Cute isn't it?" Lady A said.
"Wow! Very cute! Where did you get this yellow mouse?" Lady B said.
"Hehe, I got it from the place called Viridian Forest. It's here." Lady A said.
"I can't find it. Maybe it is a rare pokemon?" Lady B said.
"Well, I don't know. But I got 2 here. You want one?" Lady A said.
"Yes yes, I want it! Do you want to trade with this pokemon I just got?" Lady B said.
"Wow! So cute! I want, I want! I haven't got that one." Lady A said.
Wherever she went, she heard about pokemon this pokemon. She curious and asked one of the ladies playing pokemon.
"Excuse me, may I know what game are you playing?" Julia asked one of the ladies.
"Sister, you don't know? It's called Pokemon Water Blue. Here, look at my pokemon, cute isn't it? They will follow us everywhere too!" The lady shows off her many caught pokemon to Julia.
Julia looked at the screen and found that they are indeed cute!
"Do you know where is the game booth is?" Julia askes.
"Right there, around that corner" the lady pointed to the bit farther from the main entrance. Julia thanked her and went to that booth. The booth is surprisingly packed with some people happily chatting and playing. The same conversation could be heard everywhere, it's about battling cool pokemon or collecting cute pokemon. She walks to the booth and wants to pick up the game cartridge when suddenly she meets someone she met before.
"Hey, it's you? Why you didn't play anything?" Julia saw Joshua which was explaining the game and chatting with gamers.
"Oh, it's you. I run this booth." Joshua was surprised to see the beautiful lady he met this morning.
"Oh, sorry I didn't know that." Julia was embarrassed.
"No problem. Do you want to play pokemon?" Joshua asked.
"Yep!"
"Come, let me show you. First, choose which version you want to play" Joshua guided Julia to the booth.
"What's the difference?" Julia curiously asked.
"The protagonist of Pokemon Fire Red is a boy, meanwhile it is the opposite for Pokemon Water Blue. Some pokemon in Fire Red also harder to get than in pokemon Water Blue and vice versa. Each version also has some exclusive pokemon. They both still had the full gaming experience of the pokemon game and for a short gaming session, it is not a big deal which version you choose." Joshua patiently explained.
"Then I choose Water Blue," Julia said after brief contemplation. She received a Pokemon Water Blue cartridge from Joshua and play it.
"Go to the tall grass, chose your starter, and..."
Joshua happily explaining to Julia, and when Julia saw Joshua's happy and serious expression, it was so charming! No wonder many ladies still flocked to this booth. She secretly steals a glance from time to time.
"This game is so fun! How did you design this game?" Julia happily asked Joshua when she still playing the game.
"Em... This... It's just luck..." Joshua stammered. He copied blatantly from Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green and felt bad for Gamefreak, the original creator.
So humble! Julia thinks. She didn't know that Joshua was a plagiarist from his previous life because there is no collecting pets RPG previously in this life. His image inside Julia's heart got taller and taller.
Joshua booth got more and more popular. The time for judging is coming, and the player returned to the man hall. Looking at the token at hand, Joshua sighed. It's fewer than he expected. He hopes he could win the number 1 spot in this competition. He went to the main venue and gave the tokens to the staff.