"A pokemon contest? Did I hear you correctly?" I said.
"Yes." The espeon was saying, "I have this."
It was a notice. It said something about national gijinka day.
"Now this is interesting." I said in my bored voice "I have heard about this holiday before. I came across it while I was at the library. It was a holiday created many centuries ago by the early leaders of the country. It was to celebrate the brave gijinka that gave their lives to protect the areas that they lived in. The leaders thought that they could increase the popularity of gijinkas that way. It worked for some time. The bounty hunters formed one hundred years ago. They convinced people to hate us. The holiday has not been celebrated since.
"I must go to town to check this out for myself." I said. I got up, took off my hat, and left. It was strange. I passed many houses. I came to a big building. I looked left. The whole contest seemed strange. I saw the person I hoped to find. He said hello to me.
"I need to know about this contest. Who set it up?"
"The president set it up. Why?" he said. I ignored him.
I met a mudkip while wandering through town. She followed me around.
I looked at a billboard.

Pokemon Contest. Enter today

It does seem like an extrodinary trap.

Emmett the Empoleon.