Elf: Starting as the Fighting Gym Master, and being entangled by Nancy.

Chapter 335: Invitation from Sheba

"Thank you for your concern, King Sheba."

Sakaki nodded slightly, and a piece of bandage appeared at the collar of his hospital gown.

He controlled his tone to be just the right balance of weakness and gratitude, and even the strength of his fingertips pressing against the bed sheets was precisely calculated.

"Hahaha, Master Sakaki, there's no need to be so polite."

Xiba waved his hand, his deep laughter causing ripples on the water glass on the bedside table. "Speaking of these things is a bit awkward. We old buddies in Kanto, we're all friends."

Shiba sat by the bed and chatted with Sakaki for a while, and his rough laughter occasionally came through the crack in the door into the corridor.

He didn't get up to say goodbye until the sunlight lengthened the shadows on the window frames.

"Take good care of your injuries and don't worry about the gym."

Shiba patted Sakaki's shoulder, controlling the strength just right.

As he turned around, he winked at Li Xuan, indicating that they should leave together.

The two walked side by side through the hospital corridor.

At the corner, Xiba suddenly slowed down and stretched out his bronze arm in front of Li Xuan: "Let me talk for a moment."

Li Xuan's steps suddenly stopped, his eyebrows slightly raised: "Oh? King Xiba is doing this...?"

Xiba suddenly turned around, and his tall figure enveloped Li Xuan in the shadow of the fire escape.

As he lowered his voice, the scar on his throat tensed along with his muscles: "Master Li Xuan, there is something fishy going on within the alliance."

"It's no coincidence that Adu was entangled by Team Rocket in Kaji Town."

Having said that, Xiba narrowed his eyes, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes from years of wind and sun looked particularly sharp at this moment.

Even though he is a "martial arts fanatic", it doesn't mean that he is not thoughtful.

This prisoner rescue operation would not have been possible with such precision without an insider.

A hint of approval flashed in Li Xuan's eyes: "Does King Xiba have any clues?"

Hearing this, Xiba scratched his hair in frustration, his fierce demeanor instantly collapsing. "If I had a clue, I wouldn't be complaining to you here."

He slapped the wall with his rough palm, shaking off a layer of dust.

Li Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he silently withdrew his admiration.

This king's acumen is indeed beyond expectations, but he obviously has not yet learned to turn his intuition into concrete action.

The sound of a nurse's footsteps was heard at the end of the corridor. The two looked at each other and tacitly ended this conversation that started well but ended badly.

"Speaking of which, Master Li Xuan, how's your little porter doing?"

Xiba thought of the strange-colored porter that he had entrusted to Li Xuan for training.

That's a different-colored Pokémon.

I don't know how it's being trained.

"It's about to evolve into an iron-boned earthman."

Seeing this, Li Xuan sent out a mover.

A small Pokémon with golden skin, a rose-red nose, and orange markings on its body appeared.

It held a piece of wood in its hand, and swung it as easily as a scallion soldier wielding a scallion sword.

Pokémon: Porter (Odd Color)

[Attribute: Fighting]

【Level: 24】

[Characteristic: Perseverance]

[Skills: Sonic Fist, See Through, others omitted.]

This is a porter with perseverance.

It was also the Pokémon specially selected by Sheba's friend.

The fact that Xiba handed this porter over to Li Xuan also indirectly showed that he was optimistic about Li Xuan.

This is the offspring of an Elite Four trainer's ace Pokémon.

Although it's a bit confusing, this Porter can be considered a "pure-blooded" Pokémon.

If nothing unexpected happens and he is trained properly, becoming a king should not be a problem.

As long as the bond is deep, maybe even the championship level can be reached.

It's like his own trump card.

Thinking of this, Xiba felt a little regretful.

Why doesn’t Li Xuan want to use his wrist strength?
It's not like we can't raise another one... Thinking of this, Shiba took out a Shiny Machop Poké Ball, still thinking of saying something to Li Xuan.

However, Li Xuan, who had seen the panel in advance through the system, shook his head repeatedly.

Turtle, different color wrist strength...

just forget it.

Li Xuan forced a smile and said, "King Xiba, it's better to give this Armored Pokémon to someone else. I've already captured one Armored Pokémon, and I don't have any plans to breed more Pokémon of the same species at the moment."

"?"

Xiba said nothing, just kept his eyes on little Riolu.

That look seemed to say, "Are you sure?"

but……

Why hasn't Li Xuan's Riolu evolved into Lucario yet?
Hiba was puzzled.

He could see that Li Xuan had a good relationship with little Riolu.

But Little Riolu just didn't evolve into Lucario.

The previous one did evolve, but this little Riolu is obviously stronger, but it still didn't evolve.

This left Xiba confused.

"Master Li Xuan, is there something wrong with your Riolu?"

Xiba thought of the "evolutionary retardation disease" that he had only seen on TV. Could it be that Li Xuan's little Riolu had this disease?
Thinking of this, Xiba's face showed regret.

"No, no, no, it's just that this guy doesn't want to evolve, so I gave him the Unchanging Stone."

Li Xuan waved his hand.

Little Riolu then took out a stone that looked like a pebble from his body.

"I see."

After getting Li Xuan's answer, Xiba felt relieved.

It turns out that he was carrying the Immortal Stone.

If it's any other reason, it's bad.

Fortunately, it was Little Riolu who thought of it himself, otherwise Xiba would have wanted to drag Li Xuan and take Little Riolu for a comprehensive examination.

"Master Li Xuan, seeing how you're carrying the little craftsman, you should be close to evolution, right?"

Xiba turned his attention to the porter again.

He could feel that the porter was very excited.

Li Xuan, a mere porter, had only been employed for a few days, but he was already close to evolution.

However, when thinking about the progress of the other Pokémon on Li Xuan, Xiba suddenly felt that it was nothing.

"Almost, that's all there is left."

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

He thought that after the Porter evolved and became familiar with its appearance, he would carry out communication evolution with Haoli.

After the final evolution is completed, the two will be placed in the gym and serve as "guardian gods" together with the three generals of the gym.

"Master Li Xuan, how about a wrist wrestling match with me?"

Seeing that Li Xuan was not interested in arm wrestling, Xiba decided to have a fight with him.

Porter VS Arm Strength, the same level of evolution, and both can only be finally evolved through communication and exchange.

Shiba felt that this would be a very interesting battle.

After hearing Hiba's request for a fight, I just wanted to see the command ability of this one of the Four Heavenly Kings who has the strength of a champion in the Kanto region.

"Of course no problem, let's go outside."

Li Xuan took back the porter and went out with Xiba.

……

……

The two came to a nearby battle site.

When passersby in Yuhong City saw the shirtless Xiba, their first reaction was to cover their eyes.

But soon, they all realized that the person in front of them looked very familiar...

"Oh my god, isn't that Pavilion Master Li Xuan and King Xiba?!"

　There is another chapter later, I still have something to do today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)