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"What's wrong, Xiaomeng?"

As soon as Mu Yun entered the monitoring room, he saw Song Xiaomeng holding her rosy cheeks, looking very happy.

Does showing off your "little wolf dog" to your best friend make her that happy?

Mu Yun was puzzled, but didn't ask any further questions. After all, it was such an embarrassing matter, and telling her about it might really make her sick.

Once he's able to fight a top-tier Pokémon in melee combat, he can use this incident to make her laugh.

"No...it's nothing."

Upon hearing Mu Yun's voice, Song Xiaomeng immediately started gesturing excitedly, touching her bangs and patting her pants, looking very busy but unsure of what she was busy with.

Mu Yun smiled at this, then walked over to Ferrothorn and said, "Come on, Ferrothorn, are you coming with us, or do you want to stay in your Poké Ball and we'll call you when it's time to eat?"

In the city, as long as it's not a super-large Pokémon like Gyarados or Onix that might obstruct traffic, you can roam the streets.

"Nuts, nuts~~"

The nut dumbbell raises two tentacles, then lowers the first one.

"clear."

Mu Yun took out the Poké Ball of Nut Dumbbell from the drawer in the monitoring room and gently touched it on her.

"Let's go, Xiaomeng, let's go see that orange fruit cup you mentioned."

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Asia-Europe Supermarket is one of the commercial enterprises under the Asia-Europe Group.

The Orange Fruit Cup is a new talent competition that Asia-Europe Group holds every year during the start of the senior year of high school.

Initially, the Orange Fruit Cup was only held in Changqing City and only accepted senior high school students to participate. However, due to its poor entertainment value, it was gradually opened to freshmen and sophomores in college.

Ultimately, after several years of experimentation and investigation, the standard for non-professional trainers was finally established.

And it began to be gradually promoted to every city with a large Asian-European supermarket.

All of the above was told to Mu Yun by Song Xiaomeng.

"I participated in this competition twice, both times at the Asia-Europe Supermarket in Changqing City. You have no idea how high the quality of students in the provincial capital is. The starter Pokémon, which are rare even in Songjiang No. 1 High School, are practically a must-have for every student in the top high schools in the provincial capital," Song Xiaomeng complained on the way.

"After all, it's one of the three provincial capital cities in Northeast China, so it's normal for it to have a lot of wealthy people," Mu Yun said.

Although the overall economic level of the Northeast region is at the lower end of the entire Yanhuang Alliance, the wealth of top individuals and the number of people with extraordinary wealth are still unimaginable to ordinary people.

"That's true, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get a Meow Meow with the potential to become a top-tier champion." Song Xiaomeng agreed with this.

Even though Evergreen University isn't one of the top ten, it still generously allows students to exchange credits for high-potential Pokémon.

Among them are even descendants of dominant or even gym-level Pokémon.

As the two chatted, they soon heard bursts of rousing music rising from not far away.

This is precisely the pre-launch promotion for the Orange Fruit Cup at the Asia-Europe Supermarket.

At this moment, in front of the Asia-Europe Supermarket, there were many colorful balloons and a huge inflatable gate. Although the color scheme looked tacky, it still made people want to take a second look.

Wow!!

Just as Mu Yun and Song Xiaomeng approached the registration area, a series of exclamations suddenly rang out.

Looking over, one could see four bird-shaped sprites of different colors dancing to rousing music.

There are red, green, pink, and purple ones. At first glance, the colors don't seem to match, and their dance styles are all different. But if you look closely, you'll find that their dance is magical. When combined, it even makes you want to sway along.

"These are the dancing birds of the Flower and Bird Orchestra. I saw them at the Asia-Europe Supermarket in Changqing City. It's an organization that specializes in breeding dancing birds and having them dance at various small and medium-sized events. I heard their performance fees are very high," Song Xiaomeng explained after seeing the dancing birds.

"The Flower and Bird Orchestra..."

Mu Yun remembered that in his previous life's game, Floridon was a Pokémon unique to the Alola region and basically did not exist in other regions.

Of course, in this world, no Pokémon exists only in one league.

After all, it's not an easy task to strictly control all the females of a certain type of spirit.

Unless it is extremely difficult for this race to produce offspring, such as the Elf race, which is hailed as a quasi-god.

After watching the performance for a while, Mu Yun turned his attention away and went to the registration desk to sign up.

After presenting his student ID and the new trainer certificate issued by the Trainers Association, Mu Yun successfully obtained the number 11 number plate.

"It looks like not many people are participating."

After pinning the number plate to his chest, Mu Yun sighed.

I thought it would be a fierce battle, but surprisingly, there were only a few people who signed up.

"There's no other way. Songjiang City doesn't have any universities. Even though it's still the holiday period, many university students will return to school early because the school facilities are cheap and you can even use your credits to pay for them."

"Then why didn't you go back?"

"I miss Aunt Zhu. Can't I stay a few more days?" Song Xiaomeng glared at Mu Yun.

"Alright, I thought it was Sister Xiaomeng who missed her little brother, but it turns out I was just being presumptuous~~" Mu Daiyu Yun turned her head away.

"............If you keep doing this, I'm going to call Little Sun!" Song Xiaomeng shouted, her face flushed, whether from embarrassment or anger.

"Just kidding, don't get angry!"

Mu Yun shrugged, indicating surrender. "Why are you throwing sand around while we're just playing around?"

Time passed slowly amidst Mu Yun's witty banter, and after a series of novel opening performances, the Orange Fruit Cup officially began.

The competition format is simple: a 1v1 elimination tournament. Those who draw a number will go to the competition area in the lobby on the first floor of the supermarket to compete.

Because there is only one venue, the waiting time far exceeds the match time.

Mu Yun glanced at the big screen. He was in the seventh match, facing number 23.

Unfortunately, the screen only shows a number, so we can't tell if the other person is male or female, fat or thin.

"Huh? What's he doing here?"

Just as Mu Yun and Song Xiaomeng were enjoying a sundae from Mixue Ice Cream, Song Xiaomeng suddenly spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

Mu Yun followed the gaze and found two boys, one looking somewhat tired and the other looking rather immature. Coincidentally, he knew both of them.

It was in the newbie battle arena that I met the Chu brothers, Chu Weihe and Chu Xiaolan.

It was Liu Jianhao who told him the name. It is said that Chu Xiaolan waited for Liu Jianhao for several days afterward and mustered up the courage to ask for Yunxin.

In response, Mu Yun said: The world is vast and full of wonders, and there are those who dare to face difficulties head-on.

But to their surprise, Song Xiaomeng also knew them.

"The taller, darker one is Chu Weihe, he's from our school team. He just graduated this year. I heard from a senior that he seems to be busy with the investigator exam. I didn't expect to see him at a baby cup competition. As for the other one, I don't know." Seeing Mu Yun's questioning gaze, Song Xiaomeng immediately explained.

After the seniors graduated this year, she, a soon-to-be senior, took over the position of the senior and became the vice captain of the school team. Naturally, she knew Chu Weihe, a recent graduate and member of the school team.

"The other one I know is his younger brother, Chu Xiaolan, a young man whose sexual orientation is yet to be confirmed," Mu Yun continued.

Upon hearing this, Song Xiaomeng gave her a strange look, as if to say, "How did you know?"

Then, Mu Yun told her the "touching" story of his good brother Liu Jianhao and Chu Xiaolan.

"How do you feel?"

After saying that, Mu Yun scooped up a spoonful of sundae and asked.

"It's hard to judge..."

Song Xiaomeng tried to think about what she would think if Mu Yun's appearance remained unchanged but he was essentially a female tomboy. She found that if it were Mu Yun and herself, it was hard to say what she would do.

Therefore, she couldn't comment on Chu Xiaolan's situation.

"If you know each other, should you go and say hello?" Mu Yun, who was unaware of Song Xiaomeng's thoughts, didn't press for details and asked casually.

"Forget it, I'm not familiar with him. Although I joined the school team, it's mainly because my senior classmate was the captain of the school team before. The rest of us only interact during training." Song Xiaomeng shook her head.

She's not the type to enjoy socializing; unless it's someone she knows very well, she won't even bother to say hello.

Mu Yun nodded and scooped up a spoonful of Song Xiaomeng's strawberry sundae.

Summer is definitely a great season for ice cream, especially the ice cream from someone else's bowl—it ​​tastes even better!

Soon, the first six rounds of scrimmage ended, and the broadcast began to announce that contestants number 11 and 23 should proceed to the venue.

When Mu Yun arrived at the battlefield, he was surprised to find that his opponent was none other than Chu Xiaolan!