I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

The bloodstained face was distorted with pain, his eyes almost popping out, unrecognizable as a human. His mouth kept opening and closing, making a faint "huh, huh..." sound like an old-fashioned bellows.

The lower half of the body was frozen, and through the ice, you could see that the skin inside had turned pale.

"So it's not a Pokémon hunter?" Liu Bo was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "Then why does it behave like a Pokémon hunter..."

Xu Li smiled and said nothing.

Zi Yu, however, looked at Xiao Hao's miserable condition and said worriedly, "If it continues like this, will it..."

Xu Li: "Wait for the alliance to arrive, I will deal with it briefly."

After saying that, Xu Li walked towards Xiao Hao, looked at its painful appearance, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Although Xu Li hated this bastard in his heart, he was "affected" after all, so Xu Li felt that he still had to fulfill his responsibility as an animal aid.

It's just that the handling was a bit rough.

Let Xinye Miao's small cat claws slam into Xiaohao's lower body that was frozen in ice. The ice shattered and Xiaohao's body trembled violently, causing his already weak body to scream in pain again.

He casually tied its face tightly with a few rounds of tape, barely stopping the bleeding. Xu Li clapped his hands, the treatment was completed, but it might have some difficulty breathing.

It's okay, just breathe like a dog, you won't die.

……

……

"Roar~!"

After waiting for a while, the alliance members arrived and a fire-breathing dragon appeared in the sky.

"I am the Galar Champion, Dantei!" the man in the sky called out, "Can you tell me what's going on here?"

Dan Emperor looked at the chaotic scene around him, feeling a little stunned. The pervasive coldness even made him, who was in the air above, feel a little apprehensive.

"Is such that……"

Zi Yu waved his hand and took the initiative to tell Dan Di the situation here. In short: Xu Li and Liu Bo had jointly dealt with all the Pokémon hunters here.

"I understand..." After hearing the situation, Dan Emperor nodded slowly.

Upon receiving word of rampant Pokémon hunter activity here, Dandi rushed over, only to be dealt with first...

Fortunately!

Dan Emperor felt slightly relieved.

He knew Liu Bo, the oldest and most established gym leader in the Kanto and Chengdu areas. Although he was surprised that he could use such powerful freezing skills, it was also in line with common sense.

but.

The Dan Emperor looked at Xu Li in the distance, a thoughtful look on his face. Being able to work together with Liu Bo to use such a powerful freezing method...

There are so many heroes!

A hearty smile appeared on Dandi's face.

With a wave of his hand, he asked the alliance members who followed to control the Pokémon hunter who was frozen into an ice sculpture. Then he said hello to Liu Bo and Dan Di slowly walked up to Xu Li.

"Sir, thank you very much for your congratulations to Galar! On behalf of..." Dandi paused mid-sentence, "What's going on?"

Because he saw Xiao Hao tied up like a mummy below.

"My name is Xu Li." Xu Li nodded slowly to the Dan Emperor and said, "This man was seriously injured. I did some work on him. But unfortunately, my bandaging skills aren't very good, so this is all I can do."

"Also, this person tried to throw a Poké Ball at Suicune, who was almost rescued, while we were dealing with the Pokémon hunters. His intention might be... I hope Champion Dante can investigate further. Maybe..."

Xu Li smiled, what he said was the truth.

Xiao Hao was half asleep when he heard these words. He felt extremely wronged. He wanted to defend himself, but he could only twist his body and make a sound like "wuu ...

Dandi's face immediately turned serious, "I understand!"

Just before the World Pokémon Masters Championship begins, Pokémon hunters suddenly attack. There's definitely something fishy going on! Perhaps someone is targeting the Galar League!

Emperor Dan realized the seriousness of the situation.

With a serious face, he asked the alliance personnel to take the mummy-like Xiao Hao away.

He nodded in gratitude to Xu Li, and the two of them smiled and introduced themselves to each other. After exchanging contact information, Dan Di could tell Xu Li about the follow-up situation. After all, Xu Li said that if there was any situation, he could also help.

Although Emperor Dan disagreed, as he felt he could quell the chaos in the Galar region by himself, considering Xu Li's strength, Emperor Dan still smiled and nodded.

Then he turned around to deal with the situation on the scene.

……

When Dan Di arrived at the scene, there was naturally nothing for Xu Li and the others to do. After asking the alliance to record some of the events, they left the woods.

"Huh... I didn't expect to encounter something like this..." Zi Yu said with emotion as he and Xu Li slowly strolled along the streets of Gongmen City, "Originally, I just wanted to fight Xu Li."

"It's okay now." Xu Li said.

"Hmm..." Zi Yu blinked, thinking of Xu Li Liuwei's performance just now.

At first she thought Xu Li was just a trainer of the same level as her, participating in the Masters Tournament for the first time, but just that Vulpix was incredibly powerful.

I wanted to encourage Xu Li...

I didn’t expect that I might be the one who needed encouragement and guidance.

Zi Yu pursed his lips and chuckled, "Okay!"

"But this time, let's go to the official battlefield in Gongmen City!" Zi Yu patted his chest and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a little far away."

……

The battle atmosphere throughout the Galar region was intense, and even the arena itself was larger than usual, with plenty of seating arranged around it like a football field. However, since it was a normal time of year, only a few people were seated here and there.

Zi Yu proposed a doubles match and sent out Positively Charged Papa and Negatively Charged Papa.

The yellow-blue and yellow-red electric mouse ears touched each other, positive and negative electricity flowed between them, stimulating an electric current that made them excited. They looked excitedly at the Flashing Green Washing Zoroark and New Leaf Cat sent by Xu Li on the opposite side.

However, from the perspective of the opposite side, Xu Li sent out two New Leaf Cats.

The four cute little Pokémon gathered together, attracting many kind glances from the surroundings. However, Zorua, transformed into Leafmeow, still shrank back, somewhat afraid of the many humans around.

With the midday sun shining, the referee waved a small flag.

Zi Yu immediately commanded: "Let's attack, rub the cheeks!"

"Jimi!"

Zi Yu's two electric mice immediately moved their short legs, and the plus and minus signs on their cheeks suddenly emitted faint electric currents. Soon, they approached Zoroark and New Leaf Cat.

New Leaf Cat dodged with just a jump, but Zoroark just stood there in a daze.

Then, with a swish, both of its cheeks rubbed against Zoraya, and an electric current flashed through its body, turning Zoraya back to his original appearance. At the same time, as expected, he entered a paralyzed state.

Tears welled up in Zoroark's eyes: "Ugh, eh..."

The two electric mice stopped their attack, blinked, looked at each other, and then looked at Zoroark with some worry.

But suddenly, Zoraya gave a barely perceptible evil smile.

The blue 'scarf' formed by the entity of resentment on the head fluttered high, and suddenly, all the tangible resentment poured into the bodies of Positive Point Papa and Negative Point Papa, causing them to stagnate.

Then, ghost-attribute energy materialized and overflowed from Zoroark's body, attacking them fiercely.

Revenge!

Bang!

After this series of combined punches, the positively charged and negatively charged Pa Pa flew backwards, their heads dizzy. They were so naive that they had never imagined that the harmless Zoroark would suddenly attack them!

"Chi, chi..."

Across from him, Zi Yu also looked at Zoroark with a strange look. Although he didn't recognize this Pokémon, its ability to transform into other Pokémon, its striking resemblance to Zoroark, and its strange personality... Zi Yu vaguely guessed it might be Zoroark's regional form...

But how did this abominable fighting method come about?

She then transferred the strange look she had towards Soraya to Xu Li.

Xu Li: “…”

He swore that he really had never taught Zoroark such a thing.

It's all figured out by itself.

Don't expect Zoroark, who lives alone in the pure white frozen earth, to be as kind as Positive Papa and Negative Papa...

And in battle.

Positively charged Pat and Negatively charged Pat climbed up in distress, glaring at the paralyzed Zoroark opposite them, and were about to discharge electricity to attack it!

Unexpectedly, a green seed bomb suddenly appeared among them.

Then, explosion!

Crackling!

New Leaf Cat happily jumped into Xu Li's arms, and the positively charged and negatively charged PaPa lost their ability to fight.

Zi Yu put the two electric mice back into the Poké Ball, walked slowly towards Xu Li, and handed him a bright yellow antidote.

"Thank you for your advice..." she said helplessly, still looking at Xu Li strangely.

Xu Li was silent for a moment before he said, "Actually, it was all Soraya's idea."

"Yeah." Zi Yu said with a smile, "I believe it."

Xu Li: “…”

"However, I didn't expect it to be Zoroark." Zi Yu looked at Zoroark, who stumbled back to Xu Li despite being paralyzed and hugged his trouser leg. "He's also very cute..."

"It's just..." Zi Yu pursed her lips and looked at her Poké Ball pitifully, "her personality is not cute."

Zoroark raised his head: "Wuhuh~!"

It doesn't care about that.

Just achieve your goal!

……

After accompanying Zi Yu to the Pokémon Center and handing the Pokémon ...

At night, Xu Li stayed temporarily in Lundulose, the so-called five-star hotel in Gongmen City.

He rubbed Fairy Eevee's pink cheek and was about to fall asleep on its soft body.

The Emperor of Dan sent a message: It was about the information about Xiao Hao mentioned by Xu Li.

It seems that the Galar Alliance is taking this matter very seriously and is conducting a trial overnight.

And what the Dan Emperor said...

After the league's investigation, Xiao Hao is still just a prospective trainer without any initial Pokémon.

Although I still can't understand why it suddenly threw the Poké Ball at Suicune, considering Xiaohao's age, I can temporarily rule out the possibility of it coming into contact with Pokémon hunters.

After all, there's no chance of it becoming a trainer in the future...

The freezing ray shot by Liu Bo the little boar hit Xiao Hao's lower body right on target. Although his life was not in danger, the situation was not optimistic... It was even worse than those Pokémon hunters who were frozen into ice sculptures.

After all, they were only affected by the blizzard, while Xiao Hao was hit directly by the freezing ray.

The best estimate is that he will lose all feeling in his lower body and will be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

Unable to run, jump, or explore, with almost no mobility...

It is basically impossible to have the 'legs' to walk the path of a trainer.

But this is just what Xiaohao reaped for his own mistakes. The league is unlikely to impose severe punishment, or even normal punishment, on Liu Bo, who caused such injuries to him - no matter how Xiaohao's parents protest.

After all, this is an action against Pokémon hunters, and some damage is inevitable.

If Xiao Hao hadn't thrown out the Poké Ball for no apparent reason and hadn't been so greedy as to want to capture Suicune, causing Liu Bo to mistakenly believe that he was also one of the Pokémon hunter's accomplices, he wouldn't have been injured like this.

The Galar Alliance believes this is a self-inflicted disaster. Choosing to throw a Poké Ball naturally means accepting the risks involved.

Secondly, even if the Galar Alliance wanted to punish Liu Bo, it would be somewhat powerless. After all, Liu Bo belonged to the Kanto Alliance and had a high level of seniority.

Unless his identity as the "masked man" is revealed, Xiao Hao will not know his identity, and Xu Li will not reveal it either.

So Xiao Hao had to swallow the pain he suffered this time almost by himself, and then face the life of being unable to move in the future alone.