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

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Xu Li: “…”

"Go, go—" He flicked his hand and threw the ancient coelacanth back into the lake. "You've been hooked so many times, you're just trying to get away with it, right? I'm warning you, don't bite the bait again."

I originally wanted to feed the Pokémon in the lake by fishing, but I didn't expect that it would always be the Ancient Coelacanth that took the bait.

Didn’t you see that the 31 healthy Magikarp in the lake were angry but dared not speak out?

“Gurgle…”

The ancient coelacanth frequently spit out bubbles from the water surface, and was very dissatisfied with Xu Li's restriction that prevented it from biting the hook.

It bites the hook with its own ability, why can't I? !

The food on the hook is so delicious!

This was a huge temptation for the toothless ancient coelacanth, which had previously relied solely on microorganisms in the water to survive. Even after being captured by Xu Li and raised in this vast lake, where it had tasted more delicious food, its interest remained unchanged; rather, its desire grew even greater.

The Ancient Coelacanth didn't dare disobey Xu Li's orders, but it still wanted to eat. It could only slowly turn its gaze to the Galar Slowpoke, which was dangling its tail into the water beside Xu Li.

It had known about this from communicating with its own kind before. It was also a delicious food, although it was strange that the tail was yellow, which was different from the color described in other fish.

But, never mind! Let’s take a bite first!

Snapped--

The water splashed up.

The Ancient Coelacanth took the tip of Galar Slowpoke's tail into its mouth. Its eyes, seemingly vacant, were actually darting around, paying attention to Xu Li's attitude. Meanwhile, its mouth kept sucking vigorously.

But then...

The ancient coelacanth's eyes suddenly widened.

so spicy!

It was so spicy that even its dark, stone-like head seemed to have turned red.

Hua Hua Hua——

The spiciness made it struggle wildly on the water surface, splashing water everywhere.

Galar Slowpoke was still staring blankly at the sky, until the three neon fish in the lake were disgusted by the movement of the Ancient Coelacanth and dragged it back into the lake for a long time. Only then did Slowpoke look blankly at its tail which seemed to have some consciousness.

"stay……"

What happened?

Xu Li shook his head, patted the soft head of the Slowpoke, looked at its yellow tail in the water, thought for a while, and decided not to help it retrieve it.

Although Xu Li raised clam in the lake.

But Galar's Slowpoke didn't evolve just because it was bitten by Shellder, so let it stay here.

After fishing for a while, the sun gradually rose to the zenith and the temperature began to rise.

Xu Li put away his fishing rod, sprinkled a handful of energy cube bait on the lake, shared the rest with the five Marylous who were sitting obediently beside him, and then walked back.

Passing through the Iron Arms that were sitting in a circle on the grass as if on standby, four Eevees and six Nidorigos and Nidorinas were climbing up and down on their steel bodies and playing.

Then he kicked back the exquisite leather ball kicked by two Flame Rabbits and a Tengchui Kyou.

Xu Li entered the house.

Then I saw Xi Jiana puffing her cheeks, looking at Xu Li, and then deliberately turning her eyes away.

"What are you doing?" Xu Li walked forward.

"Hmph!" Xi Jiana turned her head away, her fair cheeks puffed up. "I heard it from Sister Zhulan! You went to a lot of fun places, but you didn't invite me!"

"I called you. But didn't you say you wanted to go into seclusion for training? You planned to go back and defeat your grandmother." Xu Li said.

"Really?" Xi Jiana was stunned for a moment, blinked, and her face immediately 'swelled up', revealing a faint blush of embarrassment. "Then, then why don't you hold on for a while?!"

"You didn't tell me we were going to the Galar region to fight!" She said confidently, "'Dark Night' or something, even in such a dangerous situation, I can help you fight. This can also hone your strength!"

"Yes Yes……"

Xu Li said this casually, looking at Zhu Lan, who was walking down the stairs slowly, her steps slightly unsteady. Last night, he had a sore back, and Zhu Lan wasn't much better either.

"Are you okay?" he asked with concern.

"Heh...that's nothing." Zhu Lan whispered something that sounded slightly scary in Xu Li's ears, and smiled slowly, "You can still come for many more days."

Xu Li: “…”

Why is my body shaking?

Even though his body had undergone long-term training and was much stronger than before, Zhulan's will was even stronger and her fierce attack continued.

"I forgot to tell you." Soon, Zhulan handed over an invitation with the gilded Galar logo on it. "This is... an invitation to the Eight Masters Tournament. Dandi invites you to be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony of the Eight Masters Tournament and to compete with him in an exhibition match."

"Hmm?" Xu Li was a little confused. "Me?"

"If it's not my Ali, then who is it?" Zhulan said with a smile, "You are the hero of Galar. Although the people don't know it, the top leaders of the Alliance know it very well."

"As for the exhibition match...Dandi said that there was an urgent need for a match that could ignite the enthusiasm of the crowd and bring psychological support to the disaster-stricken Galar region."

"So..." Xu Li pondered, "Okay."

"Galar Games?" Xijiana came forward with interest, squeezing into Xu Li's chest and looking at the invitation curiously. "Can I participate?"

"Yes, I can." Xu Li said, "But there are conditions."

"What conditions?"

"At least there are enough rank requirements in the battle system."

"Huh?!" Xijiana blinked. "What is the ranking system?"

……

Time flies, and one and a half months have passed.

Galar was bustling with activity. Warming up for what was arguably the region's most prestigious event—the Pokémon Masters World Championship, or the Eight Masters Tournament—had begun within Palace City.

Wisps of fireworks suddenly rose from the palace gate arena.

On the battlefield.

"Finally done!" Seeing her rank jump after defeating her opponent, Xi Jiana clenched her fists excitedly, "I'm qualified to participate now! Wahaha~ Just wait! Xu Li, I will definitely defeat you in the competition!"

Beside her, Dragonite and Roaring Moon were lying on the ground exhausted, gasping for breath like coyotes.

Xu Li: “…”

"But I say, if you want to participate, you should have come earlier." He complained, not caring about Xijiana's words that she defeated him. After all, this was just Xijiana's routine arrogance.

They had only arrived in Galar ten days ago, and Shigana had only just begun challenging herself for the qualification to participate. Finally, the day before the competition began, she obtained the qualification.

"Then I'm not familiar with this place!" Xi Jiana said as a matter of course, "Of course I need you, Xu Li, to lead the way for me!"

Xu Li: "...Okay."

Walk out of the palace arena with Xijiana.

On the streets outside, rows of unique small shops are bustling with activity, welcoming tourists from other places.

The blond figure stood in front of an ice cream cart.

Zhulan's delicate face showed a hint of distress. Seeing Xu Li approaching, she looked at him with eyes that showed she had finally been saved, "A Li..."

"Hoo-hoo! Gentlemen, our ice cream is the best in the universe! Please take your pick, pick, pick..."

Seeing two more people approaching, the blue-haired and red-haired vendors subconsciously spoke words to attract customers, but...

When they saw Xu Li, their eyes suddenly widened!

"You can take your pick, meow, this is it... meow?!"

Seeing that Musashi Kojiro was stuck and didn't say anything, Miaomiao from under the car supplemented it, and then it jumped up with a meow. When it jumped high, it saw Xu Li in front of the car and was shocked. "You are, you, you..."

"Can I choose?" Xu Li smiled and looked at the two people who had been knocked down by him several times.

"Of course!" Musashi Kojiro nodded quickly in panic.

Xu Li made his selection quickly, and his selection speed beat that of three hundred Zhulans.

The Rockets trio focused their efforts, serving up generous amounts of ice cream. Soon, even though Xu Li had requested a medium portion, they had already finished three extra-large ice creams.

Then he nervously handed it to Xu Li.

They were afraid that Xu Li would be dissatisfied and smash the shop and beat them away!

That's right!

In the eyes of the Rocket trio, Xu Li is such a devil.

Fortunately, the 'devil' in front of him happily accepted it, without any suspicion, and turned away. Miaomiao even felt complacent: Xu Li hadn't seen through their disguise at all!

Meow Meow was about to laugh triumphantly.

"Is Xiaozhi here?" Xu Li turned around suddenly.

"Meow~!" Meow Meow was so scared that his whole body trembled and he lay on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

"Little brat..." Musashi stammered, "Is it here?"

"Oh, thank you." Xu Li said politely, then took an ice cream in each hand and left again. Zhu Lan licked the ice cream carefully and looked at Xu Li with a puzzled look.

Xu Li shook his head.

Zhulan didn't ask any more questions.

As for Xi Jiana, her eyes kept looking at one of the ice creams in Xu Li's hand with longing. She couldn't wait any longer and couldn't help but shout, "Xu Li!"

"Hmm?" Xu Li was puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"My ice cream!" Xijiana asked with puffed cheeks.

"What about yours? Oh, you mean this?" Xu Li's eyes were a little strange, and then he raised the ice cream in both hands and said as a matter of course:

"I'll have two!"

"If you want it, go buy it yourself!"

"Hmm..." Xijiana's eyes suddenly widened, and her dark eyes looked at Xu Li in disbelief, as if she had been betrayed.

Then, her eyes suddenly became fierce.

"Aww!"

He jumped up, opened his mouth wide, and took a bite of the ice cream that Xu Li was holding high.

And muttered: "It's mine now!"

The cool and sweet taste in her mouth made Xijiana's eyes gradually become proud.

immediately.

Her proud face turned bitter: "It's so cold..."

Xu Li: “…”

Zhulan looked strange.