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

"well…"

Seeing Zhulan in this state, Xu Li's lofty ambitions when he set out from Padia suddenly became unfounded...

I couldn't help but feel sorry for my kidneys.

……

Xiaoguang ran back.

I guess she has already congratulated her friend on winning the championship.

Although Xiaoguang was a little confused as to why brother Xu Li and sister Zhulan's faces were a little red, he did not think too much about it and happily went with Xu Li and Zhulan to find a restaurant for dinner.

Today is also the day for the doubles tournament draw, not only for opponents but also for teammates.

After dinner, Xu Li and Zhu Lan took Xiaoguang and Xiaozhao to the venue to draw lots.

Shortly after.

Xiaoguang came back happily, holding a card for the doubles tournament, with Xiaozhao following behind him.

"Brother Xu Li, it's really just like you predicted!! I really got Sister Xiao Zhao as my teammate!"

Xu Li and Zhu Lan couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

"In that case, then prepare well!" Xu Li said with a smile.

Although Xiaozhao can defeat the doubles tournament alone.

"Brother Xu Li and Sister Zhu Lan will also watch our fight, right?" Xiao Guang and Xiao Zhao high-fived. "Of course, that's no problem!"

Now that the draw was over, Xu Li and his group slowly went back.

On the way, Xiaoguang kept talking happily.

"Let me tell you, Satoshi's teammate is actually Shinji."

"Shinji?"

"Yeah, that guy... has a completely different personality from Satoshi!"

"That's quite interesting..."

……

At night, around eleven o'clock.

A violent explosion came from the woods with a loud noise and reached the ears of Xu Li and Zhu Lan on the top floor of the Pokémon Hotel near the woods.

"Hmm...what's going on..."

Zhulan said softly.

"Huh... not sure... want to go check it out?"

Xu Li wiped the sweat from his head.

Zhulan seemed to be wavering between two feelings, but her responsibility as the Sinnoh champion overcame the other.

Pick up the clothes: "Let's go and have a look..."

...

By the time Xu Li and Zhu Lan were dressed and arrived at the woods where the explosion was heard.

What I saw was.

Standing next to a man, Ursaring, Tortoise, and Murkrow used their moves to bombard a little Infernape in front of them who was struggling to resist the moves.

And with a wing attack from Murkrow, the little flame monkey fell into a coma completely.

But the man refused to give in and said to the electric monster beside him.

"Use thunder to wake it up."

“Hey——”

Upon hearing the man's order, lightning immediately burst out from the electric monster's body, and a thick bolt of lightning was born, striking the unconscious little flame monkey on the ground.

Just when it was struck.

"Fire Monkey!"

An extremely hot flame instantly enveloped the body of the little flame monkey, and the lightning that followed was easily dispersed by an iron fist.

“Roar!”

Chapter 95: Little Flame Monkey, Shinji

The flames faded, revealing Xu Li's angry eyes, staring fiercely at the man who was abusing him.

When it saw the fragile body of the little flame monkey under several attacks, it naturally thought of its younger brother on Rose Island, both of whom were equally innocent and persistent little flame monkeys.

"who!"

The man still felt that he was being disturbed, and frowned as he looked at the Flame Monkey.

"Are you the trainer of this little Flame Monkey?"

Xu Li walked out and came to the side of the little flame monkey. He also guessed who this person was.

Shinji...

Seeing that Infernape was rubbing its hands in readiness and looking like it was ready to attack him at any time, Shinji felt a little submissive.

"Yes... I'm training the little flame monkey!"

"Is this how you train?!" Xu Li was amused. "Why don't you train yourself this way? Are you afraid of the pain?"

He picked up the bruised body of the little flame monkey and said with a sigh.

"It's pitiful to have such a trainer..."

"What... did you say?!" Shinji was furious at Xu Li's words and pointed at the little flame monkey in Xu Li's arms. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with my training method. The problem is this useless thing!"

"Even with all the extreme training, I still can't... Ugh!"

Shinji's words stopped abruptly.

“Hoo~hoo!”

Bang bang bang bang——!

First, the bear next to Shinji was hit hard in the belly by an angry flaming iron fist, leaving a deep hole in the thick and tough bear skin. Then it crashed into a big tree behind it, and the impact was so great that the trunk broke.

He fell into a coma directly.

Next came the Dodaikame next to Shinji, who was hit hard from top to bottom by the flaming fist, and his head hit the ground hard. There was a loud bang after the collision, and a cloud of dust was stirred up.

Murkrow, who was standing by, was also hit by a punch from Infernape and faced the same fate as Urkar.

All with one punch.

In just four seconds, Shinji's three Pokémon were defeated by the angry Infernape's iron fist and were unable to do anything to fight back. The remaining Electabuzz was sitting on the ground in fear.

Shinji stood there in a daze, not making any movement, as if he had not yet reacted to the scene where his Pokémon had instantly lost its combat ability.

"Is this what you call a training method?"

Xu Li said lightly.

"Now that you're like a defeated opponent, can I also say something..."

"Useless trainer."

"..."

Ignoring Shinji who was clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, Xu Li took out some healing spray and simply treated the injuries of the little flame monkey.

"...Really...Ali, why are you so reckless..."

Zhulan walked out slowly with her hands covering her forehead. Although she didn't like Shinji's behavior, it didn't make sense for Xu Li to attack the other Pokémon so casually... the other party was not a member of an evil organization.

What should Zhulan, the league champion, do? But Zhulan will definitely favor Xu Li.

"Your name is... Shinji, right?"

Zhulan looked at Shinji who was still immersed in humiliation.

"Let's quickly send the Pokémon to the Pokémon Center for treatment..."

"Champion of Bamboo Orchid..." Shinji gritted his teeth and silently put the unconscious Pokémon beside him into the Poké Ball.

In fact, Shinji is always respectful to the strong, but no other strong person would humiliate Shinji as harshly as Xu Liru stabbed him with a sword.

As for Xu Li's words, Shinji couldn't refute anything...

Seeing that Zhulan wanted to say something, Xu Li shook his head, asking Zhulan to stop talking. He could only say to Xu Li:

"I injured the opponent's Pokémon that's competing tomorrow... I was so impulsive..."

"Isn't there still an electric monster left?"

Xu Li smiled.

"Wow~"

Flame Monkey also defended Xu Li.

Even in the difficult and perilous Xicui, Xu Li had never experienced such inhumane training and pressure to improve his strength. On the contrary, in the modern world with its favorable environment, he had witnessed such things...

Flame Monkey felt indignant when he thought about it.

Zhu Lan sighed as she watched Xu Li and Flame Monkey forming a united front.

"I really can't argue with you..."

Zhulan took a step forward with her long legs that had been wrapped around Xu Li not long ago.

"Let's go...Pokémon Center, tonight's quantity...Ali has to replenish it for me tomorrow."

"Uh…"

……

The Pokémon Center at night.

Together with Ash, whom he met on the road, and Brock, who was already helping at the Pokémon Center, they took care of the unconscious Infernape.

"How could this happen!! Shinji!"

After hearing what happened to the little Infernape, Xiaozhi also shouted indignantly.

After Xiaogang applied the medicine to the little flame monkey, he also said silently.

"He certainly seems to have gone through some pretty harsh training, with numerous injuries all over his body... If Mr. Xu Li hadn't saved him... he'd probably have suffered even more serious injuries..."

Shortly after.

The little flame monkey slowly woke up and looked around in confusion.

"spread…?"

"Little Flame Monkey, wake up! Don't move for now." Xiao Gang said softly, "It was Mr. Xu Li who saved you from Shinji."

"spread?"

The little Flame Monkey looked at Xu Li in confusion, but found the mighty Infernape beside him, which was his future final form... His eyes became bright.

I hope I can become as handsome as this in the future... The little flame monkey thought so.

It is simple and has no resentment towards Shinji at all.

But until now, Shinji still hasn't come to see it.

"Wow~"

The Flame Monkey reached out and gently touched the little Flame Monkey's head. It didn't know what to do with this little Flame Monkey, so it could only look at Xu Li with anticipation.

Xu Li sighed and said it even though he knew it would not succeed.

"Little Infernape... Would you like me to help you find a new trainer? A trainer who is willing to take care of you..."

If I leave Shinji now, at least I won't be sad later.

"spread?"