I caught a Pokémon

“Keep an eye on that guy named Wutang.” John sat back down in his chair, his tone casual yet carrying immense power. “If he knows what’s good for him and backs off, then consider this a free publicity stunt for our alliance’s future star. If he dares to make any more moves…”

He paused, a cold glint in his eyes: "Then let him be 'quiet' in Pokémon Hollywood, and even in the entire film investment circle. Although our league doesn't directly interfere in business, there are still many ways to teach an investor who doesn't follow the rules and tries to attack our excellent trainers with dirty tricks a lesson."

"Yes, Vice President," the subordinate replied, bowing.

"As for Xia You..." John smiled, "There's no need to tell him specifically. We can handle this kind of trivial matter. He should be challenging the Unova Gym right now, right? Let him focus on his battles. His stage is in the arena, in the wider world. These rats in the gutter and the boring noise of public opinion are not worthy of disturbing him."

He waved his hand: "Go ahead, continue monitoring the online trends. Under the guise of 'protecting the legitimate reputation of outstanding trainers in the League and combating malicious online defamation,' have the public relations and legal departments on standby. I want to ensure that before Xia You himself realizes this ridiculous media war, it has been completely quelled, and... I want this 'accidental exposure' of him and Diantha to ultimately become a positive 'tale' that people will talk about with relish. Do you understand what I mean?"

Chapter 1318 Karuna:?

Xia You, who was engaged in battle, was unaware that a media war and hot topic centered around him was stirring up a huge wave online.

He is currently in the Liyong Dojo, fighting his final dojo battle, completely unaware of what is happening in the outside world.

After several rounds of intense fighting, the battle was now drawing to a close.

The underground stadium was filled with cheers.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Snorlax, the Yeti, once again demonstrated its immense power in this battle.

Despite Mt. Dust displaying formidable offensive capabilities in the early stages, constantly chipping away at the opponent's health, all its efforts and attacks proved ineffective against Snorlax's powerful Ice-type moves, either blocked by solid ice or extinguished by the biting frost.

It simply couldn't do any effective damage to Snorlax!

This development is completely different from what Homiga, her band, and even a large number of her die-hard fans had anticipated.

In their imagination, as Homiga's ace Pokémon, with its powerful strength, it should be able to fight this peculiar Snorlax to a standstill, instead of being suppressed like this.

However, as things unfolded, they came to realize the true difference between the two Pokémon.

You can't argue with that.

Just when all its moves were exhausted and it still couldn't defeat Snorlax, Snorlax launched a counterattack and defeated it easily and brutally in just two rounds.

The dust fell.

As Dust Mountain fell backward, the applause and cheers from the surrounding audience reached their peak, and Homiga blinked and smiled helplessly.

We simply can't beat them...

She truly accepted her defeat wholeheartedly.

After retrieving the unconscious Dust Mountain, Homiga walked across the battlefield and came to Xia You.

She reached inside her clothes, touched it briefly, and then tossed a badge to Xia You.

Xia You caught it steadily in her hand, and could even feel the lingering warmth of the badge.

Hmm... the body temperature of a rock girl.

Looking down, one can see that the badge has a rather strange shape, consisting of many purple circles. It incorporates elements of musical notes and resembles rings of bubbles, but overall it is more in line with the characteristics of Homiga's poisonous nature.

"Please accept this. It's my Poison Smoke Badge, proof that you defeated me."

Upon hearing her say that, Xia You took a closer look and realized that the circles did indeed resemble smoke.

I see, that's why it was designed this way!

After thanking her, Xia You took out her badge collection box and put the badge inside.

Now he has collected all five badges.

We're clearly one step closer to participating in the Pokémon Conference here!

It must be said that although Xia You himself fought very easily, Homiga was actually very strong. In his opinion, among all the gym leaders in Unova, he was at least among the top.

It was just bad luck that she ran into me; otherwise, considering the two guards she would have to challenge, plus the poison attribute, she would have definitely given those challengers a lot of trouble.

Most importantly, Homiga is athletic and has a pretty and playful appearance, making her quite popular.

This can be seen from the large number of spectators all around.

Xia You didn't quite believe that these people were there for the music and the battles.

At this moment, the other band members on stage also came over. In addition to Cook and Alu, who had previously fought against him, there were two other members he had never met before.

The group didn't hold back their praise, complimenting Xia You and his Yeti Snorlax from head to toe.

This is a rare opportunity for these people.

After all, the fact that they could form a rock band in such a place shows that they love music, and it also shows that each of them has a bit of rebellion and pride in their hearts. If it were an ordinary person, even if they were defeated, they would not be completely convinced. The fact that they all gathered here to praise Xia You and his Pokémon shows that they truly admire Xia You.

Of course, more likely, they wanted to get a closer look at this strange Snorlax.

After all, it's a rare opportunity to see Pokémon, and now that I have this chance, I naturally want to see them up close.

Xia You exchanged a few polite words with them, and seeing how enthusiastic the audience was, he waved to them and turned to leave.

Seeing his intentions, Homiga suddenly called out to him.

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing Xia You turn around and look at him with a puzzled expression, Homiga quickly asked, "Can I know your name?!"

This surprised Xia You even more.

He didn't think that just because he had defeated the girl in front of him, he could win her heart.

Sure enough, seeing him tilt his head, Homiga laughed and said, "I just gave it my all, and although I lost, I felt very happy and exhilarated. After witnessing your powerful Ice-type moves, I've decided that one day I'll create a Poison-type rock song that can melt 'glaciers' to retaliate!"

It turned out to be the case.

To put it bluntly, it's about remembering your own name so you can get revenge later!

Since that's the case...

Xia You smiled slightly.

"Want to know my name? Of course you can, but not now. I'm sure you'll find out soon!"

Xia You's original intention was to say that soon, when the Pokémon Conference in the Unova region begins, Homiga will be there and hear and see his name, so he deliberately left it as a mystery.

But clearly, Xia You had forgotten that something was happening.

As a musician, Homiga has some connection to the film and television industry, and being located in the city where Pokémon Hollywood is, it doesn't take long for some things to reach her ears.

However, Homiga was clearly unaware of these things.

An indecisive man.

Seeing that Xia You was unwilling to tell her her name directly, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

With another wave, Xia You turned and left, leaving behind only a dashing silhouette.

……

When we came out of the underground gym, it was already noon.

Xia You took out his phone and saw several messages that Ya Mi had sent him.

At this time, Xiao Guang's grand tournament was not yet over, and the competition was only halfway through. They were taking a lunch break, and Xiao Guang passed the performance review with a good result of second place, and entered the battle review.

Everything went smoothly as expected.

I texted Yami to tell her that I had just received my fifth badge, and just as I was about to put my phone away, Yami called.

Actually, it wasn't anything special. They just asked if we wanted to go to the Grand Tournament venue to watch the competition and cheer for Xiaoguang during our lunch break.

After a moment's thought, Xia You still refused.

"Forget it. After all, I've had such a big scandal with Karuno, and I'm in the spotlight right now. There will definitely be a lot of reporters there. If they see me and recognize me, that would be troublesome."

Yami knew that this was indeed the case, so she didn't say anything.

Moreover, she is currently at the Grand Tournament and is unaware of what is happening online. She has no idea that even if Xia You doesn't show up, news about him and Karuno has already spread like wildfire.

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At the same time, in Karuno's private lounge.

Isolated from the lingering noise of the film set, Karuno, who had just changed out of her costume, sat in front of the makeup mirror, but did not remove her makeup. She just stared thoughtfully at her slightly serious eyebrows and eyes in the mirror.

She had already sent her assistant away, leaving only herself in the room and the private communicator on the table whose screen occasionally lit up.

Although she didn't seem to care much when she parted on bad terms with Wutang, Wutang was after all seeking revenge on her and Xia You. In fact, Karuna didn't care about herself at all. After all, if she were so easy to deal with and smear, she wouldn't have been able to work her way up in the entertainment industry for so many years and achieve such great success.

Even without his own intervention, the investors who have a stake in his business are unlikely to stand by and watch him fall from grace.

But if Wutang wants to deal with Xia You...

To be honest, she was still a little worried.

That's why she seemed a bit preoccupied when filming started and couldn't get into character for a while. Seeing this, the director probably knew what was going on, so he waved his hand and told Karuno to rest for a while, adjust her state, and also take care of her personal matters.

It has to be said that this is the treatment only top stars receive. If it were any other actor, how could they possibly make such a large production crew wait for one person?

But this isn't actually Karuno's special privilege. After all, the director understands that it's better to let Karuno get into character quickly than to let her adjust and become more efficient.

Through her own channels, she also learned that Wutang had people smearing her and Xia You online.

When she saw those deliberately misleading and malicious articles and blurry photos labeling him a "womanizer" and a "deceitful champion," her heart sank.

Wutang's despicable methods are indeed without any bottom line.

Her first thought was to use her resources and influence to suppress and clarify the situation, and even to directly complain to the Hollywood board about Hollywood's abuse of media power to smear her.

However, before she could actually begin to deploy, things took a dizzying turn.

Those glaring smear articles and aggressive comments, like morning mist under the blazing sun, quickly dissipated and were deleted!

Even the discussion surrounding related topics was guided in a completely different direction by a powerful and precise force.

Xia You's glorious past achievements were quickly popularized, and his rumored relationship with himself was interpreted as mutual attraction between strong people, or even a beautiful story!

Even those blurry photos of "multiple women together" were cleverly interpreted as "powerful trainers naturally have trustworthy companions and close friends"!

A series of changes left even Karuno, who had been in the industry for many years, in awe!

Chapter 1319 A Call from the Harem

The sheer power, speed of their response, and sophistication of their methods far surpass those of ordinary public relations teams!

It even exceeded the conventional media resources that an international film queen could access.

Karuno's first reaction was surprise, followed by a complex and inexplicable emotion.

I didn't expect Xia You to react so quickly!

In that instant, her mind drifted back to summer, back to the time when she first met Xia You.

How did that naive boy from back then come to possess such means and power?

How could they suppress a deliberate public opinion attack orchestrated by a regional powerhouse in such a short time without making a sound?

But she immediately realized that such a seasoned way of dealing with things could not possibly be Xia You's!

As for who it could be...

Karuno immediately mobilized her network of contacts to investigate the matter.

The result surprised her even more.

Just like Wutang, after an investigation, there was not a single clue!

do not know.

do not know.

I still don't know.

All sources are vague, as if an invisible hand intervened and dominated this "correction" of public opinion with great power.

She even found out that Wutang had sent people to investigate the matter, but they also came up empty-handed.

This is even more surprising and unexpected.

All these clues indicate that the mastermind behind the scenes possesses even more mysterious and powerful methods!

Who exactly doesn't want to see negative comments about Xia You and herself... no, it should be that they don't want to see bad reviews about Xia You?

Karuno tapped her slender fingers lightly on the table, various possibilities flashing through her mind, and a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

This is getting more and more interesting.