Xiba had a calm expression on his face, and he folded his muscular arms, with his strong chest exposed to the sun.
Lu Ye suspected that fighters all had the habit of their clothes bursting, so he simply didn't wear any clothes.
Xiba, Ah Si... all have this problem; the girls represented by Caidou and Korni wear competition vests.
As for Ah Li in a pink vest... Oh, that's because she can't afford clothes.
"Okay." Xiba nodded slightly and reached into his dirty white trouser pocket.
Lu Ye thought he was going to take out his nunchaku to try it out, but he actually took out a steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hmm..." Xiba glanced at Lu Ye and handed over another steamed bun: "Do you want it?"
Lu Ye declined the offer.
Behind Hiba is a muscular monster; behind Mr. Lu is a "swimming" Gengar.
On the way to the branch venue, it attracted a lot of attention.
The two men were used to it, walking from the audience passage into the stands and arriving at their seats.
However, when Siba sat down, there was no one in the four or five seats around him.
Lu Ye: “…”
Sheba: "They seem to be afraid of me?"
Lu Ye: "... It won't happen if you put on your clothes."
Of course the audience will stay away from a shirtless man with scars all over his body and a vicious face!
"I didn't bring a change of clothes. (￣~￣)" Xiba said vaguely while chewing a dirty steamed bun.
Lu Ye: “…”
It's really minimalism.
However, with Shiba as a "bodyguard", the view of the game is much broader.
"Next, please welcome contestant Xiaozhi from Pallet Town!" the commentator said loudly.
Amidst the cheers, Lu Ye said to Xiba:
"They all have eight badges, but the players' levels vary. Xiaozhi's opponent in this match..."
Xiba listened to Mr. Lu's explanation, nodding from time to time, and felt that it was much more professional than the on-site explanation.
"Teacher Lu." Xiba interrupted: "Have you ever considered being a commentator?"
"After all..." Xiba clenched his fist and coughed, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that your opponent has a very bad experience in the tournament."
Hearing this, Lu Ye raised his eyebrows.
Serve as a commentator
Seems like a good proposal.
As a tactical master, his understanding and vision are naturally much higher than those of the commentators. In the future, he will not participate in the Baby Cup (crossed out)... It is not a bad idea to serve as a commentator in the League Conference.
"I'll consider it." Lu Ye nodded.
While chatting, Xiaozhi successfully won the preliminaries and excitedly high-fived Pikachu.
Lu Ye and Xiba followed the crowd out of the venue and started a group chat.
After looking through the chat history, I found that Ami had arrived at Lily of the Valley Island and was now staying with Xiaolan.
This shy and cute big eater girl took the initiative to help Xiao Lan promote her business, which unexpectedly had a good effect.
Xiba chewed the angry bun and said vaguely: "Well, I'll go back first, Teacher Lu..."
Lu Ye nodded, looked at Xiba's burly back, and was about to say that the hotel was not in that direction -
"That's the route to the vendor district."
Lu Ye suddenly realized that Xiba was going to buy freshly baked angry buns, and touched his chin:
"If the Rockets can successfully go public, it will be thanks to your contribution..."
…
At sunset, the first day of preliminaries came to an end.
Satoshi, Shinji and others advanced without any suspense, and the draw for the top 64 was officially announced.
Lu Ye stood on the green lawn, looking at the huge vertical screen, on which the players' portraits were grouped in pairs.
"I've matched with Kaoping... This name sounds familiar." Lu Ye murmured, "Is he a minor character in the original work?"
Satoshi was not matched with Shinji, and the two made eye contact before leaving to prepare for battle.
Unexpectedly, they both walked to Lu Ye's side.
"Why are you here!" Xiaozhi was startled.
"I have a question to ask you." Shinji looked up at Lu Ye with a cold expression.
"Teacher." Shinji bowed and asked in a cold tone: "I would like to ask you what is the real way to get along with Pokémon."
This question has been bothering Shinji and causing him great pain.
Shinji cannot express his "passion" for Pokémon like Satoshi does. He believes that his relationship with Pokémon is nothing more than that of a coach and a teammate.
There is nothing wrong with a ruthless coach picking talented players and reaching the top of the league.
However, there are also trainers like Ash who become friends with Pokémon.
Shinji was confused for a moment, and now he looked up and almost questioned Teacher Lu.
"This is the question that Professor Oak has been exploring."
Lu Ye pondered for a moment and said slowly: "What kind of relationship should a trainer have with Pokémon... How can we improve this relationship? Different perspectives will lead to different training methods."
"There is no one right way." Lu Ye smiled: "There are always pros and cons... The key is to find the relationship that suits you best."
Shinji fell silent, and only heard Mr. Lu say: "I look forward to the moment when you can use Mega Evolution, Shinji."
"I believe that by then, your relationship with Pokémon, as well as your own strength, will have a new breakthrough." Lu Ye said with a smile.
Shinji slowly clenched his fists, looked at Xiaozhi deeply, bowed and left.
Maybe now I... can't get the recognition of Teacher Lu.
However, Pokémon and I also have a "relationship" that is unique to us.
Xiaozhi stayed where he was, looking at Shinji's back, thoughtfully.
The growth that Shinji brought him even exceeded the teachings of Qingluo and Lu Ye.
"I will definitely defeat him." Xiaozhi said to Lu Ye.
"I may not cheer for you." Lu Ye said with a smile: "Because I admire Shinji's tactical level..."
Xiaozhi nodded in understanding.
"Besides, I'm here to win the championship as well," Lu Ye said.
Xiaozhi scratched his head in relief and said with a smile: "Then let's wait until the finals to meet, Mr. Lu!"
After Lu Ye and Xiao Zhi lightly bumped fists, they left towards the contestant channel, muttering to themselves:
"In the next round, send young Kiras!"
Sending a baby to play baby cupping... that makes perfect sense!
Not far away, a young man wearing glasses seemed to be in tears.
His name is Kaoping, and he is a trainer who specializes in space tactics.
In addition... he had also received tactical enlightenment from Mr. Lu.
Unexpectedly, in the first round of the game, I was matched with the big devil!
“Calm down, calm down!”
Kaoping patted his cheek, took a deep breath, and pushed the frame of his glasses and said:
"I might be able to win a point by taking advantage of Mr. Lu's carelessness... maybe!"
…
As night fell, Lu Ye returned to his residence and mentioned Shinji and Xiaozhi to Sirona.
"I've been following both of them."
Sirona put her hand on her chin and smiled slightly.
"Different trainers, different Pokémon... I'm really looking forward to what sparks will be created when they meet."
"Aren't you looking forward to my next round?"
Lu Ye was surprised and said, "They are all contestants with eight badges, so they are evenly matched, right?"
Teacher Lu did think so... After all, the name "Kaoping" sounded familiar, and since he could play a supporting role in the conference, he might be a powerful character.
Let baby Kiras take the lead first - if that doesn't work, send in Blastoise!
This is exactly what happened to Mr. Lu, who became more steady after defeating Arceus...
Sirona rolled her eyes at Lu Ye.
If only the champion of the tournament was eligible to challenge the king, she would have wanted Lu Ye to be directly admitted to the championship league.
However, what he said does make sense.
Sirona was gradually infected, her eyes flickered, and she said thoughtfully: "Indeed, you need to be prepared..."
If Kaoping knew that the two champions cared so much about him, he would definitely burst into tears.
It’s worth it, my life is worth it!
…
The next day, Lily of the Valley Conference.
The top 64 advanced to the top 32, the competition scene.
According to the preliminaries, Kaoping excels at spatial tactics, and his trump card is the Night Demon, who is obviously a player who is good at being sneaky.
Lu Ye became more alert and walked slowly out of the contestant channel. The cheers gradually became more real and enthusiastic.
"Here he comes, that man is bringing his baby to the league conference!"
"I haven't heard about Mr. Lu's ascent to the top of the Quartz Plateau for five minutes!"
"Quickly go to Miss Water Cannon, Teacher Lu is embarrassed!"
Cheers rose one after another, drowning the two trainers on the field like a tide.
Kaoping pushed the frame of his glasses stiffly and stared at Teacher Lu in front of him.
Take advantage of his carelessness and get one point, and you win!
"Both players please send out your elves!" the referee ordered.
Lu Ye became more and more steady, throwing the dark ball and a beam of white light flew out.
"Go ahead, young Kiras!"
A young Kiras with green armor, red belly scales, and blunt horns on his head emerged from the white light.
"Yoji~! (▼へ▼メ)"
The audience cheered in an unexpected yet understandable way.
"Are you really going to use the League Conference to level up?!"
"Because young Kiras is slow, he can attack faster in space. This time, Mr. Lu is too good!"
"Although he is a quasi-god cub, he is still inexperienced... There is a high possibility of failure, right?"
"Maybe they are deliberately not letting the young Kiras evolve, waiting until the big event to fully develop him into full health and mana!"
"Hiss—so dirty!"
Listening to the discussions of the audience in the front row, Lu Ye's eyelids twitched.
It's obvious that he's an old friend!