Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

“Isn’t this easy~”

Zhuge An stood in front of the camera and talked about his battle today. His face was full of confidence, satisfaction, and even a little playfulness.

His smile was teasing, as if telling everyone: This game is a piece of cake for me!

While Zhuge An was speaking, he did not forget to make a grasping gesture, indicating that he had completely mastered the situation.

However, just as he was confidently describing every detail of the game, a female reporter in a black business suit quickly seized the opportunity and asked with a hint of eagerness and anticipation in her voice.

"Contestant Zhuge An, are there any strong enemies that you are particularly concerned about in this Little Phoenix Cup?"

This question is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

After all, the Little Phoenix King Cup has just kicked off, and most of the contestants who have advanced have chosen to remain silent. They know very well that in this contest of intelligence and skill, any piece of information may become a sharp sword for the opponent.

As for those contestants who encountered setbacks in the first round, most of them were immersed in loss and were unwilling to face the media cameras. Only a few open-minded contestants were willing to share their lessons from failure to motivate themselves and others.

In addition, it is even more impossible for those players whose competitions are scheduled in the afternoon to be interviewed because the organizers do not allow the media to interfere with players who have not yet competed.

So, in this context, a seeded player like Zhuge An who was willing to be interviewed and advanced easily has undoubtedly become a hot commodity in the eyes of reporters. How could they miss this rare opportunity?

"An opponent that you're particularly concerned about? Let me think..."

Hearing this question, Zhuge An was slightly stunned. He raised his head 45 degrees, looked towards the ceiling, quickly searched his mind for every person in his memory, and then slowly entered a state of meditation.

At this moment, a stern-looking yellow-haired man suddenly walked out of the player's lounge.

He rudely pushed aside the reporters in front of him, walked straight to Zhuge An and grabbed his shoulders.

"The opponent I'm concerned about should be...what are you doing?"

Zhuge An was about to say something, however, before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a powerful force pulling his body backwards.

He turned his head in surprise and found that Li Ye had grabbed his shoulders tightly and was dragging him backwards with force.

Li Ye did not answer him, but glanced at the reporters around him with a calm and indifferent look, and said in a low voice:

"The interview time is over, please go back."

After saying this, Li Ye didn't hesitate at all. He pulled Zhuge An, turned around and left, striding towards the lounge without looking back.

All that was left was a group of reporters looking at each other in bewilderment, their eyes full of surprise and confusion, as if they had not yet recovered from this sudden change.

In the players' lounge, facing Zhuge An's confused and indignant eyes, Li Ye sighed, looked at him as if he were an idiot, and said to him in a helpless and somewhat reproachful tone:

"Didn't Tao Mengli clearly emphasize in the previous meeting that we should try to avoid interviews before the start of the main competition? Have you forgotten, or do you doubt her authority as captain?"

"Forehead……"

Zhuge An was caught off guard by this sudden questioning. His eyes began to flicker, as if he was looking for a way to escape, and his voice seemed a little hesitant:

"Uh... I didn't mean to question her. I just won the game today and I'm in a very good mood."

"Ugh!"

Li Ye's sigh was full of the tolerance and helplessness of an elder. His eyes were like a father with a headache, looking at his ignorant child with both blame and annoyance.

He looked around and saw that they were the only two people in the players' lounge. The soundproofing here was excellent, so there was no need to worry about being eavesdropped by others.

So Li Ye withdrew his gaze and asked.

"Have you forgotten the cooperation we reached with Lin Yi without telling anyone else?"

Zhuge An no longer looked so nervous and nodded with a slightly serious expression.

"of course I remember."

"It may sound a bit arrogant and conceited, but I really don't think the other members of the Imperial Capital team have the ability to enter the final 16, and this is indeed the case."

Li Ye frowned and said,

If it were the previous Little Phoenix King Cup, players like Tao Mengli and Xu Zixuan, who were not as good as the top players but better than the bottom players, might still have a glimmer of hope.

But the two had already made a rough observation in the morning and found that this year's Xiaofengwang Cup was much stronger than previous years, and the gap in strength was not a little bit.

Generally speaking, unless you are a lone wolf who is used to being alone, or a battle maniac who only focuses on enjoying the battle process and does not care about the ranking of the game, most players will tacitly choose to form a team when participating in the melee.

After all, in this situation, if the players participating in the competition as a team cannot defeat other teams, then it will undoubtedly be very difficult for other members of the Imperial Capital team to squeeze into the top 16.

At this time, Lin Yi took the initiative to propose cooperation, which undoubtedly brought them an excellent opportunity.

Even though they would feel guilty towards their teammates, they had no choice but to accept this choice in order to ultimately win the game.

"Fortunately, Tao Mengli drew a rocky venue and didn't collide with Qinghai."

Li Ye tried to divert attention with this sentence, but Zhuge An still noticed his displeasure.

Zhuge An glanced at Li Ye's face suspiciously, his curiosity made him unable to help but ask, even though he might have expected the answer.

"Why do I feel like you're in a bad mood? Is it because you almost had an accident today?"

Li Ye's face suddenly turned gloomy, and he replied unhappily:

"You know that and yet you ask?!"

In fact, Li Ye’s opponent was just a school team captain from a small place.

Although the opponent is the captain, Li Ye is obviously stronger than him in terms of Pokémon level and quality as a trainer.

Therefore, like other seeded players, Li Ye chose to let Charmeleon and Beedrill retain some key skills as much as possible and not use their full strength.

However, as the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. This sentence vividly illustrates the mentality of the opponent.

The opponent knew very well that he was no match for Li Ye, so he just went all out and launched an extremely aggressive attack, not giving Li Ye any chance to breathe.

This made Li Ye very annoyed. When he decided to take the game seriously, his opponent actually ordered his long nose leaf and thunder ball to use the big explosion at the same time.

The scene was like the little boy and the fat man descending upon the sky above Neon at the same time. The huge explosion almost caught even the referee.

There was no warning of the explosion, and Li Ye had no time to let his Pokémon dodge or use defensive measures.

The result was that Li Ye's defensive Charmeleon fell down instantly, not to mention the already fragile Beedrill.

Fortunately, although all the Pokémon of both sides lost their combat ability, because Longnose Leaf and Thunderbolt used Big Bang, they lost their combat ability first, and the referee declared Li Ye the winner.

Charmeleon was fine, but the Beedrill, which was about to use its deadly stinger, flew in front of the opponent at high speed and took two powerful explosions head-on.

The doctor at the Pokémon Center advised that Charmeleon would be able to recover by the evening, but Beedrill should try to reduce the frequency of battles in the next two days, otherwise it would suffer permanent damage.

Until now, Beedrill, who was asked to stay in the Pokémon Center, has not woken up.

This made Li Ye very angry. If this wasn't a nationwide live broadcast, what he did would be seen by the children in the orphanage who admired him. He really wanted to go up and beat up his opponent himself.