I just want to give the elves a home. What's wrong with that?

Li Ran was carrying a basket, and suddenly he stopped and remembered something and asked.

"Master Wu...um...where's my bonus?"

Wu Gang's smile froze and then he realized the bonus Li Ran mentioned.

"The bonus will be distributed in the next few working days and will be directly deposited into the illustrated book you registered."

"That's good. I'm leaving now. Thank you, Master Wu."

Li Ran showed his white teeth in a sunny smile, and then went to the venue to look for Hong Pang and the others.

"Hello? Please transfer Li Ran's championship bonus to him tomorrow."

Wu Gang reluctantly took out his cell phone from his pocket, dialed a number, and then smiled bitterly.

"This child really looks like his parents..."

As he spoke, Wu Gang seemed to be lost in some memories, with mixed emotions on his face, and finally he sighed in the empty room.

......

"Xiao Ran, you're awesome! I thought you were good enough to make it into the top three, but I didn't expect you to win the championship right away."

Hong Pang clenched his fists excitedly, and his hands could be seen trembling slightly. Uncle Li standing by no longer dared to ignore the young man in his prime. He vaguely felt that Li Ran could go further.

"Here, give the trophy to Yanyan."

Li Ran found it funny to see Yanyan so excited but not knowing what to say. He squatted down and handed the golden trophy in his hand to Yanyan. Then he noticed the Poké Ball on the top of the trophy with the manufacturer's logo on it. Li Ran felt that the manufacturer was a real sales genius and could even put an advertisement on it.

"Okay!"

Yanyan took the trophy with shining eyes. It was heavy and beautiful.

Li Ran just took a step out of the stadium and then immediately retreated. Hong Pang behind him was still in high spirits and bumped into him on the back. Rubbing his aching head, he asked in confusion.

"Xiao Ran, what are you doing?"

"Saury, Saury, do you have any extra masks or anything?"

Li Ran touched the back of his head and pointed helplessly outside the door. Everyone then looked in the direction of his finger and knew why Li Ran stopped here.

Wow, there were so many people. Many reporters with microphones and cameras were vying outside, clamoring to get first-hand interviews with the champion.

"Fat Hong! We are best friends, right?"

Li Ran suddenly stretched out a hand and placed it seriously on Hong Pang's shoulder, looking at him affectionately.

"Of course, we have an ironclad friendship that can't be broken by anything."

Hong Pang was so moved that his eyes became slightly moist as he recalled the hardships he had gone through over the years.

Only Uncle Li and Yanyan looked at each other, knowing that Hong Pang was going to be tricked again.

"So if I were in dire straits, would you come and save me?"

Li Ran was deeply moved, and a tear of tears came out from the corner of his eye.

"of course!"

Hong Pang choked up and patted his chest.

"Okay then! Brother, I now..."

Ten minutes later.

Several figures walked out of the venue, and one of them was stopped.

"Champion Li Ran, what are your plans for the future?"

"Contestant Li Ran, you must have trained hard for this competition for a long time. How do you feel after winning?"

"..."

"Huh, I finally escaped. Now I'm beginning to wonder how those league players live."

Li Ran got into the car and lay on the seat before he let out a breath. At this moment, he had changed his blue jacket into a black casual outfit. Don't forget why rich people's clothes are so expensive. They are really comfortable to wear.

"You got the wrong person..."

It took Hong Pang twenty minutes to take off his glasses and hat to reveal his true face, and the reporters immediately became excited.

"Why are you wearing the champion's clothes? What is your relationship?"

A female reporter stepped forward with a microphone and asked a sharp question with her eyes.

"???"

The flesh on Hong Pang's cheeks twitched unnaturally. "Are you asking the right questions, female reporter? And why are your eyes flickering?"

"I think, according to common sense, is it possible that he took this approach in order to get himself out of here?"

"Hurry up and chase him! Li Ran has escaped! Dig ten feet underground to find him!"

One of the reporters ran as fast as he could, which was like a bomb that caused a chain reaction. The road that was originally jammed with traffic suddenly became several times wider.

Only the female reporter who asked the question just now was still standing there, looking at Hong Pang excitedly.

"My head hurts a bit, I need to go to the bathroom."

Hong Pang covered his head and always felt that the female reporter's eyes were abnormal. He found an excuse to leave, leaving the female reporter with a look of regret.

When he returned to his car, Hong Pang started cursing.

"I treat you as a brother, but you treat me as cannon fodder!"

Uncle Li and Yanyan looked at each other again. Did you just notice?

"By the way, Xiaoran, when are you going to challenge the gym?"

As the car started, Hong Pang's curiosity was aroused.

"What gym? I've already told you that I don't plan to be a trainer, but you still don't listen to me. This is a high-risk job, don't you understand?"

Li Ran suddenly became serious and began to speak earnestly.

"Besides, challenging a gym doesn't give you any bonus except for the badge you can only look at but not eat. I'd be crazy to challenge it."

Hong Pang felt like what he wanted to say was choked. He clearly felt something was wrong, but there was nothing wrong with what Li Ran said.

Uncle Li, who was driving, also faltered for a moment, but fortunately his excellent professionalism did not let his car deviate from its track. He thought it was a joke when he heard his young master mention it before, but he did not expect that Li Ran seemed to be serious.

Then Uncle Li expressed his approval of the words "high-risk occupation". It was because he was injured during a mission and developed a hidden illness that he retired to become Hong's butler. Moreover, Snorkeling Itachi has been stuck at the elite third level for several years and has not seen any hope of being promoted to the lord level.

"By the way, what kind of elf egg is this?"

Hong Pang stared for a long time before asking.

"I don't know what they said. They just said that I might become a lord in the future."

Li Ran naturally knew what kind of elf this egg was, but he just said it out loud without any evidence, which would make people more suspicious.

"Lord level!"

Hong Pang rubbed his palms until they were a little hot. There were very few ordinary wild Pokémon that could reach the Lord level. Only those descendants with strong paternal and maternal bloodlines could definitely reach that level. The rest depended on the trainer's ability. A truly capable trainer could definitely train a Lord.

Uncle Li was also a little jealous. You have to know that he didn't even have a lord-level Pokémon. Only if he had a lord-level Pokémon could he truly enter the realm of a lord-level trainer, and this was just the beginning.