Pokémon: From Magikarp

"Lin Shi over here, come here quickly."

Looking at Lin Shi who was walking slowly, Su Qimeng stood on tiptoe and called out. She was wearing a light white dress today, and in the breeze, she looked like a white lotus swaying in the wind.

"Where have you been all day? How did you get so dirty?"

Looking at the dusty Lin Shi, Su Qimeng took out a wet towel and wiped him. This guy had been missing since morning. If he hadn't been contacted by cell phone, she would have thought he was missing.

"I have some personal matters to attend to."

Lin Shi took the wet wipe from Su Qimeng's hand and wiped himself, answering with a slight smile on his face.

"You are a person who comes to Qinhuang City for the first time, what private affairs can you have?" Su Qimeng frowned and muttered, but did not ask any more questions.

"Okay, let's go. We have to meet with the members of the archaeological team today. Don't be late."

Lin Shi nodded. Although he didn't care what other people thought of him, he still had to show basic courtesy.

……

"Who else could it be if it's not this Lin Shi? Why is he so arrogant? Even Professor Su is here, but he's not here."

The two people had just entered the research institute, and before they entered the laboratory, they heard a sound coming from inside.

"I heard that he is Professor Su's neighbor, and he and Junior Sister Su are childhood sweethearts." Someone said in a low voice.

"He got in through the back door, which means he doesn't know anything about archaeology. Then why did he squeeze out Senior Brother Shen's quota?"

One man's voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

"Boom."

The door of the laboratory was opened heavily by Su Qimeng, and the originally noisy laboratory suddenly became quiet.

"First of all, it's not the appointed time yet. My father is here only because he is used to coming early."

"Secondly, if Lin Shi really takes up a spot, then the one who will be squeezed out will be you, Senior Brother Liu, who is ranked further behind, and not Senior Brother Shen. Please understand this."

Su Qimeng's voice was a little cold, revealing her domineering side, a side that Lin Shi was too familiar with...

After being mercilessly scolded by Su Qimeng, Senior Brother Liu's face became extremely ugly. After all, he was her senior brother, but she didn't even give him any face.

His face immediately turned red, and he stretched his neck and continued speaking.

"Even if he didn't take someone else's place, how could he, an outsider, participate in such an important relic exploration? To put it bluntly, isn't it a backdoor? Are you afraid of what others will say if you use a backdoor?"

Su Qimeng was so angry that she laughed. What does it mean to use the back door?

The number of people who could join the exploration this time was all decided by his father. This was a privilege given to Su Yu by the alliance. Not to mention Lin Shi, even if it was a beggar on the street, as long as Su Yu thought it was okay, he could let him join the team without having to explain to anyone.

"you……"

Su Qimeng just opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Lin Shi grabbed her and pulled her behind him.

"This... uh... Senior Brother Liu, right?"

"You just said I don't understand Pokémon archaeology, didn't you?"

Lin Shi looked at him with a smile and asked.

"So you are very professional?"

"Oh, I can't say I'm professional, but I'm definitely better than some people outside the circle."

Senior Brother Liu folded his hands and sneered as he said that since the situation had already been broken, he did not give Lin Shi any more face.

"Really? Then Senior Brother Liu, do you dare to bet with me?"

"What are you gambling?"

Senior Brother Liu was completely confused by Lin Shi.

"Let's play a game to bet on a spot on the archaeological team. The loser will voluntarily withdraw from the team."

"Humph, why should I bet with you? I'm a researcher, not a professional trainer. It's too shameless to compare Pokémon battles."

Senior Brother Liu immediately shook his head.

"Of course we're not competing against elves, we're competing..."

Lin Shi turned his head and searched the laboratory. At this time, he saw a sealed bag on Senior Brother Liu's seat. There was a piece of fragment in it, and a pattern could be faintly seen on it.

Seeing this, his eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Brother Liu is trying to decipher the ancient Pokémon text on this fragment. It looks like he's making good progress. Why don't we compete to see who can translate this word most accurately?"

"What? Than deciphering text?"

Senior Brother Liu felt as if he had heard it wrong, or maybe he was crazy. Did he know how difficult it was to decipher an ancient character?

Just for this one text, he didn't know how many data documents he had checked before he made a little progress, and he was still unable to tell whether it was true or false.

"Haha...Okay, you asked for this, don't regret it."

Senior Brother Liu laughed out loud and looked at Lin as if he was watching a joke. God knows how much effort he put into this, so he was naturally full of confidence.

"Lin Shi...you..."

After hearing the content of the bet between Lin Shi and him, Su Qimeng didn't understand what he was thinking. From childhood to adulthood, she had never heard that he was researching Pokémon archaeology.

Lin Shi winked at her, patted her arm gently, gave her a reassuring look, and then spoke.

"Well, the teacher comes first, why don't you tell me what you think this word is?"

"of course can."

Then he pointed to the text on the computer screen and spoke, looking full of confidence.

It was a text pattern that looked like a scepter or a weapon. It was long and thin in shape, with a pointed top.

"At first glance, many people might translate this word as 'spear', but after searching the existing ancient elven texts for a few months, I found that in many passages, if this word is used as 'spear', it is obviously not in line with the context."

"So I evolved the character's shape based on ancient books and related cultural relics recently unearthed in the Qin Emperor's Secret Realm, and the final answer I got was that it should be the character '屯'."

Senior Brother Liu spoke eloquently and was obviously very confident in his deciphering. If nothing else, this word would be enough for him to publish several papers.

"Senior Brother Liu is quite impressive, but isn't this a bit of bullying? That word was deciphered as "tun", and Teacher Su also made a great effort."

"Yes, I don't know how many meetings we held at that time..."

The others in the lab discussed quietly.

"Tun?"

Lin Shi took the sealed bag containing the fragments and looked it up and down.

Senior Brother Liu ignored the rumors of other people in the laboratory. To him, this was the fruit of his hard work, and it was Lin Shi who was overestimating himself by wanting to compete with him.

"Do you really think that all these years of archaeology I learned were in vain?"

"Kid, remember this, don't use your hobby to challenge my expertise, otherwise..."

“I don’t think this is the word ‘tun’.”

After looking at it, he suddenly shook his head and said.

"What?" Senior Brother Liu was stunned.

"You've really wasted your time studying for so many years."

"I think this is not the word 'tun', it should be the word 'stupid'."

Lin Shi’s words made Senior Brother Liu furious. In his opinion, Lin Shi didn’t know the answer at all and used this word to mock him.

"The word "stupid", boy, I think you are the real stupid one. This word has nothing to do with it. If you don't know it, just admit defeat. Otherwise, show me enough evidence and stop making trouble here."

"Or maybe if you say a few nice words, I can let you go and let you join the archaeological team."

Senior Brother Liu was obviously very angry, and the tone of his words became even more tense.

“Oh, I…”

"Let me prove it to him."

Just as Lin Shi was about to speak, Su Yu's voice came from behind him.

"Su...Teacher Su."

Senior Brother Liu's face turned pale. After all, he had just mentioned that Su Yu had used a backdoor, and he didn't know if he had heard it...

Su Yu ignored him. He glanced at him and then looked at Lin Shi. His eyes were full of surprise and he said:

"That word is indeed "stupid"!"

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