Wei Chiting listened to Xia Hunao's words, looking at the boy Xia Hunao had pushed in. "Hmm, you look familiar."
Hearing that there might be some gossip, everyone put down their work and listened. The challenger said,
"Yes, we met in a previous match."
There was no significant gossip, and everyone's attention quickly shifted back.
Xia Hunao clapped his hands and stepped forward, drawing everyone's attention. "Alright, alright, we'll catch up later. For now, let's get your match underway. Wei Chiting, as the challenged, you decide the battle format."
Wei Chiting thought for a moment and decided on a time-saving method: a one-on-one showdown. After all, he still had the mini-tournament matches to watch.
The two sides began. Wei Chiting sent out a Teng Ou , while the challenger countered with a Ku Bao .
Although Ku Bao had a type advantage, and the challenger had largely suppressed Wei Chiting, Wei Chiting was, after all, the captain of the school team. In the end, he easily defeated the challenger. Xia Hunao looked at Wei Chiting, "Wei Chiting, as the victor, don't you have anything to say to the challenger?"
Wei Chiting briefly offered the challenger a few suggestions and then wanted to return to watching everyone else's matches. But Xia Hunao raised his hand to stop him. "Wait, Lu Bingming, you take over watching the matches with Chu Xiaodie. I estimate that you'll be the next captain after Wei Chiting, so you need to start training yourself. As for Wei Chiting..."
At this point, Xia Hunao looked at the challenger. "Classmate, do you have a second Pokémon?"
The challenger nodded, then lifted his shirt. Underneath, there were two more Poké Balls. This challenger had also captured three Pokémon.
Seeing the challenger's remaining two Pokémon, Xia Hunao nodded, then said to Wei Chiting:
"Wei Chiting, do you remember? I told you earlier that this classmate has the right to challenge you an unlimited number of times. You should accept them all."
Saying this, before Wei Chiting could react, Xia Hunao released his own Pokémon. "Everyone, let's cheer for them together!"
Guagua and Dianxi were quite active, cheering with their language and actions. As for Tuo Ke Ren Zhe , the Pokémon was extremely lazy, just floating there without any reaction.
Xia Hunao poked the ring on Tuo Ke Ren Zhe 's head. "I say, you can't be so lazy! Give us some reaction, okay?"
Tuo Ke Ren Zhe turned around and floated up and down. Xia Hunao gave up. "Alright, I can't persuade you personally. You can come back."
After recalling Tuo Ke Ren Zhe , Xia Hunao and the two Pokémon noisily cheered for Wei Chiting.
Seeing Xia Hunao's obvious intention to stir up trouble and not get enough of it, Wei Chiting understood that this was Xia Hunao's revenge. But what could he do even if he knew? He still had to fight.
Wei Chiting sighed and took out a Poké Ball. "Come on, since you want to fight, then we'll fight."
Thus, the second and third matches between Wei Chiting and the challenger began.
With their excellent skills and tacit cooperation, Wei Chiting won two more rounds consecutively. Looking at the dejected challenger, Xia Hunao stepped forward to comfort him. "It's normal not to win a single match. Wei Chiting is on the school team, and you two are a year apart. It's quite normal that you can't beat him. The key is what you learned from this battle."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Your Pokémon are well-trained, and you use the learned skills well. It's not that you didn't have a chance to win. As I said, I don't limit the number of challenges you can make. You can come often..."
He paused again and continued, "You can even come continuously. I'm sure our captain won't refuse challenges from classmates."
After saying this, Xia Hunao turned to look at Wei Chiting, the fierceness and threat in his eyes unspoken. Wei Chiting swallowed. "Cough, uh, Coach Xia is right. We won't refuse."
Seeing Wei Chiting involve the other classmates on the school team, Xia Hunao began to instigate the challenger. "Did you hear that? Wei Chiting has agreed. Why don't you hurry and recall your Pokémon?"
Watching the challenger turn to recall his Pokémon, Xia Hunao applauded Wei Chiting. "As expected of our Captain Wei, so responsible. Classmates, shall we give our captain a round of applause?"
Hearing the enthusiastic applause from his teammates, Wei Chiting was on the verge of tears.
...
Not long after, the challenger returned, saying with great momentum, "Captain Wei, please guide me."
Xia Hunao watched their second exchange with great interest. Although he had Xia Hunao's guidance and some understanding of Wei Chiting, the gap in strength was undeniable. Wei Chiting eventually won the second exchange.
The student left without a word and returned five minutes later, bowing to Wei Chiting. "Captain Wei, please guide me."
This student seemed to be set on confronting Wei Chiting. Xia Hunao watched their matches. After a few rounds, Wei Chiting was getting quite annoyed. After another match ended, Wei Chiting panted and looked at Xia Hunao. "Xia, Coach Xia, I can't hold on much longer."
Xia Hunao nodded. "Hmm, this boy is indeed very resilient. But speaking of which, why don't you just run if you don't want to fight?"
Wei Chiting's eyes widened. Run? Damn it, you put me on such a high pedestal and now you tell me to avoid the fight and run away first?
Xia Hunao said with a serious expression, "Nonsense. I only said you wouldn't refuse. Refusal only happens after a request has been made. If he doesn't see you, then there's no refusal. When he comes to ask me, I'll find an excuse, like you were called away by the principal."
Wei Chiting nodded. That made sense. As long as they didn't meet, there would be no "refusal" drama.
Xia Hunao looked at Wei Chiting nodding and chuckled, "Are you an idiot? Just wait here for him to come back, hurry up and run!"
Xia Hunao's reminder made Wei Chiting grab his Poké Ball and rush out, leaving only a sentence in the wind, "Then I'll have to leave it to you."
Watching Wei Chiting flee like his life depended on it, Xia Hunao smiled. "Let's see you try to trick me again. Now I've finally gotten my revenge."
Looking at Xia Hunao's devilish smile, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
However, what none of them expected was that although Xia Hunao's revenge had begun, it seemed like it wouldn't stop.
Wei Chiting truly pulled out all the stops to avoid this challenger. He dodged everywhere except places he absolutely wouldn't dare to go, like the girls' bathhouse. There was nowhere Wei Chiting didn't hide.
But, quite unexpectedly, this challenger's tracking ability was also top-notch. No matter how Wei Chiting dodged, the challenger could always find him, leading to another battle. Although Wei Chiting's ability allowed him to maintain a 100% win rate, anyone would eventually get tired of fighting every day.
So, in the three days before the Grand Tournament began, how many matches did Wei Chiting and this challenger have in total?
According to the chat records between Xia Hunao and the system, they initially recommended the challenger use the "Repaying Kindness" skill, with its power maximized. By the afternoon of the third day, Xia Hunao and the system had changed their minds. They felt that "Enrage" was more suitable for Pokémon, and its power could also be maximized.
This matter seemed to have become a popular topic at Liu Ling University. Every day, as soon as Wei Chiting and the boy went out, people would ask them, "How is it? What's the score now? Have you won a single match yet?"
Wei Chiting was tormented beyond recognition, but the challenger, that boy, was energetic every day, "hunting" Wei Chiting all over the school.
In a small pavilion on campus...
Xia Hunao tilted his head and asked Xing Kai, "Hey Xing Kai, are you familiar with Wei Chiting?"
Xing Kai replied, "Quite familiar. Why?"
"Then do you know if Wei Chiting has done anything that has angered heaven and earth? This boy seems to have fixated on him. He keeps finding him for battles. Even though he hasn't won once, he still insists on battling. This doesn't make sense."
"Indeed, this must be like a deep-seated hatred to lead to such a situation. But I haven't heard of Wei Chiting doing anything like that?"
The two watched Wei Chiting and his junior battling under the shade of a tree. Xia Hunao slapped his thigh. "The two of us are such fools, only focusing on studying Wei Chiting. Xing Kai, go and call Lu Bingming over. We need to figure out who this sophomore is, and maybe that will have a miraculous effect."
"You're right! I'll go get Lu Bingming right now."
Not long after, Lu Bingming was brought over by Xing Kai. Xia Hunao asked, "Lu Bingming, do you know that sophomore? What's his background?"
Lu Bingming shook his head. "Although I'm a prominent figure among the sophomores, I really don't know this person. At least, he's not in the Battle Department."
This answer was interesting. Someone not from the Battle Department participated in the team selection competition and was obsessively, even stubbornly, fixated on Wei Chiting for battles. There must be some hidden reason behind this.
Xia Hunao stood up and instructed them, "Alright, since neither of you knows the specific reason, then I'll have to rely on myself. Let me go ask the Magic Conch."
Saying this, Xia Hunao left the small pavilion to find his all-knowing Magic Conch. And as Xia Hunao's Magic Conch, Tong Ruo was at that moment lying on her desk, looking at the bikini photos she and Zheng Xiaoxiao had taken at the beach.