The Six Spirits Grand Campus Ghost Stories: The Peculiar Training Room. Legend has it that anyone who trains in the training room too late will hear wailing sounds as they leave. The sounds are tragic and fierce, the wailing deafening, and some students even experience intense pain. It's a scene comparable to Xia Huhnao getting beaten. Although many students reported this to the school authorities, even after the training room was demolished and rebuilt, that lamentable sorrow belonging to a man could still be felt.
Fortunately, those who idly went to the training room late at night seeking thrills were a minority, and it never caused any serious consequences. Instead, their mental fortitude significantly improved, so the school largely ignored it.
According to the memoirs written by Xia Huhnao after his triumphant retreat, the training room ghost story of the Six Spirits Grand Campus Ghost Stories was actually a prank by a Ghost-type Pokémon he encountered later. However, that Ghost-type Pokémon had been in Six Spirits Grand for so long that it was almost a bound spirit.
Of course, ghost stories are all things of the past. Xia Huhnao is now lying on the bed, tearfully looking at Shen Yu, "Xiao Yu, how could you be so ruthless? I'm your boyfriend."
"No more driving from now on, I'm revoking your driving rights!"
Xia Huhnao looked at Shen Yu, "Is that so? Does that mean I have to ride in Xiao Yu's car from now on?"
"You're asking for death!"
"Ah!"
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Thanks to this severe injury, Xia Huhnao was not targeted by Tong Ruo for several days. Instead, Yu Longdu became the primary victim when Xia Huhnao was unable to be bullied.
Xia Huhnao, propped up in a wheelchair, said, "Sister Ruo, go for it! Beat him to death!"
Although Yu Longdu was now facing a two-on-one battle, unfortunately, the two Pokémon he faced were genuine aces, completely different from the female Pokémon that had beaten Xia Huhnao before.
Watching Yu Longdu get severely trounced, Xia Huhnao sat aside, gloating, "What can I say? Although it's not as bad as mine, it's still passable. Go, Sister Ruo!"
The days before the big tournament passed one by one. Because Xia Huhnao's injuries never healed, the remaining four were always the ones getting beaten. However, Tong Ruo and Zheng Xiaoxiao treated boys and girls with completely different attitudes. This led to some minor dissociative tendencies in Xia Huhnao.
If it were Yu Longdu and Zhang Hong, the two sisters would go all out, beating them to a pulp. At this point, Xia Huhnao would be waving his little flag on the side, "Go, Sister Ruo! Go, Sister Xiaoxiao!"
If it were Yu Tingyun, the two sisters would send their Pokémon to gain a slight advantage. Of course, to accommodate the girl's feelings, only female Pokémon were sent out. Generally, at this time, Xia Huhnao would watch with Zhang Hong and Yu Longdu beside him. The conversation would usually be like this:
"The bond between girls is so beautiful, isn't it, A'Du?"
"Mhm, you're right. Zhang Hong, wipe your drool. Even though she's your girlfriend, she's also my sister."
But if the target was Shen Yu, it wouldn't be Pokémon fighting, but Tong Ruo herself. At this time, Xia Huhnao would kick Yu Longdu and Zhang Hong out of the training room, showing no signs of his injury. Then, he would look towards Tong Ruo, "Sister Ruo, don't corrupt our Xiao Yu. Also, if this is a punishment, please let me be the one!" It was unclear who he was envious of.
This kind of training continued until just before the competition was about to begin. The reason it only lasted until this point was that Xia Huhnao believed everyone should go to their respective competition areas to prepare, so it stopped.
Because the number of participants in this competition was determined by region, Xia Huhnao chose a strategy of widespread deployment. This meant leaving Zhang Hong in the Jinghai City competition area, Shen Yu in the Six Ling City competition area, and accompanying the Yu family siblings to the Ling Long City competition area.
Regarding this arrangement, Tong Ruo was dismissive, "Truly skilled trainers do not rely on such means to achieve victory."
Xia Huhnao nodded in agreement, "That's what they say, but this is the only way to increase everyone's chances of being selected. If we all competed in Jinghai, it would be troublesome, and we'd meet halfway."
Shen Yu tilted her head, "Is that so? But I registered in the Jinghai competition area."
Xia Huhnao smiled, "Official personnel have many methods, don't they, A'Du?"
Yu Longdu also smiled, "Yes, official personnel have many methods. To make everyone find ways to advance to the next round, we've used quite a few connections."
Thus, to return to their respective competition areas, they parted ways at the entrance of Six Spirits Grand. Xia Huhnao specifically instructed Zheng Xiaoxiao, "Sister Xiaoxiao, I'm entrusting our Xiao Yu to you. No matter what, you can't let Sister Ruo corrupt our Xiao Yu."
Tong Ruo made a gesture as if to kick, and Xia Huhnao quickly escaped with Yu Longdu, "Then we'll be going too!"
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On the plane, Xia Huhnao looked at Yu Tingyun, who was sleeping soundly next to Yu Longdu due to a special drink, "You can even bring yourself to harm your own sister."
Yu Longdu spread his hands, "There's no help for it. I have something to tell you, and she can't hear it, can she?"
"What do you have to say?"
"You've really gone to great lengths. You placed Zhang Hong in Jinghai and Shen Yu in Six Ling City. Not only can they both gain experience, but you can also guarantee that neither of them will advance to the next round. You truly are thoughtful."
Xia Huhnao smiled. He had indeed thought this way. Persuading them not to compete was impossible, so to allow them to gain the most experience, separating them and placing them in different competition areas was undoubtedly the best choice. Placing Shen Yu in Six Ling City was also very deliberate. Firstly, Six Ling City had greater competitive pressure, and Xia Huhnao was absolutely confident that Shen Yu would not advance to the next round. Secondly, with the two sisters watching, she would gain more growth.
Xia Huhnao looked at Yu Longdu, who was covering Yu Tingyun with a blanket, "You have the nerve to talk about me? You must have thought the same way. Not only that, but you also placed Tingyun in your well-connected Ling Long City stronghold. I even suspect you intend to deal with your own sister personally at the opportune moment."
Yu Longdu tucked in the blanket, "There's no help for it. Although the main matches of the second round are the selections, it's inevitable that someone might target trainers participating in the second round. To protect her, some inappropriate measures must be taken."
"Yes, there are always those who will do anything for money. But speaking of which..."
Yu Longdu looked at Xia Huhnao, who seemed hesitant to speak, "What is it? Just say it if you have something to say."
Xia Huhnao pointed to the elaborately decorated interior of the plane, "Isn't this plane yours? What's the point of us speaking so quietly on your plane?"
Yu Longdu was taken aback, "That's right, there's no need to be secretive here!"
The two thumped their chests and stamped their feet, almost waking the sleeping Yu Tingyun and nearly kicking the plane out of the sky.
The two, having calmed down, sat facing each other. Yu Longdu looked at the relaxed Xia Huhnao, "I say, you must have some other plan, right? With your personality, you wouldn't prepare nothing."
Xia Huhnao grinned and opened his notebook, "You know, as the honorary chairman of the Grand Festival, I also have considerable authority. For example, I can check the list of participants."
Yu Longdu's eyes fixed on Xia Huhnao upon hearing this, "Oh? What did you do?"
Xia Huhnao pointed to the schedule displayed on the laptop, "What do you think? Of course, it's the theoretically optimal solution."
Yu Longdu took Xia Huhnao's notebook with both hands, "There's such a thing? I say, why are you so listless all day? Could it be that you've been busy with this every night?"
Xia Huhnao nodded, "Of course. What you're seeing now is Xiao Yu's first-round schedule. Every opponent is someone she can't beat, but not absolutely impossible to beat. It took a lot of effort to arrange such a match. However, since this operation isn't entirely an abuse of power, it doesn't violate the rules."
Yu Longdu flipped back and discovered that Xia Huhnao had not only meticulously arranged Shen Yu's schedule but also Zhang Hong's and everyone from Six Spirits Grand. Yu Longdu twitched his lips, "You really have a lot of free time. But how did you do it? This is a considerable amount of work. How many tens of thousands of people participate in this kind of competition in a single region? You really took the trouble to sift through them one by one."
Xia Huhnao smiled, "What's so difficult about that? I only found less than half, not even a tenth of the data, and I've already arranged them perfectly. Not only that..."
As he spoke, Xia Huhnao pointed to Yu Tingyun, "I've also made some arrangements for Tingyun's matches. Let me show you."
With that, Xia Huhnao pressed a few keys on the laptop, "See, although the pressure is quite high, as long as she can win them all, her improvement will be immense."
Yu Longdu compared the matches on both sides and then asked Xia Huhnao, "That's not right. Why do I feel that Tingyun's and Shen Yu's matches are different from everyone else's?"
"Of course, how can girls be under so much pressure? I've arranged quite a few relatively easier matches for them to relieve the pressure. Otherwise, what if they break down halfway through the competition? I'm a true genius."
Although Xia Huhnao said this, inside him, the system lay on the bed, utterly dejected, "This darn guy is using me to show off again. Do you know how tiring it is to scan over a hundred thousand pieces of data and then filter them?"
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As Xia Huhnao, Yu Longdu, and others arrived in Ling Long City, the lively competition was finally about to begin.