Chapter 390: Don't Underestimate Our Bonds!
"We talked about Senior Sister Ming Shuang's family background..."
Sakura (Xiao Ye) answered honestly, suddenly looking a bit wronged. She then picked up her red wine and studied it for a moment.
When drinking this with Senior Sister Ming Shuang, the senior sister drank white wine, while she drank red, and even had to mix it with some Sprite.
Taking a sip, she first explained the background of their chat: "It's about Senior Sister's father, Ye Ming, the Realm Guardian in the Changchun Secret Realm."
"Senior Sister said her father is a very idealistic person. When he was young, he had a conflict with his own father at home, feeling that his life was being tightly controlled, like a puppet on strings."
"Actually, it was about a marriage alliance... Brother Mu knows about it, right?"
After Hikaru nodded and said, "The Psychic-type family,"
Sakura (Xiao Ye) pursed her lips, "It's such a cliché story, just like those 'trash counterattacks' stories you tell every day, Bro. At that time, it was because the Ye family and the Mu family wanted to exchange Pokémon, so they chose a marriage alliance. And the chosen individuals were... Uncle Ye Ming and a member of the Mu family..."
The more Sakura (Xiao Ye) spoke, the more animated she became, and the more Hikaru listened, the stranger his expression grew.
The story was simple.
It was that the elders of the two families wanted to matchmake the two young people.
But both youngsters had stubborn tempers back then.
Ye Ming left Kyoto to develop on his own.
This made the stubborn girl from the Mu family unbearable. It was probably along the lines of, 'This thing can be discussed, but on what grounds do you unilaterally break the agreement and run off elsewhere?'
Then, in a fit of anger, she wanted to find Ye Ming to demand an explanation.
However, at this time, Ye Ming was in love with another girl, who was Senior Sister Ming Shuang's mother.
Then came a very 'nb' (shocking/impressive) point.
That girl from the Mu family, even after knowing this outcome, was still not satisfied.
On a wild battlefield, she used Gardevoir to defeat Dragonite, and then hypnotized Ye Ming...
What happened after that, naturally, needs no further elaboration... Coincidentally, it was a one-shot success, and Ye Tian was born.
By the time the two children were born around the same time, Ye Ming was already bewildered. Feeling deeply sorry for them, he chose to escape, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests.
That is, the current Changchun Secret Realm Guardian.
It had to be said...
It was indeed cliché.
Hikaru, upon hearing it, also found it outrageous.
But looking at Sakura (Xiao Ye), who was drinking glass after glass, her face already flushed, Hikaru still didn't know what she was trying to express.
It was a good thing the red wine had a low alcohol content.
Otherwise, she would have already passed out.
"Senior Sister Ming Shuang is so pitiful... don't you think... Bro..."
Sakura (Xiao Ye) moved her chair and sat down beside Hikaru, linking her arm with his.
"Mhm.... hearing it like this, it does sound a bit..."
Hikaru replied helplessly.
Such matters, in the end, hurt the children the most.
But tracing it back to the source, the blame lay with their elders.
After all, it was precisely because of the elders' matchmaking, and then each individual's overly distinct personality traits, that led to such an outcome.
Looking at Hikaru, who seemed not to understand, Sakura (Xiao Ye) felt a bit indignant, "Then what about you?"
Drawing parallels, isn't the current Hikaru also entangled with that senior sister?
Hikaru was a bit dazed, "Me?" Then a vague realization dawned in his mind.
"Mhm...."
Alcohol lends courage.
Sakura (Xiao Ye) stood up, a dazed smile on her lips, a trace of glistening liquid at the corner. She opened her arms, still holding a glass of red wine, her cheeks flushed. Such a posture, for the first time, made Hikaru feel that the former crybaby was now so incredibly charming...
"Bro, am I pretty?"
The words were spoken as if in a dream. Hikaru was momentarily stunned, his throat bobbing. After a long pause, he slowly said, "Mhm... very pretty."
The girl received a satisfactory answer, and the joy on her exquisite, flawless face became even more pronounced.
She pulled up a chair and sat down beside Hikaru again, but clearly, her consciousness was already a bit fuzzy.
The words from her mouth also became intermittent, "Then... do you like me?"
"Bro, I like you so much..."
"You won't... be like Uncle Ye Ming, and just hide away in the future, will you?"
"Xiao Xue knows you like... Senior Sister, but Bro... can you like Xiao Xue too..."
...
"Phew..."
Looking at the messy cups and plates on the table, Hikaru stood up and let out a long sigh. He first moved the girl, who was leaning on his arm, to the bed, covered her with a blanket, and then began to clean up the remnants on the table.
After tidying up, Hikaru sat by the bedside, looking at Sakura (Xiao Ye) sleeping somewhat restlessly, and once again had Gardevoir act as a tool.
Once everything was done,
Hikaru couldn't help but gently pinch the sleeping girl's cheek and whispered, "Alright, I know, silly girl. I like you too..."
....
The next day...
Looking at Sakura (Xiao Ye) still in her dreams, even though there was a match today, Hikaru chose not to disturb her and went to the arena alone.
Logically speaking, the Youth League had been going on for so long, and the initial novelty should have long since worn off.
Some spectators would also gradually switch to watching the live broadcast.
Yet, whenever Hikaru had a match, the entire arena was packed, with a hubbub of voices.
And Ash, who had debuted with a Pikachu, also had significant popularity.
What was even more attention-grabbing.
The randomly determined 6v6 for the third round happened to fall on today's first match, which was the match between Hikaru and Ash.
So the popularity was even higher.
After two rounds of matches.
The Pokémon Hikaru had revealed included Lucario, Latias, Charizard, and Tyranitar.
The strength of each Pokémon was evident.
But everyone was even more eager to know the performance of Hikaru's other Pokémon.
And this 6v6 match undoubtedly gave everyone a chance to find out.
For this, the hot-blooded youth Ash expressed that he was rubbing his fists and wiping his palms, full of excitement.
But when the two actually stood on the battlefield.
The audience's "comments" turned into this—
"Go, hot-blooded youth, force out all of Hikaru's Pokémon!"
"Go, Pikachu, don't underestimate the bonds between us!"
"Quick, dodge! Hang in there...."
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Hey hey hey, person upstairs, stop playing with memes! The bond between Ash and Pikachu is something you'll never achieve in your lifetime, okay? Just his physical strength to directly withstand a Master-level Raichu's Thunderbolt, who among you has that?"
These were all Ash's brilliant performances in matches and classic "catchphrases."
Many netizens used them as jokes.
But jokes were jokes; the admiration was also real.
Because he truly dared to physically withstand a Master-level Raichu's Thunderbolt.
Such emotion for Pokémon was truly genuine, unmixed with any other feelings, and had also garnered him a host of admiring spectators.
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