Pokémon: Master System.

The two factions argued endlessly about this.

Upon receiving this news, Xiao Wanyu tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. After much deliberation, she finally made a decision: she must find a way to win over Xia Yu.

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"Lin Xueyun appears to live a very regular life, with no other activity besides work and social engagements. However, we discovered that the day after I approached him, he had already secretly contacted a private investigator and started investigating my identity." The mysterious masked man was none other than Liu Yunhan, the butler of the Xiao family. He poured tea for Xiao Wanyu while speaking in a magnetic voice.

“Lin Xueyun is just like that, too suspicious, she can’t accomplish anything great.” Hearing Liu Yunhan’s words, Xiao Wanyu’s face showed a sinister look: “Since he has already started investigating, he will soon be able to trace it to Wu Qianshan’s side, then it’s time to make a move on Wu Qianshan’s side. You can reveal Wu Qianshan’s identity as a member of the Dawn Society to the Association.”

A sinister look flashed across Xiao Wanyu's face. People like her, who are good at scheming and have deep minds, always like to plan every step in advance.

A person's safety is 30% determined by fate and 70% by human effort.

She never intended to sow discord between Lin Xueyun and Xia Yu from the beginning. Her only goal was to arouse Lin Xueyun's suspicion and make him investigate Liu Yunhan's identity. As long as he investigated, he would naturally find out about Wu Qianshan.

Then it was revealed that Wu Qianshan's identity as a member of the Dawn Society was actually a spy for the Dawn Society, Long Fan's eldest disciple!

Considering the previous attack on the Dragon Realm, Long Fan will definitely be affected.

This incident will create a breach in the cooperation between the Lin and Long families. Even if Lin Xueyun believes that Xia Yu did not kill Lin Yueheng, Lin Yueheng's death is related to Long Yanning, and he will definitely oppose the cooperation between the Long and Lin families, as well as the possible marriage.

The relationship between the Long family and the Lin family is far too close, practically inseparable, and she has to find a way to break through it.

"Okay," Liu Yunhan replied.

“By the way, ever since the attack on the Dragon-type Secret Realm, Su Mu has been investigating your identity. He's retrieved records from all the trainers across the country who have captured Abra in the past thirty years.” Xiao Wanyu's expression grew cold. She was extremely annoyed with Su Mu, this hothead: “He wants to conduct a large-scale investigation to find information about Alakazam among Abra's trainers, and then find you. You must be careful; your record is in there. Although you reported to the Pokémon Association fifteen years ago that your Abra was dead, Su Mu won't believe it so easily.”

Su Mu was like a piece of dog skin plaster, constantly pursuing him, impossible to shake off no matter what, and the key was that he also had a dog's nose-like sense of smell.

Liu Yunhan paused for a moment, then said, "I will handle it."

"Go ahead."

After Liu Yunhan left, Xiao Wanyu sat on the sofa and thought of the photo of Xia Yu and Long Yanning. Long Yanning would definitely become her daughter's biggest obstacle.

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Starlight City.

Xia Yu's state of mind upon returning to Starlight City was completely different from when she left.

I left meekly and submissive, but upon my return I struck with full force.

"Xiaoyu, did you miss your dad?"

Xia Yu looked at the handsome young man in front of him, his brows furrowed. He could vaguely see the shadow of Fatty Wu in the man's angular features.

"Fatty Wu?"

"Dad's here!" Fatty Wu was quite satisfied with the surprised expression on Xia Yu's face; the contrast was exactly what he wanted.

"No." Xia Yu didn't expect that after half a year, Fatty Wu looked like he had undergone plastic surgery, becoming thinner, stronger, and more handsome: "Son, are you sure you signed up for a training program and not a weight loss camp? People who don't know might think you've gone into the sex industry."

"Get lost!" Fatty Wu's face was full of confidence and arrogance, completely different from the fat man he used to be. Now he was a sunny and cheerful young man: "Although I haven't become as famous as you in the past six months, I have become stronger."

"Stop bragging." Xia Yu said with a look of disdain, "Don't get eliminated on the first day of the competition when it starts tomorrow."

"impossible."

As they talked, the two walked toward the registration area for the university cup.

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Chapter 188 First Battle of the High School Cup

Starlight City, Bug-type Gym.

Xia Yu and Fatty Wu cursed at each other the whole way before finally arriving at the sign-in table of the Bug-type Gym.

Xia Yu's appearance caused a stir in the crowd. Although he was not a household name, he was well-known in Xingguang City.

After weaving through the crowd, Xia Yu finally arrived at the registration desk, where he encountered many familiar faces, including Zhao Ruohan, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Xia Yu wasn't particularly surprised by Zhao Ruohan's participation in the competition, because he occasionally heard about Zhao Ruohan's recent situation from his father and older brother when they talked on the phone.

They said she's improving quickly and praised her talent. It's clear that both her father and brother like Zhao Ruohan very much.

Zhao Ruohan stood gracefully in front of the registration table, her unique temperament and exquisite features making her stand out in the crowd.

"Long time no see." Xia Yu waved to Zhao Ruohan. After not seeing her for so long, Xia Yu noticed that Zhao Ruohan had grown more and more beautiful, and greeted her with a smile.

"Long time no see." Zhao Ruohan's voice was gentle as she looked at Xia Yu.

The two exchanged a brief greeting and then passed each other.

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At the same time as signing in, a random draw will also be conducted.

Xia Yu drew number 135 in the upper half of the draw, while Wu Pangzi drew number 135 in the lower half. Seeing this result, Wu Pangzi breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he wasn't in the same half of the draw as Xia Yu.

Despite his boastful remarks, he never admitted to being afraid of Xia Yu, but in a real fight, he knew his Pokémon would be no match for Xia Yu's Sceptile.

"Fatty Wu, are you relieved to see that I'm not in the same half of the zone as you?" Xia Yu teased Fatty Wu with a smile.

Given Fatty Wu's personality, he would never admit it. Fatty Wu was not intimidated at all and turned to Xia Yu, saying, "You think I'm afraid of you? You were lucky in this draw that you weren't in the same bracket as me, otherwise the semifinals would have been your end."

"How about we practice now?"

"Forget it, I don't want to fight you, you're too weak."

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The two left the Bug-type gym amidst their bickering. Fatty Wu needed to go home to prepare for tomorrow's match. Although he claimed to be fearless, he had a clear understanding of his own abilities and wanted to go home to study his upcoming opponent and make ample preparations.

Xia Yu also returned home.

Entering the bedroom, Xia Yu gently closed the door, opened the drawer, and found an exquisite gift box inside. It was only a few days until Teacher Long's birthday; Teacher Long had done so much for him, and this was a special birthday gift Xia Yu had prepared for him.

A beautiful hairpin, inlaid with an Evolution Key Stone and a Mega Pidgeot Evolution Stone.

Xia Yu had two Evolution Key Stones. He originally wanted to give this Evolution Key Stone and the Mega Houndoom Evolution Stone to his older brother, but after careful consideration, he decided to give this Evolution Key Stone to Teacher Long instead.

On one hand, he wanted to express his feelings, and on the other hand, he hoped to take this opportunity to get Long Yanning to secretly help him collect these two kinds of stones. Xia Yu found that if he collected them on his own, the progress would be too slow.

We don't have any Mega Salamence or Mega Charizard evolution stones yet. If the Dragon Clan could help us, the progress of collecting the stones would definitely be greatly accelerated.

Moreover, with the Pokémon Iron Warrior, Xia Yu's confidence soared.

These two stones were both a birthday gift to Long Yanning and a reference point for her.

Xia Yu rewrapped the hairpin and put it back in the gift box. Then he made a call to have the deliveryman pick it up. He originally wanted to deliver it to Teacher Long in person, but because of the competition, he had to stay in Xingguang City and had to have the deliveryman deliver it to him.

After the deliveryman left, Xia Yu returned to her bedroom, sat down, and began to organize her haul from the past month.

Firstly, because he caught four new Pokémon, the types of Pokémon he collected changed from five (Dragon, Flying, Fire, Grass, and Ghost) to ten (Dragon, Flying, Fire, Grass, Ghost, Fighting, Fairy, Psychic, Normal, and Poison), allowing him to obtain the first stage reward of the quest "Master of All Types," the Crystal Orb.

Secondly, there was the recent post about acquiring stones. He obtained three more Mega Evolution Stones: Mega Mawile, Mega Lucario, and Mega Swampert. However, he still didn't get the Mega Charizard Stone that Xia Yu had been longing for, which left Xia Yu somewhat disappointed.

Finally, there was the reward from the last Dreamland event, which gave Xia Yu three high-quality treasure chests. The guaranteed reward was an A-grade item. Xia Yu opened the first treasure chest and got a stat boost, which improved the stats of the Pokémon with the lowest stats, raising Scorbunny's stats to near-champion level.

The second treasure chest contained the S-rank item Earth Shield, which increases the duration of the field when a Pokémon holds it. Naturally, Xia Yu gave Earth Shield to Aisne to hold.

The third treasure chest yielded a Celestial-level Feraligatr egg. Seeing that it was another Fire-type Pokémon, Xia Yu was quite troubled. He already had two Fire-type Pokémon, and any more and he would become a Fire-type trainer.

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The University Cup officially began the next day.

A nationwide craze ensued, with major media outlets vying to report on it. The front pages and headlines featured strong contenders for the championship, such as Su Muzi, Xiang Hanli, and Chen Yuze.

Compared to those big cities, Starlight City, a small city, has not received much attention. Even though Xia Yu showed great strength in his battle against Li Miao, he was only at the Lord level.

Starting a few years ago, the winners of the High School Cup all had to have Pokémon with at least Gym Leader-level strength, which made Xia Yu far inferior in comparison.

Soon Xia Yu faced his first match, against a little girl who seemed to be from another school.

"Player number 135, Xia Yu, will face off against player number 136, Xue Qin. The match will be a 2v2 singles game. The match begins!"

"Go, Charizard!"

"Go, Longlong Rock!"

Since it was the first match, Xia Yu naturally focused on it and gave it his all.

"Charizard, Sunny Day!"

The weather wasn't good today, so Xia Yu first had Charizard activate Sunny Day to unlock the Solar Power ability.

"Rumble Rock, falling rocks!"

The opponent named Xue Qin clearly had some battle experience, knowing to let Golem use Rock-type moves, which are four times stronger than Charizard.

The idea was wonderful, but reality was cruel. When an elite-level Golem faced a boss-level Charizard, its Rock Smash skill had a hard time hitting the Charizard. Even if it threw the rocks with all its might, the Charizard, which was flying in the air, could easily dodge them.

After dodging the falling rocks, a ball of fire energy flew out of Charizard's body and shot into the sky, immediately dispelling the dark clouds. Sunlight shone directly on the earth, illuminating the entire area, and the sky cleared up in the blink of an eye.

"Charizard, Solar Beam!" (Also known as Solar Flare)

"Roar!"

Under a clear sky, Charizard's Solar Power ability is activated, and the charge time for Solar Beam is greatly reduced. Grass-type energy begins to gather on Charizard at a visible speed, and in the blink of an eye, the Solar Beam's energy is fully gathered.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling fluorescent green grass-type beam of light suddenly erupted, striking the Golem and instantly sending it flying out of the arena.

"Gollum Rock is unable to fight, Xia Yu wins the first round."