Pokémon: Master System.

However, a surprise attack has a very special effect: if the target is using an offensive move, then in most cases you can attack before your opponent.

This move is also one of the few priority moves among Dark-type moves. Although it has certain limitations, its effect is surprisingly good.

The Murloc is flapping its wings and casting Tailwind, while the Darmanitan is condensing ice pillars.

Meanwhile, the attacks from Masked Meow and Cinderace arrived. Dark-type energy enveloped their bodies, increasing their speed, and in the blink of an eye, they pounced on Darmanitan.

At the same time, the Freedom ability and the Transformation ability activate! (Although these two abilities are now only effective the first time a move is used, this book states that they will be effective every time a move is used.)

Both the Magic Masked Cat and Cinderace are enveloped in Dark-type energy, changing their type to Dark, and their Sucker Punch moves also benefit from the Dark-type bonus.

The original attack skill wasn't particularly strong, but with the STAB (Same Type Assault) bonus, its power is still quite astonishing.

Especially since both Masked Meow and Cinderace are high-speed physical attackers with already quite good physical attack, and Darmanitan's physical defense is also quite low, only on par with Magikarp, there is a high probability that it will not be able to withstand two Sucker Punch moves.

"boom!"

The magical masked cat, its claws enveloped in dark energy, slammed down on the Daruma baboon, severely injuring it with a single blow.

Immediately afterwards, Cinderace, enveloped in Dark-type energy, kicked Darmanitan, sending it flying and crashing to the ground, rendering it unable to fight.

"Wow!"

The scene erupted in uproar; no one had expected that Sun Xin, a lord-level pioneer leader, would be instantly killed by the Dharma Baboon.

This battle ended far too quickly; the outcome was decided in just one round.

Of course, it wasn't that Sun Xin was bad, but rather that Xia Yu and Long Yanning were too strong. Both of them were top performers in battles. One of them was the champion of the Xishu Provincial High School Cup, and the other was already a Champion-level trainer. It was perfectly normal for them to defeat a Pioneer Leader.

Furthermore, Magic Masked Cat has the potential to be a Champion, and Blazing Ace has the potential to be a near-Champion, which is higher than that of Daruma Baboon.

After the Darmo Baboon lost its fighting ability, only a lone Dark Raven remained, which obviously couldn't cause any trouble.

"Magic Masked Meow, use Knock Off." Even though victory was already assured, Long Yanning still took the match very seriously. She continued to have Magic Masked Meow use Knock Off to knock off the Evolution Stone held by Murkrow.

"Flash Ace, Fireball!"

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With a devastating fireball skill, Xia Yu and Long Yanning easily won the match and successfully obtained the high-level lottery ticket.

"Congratulations on defeating the leader of the pioneers. Half of your challenge fee will be refunded."

Perhaps because she hadn't fought in a long time, Long Yanning was faintly excited. Although her mask covered her smile, her curved eyebrows made it easy to see that she was in a very good mood.

The two of them took their raffle tickets and went to the raffle table.

The three large boxes—small, medium, and large—correspond to the beginner, intermediate, and advanced lottery draws, respectively.

Xia Yu glanced at the prizes in the advanced prize pool and found that the rewards in the Battle Frontier Zone were really good, including not only Dragon-type Pokémon, but also many good items and Pokémon eggs.

Of course, the odds of winning this big prize are pitifully small, only a fraction of a percent. Xia Yu couldn't help but complain about the unscrupulous merchants.

Although the chances of winning the grand prize were very low, it did not dampen Long Yanning's enthusiasm at all. She walked into the lottery box, took out a prize ticket, and reached into the box to grab one.

Take out the key and scratch off the coating.

"Congratulations on receiving a bottle of XXX nutrient solution (trial pack)."

The trial pack of nutrient solution was clearly just a consolation prize, worth only around 50,000. Long Yanning looked at the reward she had drawn and was slightly disappointed. She turned to Xia Yu and said, "You come and draw a prize. My luck is bad. Let's see how lucky you are. You'll definitely have better luck than me."

“Okay.” Xia Yu smiled and walked to the lottery box. His eyes fell on the box full of lottery tickets. Suddenly, he had an idea and wondered if he could use the system to cheat.

Xia Yu reached his hand into the lottery box, and the system immediately gave a notification every time he touched a lottery ticket.

"Prize voucher (Congratulations on winning a bottle of XXX nutrient solution (trial pack))"

"Prize Ticket (Congratulations on winning one Grade C Thunder Stone)"

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The unexpected discovery filled Xia Yu with a secret joy. He hadn't expected that his system would have such a cheating effect.

It's a pity that if Xia Yu had known about the system's effects earlier, he would have gone straight to buying scratch cards, playing cards, and mahjong, and becoming the gambling god of the Pokémon world would have been just around the corner.

Pokémon: I'm Not a Gambling God.

Since the system allowed cheating, Xia Yu naturally aimed for the grand prize. However, to his surprise, after searching around, he couldn't find the grand prize redemption ticket inside the box!

The highest prize they found was a second-prize winning ticket.

Damn! What a heartless businessman!

Xia Yu couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What a shrewd businessman! No businessman is without cunning!"

As expected, all big businesses are ruthless. This event lasts a whole month; how could they possibly let me win the grand prize on the first day? They're just hoping this Dragon-type Pokémon egg will attract people.

Even if I had cheating methods, I still couldn't beat others.

If Xia Yu were the boss, he would do the same. During the 30-day event, he would release a second prize every few days to keep the event popular. Then, after 25 days, when the hype had died down, he would arrange for a shill to claim the grand prize.

This way, the buzz is generated and the rewards are recovered, achieving two goals at once.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If you're hoping to get rich quick through lotteries or winning the lottery, you're better off finding a rich woman.

Chapter 283 Chi Hanqing

Even knowing there was no grand prize in the box, Xia Yu had no choice but to accept it.

There was no other way; he couldn't very well ask someone to open the box on the spot and scratch off the prize tickets one by one.

Xia Yu had no choice but to settle for second place and won a second prize, and he cursed the unscrupulous merchants a couple more times.

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"Sir, congratulations on winning the second prize! You can choose any Pokémon egg from the regular area." The hostess was also stunned after scratching off the coating. She didn't expect someone to win the second prize right away. She kept praising him, "You are so lucky. You are the first person to win the second prize in this event."

Looking at the reward Xia Yu had drawn, Long Yan Ning's eyebrows curved into a smile, unable to hide her joy: "Xia Yu, you really drew the second prize? That's amazing! I knew you were luckier than me."

"I should have let you use the first lottery ticket too," Long Yanning couldn't help but say.

"Ahem, it's just for fun, having fun is the most important thing." Xia Yu didn't seem particularly happy. "Let's go pick out a Pokémon egg."

Xia Yu and Long Yanning started selecting Pokémon eggs. Perhaps because he was too angry, Xia Yu didn't hold back and directly picked the Pokémon egg with the best aptitude in the ordinary area.

While it's described as having the best potential, it's really only at the near-Elite Four level. Xia Yu isn't particularly interested in Pokémon with this kind of potential anymore. Although he still has a bottle of Miracle Potion left unused, he'll need to find a suitable Pokémon first.

Holding the packaged Pokémon eggs, Xia Yu and Long Yanning walked out of the Battle Frontier Zone, and Chi Hanqing, who had been following them all the way, quickly followed.

After observing for a while, Chi Hanqing was able to confirm Long Yanning's identity.

"Yan Ning!" Chi Hanqing's voice rang out, causing Long Yan Ning to pause, and she was so startled that she let go of the hand that was originally holding Xia Yu's.

She glanced back, recognized Chi Hanqing, and quickly turned away as if she hadn't heard anything, quickening her pace.

“Someone is calling you, Teacher Long,” Xia Yu said.

"Hurry up, don't look back." At this moment, Long Yanning could only pretend not to understand. She quickly pulled Xia Yu up and quickened her pace, wanting to shake off Chi Hanqing as soon as possible.

Xia Yu turned to look in the direction from which the sound came, and vaguely felt that the person looked familiar, but before he could take a closer look, Long Yanning dragged him away at a faster pace.

Watching Long Yanning leave quickly, Chi Hanqing was even more certain that he had not mistaken her for someone else, and he was even angrier.

Well, you, Long Yanning, pretend you don't know me for the sake of that scoundrel.

Chi Hanqing hurriedly chased after her. Hearing the approaching footsteps from behind, Long Yanning felt her scalp tingle. The capital was so big, how could she have run into Chi Hanqing here of all places?

And coincidentally, Chi Hanqing witnessed her and Xia Yu strolling hand in hand.

Long Yanning grew increasingly anxious, desperately wanting to shake off Chi Hanqing, but she was wearing high heels and a long dress today, so how could she outrun Chi Hanqing? She hadn't taken more than a few steps before Chi Hanqing caught up with her.

"Yan Ning." After catching up with Long Yan Ning, Chi Hanqing grabbed her arm, a smug look on his face. "I knew it! Every time I looked for you these past few months, you said you were busy. Turns out you've been secretly dating. Aren't you going to introduce me to the handsome guy next to you?"

Although Chi Hanqing was slightly annoyed that Long Yanning had found a boyfriend behind her back, she genuinely cared about Long Yanning, as her naive personality made her vulnerable to being deceived.

Chi Hanqing sized Xia Yu up and down, and no matter how she looked at him, he seemed like a gigolo who would swindle money and take advantage of women. As his best friend, she naturally had to keep a close eye on things for Long Yanning.

"Han Qing..." Upon hearing Chi Han Qing's words, Long Yan Ning gently looked up at Xia Yu, seemingly pondering how to introduce their relationship.

Although the two had just held hands, they hadn't officially defined their relationship yet. Therefore, Long Yanning naturally couldn't admit that they were lovers, and could only say softly, "You're really overthinking it. We're really just friends."

"Who are you trying to fool? I just saw you holding hands," Chi Hanqing said.

Seeing that she couldn't fool Chi Hanqing, Long Yanning could only keep explaining, "We really just..."

"Miss Chi, hello. I'm Yan Ning's boyfriend. It's a pleasure to meet you." At this moment, Xia Yu naturally couldn't stand aside and be a passive and irresponsible scumbag.

For a manipulative woman, it's perfectly acceptable to be a scumbag who neither takes initiative nor refuses, but for a good woman like Teacher Long, Xia Yu naturally has to stand up for her.

"Not bad, he's at least a man." Seeing Xia Yu admit it, Chi Hanqing couldn't help but glance at Xia Yu a couple of times.

Long Yanning's cheeks flushed crimson, her already rosy complexion turning even redder, adding to her shyness as she looked at Xia Yu with starlight in her eyes.

Xia Yu also reached out and gently took Long Yan Ning's hand, openly holding her hand, and they smiled at each other.

Seeing the two of them looking so sweet, Chi Hanqing couldn't help but roar in her heart.

Ah! Die, you beast!

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"Han Qing, this isn't the place to talk. Let's find somewhere to sit down."

The two beauties, Long Yanning and Chi Hanqing, along with Xia Yu, naturally attracted the attention of passersby. Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, the three of them quickly left.

"There's a coffee shop nearby, let's go there."