Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

However, not everyone came just to watch the show; there were people with all sorts of motives, such as... seeking revenge?

Well, this is an exception. Generally speaking, no one would be hated to this extent... right?

As the weekend approaches and the competition enters its later stages, the schedule becomes tighter. This morning, Lin Xuan has two matches: the round of 64 to 32, and if he wins, the round of 32 to 16.

There is a break during the period, but it is not long. Then there is a round of 16 in the afternoon. If you get seriously injured in a match, it could affect your performance in the following matches.

This competition format may seem a bit unfair, but in reality, being able to defeat an opponent in a short time while avoiding injury is itself a demonstration of skill.

If you're strong enough, you can defeat your opponent in a minute, and then use the rest of the time to rest.

Moreover, there is a dedicated rest room and Chansey Pokémon on one side, ready to give you a loving hug at any time. At this point, even if it is just an intra-school competition, the competition has become quite professional.

Chapter 30 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road?

"So, are you confident? I heard there's a mystery prize for the champion of this competition!"

In the preparation room, Li Yuan raised an eyebrow at Lin Xuan and told her about some rumors he had heard from who-knows-where.

"A mystery reward? Probably not. Given how stingy our school is, even giving out a tree fruit unlimited package is a huge financial burden. What more do you expect from them?"

Lin Xuan, with a steamed bun in her left hand and soy milk in her right, retorted with some doubt.

"I've only heard about it, I don't know the specifics, but I guess it won't be worth much." Li Yuan shrugged. After all, it's just a freshman competition, and he didn't believe the school would really spend a lot of money to give away something good.

I guess they'll just give you an evolution stone and that'll be it, but that doesn't seem bad, since even a mediocre evolution stone is quite valuable.

"By the way, you should have done some research on your opponent in this match, right?"

Li Yuan thought about how Lin Xuan seemed to have no particular interest in the competition before, and worried that he hadn't done any preparation at all by this point.

"I did do some research on it."

Although I've been quite busy these past few days, working on new videos to be released before each evening while also dealing with some tasks from Dr. Sun Siming.

Lin Xuan could also see that Dr. Sun Siming seemed to be intentionally grooming him, but the problem was that he had been extremely busy lately.

However, since we're going to have a competition, we still need to understand our opponents thoroughly.

Lin Xuan had also seen it; her first opponent today was an hyperactive ape.

The Hyperactive Apex is a very special Pokémon. Although it has an evolution called Slaking, for many Hyperactive Apex, this is the peak of their lives.

Many trainers of hyperactive apes even deliberately prevent them from evolving.

After all, while Slaking is strong, normal trainers simply can't control him!

As one of only three Pokémon in the world to possess the cursed Laziness trait, Slaking rarely appears in competitions, otherwise, a certain situation might occur.

The King of Slave has arrived!

Wang the Slave punch crippled the opponent!

The King of Leave is asleep!

Our player typed "gg"!

As for the other Iron Ant with the Sloth ability, it has its reasons: "What's my normal ability? It's Vigor! Can Slaking compare? No, it can't. It doesn't have that ability, you know?"

If Slow Start could potentially be a positive ability for certain Pokémon, then Laziness is a completely negative ability for me, wasting Slaking's immense power.

"That's good. I thought you'd completely forgotten." Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. "But the hyperactive ape is still quite strong, so we have to be careful."

While Lin Xuan and Li Yuan were chatting, the competition was about to begin.

"Lin Xuan (No. 0527) and Su Qi (No. 0214), please proceed to court number 4 to prepare for your match."

"I go first."

With a small doll perched on her shoulder, Lin Xuan waved to Li Yuan and then walked out of the lounge.

Upon arriving at the competition venue, the matches did not seem to start simultaneously. Instead, a unique speech session by the school's leaders was held first. Fortunately, they knew that the contestants were all waiting there, and only the principal spoke.

This seemed to be the second time Lin Xuan had seen their principal; the first time was at the opening ceremony.

Before seeing him in person, Lin Xuan originally thought that his principal would also have that classic look, with a receding hairline and a beer belly. In fact, he was half right. A receding hairline seems to be an unavoidable curse for people in the principal's position, from elementary school to university.

The preceding parts were all familiar routines, such as the pleasant autumn breeze and the joyful gathering here, and so on.

Lin Xuan felt as if she had fallen into some kind of cycle, having to hear the same words every now and then, with almost no changes.

However, some things about the competition were mentioned at the end, and the last piece of news in particular surprised Lin Xuan.

"To encourage the competitive spirit of freshmen, starting with this year's freshman competition, the champion will receive a spot to participate in our provincial wind speed cup competition."

As for Lin Xuan's reaction after hearing this—

That's it? ? ?

You guys are really stingy! You just said you wouldn't give it to me no matter what!

However, this thing is not very useful to Lin Xuan, but it is quite important for students in the combat department. The Wind Speed ​​Cup is actually a competition jointly organized by a large number of universities in Jiangning Province. Each school has a limited number of places, and the results of the previous competition will also be changed.

Their school's competitions are relatively average, with only a dozen or so spots available. Generally speaking, it's impossible for freshmen to get these spots. After all, while there are indeed freshmen who can beat sophomores and juniors... how could such people possibly apply to a research-oriented school like theirs!

Therefore, most of the participants are third- or fourth-year students, and it's good if there are a couple of second-year students occasionally.

The school gave this spot to a freshman, and Lin Xuan guessed that it was because his grades were just so-so, neither good nor bad, so they might as well give a promising newcomer a chance to broaden his horizons, and maybe one of them would become a freshman?

Upon hearing that the reward was this thing, Lin Xuan immediately lost interest. Anyway, it had little to do with him. These combat-type guys couldn't possibly let him win the championship, could they?

If this were to happen, Lin Xuan felt that the principal and others might question the necessity of the department's existence.

After saying a few more words of encouragement, they began preparing for the competition.

"Game start!"

The referee glanced at both competitors, and after confirming there were no issues, announced the start of the match.

A flash of red light appeared, and Apexis appeared on the field. After emerging from the Poké Ball, this Pokémon exhibited the characteristics befitting its name, Apexis.

It bared its teeth at Lin Xuan and Xiao Dian, raised its hands high above and waved them incessantly, and even its feet seemed to jump around non-stop. It looked like a half-brother to the pre- and post-evolution Lazy Otter and Slaking, with absolutely no resemblance to each other except for their appearance.

Just after Lin Xuan sent out the snacks, Su Qi, who was on the other side, unusually took the initiative to talk to Lin Xuan, saying, "Lin Xuan, right? My name is Su Qi. It's nice to meet you."

Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant. Did the other party want to use the legendary nonsense tactic?

Well, sorry, but when it comes to chatting, Lin Xuan felt he wouldn't lose to anyone, so he immediately prepared to chat with this guy to see who could talk better, until Su Qi's next sentence came out.

“I am in the same class as Zhang Beibei, your opponent in the last game.”

Lin Xuan swallowed her words instantly, her lips twitching. So, was this a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road?

Chapter 31 Reheating Old Food

"Hehe, what a coincidence."

Lin Xuan chuckled awkwardly. In reality, that Scyther was quite strong. Even if he could win in a normal battle, it would probably take some time.

The reason he was defeated so quickly was largely due to the opponent's underestimation of him, which allowed Xiaodian to hit him on the cheek immediately and finish him off in the shortest possible time.

The Scyther was incredibly frustrated during this process. Its proud attack power had nowhere to be used, and its speed was also at a disadvantage due to the paralysis.

Lin Xuan had originally been thinking about whether to repeat the previous tactics today, in case the opponent didn't know much about him either?

But this tactic is clearly not working anymore; the opponent will definitely be on guard and won't underestimate you like they did with previous opponents.

But it's good, this hyperactive ape is probably the strongest opponent Little Point has faced in a long time, it's a good time to see just how strong Little Point really is.

"She sent me here to get revenge, so your tactics might not work."

Su Qi clearly saw through Lin Xuan's thoughts and spoke directly.

However, since the referee was still standing there, the verbal sparring between the two didn't last long.

"Bodybuilding!"

Su Qi immediately gave the command to the hyperactive ape: "Bulk Up is a skill that can increase both physical defense and physical attack at the same time, which is quite important for a Pokémon that relies on physical attack."

Especially since small skills like "snip cheek" and "lightning flash" are physical attack skills, it can be quite difficult to break through once the opponent's physical defense continues to increase.

"It flashed by like lightning."

Instead of using True Lightning Flash, because applying the plasma bath would be too time-consuming, Little Dot rushed directly to the hyperactive ape at an extremely fast speed.

Upon seeing Xiaodian's movements, Su Qi's pupils constricted. Although Zhang Beibei had mentioned that this electric flying squirrel was very fast, he believed that it was only because the flying mantis was paralyzed that it appeared to be fast.

But now it seems that this electric flying squirrel is even faster than a normal flying mantis, which surprised him quite a bit.

"Freeze punch!"

Su Qi immediately issued a new instruction: bodybuilding was too late; reality wasn't a game. Once a skill was activated, it was released, especially an enhanced skill, which was very easy to be interrupted.

So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

As for Lin Xuan cursing inwardly after seeing the ape unleash its Ice Punch, that's why he doesn't like facing Normal-type Pokémon.

While Normal-type moves may not have a wide coverage, there are always trade-offs. Normal-type Pokémon generally have a very broad range of moves they can learn, meaning they can learn moves of all attributes, including red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.

Although non-type skills are generally less effective when used, they are still a form of counter.

Especially this hyperactive ape in front of him, Lin Xuan seriously suspected that this guy had learned all three of the Farmer's Three Fists... If he only learned the Freezing Fist and then Lin Xuan ran into it, then he could only sigh and say that this guy's luck was incredible.

"That hyperactive ape is pretty strong, probably one of the better ones among the freshmen."