Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

"That was close!"

"Boy!"

Ibrahimovic gave Lin Xuan a disdainful look, as if to say—scumbag!

"Damn! It's just asking Senior Sister Bai Yao to do an interview for me, right? I'll just treat her to dinner afterwards to make up for it."

Lin Xuan yawned. He was actually still a little sleepy, but after arguing with Ibu for a couple of minutes, he fell back into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, I opened my eyes and saw that it was already evening. Bai Yao had even brought in the food, which was packed in a lunchbox.

This time, it seems even Lin Xuan didn't notice, perhaps because she had truly fallen into a deep sleep.

"Oh no, oh no, it seems I really fell asleep without even noticing someone come in."

Lin Xuan patted her head, and then the little dot slowly floated onto Lin Xuan's head.

With them around, why is Lin Xuan so wary? Why doesn't she just get some sleep?

"It's always good to be prepared, and besides, sleep isn't essential for me under normal circumstances."

Lin Xuan shook her head and said that, then opened her lunchbox.

Lin Xuan was unusually looking for something light today, so she ordered congee with preserved egg and lean pork.

As for the smaller portion, he ordered his favorite Supreme Deluxe Tree Fruit Pizza.

If the Italian players next door saw this, I wonder if they would rush up and fight Lin Xuan to the death?

Knowing that Lin Xuan had woken up, Zhong Mingyi also went into Lin Xuan's room, his expression not very good.

"you're awake?"

"what happened?"

While drinking her porridge, Lin Xuan asked, "There must be something special going on, otherwise Zhong Mingyi wouldn't have this expression."

"Something did happen while you were sleeping."

Zhong Ming sighed.

"Cheng Si lost."

"Ok?"

Lin Xuan immediately put down his porridge. If he remembered correctly, Cheng Si's opponent this afternoon didn't seem to be very strong, right?

They weren't even players from seeded teams.

"Is the opponent very strong?"

"Yes, he's exceptionally strong, and he beat Cheng Si quite easily."

"who is it?"

Lin Xuan forgot that his impression of Cheng Si's match was that this guy seemed to be showing off to him when he drew his opponent, acting like he was very lucky.

But it seems the champagne was opened too early.

"An Egyptian player defeated his opponent relatively easily in the first round, but did not show much strength."

"But losing to the Egyptian team... isn't really that shameful."

Lin Xuan sighed. Although it was a bit of a pity that the opponent seemed to have been hiding a lot of their strength, she still didn't expect to defeat Cheng Si so easily.

It's important to know that Cheng Si's strength is by no means weak.

However, Lin Xuan was able to accept this because the Egyptian team was actually quite strong. As one of the famous ancient countries, the Egyptian team's strength was second only to the seeded teams, and apart from those seeded teams, there were few teams that could compare with Egypt.

However, Zhong Mingyi shook his head, indicating that things were not that simple.

"If Cheng Si was really defeated after a hard-fought battle, that's fine, since we've never underestimated our opponents. But the process... was just too fast!"

Afterwards, Zhong Mingyi explained to Lin Xuan what had happened. Basically, the whole process took less than ten minutes, and Cheng Si was defeated.

Moreover, during the middle of the fight, there was basically no room to fight back; all that could be done was to passively take the beating.

Even the opponent only sent out one Pokémon—Golem!

He defeated Cheng Si so easily, a defeat that even Cheng Si herself found hard to believe, let alone netizens.

Do you have a video?

Lin Xuan put the lunchbox in her hand aside and said to Zhong Mingyi.

"Of course, we have prepared video recordings for such important matches, not to mention the league."

Zhong Ming nodded, then picked up his phone and gestured to Lin Xuan.

"It should have already been sent to your phone, check it yourself."

Lin Xuan nodded, then picked up her phone to check the message Zhong Mingyi had sent her, which was about Cheng Si's previous battle. However, Lin Xuan focused her attention on the clay giant.

"Don't you think this clay giant is a bit strange?"

Zhong Mingyi said this, and Lin Xuan raised her head, their eyes meeting in tacit agreement.

"Did you notice it too?"

"Of course! Don't underestimate me. Having been a gym leader for so long, I've been to many places and even seen legendary Pokémon."

When Zhong Ming got to this point, Lin Xuan was basically certain that he and Zhong Ming had the same idea.

Claydol is a special Pokémon. Although they can reproduce in alphabetical order now, if we trace their origins, they can be considered artificial Pokémon.

Moreover, according to research, the earliest clay giants and the current clay giants are actually different in some ways.

This is because the first generation, or rather the first clay giants created, possessed some characteristics that the later clay giants did not have.

Lin Xuan realized this, as did Zhong Mingyi.

It should be said that when Lin Xuan saw this guy, the first impression that came to mind was the clay giants he had seen on the Road to Champions.

Lin Xuan was standing right next to Regillegi at the time, and those clay giants left a deep impression on him.

This clay giant shares similar characteristics with them.

The only difference is that this one might be a little stronger.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, and then continued:

"Does this imply a possibility?"

"That's what I think too, and I guess many people have guessed it as well."

Zhong Ming sighed. It seemed that the Egyptian team was not very lucky. They encountered the Chinese team's players so early, which meant that the clay giant had to be released ahead of schedule.

Of course, while this clay giant is quite strong, Lin Xuan and even Chu Jingyun should be able to deal with it relatively easily.

But Cheng Si couldn't do that, but what's even more crucial is the significance behind the clay giant.

Legendary Pokémon!

These clay giants are mostly created by legendary Pokémon.

Regardless of whether it's a legendary Pokémon, as long as it's related to this competition, it could potentially deliver a devastating blow.

"Don't worry about that kind of thing, the Alliance would never allow it, because unless he captured it himself, but do you think that's possible?"

If they really wanted to compete like that, Lin Xuan and his team could even get help from Reggie Ellech from the Road to the Championship, but the league would never allow that.

Therefore, the strength behind the Egyptian team should be within the range acceptable to the league.

"As long as it's within the rules, it's fine."

Lin Xuan put down her phone and said with considerable confidence, while Zhong Mingyi also smiled and raised his head.

"Me too!"

Chapter 597 Absence

The incident with the Egyptian team was just a minor episode, and Lin Xuan and his team didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, even if you really care about this matter, it's useless. Given that the world is deliberately keeping things under wraps, it's impossible for any useful information to be revealed.

At most, we'll ask them to pay a little more attention when watching the game, but that's about it.

The sixth round of the Swiss rounds quickly passed, and perhaps it was a case of things turning around for the better, Lin Xuan had quite good luck in the following four rounds. Even in the sixth round, the opponents she encountered were not very strong.

According to the rules, winning eight games will grant direct advancement, meaning Lin Xuan is currently very close to advancing.

In the Chinese team, Zhong Mingyi and Lin Xuan have both won all their matches so far, while Chu Jingyun and Zhang Shouqing have each lost one match.

Lin Xuan wasn't surprised by Chu Jingyun's defeat. There's a limit to how lucky this guy is. He was up against the captain of the Galar team, which was also a seeded team, and his strength was quite formidable. Although Chu Jingyun had tried his best to fight back, he still lost in the end.

However, Lin Xuan still found Zhang Shouqing's defeat somewhat strange.

It's not because of anything else, it's just that... this guy lost too decisively, as if he had planned to do so all along.

This idea became completely certain when he looked into Zhong Mingyi's eyes.

The Chinese team needs an element of uncertainty.

Whether it was Lin Xuan or Zhong Mingyi, they had revealed too much of their strength to the other teams. Only Zhang Shouqing had basically not appeared in their sight.

Therefore, this guy is the most suitable.