Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

"Lin Guochang, King Lin is here to support us!"

"Look! It's the Four Heavenly Kings. We are saved!"

When the people around saw Lin Guochang, they immediately became excited and encouraged.

Only the commander looked puzzled.

The distress signal was only sent out for more than an hour. How did Lin Guochang get here from the imperial capital? Even if Lu Wusong's Heavenly King's teleportation was used, it couldn't be that fast, right?

He naturally didn't know the technology of the portal, and didn't know that Lin Guochang used the portal to go directly to the nearby Trainer's Association, and then let Slowpoke use teleportation to continue his journey.

This thing is not stable at all and cannot be mass-produced. Currently, only a few people in China know about it.

"From the Great Desert, then to Luntai City, and then here..."

Lin Guochang muttered to himself, "Following this route, why does it feel like we're going straight to the imperial capital?"

"Whoosh!"

Deoxys's slightly disheveled figure broke through the smoke of the explosion.

A faint golden glow emanated from its body, and within a breath, all the scars on its surface disappeared.

But the crowd was no longer as panicked as before - the presence of the Four Heavenly Kings was a reassurance.

"Let others evacuate and seal off this area." Lin Guochang turned and said to the commander.

The commander immediately understood: in a battle of this level, the participation of ordinary trainers would only become a burden.

He took the communicator from his adjutant and gave the order in a deep voice.

The crowd quickly retreated hundreds of meters away without any hesitation - because they were facing the Four Heavenly Kings who stood at the top of Pokémon trainers.

"Everything is up to you, please."

The commander bowed solemnly to Lin Guochang.

When he turned around, he suddenly realized that when disaster strikes, having a strong man who can calm the situation is enough to give everyone peace of mind.

A cordon several hundred meters away was quickly set up.

Deoxys never made a move - not out of mercy, but because of the seemingly casual man in front of him, smoking a cigarette.

Beneath Lin Guochang's relaxed posture, there was a dangerous aura that made its pupils shrink slightly. That was the intuition that a top hunter would have when facing an equal opponent.

"Awaited."

Lin Guochang put out his cigarette and threw the remaining half into his pocket.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Amid the crisp sounds of Poké Balls exploding one after another, Blastoise's cannon barrel slowly rose, Swampert's mud seeped out from the gaps in its carapace, and the airflow created by Gyarados's tail swung away the gravel on the ground.

A dozen water-type Pokémon were arrayed in a fan shape, with water droplets condensing into sharp prisms on their scales or shells, reflecting the distorted image of Deoxys in the air.

"Lotte Kappa, pray for rain."

The Lotte Kappa wearing a straw hat jumped up at the sound, and the lotus leaves spread out like an umbrella before the rainstorm.

Its dance steps are bizarre and full of rhythm. When its toes touch the ground, it actually stimulates the growth of scattered aquatic plants on the scorched earth.

The clouds rolled rapidly overhead, and raindrops as big as beans hit Lin Guochang's shoulders.

As the rain poured down, Deoxys' tentacles suddenly stiffened.

"All right."

Lin Guochang took off the pendant and held up the key stone. "Let's fight."

……

"Ok?"

Lin Yi casually wrapped himself in a bathrobe, stroking the warm cup of milk with his fingertips, and raised his eyebrows to look at the flickering TV screen on the wall.

The news anchor's voice was filled with deliberately suppressed tension: "Breaking news! Alien Pokémon appeared in the northwest desert, moving in a straight line to the east, and has now reached the edge of the grassland - King Lin Guochang is ready to fight!"

On the screen, the figure of his father Lin Guochang was magnified on the grassland where heavy rain was pouring.

He was holding a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth, standing between Blastoise and Gyarados, the blue light of the Keystone making his outline sharp and angular.

The camera suddenly shook violently, and Deoxys' tentacles hit the protective net, causing waves tens of meters high.

"Is our dad making big news again?"

Ruan Yaoyao rolled onto his lap wrapped in the quilt, her chin rubbing against the hem of his bathrobe, the ends of her hair still scented with the scent of conditioner.

Mi Yu poked his head out of the bathroom, his wet shirt draped over his arm, soapy water dripping from his fingertips.

"What is it again? Aliens this time?"

She was washing clothes for three people with the hotel's water. Lin Yi said that they could go to a laundry shop, but Mi Yu still felt that it was a waste of money. Lin Yi couldn't persuade her, so he acquiesced.

"It doesn't matter. Our dad can handle it anyway."

Ruan Yaoyao lay down again, stretched lazily, and said coquettishly, "Lin Yi~ help me comb my hair~"

Ruan Yaoyao's idea was not unique to her. Rather, most people were just having fun, thinking that China's Four Heavenly Kings would surely be able to defeat the enemy before things got serious.

"Then why don't you sit up? How can I comb your hair like this?"

Lin Yi also didn't take this matter to heart. He put the milk cup on the bedside table and took the sandalwood comb handed to him by Ruan Yaoyao.

The girl's long hair fell like a black waterfall, shining with a satin luster in the morning light.

The TV news switched to an expert interview at some point. A professor pushed his glasses and made a serious analysis: "According to King Lin's tactical deployment, this battle is expected to end in..."

Before he finished speaking, the screen suddenly went white and the words "Signal Interrupted" popped up.

Lin Yi looked at the black TV and frowned.

"Lin Yi, why aren't you moving?"

Ruan Yaoyao looked up at him, and gently smoothed the wrinkles between his brows with her fingertips.

Lin Yi was distracted, and his fingertips subconsciously clenched the sandalwood comb, but the movement caused pain at the end of the girl's hair.

"Hiss..." Ruan Yaoyao cried out softly.

"Sorry." He let go of his hand in a hurry, with a few inky black hairs still tangled between the teeth of the comb.

"It's fine."

Ruan Yaoyao shook her head, turned around and pulled out the comb from his palm, "Let your hair down today, it's quite comfortable this way."

She placed the comb on the bedside table and took his hand instead. "What's wrong? You're rarely so absent-minded."

There was a slight sound of water stopping suddenly coming from the bathroom.

Mi Yu came out wiping her hands, her wet hair casually tied into a low bun, the fresh scent of laundry soap mixed with water vapor wafted in her face.

She sat down on the bed, took off her shoes and got on the bed, gently touching Lin Yi's leg with her knee: "We are all here, you can tell me."

Lin Yi was silent for a moment, then unlocked his phone and pushed it to the two of them.

On the screen, a news headline flashed: The identity of the alien Pokémon remains a mystery! Experts speculate that it may be Deoxys.

"I'm just a little worried about Dad."

He traced the angular outline of Deoxys in the news photo with his fingertips. "If it's really Deoxys... I told Rayquaza to keep an eye on space, could it be..."

The voice suddenly stopped.

Shit... It seems that in the Pacific Ocean, Rayquaza is still mediating between Groudon and Kyogre? Could it have forgotten about this?

Lin Yi was silent for a moment and decided to report to Arceus.

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, Rayquaza's dragon tail was hitting Groudon's back, and the collision of magma and sea water produced steam all over the sky.

Suddenly, the scales all over its body exploded and the dragon roar stopped abruptly - that was the intuition that it was being targeted by a certain "Disciplinary Inspection Commission".

Groudon and Kyogre were in tears.

Brother, please stop hitting me! We really know we are wrong!