"So, you were almost wiped out earlier, and it was thanks to Fei Xiao's timely rescue!"
"I wouldn't say that... well, alright, you're right."
"Then you guys are really too weak... Ow, that hurts!"
Meng Xi stopped Siyu's outrageous words just in time.
Honestly, can't you save some face for others? Just because Fei Xiao saved us a few times, you're already getting carried away?
Meng Xi turned her head, her face full of apology: "Don't mind her, Siyu is just blunt."
Jiao Xiaoyan waved her hand, looking indifferent: "After all, what she said is the truth, I don't mind. So, how did you guys meet Sister Fei Xiao?"
Lin Siyu instantly felt ashamed.
I'm doomed, it seems like my experience is about as little as hers. If I answer truthfully, I'll lose all face. I absolutely cannot tell her.
As for Meng Xi, she sensibly didn't expose her best friend's "recollection."
They never intended to tell the truth anyway; it's better to play dumb about some things.
Moreover, while things were relatively harmonious on Meng Xi's side, the topics among the soldiers around them weren't as friendly.
"Hey, are you sure this Fei Xiao is as important as they say? She's probably run off somewhere by now, right?"
"You don't actually believe what she said over the phone, do you? Who knows if she just caused trouble and fled out of guilt!"
The old man who had been aggressive all this time was Li Zhengxin, the representative figure who firmly advocated for a full-scale counterattack against Pokémon.
Ye Jinnian listened to the other party's endless nagging without showing any displeasure.
It wasn't until the other party finished speaking or got tired that Ye Jinnian finally spoke up.
"Alright, you should have already understood the relevant information. This conversation cannot be decided by our subjective consciousness; you should know this better than I do. Let's just wait patiently."
"Besides, even if Fei Xiao really can't make it, the information we've obtained from her in the past isn't fake. In short, we won't lose anything from this trip."
"So, Old Li, stop complaining to us. What will it look like if those young girls hear you?"
Jiao Wuyan patted the other man's shoulder, signaling him to be careful.
He also followed up on Ye Jinnian's words to give the other man a way out.
"Hmph! She had better be truly capable!"
Li Zhengxin looked unhappy, but finally snorted and said no more.
He sat quietly on the lawn, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, but his whole person gave off an inexplicable sense of vicissitudes.
The two men looked at their quiet old friend and just sighed, not saying much.
The relationship between the two sides wasn't exactly bad.
They were all people who had experienced great storms; there was no need for so much scheming between them now.
At this moment, it was for the sake of the country's future that the relationship had become so tense.
Speaking of which, Li Zhengxin's hatred for Pokémon actually stemmed from the tragedy his child suffered during the beast invasion.
The only good news was that the child was still alive, but it cost an arm.
And now, hearing that they were to live in harmony with Pokémon, not only Li Zhengxin but other victims felt the same way; how could anyone accept that?
Thinking of this, the two men looked at each other with a trace of sympathy.
At the same time, they hoped that there would be no conflict during the exchange with Fei Xiao today.
However, what the few big shots didn't notice was that a figure seemed to be standing in the shadows not far away.
"Really? I feel like you're tricking me?"
Jiao Xiaoyan felt her intelligence insulted while listening to the story the other party made up.
"Of course... it's fake! This is confidential, hehe!"
Lin Siyu smiled slyly.
Meng Xi almost couldn't hold it together.
Was Jiao Xiaoyan lying? Not entirely; basically, it was all true, just with the protagonists swapped.
This wasn't just an insult; it was rubbing the other person's intelligence on the ground.
It was impressive that Lin Siyu could finish without changing her expression, her tone not wavering in the slightest.
"Alright then, next time we see a Pokémon, you take the lead!"
"Sure, if we meet one, watch me step up and land a couple of punches."
Lin Siyu said this while waving her sandbag-sized fist, then kicked the Magikarp she had just caught back into the water.
Although she was small, her temper wasn't.
Anyway, showing off wasn't illegal, Fei Xiao wasn't here, and they hadn't encountered any Pokémon, so come and hit me if you dare!
Lin Siyu put her hands on her hips, and after some psychological suggestion, she instantly felt floating, looking like she was incredibly awesome.
Suddenly, her petite body shivered, feeling a bit cold.
Lin Siyu glanced around calmly, but there was nothing unusual.
"Pfft, what's wrong? Just set a flag and already wilting?"
Jiao Xiaoyan's sharp eyes had already noticed the other's small movements.
Meng Xi, at this time, looked around the environment strangely.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt someone was watching her in the dark, a feeling of goosebumps all over her body.
After careful inspection, she found nothing.
Meng Xi shook her head, thinking it must be because she didn't sleep well yesterday.
"Hey, are you done yet?"
"What's with the rushing! It's just taking you to the bathroom, is there a need for such resentment?"
One man complained while pulling up his pants and walking out of the woods.
Another man said grumpily.
"Tch, how old are you to still be dragging people to the bathroom with you."
"It's just that I felt something was a bit weird in the woods earlier! Like there was a pair of eyes staring at me."
"Nonsense, who would be in this wilderness? And who has nothing better to do than watch you?"
The two walked back to the gathering point like this, bantering back and forth.
But at this moment, one of the men keenly discovered something unusual.
He hurriedly pulled his companion to hide to the side and took out the handgun he was carrying.
"Wait, something's not right over there!"
"Huh? What's not right?"
Although the man was annoyed, he still followed and hid.
Two heads slowly poked out from behind a tree, their gazes simultaneously looking into the shadows not far away.
"That... that is... what?"
"Not sure, very likely a beast!"
In the distance, there was a humanoid, pitch-black creature with dark purple flames flowing where its head and eyes should be.
The two men's pupils constricted, and cold sweat dripped down their foreheads.
They didn't know if they had been discovered, but just looking at that figure gave them a sinister and eerie feeling.
The two were about to look away, but at this instant.
"Swish."
The figure suddenly turned around, and the part that seemed to be eyes stared straight at them.
The two immediately felt terrified, their souls even trembling.
Seeing this, one of them didn't hesitate and shouted, "We've been discovered! Run!"
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