These seven people were all watching Ye Feng with extreme caution.
He furrowed his brow slightly.
Actually, since today, Ye Feng had felt something was odd.
Because many people were looking at him with surprise and other similar emotions. It felt like he had walked out naked.
He looked at Xiao Mao, whose gaze was the most cautious.
So, he walked over and looked down at him.
"Xiao Mao, why are you all looking at me like this?"
"You don't know?"
Xiao Mao asked.
"Know what?"
Ye Feng was curious.
Xiao Mao then took out his phone.
He opened it, and a video was saved inside. Ye Feng wondered what the video was about.
Could it be that someone had Photoshopped his face into a movie and it had spread?
But when he looked, it was a video of him teaching a lesson to Xiao Zi and his group yesterday.
Although the people in the video couldn't be heard clearly, the footage was very clear.
Everything from Ye Feng's appearance to the dissipation of the black mist was captured.
"Yesterday, someone actually took a sneaky photo?"
Ye Feng's lips curved into a smile.
So what if someone took a photo? It wasn't a big deal.
Was it just showing him taking on a dozen people alone, and his red-striped Pikachu taking on dozens of Pokémon?
He didn't have any idol baggage or a persona, so he wasn't afraid of ruin.
Xiao Mao put his phone away.
Yesterday, after those reporters had taken the video, it was immediately spread.
As soon as it was spread, it became headline news.
It was almost known by everyone.
At this moment, Xiao Mao also took out several newspapers.
"Shinjin Daily: Shocking! Popular contestant Ye Feng takes on aristocratic thugs!"
"Pokémon Times: Pokémon School students vs. Ye Feng!"
"Kanto Gossip: Ye Feng and their love-hate relationship!"
Ye Feng's mouth twitched when he saw these newspapers.
What was all this nonsense.
But for him, it didn't matter.
It truly didn't matter to him.
But it did matter to others.
The video was quite long and divided into two parts. The first part showed more than a dozen Pokémon School students who couldn't defeat Ye Feng and, in anger, prepared to use their Pokémon to gang up on him.
The second part showed a bunch of fools who couldn't even gang up properly and were ultimately beaten back by the red-striped Pikachu.
The vast majority of ordinary people were naturally concerned with the first part.
Especially Ye Feng's female fans. They hadn't expected that the prince in their hearts, besides being good with Pokémon, was also an expert in hand-to-hand combat.
A perfect man, truly.
As for the Pokémon trainers, their focus was on how Ye Feng's single Pikachu could defeat dozens of Pokémon?
Was this a joke?!
Are you sure you didn't cheat?
This was why Xiao Mao and the others were all focused on Ye Feng.
Ye Feng's threat to them had risen to the highest level.
At this moment, the first match at the Indigo Plateau Conference had already begun.
The battles were still as fierce as ever.
And soon, the second match would be between Xiao Mao and a trainer named Kimihiko.
"Xiao Mao, you might lose this match."
Just as Xiao Mao was about to go on stage, Ye Feng suddenly said to him.
"I will lose?"
Xiao Mao smirked disdainfully.
He turned and said, "Ye Feng, I'm not Ash, who eventually became your son. In this Indigo Plateau Conference, I only consider you a worthy opponent. No one else is!"
Proud as he was, Xiao Mao simply couldn't take anyone's advice.
Ye Feng wasn't sure if Xiao Mao would lose this match, but in his memory, he indeed had lost.
The second match.
Xiao Mao vs. Kimihiko.
Xiao Mao's Growlithe started, and Kimihiko's Machamp.
Machamp wore down Growlithe until it was on its last legs, while Machamp itself was also barely breathing.
Xiao Mao then sent out Kingler, who finished off Machamp. Kimihiko then sent out Electabuzz.
Xiao Mao was ultimately very strong and a master tactician. Although he had a type disadvantage, both Pokémon fainted simultaneously.
Finally.
Xiao Mao's Nidoking against Kimihiko's Golem.
And just as this final showdown was about to begin, Xiao Mao inexplicably remembered Ye Feng's words.
"Ye Feng, I'll show you what true strength is!"
Then.
Xiao Mao lost, and Kimihiko won by a narrow margin.
After losing, Xiao Mao was filled with unwillingness.
But no matter how unwilling, he had still lost.
He had lost, and his six girlfriends were crying particularly hard.
"Xiao Mao, as one of the favorites to win this tournament, what are your thoughts on losing to an unknown trainer like Kimihiko?"
As soon as Xiao Mao got off the stage, a reporter rushed forward to interview him.
Xiao Mao gritted his teeth and said nothing.
He brushed past Ye Feng.
Ye Feng said, "Xiao Mao, as a good friend of my son Ash, I will avenge you."
Xiao Mao ignored Ye Feng. He felt that Ye Feng was taking advantage of him.
Outside the Indigo Plateau Conference venue.
Xiao Mao's six girlfriends were sitting in the red sports car, crying miserably.
Xiao Mao's face was also filled with sorrow.
Just then, he saw Ash rushing over.
"Xiao Mao, you..."
Xiao Mao knew what Ash was going to say.
Then, a confident smile reappeared on Xiao Mao's face:
"This defeat is merely because Lady Luck did not smile upon me this time."
"Goodbye!"
With that, he drove off in his sports car without waiting for Ash to say anything else.
Ash had just won his fourth-round match and had come to watch Xiao Mao's battle, only to see Xiao Mao lose.
For some reason, he felt a pang of sadness.
He looked at Pikachu.
Suddenly, he thought, "Brother Ye Feng is also competing here."
He rushed into the venue and stood with Misty and Brock in the spectator stands.
Looking down.
After Xiao Mao, it was the third match.
The third match also ended quickly.
Then came the fourth match.
Ye Feng's battle.
Ye Feng stood on the battle stage, as calm as ever.
However, his opponent across from him was not calm at all.
His face was filled with nervousness, especially when he saw Ye Feng's red-striped Pikachu. In the rocky arena, it appeared harmless but was terrifyingly strong.
"Hey, who do you think will win?"
Ash asked Brock and Misty.
Misty replied irritably, "Of course Ye Feng will win! Didn't you see the video yesterday?!"
"That one, I saw it. But what does that have to do with this?"
Ash asked naively.
Misty was speechless, and Brock narrowed his eyes.
He had also watched the video yesterday.
If looked at purely, Ye Feng's red-striped Pikachu was indeed incredibly strong.
But upon closer inspection, it wasn't impossible.
That is, if the opponent's dozens of Pokémon were of a lower level, and Ye Feng's red-striped Pikachu was of a very high level.
In such a scenario, a single Thunderbolt could instantly defeat so many Pokémon.
It was like how Ash's Pikachu often sent Team Rocket blasting off with a single Thunderbolt.
As for who would win this match?
Brock recalled that when Goh stepped onto the battle stage, his legs were trembling.
"Ye Feng vs. Goh!"
"Both sides can use three Pokémon. The side whose Pokémon are all unable to battle is eliminated!"
The announcer declared the rules.
The battle officially began.
The red-striped Pikachu had been waiting below, impatient.
It revealed an extremely sinister smile towards Goh in front of it.