In a luxurious villa in the Kanto region.
Pairs of men and women were frolicking and playing within the villa.
Looking at the men, there were five of them in total.
They were all dressed exceptionally well, lavishly, but their appearances were ordinary.
Then, looking at the dozen or so women beside them.
They shared a very uniform characteristic.
Fair skin, beautiful faces, long legs, and dressed extremely revealingly.
Very seductive.
Transparent sheer dresses, black silk qipaos, and so on.
Whatever you could imagine was there, an experience of opulence and extravagance.
From this, it could be seen that these five men held noble identities.
And these women were their playthings.
They did their best to please these five men, like lowly slaves.
But what was somewhat regrettable was that these dozen or so women were all extremely beautiful, any one of them could have been a goddess to many men, but here, they were competing for favor with other women.
The Five Sons of the Li Family.
Two legitimate sons, three illegitimate sons.
All five were younger brothers to Young Master Li.
Of course, they were half-brothers.
The greatest difference between the Li family and other wealthy families was their attitude towards illegitimate children.
In other families, bloodlines were highly valued; illegitimate children could never hope to enter the family, not even to take their surname.
To put it crudely, their existence might pose a threat to the legitimate heirs of the family.
If they forcefully tried to return to the family, they might not even fare as well as the servants.
But the Li family was different.
Their attitude towards these illegitimate children was extremely good.
The reason was none other than one thing.
A scarcity of offspring.
The Li family's rise to power was achieved through illicit means.
What were illicit means?
It meant stealing, swindling, and acquiring wealth through unscrupulous means, committing countless heinous acts.
Just like the Rocket Team's primary business now, capturing Pokémon and stealing others' Pokémon for experimentation and sale.
The Li family had engaged in all these during their rise.
It was just that later, they became wealthy and looked down upon such activities, thus laundering their image.
Perhaps it was because they had committed so many acts that harmed their merit.
This resulted in the Li family having only a single heir for several generations.
Therefore, the patriarch of each generation of the Li family hoped to have more children to expand the Li family. But they often couldn't achieve this; no matter how many women they found, they only had one or two children.
Until the generation of Young Master Li's father.
Perhaps the curse from heaven had ended, and the Li family was destined for prosperity.
Young Master Li's father's wife, who was Young Master Li's mother, died after giving birth to him.
The woman his father married afterwards gave him two more sons.
In addition, Young Master Li's father kept many concubines.
Resulting in another dozen or so sons and a dozen or so daughters.
And these illegitimate children were all considered young masters and ladies in the Li family.
This led to the scene unfolding before them.
"Heh, isn't Young Master Li digging his own grave?"
Watching Young Master Li collapse unconscious on the television.
In the villa, two legitimate sons wore expressions of extreme disdain.
The other three illegitimate sons sneered. They turned to the two legitimate sons and said:
"Second Brother, Third Brother, this is a great opportunity!"
"You know how much money the family spent to modify the tournament rules. If nothing else, winning the championship should have been easy, but who expected this Young Master Li to choose his opponents himself, and pick someone like that? He lost in the second round. Heh, even heaven won't spare him!!!"
It was evident that these three illegitimate sons were fawning over the two legitimate sons before them.
It was understandable. Despite the illegitimate children being considered young masters in the Li family.
Compared to the legitimate sons, there was still a gap.
"Don't worry, he won't be able to become the heir."
The second son's gaze was vicious.
The third son picked up a blue Poké Ball from the table.
It was a Great Ball.
Pokémon were, after all, a source of immense power.
Although being a trainer was arduous, all sons and daughters of wealthy families were trainers.
This was their combat power.
But the third son contemptuously threw the Great Ball back onto the table, and instead pulled a soft, delicate body into his embrace.
"Eldest Brother is such an idiot, going to Pokémon School, participating in the Indigo League. A game for the poor, what's fun about that?"
"No, rather, what's fun about Pokémon? Where is the fun compared to women?!"
As he spoke, he began to touch the woman beside him.
Although the woman beside him shyly exclaimed, "No, stop it,"
She wished this man would quickly claim her.
"My three younger brothers, as long as you follow me, our future will not only be the Li family, but the entire Kanto region!!"
The second son waved his hand grandly and impassioned: "Alright, now, please enjoy our beauties for today to your heart's content!!"
After the second son finished speaking, he lunged at a woman wearing a green qipao.
Seeing the second son act like this, the third son was not to be outdone.
With the second and third sons like this, the three illegitimate sons also became fiery and immediately lunged towards the women they favored.
...
The second day, the second round of matches.
Ye Feng advanced, Gary advanced, and Ash also advanced.
The three from Pallet Town proceeded smoothly.
Ye Feng, as usual, went to the dormitory to sleep after leaving the Ice Arena.
Gary went off to do who knows what, and Ash, after winning, went to celebrate with Brock and Misty.
That evening.
Hospital.
In the SVIP ward.
A young man with a relatively handsome appearance slowly opened his eyes on a clean and tidy large bed.
Upon opening his eyes, he found a group of people standing beside him.
All were his classmates from Pokémon School.
Seeing Young Master Li awake, these people were very happy and quickly asked:
"Brother Li, are you okay now?"
Hearing the inquiry, Young Master Li slowly sat up, clutching his head, and managed a weak smile: "I'm fine."
"Thank you all for your concern."
"It's nothing, we are all good classmates and friends. You usually take such good care of us, Brother Li, so it's only right for us to visit you."
The one speaking was a boy with long purple hair.
"However, Brother Li, why did you suddenly faint during the match?"
At this moment, someone asked.
This question had been bothering them for a long time.
Young Master Li's face showed embarrassment. He couldn't possibly say he fainted from fear, could he?
So, he could only reply: "A bit of low blood sugar."
The others nodded upon hearing this: "We thought that Ye Feng said something to you! If it was really his doing! We'll get revenge for you! We'll settle the score with him!!!"
These people clenched their fists, looking menacing.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Li remembered the match. He had fainted, which meant he had lost, without a doubt. Even if he hadn't fainted, he wouldn't have been able to defeat Ye Feng. So, he looked around:
"By the way, how were your matches today?"
Hearing this, these youths who were just full of righteous anger immediately deflated.
Young Master Li scanned them one by one and exclaimed in surprise: "Don't tell me you were all wiped out?"
These people wished they could find a hole to crawl into.
But the reality was just that.
The young man with long purple hair said: "On the first day, we lost half of our numbers. Today, except for Sister Sadako, everyone lost."