A Show of Force

"Brother Hai, I..." Guita knelt on the floor, his head deeply bowed. It felt as though something were lodged in his throat, and no words would come out.

He knew perfectly well that the trouble he had caused this time was no small matter. Brother Luo Yan had helped him, and he had thanked Brother Luo Yan, but he still had to answer to the boss.

The bright lights of the living room cast Guita's shadow long and thin, mirroring his uneasy state of mind.

"What happened?" Yu Hai had just come in from outside and was utterly bewildered when he saw Guita suddenly drop to his knees.

He looked Guita over from head to toe, silently wondering, What on earth did this guy do to suddenly make such a grand gesture?

"Boss, here's what happened..." Luo Yan stood nearby, watching Guita tremble on the floor. He sighed helplessly, stepped forward, and explained everything from beginning to end.

Meanwhile, the girl standing nearby quietly watched it all, still unable to understand what was going on or why Guita was so afraid.

When she heard Luo Yan call someone "boss," then looked closely at Yu Hai by the door, her eyes widened. The surprise on her face swiftly turned to shock, as if she had seen a ghost.

She had never imagined that the big brother Guita spoke of—the boss of this group, the person even Elite Four Trainer Luo Yan, who had saved her, called boss—would be this man.

And this man was actually the Trainer she had met in Johto, the one she had followed all the way to the Orange Islands.

Her pale hand instinctively covered her mouth. Her eyes were filled with disbelief, her lips slightly parted, yet she could not make a sound.

"You're really something,