A Beating from Society (Please Bookmark, Recommend, and Vote!)

This Rattata clearly didn't have much brains. Whatever the little boy told it to do, it did. When told to attack someone at random, it charged stiffly straight at Aron.

Jiang Jing, who was walking ahead, heard a commotion beside him. He instinctively turned around and saw a purple rat overestimating itself and ramming into his Aron.

"Bang!"

Caught completely off guard, Aron was knocked onto the ground. It wasn't hurt and didn't feel any pain, but it still stared at Rattata with a bewildered expression.

Jiang Jing glanced at Rattata, then looked ahead and saw the little boy pointing at him.

Who had let their bratty kid loose to cause trouble?

The little boy loudly announced with an eager look, "I challenge you."

Jiang Jing was so annoyed he nearly blacked out. Who the hell were you? Were you always this bold?

Jiang Jing was dumbfounded. Who the hell were you? Were you really this bold?

After Rattata rammed into Aron, a large red patch had appeared on its head.

Jiang Jing activated Data Eye.

[Pokémon]: Rattata

[Type]: Normal

[Talent]: Mediocre

[Level]: LV9

[Ability]: Run Away

Ah... damn it, with such trash stats, you had the nerve to challenge his Aron?

Then he looked at his own Aron.

[Pokémon]: Aron

[Type]: Steel, Rock

[Talent]: ★★★

[Level]: LV5

[Ability]: Heavy Metal

After a whole day of eating and drinking, Aron had leveled up again. Even though it was lower level than Rattata, its overall quality was far superior. Beating a Rattata would be ridiculously easy.

Jiang Jing said speechlessly, "Which family are you from? Didn't your parents teach you not to let your Pokémon attack other people whenever you feel like it?"

That immediately stirred the little boy's rebellious streak. With a punchable expression, he snapped, "None of your damn business."

Jiang Jing instantly felt his blood pressure rise. Damn it, if he didn't let this kid experience a proper beating from society today, then his name wasn't Jiang Jing.

So he gave a half-smile and said, "You want to challenge me? Sure."

"Come on, let's find a field and have a battle!"

"Right over there. There's nobody there."

Jiang Jing walked over to the nearby field, which happened to be empty. Aron glared angrily at Rattata. It had been rammed for no reason at all—anyone would be unhappy about that.

You little rat, just wait and see how I beat you up.

Rattata clearly hadn't realized that danger was approaching. It foolishly followed the little boy, brimming with excitement.

The little boy held his head high and puffed out his chest. He was already imagining himself easily defeating his opponent like Evil Rat, basking in everyone's applause and cheers, as if he himself were Evil Rat.

Seeing that there was a battle to watch, more than a dozen people quickly gathered around to form an audience.

Jiang Jing said, "No more nonsense. We'll start right away. One-on-one, until one side loses the ability to fight."

The instant he finished speaking, the little boy shouted, "Rattata, use Tackle!"

Well, look at that—no sense of sportsmanship. He was trying to launch a sneak attack.

Rattata straightened its legs and burst forward with full force. Its speed was pretty good.

Jiang Jing smiled. A head-on clash? Perfect. He said, "Aron, we'll use Tackle too."

Aron snorted out two streams of air through its nose, planted its feet against the ground, and sprinted forward on all fours, just as it always did.

The two Pokémon sprinted directly toward one another. Rattata was slightly faster, making it seem stronger to the spectators.

"Bang!"

Their heads slammed heavily into each other. In that instant, Rattata felt as though it had crashed into an incredibly hard rock. The pain made it lose consciousness immediately, and its body was sent flying.

As for Aron, it was pushed back some distance before flipping onto the ground with all four limbs in the air.

With a powerful twist, Aron flipped itself back over. Its head felt a little dizzy from the impact.

"Aron, keep using Tackle."

Aron recovered immediately and began running again. It wasn't fast, but this time, it looked like a rock charging forward in everyone's eyes.

Rattata was still seeing stars, completely disoriented, when it was sent flying by the next hit and passed out completely. It regretted everything. If it had known, it never would have rammed Aron.

The little boy no longer had any thoughts of victory.

"Ahh, my Rattata! Ahh!" He burst into tears, picked up Rattata, and ran away.

Jiang Jing hadn't even gotten the chance to teach him a lesson. He couldn't help sighing that kids these days were becoming brattier and brattier. They all needed to experience a beating from society.

Once the crowd had enjoyed enough of the spectacle, they scattered to watch battles at other fields.

Not far away, two people had also watched the battle. They looked relaxed as they chatted while watching. One was a medium-built middle-aged man in a black suit, with a crew cut and glasses. He smiled and said, "That Aron is pretty good."

"It probably hasn't been hatched for long, but its potential is already showing. That kind of vigor is rare."

"We really have to thank you for suggesting this. We used advertising to get them to pay for renovating Battle Park. Otherwise, how could we have such a lively scene now?"

The other man had a well-proportioned build and a handsome, spirited appearance. Dressed in sportswear, he smiled and said, "That's only because Brother Ding had the vision to trust an Amateur Trainer like me."

Brother Ding laughed. "What are you talking about? Zhao Ziqian, an Amateur Trainer like you probably has the strength of a Silver Rank Trainer by now."

Zhao Ziqian modestly replied, "How could I possibly have the strength of a Silver Trainer? Brother Ding, you think too highly of me."

Brother Ding shook his head with a smile. "You're just too modest. No wonder your name is Zhao Ziqian."

"By the way, I have an idea. While the National Championship is still drawing attention, how about we hold a competition at Battle Park as well?"

Zhao Ziqian's eyes lit up. "That works!"

"But we don't have the money or manpower. How would we hold one?"

Brother Ding said casually, "Hey, I'm telling you, just find sponsors. Plenty of companies want to sponsor us. Once there are enough contestants and we put out some ads—"

"They'll definitely make a fortune. By the way, do you have a Douyin account?"

Zhao Ziqian paused. "Yeah. Why?"

Brother Ding said, "I have an idea. When the time comes, we can use Douyin's power to bring in massive traffic..."

"Aron, very good!" Jiang Jing said with satisfaction as he patted Aron's large head.

Aron: ()☆

Evil Rat gave Jiang Jing a disdainful glance and walked directly toward another area.

"Come on, Aron. Let's go take a look somewhere else."

He then took Aron to other fields to watch other people battle.

Later, another little boy came to challenge him, but he was much more sensible than the previous brat. His Pokémon was a Venonat, which was very weak and couldn't take much of a beating. After two Tackles, it lost the ability to fight.

More people came to challenge him afterward, but Jiang Jing saw that their Pokémon were rather high-level. He worried Aron might have an accident if it fought them. After all, it had only hatched recently, and battles that were too intense might injure its body, so he declined.

This continued until after nine in the evening, when Jiang Jing finally took Aron home.