Misunderstanding Cleared! Namikaze's First Battle!

"Song? You're here too."

While Song Xiaomeng was lost in wild thoughts, the fair-skinned beauty spoke in surprise.

"You two know each other?"

Mu Yun glanced curiously at Song Xiaomeng, whose expression kept shifting as if she had no idea what she was thinking.

Judging by her expression, it didn't seem like they knew each other.

"A few days ago, Sister Song came to my house to see my sister. We met once." Liu Jianhao walked over, naturally took the empty seat on Mu Yun's other side, and spoke.

"Maybe Sister Song didn't notice me. My sister is such a scatterbrain—she dragged Sister Song out for drinks before she even had time to invite her inside."

"My mom only told me about it afterward, so that's how I learned Sister Song's name."

After hearing Liu Jianhao say that, Song Xiaomeng finally remembered that she had indeed caught a brief glimpse of him at the doorway.

"Oh, I remember now! I saw you at Senior Liu's house!"

Song Xiaomeng clenched her right hand into a fist and lightly tapped her left palm. "I never expected Senior Liu, someone so, uh... bold, to have such a pure and innocent younger sister!"

"What do you mean, bold? She's obviously domineering, rough, and completely lacking in femininity—a total brute!" Liu Jianhao said mercilessly.

"Also, my name is Liu Jianhao. I'm not a younger sister. I'm a younger brother."

By the end, Liu Jianhao helplessly covered his forehead and sighed.

Couldn't boys be good-looking? There were clearly male Gardevoir too.

(Female and male Ralts could both evolve into Gardevoir, but only male Ralts could evolve into Gallade.

Brothers with ideas, make sure you can tell them apart~~)

"Huh?"

Song Xiaomeng opened her mouth, seemingly unable to tell whether Liu Jianhao was telling the truth or joking.

After all, Senior Liu Yingying had a woman's body and a man's heart, so it seemed normal for her "younger brother" to have a woman's body and a man's heart too... right?

Song Xiaomeng's mind was a mess. For a moment, she did not even know whether this pretty person being male or female would be better.

"Although he doesn't look like a boy, he's one hundred percent a pure boy. He's got everything he should have," Mu Yun added from the side.

Upon hearing that, Song Xiaomeng nodded subconsciously, then suddenly remembered those BL dramas her roommate secretly watched. She suspiciously looked Mu Yun up and down.

Tell me, how did you know that!

"What kind of look is that? His gender is male and he likes girls. So do I. We both only like soft, cute girls!" Mu Yun immediately stopped Song Xiaomeng's dangerous train of thought.

"Not soft and cute. I only like girls prettier than me," Liu Jianhao interjected.

"Ahem, why are you so nervous? I didn't say anything." Though Mu Yun seeing through her little thoughts embarrassed Song Xiaomeng, she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Compared to having questionable sexual preferences, she could more readily accept having a rival in love. At least she and Xiao Yun were so familiar with each other—there would be plenty of opportunities, right?

Fortunately, neither terrible possibility had happened.

"Match eleven at Arena Seven has concluded. Please have both participants in match twelve prepare."

Just as the atmosphere between the three of them gradually became peaceful, the loudspeaker in the resting area suddenly sounded.

"It's my turn. Once I'm done, we can go out." After saying that, Mu Yun strode toward the small corridor leading to the battle arena.

"Um, Liu Jianhao, right?"

After Mu Yun left, Song Xiaomeng organized her thoughts and spoke.

"What is it, Sister Song?"

"How did you and Xiao Yun meet?" She believed Mu Yun's sexual orientation was fine. After all, that bad guy had kept looking at that part of her just now.

But she still had her doubts about Liu Jianhao.

After all, his delicate and thoroughly feminine face was really not very convincing.

"We were in the same class in high school. We sat in front of and behind each other," Liu Jianhao casually answered, unaware of what Song Xiaomeng was thinking.

"Oh, that's good."

Once she confirmed that the two had not met through some strange group chat or place, Song Xiaomeng finally relaxed completely.

After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "How popular was Xiao Yun in class? Did he secretly date anyone? I don't mean anything by it. It's just that at his age, he should be working hard on his studies. I'm worried he's too young to control himself and might delay his education."

She spoke very quickly, as though she were genuinely concerned about Mu Yun's grades.

Hearing that, Liu Jianhao gave her a strange look and said in an odd tone, "Brother Yun has an easygoing personality and is pretty popular. As for his grades, he's been first in the year for two years straight. He's insanely steady. Even if he dated someone, it probably wouldn't affect him. Even Old Song—our homeroom teacher—probably wouldn't interfere much if he found out."

"Why wouldn't he interfere? What kind of teacher is he?" The moment Song Xiaomeng heard the words "wouldn't interfere," she bristled.

"He doesn't need to interfere."

Liu Jianhao shrugged. "Brother Yun is a career-minded man. He devotes himself to studying, so where would he find the time to date? Besides, the girls at our school really aren't that pretty. None of them are as good-looking as me. What's the point of dating them? He'd be better off playing games."

"It's good that there's no one."

Song Xiaomeng ignored Liu Jianhao's narcissism, because strictly speaking, it was not narcissism at all. He was merely stating the truth.

To be fair, with that face, even at Evergreen University, he would absolutely be the kind of campus beauty everyone remembered as their first love.

He was just too flat...

No, wait, he was a boy. Being flat was perfectly normal...

Why was she putting him among girls?

Song Xiaomeng fell into deep thought...

Song Xiaomeng gave up thinking...

Song Xiaomeng looked toward the battle arena, ready to admire Mu Yun's heroic bearing as he fought.

Mm, Xiao Yun with a serious, focused expression looked even more handsome than when he smiled!!!

Inside Arena Seven.

Mu Yun and his opponent stood on opposite sides. His opponent was a young man in his twenties who looked somewhat nervous.

He was clearly not the kind of malicious low-level hunter Song Xiaomeng was.

"Beep—please send out your Pokémon!"

Following its programmed procedure, the electronic referee issued its usual prompt.

"Go, Namikaze!"

This time, Mu Yun did not send out Xiao Du. Instead, he let Namikaze battle.

The main purpose of coming to the Battle Arena was to let the two little ones experience the atmosphere of battle. Earning Points came second.

Now that Xiao Du had already fought once, Mu Yun naturally would not favor one over the other. Namikaze needed to experience it too.

As the Poké Ball burst open, Namikaze appeared on one side of the arena.

On the other side stood a Pokémon with dark blue skin, a round body, red bead-like eyes, and a large cluster of lush green leaves growing from its head—

Oddish!

[Pokémon: Oddish]

[Gender: Female]

[Attribute: Grass + Poison]

[Level: 14 (Normal Level)]

[Ability: Chlorophyll (In sunny weather, its Speed doubles)]

[Moves: Absorb, Growth, Sweet Scent, Acid, PoisonPowder]

[Held Item: None]

[Potential: Veteran Level]

[Base Stats: 320]

This Oddish's level was not high, only Level 14. It looked like it had not been trained for long.

Its potential was not high either, only Veteran Level.

As for its moves, it had Absorb, Growth, Sweet Scent, Acid, and PoisonPowder. With this moveset, Namikaze would definitely have needed to avoid getting touched by PoisonPowder before Level 9.

But now, Level 9 Namikaze had long since learned his first ranged attack—

Gust!

[Gust (Expertise, 10/300): Move activation speed +150%, move energy consumption -40%, move range +50%.]

Expertise-level Gust not only activated quickly and consumed little energy, but also had a Trait that increased its range.

Flying Type moves were already known for their speed and wide area of effect. With this Trait, they had become even more formidable!

Not to mention, the Grass-type Oddish was completely countered by Flying Type!

As for the level difference?

My Namikaze, the fastest around, specialized in fighting above his level!

"Both Pokémon have been detected in position. Beep beep—begin the match!!"