There was no denying it: Xu Lu's cooking was superb.
Xu Mu polished off three heaping bowls of rice and even let the foodie Arceus out to have a taste.
With another match the next day, Xu Mu didn't stay the night. He took Xu Lu's car back to his villa.
The next morning.
Xu Mu had never imagined he would become famous one day.
He had made the news and been reported on worldwide after the Owl Organization incident.
But that was just one event, and the public soon forgot about it.
Apart from the higher-ups, who remembered Xu Mu as the man with the best connections in the world, most ordinary people still had no impression of his name.
That was about to change.
As the Eastern Lands' premier annual competition, the Elite Four Challenge drew phenomenal attention.
Every year during the Elite Four Challenge, films and entertainment shows postponed their releases rather than compete with it.
In this Pokémon-centered world, the Elite Four Challenge was the people's favorite show. Nothing else came close!
That was why people like Kuoye spent years training in the wilderness, enduring every hardship despite already bearing the title of Peak Trainer.
All so they could shine at the Elite Four Challenge one day!
Today marked the start of the Elite Four Challenge's main tournament.
The round of sixteen had eight matches, which the organizers had spread over four days.
Xu Mu was in the first match on the first day. As a seeded contestant, he had fought his way up through A Division.
It was no surprise that he was up first.
"The red corner: Fengcheng Xumu!"
"Contestant Xu Mu is the young hero everyone's been talking about!"
"He took down the Owl Organization single-handedly, commands the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, and mastered