Entei Belongs to My Family

Say what you wanted about Xu Mu, but he was a ruthless guy.

Even in front of so many powerful trainers, Xu Mu showed no fear.

Of course, even if he was afraid, he couldn't let it show.

Cynthia was kindhearted, so when she saw everyone ganging up on Entei, she couldn't stand by.

A girl with a heart that pure was rare. She deserved to be cherished.

So Xu Mu stepped forward without hesitation.

"All of you, stop! Haven't you done enough? A whole crowd against one Pokémon? Have you no shame?"

The powerful trainers were displeased.

Seeing this young upstart barge in, run straight up to Entei, and start making outrageous demands, one of them flew into a rage.

"Kid, get out of here! This is none of your business!"

The trainer barked at Xu Mu, emboldened by the Master Class Blastoise at his side.

He spoke for everyone there.

They had been attacking Entei for ages and had finally wounded him enough to gain the upper hand. Then some kid came charging in!

Who could put up with that?

If Entei escaped while they were distracted, whose fault would it be?

"Oh? Why can't I get involved? Go on, tell me."

Xu Mu had been uncertain. With so many powerful trainers here, a clash could turn disastrous.

But the moment someone snapped at him, his temper flared.

What was with people these days? Why did every loudmouth think he could run his mouth at me?

Young people shouldn't be so hotheaded? What was the point of being young if you weren't?

Xu Mu had crossed over from another world and had a system to boot. He was practically born to be the protagonist!

Even with all that going for me, I haven't been strutting around looking for trouble. So why do idiots keep volunteering to play the villain?

"Do you know who you're talking to?" another trainer demanded when Xu Mu talked back.

"Who? The king of heaven himself?"

Xu Mu sneered, making no effort to hide his disdain.

He hadn't wanted to stand out. Lying low and enjoying life would have been wonderful.

But some people just had to think they were something special.

It's hot, my temper's short, and I'm not smiling. Come on, man, don't start.

"This is Venerable Dongfeng, a top trainer at Early Master! Know your place, kid, and get lost!"

Seeing Xu Mu remain where he was, the man launched into an angry tirade.

As he was introduced, Venerable Dongfeng lifted his head with pride.

Xu Mu laughed.

Early Master? What have you got to be so smug about?

"You can't touch this Entei," Xu Mu said coldly, facing the crowd of powerful trainers alone.

He had stepped in for Cynthia, but also because there was a line he wouldn't cross.

Capturing Pokémon was fine, but it had to be done properly. What was this mob attack supposed to be?

What, did being a Legendary Pokémon mean Entei deserved to be ganged up on?

Had he dug up their ancestors' graves or beaten up their kids?

If they weren't strong enough, they should work on getting stronger. Instead, they couldn't win one-on-one, so they gathered a crowd and strutted around as though that made them important.

Xu Mu couldn't stand it.

In this world, strength ruled.

Xu Mu might be a nobody, but with enough strength, he had no reason to fear anyone's authority.

Maybe I've fallen into a trap the system set without even realizing it.

Strength rules. Have I started believing that myself?

With a soft sigh, Xu Mu raised his head and looked everyone in the eye.

Feeling that his dignity had been challenged, Venerable Dongfeng's mouth twitched. He snapped, "Kid, you think we have to leave Entei alone just because you say so? What, does he belong to your family?"

Xu Mu broke into a grin.

"Sorry, but this Entei does belong to my family."

"My Pokémon wasn't listening earlier, so we had a fight. He's still mad at me and ran away from home."

"And since you're all here, it's time to settle the score for picking on him."

As he spoke, Xu Mu pointed boldly at Venerable Dongfeng.

"Come on. As his trainer, I'll take you on for him, Venerable Dongfeng!"

"I'm Xu Mu, a Rookie Trainer from Fengcheng, and I challenge you!"

"Of course, if you have no shame, you can all come at me together."

The powerful trainers burst out laughing.

The man who had introduced Venerable Dongfeng laughed hardest of all.

"Kid, you really don't have a brain, do you? You're a Rookie Trainer. What makes you think you're worthy of challenging Venerable Dongfeng?"

He sounded like a shameless sycophant.

Another sycophant behind him hastily chimed in.

"Exactly! You think you're worthy of challenging Venerable Dongfeng?"

"Go home, kid. Your family might be worried about you!"

Xu Mu stared at them.

Where did these two bootlickers come from?

"You two related to Dongfeng, or have you just been eating his rice?"

"How much does Venerable Dongfeng pay you a month to lick his boots?"

"At this rate, you'll never amount to anything!"

"I'm not worthy? And you are?"

"What a pair of yapping dogs!"

Xu Mu fired back without holding anything back, then pointed at Venerable Dongfeng again.

"I'm challenging you. Are we fighting or not? Hurry up and quit stalling!"

"If you don't dare, I'll challenge someone else. Don't waste my time!"

Xu Mu was brazen.

He stood tall with his back to Entei, watching Venerable Dongfeng with an amused look.

"Kid, you're quite something."

After taking Xu Mu's barbs for so long, Venerable Dongfeng's simmering anger finally erupted.

At first, he had hesitated to attack a child, worried about what people would say.

He was a venerable Master. If word got out that he had battled a Rookie Trainer, he'd be a laughingstock.

But Xu Mu refused to take the hint and kept provoking him.

That left him no choice.

"Fine. I won't bully you. I'll just use—"

Xu Mu cut off his grandstanding.

"Use all six. Spare me the speech and let's go."

With that, Xu Mu called Greninja over.

"Get ready to fight!"

"Gren!"

[Got it!]

Seeing that Xu Mu was ready to embarrass himself, Venerable Dongfeng cast Greninja a disdainful glance.

With a lofty sweep of his hand, he sent out Raichu.

"This is the weakest Pokémon I brought, a little fellow at the late Elite Four level."

"If you can beat him, I'll give you one chance to apologize properly. Then I'll forgive you."

Venerable Dongfeng said it with a smug air, putting on a show of reluctance.

As if battling Xu Mu were beneath him.

"Save it. After that, I won't forgive you even if you apologize."

Xu Mu couldn't take it anymore. What was wrong with the powerful trainers in this world?

First he'd met that brain-dead middle-aged man. Now there were two bootlickers and this pompous show-off.

It was enough to leave him speechless!