"Huh?" Huang Zequan looked curiously at the out-of-sorts Cheng Tian. "Why do you look so listless?"
"Don't ask..." Cheng Tian said weakly. "Ah, caught between pain and pleasure."
"All right, then." Huang Zequan nodded. "Let's eat first. We have the whole day free today, so we can take a good look around Bakia Island."
"Here, A-Tian, try this." Su Han speared a piece of unidentified meat with a silver fork. Cheng Tian opened his mouth and ate it. For some reason, everyone felt that Su Han seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Hey, have you noticed that those people over there seem to keep looking at us?" a boy wearing glasses behind Liu Zhiwei asked.
"Hmm?" Liu Zhiwei turned his head, and the other party looked away again.
Most countries' contestants had gone to a meeting in the Pokémon League hall. Those left were mostly reserve members, and some tables were even empty.
"Which country are they from?"
"Uh... let me see... U... k... r... a..."
A girl entered the word on the sign on their table into her phone's translator: "Ukraine."
"Looks like Ukraine."
"Oh?" Cheng Tian paused. "The one that's had friction with Russia?"
Huang Zequan nodded. "I heard Ukraine's president used to make movies and was a celebrity." The countries' tables in the hall were arranged according to their geographical distribution, and they were seated in the northeast.
Just then, a boy suddenly stood up from the table that had been behind China's all along and walked straight toward them.
One glance was enough to tell he was Indian. That hat on his head stood out far too much...
"Excuse me."
Everyone paused. He spoke Chinese too?
The whole world really was speaking Chinese, then.
"You must be members of China's team," he said, introducing