"You pretty boy! Without women to lean on, how could you possibly have gotten this far? Have you no shame?"
On the third level of Battle Road, a man who looked not quite thirty sat on the ground, his face battered and bruised and his upper body slumped against the wall. He looked as though his next breath might be his last.
Su Bai crouched beside him and shook his head helplessly.
"Tsk, tsk. Jealousy really does turn people ugly."
Cynthia sat on a large rock nearby, eating ice cream while feeding Pikachu Pokéblocks.
The man's name was Xiao He. Cynthia wasn't really to blame for the state he was in. He had brought it on himself.
Su Bai and Cynthia had originally spent several hours walking through Victory Road. By ten that night, they had been ready to pitch their tents and sleep.
Before bed, Su Bai had made Cynthia a pot of milk tea and an ice cream egg waffle.
Cynthia had been delighted, but just as she was about to dig in, a Venoshock had splashed at them from the shadows.
Neither Su Bai nor Cynthia had been hurt, but Su Bai had spilled the milk tea while dodging the attack.
Then Xiao He had stepped out. The instant he saw Cynthia, his eyes had fixed on her and refused to budge.
So much so that he completely failed to notice her dark expression.
Xiao He knew who Cynthia was. He launched straight into a stream of extravagant flattery, while showing intense hostility toward Su Bai at her side, taking veiled shots at him with every word.
Then Cynthia's Garchomp fought his Weezing.
A Giga Impact sent Weezing flying into Xiao He, who in turn slammed into the wall...
And that was how Xiao He had ended