"I'm fine."
"I'm fine too!"
Ash and Brock had been right at the outer edge of the basket and had just been thoroughly tossed about. But both were tough "men," and little bumps and scrapes like these were nothing to them. Now that Iris had asked, they looked all the more unconcerned.
Beside them, May and Dawn also let go of Xia You's arms.
May thought nothing of it. After all, she had long since grown used to physical contact like this with Xia You; such simple contact no longer surprised her. But this was Dawn's first time hugging a man's arm so tightly, let alone that of a handsome grown man!
Even though she had had no choice earlier, her ears still turned a little red, and her heart began pounding. Fortunately, no one noticed her, allowing her to let out a long sigh of relief.
The only one feeling uncomfortable was Xia You.
Cheryl really did have quite a grip!
It hadn't hurt, but he wasn't exactly in a fit state to face everyone right now...
With a light cough, he turned partly sideways to keep the others from noticing anything unusual. To divert their attention, he asked Iris, "What was that just now? It didn't feel like wind. More like... some kind of spreading energy."
As expected of a man who held championship titles from three regional tournaments, he was different from the others. Despite the panic, he had keenly sensed that the shaking had definitely not been caused by strong winds!
Hearing this, Iris nodded. "It certainly didn't feel like an air current. Come to think of it... things around here have been a little strange lately. We keep suddenly feeling that sort of shaking in the air. Sorry... I gave you all a fright."
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