Holy crap! Sitting inside the room, Chu Xin was stunned. How had the atmosphere grown so tense in such a short time? Were they about to start fighting?
Chu Xin looked at Ai Xing, whom Charizard was guarding closely, then at the crowd packed outside. Every one of them held a Poké Ball, ready to act. If a fight really broke out, Ai Xing would be fine with his Elite Four strength, but a newbie like Chu Xin would be in trouble.
No way! No way! Please don't start fighting!
Chu Xin silently huddled farther into the corner. He desperately hoped these hotheaded old people wouldn't notice him.
"What do you all think you're doing? Do you have no respect for me?"
The old man seated inside the room spoke, and a single sentence made everyone put away their Poké Balls. Ai Xing's Charizard, however, continued guarding him closely, showing the old man no deference at all.
"Ai Xing, if you still want to save Aier, recall Charizard. We can still talk this through."
Ai Xing snorted and recalled Charizard into a Poké Ball, but the man beside him couldn't stand it any longer.
"Grand Elder, Ai Xing is being so arrogant. We can't keep tolerating him. I propose that we punish him for defying the elders and strip him of his Dragon Tamer Elite Four title."
Ai Xing found the man's words laughable.
"You're welcome to try. See whether the Dragon Tamer Family can produce another titled Elite Four member after stripping me of my Dragon Tamer title."
Ai Xing sneered at the man who had been so arrogant moments earlier and put away the Poké Ball in his hand.
"Even if I'm no longer the Dragon Tamer Elite Four, I'll still be a titled Elite Four member. But