Pokémon: Born to Win at the Starting Line

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In the end, after much deliberation, Wu Hongzhen compromised and agreed to Xie Yulan's demand.

What was Xie Yulan's demand?

She demanded that Wu Hongzhen provide evidence that Zhao Qiang and Zhao Xiao were bribed by an enemy nation and deliberately tried to assassinate Jiang Chen.

There was, of course, no such evidence, but if there's no evidence, it can be manufactured. With Wu Hongzhen's influence, if he wanted to fabricate it, he had the ability to do so.

As long as Wu Hongzhen agreed, Xie Yulan would not only stop targeting the Imperial Capital Spirit Academy but would also help the Imperial Capital Spirit Academy clear its name.

Although he knew Xie Yulan was using him as a pawn, in order to stop Xie Yulan from continuing to target the Imperial Capital Spirit Academy, Wu Hongzhen had no choice but to agree.

"Doing this will completely offend Zhao Sheng."

Wu Hongzhen knew that if he really did this, he would become Zhao Sheng's mortal enemy.

However, compared to offending Xie Yulan, he was more willing to offend Zhao Sheng.

Offending Xie Yulan was equivalent to offending Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan was the most promising candidate to become a Champion among the twelve Heavenly Kings of Xia Country.

Moreover, Jiang Yuan's teacher was one of Xia Country's Champions.

"Before doing this, first get the compensation from Zhao Sheng, otherwise there won't be another chance."

The compensation for the damage to the Imperial Capital Spirit Academy was placed on Zhao Sheng's head. Half of the compensation had already been demanded from Zhao Sheng.

"Mom, you're going to completely destroy Zhao Xiao and Zhao Qiang. Aren't you afraid Zhao Sheng will go crazy?" Jiang Chen asked.

"It's fine. I plan to deal with him too."

Xie Yulan wouldn't leave any hidden dangers.

"Dealing with a Heavenly King, that's difficult, isn't it?"

Xia Country only had twelve Heavenly Kings in total. Each Heavenly King was a top-tier combatant, all treasures.

"It's not that difficult. His strength and talent are at the bottom among the Heavenly Kings. Plus, he has quite a lot of shady dealings, and I've already investigated quite a bit. It won't be that hard to deal with him."

"I've investigated, and he has dealings with a certain poaching group. Just that alone is enough to bring him down from his Heavenly King position."

Xie Yulan said with a cold laugh.

If Zhao Sheng himself were clean, it might be difficult for her to deal with him, but he wasn't clean.

"Your dad and I have already planned it all out. I guarantee Zhao Sheng is completely finished, so don't worry."

"No one in Xia Country will say anything. At worst, I'll just temporarily be an acting Heavenly King."

If Xie Yulan became an acting Heavenly King, she absolutely had the capability. She hadn't become a Heavenly King before, not because she lacked the ability, but because she hadn't developed in that direction.

In her youth, Xie Yulan was also a powerful Pokémon Trainer.

In fact, if Xie Yulan became a Heavenly King, with her Champion-level Alakazam, she would rank among the top of the twelve Heavenly Kings.

Since everything was already planned, Jiang Chen didn't ask further. He trusted his father and mother's abilities.

Xie Yulan didn't stay long and left shortly after. Her main reason for coming was to ease her mind about Jiang Chen, wanting to see if he was truly alright.

Not long after his mother left, Old Zhang and the others returned.

Seeing Ling Wanqiu's dejected expression, Jiang Chen was startled. It was his first time seeing Ling Wanqiu so down.

"What's wrong?"

"She lost her battle with Xiao Luoxue. You should go cheer her up," Wang Xin whispered into Jiang Chen's ear.

Then Wang Xin pulled Old Zhang and the others away quickly. Old Zhang gave Wang Xin an annoyed look. As a teacher, he naturally saw Wang Xin's intention to set up Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu.

However, he didn't stop them. In fact, he also thought Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu were quite a match, both in terms of family background and talent.

Jiang Chen patted Ling Wanqiu's shoulder, signaling her to sit down.

"You're not going to get this dejected just because you lost once, are you? This isn't like the Ling Wanqiu I know," Jiang Chen couldn't help but say.

"I feel like your strengths are similar. It shouldn't be that easy for her to win against you."

To be honest, in their battle, either of them could have won or lost.

Because their strengths were so close, it depended on who could seize the opportunity and who performed better.

"Indeed, I almost won against her, but I still lost."

She was just a tiny bit away from winning, but in the end, she still lost to Xiao Luoxue.

Actually, the reason for her dejection wasn't because she couldn't accept losing. Had Ling Wanqiu lost little? No, not at all. Ling Wanqiu had lost to Jiang Chen countless times.

But when it came to Xiao Luoxue, she didn't want to lose; she had a reason not to lose.

Perhaps she wanted to win too much, so in the end, she impulsively got caught and defeated by Xiao Luoxue.

"So, work hard. If you lose this time, win it back next time. Losing once isn't a big deal, but losing for a lifetime would be terrifying."

Jiang Chen patted Ling Wanqiu's head.

Ling Wanqiu looked up at Jiang Chen.

"You're right. Losing once isn't a big deal, but losing for a lifetime would be terrifying."

Looking at Ling Wanqiu's bright eyes, Jiang Chen suddenly felt a sense of pressure.

He felt that the current Ling Wanqiu had changed somewhat.

"Losing a battle isn't scary. Losing in life is the scariest thing."

Ling Wanqiu smiled at Jiang Chen. This smile was a little sweet.

To be honest, Jiang Chen had seen many beautiful girls since he was little, but Ling Wanqiu's smile truly made his heart flutter a little.

A fragrant breeze swept past, then a soft touch on Jiang Chen's cheek. It was a fleeting touch, and then Ling Wanqiu flashed away as if she had learned Teleport.

At this moment, Ling Wanqiu's heartbeat was the fastest it had ever been since she was born.

Jiang Chen stood frozen for a while, then finally came back to his senses.

He reached out and touched the spot where Ling Wanqiu had kissed him.

"Sure enough, my earlier feeling was right. She really likes me."

"Kirlia~!"

From nearby, an unhappy voice came. It was Kirlia's voice.

Others might not understand what Kirlia was saying, but Jiang Chen could. Kirlia was saying that that woman took advantage of him.

"Actually, I'm the one who benefited."

"Kirlia~ Kirlia~~!"

The displeased Kirlia jumped up and then kissed Jiang Chen on the cheek too.

"What are you, a Pokémon, getting jealous for?"

Jiang Chen looked at Kirlia, speechless.

Kirlia's expression turned aggrieved when she heard Jiang Chen's words.

"Alright, alright, I didn't mean to dislike you."

Looking at the aggrieved Kirlia, Jiang Chen quickly stroked her head to comfort her.

Returning to the room, Jiang Chen released Feebas. To be honest, this Feebas had extremely poor talent and probably had no chance of evolving into Milotic.

However, the other Feebas in Xiao Luoxue's possession had good talent, with Heavenly King level talent.

He placed Feebas in the fish tank. Jiang Chen didn't dislike Feebas's ugly appearance. Pokémon were very sensitive creatures; if you disliked it, it could feel it.

"Feebas, eat this fruit."

He took out the Talent Potential Boosting Fruit. This Feebas's talent was only ordinary, the worst among all Pokémon.

In fact, it was not uncommon for Pokémon in the wild with ordinary talent potential to never even reach the elite level in their entire lives.

But this Feebas was in Jiang Chen's hands and had a chance to defy fate. By eating this fruit, its talent would become Heavenly King level.