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"Li Ziming, wake up!"

In a daze, a voice seemed to reach his ears.

Li Ziming turned over, hugging the quilt in an extremely awkward posture, and mumbled incoherently, "Let me sleep for another five minutes..."

"Get up already! Didn't you ask me to wake you up! Now that I've woken you, you still won't get up!"

Wait!

He suddenly woke up, rubbed his still sleepy eyes, and rolled out of bed.

Today was an important day, he couldn't oversleep!

That's right, today was Labor Day, and he had arranged with Guo Qing and other classmates to bring their handheld game consoles to the park next to the school for Pokémon battles.

Moreover, Xiao Hong said she would come too!

His mother was standing at the door of the room, and seeing him get up, she asked, "I let you relax yesterday, what time did you go to bed? You can't just keep playing like that."

Li Ziming himself had forgotten what time he went to bed, but it was very late.

He yawned, still feeling sleepy, "Okay, Mom, I'll pay attention next time."

Because of the rare holiday, he was finally able to play to his heart's content after school yesterday.

Moreover, he was going to battle Guo Qing the next day, so he naturally had to raise the level of his Pokémon in one go.

After initially obtaining the handheld game console, he could only play for a while intermittently each day, and it took him two weeks to raise the level of the Pokémon in his team to level 30.

But last night, he raised the level of his three main Pokémon to level 50, and not only that, but they also evolved to the third stage.

Hmph, Guo Qing, I will defeat you fair and square in front of Xiao Hong!

She will naturally know that I am the more reliable man!

Then he hurriedly put on his clothes, rushed to the bathroom, washed his face and brushed his teeth, and cheered himself up.

Looking in the mirror, sure enough, there were dark circles under his eyes.

But thinking of his Blastoise and Pidgeot, a confident smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

After quickly finishing his egg pancake and drinking his milk, he even burped because he ate too fast.

"Mom, burp, I'm leaving!" Li Ziming pushed open the door and looked back.

"Okay, don't play too late, come back in time for dinner!"

...

After going out, Li Ziming carried his backpack, jumped twice in place, and took a deep breath of the fresh morning air.

He suddenly felt a little regretful that he didn't have a red and white hat, so he could be like the protagonist in the game.

On the low wall by the roadside, a tabby cat strode gracefully, walking by.

"Hello, Meowth." Li Ziming greeted enthusiastically, and earnestly pressed an imaginary hat.

Target, Pokémon Master, let's go!

Walking on the road, his mood was a little nervous and excited when he thought about battling Guo Qing later.

It seemed like he had found the feeling of battling a trainer in the game for the first time.

Yesterday at school, he overheard Guo Qing bragging to his deskmate that he had trained his Venusaur to level 30.

His Pokémon's level was already higher than his, and he had specially trained it for a night, so defeating him was definitely a sure thing!

Yes!

Soon, Li Ziming arrived at the entrance of the park.

In front of the stone lions at the entrance, there were already many students there, which was also the meeting place they had agreed on yesterday.

Guo Qing, Huang Zijie, and a few other classmates from other classes whom he recognized but couldn't name.

Everyone was holding handheld game consoles in their hands, chattering and communicating, leaning over to look at each other's screens, with some excitement on their faces.

Undoubtedly, they were exchanging their proud Pokémon.

Li Ziming glanced around, but didn't see Xiao Hong, and felt a faint disappointment in his heart.

As if sensing each other's thoughts, Guo Qing suddenly raised his head and met Li Ziming's gaze, and seemed to "hmph" through his nose.

Li Ziming, who was good at observation, immediately noticed that there was also a layer of dark circles under Guo Qing's eyes, and it looked even darker than his, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

Could it be that Guo Qing also stayed up late to level up last night?

He widened his eyes unwillingly, and the two's gazes carried out an invisible confrontation in the air. If the aura could be manifested, then the two's aura must be one blue and one red, colliding with sparks.

A classmate saw Li Ziming and waved to him, happily saying, "Yo! Everyone's here, let's find a suitable place to start!"

"Huh?" Li Ziming's mind fluctuated, why didn't Xiao Hong come?

He pretended to be casual, while taking steps to keep up with the team, and asked, "Huh, I remember Xiao Hong said she would come too?"

Guo Qing also replied immediately, seemingly casually, "Xiao Hong called earlier, saying she has a ballet class this morning and can't come! She might come in the afternoon."

Critical hit!

Li Ziming's heart shook violently, and he couldn't even walk properly.

Why would Guo Qing know about Xiao Hong's affairs!

A classmate with a missing front tooth smiled and said, "I have a Little Star phone watch, Xiao Hong called to tell me!"

Li Ziming's mind relaxed slightly, so that's how it was, the missing front tooth was the organizer of the activity, so it was only natural for Xiao Hong to notify him if something happened.

He was still relatively relieved about the missing front tooth, at least before he replaced his teeth, Xiao Hong would definitely not take a fancy to him.

Guo Qing suddenly asked, "Li Ziming, why are you so concerned about Xiao Hong's affairs, do you like her?"

Double critical hit! Super effective!

Li Ziming's face and even the roots of his ears flushed red, and he stammered to defend himself, "How is that possible! I don't like Xiao Hong at all! Don't talk nonsense, you'll have to take responsibility if something happens!"

"Oh~" The classmates made meaningful sounds, not knowing whether they believed it or not.

However, the theme of today's outing was Pokémon, and they were not in the mood to pay attention to these gossips, and soon forgot about it, and continued to exchange Pokémon with great interest.

"Hey, where did you catch this Pikachu?"

"I've been fighting Caterpie in Constant Stone Forest, and it came out while I was fighting. Why does your Pidgey look a little different from mine? What does the sparkle in front of the name mean?"

"I don't know, maybe it's sick?"

"Hey~ is that so, is it not contagious? But it looks very energetic."

"Let me tell you, last time I accidentally discovered a cave, it was full of Geodude, Geodude, you know? It's the Pokémon owned by the gym leader Brock, its whole body is made of stone. There's also Paras, it's a crab with red mushrooms on its head."

"Wow, that sounds very interesting, I really like Constant Stone Forest, it feels like my grandfather's house where I lived when I was a child, surrounded by fields, and lots of grass and trees, I like to catch all kinds of beetles and cicadas there the most. So I've been catching Caterpie there, and I've trained my Bulbasaur and several Caterpie to level 30."

"You're so amazing!"

"There are many bug catchers who like Caterpie there, they are all my friends."

Listening to the classmates' chat, Li Ziming found that no one was discussing the gossip just now, and his flustered mood gradually calmed down.

He secretly glanced at Guo Qing, who was walking in front of him as if nothing had happened, and hated him in his heart.

Hmph, I'll use my Pokémon to beat you to a pulp later!