Seeing that Chi Hong didn’t speak, Popplio turned around again, only to see Chao Xia squatting in front of her, staring intently at her.
“Iyaa!!”
Popplio got a huge fright and quickly hopped behind Chi Hong.
She used her tail to prop up her body and leaned against Chi Hong’s leg, carefully peeking at Chao Xia.
“Express your heartfelt intentions and see if you can earn this child’s trust.”
“A Beast Tamer chooses a pet beast, and a pet beast also chooses a Beast Tamer.”
Chi Hong still spoke seriously.
He didn’t mention a single word about directly beating down a Pokémon, tossing a ball, and forcing it to love him!
But most wild Pokémon were just like that; as long as you could beat them, they would submit!
Though there were also exceptions where you could beat a Pokémon half to death and they still wouldn’t submit.
“Lu-la-lu-la-lei~ Lu-la-lu-la-lei~”
A playful ringtone sounded from Chi Hong’s pocket.
Chi Hong took it out and saw it was Number 73.
Chi Hong had already very decisively tossed away his original phone.
He had inserted his SIM card into the assassin organization’s phone, directly using this phone as his own.
After all, Number 73 had already wiped Old Li’s data, and this phone was now logged into his own ID.
Having two phones was too troublesome, and Chi Hong disliked it.
“Chao Xia, five minutes is enough time to see if you have an affinity with this child.
I’m going over there to take a call.”
Chi Hong bent down, picked up Popplio by the scruff, placed her in front of Chao Xia, and then turned to walk to the side.
Chao Wu’s eyes remained fixed on Chi Hong.
For some reason, she really wanted to hear who was calling him and what he was going to say to them.
So, she took a few steps toward Chi Hong’s location—not too close, but definitely close enough to hear his voice.
“Red, are you free tonight?”
“What is it?”
“I mean, let’s meet up so I can give you your payment.
I spend money lavishly, and I’m afraid that if I spend your money, I won’t be able to explain it to you.”
“Location.” Chi Hong cast a glance at Chao Wu out of the corner of his eye, his expression remaining unchanged.
“How about the usual place?”
“Sure, bring more beer when the time comes.” After saying this, Chi Hong directly hung up the phone.
Chao Wu didn’t suspect anything; this just sounded like a simple friend gathering.
She didn’t know why, but ever since she saw Chi Hong, the thought of comparing him to Red would occasionally pop into her mind.
Meanwhile, Lu Yao held her phone and frowned, muttering to herself, “Bring more beer?
What’s he bringing beer for?”
“Well, that makes sense.
After all, a mature older sister like me is fatally attractive to little brothers like Red!”
“Drinking is fine, it’s a good opportunity to see what he looks like!”
Lu Yao nodded and got up to go buy beer.
After Chi Hong finished his call and turned back, he found that Chao Xia had already summoned her Fire Wolf.
She was currently squatting on the ground, whispering something to Popplio, and finally slowly reached out her hand to pat Popplio’s head.
Popplio slightly shifted her head, and a few seconds later, Chao Xia managed to pet her.
Chi Hong knew she had succeeded.
In reality, as long as any generation’s starter Pokémon was gifted by someone else, they could almost always be ‘kidnapped’.
After all, they were just Level 1 babies who hadn’t seen much of the world.
Chi Hong walked over, tossed the red and white Poké Ball to Chao Xia without another word, and told her that this was the pet beast’s storage device.
“This child is still very young, treat her well.
If you put enough heart into it, I believe it won’t be long before she can evolve,” Chi Hong said calmly.
“Evolve?”
“Popplio…
can still evolve?”
Chao Xia picked up Popplio, playfully tapped her nose a few times, and asked in surprise.
Chao Wu also frowned.
It wasn’t that pet beasts couldn’t evolve, it was just that pet beasts capable of evolving were extremely precious.
Even for their Chao family, which could be considered a massive entity in Jinling City, they only possessed a single pet beast that could evolve.
It belonged to the current family head, Chao Wen’s Fire-Mane Ape.
Rumor had it that it was on the verge of evolving recently, and for this reason, Chao Wen was frantically purchasing various fruits.
“Click~~”
“Little Chi took way too long this time, meow?
It’s so boring inside, meow!!”
The sound of a Poké Ball opening rang out, and Meowth let itself out.
It truly disliked staying in the ball, so it came out on its own.
“It…
it spoke?” Chao Wu’s eyes widened!
A pet beast that could speak was the most precious among the precious!
“Eh?
It’s you, little girl, hello there, meow!” Meowth waved a paw at Chao Xia, then jumped onto Chi Hong’s back, hugging his head.
“Hello!”
“Iyaa!”
Both Chao Xia and Popplio greeted Meowth.
“Oh? Find the original chapter at g.com.
It’s a Popplio, meow.
Little Chi, where are we going now, meow?” Meowth asked.
“To the Jinling City admissions office set up by Yanjing University.
We can head out now.”
“Chi Hong, let this…
cat sit in the passenger seat.
I’d like to chat with him.”
A look of excitement appeared on Chao Wu’s face as she pointed at Meowth.
Subsequently, Chao Xia held Popplio and sat in the back row with Chi Hong, while Meowth sat in the passenger seat, buckled up, and chatted with Chao Wu the whole way.
Of course, all they chatted about was nonsense like, “Do you eat cat food?”, “Why can you talk?”, “Are you good at fighting?”, “Have you considered joining the law enforcement organization?”…
When they arrived, they found a long queue at the admissions office, so the three decided to come back first thing tomorrow morning.
Going out with the older sister meant Chi Hong and Chao Xia didn’t have to pay for anything; the hotel and dinner were all arranged by Chao Wu.
After dinner, when they returned to the hotel to rest, Chao Wu was still chatting with Meowth.
Clearly, she was far too interested in a pet beast that could talk!
The person and cat even got to talking about Red, and Chao Wu actually asked a cat for its opinion…
Chi Hong didn’t dare let them continue chatting because Meowth had drunk some alcohol and was about to get drunk.
He was genuinely afraid Meowth would accidentally spill the beans…
After they each returned to their respective hotels, Chi Hong looked at Meowth snoring soundly on the bed, and released Lucario and Zoroark.
With the Justified Ability, Lucario seemed to possess an extreme sensitivity toward ‘bad people’.
He pulled out his phone, swiping the screen while looking at the assassination list alongside Lucario.
There still weren’t many missions.
Aside from one B-Rank, the rest were all C-Rank.
To Chi Hong’s surprise, Lucario coldly nodded at every single photo on the list.
Indeed, according to its Justified intuition, everyone on this list was a ‘bad person’.
“Are you fucking kidding me?”
“Is the assassin organization actually an alternative city defender?”
“To protect the world from devastation, to unite all peoples within our nation, to denounce the evils of truth and love?”
“Zoroark, Lucario, are we an assassination squad blasting off at the speed of light in Jinling City???”
Chi Hong felt a chill and thought things couldn’t possibly be that simple.
He put on a baseball cap.
Zoroark swiped a claw across his face, and the face beneath the brim of the cap instantly became blurry.
As they left, Zoroark even cast an illusion on the hotel bed of Chi Hong sleeping; in reality, it was just a pillow.
Subsequently, the three figures stealthily vanished into the night.
The Beast Tamer Chi Hong went offline, and the Assassin Red came online!