Pokémon: From Magikarp

Chapter 847 Reject the challenge!

"Hiss, cough... I'm sorry for making everyone worried."

After being treated and bandaged by the doctor, Shui Wudeng seemed to be fine. He sat in the main chair, drank some water and spoke to a few people.

"But unfortunately, the crystal lamp fire spirit still escaped and may threaten the safety of the children in the future."

Shui Wudeng sighed as he spoke.

Lin Shi and his friends had been watching the incident from the sidelines for a while and roughly understood what had happened.

It was probably after Shui Wudeng followed the principal, the person seeking help, to Guangnan Primary School, and based on the remaining traces of fire, he finally found the crystal lamp fire spirit hidden in the abandoned dormitory of the school.

But to his surprise, the crystal lamp fire spirit was extremely powerful, having reached the level of a king, and was extremely ferocious. It was impossible to communicate at all, and gave people the feeling that it was not an elf at all, but more like an inhuman beast.

After being discovered, the crystal lamp fire spirit went into a frenzy, and fierce flames rose up into the sky, mixed with the screams of the victims who died in its flames.

The result was that even though Mizuno, a gym leader-level trainer, sent out all his main Pokémon, he was only able to drive away the Crystal Lampfire, and he himself was also seriously injured by the aftermath.

"Master Shui Wudeng, this time it's all thanks to you. On behalf of the children of Guangnan Elementary School, I would like to express my gratitude to you."

The principal of Guangnan Primary School said with tears of gratitude, and once again used the Sakura District's signature trick and bowed ninety degrees to Shui Wudeng.

"It's okay, it's just a pity that we can't completely solve the problem. But since the crystal lamp fire spirit has already appeared, it may appear again in the future. For the time being, it's better to let the children stay at home and be safe."

"Once the jellyfish issue on the front lines is resolved and the security bureau personnel return, we'll be free to address this issue."

Shui Wudeng said with a pale face as he waved his hand at the man.

"I understand. I'll arrange it now."

Upon hearing this, Principal Guangnan immediately nodded, bowed ninety degrees again, and then left in a hurry.

After most of the people at the scene had left, Lin Shi brought a few people to Shui Wudeng with him, and his attitude was quite polite.

"You must be the Shui Wudeng Palace Master, right? We are from the Shenzhou Second Team of the World Youth Competition. We have come here specifically to compete in the competition. We would appreciate your guidance, Shui Wudeng Palace Master."

Lin Shi's words were accurately conveyed to Shui Wudeng through the telepathic translator. Upon hearing this, Shui Wudeng immediately raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Shi and the others, and his expression calmed down again.

"I sincerely welcome you all to the Sakura area and Ryugu Shrine. As the person in charge of this challenge point, I should agree to your request, but..."

Speaking of this, Shui Wudeng's face turned bitter and he sighed.

"However, due to the attack of the giant stinging jellyfish, the personnel originally assigned to fight here have been stopped or transferred to Diming City. My Pokémon was also injured in the previous battle. I'm afraid I won't be able to challenge you anytime soon."

The so-called challengers are a group of five young trainers from the local area. They are usually members who were eliminated during the selection of the national team. Their strength is not as good as that of the participating teams, but they are definitely the best young trainers in this region today.

For example, in the Shenzhou region, Li Taoyao, Qiu Ning, Ye Junhao, Situ Lu and other players who appeared in the National Youth Championship but failed to make it to the end and join the national team will basically be assigned to their respective regional challenge points to serve as challengers to assess players from other regions.

Therefore, some relatively strong regions are privately called death zones. After all, although these players have been eliminated, their strength is far beyond that of the national team players of some small countries. In many cases, they can basically crush their opponents in battles.

Therefore, for the sake of external publicity for the region, Shenzhou will deliberately "let some slack" at some challenge points to ensure a certain pass rate, so as to attract more participating teams from other regions.

Of course, this behavior only applies to some friendly regions. If you face a team that is not so friendly and wants to step on the Shenzhou trainer to get to the top, then you must be prepared to understand what cruelty is...

But even so, the Shenzhou region is also one of the most popular challenge zones in the world with the largest number of teams coming here to challenge. This is not only because of Shenzhou’s unique culture, but also because many teams want to come here to do "mock exams"!

Most of these teams are likely to encounter the Shenzhou team in the World Championships, and they are specifically taking on the challenge in order to feel the strength of Shenzhou in advance.

After all, if they can't even beat these eliminated players, there's no point in even thinking about defeating the Shenzhou team in international competitions.

And even if I fail, it doesn't matter. I can find a few weaker areas to challenge and collect all eight badges easily...

Shui Wudeng's words caught everyone off guard. There was no one to fight back, and Shui Wudeng himself was seriously injured. How could they get the badge?

"Is there no other way? This is just a waste of time. I estimate that teams from Lighthouse, Carlo, Hans, and one other area may have already received their badges. We must not fall too far behind."

Feng Yin frowned and said that Shenzhou Team 1, which is Chu Yakong's team, had a different travel route from them and they were probably already in some small areas in Central Asia.

As the team leader, Lin Shi also frowned. He was not too concerned about the speed of obtaining badges, but he did not expect that the Sakura area would be so chaotic and would be forced into this state by a champion-level Pokémon.

This made him a little worried about their upcoming trip in the Sakura area. According to the plan, they were going to get two badges here!

"It's not that there aren't other methods. According to the World Series rules, in special circumstances like this one, participating teams can complete the challenge by completing the tasks assigned by the person in charge."

Shui Wudeng pondered for a moment and spoke slowly.

Hearing this, Lin Shi narrowed his eyes immediately. The other party's words at this time gave him a feeling that they had been planned for a long time.

"You mean, you want to assign us tasks as a challenge?" Lin Shi said bluntly.

"That's right. I think you all don't want to come here for nothing. I can assign you a task of reasonable difficulty. Once you complete it, you can get a badge. This is legal and reasonable."

As soon as Shui Wudeng finished speaking, Lin Shi asked directly.

"Let me guess, the mission given to us by Mizunoto Palace Master is not to go to Guangnan Elementary School to eliminate or subdue the crystal lamp fire spirit, right?"

Shui Wudeng was shocked, but nodded calmly.

"That's right. This way, not only can you complete the mission and earn the badge, but you can also solve the elementary school's safety problem and save the children. Finally, it can further increase the popularity of your Shenzhou. As the old saying goes, this is called killing three birds with one stone!"

Shui Wudeng became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes sparkling and his hands clapping on the chairs. But when he came to his senses and looked at Lin Shi with anticipation, he only saw him shaking his head slightly.

"Sorry, Mizuno-dōng, we refuse this challenge!"

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