Chapter 141: Zuo Hang’s Expression Changes—something’s Off!
“Mom, when will the election results come out?”
“It will take at least one hour at the fastest. For fairness and transparency, everyone voted with paper ballots. We have to count the votes from these thousand people in the audience one by one.”
“So we’re just going to wait around?”
“No one’s making you just wait around. You can scroll Douyin or play games, as long as you don’t make too much noise and disturb the Student Union counting.”
“Can I go out for some fresh air then?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“People coming in and out would make the venue chaotic, which isn’t good for the Student Union counting. There are nearly a thousand votes—this is a huge workload. And after the first count, there’s follow-up verification. If you open the door and a gust of wind comes in, that would be a big sin on your part.”
Xingye heard this and helplessly could only take out his mobile phone and open Pokémon Punk.
He had already completed today’s tasks and still had to wait an hour—it was really quite boring.
“Instead of killing time like this, you might as well watch Han Dao’s battle videos.” Zuo Hang suddenly said.
“Tomorrow is the Discipline Committee Member election. You’ve pulled so many strings—your speech round should be no problem, right?”
Xingye said, “Naturally. Tomorrow’s qualification will definitely be mine. As for that Han Dao… With my Snowy Child this strong now, cooperative combat isn’t just a slaughter?”
“The fact that you can say that proves you’re very frivolous right now. Have you figured out Han Dao’s strength?”
“Crystal clear! Snowy Child is now A+. That Han Dao’s strongest Infernape is just… Holy crap!! Infernape is Fire Fighting!! Oh no, oh no! I was too hasty!!”
Xingye suddenly started frantically scratching his head, as if he had finally realized that Snowy Child had no attribute advantage against Infernape at all.
Zuo Hang’s Power of Sloth for Snowy Child could make ordinary Ice-type power stronger. If that Infernape had no special encounters, clashing Sloth’s ice against ordinary fire should work. If Snowy Child could fully master the Power of Sloth, cross-attribute kills wouldn’t be an issue.
After all, it’s one of the strongest attributes in Alsteria. If it didn’t have some superior aspects, Alsteria would have been flattened by Ultra Beasts long ago.
One hour later.
Student Council Secretary Huohuo walked up to the podium and tapped the microphone.
“After one hour of effort, we have the final vote results.”
“First Year High School Class A Zuo Hang leads with a slim advantage of 16 votes, becoming a strong contender for the next Student Council President!”
As soon as the results were announced, Zuo Hang was somewhat surprised.
16-vote advantage.
The traffic from Myth of the Finishing Move plus the bait of Reserve Investigator—these two killing moves together only secured a 16-vote advantage.
It seemed the other candidates had also put in a lot of effort behind the scenes to pull votes.
Huohuo said to the crowd below the stage with a poker-faced yet amiable smile, “Meeting adjourned. Zuo Hang’s classmate and the president’s SOLO match is scheduled for tomorrow morning at nine o’clock, after the first period.”
“Classmates with no class can come to White Dragon Plaza to watch the battle. Those with class can secretly watch on their mobile phones during class~ By then, everyone’s terminal will have a watch invitation.”
As soon as she said this, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Zuo Hang didn’t stay long with Xingye and the others; he took Zuo Rou and left the venue.
“Stinky little brother! Give it your all tomorrow! I heard from my roommate that Li Changzhi is very strong!” At the bottom of the dormitory building, Zuo Rou said this.
“Don’t worry, I won’t lose.”
“Pika~!”
The Electric Mouse had long been displeased with that Magnemite. The first time they met in the meeting room, bad blood had formed between them.
‘Even my great Nightmare God doesn’t dare look at me like that—what gives a Magnemite the right?’
Although Zuo Hang and Gardevoir had better cooperation in 2v2 cooperative combat, Pikachu still insisted on participating.
Zuo Hang was well aware of this and had no intention of stopping Pikachu from battling.
He cooperated better with Gardevoir, but he wasn’t bad with the Electric Mouse either.
Besides, in terms of raw strength, Mega-evolved Gardevoir was still a bit weaker than Pikachu.
The second day morning.
White Dragon Plaza.
Li Changzhi had been waiting here early, standing silently at the side of the venue.
In his mind, he recalled several of Zuo Hang’s battles.
S+ level Gardevoir, S-level Darkrai, E~D level Fletchling, S+ or above S+ Pikachu.
Darkrai VS Riolu.
Fletchling VS Swablu.
Pikachu VS Dedenne.
Pikachu VS Dragonite.
All the battle videos about Zuo Hang that could be found using Student Union connections, Li Changzhi had watched every one last night without missing any.
His Magnemite had already reached S-level strength at last year’s Nine School League. After a vacation’s accumulation, it had reached S+.
Measuring whether a Pokémon can break through the S barrier isn’t about stats, but whether it has broken through racial limits.
Magnemite had broken through racial value limits in Special Attack and Speed, but constrained by its original base stats, purely in terms of stats, Magnemite couldn’t even match some Special Attack-specialized S-level Pokémon.
But these weren’t problems.
Li Changzhi didn’t have to win.
All he needed to do was see if Zuo Hang’s strength qualified him to succeed as the next Student Council President. If he faltered midway, as long as Li Changzhi deemed him valuable, going easy a bit wouldn’t be an issue.
Just…
The opponent he faced seemed to be one he might not beat even bringing all his trump cards.
8:56
Zuo Hang flew over from the dormitory on Doublade.
Smooth landing.
Pikachu leaped onto the battle stage.
Drones at White Dragon Plaza all rose at this moment. Han Dao, holding red and blue flags, appeared at the edge of the venue.
The blue flag represented Student Council President Li Changzhi, the defender.
The red flag represented Zuo Hang, the challenger.
Four minutes later.
Both flags waved simultaneously, stirring up a gust of wind.
“Electric Terrain!”
“Electric Terrain!”
Two identical commands—bright white and dark golden Flowing Light lit up on Magnemite and Pikachu respectively.
Magnemite chose Quick Attack to strike first, Pikachu chose Volt Tackle to strike first!
At the same time, a layer of black rain clouds covered the sky, and no one knew which side had released Thunder.
Following Pikachu, Zuo Hang actually charged toward Li Changzhi in the Electric Terrain!
Attacking alongside the Pokémon—pure brute force fighting style.
Both sides had Electric Terrain active. Though there was no Numbness effect, it wasn’t wise for a human body to run in Electric Terrain.
Li Changzhi assumed a defensive stance, looking like traditional martial arts. Zuo Hang ignored it and came up with a Leg Whip.
“Dong~!”
Calf met forearm, shaking out a puff of something like white ash in the air. Li Changzhi’s lower body was extremely steady, unmoving. Zuo Hang’s expression changed.
Something’s off!
（ps: Just letting everyone know I’m not dead. Also, sharing the group number: 943464961, feel free to come play~）
