Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

The three of them were taken aback at the same time.

Xiao Zhi stopped what he was doing, and Xiao Xia and Xiao Gang also looked in the direction of the sound.

In a tricky corner of the training ground.

A shirtless, muscular man slowly stood up.

Charizard was terrified!

Our own counter-surveillance awareness is still insufficient!

If they didn't even notice such a large living person at first, then they certainly didn't notice Gengar!

The burly man covered his face with a piece of rag.

He barely covered his mouth and nose, revealing only the upper half of his face and a pair of sharp eyes.

Xiao Zhi looked at him blankly, then at the exposed upper half of his face and his well-defined muscles, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"that......"

Xiaoxia spoke up slowly from the side, her expression subtle.

"Is going shirtless and face covered now the standard practice?"

As she spoke, her gaze swept over the tattered cloth.

"Or is this some new trend?"

"..."

The masked, burly man paused.

He had considered many of the three people's reactions.

He had anticipated the shock, the alarm, the doubt, and the wariness.

But I never thought of this one.

What is meant by "new trend"?

He said in a muffled voice.

"It's not a trend."

"Then why are you wearing a mask?"

Xiaoxia pressed for an answer.

The masked burly man remained silent for another second.

You can't exactly say it's because you're a superstar and you're afraid of being caught spying, it would be too embarrassing, right?

He's been spying on Xiaozhi all morning.

It all started when that stinky Alola guy with Incineroar appeared in the restaurant that morning.

He secretly lurked outside the window and has been following us ever since.

During this time, his legs went numb three times, he was crawled on by Oddish twice, and a passing Radamanthys even smelled him like a sculpture for a long time.

But he endured it.

Everything was for the sake of keeping an eye on that stinky out-of-towner!

Kukui, right?

Is it from Alola?

They came here thinking of using Pokémon and Z-Moves to lure our Kanto martial arts star?

No way!

I have to slap you in the face hard!

Let him know what the true depth of Northeast China is!

After a while.

He cleared his throat and resumed his inscrutable demeanor.

"juvenile."

His voice was deep, with a deliberate hoarseness.

Do you crave power?

Xiao Zhi was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.

Xiao Gang, standing next to him, had already opened his mouth unconsciously and said with a deep expression.

"Hiss~ That's a classic scam starting point."

"Does Ash agreeing to your request mean we have to sign some kind of contract?"

"I see this all the time in my notebooks—"

He counted on his fingers.

"First, a mysterious person appeared, then 'Do you crave power?' followed by blood pacts, soul bindings, and then this and that..."

He looked the man up and down and shook his head.

"It's this look of yours..."

Xiao Gang's expression showed a hint of disgust.

The characters in other people's doujinshi are all Gardevoir, White-stockinged Bunny, and the stepmother Magic Masked Meowth, or at the very least, they are still charming older sisters.

Why did you mess up?

A shirtless, masked, muscular man?

This subject matter is so obscure!

"???"

Shiba was completely dumbfounded.

Seriously, is this how young people in Northeast China think these days?

What is meant by "the beginning of a scam"?

What does "frequently seen in notebooks" mean?

And "this way or that way"—what way?

But as a native of Northeast China, my skin has long been toughened up.

Shiba took a deep breath.

Trying to calm myself down, I turned back to Ash.

I've decided not to stoop to the level of this inexplicable guy.

"Young man, you—"

"Have I seen you somewhere before?"

Xiao Zhi suddenly spoke, interrupting him.

Xiao Zhi tilted his head, his gaze sweeping over him from top to bottom and then from bottom to top.

That gaze seemed to be scrutinizing, or perhaps recalling.

Shiba's forehead began to sweat.

wrong.

This kid shouldn't recognize him.

Even he was wearing a mask!

Although the cloth covering his face was a bit torn, at least it covered his mouth and nose!

Moreover, he deliberately lowered his voice and changed his tone of voice—

"Those muscles of yours..."

Xiao Zhi suddenly spoke up.

"King Shiba?"

"No! You've mistaken me! I'm not me!"

Shiba instinctively denied it.

"What I mean is, I'm not a Shiba!"

Xiao Zhi blinked.

"But I remember your muscles."

He pointed to Shiba's muscles.

“I’ve seen someone who can naturally refine their body to this level before, only seen in you.”

Shiba: "..."

He looked down at his muscles.

hateful!

Since it was his own muscles that gave him away!

When you get back, I'll punish you with ten sets of warm-up exercises!

He was silent for a long time.

Then he slowly pulled off the tattered cloth covering his face.

He revealed a wheat-colored face with strong, defined features.

"It really is the King of Shiba!"

Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise.

"Ah."