Yekaterina, who had been beaming with joy, instantly darkened upon hearing this.
She could allow Qu Suxin to compete for Lu Li's affections, as the latter had the assets and strength to do so.
But what did Yu Lili have?
Of course, there was a hint of jealousy involved.
After all, Yu Lili was too young, which was her greatest advantage, one that neither she nor Qu Suxin possessed.
More importantly, Lu Li might not even value strength that much later on.
Although Yu Lili wasn't Lu Li's childhood sweetheart, she could be considered his first love, even if they hadn't dated in the past two years.
"Let's go meet her," Yekaterina said coldly.
Lu Li, who had just entered the lobby and was about to take the elevator, ran into Yekaterina, who had just come down.
Yekaterina used the private elevator, so she came down quickly.
"Sister Na!" Lu Li quickly greeted.
Yekaterina smiled and nodded, then looked at Yu Lili and asked, "Is this young lady your friend?"
"Yes," Lu Li nodded, completely unaware that he was in a love triangle.
"Little girl, what's wrong? Are you scared?" Yekaterina asked.
Under normal circumstances, without knowing the other party's identity, Yu Lili might have already started arguing.
But now, Yu Lili had no desire to confront her.
Lu Li quickly explained, "Lili might not be in a good mood right now."
Yekaterina listened, glanced at Yu Lili expressionlessly, and said nothing more.
Since Lu Li had taken the initiative to step forward, if she continued to press the issue, she would be the one to lose.
Yekaterina said, "I've arranged a room for you next to yours, the one Yao Yifei used to stay in."
"Okay! Sister Na, you go ahead and get busy. I'll take Lili upstairs first." Lu Li, focused on settling Yu Lili in, didn't notice the displeasure in Yekaterina's tone.
"That little girl has an aura of death about her. Someone close to her must have passed away," the Snow Woman hiding in the shadows suddenly reminded her.
"What a coincidence?"
Yekaterina raised her eyebrows.
Being clever, she immediately understood the cause and effect.
"So, Yu Zhonggang died at the Elf Center? He was a Elite Four-level trainer, after all. He should have been able to protect himself, right?" Yekaterina was a little surprised.
The Snow Woman said calmly, "It's not surprising. There were no fewer than ten Champion-level Pokémon that appeared in and around Gudu today. Yu Zhonggang was just a newly advanced Elite Four-level trainer. It's normal for him to die in this storm."
Having fought alongside her trainer for life, the Snow Woman had seen life and death countless times. Elite Four-level trainers and even Champion-level trainers could die just like that.
Yekaterina, who didn't have much sympathy, sneered, "That's a good thing. As the saying goes, death clears all debts. With Yu Zhonggang dead, Lu Li doesn't have to repay the favor he owed."
The Snow Woman, wise as an old spirit, meaningfully reminded her, "That's not necessarily true. Yu Zhonggang's wife is still alive, and his daughter is also alive. Don't you think that little girl is an even bigger threat now?"
Hearing this, the sneer on Yekaterina's face gradually froze.
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After sending Yu Lili to her room, Lu Li softly advised, "Give your aunt a call."
Prompted by Lu Li, Yu Lili finally couldn't hold back anymore. She threw herself into Lu Li's arms and cried uncontrollably, "How… how am I going to tell my mom this news! How heartbroken will she be when she finds out!"
"The living still have to go on. Your aunt will have to face it sooner or later. And… the sooner your aunt knows this news, the sooner she can arrange your uncle's funeral," Lu Li continued to gently comfort Yu Lili.
After crying for a while, Yu Lili, whose emotions had stabilized again, picked up her phone with a trembling right hand.
Soon, the call connected.
"Lili? Aren't you supposed to be at the competition today?" Jin Fengjiao's puzzled voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Mom~"
Yu Lili called out with a sob.
Hearing her daughter's tone, Jin Fengjiao instantly became anxious.
Jin Fengjiao quickly and nervously comforted her, "Good girl, don't cry. Tell Mom what's wrong. Mom is always on your side."
"It's not me, it's Dad."
"Zhonggang?"
Jin Fengjiao's heart clenched, and an unspeakable panic surged from her heart.
Jin Fengjiao nervously asked, "What's wrong with your dad?"
"Dad… Dad just sacrificed himself." After saying these words, Yu Lili seemed to have exhausted all her strength.
Hearing this, Jin Fengjiao's body instantly stiffened, and she didn't even notice the phone slipping from her hand.
Listening to the commotion on the phone, Yu Lili anxiously shouted, "Mom! Mom! Mom! Are you okay? You…"
Listening to her daughter's anxious shouts, Jin Fengjiao, who was in a daze, finally came back to her senses.
People don't cry when they are in extreme despair and sadness. Jin Fengjiao tried to pick up the phone, and after trying several times, she finally picked up the phone from the ground.
"Daughter, what exactly is going on?" Jin Fengjiao forced herself to calm down.
If it were an ordinary woman, she would probably have been completely lost, but Jin Fengjiao was different.
Born into the Jin family, Jin Fengjiao herself had received the best family education. Although the teachings were somewhat biased, her abilities could not be denied.
Yu Lili recounted what had happened at the Elf Center in Gudu.
Only then did Jin Fengjiao belatedly realize what her daughter had encountered today.
"Damn it! Why hasn't this been reported in the news? And why didn't I receive the news immediately?" Jin Fengjiao thought angrily.
If she had received the news earlier, she would have definitely advised Yu Zhonggang to just guard the clerk's office in the Elf Center, instead of going to that so-called No. 1 competition venue.
The turmoil in the Elf Center was obviously caused by that prospective Idealist. The No. 1 competition venue was the center of the storm. What was Yu Zhonggang, who had just entered the Elite Four level, doing there? Was that a place for a newly advanced Elite Four to join in the fun?
Although she usually acted somewhat aggressively, it was always on the premise that she would never risk her life. Once her own life was involved, she would definitely choose the safest path.
Now that Yu Zhonggang was dead, their mother and daughter's greatest support was instantly gone.
As for the family?
When Jin Fengjiao remarried Yu Zhonggang, the Jin family could only be considered her second support. Now, they might not even be a support anymore.
Narrowing her eyes, Jin Fengjiao instantly thought of the second-tier Pokémon that Yu Zhonggang kept with his mistress.
The most important thing now was not to deal with Yu Zhonggang's funeral, but to think about how to protect the family fortune that Yu Zhonggang had built up.
"Lili, you stay in Gudu for now, and then actively contact the Gudu Elf Center. Use your identity as your father's daughter to collect your father's body, especially your father's Aggron. You must get it back!" Jin Fengjiao instructed extremely seriously.
Whether Yu Zhonggang's legacy could be fully inherited by her daughter depended on whether Aggron could return to the Yu family.
If it could return, that would be the best. If not, they would have to give up some of the family fortune.
Certain assets could only be held by Elite Four-level Pokémon or Gym Leader-level trainers.
"Okay, I'll take Bronzong to find Dad's body after confirming it's safe," Yu Lili quickly said.
Jin Fengjiao emphasized, "The most important thing is Aggron's Poké Ball!"
Yu Lili frowned, and although she wanted to retort, she ultimately nodded, "Got it."
After hanging up the phone, Yu Lili gratefully said to Lu Li, "Thank you, Lu Li. I don't know what I would have done without you."
"It's nothing. I didn't help much," Lu Li shook his head, then asked, "After Uncle Yu's death, can you still return to the Water Ripple Gym?"
Yu Lili shook her head, "Now I'm the teacher's closed disciple. Even if my dad is gone, I won't be affected in the Water Ripple Gym."
"Is your teacher in Gudu?" Lu Li asked another crucial question.
"No."
Lu Li said, "Okay, you rest here for a while. I'll go ask about the situation outside."
After leaving the room, Lu Li went directly to Yekaterina's top floor.
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With the fall of the Idealist and the retreat of the Champion-level trainers, this farce finally came to an end.
The first to arrive in Gudu to provide support was Sima Kongzhen, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the League.
With the support of the League, three of the Four Heavenly Kings of the League came from ordinary backgrounds, and Sima Kongzhen was one of them.
After arriving at the Elf Center, Sima Kongzhen directly apologized, "Sorry, I'm late."
Hearing this, Lei Ze and Leng Houchong's expressions darkened. Lei Ze, as the main victim, directly questioned, "Why was the League's support so slow?"
Sima Kongzhen, who was just being polite, didn't indulge the other party at all and directly retorted, "A certain secret realm in the eastern region had a riot. I just came from there."
"And my Flying Pokémon is Toxtricity!" Sima Kongzhen added.
As everyone knows, Toxtricity is fastest when flying short distances, but its speed becomes very slow when flying long distances. This is mainly due to the problem of stamina. Toxtricity also needs to use the power of the wind when flying long distances.
"The other Heavenly Kings? What about the Dragon Champion?" Lei Ze gritted his teeth and asked.
Sima Kongzhen replied in a serious manner, "The Dragon Champion is not in the Asia League right now. Fairy Heavenly King Qu Suxin has gone to pursue criminals of the Dark Web. The other two Heavenly Kings are still in seclusion in the secret realm."
"What about those regional Heavenly Kings?" Lei Ze continued to ask, unwilling to give up.
"Uh…"
Sima Kongzhen looked at Lei Ze with some pity, and then said quietly, "You might not believe it when I say it, but all the Heavenly Kings in the northern region have been invited to the Wang family's secret realm. It is said that someone saw a god in the Wang family's secret realm."
Lei Ze, with bloodshot eyes, roared, "Wang family! My Lei family will never rest until your Wang family is destroyed!"
Compared to Lei Ze, who had lost his beloved grandson, Leng Houchong, who had only suffered a large investment failure, was much more rational.
At least he didn't question a Heavenly King like Lei Ze had done out of his mind.
Sima Kongzhen was upright and incorruptible, and he only didn't get angry because Lei Ze's grandson had died.
Moreover, this was indeed the fault of the Kyushu League, and Sima Kongzhen was embarrassed to argue with a victim so much.
"You two, I'll take my leave first. I still have to go and count the losses of the Elf Center," Sima Kongzhen said, then ignored Lei Ze.
After Sima Kongzhen left, Lei Ze could only vent his anger on the three Heavenly Kings of the Lei family.
"You three wastes! Why didn't you die? Three Heavenly Kings! Three Heavenly Kings couldn't even protect a rookie trainer?"
Lei Ze didn't dare to cause trouble for Rein's guardian Pokémon, because that was a Champion-level Pokémon left by his ancestors.
The three Heavenly King trainers also knew that this matter had to find someone to take the blame.
Now, none of the three of them wanted to take the blame, so they could only shift the blame to someone else.
A trainer with yellow hair said confidently, "It's all Yu Zhonggang's fault! If that bastard hadn't used a wide-range skill in the competition arena, the young master wouldn't have had an accident!"
As if they had found a life-saving straw, the two trainers next to him quickly echoed.
"That's right! It's all that damn Yu Zhonggang's fault. If he hadn't used Stomp, the competition hall wouldn't have collapsed, we wouldn't have been distracted, and the young master wouldn't have had an accident."
"Yes! Damn bastard, he deserved to die! We could have just dragged it out and waited for support."
"What's going on with that Yu Zhonggang?" Lei Ze asked, narrowing his eyes.
The three quickly explained the cause and effect of the matter, of course, adding fuel to the fire when explaining.
Lei Ze was also a little helpless. Now that his grandson was dead, he naturally couldn't blame the three Heavenly Kings for this matter.
Even in the Lei family, three Heavenly King-level trainers were like pillars of support. Scolding them was enough. It would be stupid to really punish them.
Lei Ze, who had gradually calmed down, narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems that this matter can't be blamed on you."
Seeing that the old family head was preparing to let them go, the three also quietly breathed a sigh of relief. They had already prepared to leave the Lei family.
"Who killed Xiao En? Did you find the murderer?" Lei Ze asked again.
The yellow-haired Heavenly King trainer analyzed in a serious manner, "The scene was too chaotic at the time. We didn't feel any fluctuations at all, but the skill used by the other party was Grass Knot. I speculate that it should be a Champion-level Grass-type Pokémon with a Ghost or Psychic-type secondary attribute."
"Grass-type…"
Lei Ze narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
Looking at the entire world, there are only three families that possess Champion-level Grass-type Pokémon, but due to the nature of Grass-type, those three families actually have no motivation to take action.
After all, those three families are focused on farming and don't pay attention to the so-called ideals and political landscape.
Lei Ze, who had guessed for a long time but couldn't guess the murderer, sighed, then said, "Forget it, let's return to the family first."
Leng Houchong gently patted Lei Ze's shoulder and comforted, "Old brother, please accept my condolences."
"The Leng family's kindness, our Lei family will never forget. Thank you for your help today," Lei Ze quickly said gratefully.
Now that he had confirmed who the enemy was, Lei Ze also wanted to pull the Leng family to deal with the Wang family together.
Being an old fox himself, Leng Houchong certainly knew what his old friend was up to, but now that his large investment had lost badly, cutting his losses in time was the key. How could he continue to deal with the Wang family with the Lei family?
