Early in the morning, Durian Island.

The young man in the black trench coat had just put on his hat when he heard a soft knock on the door.

"Brother Qianfan, do you want to exercise together in the morning?"

The person who came was a boy with curly hair, and he waved energetically to the people inside the door.

The silver-haired boy looked up—politely and awkwardly looking away.

"Okay - but I suggest you get dressed first. ”

The boy looked down, and then he realized that he was not breathing because he was getting up too early and running too fast—the good hoodie was not only worn upside down, but also changed inside and out, and the whole person was interpreting what it was like to be weird.

"Uh...... I'll go back to the house first. The boy was halfway through and turned back to emphasize, "Wait for me!"

Xiao Tianmu sent the reckless guy away, and then he sorted out his backpack and prepared to go out.

The boy's name is Kelly, he is from the faraway United Territories, and he is a Durian Cup contestant like Xiao Tian. Due to the neighboring dormitories in the Pokémon Center and the frequent meeting at the training ground, the two quickly became acquainted. After Xiao Tian helped Kelly's Incense Popping Ape correct his wrong moves, the enthusiastic boy began to call him "Brother" - of course, he failed to see through the other party's taciturn behavior that did not match his age, in fact, the two were the same age, and they were both rookie trainers who set off at the beginning of this year.

Tomorrow is the day of the first round of the Durian Cup, and all the contestants have entered the state of racing against time to train. The two of them continued their morning workout for nearly an hour, until the summer morning sun was already scorching hot, and then they returned to the Pokémon Center to have a simple breakfast.

Kelly breaded his left hand and his right hand on his mobile phone, eating and drinking while not forgetting to browse the interesting things on the forum, and he had to pull Brother Qianfan, who was concentrating on eating, to talk about gossip together. It wasn't until he was choked three times for trying to laugh while drinking milk, and after receiving the disapproving glances of the person opposite, that he reluctantly put down his phone.

"If it weren't for my dad insisting that I 'play a serious game', I wouldn't have chosen the Durian Cup with such a long schedule. The boy grinned and said, "I'm going to have to compete in more interesting competitions next summer, such as the Battle of the Wind and Snow - yes!"

He leaned forward and said excitedly, "Brother Qianfan, your friend was really handsome last night! Remember to share your experience with me after the competition—the kind that ordinary people who don't know how to do are also applicable!"

The boy didn't know what his words had done to his friend's face under the brim. After breakfast, the two parted for a while, planning to take a shower before going to the training ground.

After returning to the dormitory, Xiao Tian took out his mobile phone almost immediately.

There's no need to search for the Battle of Blizzard – the events Kelly mentions are just plain on the morning news.

Through the tiny screen, he learned everything that had happened last night. He saw his companion running in the night, fearlessly leaping down the ice stream, reaching out to others in the dazzling light. When the person in the picture raised his eyes, looked at the camera and bowed to apologize, Xiaotian finally couldn't help but press the pause button.

Of course, he knew what his friend was apologizing for.

Presumably because the intimidation of young girls is so frenzied, and the dramatic ways in which enthusiasts save them from danger, the GT forums are full of discussion about the Battle of the Snowstorm. Countless people are scolding the contestants who violated the rules, and even criticizing the Bingmi family for ignoring the personal safety of the staff - and Beidou, as a rescuer, showed his hidden power of waveguides, which undoubtedly added fuel to the discussion.

The term "power of waveguides" is well known in the Pokémon Alliance, but there are not many Pokémon with this ability, and even fewer humans. Unlike the superpower of working hard for three years and bending a spoon no matter how bad the talent is, the power of the waveguide is a talent that all beings possess, and the difficulty of using it freely is amazingly high, and most people will never be able to touch the threshold in their lifetime. There are only a handful of active trainers today – and with the good impression of legends such as the "Waveguide Brave", every trainer with the power of the waveguide will receive special attention. As a result, more than one post is discussing what Beidou's endless apology means.

Looking back on the whole game, all of Beidou's actions were in accordance with the rules and orderly, and there was really no reason to apologize. As a result, there was only one speculation left among netizens - he was apologizing for failing to fully protect the little girl and causing her to be injured.

As soon as this conclusion came out, I don't know how many people rolled their eyes in front of the screen, and recalled the familiar feeling of heart attack.

The Bingmi family has always handled problems cleanly. When the netizens who got up saw the whole incident, they had already efficiently explained the punishment results of the violators and the identification of the victims' injuries.

The little girl's arm was only scratched by the crushed ice, and the scar was so shallow that a freelance trainer with a big nerve might not even bother to spray the wound medicine - at least ninety percent of the people of the Orange Islands would not bother to spray it.

In fact, this mentality of being overly critical of oneself is all too familiar to GT forum users. I don't know if it's because things gather like people, people are grouped, or if there is a problem with the workplace atmosphere, eight out of ten search officers who can be named by the public now have an excessive sense of responsibility. Netizens still clearly remember that not long ago, the moment when the Shenyu Xinghai investigator who fought against the Three Divine Birds and saved the entire Red Lotus City publicly apologized - as soon as he bent over, the whole country did not know how much blood pressure rushed up and broke through the Tianling Gai.

It's just that, unlike the investigators, Beidou is still a young trainer who will participate in regional leagues, and in terms of stature, he is at most in his teens. Such a "vocational trainer's disease" concept really shouldn't be in a freelance trainer. Some people have even questioned that Beidou's guardian has adopted an extreme teaching concept because of his power as a waveguide—a mixed stream of voices that converge into a mainstream called "angry".

The people who participated in the discussion only felt that the contestant who bullied the little girl was angry for a while, and it was angry to see that there were loopholes in the security of the Bing family, and it was not much better to save people, so angry that they just wanted to rush to the person concerned and ask him to take back the apology. It's a pity that the contestants of the Battle of the Wind and Snow are not allowed to touch their mobile phones throughout the whole process, and no matter how loud the shouts in the forums are, it will not help, and people have to vent on the Internet.

And as Beidou's comrade-in-arms and the captain of the Dawn Clan, Xiao Tian read another hidden meaning of this sentence.

When the team was assembled, he had stated that all members should do their best to protect their true identities, whether it is gender, age, appearance, or ability, they should not be easily exposed, and the loss of any bit of information is the common loss of the entire team - of course, at that time, Xiao Tian said this mainly to warn the Xia Yang brothers and sisters who took off the limiter at every turn.

She is not only apologizing for the little girl's injury, but also for "harming the interests of the entire team".

Xiao Tianku sat for a while, but he still couldn't help but put his phone upside down on the bed along with the unsightly picture on the screen, out of sight and out of mind.

Although the content of his thinking is different, his mood at the moment is completely synchronized with that of tens of millions of netizens.

- Does this person think that her friends will blame her for choosing to save people?

After spending thirty seconds to keep himself calm, Xiao Tian carefully rewatched the video. His gaze followed the gushing blue streamer, and then paused for a long time among the starry shattered ice. The person in the frame still looks as calm as ever, but Xiao Tian still captures the slight pause as she tries to get up.

Although there was no other choice at the time, "unleashing the power of the waveguide to destroy the ice spikes" was not an appropriate approach - in those few seconds, she had to quickly fall down and grab the girl, and then instantly release enough energy to remotely shatter the hard ice ridge several meters long beneath her feet, so as to keep the little girl from being harmed. And for a rescuer who has just turned ten years old and is still too young, such an excessive output amplitude is like Charizard's flash charge, or Pichu's volt attack, which will definitely cause damage to the body.

Maybe it's because her actions in the video are too normal - or maybe it's because Xiao Ye deliberately lowers her voice when she appears as "Beidou", making herself look like an older and stronger boy than her real age, and she doesn't even think much about the security personnel who rushed to the scene.

Moreover, even if you think on your knees, you can guess that this person will definitely not care, and after three seconds, forget all the pain and continue to run around the snowy mountains.

After standing still for thirty seconds again, Xiao Tian opened the chat software and looked at it. There was no news in the group chat window, presumably Xiao Jie and Xiao Ling, who were busy with cultivation, didn't know anything about it. So, in line with the principle that the news of the members should be shared with everyone, Xiaotian simply and rudely threw a news link in the group.

Then, the silver-haired boy thought for a moment and made a decision.

He dialed a number.

The sky at the Wind and Snow Villa was a little oppressive. Yesterday there was still a glimpse of a few rays of daylight, but today it is already covered with heavy dark clouds, as if a snowstorm could fall at any moment.

- And the mood of the Terashima siblings at the moment is as dark as the sky.

"Why don't you wake us up, Beidou Boss......" After hearing that so many wonderful and exciting things happened last night, the sister and brother both cried out lasagna tears and a howl like Heiruga, and Linda, the maid who was so frightened that she wanted to go upstairs to put a few words of daily taunts, hurriedly retreated, calling "crazy".

"I'm sorry, I screamed, but I can't do it. Xiao Yemu replied.

Sister and brother: "No way! We have very good ears, we will wake up as soon as you knock on the door!"

Sayo: "......"

Probably because the boss's expression was too complicated, seeing that he could go to the subway to look at his phone in the next second, Li Jiu and Long Xing looked at each other suspiciously, "...... Well, that may have been too tired yesterday to hear it. But if there's something going on tonight, be sure to wake us up!"

Xiao Ye nodded again and again, saying "must be", only thinking that the trick of knocking on the door was mostly ineffective, and next time it would be better to directly penetrate the wall.

After the three of them finished their morning meeting, they went back to their rooms to pack their clothes and parcels, and prepared to go downstairs for breakfast. A few minutes later, Xiao Ye heard a knock on her door.

When she opened the door, she was stunned for a moment—standing in front of her was Young Master Karl, who had no sense of existence in this house.

"Hello, adventurer. ”

The voice of the young man in the wide black robe was low. The hood completely obscured his face, and his gaze hung down, as if avoiding making eye contact.

"Well, I have something I want to say to you......"

Xiao Ye, who had just put on the "adventurer's uniform", habitually answered the phrase "please come into the house" after greeting, and it didn't feel right to say it - in order to protect the player's privacy, there was no camera equipment installed in the personal room, and she should have talked to Carl in the hospitality area on the third floor.

Before Saya corrected his speech, the boy nodded obediently and walked into the house with Nighto's surprised gaze.

The wooden door was slammed shut, blocking out all sounds. Then, the young man with ice-colored hair couldn't help but stuff an object into Xiao Ye's hand.

"Someone asked me to give this to you. He said.

Xiao Ye looked at the bottle in his hand, and its modern packaging and shape, and looked at the person opposite.

The young man still maintained a "little pitiful" tone when he spoke, but his expression was completely different. He no longer deliberately shrunk his shoulders, but stood straight and calmly by the door - it was only then that Sayo realized that the boy who had been bullied so badly in the script was actually tall, a head taller than her.

Just like when Xiao Ye glanced at Bailang Town, the young man named Ice Karl smiled calmly and dazzlingly, and even deliberately blinked his green eyes to make a "you know" look.

"Well, then, I'll take my leave. I wish you all three a fruitful day. ”

The teenager dedicatedly kept the OOC on his face, and his actions and lines still meticulously copied the standard answers. After saluting, he quietly pushed the door open and left, leaving the night to stare at the bottle that should not have been in the ancient Western setting—a special bruising medicine often sold in friendly shops.

...... Sorry, I don't understand. Can't really explain it?

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Small Theatre:

The golden retriever brothers and sisters who only had time to take a look at their mobile phones at noon: ...... What the hell are we missing?