Chapter 167: Serena ended the competition!

Night fell,

Serena, to live up to her status as a Grand Festival judge, was staying up all night in her room studying Grand Festival videos.

Serena, Tierno, and Keerni all decided to enter the competition,

Serena was interested in the performance aspect of the Grand Festival,

while Tierno and Keerni were interested in the starter Pokémon rewards for the top three in the Grand Festival.

The three girls chattered together in the hotel's battle field, researching performance moves.

Clemont and Yurie, unable to stay up, went to sleep early.

Ash also sat alone in his bedroom, looking rather bored.

The days when he couldn't be shy,

were truly boring!

…

Night fell like a heavy black silk, slowly spreading over this bustling city.

Between the flashing neon lights, a private plane landed at Canalave City Airport, and the cabin door opened.

An elegant white figure stepped out,

wearing a simple white outfit that made her skin look like congealed fat, appearing capable yet not losing softness.

Her short hair fluttered lightly in the breeze, and with each step she exuded an unconstrained and confident aura.

Her gaze was firm, as if each look could see into people's hearts; those deep eyes sparkled with the light of wisdom under the lamps.

Her mature woman's aura was like the brightest star in the night sky—distant and lofty, yet unconsciously drawing others' gazes.

With each step, she left a clear and firm series of footsteps, as if in this noisy world she was the only tranquility and composure.

Walking through the airport, Kalunai released her Ace Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir, help me find Ash's information."

Not long after…

The two figures flashed and disappeared from the spot,

while Ash, seeing Kalunai and Gardevoir suddenly appear in his room, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Just as Ash was dazed,

Kalunai directly recalled Gardevoir, maintaining her mature woman's dignity and dominance, and lunged toward Ash.

After a warm greeting,

Feeling somewhat hot, Kalunai lay sideways on the bed, undid her buttons, revealing a large expanse of milk‑white skin as smooth as milk, tempting and alluring.

"Why must you come in through the back door?"

Ash asked casually, but today's Kalunai is certainly not a woman of normal mindset.

Without directly answering the question, she instead threw a charming, flirtatious glance.

"You can also come in through the back door."

"Hiss…"

…

The next day,

The sun rose, and the beauty with dried tear stains at the corners of her eyes opened her eyes, proactively asking Ash to train diligently.

Accompanying her in yoga practice,

This was Ash's first time encountering someone provoking him, so he naturally obliged fully.

After a workout as arduous as crossing mountains and rivers,

Due to the high‑intensity exercise, Kalunai, drenched in sweat with a sore waist and back, was so exhausted she didn't want to move at all,

The beauty lay limp on the white large bed,

At this moment she no longer had her former elegance; her impressive chest rose and fell violently, she rolled her eyes at Ash,

"Isn't your stamina a bit too exaggerated."

I've heard of men practicing yoga, but never of Ash being this outstanding! Is it your yoga‑power trait?

However, Ash's focus at this moment is completely elsewhere.

Rather…

"Yes, just like that, Elder Sister Kalunai, keep that white‑eye look, I suddenly feel limitless energy and can do another ten sets of push‑up combos."

"Ten sets?!"

One set of Ash's push‑ups is 100 repetitions,

Ten sets equal 1000, plus he had already practiced yoga for over two hours this morning,

"Are you trying to kill someone?"

Kalunai rolled her eyes again,

"And your hobby is a bit perverted, you even like being given the white eye."

Watching Ash suddenly start doing push‑ups, Kalunai fell silent, deciding to enjoy her rest while Ash works out alone,

to fully enjoy this leisure time.

…

At noon,

As the three girls who had stayed up late the previous night woke up, after breakfast they went to the battle field to practice for an hour.

Thinking that they hadn't seen Ash since last night, they couldn't help but wonder what he was doing.

Thus, Ash's room door was knocked on.

Pop!

As the long cork was pulled out of the wine bottle, Ash poured a cup for Kaluonai and handed it to the pale-skinned older sister.

Only then did he wipe off his sweat, change clothes, and walk out of the bedroom.

He opened the door and welcomed the three women inside.

Though separated by a wall, hearing the warbling voices outside, even though Kaluonai had seen countless big scenes, she was a bit nervous now.

Fortunately, the three women never noticed that there was an extra person in the room.

After chatting for over an hour and giving the three women some pointers on their moves, Ash left again for half an hour.

He then returned.

Kaluonai, who seemed unwilling to lose, naturally launched another challenge against Ash.

And ultimately lost to Ash.

In the late afternoon,

Da Wu arrived at the hotel where everyone was staying, informing them that the competition schedule had been set, to begin the day after tomorrow.

Moreover, Ash received four text messages asking him to go to the airport to pick someone up.

They were Xiao Yao, Xiao Guang, Ming yi, and Xiao Ju er.

Ash shared the news with Kaluonai; the sports-loving Kaluonai finally left Ash's room.

After tidying up her disheveled appearance from exercise, she went to the front desk to open a room.

Meanwhile, Ash, accompanied by the slightly nervous Serena, Tierno, and Keerni, met up with Xiao Yao, Xiao Guang, Ming yi, and Xiao Ju er.

When the group returned to the hotel, they happened to run into Kaluonai, who was surrounded by people at the edge of the match venue, busy signing autographs.

"Huh, even Miss Kaluonai came?"

Serena exclaimed in surprise, while secretly observing Ash's reaction as she spoke.

This scene made Ash's mouth twitch slightly.

The two exchanged a smile, both showing an expression of 'as expected'.

She felt that the atmosphere in Ash's room back then was off, and Serena even thought the person behind it was Miss Xiluona.

Now it seems she had wrongly accused an innocent person.

Meanwhile, Ash was amazed by Serena's keen perception.

Facing Serena's obvious white-eye threat of 'we'll talk later,' Ash gave an embarrassed laugh.

Fortunately, their interaction was so discreet that it didn't trigger a shura field.

The crowd noticed the arrival of the several women, and a large wave of people drifted away from Kaluonai's side, moving toward them.

They mainly gathered around Ash, Xiao Ju er, and Xiao Yao, the Abundant Origin dance maiden.

Furthermore, thanks to that livestream, Serena also gained some popularity in the Abundant Origin region.

As for the others, their fame in the Abundant Origin area is still lacking.

However, if you subtract the people around Ash, even the three women combined still don't match the flow of people around Kaluonai.

Although limited to here, regarding this crowd,

but at this moment, Kaluonai's popularity surpassing Xiao Ju er's is indeed a fact.

Therefore, Kaluonai beamed with a smile, while Xiao Ju er felt quite gloomy.

"Huh, you're all here!"

Accompanied by the arrival of a certain black-clad, blonde older sister,

this popularity contest that existed only in the hearts of Kaluonai and Xiao Ju er was instantly killed.

Because aside from the people around Ash,

right now everyone is accompanying Xiluona's arrival, gathering around her.

"Miss Xiluona is so beautiful!"

"Miss Xiluona, please give me an autograph!"

"Older sister Xiluona, do you think I have a chance to become your girlfriend?"

Kaluonai: "This woman…"

Xiao Ju er: "Really, as always, annoying!"

Exchanging a glance across the space, at this moment the two rivals tacitly formed an anti-Xiluona alliance.

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