The day after the All-Star Game concluded, the Flowers and Youth production team departed France and headed to the northernmost country in Europe, Iceland.
However, everyone was clearly still caught up in the afterglow of the All-Star Game, mainly due to one reason: the appearance of A Li.
No one had expected that on the last day of the All-Star Game, A Li would actually make an appearance.
Although he himself did not appear, his Pokémon did, and it was a Pokémon that had never been publicly revealed to the world—Gardevoir.
Due to time differences around the world, the news of A Li's appearance took a full day to spread globally.
All social media platforms began to madly repost this news.
"What does A Li's appearance signify?"
"Is A Li going to make a comeback?"
"Why did A Li raise a new Pokémon?"
"How strong is A Li's current power?"
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Countless questions appeared on various media networks, and even the spotlight of the All-Star Game was overshadowed by the name "A Li."
As soon as this news broke, the internet traffic in three countries around the world exploded.
The most frantic of them was Japan.
The title "Demon Dragon King of Annihilation" once again soared to the top of the trending topics; for a time, whenever a Japanese citizen posted a short video or message about A Li, the popularity would instantly skyrocket.
Some Pokémon battle enthusiasts even wore A Li's old National Team uniform, with the Chinese flag plastered on their foreheads, and promoted him throughout the streets of Japan.
Mu Li himself found this quite perplexing.
Besides Japan, the country most affected by this incident was South Korea.
Compared to the frenzied Japan, the atmosphere in South Korea at this time was very strange.
On one hand, many people on the internet were already raising A Li's banner and starting to fanatically idolize him; on the other hand, due to the losses A Li had caused their country this time, people in official programs were very secretive about his name.
Ultimately, the South Korea National Team stepped forward and blamed all the responsibility on Jin Yingjun personally.
If Jin Yingjun hadn't violated the rules first, why would he have appeared to teach him a lesson?
Moreover, Jin Yingjun had made a fool of himself three times consecutively in this All-Star Game, losing twice to the same opponent, and the third time was in his most proficient Pokémon battle, yet he still lost.
This incident had already caused strong dissatisfaction among the public.
After returning to South Korea, they could only make Jin Yingjun withdraw from the National Team and keep him privately.
No matter what, he was still a Champion and a top combat force for the country, so they could only pamper him.
Jin Yingjun himself was also very confused!
He didn't even understand how he lost...
Was that Jigglypuff really scientific?
As for A Li, let's just forget about it.
As he recalled the scene of Mu Li battling Qin Mo that night, he suddenly understood what it meant to be a genius, and what it meant to be a genius's nightmare.
Quite clearly, compared to Qin Mo, even if he couldn't beat him now, in two years he could still barely engage in a battle with the opponent and have a back-and-forth fight.
But compared to Mu Li, when he thought of that god-like Gardevoir, he didn't know what to say.
Qin Mo, who had undergone a double Mega Evolution plus the blessing of Rayquaza's bloodline, was treated as if he were being played with.
That thing was a Pokémon A Li had trained *after* his retirement!
So what were his previous first and second teams?
And that day, perhaps others didn't notice, but he did notice that barrier that isolated the outside world.
It was absolutely impenetrable!
No matter how much the entire world inside was about to explode, there was not a single sound from outside.
Jin Yingjun originally thought that one day he would catch up to A Li, but he didn't expect that after five years of not meeting, the distance between them was like a chasm.
No, perhaps it should be said that the distance between all Pokémon Trainers and Mu Li was like a chasm.
After watching that battle, everyone fell silent.
Some even went to ask Austan and Long Cheng a question: "What is A Li's current strength like?"
Both of them just shook their heads blankly, indicating that they didn't know either.
Because they simply couldn't quite understand it.
The only thing they were certain of was that the power A Li used had completely surpassed the limits of humans, reaching a power that only legendary Pokémon were said to be able to master.
They said that perhaps it was called "God Level."
Compared to South Korea's awkwardness and Japan's frenzy, the reaction of the Chinese people was quite calm, especially their performance internationally.
The Chinese people who appeared on social media in other countries seemed very calm, as if this matter was not very important to them.
But in reality, the domestic media had also exploded.
The problem was, no one knew A Li's whereabouts, and even if everyone wanted to find the National Team, was the National Team something ordinary reporters could find?
So everyone turned their attention to the other protagonist of this event—Fu Peiyao.
Fu Peiyao's agency was almost overwhelmed with phone calls within this short day.
Countless interviews and invitations were sent to Fu Peiyao.
Even Fu Peiyao, who was currently in France, didn't know what to say.
Her WeChat was also flooded with various messages.
Almost everyone in the world was inquiring about her relationship with A Li.
Besides her relationship with A Li, the issues of Arcanine and Jigglypuff also instantly became top trending topics.
Countless Pokémon experts came out to analyze these two Pokémon.
Arcanine could still be explained away as being exceptionally talented, having excellent stamina, and being naturally fast, but what was going on with this Jigglypuff?
A Jigglypuff could actually defeat a Champion Level Dragonite?
Isn't this a joke?
Finally, some attentive individuals analyzed and found that the owner of this Jigglypuff was very likely Mu Li.
Based on this analysis, some bolder ones even directly guessed that Mu Li might be A Li.
However, this analysis post only appeared for a moment before it was directly taken down.
Afterward, Mu Li learned from Ling Fei that the National Security Bureau had intervened, and all speculations about Mu Li's identity were directly blocked, and even the poster was warned.
However, the fact that Jigglypuff belonged to Mu Li was directly made public, and the fact that Arcanine belonged to Mu Li was also made public.
As for why Jigglypuff could defeat Dragonite, the official explanation given was that this Jigglypuff had greater strength, was exceptionally talented, and Dragonite underestimated it, which is why it won.
Once the official conclusion was given, all other analyses became "rumors."
At this time, Qin Mo had also recovered from his state of exhaustion.
Fortunately, he woke up before Mu Li left.
"Although I lost, I still have a question that has been bothering me," Qin Mo said, looking at Mu Li with a complex expression.
Mu Li shrugged, indicating, "Ask away."
"Why did the Dragon God make our tribe disband?" Qin Mo asked the question that had troubled him for several years.
Mu Li frowned, "There's such a thing? How come I don't know about it?"