Chapter 181 Raiji, Shinji’s past!
This look made Xiaoyun and the others dazzled. It was so cool to be able to shoot the flying wave missile with one hand.
So cool!
"Hey, Li still hasn't gotten over it? It seems like Shinji really went too far this time."
Just after Ah Li left, a young man with purple hair and an apron walked towards them.
The middle-aged man said to the purple-haired young man after seeing him: "It's Lei Si. I'd like to trouble you to persuade Ah Li again in the next few days."
"She's still young, she can't walk in on the crime... ugh."
"You can't keep being depressed like this. It will ruin her."
"Okay, I'll try to persuade him again."
The purple-haired young man spread his hands helplessly and replied. From his expression, it was clear that he was not sure either.
"Hey~"
The middle-aged man sighed and left with his hands behind his back.
Then the purple-haired young man came to Xiaoyun and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Lei Si, and I am the owner of this breeding house."
"You must be Xiaoyun and Xiaoguang!"
"Hello, you know our names."
Xiaoyun guessed Raiji's identity when he appeared, because he looked very similar to Shinji, but his temperament was very different.
He gives people a very gentle and elegant feeling. Although he wears an apron, he always looks like the big brother next door.
Lei Si smiled and explained the reason: "Haha, there are two reasons for this. The first is that I watched your doubles match, and you played very well."
"Thank you for the compliment." Xiaoyun replied.
"Also, I'm Shinji's brother, and Shinji has mentioned your name to me many times."
Raiji recalled the conversation he had with Shinji, because his younger brother usually just chatted with him and asked him to take care of the Pokémon and then ended it.
But he didn't know since when Shinji would always unconsciously mention Xiaoyun's name when chatting, which made Leiji very curious. He didn't know until he saw the match between Xiaoyun and Shinji in the doubles match.
"Ah, does that cold guy have a brother?"
Xiaoguang was shocked by what Raiji said. She simply couldn't connect the Raiji who spoke in such a gentle tone with the cold Shinji. The personalities of these two brothers were too different!
There's absolutely no comparison.
Is it biological?
"Ahem, Brother Lei Si, Xiao Guang didn't mean that. She was just a little surprised."
Xiaoyun quickly reminded Xiaoguang to be careful, after all, his brother was still there.
And Raiji was not annoyed when he heard what Xiaoguang said, he just sighed and said: "Hey, I understand. Actually, Shinji was not like this before, and it is partly because of me that he has become like this now."
"Come back to the house with me and sit down for a while."
Then Xiaoyun and the other person accepted Lei Si's invitation and walked into the house. After arriving in the living room, Lei Si made tea for them.
After a few more words, Lei Si slowly said, "To be honest, I used to be a relatively famous trainer, until I met a senior and had a battle with him."
"And the ending was... I thought I was pretty strong at the time, but I was almost suffocated in this battle, leading to a miserable defeat."
After saying this, Lei Si subconsciously turned his head to look at the badge boxes of various regions placed in the living room. These were his former glory.
But there was an empty badge in one of the badge boxes, probably the one that belonged to the senior that Lei Si mentioned.
Xiaoyun knew that the empty badge was the one that would help him fight against the last gatekeeper of the frontier area.
That is to say, fighting against the Pyramid Pharaoh, the Age of Gods!
Then Raiji turned around and continued, "And Shinji, who had just received his initial Pokémon, witnessed the entire process of my disastrous defeat."
"What happened next?" Xiaoguang asked curiously.
"After that battle, I realized who I was, so I gave up my identity as a trainer and became a breeder instead."
After thinking about it, Lei Si told the fundamental reason of Shinji's indifference, and it was the first time he told this to others.
"But my decision disappointed Shinji. He had always admired me as his older brother since he was a child, and he thought I became a breeder because I lost confidence after being defeated."
"It's not like that, actually. I just saw myself clearly and felt that maybe being a breeder is more suitable for me."
"And I didn't expect that this change of mine would indirectly lead to Shinji no longer trusting his partners. He felt that it was because of emotional reasons that I gave up being a trainer and giving up my own ideals."
"This incident changed Shinji a lot. From then on, he began to become rational and no longer enthusiastic about Pokémon. He even became... indifferent."
"Ah, I didn't expect that indifference...Shinji had such an experience."
After hearing Lei Si's words, Xiaoguang didn't know how to judge.
Although she hates Shinji's behavior, if she puts herself in his perspective, watching the idol she has admired since childhood being easily defeated and even changing his ideals halfway, it is indeed a big blow.
"Yes, experience creates different personalities."
Xiaoyun was not surprised. This change in Shinji was understandable. He probably thought that the more Shinji admired his brother Raiji, the more disappointed he was with him. In his opinion, it was all because of Raiji's lack of rationality.
He gave up on his trainer to escape from himself because of a battle. In that case, he should be a very rational person, so that he will not be swayed by emotions.
After he finished speaking, Lei Si paused, and after taking a sip of tea, he seemed to have a headache and said, "And Shinji, who collected badges a few days ago, returned to Veil City to challenge Li."
"Shinji first used Crow-Head to defeat two of Li's Pokémon in succession, and then used Charmeleon to defeat Li's Lucario easily."
"And he also said to Li..."
"So far, this is the easiest gym match I've ever won. It's really boring. Is there any need to keep this kind of gym open?"
He felt awkward when he thought of Raiji. After all, we are all from Veil City. Shinji, can't you give him some face and keep your mouth shut? You just walked away after you were done, but how can he face Li?
As a result, he has no confidence when talking to Ah Li these past two days. He is really a jerk to his brother.
"Ah, why is this guy like this? What he said is too much."
Xiaoguang now understands why Ah Li is so negative. The good impression he had just had because of Lei Si's words is gone again. This guy deserves to have no friends.
"These words really sound like something Shinji would say." Xiaoyun's mouth twitched. These words were indeed a bit hurtful.
Ah Li, a newly appointed gym leader, was completely crushed in a 3V3 battle with a trainer and was even ridiculed after the battle.
So Li's self-esteem couldn't stand up at all, he began to doubt himself, and his psychological defenses collapsed.
There is no way. After all, not every gym can be as calm as the three Hualan sisters about the outcome of the battle.
"And it was because of this sentence that Li became like this. As Shinji's brother, I am really sorry. I have been trying my best to persuade Li these past two days in the hope that she can regain her confidence, but... the results are minimal."
From the way Raiji sighs, we can tell that he has been really serious about cleaning up Shinji's mess these days. It's not easy to be a brother.
At this time, Xiao Guang suddenly asked: "Ah, Xiao Yun, then you can't challenge the gym next time."
"..."