Chapter 1012

Brewing Light City Dock.

It was evening.

The sky was filled with orange-red radiance, beneath drifting fire clouds lay the commercial district's dazzling neon lights.

"Farewell for now, everyone."

Baimu embraced the Phoenix King Guard in turn, and when it came to Lei Gong, he even grabbed its fleshy cheeks and kneaded them.

This left Lei Gong helpless, the emotion welling up inside it scattered.

"Ow~"

What a champion, yet no proper form!

The Flame Emperor and Water Sovereign pretended not to see; they might have secretly mocked before, but now...

The Flame Emperor feared drawing fire upon himself, while the Water Sovereign had already been subdued by the fishing net.

Baimu waved at them and closed the hatch.

This upper cabin will remain until the cruise ship docks at Sinnoh Vein City; the regular cleaning he canceled by phone allows the Phoenix King Guard to rest easy.

Consider it a small token of thanks for their assistance in guiding wild Pokémon migration.

Before departure.

The wild Pokémon population in Paradise is now scarce.

Some Pokémon's domineering habits are truly intolerable to other species; seeing the migrating groups grow larger, they still refuse to behave, wildly expanding their territories.

The defeated groups have no choice but to flee this land they've lived on for years.

Fortunately, with the Phoenix King Guard's escort, they at least gain some confidence to venture into strange lands to reproduce.

Believe that in another ten or twenty years, Ou Lei will be like ordinary regions, with wild Pokémon visible everywhere.

In the streets outside the dock.

Baimu silently admired the unique architectural style around him.

As the second-largest city in the Paldea region, Brewing Light City's high technology and commercial trade are especially prosperous.

Sci-fi style buildings with transparent glass facades are everywhere, paired with pale blue lighting illuminating inside and out, appearing simple yet dreamlike.

"Is this a Gym?"

He paused before a slightly shorter building, looking up at the huge Poké Ball symbol and the lightning-shaped mark in the center.

Through the clean floor-to-ceiling window, only one person was at the front desk inside, making it seem very deserted.

Who is the Trainer of Brewing Light Gym?

Right.

It's a girl whose hairstyle and clothing style are very Pokémon-themed, named Qi Shu.

Baimu had seen her before in the Pokémon Sound live-stream section.

She seemed quite popular.

He pulled out his phone to search, and found Qi Shu was currently live-streaming, and it was a Gym battle stream!

"Want to join the fun?"

"Heh heh!"

The Shiny Gengar nodded.

'Follower Bug System' as he embarked on his journey again, the chubby guy won first place in the lottery tournament.

Central Plaza.

On both sides, hollowed-out Poké Ball-shaped battle arenas.

A deep green toy frog and a Slugma were locked in battle; though its whole body flashed with Lei Guang, it unexpectedly released a wave-like Water Pulse.

Pfft!

The surging waves flung the unprepared Slugma into the air.

"Oh!"

"Slugma!"

Its Trainer cried out in regret.

The crowd cheered excitedly; on the outdoor display screen of the rear building, countless comments scrolled by.

Baimu's gaze swept over the many scenes, especially the massive billboard behind him, deeply feeling the vastness and wonder of the Pokémon world.

Suddenly.

From all directions came the girl's sweet, cute voice:

"Thank you all for your support! Please continue to follow Qi Shu's Heart-Pounding ☆ Sparkling Shine live stream!"

The source came from the arena: that pink-haired girl whose headpiece resembled a tiny Magnemite, wearing a strange, oversized charge jacket.

She energetically spoke some nonsense, yet somehow managed to hype up the atmosphere.

Even Gengar was infected, as if a low-level disciple of the Mischief Abstract Sect had seen the sect's ancestral master, his eyes unusually bright.

He inexplicably felt a bad premonition.

Sure enough.

When Gengar turned its head, it grabbed his sleeve with one hand, longing spilling from its brows and eyes.

"Heh heh! Heh heh!"

It wants to go live!

Everyone knows Gengar is a very vain Pokémon.

Although it has never participated in a Beauty Contest, it sets its own entrance moves just to attract viewers' attention.

Now seeing Qi Shu, it, believing itself to be on the same track, can't hold back?

Baimu sighed and said, "I can do the livestream, but I have to tell you in advance, you and she are not the same."

"Gega?"

Gengar was puzzled, where was the difference.

He ruthlessly said, "She is cute and quirky, you are bizarre and quirky, too different."

"Ge——"

The gray fatty was unconvinced.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully Gengar for being poor!

Baimu did not argue with it, merely pityingly stroked its head.

There are many Gengar under heaven, but Qishu is the only one.

Furthermore.

The other party is a female character produced with emphasis by GF.

He remembered during Zhu Zi's promotion period, video sites had also broadcast Qishu's solo PV, the 3D kind.

Incidentally introduced her partner Pokemon, that green-skinned frog next to her — Bellibolt.

Of course.

Gengar might not be unable to walk out a broad road, but if it's imitating Qishu, it probably will be hard to stand out.

While one person and one ghost discussed.

Inside the battle venue.

The Gym battle had already ended.

Qishu smilingly comforted the dejected challenger, mischievously shouted: "Then today's livestream ends here! Catching your eyeballs with an electric net~ Who comes to Qishu? Qishu is here~ Morning noon night——Huh?"

Her voice suddenly stalled.

Because the bullet comments were all brushing Champion, this made her heart skip a beat, is it review time again?

Qishu's gaze quickly scanned the surroundings, but did not see Shou Ye Ci's figure, then looked down at the bullet comments, only to discover they were talking about some Orea Champion.

Orea!

That recently very popular region?

Surfing-the-net little expert Qishu how could she not know Orea.

Her reason for joining Baokeyin livestreaming, was precisely because she saw the heat Orea Conference would bring to Baokeyin.

Qishu carefully searched again, immediately saw Baimu with a face full of pity.

It really is the Orea Champion!

She only felt the little Magnemite ornaments on both sides of her head were about to fly off, her mind full of how to seize this pie-in-the-sky heat.

Directly call him? No no.

End the livestream first.

Qishu hoped she would always be an energetic appearance in front of fans, "Everyone morning noon evening hello~ Goodbye!"

The battle venue lights went out.

The onlookers seeing no other program, dispersed one after another.

Baimu and Gengar seeing this, also prepared to go stay at the pre-booked hotel first.

Wait until tomorrow morning then depart for Table City where Orange Academy is located.

Halfway.

In a small alley beside the empty wide street, at the moment Baimu peacefully passed by, a sound came from inside.

"Hey~ hello hello~"

The lowered voice sounded a bit rough.

Baimu: "?"

He turned his head looking at the bright yellow strange smiling face appearing in the darkness, and the hazy indistinct petite figure, said: "Qishu?"

"Yi! The Champion recognizes me?"

Qishu got a fright, hurriedly exposed herself under the light.

Only saw on her face wearing a mask, as if wanting to conceal identity, but apart from this still that iconic outfit.

She hehe laughed and said: "Things sudden, might have scared you a jump. That's right! I am Qishu!"

Such an abstract little girl...

Baimu could not imagine someone would choose to greet in a dark alley, but Gengar had a face full of admiration.

Also don't know what it was admiring.

"May I ask what matter?" Baimu similarly curious himself would be known by the other party.

Qishu swung her wide sleeves, a bit embarrassedly said:

"It's just that what, I am a Gym Leader! Also a video-uploading, dream-spreading influencer!"

"I know."

"I want to ask you to cooperate with me on a livestream!"

"Like this? Cannot."

"Great——Eh?"

Qishu puzzled tilted head, little Magnemite ornaments following swaying.

Baimu repeated: "Sorry, cannot."

Before leaving he promised Shan Ren, outside forbidden to casually go on programs, Orea Champion's portrait rights extremely precious.

"..."

Qishu quickly put some distance between herself and him, crouching by the roadside and whispering with Electric-Belly Frog.

She wasn't unfamiliar with rejection, but this was the first time she'd encountered someone so decisive about it.

What should she do?

Qishu felt a bit worried; forcibly stuffing someone into a street livestream wasn't her style.

Baimu watched her uninhibited antics, shook his head, and continued walking forward, soon noticing Gengar looking back repeatedly.

"You..."

"Geng..."

Gengar didn't dare meet its Trainer's eyes; it wanted to participate in the collab stream.

At least it wanted to experience it once.

Baimu fell silent until Gengar nearly sank into the shadows, then sighed: "You've got me beat."

He could refuse other people's requests, but his own Pokemon's wishes...

As long as it wasn't too excessive.

He would usually help his own Pokemon make them come true.

"Geng-ga?"

Gengar looked up in delighted surprise, grinning happily, "Jie-hee-hee-hee!"

Then.

Baimu sent a message to Shanren, the reason being to give the Pokemon Voice head streamer a popularity boost.

Shanren knew Pokemon Voice had his shares, so he probably wouldn't stop it.

Just then Qishu thought of a new way to persuade Baimu and ran over again: "Bai—"

"I agreed, but I have one condition."

Before Qishu's cutesy expression could fully emerge, Baimu said while stroking Gengar's head: "Can you give my Pokemon some pointers? About livestreaming."

Qishu's gaze fell on Gengar; Gengar grinned broadly with a silly smile.

"—Of course! I'm Qishu!"

She laughed cheerfully and struck a classic pose.

—

Inside the hotel room.

Baimu looked at Qishu speechlessly, "What are you doing following me in here?"

A little girl barging into a guy's room uninvited?

Even in the Pokemon world...

Fine.

Ash, Brock, and the others often shared rooms with Dawn and Misty; in the Pokemon world the boundaries between men and women aren't that clear.

"Qishu is a big celebrity; chatting in public would attract attention, you know!"

Qishu said casually, her gaze sweeping over everything in the room, occasionally picking something up and saying in a deep tone: "Oh~ This is my first time in a luxury suite here! So this is what it looks like!"

This little girl...

However you look at her, she doesn't seem like a normal person.

Baimu really couldn't describe Qishu in ordinary language; he didn't know if game Qishu was like this either.

After all, game Brock is a tough guy, while anime Brock is half a tough guy, the other half mixed with nanny and pervert.

"How are you planning to do the collab? Got a script?"

He sat on the sofa, asking Qishu who was studying the crystal desk lamp together with Electric-Belly Frog.

Hearing this.

Qishu quickly collected herself, sat down properly and said: "No script! Qishu always improvises!"

Alright then!

Born abstract!

Baimu looked at his own Gengar with a face full of admiration, and sighed: "I can't learn that way of talking of yours; what do you usually do in your streams?"

"Battling, chatting, various programs, raising Pokemon, sharing training experience, streaming Gym battles..."

Qishu rattled them off like counting her own treasures; the content was actually much more normal than her mouth suggested.

He raised a hand to stop her, saying: "Let's battle then; I haven't battled seriously in a while.

"And compared to some Q&A, my battles should attract more eyeballs."

"Battle? Sure thing!"

Qishu cheered excitedly; her original plan was a battle, but she was worried Baimu wouldn't agree.

Don't let her usual pile of abstract talk fool you; what really gains fans in the end is Gym battles.

The two agreed on tomorrow night.

Why not daytime?

Because daytime Qishu needs to rest; she has to go back and edit videos for upload, and read and reply to comments.

Being a serious influencer isn't that easy.

Seeing this, Baimu asked: "Do you have a phone?"

"Yes!"

Qishu took out an ordinary smartphone, then added: "I've already ordered a Rotom Phone, but it hasn't shipped yet."

"Cancel it! Buy a Porygon Phone! Let it help you edit videos from now on!"

Baimu said directly.

He took out his phone, and on the screen, the Porygon-II writing code with its flashy interface made Qishu's heart flutter endlessly.

"Oh oh oh—don't."

"... Why?"

"Rotom is an Electric-type Pokémon! Qishu likes Electric-type Pokémon!"

"Porygon can also become an Electric-type Pokémon, and besides, you have the Terastal Orb, so just use the Terastal Orb to turn Porygon into an Electric-type, right?"

Baimu has a certain understanding of the Gym Leaders in the Paldea region.

Their teams often have a Pokémon unrelated to their specialty type, but capable of Terastallizing into a Pokémon good at that type.

Qishu fell into deep thought, then nodded repeatedly.

"Mm-hm! Makes sense!"

So.

The Rotom Phone company lost another heavyweight customer, while the Porygon Phone gained a new friend.

After discussing the matter.

Baimu thought Qishu would leave, but who would have thought she stubbornly researched the room's structure again before rushing off in a flurry.

Gengar envied her mental state immensely.

Can't imitate it.

"Don't you imitate either, I can't take it." He hurriedly told Gengar to stop.

He went online to learn more about Qishu in depth.

Baimu was surprised to find that Qishu, whose appearance was not much bigger than Miss Liuqi's, was actually nineteen years old!

Legal loli?

But she's nineteen already...

Well.

Abstraction knows no age, and even adults' abstraction can be deeply moving.

Buzz!

The phone vibrated.

It was a reply from Shanjin.

He expressed speechlessness at Baimu's desire to go on a show right after getting off the boat.

"If you have that kind of skill, wouldn't it be better to appear more often on Ore's show?"

"This is called live streaming, and what's wrong with me promoting Bokuyon?"

"What's wrong? Nothing, just wait for you to come back."

Behind this sentence was a standard smiley face.

Baimu's heart gave a sudden thump, and an ominous premonition welled up.

As the saying goes, the dog that bites doesn't bark; if Shanjin kept arguing with him, it would show the problem isn't big, but the more gently he agrees, the bigger the problem.

Oh no!

Question: If I am the champion, what should I do if I offend the League President?

Answer: Take his bird position!

Question: What if I don't want to take it?

Answer: Wait to die.

No matter which world, netizens' harshness is shocking.

Baimu covered his head.