Chapter 5

"I am not Elite Four Larry, but the current Gym Leader of the Sunshine Gym in Mesagoza."

Qingyu replied with a laugh, unable to help but admire the netizens' excellent associative ability.

That is the Paldean workaholic Larry who holds multiple jobs, a man who works three jobs and 48 hours a day.

How could he possibly have time to stream?

"As for why I'm not showing my face, the answer is simple."

"Because I didn't prepare a camera, and I'm too lazy to go out and buy one."

【Righteous and confident. jpg】

【Good guy, he's not even pretending.】

【The streamer is so real, I've unfollowed, don't let me down!】

Perhaps because he spoke very honestly, leaving a fairly good first impression on the audience, some comments soon started playing with memes.

Qingyu nodded silently.

If nothing goes wrong, these people will be his first batch of fans.

Must find a way to keep them.

【Sunshine Gym? Does our Paldea still have this Gym?】

【Hiss—, my head is itchy, I feel like I've heard this name somewhere.】

【I remember now! It's that Gym that hasn't opened its doors for half a year, right!】

【I work in the neighboring town, and because other Gyms are named after towns, only yours is an exception, so I have a slight impression!】

At this time, a viewer named "Hardworking Joy" sent several comments in a row.

"That's right, because of some things, the Gym has suspended operations."

Qingyu nodded; he didn't expect that someone would actually remember the Sunshine Gym.

And this viewer seems to be a Joy from the neighboring town?

Although he was a bit curious, out of politeness and respect for privacy, he didn't dwell on it.

"Since there are already viewers in the stream, then everyone, today we will play 'Pokémon: Champion'!"

Qingyu spoke at the right time, guiding the gradually drifting topic back to the right track.

While speaking, he had already opened the game.

It's a new account, so the rank is still at the Beginner level.

The game has five major ranks, divided into Beginner, Poké Ball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball.

Consistent with the competition grading in this world.

The "Starting from Zero to Master Ball Rank" in the stream title is taken from the highest rank in the game.

Reminded by him, the comments also reacted quickly.

【Classmate www, is the streamer actually a teacher?】

【Is the streamer really confident about reaching Master Ball rank?】

【How is that possible? That's a rank only for the top 100; he's just an obscure Gym Leader, I think he's just grandstanding!】

【Indeed, reaching Master Ball is a bit exaggerated; I might believe Ultra Ball a little bit.】

【Looks like another genius kid who popped out of nowhere; he'll be honest after playing a few ranked matches!】

【What are you playing?】

Most of the comments clearly started to question him.

Regarding this, Qingyu expressed understanding and didn't offer any explanation.

A new account popping up and saying it wants to challenge the world's top 100; most people probably wouldn't believe it.

So he decided to start playing directly, letting the audience have some understanding of his strength first.

Open the team editor.

Facing the bottomless Pokémon pool, Qingyu couldn't help but scratch his head.

His indecision had kicked in.

"Oh my, there are so many Pokémon, how should I choose..."

"Whatever, let's just randomize it!"

Sometimes knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing; for many Pokémon, he can roughly figure out how to use them with a glance.

This instead made him a bit indecisive.

To protect his few remaining brain cells, Qingyu decisively pressed the button to randomize the team.

【666, he even randomized the Pokémon; if you can win, I'll eat the screen!】

【I was almost fooled by you kid; I thought you were really some Gym Leader, turns out you're faking...】

【Watching a newbie play games is actually quite interesting; I can already imagine the streamer's expression when his heart breaks later 2333】

Seeing such an absurd operation, the vast majority of viewers instantly labeled him as a "newbie."

After all, anyone who has played knows how huge the game's database is, covering the vast majority of Pokémon from the nine major regions.

Even a Pokémon Professor would find it hard to say they can recognize them all.

This is just the most basic understanding; using a randomized lineup to battle will only be even harder.

Do you really think Pokémon battles have no threshold and you can just talk your way through it?

Some comments have already started looking forward to the plot of Qingyu being slapped in the face later.

Unless your luck is heaven-defying and they happen to all be Paldean Pokémon, otherwise let's see how you win later?

Qingyu certainly didn't expect that his casual remark would instead help him keep quite a few comments.

After pressing the random button, the six empty positions in the lineup editor were quickly filled.

Hippowdon, Snom, Talonflame, Aron, Flaaffy, Gardevoir.

【I'm going, isn't this my wife Gardevoir? Come home with me quickly!】

【Hey, is this Officer Jenny? Yes, it's that delusional guy dreaming in broad daylight again; I suggest shooting him directly!】

Gardevoir is also very popular in this world; just looking at the comments is enough to know a thing or two.

Once the lineup was revealed, Qingyu felt his luck was still okay.

Most of them are Pokémon distributed in the Paldea region, and there are two final-form Pokémon, Talonflame and Gardevoir.

With the glory of the regional bird and the "wife-mon" to back him up, this lineup is completely enough for climbing ranks.

【Does the streamer know that white Pokémon? It's incredibly strong, I'm not lying to you!】

But after noticing this comment floating by, a bold idea instantly appeared in his mind.

Regarding Aron, there is indeed a very well-known tactic.

And this time, there happens to be a teammate in the lineup who can cooperate; wouldn't it be a waste of the randomized lineup if he didn't play it?

"This classmate has good understanding; Aron is indeed very powerful, so today let's use it as our main force for once!"

Qingyu couldn't wait to put Aron in the center position, and after quickly adjusting the Pokémon's item slots, he started matching directly.

Because he was too skilled, the audience didn't even see the operation clearly.

【Not brother, you actually believe what he says?】

【The streamer is an honest person, but there are bad people in the crowd!】

【Wait... why do I always feel that the streamer is being too decisive? He wouldn't be teasing the audience, right?】

【Impossible, unless the streamer is a master like Hoenn Champion Steven, otherwise it's absolutely impossible to win just by relying on Aron!】

Most of the comments were pessimistic, but Qingyu hummed a little tune and ignored them.

No rush, let the bullets fly for a while~

Because it's an account that hasn't played a single ranked match, the matching speed was surprisingly fast.

Soon, the opponent was locked in.

The default ranked rule for "Pokémon: Champion" is 6v6.

Although official competitions in his past life used Double Battles as the main rule, whether in games or anime, the 6v6 full-team battle rule is indeed the mainstream.

As for the battle method, it relies on voice commands for real-time battles, and there is no restriction on four moves.

Except for this point, the overall battle gameplay is not much different from his past life.

"Gyarados, Charizard, Aerodactyl, Ampharos, Crawdaunt, Tropius..."

Noticing the opponent's lineup, Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

"Good guy, so many Pokémon with 'Dragon' in their names, yet not a single real Dragon!"

【Are you cosplaying Lance here?】

【That's a malicious smear; our Kanto Dragon-type Elite Four clearly only uses Flying-type Pokémon!】

【Flying-type Elite Four (correction)!】

【Smearing Lance again, one warning; next time I'll treat you to a Dragonite punch!】

It seems that in this world, jokes about Kanto Elite Four Lance are also widely circulated on the internet.

There was a classic meme in his past life: Guess which Pokémon in here is Dragon-type?

Lance: I can't tell, I can't tell!

Qingyu couldn't help but associate this and laughed out loud.

But as the streamer who respects Mr. Lance the most on the entire internet, he certainly wouldn't laugh at him casually.

Unless he really couldn't help it.

Of course, he wasn't laughing because of the respected Mr. Lance, he just thought of something happy.

Just as the stream was filled with laughter due to the opponent's absurd lineup, the appearance of a comment caught Qingyu's attention.

【Did the streamer adjust the levels? Why is this Aron of yours level 1!】

The new book is here!

The author already has one completed Pokémon work, so the quality is guaranteed~

I will likely sign the contract tomorrow. During the new book phase, there will be 2 updates daily. I ask all my dear readers to follow and read on Monday and Tuesday!