Chapter 65: You Are Not Allowed to Play Pokémon! Chapter 30

Qingyu gave a helpless smile, and only after the words had slipped out did he realize what he had said.

He seemed to have been too relaxed...

Was this something he could actually say?!

Hearing his words, Champion Zhulan was stunned for a moment, but soon she smiled gently, meeting Qingyu's gaze with a serious look.

"I'll support you."

Thump—

Qingyu felt his heartbeat skip several beats. The chain reaction caused by insufficient blood pumping quickly made his old face flush, and he subconsciously turned his head away.

Mom, she is so good at this!

"Don't make jokes like that!"

"But, you were clearly the one who asked first~"

Champion Zhulan's lively gray eyes stared straight at Qingyu, the corners of her mouth slightly raised as she playfully stuck out the tip of her pink tongue.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

"But I wasn't lying, you know."

"Rather, everyone in Shenhezhen will always welcome you back."

And...

The last half of the sentence remained unspoken. Champion Zhulan had already gracefully flipped onto the back of the Garchomp that had been waiting for a long time, turning around to wave goodbye to Qingyu.

"See you later~"

"Garchomp..."

Garchomp's fierce eyes glared at Qingyu.

What a pair of sentimental people.

Not decisive at all!

Still, since they were acquaintances and might see each other often in the future, it was better to say hello.

Mimicking a Trainer, it extended its right-hand scythe and waved it perfunctorily in the air before Garchomp launched itself like a projectile, quickly turning into a shooting star on the horizon.

Leaving behind only a stunned Qingyu waving his hand, and Nimo, who for some reason looked incredibly excited and thrilled.

That night.

When Qingyu started his stream, quite a few viewers were already waiting.

Of course, the reason they were waiting this time might be slightly different from before.

【Teacher Yu is finally streaming!】

【Streamer, streamer, what exactly is your relationship with that Sinnoh Champion?】

【Seeing that everyone is curious about this, I feel relieved. The streamer ending the stream at light speed yesterday really worried me...】

Glancing roughly at the scrolling comments, Qingyu scratched his head helplessly.

Compared to Steven, who only appeared in the video comment section, Champion Zhulan, who personally tipped him, clearly had a much higher level of buzz.

Given Champion Zhulan's worldwide fame, perhaps the effect of her single paid comment was better than his previous three days of streaming combined...

This was truly embarrassing.

As a technical streamer, Qingyu only intended to quickly move past the topic to start his "carefully prepared" next Pokémon tutorial.

So he went straight to the point:

"Actually, the streamer and Champion Zhulan are childhood sweethearts. Do you believe me?"

【??? Is the streamer not awake yet, still in a dream?】

【Someone with yellow urine, come wake him up; don't let him taste any sweetness!】

【Is this a 'don't laugh' challenge? I lost!】

Qingyu had always prioritized sincerity, which could be seen from the moment he started streaming.

He answered every question; as for whether they believed him, that was up to the commenters.

Because the truth was too coincidental, explaining it was meaningless.

"Let's put aside topics unrelated to the stream content. Today we are going to play with a very powerful Pokémon; once you learn it, you'll definitely climb the ranks~"

Skillfully pulling the topic back, Qingyu opened *Pokémon: Champion*.

The lineup editor still contained the same six Pokémon from yesterday.

The mouse pointed to a sharp-eyed falcon with red and white feathers.

"Didn't some students ask me before if there were simpler and more effective tactics?"

"Yes, brothers, there are."

"Today's protagonist is it: the regional bird widely distributed in both the Paldea and Kalos regions, Talonflame, which evolves from Fletchling!"

Since he had talked about the regional rodent, he might as well talk about the regional bird.

It just so happened that this regional bird was very suitable for beginners, even simpler than Maushold.

Yet its combat power was genuinely high.

Talonflame, the Scorching Pokémon.

It first appeared in the XY generation and, upon its debut, became the undisputed king of regional birds, even becoming a terrifying existence that once shook the battle environment.

As everyone knows, Pokémon that are easy to encounter generally don't have very high base stats.

Talonflame only has a base stat total of less than 500.

Even though the Fire + Flying type combination, the same as Charizard, is quite good, looking at the paper data alone, one would only think its combat power is very average.

What truly allowed it to ascend to the heavens in one step was its outrageously powerful Hidden Ability.

Gale Wings.

The effect of this ability is very simple:

Flying-type moves can be used first.

But in actual combat, the impact of priority is too great.

In the previous two streams, Qingyu showed the audience the excellent performance of entry hazards in singles, and how to use Maushold's signature move to counter them.

So this time, he would use Talonflame as a model to tell the audience a truth—

The speed line is the lifeline, so priority is above all else!

【Speaking of which, if the streamer wins one more game today, he will be promoted to the Great Ball tier!】

【Climbing to Great Ball in four days, this efficiency is too outrageous...】

【According to yesterday's script, if Teacher Yu has bad luck in the promotion match, I feel like he's going to run into a tough guy. After all, it's 'smart matchmaking'~】

After pressing the matchmaking button, Qingyu glanced at the comments and replied casually:

"After all, I'm about to reach Great Ball. It's normal to run into a Gym Leader or a stronger Trainer at the Great Ball tier."

"No matter who the opponent is, I'm still quite confident, okay!"

Facing experts was inevitable, especially after his ranking points went up.

Rather, compared to dominating the lower tiers, Qingyu hoped to clash with the elite Trainers of this world.

Not long after, the pointer on the matchmaking interface stopped spinning.

The opponent for the promotion match appeared on Qingyu's screen.

ID: Plain and Simple is the Truth.

Below the name was an official League certification: Paldea Elite Four, Cascarrafa Gym Leader, Rika.

Failed Diary 5.1

Happy May Day, everyone~

I believe everyone can see it, but let's add a small patch!

The Talonflame in the novel is the unnerfed version. I don't think I need to say how outrageous Gale Wings is; at the time, the environment was once beaten into a miserable state where you only had the qualification to battle if you could withstand one hit from Talonflame -. -

Also, I quite like the character designs of the Paldea Elite Four and Gym Leaders; I always feel that Rika has a sense of contradiction, like a worker who is still alive but actually died a while ago () ===== CHAPTER 67 =====