Chapter 2 – Pokémon Trainer? I'll Never be a Pokémon Trainer!
Rikuno was stunned for a moment and let out a long breath.
"Does that mean?... I also have a chance to become a trainer?"
Becoming a Pokémon trainer has always been Rikuno's dream.
But when Rikuno went online to Research, he hesitated at the prospects of this career.
"The mortality rate is this high!?"
In this world, becoming a trainer was never easy.
Proficiency in multiple foreign languages was the minimum requirement, Chinese, Japanese, French, and English were the basic languages required for trainers.
Financial resources, academic qualifications, resources, and connections are also a crucial for this career.
The high mortality rate causes trainers to be listed as a "High-risk occupation", and Pokémon battles have even become "Extreme sports".
Compared with other occupation, the high-risk and high-qualification requirements are the cause for the number of trainers to be at a low ratio.
Of course, the general population were still able to obtain Pokéballs.
The general public can also capture the Pokémon, there are a lot of people who have chosen to do this out of their love for Pokémon, so the ratio of people who have Pokémon are not at a low number.
After coming across this information Rikuno stopped for a moment and suddenly realized.
"Why would I want to be a trainer... can't I just copy the famous IPs that have not been discovered in this world yet?"
Like the movie film starring Brycen, Unova Gym leader of the Icirrus City's Gym, and produced by Pokémon Hollywood, called "Brycen Man".
This film with an old-fashioned hero plot, is actually the top 250 film IMDb.
Rikuno really couldn't think of a reason why he wouldn't be successful if he chose to pursue a career as a film director or an author.
Due to being in parallel worlds, various the works of the world have yet to be made or released.
The most popular game is Pokémon: Battle, developed by Hoenn Devon Corps which is livestreamed each day by Rikuno.
"Pokémon: Battle" is a game that mimics the schematics of a real Pokémon battle, using the latest virtual and online technology, the audience of this game is quite broad.
Some trainer academies even use this game as a teaching material to develop students' battling techniques.
There are many well-known trainers, including Red, who are loyal customers of the game.
Due to the limitation of becoming trainers, the various strategies that Rikuno was familiar with were not popularized.
This is also the reason why with simply teaching his audience the "Substitute Protect Toxic" strategy, Lu Ye can gain thousands of views.
"It seems that I'll be popular as long as I film another one to two videos about Pokémon Battling..."
With Rikuno's understanding of Pokémon battles, it was going to be easy making a video with millions of views.
But before that, he must first figure out how to operate Bilibili in this parallel world.
Rikuno took a bite of the onion as he was eating the roast duck and continues to browse the Bilibili.
Different from the previous life, BiliBili, YouTube, Twitch and in other major platforms, the popular streamers were almost always the same batch.
For example, the most popular YouTuber on YouTube at the moment -
Nessa, Gym leader of the Water Gym from the Galar Region and known as the "Black Pearl", is also a popular figure on Bilibili.
With lean and toned legs and healthy wheat-colored skin, Nessa in the video rides Milotic, jumping out of the sea, as the sparkling water splashes.
This scene full of beauty made Rikuno a little mesmerised.
"It's... It's really Nessa!"
"If you think about it, even Red has appeared, and the Gym leaders should also appear."
This video is the top of the list on the fashion category of Bilibili, and the publisher was Nessa herself.
In the comment area, there are many "talented individuals".
"Nessa took a photo shoot for LV!"
"Nessa my angel, I love you!"
"You like the ad? You're simply attracted to her body, hentai!"
Rikuno opened the dance category as he thought he was going to see more pretty girls he was regrettably shown a man.
Instagram's popular Internet celebrity, dark-skinned Galar Dragon-type Gym leader, Raihan.
Well-proportioned body and slightly ruggish, Raihan wears an orange-red turban, a cheerful smile showing his snow-white teeth.
Although he is not as good looking as Rikuno, with his status as the master of the dance and Dragon Gym, Raihan is with high popularity on social media.
Meanwhile the film and television category, shows a cover with the Hollywood queen, The announcement of Diantha's new movie...
"It seems that the profession of a content creator and streamer on Bilibili is very promising."
Rikuno murmured.
"Let's continue the live broadcast tonight, wait to see what happens, then make plans for the future..."
For his future aspirations, Rikuno already has a rough plan.
He was not going to be a trainer, not in this lifetime.
Only by writing novels and making videos can you make a living.
Although he did not intend to become a trainer, raising a few Pokémon as pets still sounded good to Rikuno.
"What kind of Pokémon would I want to raise..."
"Since I don't want to go for the battling route, I guess the first and foremost priority would be cuteness!"
"Eevee? Pikachu?"
"What if I get to pet Eevee and rub Pikachu at the same time, wouldn't that be something?"
The market price of a Pokéball is roughly around $70.
After looking at his balance in the bank account, counting his earnings from the video, Rikuno has around $2000 on his body.
Rikuno plans to go to Shanghai's Pokémart tomorrow to purchase some Pokéballs.
That night, Rikuno livestreamed as usual.
Due to the popularity of the video, as soon as Rikuno went online, the audience exceeded 20000.