Chapter 3 – Time to Eat!
As soon as Rikuno's stream began, the chat started to scroll at a rapid pace.
"It's time to eat, brothers!"
"Yo you there? Where's the camera?"
"I came from the video on Bilibili, dirty!"
Rikuno opened Pokémon: Battle while reading the chat.
"Why isn't this streamer turning on his camera — Ah, I'll show my face when I reach a hundred thousand subs."
In the blink of an eye, a series of question marks scrolled by.
"?"
Man, this streamer is full of personality.
"I've been a fan from the start and I can tell you, Rikuno-sensei has a pretty face!"
"No one is subscribing to Rikuno Sensei to see his face, right?"
"There is a record of Rikuno-sensei in an earlier video, although it has appeared on camera for less than five seconds, it is definitely a God-tier level!"
"The God-tier is too much, I'm just mediocrely, barely in the tier of the movie stars."
Rikuno's face was as usual as he said this.
"Thank you for the sub sent by 'Rikuno-sensei making out with a female Machop'... Today we will not be talk about any female Machop…"
"Today we continue to bring you the tutorial for basic Pokémon battles."
The call on the chat was surprisingly consistent.
"Teach us more about the 'Substitute Protect Toxic' strategy!"
"My starter Pokémon happens to be Bulbasaur, Teach me sensei!"
Rikuno glanced at the chat.
"People who can afford one of the three regional starters shouldn't have a problem evolving them... So, let's talk about the strategy for Venasaur."
Rikuno opened the team editor and placed Venasaur into the team of six.
"There are many ways to play with Venasaur, such as the sunny day team, using chlorophyll and helping it to speed up."
"Or on the basis of Substitute Protect Toxic, learning Synthesis and leech seed, and playing the role of a tank."
"Well, let stop the banter and show you guys the demonstration."
Moving on to the game's homepage, Rikuno found a match with someone from the Johto Region, id "Billiards Boy".
"Konichiwa."
Rikuno greeted him in a friendly manner in Japanese as he locked on to the Venasaur as his starting member.
While the first Pokémon he is up against is a Tysphlosion named "Bakutaro".
Kanto, Pallet Town
A girl with an orange ponytail gently slaps her flushed cheek and took a deep breath.
"It's okay, it's just watching a movie together, he shouldn't think much about it..."
Summoning up her courage, Yellow de Viridian Grove rang the doorbell with some nervousness, a moment later a male voice came from the intercom.
"It's you." Red's voice rang out as a hint of a smile seeps through, "The door is open, go ahead and come to the second floor."
I'm going into Red's house?
Yellow de Viridian Grove only felt as if her cheeks were on fire, but there was some curiosity in her mind.
shouldn't he be training at this time?
With some hesitation, she opens the door, and a figure jumped down from the stairs and quickly leapt into Yellow's arms.
"Pikachuuu ~~!"
"Long time no see, Pika."
Yellow smiled as she gently stroked Pikachu.
"Pika!"
Pikachu jumped down happily from her arms, as it flexibly ran up the stairs.
Raising her head, Yellow's face turned red for a moment.
At the entrance of the stairway, a young man with short black hair and a warm smile caught Pikachu, as it perched on his shoulder and said:
"Yellow, I found a very interesting trainer today!"
Inside the Red's room
The room was clean and the cupboards were full of trophies, but the furnishings were simple, with only a bed and a computer.
"Treat this like your own home, sit wherever you want!"
But as soon as the words came out, Red was embarrassed to find that the only chair was occupied by himself.
"I'll…I'll just sit on the bed..."
Yellow blushed and whispered.
"That's alright too."
Red scratched his head in slight embarrassment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"By the way, Yellow, come see this!"
Yellow leaned over, as she pulled away some of her hair to the side of her ear and said curiously, "Isn't this the game you've been playing recently?"
"Pokémon: Battle."
Red smiled in return and replied, "It's very similar to a real Pokémon battle, you need
to rely on the microphone to command in real time, I rely on this to relax when I am tired from training."
"You... Even when you rest, you are full of battles."
Yellow's cheeks were slightly flushed.
But Red didn't pay attention and said excitedly, "Come to watch this stream!"
"His strategical understanding of the Venasaur is really on the spot!"
"Unless he were a powerful trainer in reality, he wouldn't have this kind of knowledge."
"Ah, I want to battle him and trade experiences in training Venasaur!"
"Pikachuu~!"
"Haha, Pikachu, you want to battle him too, right?"
Yellow looked curiously at the stream.
The classic 6v6 matchup, battle on the master ball level league, ID "Did Rikuno-sensei eat today" against the "Billiards Boy".
Since it is an international live stream, the platform has with real-time subtitles for translation, so that audiences can understand the explanation of "Rikuno-sensei".
"How dare this guy send out a Tysphlosion! It's even called bakutaro, it will be over soon with toxic!"
Obviously, it was a bad typing matchup for Rikuno-sensei, but the Venasaur won the Tysphlosion with the help of "Toxic + Protect".
Subsequently, the Venasaur defeated the Ambipom and the Sunflora one after another.
From beginning to end, "Rikuno-sensei" of the red side only sent out one Pokémon and that was Venasaur, but he has completed the feat of defeating three Pokémon consecutively.
A series of question marks rolled across the screen.
"What is this? He defeated a Tysphlosion and is still at full HP!?"
"Stop, this is not an Pokémon battle anymore, the opponent is getting absolutely destroyed!"
Yellow murmured, "Red, this ID, is it..."
"Ah, it's Gold alright." Red coughed dryly, "I remember he also loves to play this game."
One the screen it shows the leech seeds of the Venasaur form vines that pierce into Togekiss' body and continuously absorbed energy.
Togekiss let out a cry, flapping his wings, but the air slash he used was stopped by a crystal-like barrier.
In the live stream, Rikuno's explanation came: "Protect or not, the opponent will lose soon!"
"Toxic can be replaced by the move leech seed, and is even more effective when they're used together!"
Togekiss' body glowed a dull purple, symbolizing it was poisoned and he was still tormented by vines formed by leech seed.
Even if an attack was landed on Venasaur there was practically no damage. But still, Rikuno commanded the Venasaur to use synthesis...
An overwhelming amount of words rolled down onto the chat.
"Stop this torture!"
"So this is the substitution for toxic? I love it!"
"Four Pokémon consecutively! Go Venasuar!"
With a resounding slam, Togekiss on the screen fell from the air.
On the other hand, the Venasaur not only looked refreshed, but also used another synthesis...
Yellow couldn't help but whisper, "His timing for each move is perfect!" "
"Yes." Red nodded, "Even Gold doesn't have any hope to beat him at all."
Pokémon: Battle, as a simulated battle of real-time command, is enough to reflect the strategical qualities of the trainer.
Unlike the general audience, Red and Yellow, two powerful trainers, had a deeper analysis of the battle—
Behind the tactics of "Substitute Protect Toxic" was actually the trainer's precise control over timing when giving commands.
What's certain is that this trainer with the ID "Did Rikuno-sensei eat today" is definitely an experienced and skilled trainer.
To the extent that... Not even Gold was his opponent!
"Now you know why I didn't follow my training schedule today." Red smiled.
"Watching others battle is also an important part of training!"
Yellow wanted to complain, that this is obviously a game!
Nevertheless it will remain a high-class battle despite its status as a game.
With her curiosity high, Yellow concentrated while watching the live stream with Red.