You are not allowed to be a Pokémon Trainer!

Chapter 3: The mandible ant can't do anything!
This account is currently stuck in the promotion matches of the Super Ball rank, which is considered a mid-to-high level match in the entire ladder.

Players in this rank are matched with equally matched opponents in less than two seconds.

Entering the preparation phase, Xia Chi began to analyze the opponent's lineup.

"Charizard, Venusaur, Ninetales, Infernape, Magmar... Hmm, they even brought their only Lord Rathalos to play with. I'll go easy on them later."

Xia Chi said, "This match is against the Sunny Day team, which is very common in the ladder. They are completely within our range."

"When the opponent sees our lineup, they will definitely be stunned for a moment, and they will definitely be confused. What should we do in this situation? We can only send out their three most trusted generals: Charizard, Venusaur, and Ninetales."

The singles mode in Pokémon Victory Road also features a six-choose-three battle system.

As Xia Chi spoke, he unhesitatingly selected his three Pokémon.

Brimwyn, Mimikyu, and the core member of the team, Trapinch.

The battle begins.

Unsurprisingly, the player named "Abuse You Like Breathing" started with Ninetales as their first Pokémon.

Xia Chi's first Pokémon was Mimikyu.

The debate in the live chat was still intense.

"I don't understand this lineup. What's the point of having six completely unrelated Pokémon with no synergy?"

"Even longtime fans of the Water Prison Master said they don't understand this lineup, but they have faith in Water Prison Master!"

"Why isn't Rhyperior, which can counter Charizard, going up? Just wait and see my Charizard master take on all three of them in one go!"

Because of its stunning appearance and formidable combat power, Charizard still has many fans in this world and is revered as "Master Charizard".

Xia Chi remained silent, casually changing the live stream title to "[Trapini has a 100% win rate in reaching high-level balls; if you lose even one game, you'll directly demonstrate your linguistic charm]".

Then, without rushing, he returned to the game and began directing the battle.

As expected, the Nine-Tails, which had just appeared, changed the weather to sunny due to its ability [Sunlight].

Nine-Tails is faster than Mimikyu in the game, so as soon as Xia Chi gave the command to use [Trick Room], a hot wind swept over.

It has to be said that there's a reason why this game has become a global phenomenon; it completely outclasses Game Freak in both graphics and gameplay.

A scorching hot hurricane swept across the screen, and Mimikyu's head tilted to the side.

Mimikyu's trait [Painted Skin] activates - Prevents a burst of damage from any source.

Then, the magic space opened up!
It can only be said that Mimikyu is indeed a bit of an unpopular Pokémon in this world, as its only Pokédex member with the [Disguise] ability is unknown to its opponents.

Unharmed by the scorching wind, [Abuse you like breathing] typed two words in the public chat.

"opened?"

Xia Chi chuckled, "If it's not off, does that mean it's on? Then how are you going to deal with my wall of light next?"

In the magic space, the speeds of both sides are reversed.

Mimikyu, who was playing second, made the first move.

A wall of light rises up, instantly creating a transparent barrier that can halve the damage of an opponent's special moves.

This also significantly reduced the damage of the second wave of heat from the Nine-Tails.

Even with the added damage from the Fire-type move [Sunny Day], it still couldn't inflict enough damage on Mimikyu.

Under such manipulation, the opponent's mentality has undergone a subtle change.

Logically speaking, with the protection of [Light Screen], a special attacker like Nine-Tails wouldn't have any room to perform.

However, he still chose to force Kurama to take over the field, showing a posture of fighting to the death.

Xia Chi didn't give in either, relying on his speed and the advantage of his light wall, he chose the Shadow Ball run-and-gun tactic—

Incidentally, the battle mode in Pokémon Victory Road is not entirely turn-based.

Under the player's voice commands, the Pokémon can move around the field on its own. Although it is not very intelligent, it completely obeys the trainer's commands.

This real-time command system gives players more fun and greater room for maneuver, making the battles more like real-life Pokémon battles.

Under complete tactical dominance, the opposing team, Sunny Day, was unable to unleash its full potential.

When the magic space ended, the Nine-Tailed Fox and the audience's highly anticipated Teacher Dapeng had already collapsed to the ground.

The last Venusaur thought it finally had its chance to shine and take on three opponents at once. However, Bumliven's second Trick Room shattered Venusaur's dream after it activated Sunny Day.

Venusaur, which instinctively doubles its speed under sunny weather thanks to its [Chlorophyll] ability, was rendered sluggish as if it had lost a leg.

Before the real spatial fighter, Trapinch, even made its appearance, its opponent, already at the red-hot level, chose to surrender.

"Take it!"

Xia Chi, who easily won the first game, stretched and then glanced at the comments.

"Wow, so this is how magic spaces work?"

"I've learned it, I'm going to challenge the Evergreen Dojo right away!"

"To be honest, this strategy seems to work quite well against fast Pokémon."

Like many tactics, the Trick Room technique has not received enough attention in this world.

The reason for this is that there are not many trainers in reality who specialize in Psychic-type abilities.

Most Psychic-type Pokémon can teleport.

They prefer to use more flexible and convenient techniques like teleportation to create a speed advantage.

Continuing this trend in the game, players naturally don't explore the magic space much.

Amidst laughter and cheers, Xia Chi, who had been on a winning streak, had reached the promotion match for the advanced ball rank.

This rank is still some distance from the top-ranked games, but it's already the ceiling for ordinary players.

If you're lucky, you might even get matched with a famous trainer.

Clearly, Xia Chi was quite lucky today.

"The streamer will log off after this game. Let's see who the last lucky one is."

As they were talking, Xia Chi was taken aback by the nickname of the opponent he was matched with.

[Strange Trees and Strange Tales]
"Another strange tree? Is it the genuine article?"

This game does not restrict duplicate names, so it's perfectly normal for a big streamer like Qishu to have fans who share the same name.

At this point, the comments section provides timely reminders.

"It's me, I'm currently streaming on Qishu!"

"I'm from Qishu's live stream, brothers, let's support this streamer!"

"Laoshui, Qishu has threatened to beat you to tears!"

Xia Chi stroked his chin, a bright smile on his face. "Make me cry? That's interesting."

at the same time.

Inside a luxury apartment in Niangguang City, Padiya region.

A cute girl with pink and blue pigtails is gritting her teeth and staring angrily at the computer screen in front of her.

The enormous headdress on her head, resembling a Magnemite, blinked, expressing the girl's anger.

"It's this guy again!"

After confirming the situation in Xia Chi's live stream, Qi Shu returned to the game and made some harsh remarks.

"Just watch, I've figured out how to counter his underhanded tactics. I'm going to avenge myself this time!"

As she was talking, she glanced at the six Pokémon in the opponent's selection area and her eyes widened. "Hey, this guy didn't use those Pokémon?"

Last time, Qi Shu was tormented to death by Xia Chi's substitute defense poison tactics, so he directly marked Qi Shu as his number one internet enemy.

When they met again, Xia Chi had unexpectedly "turned over a new leaf".

"Did they have a change of heart? No, wait... what the heck is a mandible ant?!"

Upon seeing the large, brown ant in the preparation area, Qi Shu's Magnetic Headband raised a question mark.

But she quickly waved her hand dismissively, saying, "Whatever, what's the use of mandible ants? They can't do anything!"

As she spoke, she quickly locked onto the Giant Electric Petal, the Roentgenie, and the Misdreavus.

(End of this chapter)