Pokémon: Trainers Returning from Monster Hunter

Chapter 98: The comment section of Oreki's video seems to have become a gathering place for big shots.

Sinnoh region, Sinnoh League.

"get off work's over, work's over. Another long, grueling day is finally over."

A red-haired, afro-haired youth pushed the keyboard away with both hands and turned to look at another youth with a green ahoge (a single strand of hair sticking up) in the room.

"Ah Liu, let's have a fiery battle before dinner!"

"Hey, talk to me!"

"Seriously, what are you looking at so intently?"

Da Ye got up, scratched his afro, and walked behind A Liu.

"Random Battle Series Part 2: Speaker Scrat's Counterattack?"

Subconsciously, Da Ye read out the title of the video on the screen.

Then--

"Hahaha, even Speaker Cracker is here! I almost didn't realize which Pokémon this is."

"Wait a minute! Something's not right!"

Soon, as the video played, Da Ye realized something was wrong.

He has always admired only passionate attacks and scoffs at those convoluted tactics and routines.

—Actually, I'm just not good at it at all.

Even so, he could still sense the tactical thinking of the Speaker Cricket trainer in the video.

Set the tone by opening up a magic space first, then use momentum and brute force to bring your opponent to the same starting line.

Then send in the Speaker Cricket to establish an advantage using its deadly sting.

The Dark-type Dark Strike, which covers critical hits, and the Ghost and Flying-type Florges with quadruple resistance, greatly amplify the advantage.

Finally, a fatal needle prick completes a series of three feats —

Um—is this really the Snorkel that's everywhere in the Sinnoh region, and even Bug Catchers are too lazy to catch?

No, I should say this trainer is way too exaggerated.

Just looking at the answers to the questions made Da Ye feel a swelling sensation on the top of his head, as if his brain was about to grow.

Not to mention, they came up with this tactic from scratch and put it into actual combat.

"Which region's battle is this?" Da Ye couldn't help but joke. "Is someone trying to challenge your position as the King of Insects?"

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"call!"

Ah Liu breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "This is a random match, the kind of match mode that a few of us play occasionally."

"What?!" Da Ye's voice suddenly rose, "Random matchmaking?"

Looking back at the title, yes.

I was so busy mocking the speaker bug that I forgot about the words "random battle".

Just as A-Liu said.

As elite players, they would privately use Pokémon bred by the league to engage in similar battles.

However, under normal circumstances, they randomly select Pokémon from their respective preferred attributes to battle.

He knew better than anyone the value of this battle mode.

Because he has never won—

Before Da Ye could speak, A Liu opened another video, "If you really want to say it, he also wants to challenge Granny Kikuno's status as the Earth King."

Da Ye patiently watched.

This time, the title is: "Random Battle Series Part 1: The Incarnation of the Earth is Me?"

Video playback.

But he only watched half of it before turning off the video and whispering a few words of advice.

"Whatever you do, don't let Grandma Kikuno see this video!"

Kikuno, who was originally good at ground-type attacks, could beat him like a grandson.

If this gives the other party some inspiration and they come up with some random tricks, he'll be tortured to death!

"Ahem." A-Liu coughed lightly. "This was forwarded to me by Granny Kikuno, who wanted me to see if it could give me any inspiration."

"Okay, that's all."

Da Ye shrugged and reopened the video.

Since things are already like this, I might as well finish watching it. Maybe I can gain some inspiration from it?

Although the probability is extremely low—

"Huh? Wait a minute, was that trainer on the other side just now Shinri, the Elite Four member of the Padina League??"

As fellow league champions, they basically all know each other.

Ah Liu nodded, "You didn't see wrong."

"So—" Da Ye tugged at A Liu's shoulder, "you mean someone used a Ground-type Pokémon to defeat Xin Li in a random battle??"

"Although your wording is a bit vulgar, it's true. And in that match where the speaker shrew defeated three opponents, the opponent was also the owner of the Padilla region."

"This is incredible, he's a real talent!"

Da Ye's thoughts jumped around, and suddenly the topic changed.

"Does the boss know? We definitely need to recruit someone like this from Sinnoh."

Ah Liu rolled her eyes. "I think you just want someone to handle your affairs."

Da Ye made a shushing gesture.

"Don't be so blunt."

"The boss definitely knows," Ah Liu explained. "If I'm not mistaken, this boy should be the one Wu Song mentioned the other day, the one who seems to be the boss's childhood friend."

"What?!"

Da Ye unleashed his "Loud Roar" again, causing A Liu to experience a ringing in her ears.

I'm used to the chirping of insects, but I still can't stand the screech of monkeys.

"Ugh!"

Da Ye turned around and walked back to his seat, muttering to himself.

"Even if Grandma Kikuno retires and he takes over, my workload won't be less, and it might even be more—after all, the boss is definitely on his side, and my future is completely ruined."

"Ahem!"

Ah Liu coughed for a while.

Da Ye, completely unaware of the meaning behind it, continued to mutter it.

"But you know what, I really want to have a heated battle with a genius trainer like that! It would be best if I could beat him badly in front of the boss, just thinking about it makes me excited."

"Cough cough!!"

"What's wrong with you? You've been coughing since just now."

Da Ye turned his head.

？ ！！

The "big sister" he was referring to was leaning against the door frame, smiling at him, with a Garchomp standing behind her with a playful look in her eyes.

"Danger"

Da Ye felt like these words had popped into her head: "I said I was just kidding, do you believe me, Boss?"

"Never mind whether I believe you or not, you want a heated battle, right? Come on, I'll let Garchomp fight you."

"No way! My 101st battle just ended yesterday, I need a break!!"

"You have no choice, Garchomp, go carry him to the battlefield."

"roar!"

Yes, sir!

The next morning.

Oreki still woke up very early.

-

The concept of time difference seemed to exist entirely for him.

At the same time, Kirlia on the other bed also opened her red eyes.

The look of confusion vanished in an instant. Meeting the trainer's gaze, she silently looked away.

Oreki pointed to Tilley and the little blacksmith next to the other person and made a "shh" gesture.

Kirlian understood, closed her eyes again, but instead of sleeping, she began to meditate.

Of course, this is not a meditation technique, but rather its daily way of training its superpowers.

However, in Oreki's opinion, it is not far from mastering the meditation technique.

Because whenever Kirullian engages in this kind of deep meditation...

Oreki could sense a slight change in its aura.

The kind that's positive and uplifting.

Although its condition will return to normal once the meditation is ended.

But this is much better than learning the Ice Fist incorrectly before.

Let Kirlia train on her own, Oreki opens his phone and logs into "Pikachu Pikachu".

Before going to bed last night, Qishu had already edited and added commentary to the two matches from yesterday afternoon.

Oreki then took the opportunity to add a co-creation element and uploaded the video.

It must be admitted that although Qishu is usually carefree and easygoing, he is actually quite authoritative when it comes to live streaming and video production.

Currently, his account only has three videos.

The first evolution stone strategy has already surpassed three million views and is still rising.

However, the comments section below is clearly flooded with negative reviews.

This is because more and more dojo owners have learned this strategy and are using it in dojo challenges.

With the support of the League, obtaining Evolution Stones under the guise of gym challenges wasn't difficult for them.

This caused great distress to trainers who were new to this strategy.

Gradually, it evolved into, "Go, brothers, go leave bad reviews on Xiumu's videos!!"

Well—black and red are still red, and black and pink are still pink.

Oreki takes it all in stride.

It's clearly your lack of skill that's causing you to blame us for our poor judgment.

What about the tricks used in the next two videos?

First, click on the video titled "Earth Incarnation".

Ok?

Grandma Kikuno's comment?

[Kikuno: Young people really have imagination! They're not bound by types at all, perfectly combining Pokémon moves, abilities, and items. A fantastic video!]

After watching it, Oreki realized that his match could indeed be considered a tutorial on Ground-type Pokémon.

And here's another comment from a ground properties expert.

[Underground Boss: No wonder my daughter speaks so highly of you; your battle strategies are truly excellent.]

Oreki clicked on the other person's homepage.

Unsurprisingly.

Kiku, the Gym Leader of Fantasia City in the Unova region, is an expert in Ground-type moves.

He is also the father of the adorable Ziyu.

The fact that Ziyu, who later became the Fairy King of Blueberry Academy, had a dragon-headed gopher in her party was probably influenced by her father.

A smile flickered across Oreki's lips as he thought of the Purple Flute.

After the match ended, the opponent was pulled away by the other students from Blueberry Academy.

Oreki still remembers the expressions of shared hatred on the students' faces as they left.

All I did was beat up your group's darling.

Is it really necessary?

Then.

Oreki clicked on the third video.

Just by looking at the number of views, it's clear that the video of the speaker is much more popular.

It seems that not only in the game of his past life, but also in the real world, life wasn't easy for the speaker cricket.

Let me see the comments on this video—

[Adventure-loving Oak: I watched all three videos. He's a trainer with great battle thinking and imagination.]

Instead of focusing on high-potential, late-blooming Pokémon, they made full use of tactics to bring out the strength of Pokémon that were not initially favored.

We need to understand that a Pokémon's potential is not determined by its species, but by its training and the bond it forms with its trainer!

This is the original intention behind Pokémon breeding!

By the way, I've carefully checked your previous research on Unown, and it's definitely correct. If you have the chance to visit Pallet Town in Kanto, let's exchange ideas.

"Holy crap, Professor Oak? And it's a super long positive review?!"

Oreki was somewhat surprised.

Originally, he thought his videos would only attract trainers, and at most some gym leaders or Elite Four members would see them and say hello.

I didn't expect Professor Oak to come too?

That's incorrect.

If I remember correctly, Professor Oak was already the undisputed king of the world back in the days when competitive battles were all the rage.

Oh, these are all minor matters.

First, I'd like to give Professor Oak's comment a thumbs up.

As for the other party's invitation.

Oreki still says the same thing: Next time for sure!

If I have the chance, I'll definitely go to Pallet Town to take a look. I wonder if this world is green, red, or belongs to Gary and Ash?

I scrolled down to read the comments.

Apart from Professor Oak, no other professors were seen.

Some gym leaders specializing in bug-type skills have come to liven things up, such as Abi and Violet, who both said they would add this strategy to gym challenges.

Let us once again observe a moment of silence for the new trainers.

Huh?

How did such a strange person end up in here?

[Overheated Large Leaf: I forgot the beginning, middle, and end of the sentence. Anyway, I'm sorry!]

???

What does it mean?

After investigating, Oreki confirmed that it was indeed Daiyo himself.

Why is this guy apologizing for no reason?

Bégué, located in the southwestern corner of the Padiya region, is a well-known town for its pottery production.

After yesterday's final, Lip extended another invitation, making Oreki realize that she wasn't just being polite.

So, after greeting Ye Ci, he rushed to Beigu Town.

However, it must be said that Niangguang City and Beigu Town are quite far apart.

It took him the entire morning to ride the motorcycle lizard from the Speed ​​Taxi Company.

"Thank you, Motor Lizard."

After Oreki got off the "motorcycle", he casually conjured up an energy cube.

The motor lizard paused for a moment, showing some resistance.

Putting aside the company rules against "taking bribes and demanding favors," what can this little gadget even do?

:

:

Does it get stuck between your teeth?

I usually eat at least two sandwiches per meal.

but--

It seems like I can't leave at all!

Motorcycle Lizard was stunned as it stared at the passenger forcefully gripping its forearm.

You mean, you just grabbed my motorcycle without batting an eye?

Got it!

I have no choice but to eat it now.

The motor lizard is very obedient.

Bow your head and gently hold the energy cube.

In just a moment, its resistance turned into surprise, and then a sense of lingering aftertaste.

"Gari!"

"That's all, go back now. Put the blame on your Gym Leader, Kiju, in Nijigasaki City."

Oreki waved goodbye.

"Gari—"

The motor lizard then turned around, still seemingly unsatisfied.

On the way back, it felt that its stamina had improved.

I must give this passenger a ride again if I have the chance!

At this moment, its ideal five-star passenger had arrived at the entrance of the Hakudokan.

However, to Oreki's surprise, there was not only Lip at the door, but also a girl wearing sportswear with hair that looked like Exeggutor.

It was Huang Bo, who was about to become the combat studies teacher at Orange Academy.

"Oreki-senpai, you've arrived."

Lip greeted everyone gracefully.

Huang Bo, standing beside him, smiled and said, "Junior Brother Oreki, long time no see!"

Huang Bo and Lip have been best friends since childhood, and they were even in the same class when they studied at Orange Academy.

Because he lost to Ripple in a Pokémon battle bet, she asked him to take charge of the gym test before the Bacon Gym Challenge.

It's just a small bully.

In a while, I will not only be responsible for teaching combat skills at the academy, but I will also have to come back on weekends to conduct gym tests.

Are the Padiyas all born with the bodies of cattle and horses?

With that thought in mind, Oreki responded with a smile.

"Hello, senior students."

"Wow, this junior's charisma is getting more and more outstanding."

Huangbo didn't seem like they hadn't seen each other in a long time at all, and joked with Oreki in a very familiar manner.

"How about it? Want to do some 'joy, anger, surprise, and happiness' exercises with your senior?"

"Abi, stop fooling around," Lip interrupted. "Junior, as agreed yesterday, I'll have Gardevoir teach your Kirlia."

With that, Lip released her Gardevoir.

Kirlia followed closely behind, running out of the Poké Ball.

"Sana~"

"Chiru".

The two Pokémon, one big and one small, greeted each other.

"Wait a moment."

Oreki suddenly spoke.

"Senior, why don't you let Gallade join too? My little guy really likes fighting games."

Although Kirlia can't learn physical fighting moves like close-quarters combat, it might actually help with its fighting skills.

Therefore, Oreki made this suggestion.

Upon hearing this, Huang Bo also released his Çalhan and Wrestling Hawkman.

"In that case, let's do it together!"

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