Chapter 3

As soon as Luke's stream room opened, the barrage of comments began.

"Finally! Been waiting for ages!"

"Yes! But why no cam? Turn on the webcam pls"

"Your video about the Toxic tactic is really cruel! You should be in jail!"

Luke quickly opened "Pokemon: Battle" while also reading the barrage of comments.

"Why no cam? Well, I need over 100,000 subscriptions for it to show up." he said shamelessly.

In a blink of an eye, a series of question marks flashed.

[???]

Is this guy a fucking sellout? Although the sound of his voice is quite good and pleasant, are you so ashamed of your face that you don't want us to see it?

"Ten-year old fan here! Luke-Sensei is definitely a handsome dude!"

"No one really pays attention to Luke-Sensei just to look at his face right? There's no effing way!"

"There are lots of Luke-Sensei's faces in his past videos. It takes less than five seconds to find it, he's definitely not bad, definitely on par with Brycen, being an actor is not a bad career choice, you could be in a cast with Diantha!"

Even though there is a lot of praise, Luke's not shy at all. After all, he's quite a confident guy.

"Thank you for the comments from everyone… just know that a new movie will be released… It's coming soon. I will discuss the script with Diantha first." he said jokingly.

"Thanks to "Mother Machamp" for the 1000 Yen donation… But I'm not going to talk about machamp today… instead, I will continue to bring you some Pokémon Battle tutorials."

The comments are suddenly quite united once he said that.

"Let's do the Substitute-Toxic-Protect tactic tutorial again!"

"BulbasaurIsBae: My Starter Pokemon happens to be Bulbasaur, I need details here! details!"

Luke glanced at the barrage of comments.

"Thank you for the 1000 yen donation sent by 'BulbasaurIsBae'... For those who can afford the 3 Starters, it shouldn't be a problem to evolve it into Venusaur quickly… alright then, let's talk about Venusaur's tactical positioning."

Luke opens the team editor in the game and drags Venusaur into the team comp.

"Venusaur has many different styles, such as the Sunny day Team tactic, which uses Chlorophyll to boost Venusaur's speed, or on the basis of Substitute-Toxic-Protect tactic, you can make your Venusaur learn Synthesis and Leech Seed and play the role of being a wall. It's too complicated to explain, so I'll show you a demonstration instead."

The screen then cuts to the game screen, and Luke matches with an international player from the Johto region, with an ID of "Billiard boy".

"Wow a Johtonese(E/N: Johtoan?), Yoroshiku Onagishimashu...."

Luke greeted the player as a sign of friendliness in Japanese while finishing his Venusaur build.

The first Pokémon that the opponent chose was a Typhlosion named "Exbo(E/N: or Explorato depending on the publisher…)".

—

[Kanto, Pallet Town]

The girl with an orange ponytail, gently patted her flushed cheeks, and took a deep breath.

"It's okay, it's just watching the movie together. He shouldn't be thinking much…"

She gathered up her courage, Yellow of the Viridian forest rang the doorbell nervously after a long session of self-talk, and suddenly, a male voice came from the intercom.

"Oh, It's you." Red said with a smile, "The door is open, you can go straight to the second floor."

Into Red's house? Yellow could only feel that her cheeks are getting hotter, but she is a little excited deep down.

'At this time, he should be training right?' She thought.

Opening the door somewhat cautiously, a silhouette jumped down from the second floor and rushed into the arms of Yellow.

"Pika– chu~~!"

"Long time no see, Pikachu." Yellow smiled and stroked Pikachu gently.

"Pika!" Pikachu jumped down happily, before jumping down again and leaped up the stairs flexibly.

Yellow then lifts her head towards the stair, and her face turns red in a moment.

At the entrance of the corridor, a young man with short black hair and firm eyes caught Pikachu, he put Pikachu on his shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Yellow, I found a very interesting Trainer today!"

—

[In Red's room]

The room is clean and tidy. The cupboards are full of trophies from Red's previous adventures, but the furnishings are simple, with only one bed and one computer.

"Just sit down!" Red said to Yellow.

But then he realized that there is only one chair in the room, that that chair is for himself in front of the computer.

"I- just sit on the bed…" Red said in embarrassment.

Yellow blushed, and whispered in a soft voice. "It's alright…"

Red scratched his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up. "Yes, Yellow, come and see this!"

Yellow leaned over, pulled up her hair to the side of her ear, and said curiously: "This is not your usual… What are you playing?"

"Pokemon: Battle." Red said with a smile. "It's very similar to a real battle. It needs to be directed by a microphone in real time. I use this to relax when I'm tired from training."

"You… Even when you are resting, you are still battling..." Yellow's cheeks slightly flushed.

But Red didn't pay attention, and excitedly said: "You watch this guy's stream! This person has a great understanding of Venusaur's tactics! Unless you're also a powerful Trainer in reality, it is impossible to have this kind of consciousness. ahhhh, I really want to play against him and exchange Venusaur's training experience!"

"Pika chu~!"

"haha, Pikachu, you want to fight him too, right?"

Yellow looked at the stream curiously. It's a classic 6V6, Master-rank matchup, with two players with an ID of "Luke-Sensei" and "Billiard boy".

Because it is an international stream, the platform comes with real-time subtitle translation, so that these two people can also understand "Luke-Sensei's" commentary.

"Wow! Billiard boy sends Typhlosion! named Exbo?"

Venusaur is obviously at a disadvantage against Typhlosion, but Venusaur uses "Toxic + Protect", and Typhlosion was consumed slowly but surely.

Subsequently, Venusaur also defeated Ambipom and Sunflora one after another.

From beginning to end, the 'I-want-to-see-blood' Luke-Sensei only sent Venusaur, but KO'd three Pokemons.

A series of question marks filled the screen.

"Holy shit, Venusaur is swiping! Even though Typhlosion can easily OHKO'd it!"

"Luke-Sensei is not so unlucky anymore :'( my entertainment is over!!"

"Stop, this is not a Pokémon Battle at all! It's a slaughter!"

Yellow noticed the name of Luke's opponent, and muttered: "Red, this ID, shouldn't it be…"

"Ah, It should be Gold." Red coughed, "I remember he loved playing this game…"

In the stream, Leech Seed quickly formed a vine and plunged into Togekiss's body. Continuously drawing energy from it. Togekiss wailed and flapped his wings, but the Air Slash he waved was resisted by a layer of crystal clear barrier.

During the livestream, Luke's commentary suddenly came: "hold on and stall, the other side can't even do anything. Toxic can be replaced by Leech Seed, though both of them are better."

Togekiss has a purple symbol of poisoning, but he is still tortured by the vines formed by Leech Seed.

Even if Togekiss' attack wasn't really that fatal and Venusaur is not dying, Luke still let Venusaur use Synthesis…

The barrage of comments continued in the livestream, commenting random stuff.

"Please have mercy on him!"

"Is this Substitute-Toxic-Protect tactic? I love it!"

"One defeats four! Venusaur defeats four!"

With a thumping sound, Togekiss in the screen fell from the air and fainted.

On the other hand, Venusaur is not only almost full health, but also wants to do another Synthesis…

Yellow can't help but sigh softly: "The timing is very good! "

"Yes." Red nodded, "Even Gold is not his opponent at all."

The viewers are watching the battle in excitement. "Pokemon: Battle" is a real-time command-simulation battle, which is enough to reflect the Trainer's tactical qualities. Different from ordinary viewers, Red and Yellow, the two powerful Trainers, saw something deeper——

The key in Substitute-Toxic-Protect tactic is the precise control of timing, which extremely tests Trainer's commanding ability.

It is certain that this 'streamer' with an ID of "Luke-Sensei" is definitely an experienced Trainer.

Even… even Gold is not his opponent!

"Now you know why I didn't go training today." Red said with a smile.

"Watching the trainer's battle, this is an important part of training!"

Yellow wanted to complain, this is obviously a game!

But even for a game, this is no less than a semi-professional Pokémon Battle.

Yellow with her curiosity in her heart burning, and Red in his excitement, continued to watch the livestream attentively.