Chapter Three: First Victory

March 28

"You want it all? Lol, leave some for us!🤣"

"Sure, greed knows no limits!🗣"

"Little girl, just choose one already!🗿"

Seeing the chat explode with comments, Diana stuck out her tongue playfully.

"Since I can't have them all, I have to choose wisely..."

Diana stayed to check out the Pokémon in each red and white ball.

The first one revealed a small red dinosaur. The Pokémon's name was Charmander.

"Not good, next one."

Diana immediately chose to pass.

The second ball revealed a green creature similar to the game icon but much smaller and cuter.

"Wow, isn't this a jerk?"

She grinned. "Bulbasaur? More like Bulba-bore!"

"I don't want this one, guys... no way."

Passing on Bulbasaur, Diana moved to the last ball. Inside was a blue turtle—Squirtle.

"My god, this turtle is so cute, wow!"

Having passed on the first two, she quickly chose Squirtle.

After making her choice, Diana initiated a vote in the live broadcast room to see which of the three Pokémon was most popular among her fans.

The result was clear: Bulbasaur was the favorite.

"Huh, Gary has to choose his starting Pokémon too?" she noticed.

Gary, the rival in the game, had to choose from the remaining two balls. His choice was Bulbasaur.

"Wow, did this game sneak a peek at the chat in the live stream?"

"He actually chose the jerk?! A wise choice!🙃"

"Gary knows more about live streaming than Diana!🗿🗿🗿"

Seeing Gary's choice, her fans in the live stream burst out laughing.

Diana had just held a vote, and the fans voted for Bulbasaur, which Gary then chose.

"He knows too much!"

"Humph, what if he chose that Pokémon?" Diana said seriously. "If he battles me, my Squirtle will definitely beat him!"

The chat filled with laughter: "I don't believe it🤣🤣," "Try it if you can!😈," and "Go for it!"

Gary in the game launched his first challenge to Diana.

"Really?" Diana hesitated. She had been joking, but now Gary was challenging her. Encouraged by her fans, she accepted the challenge.

In a burst of melodious battle music, Diana's Squirtle faced off against Gary's Bulbasaur. But Gary's Bulbasaur quickly defeated Squirtle.

"Hahaha! As expected, Diana!🤣🤣"

"Did someone say they would defeat Gary and Bulbasaur on the first try? Lol!"

"Chad Bulbasaur vs. Virgin Squirtle!"

"Girl, you didn't even last three moves! Lol!"

"Little girl No. 1 is done. Time for little girl No. 2 to take over!"

Diana's fans overwhelmed the chat. No one expected the final mini-game to have such an engaging concept. Diana herself was stunned.

Ignoring the settings, Diana chose to restart and register a new account. She wanted an account with zero defeats.

"Little girl No. 2, starting again with Squirtle!"

"Thank you for the $20 chat from 'God of Losers'... I wasn't serious just now, but I won't lose next time!" Diana promised with a determined face.

Again, she chose Squirtle, and Gary chose Bulbasaur.

With the experience of her first defeat, Diana was more skilled now.

"See? This is my true strength!"

After defeating Gary, Diana cheered: "Where are those who laughed at me? Come out and apologize!"

"Girl, you're acting like you won a championship after beating the first opponent!"

"Wow, you're so happy after passing the novice tutorial?"

"This is the only one on PaidTube. After the novice tutorial, she acts like she won the championship!"

The fans in the live stream interacted intensely with Diana.

"Hey, you guys are so arrogant now!"

Diana snorted: "Remember what I said before. From now on, I won't lose until I clear the game!"

With a determined spirit, Diana started the next part of her journey. After passing Route 001, she entered the next city, obtained an item from Professor Oak, and returned to the starting city to complete the first system mission.

She received items called Pokédex and Poké Ball.

"So this red and white ball is called a Poké Ball!"

"Pokémon Pokédex? It's quite functional!"

"Is this really just a mini-game? The world-building is impressive."

"I just checked the game store. This game is less than 10MB!"

"Less than 10MB? The content feels richer than many big games!"

"This game is only $9. I've already downloaded it. After watching Diana's live broadcast, I'm going to play it myself!"

"I'll download it too. $9 is too cheap!"

Watching Diana play, many fans in the live stream were inspired to download the game. In an era when small games started at $20 and big games at $50, a game for less than $10 with such strong gameplay was a welcome surprise.

Of course, they didn't forget about Diana.

"Wow, we're in a forest now?"

"This Weedle is disgusting, kill it!"

"Huh? Why is my screen flickering? Is there a virus on my computer?"

"Wait a minute... why is my Squirtle dead? What's going on?!"

"Could there be bugs in this game?"