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The moment after the world announcement appeared, all the players in the Pokémon World who saw it were instantly shocked.
"What the hell!? Legendary Pokémon? What's that? Isn't this supposed to be the world of Pokémon?"
"That's right, what exactly is a Legendary Pokémon? How could a Legendary Pokémon appear among regular Pokémon?"
"I know, I know! I've occasionally heard the NPCs mention that Legendary Pokémon are equivalent to gods among Pokémon. They're incredibly rare to encounter. Boss Eddie actually found one? That's incredible!"
"Hey, the person above—you're completely missing the main point here!"
"Exactly! Boss Eddie didn't just encounter the Legendary Pokémon—he actually defeated it!"
"Is this what a legendary god-tier player looks like!? Someone strong enough to defeat a Legendary Pokémon—is he really not using cheats!?"
"It's hard to say anymore. I honestly don't know. This news is too unbelievable. I can't confidently say that Boss Eddie isn't cheating anymore."
Almost everyone opened the game forums and discussed frantically about Eddie defeating the Legendary Pokémon.
This time, even the supporters who had firmly stood on Eddie's side were beginning to wonder whether Eddie might be cheating.
After all, these were Legendary Pokémon. Even if they'd never seen one themselves, they could tell from occasional mentions by the game's NPCs that Legendary Pokémon were by no means weak. On the contrary, they were essentially gods in the Pokémon world and were no less powerful than the legendary deities from their own world.
"There was no ranking update this time, but the game still made a world announcement saying that Eddie is a top-tier player. Is this an official acknowledgment!?"
"Finally, this god-tier player has become so powerful that even the game system has to officially recognize how strong Boss Eddie is."
"No, no, no—I've always firmly believed that Eddie must be an official insider. Otherwise, why would he be so overpowered? This has to be some kind of backdoor operation!!!"
"Hey, you above—even if they could do that secretly, have you ever seen a game that would dare to be this blatant about it?"
"Exactly. If you suspect someone of cheating and nobody says anything to you, that's one thing. But suspecting someone of being an official plant is just ridiculous."
"He's not cheating. I'm a hacker who can break through certain government firewalls. Many of my colleagues and I have tried to find vulnerabilities in this game and create cheats. However, so far, nobody has been able to hack into this game, and nobody has been able to create any functioning cheat program."
"There are no cheats for this game. I'm a senior programmer who works for the government. I can't find any entry point for this game except through the helmet interface. There are no cheats possible for this game—it simply can't be done."
Seeing that everyone was suspecting Eddie of cheating, some people with technical expertise came forward to clarify the situation.
They weren't necessarily supporting Eddie—they were simply stating a fact: this game couldn't be hacked and there were no cheats available for it.
"Everyone! Face reality! He's what we call a god-tier player who can even defeat Legendary Pokémon! He's just that exceptional!"
"Haven't you seen the video of him appearing in Pallet Town? His Garchomp was incredibly powerful, and you could genuinely feel the fierce, intimidating aura it radiated. Why won't you believe that Boss Eddie is actually that strong?"
"That's right—Garchomp isn't even his first Pokémon, and Eddie has eleven other Pokémon just as powerful!"
"Boss Eddie has twelve such terrifying Pokémon, so what's so unbelievable about him defeating a Legendary Pokémon?"
"People are just jealous. They're just being sour."
Anyway, although some people didn't support Eddie, after seeing him appear in the Pallet Town video, most observers could judge just how strong Eddie actually was.
They'd never seen a Legendary Pokémon themselves, but Eddie's strength had been clearly demonstrated. If the Legendary Pokémon was weaker than they'd imagined, then it wouldn't be impossible for Eddie to defeat it.
Based on this reasoning, although the neutral players weren't Eddie's fans, they were also speaking up for him at this moment.
"Wait! Everyone, check the potential rankings!"
"What about the potential rankings? Oh my god... This can't be real!"
Pokémon Potential Rankings:
First Place: Pikachu, Potential: Legendary, Owner: Eddie
Second Place: Charizard, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Third Place: Greninja, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Fourth Place: Sceptile, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Fifth Place: Lucario, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Sixth Place: Garchomp, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Seventh Place: Pupitar, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Eighth Place: Gengar, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Ninth Place: Snorlax, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
Tenth Place: Eevee, Potential: Champion, Owner: Eddie
"That reward—the collective potential upgrade. I didn't really grasp it when I first heard about it, but seeing it like this..."
"How terrifying! An entire row of Pokémon with Champion-level potential, and they all belong to Boss Eddie alone!"
"That Pikachu has the potential to reach Legendary status?"
"So the potential of Legendary Pokémon is above Champion level. How can an ordinary Pokémon possibly reach that level?"
"Come on, if it weren't for this system reward, this probably wouldn't even be possible..."
"By the way, what does that new PS note mean..."
"..."
The players fell silent. At this moment, Eddie had defeated a Legendary Pokémon, and this new note had appeared on the ranking list.
They didn't dare to speculate further and didn't even delve into the meaning of Pikachu's Legendary potential or Eddie's final reward of a Master Ball.
At this moment, Eddie's achievements weren't just spreading throughout the Pokémon World.
In the real world, Eddie's popularity had already reached significant levels because of the Pallet Town video, so quite a few people were already paying attention to him.
After all, they understood deep in their hearts just how powerful Pokémon were and felt an inexplicable fear about the arrival of Pokémon power in reality.
As the strongest among all players, if Eddie's strength were translated to the real world, he would essentially be a one-man army. How could they not pay attention to him?
And at this moment, he'd defeated a Legendary Pokémon—the kind of Legendary Pokémon that, according to the game's NPCs, could potentially destroy the world.
Anyway, now it wasn't just some people paying attention to Eddie—practically everyone who had noticed something unusual about this game was watching him closely.
There were government officials from various countries, as well as far-sighted players and intellectuals who didn't even play games. Of course, even people who didn't play games would pay attention to a topic like "man defeats god."
No matter what, Eddie would now be truly famous worldwide—at least, that was certainly true in the real world.