This kind of title was something Kairos had thought through carefully before choosing.
If he was going to use streaming to attract viewers, the stream title definitely needed to have explosive appeal.
If he actually lost, worst-case scenario, he'd just give away that ¥2,056,250 red envelope.
But then again...
Losing was impossible! There was no way he'd lose in this lifetime!
As Kairos finished configuring his team and started his stream, he also initiated matchmaking for doubles mode.
Compared to singles mode, doubles mode had more operational and combination possibilities, naturally testing players' commanding skills and battle understanding more, making it more popular with players.
Right now, Kairos quickly matched with an opponent.
The opposing trainer's avatar was a boy wearing a straw hat, with the game ID [Bug-types Rule the World!]
As the battle animation played, his opponent sent out two starting Pokémon: a Beedrill and a Beautifly.
Kairos figured this was probably a new player, since his team consisted of Beedrill, Beautifly, Butterfree, Ariados, Dustox, and Venomoth.
You could tell he really loved Bug-type Pokémon.
Thinking this, Kairos glanced at the Pidgeot in his own team—fully configured for speed with Choice Band.
Hmm...
Bro, liking them is one thing, but you'd better have considered type coverage.
Facts proved Kairos's guess was correct.
The opponent's six Bug-types didn't have a single move that could effectively hit Flying-types.
After Pidgeot's one-sided massacre, he easily won the battle.
By this time, people had gradually started filtering into his stream—about ten or so total.
Most of them were naturally attracted by Kairos's stream title.
[Another new streamer, this challenge content... is he serious?]
[Will you really give away ¥2,056,250 if you lose one match? Waiting for the streamer to go bankrupt!]
[Why doesn't the streamer have his camera on?]
Kairos wasn't in a hurry to respond to these comments:
"Yes, 100% win rate zero-spending climb to Master Ball, lose one match and directly give away ¥2,056,250."
"Welcome, everyone, to the stream."
He continued matching for his next opponent.
[Battle Road] was a world-class phenomenon-level popular game with quite a large player base. According to Dream Factory's statistics, the player count was even calculated in the hundreds of millions.
Under these circumstances, those who stayed in Poké Ball tier were either newbies or people with battle understanding comparable to terminal cancer who were just playing for fun.
The opponents Kairos matched this afternoon were naturally all of this type.
With his basic understanding of combat, he quickly achieved a 10-win streak.
His ranking score had also increased substantially, reaching 1950 points. Just one more win would get him to the next tier, "Great Ball."
After finishing his 10th battle, Kairos tabbed out of the game and added a few words to his stream title.
[Current Win Streak: 10]
As the title changed and victories continued, viewers in the stream gradually increased, reaching around seventy to eighty.
Some skeptical comments naturally began appearing.
[Zero-spending can reach Master Ball? Yeah right, if you can reach Ultra Ball, I'll send you a rocket on the spot.]
[Perfect record? Dude, you probably don't know about the game's matchmaking system, do you?]
[People these days will say anything for views, then won't follow through when they lose.]
Kairos just glanced at these comments without responding, directly setting up a lottery window instead.
This kind of stream lottery was under official platform supervision.
In other words, once he failed, it would automatically distribute a ¥2,056,250 red envelope in the stream!
As soon as the lottery window appeared, the entire stream's atmosphere instantly changed.
[GG! The streamer came here to do charity!]
[Though the streamer's a good person, I'm really waiting here for you to lose...]
Actually, you couldn't blame people for reacting this way. [Battle Road]'s matchmaking system was quite intelligent.
When you won consecutively in a certain tier, the ranking points gained from each victory would continuously increase.
Going from Poké Ball to Great Ball normally required at least 50 net wins to advance, but Kairos had only won 10 matches and was just 50 points away from promotion.
But correspondingly, once consecutive wins exceeded 10 matches, the opponents you'd match with would also be players with extremely high win streaks!
And if you could continue winning under these circumstances, you'd skip several major tiers and match against much stronger top-tier players!
This design was naturally intended to prevent people from maliciously smurfing in low tiers.
So in the viewers' eyes, the challenge Kairos had set was essentially an impossible mission.
At this time, with the traffic brought by the lottery window setup, another wave of people flooded into the stream.
[Just arrived, how's this streamer's skill level?]
[I watched the last few matches, the streamer's level is actually pretty good. Though he only uses common Pokémon, his operations and commands are quite solid.]
[Pfft, just seal-clubbing in Poké Ball tier. Once his win streak gets higher, he'll show his true colors immediately.]
As the chat discussed, Kairos pressed the match button again.
This matchmaking took considerably longer—over ten seconds before showing "match found."
This time's opponent was a player with red hair and sunglasses, named "Dragon-types Are Strongest!"
Seeing this name, Kairos couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. How was this different from that "Bug-types Are Strongest" from before?
Just finished with the Bug Catcher boy, now came the Dragon Tamer boy?
But soon, he noticed something off.
Why was this player's name so bright?
Not only was the font dynamic, but it was flashing with cool red light...
Right now, the stream chat has completely exploded.
[Holy crap, it's Red Name Bro! The whale collector is here!!!]
[Hahaha streamer, you're done for, you matched with a pay-to-win big shot.]
[Too late to disconnect now, might as well start the red envelope giveaway, streamer.]
[Just got a 10-win streak and matched Red Name Bro, moment of silence.]
Scanning the chat, Kairos immediately understood.
No wonder the name was so flashy—turned out he was a whale.
To unlock and collect all Pokémon in this game would cost at least several hundred thousand yen, right?
But...
He rolled his shoulders.
So what if you spent money?
I'm here to beat up you pay-to-win players!
Meanwhile, in the Johto region, Goldenrod City.
In the study of a certain villa, a red-haired man in a black cape sat in front of his computer.
With a handsome face and an aura belonging to the strong.
He was none other than the former Champion of Kanto and Johto regions, now Dragon-type Elite Four member—Lance!
Right now, Lance's mouth curved up slightly, clearly in a good mood.
The game Red had recommended to him was indeed quite interesting.
Just spending a little money, he could experience some Pokémon he'd never raised or encountered before.
Playing occasionally in his spare time was quite mood-lifting.
It's just that these low-tier players were too weak, making battles somewhat boring. Since he rarely had free time today, he needed to quickly climb the rankings.
Maybe... he could even match with old acquaintances like Cynthia later.
As Lance pondered, the match-successful interface popped up on screen.
Looking at the opposing trainer avatar that was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face at night, Lance couldn't help but unconsciously read his opponent's name aloud.
"Decent... Person?"
"???"
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