Ten minutes after Teacher Lu's video was published, the comment sections exploded.
"Grandpa, your followed UP master updated!"
"UP master unprofessional series??"
"Holy crap, late-night poisoning!"
"Posting food videos late at night, please be human!"
"Damn, this cuisine actually glows?!"
Bilibili residents immediately discovered Teacher Lu's new video.
Originally expecting more dirty tactics, everyone devoutly clicked videos, hoping Teacher Lu was okay.
But unexpectedly, Teacher Lu, this guy actually switched to food blogging?!
Switching careers was acceptable, but who posts at 1 AM!
More critically, this cuisine looked genuinely legitimate.
Golden roast paired with viscous sauce, plus filters and warm BGM...
"Holy crap, starving unbearably!"
"Why'd I click this video late at night?"
"Teacher Lu, your coins are gone!"
Besides roast appearances being tempting, Gastly's mukbang was another highlight.
That ravenous appearance made people involuntarily swallow.
Rich hot steam nearly floated from the videos.
Gastly nearly finished eating the roast. Five minutes' torture were ending. Teacher Lu served himself another portion...
"Never seen such shameless persons!"
"Suggest changing to: Repeat Broadcast."
"Not joking, Teacher Lu's skills seem genuinely excellent."
Even from a professional angle, no flaws existed in Teacher Lu's culinary techniques.
Gaming streamers possessing such culinary levels exceeded fans' expectations.
Moreover, this was Teacher Lu's first on-camera appearance.
Slender fingers, cooking profiles, paired with warm, tranquil BGM...
"Suddenly tearing up somehow?"
"This is freaking Teacher Lu??"
"Handsome guy, who are you? Return our streamer!"
From cooking tutorials to filming and editing techniques, the food video was already impeccable.
Teacher Lu also imitated parallel world Midnight Diner styles, lacking flashy showmanship and only slightly magnetic narrations.
Foreseeably, these editing techniques would trigger Lifestyle section food blogger trend waves.
What surprised audiences more was the video ending.
Gastly, while plate-licking appeared unsatisfied, finally directly evolved?!
Does cuisine also make a Pokémon evolve?
Was this new evolution research?
"I'm freaking dumbfounded. There's this evolution method!"
"Could Teacher Lu also be a breeder?!"
Among breeders, chef categories specialising in culinary Pokémon breeding genuinely existed.
Like Sinnoh region's Poffins, Galar region's Gigantamax Soup and curry, etc.
Cuisine having Pokémon breeding effects was an indisputable fact, but...
Wasn't Teacher Lu a tactical master? How'd he become breeders?!
"Is this the strong's world?"
"Handsome already, now cooks too?"
"Lu-bao, loved, loved!"
...
Pewter City, Deep Grey Gym.
After comforting younger siblings, coaxing them to sleep, it was late at night.
Stern-faced men stretched lazily, squinting eyes, smiling toward their back brothers. "Thanks, Jiro. Rest early, too."
Jiro, resembling Brock seventy per cent, nodded, walking doorways before returning, seriously stating, "Brother, you also worked hard!"
"What nonsense." Brock smiled, patting Jiro's head. "These are my duties."
Though Deep Grey Gym's Kanto League strength was recognised, merely maintaining the Gym using the salary and maintaining nine younger siblings also remained quite difficult.
Therefore, Brock, besides Gym Leader, also worked as a Pewter Museum guard, obtaining Kabutops then.
Besides being a trainer, Brock was also an excellent breeder.
Arriving at the computer, Brock maintained daily breeding method learning habits. Vision was attracted by the rapidly rising popularity of a video.
"Late Night Diner?" Brock squinted, murmuring. "Culinary videos?"
Brock's own culinary levels were quite good.
But this video had "Breeder" tags, making Brock somewhat curious.
"Culinary method breeding Pokémon?"
Breeders possessed quite numerous functions and categories.
Egg hatching, grooming, and cooking... all belonged to the breeders' part.
Strictly speaking, Gold and Green counted as Pokémon breeders.
Including Red-mentioned juniors, the Sinnoh region's Diamond excelled using Poffins breeding Pokémon.
Clicking video, Brock stone-faced, meticulously observing cooking processes.
Though the techniques appeared somewhat green, it was otherwise impeccable.
At the video's ending, Gastly's evolution scenes made Brock slightly open his eyes.
"Sensationalism?"
"No, Gastly genuinely evolved from eating cuisine."
Brock rubbed his chin, muttering.
"Cuisine-contained emotions, or other breeding techniques?"
In this Pokémon world, emotional energy was a mystical thing, but genuinely existed.
Viridian Power briefly pushed Pokémon beyond limits. Even legendary Bond phenomena leveraged emotional energy.
This Gastly had extremely high intimacy with its owner.
Owner-made cuisine and contained emotions were critical reasons prompting Gastly's evolution.
"Really..." Brock slightly smiled.
"Quite excellent breeder!"
Breeders' most important quality was loving Pokémon hearts.
Merely this video generated Brock's recognition toward Teacher Lu.
Brock 'whoosh' clenched fists, entire face becoming extremely serious.
This was two men's, two breeders' mutual appreciation!
Intending communication, Brock deliberated extensively before sending Teacher Lu private messages.
Solid as Rock: Hello.
Half-hour silence.
Lu Ye just finished instant noodles, returning to see over thirty thousand dropped followers.
"Damn, too realistic!" Lu Ye raised eyebrows.
"I was thinking I filmed quite well!"
Fortunately, follower counts steadily rose. Lu Ye didn't panic, obsessively clicking private message interfaces.
After cancelling numerous red dots, one "Solid as Rock" ID attracted Lu Ye's attention.
This ID's avatar showed badge patterns, styled as grey equilateral octagons, precisely Rock-type's Deep Grey Gym.
Lu Ye twitched his mouth corners, clicking the opponent's homepage. Immediately appeared a squinting, robust, large man.
"One more doesn't matter." Lu Ye sighed, replying.
Teacher Lu: Are you there? Come, Join the group!