"Phew—what a thoroughly satisfying battle."
After Iono surrendered, a bold VICTORY sign quickly appeared on Qingyu's screen.
Claiming yet another flashy win, Qingyu leaned back with his hands behind his head, a satisfied smile on his face.
"So—did you all learn my self-created Self-Destruct Spike tactic?"
[Learned it straight into the trash. Heading offline to challenge the streamer with Explosion right now!][How am I supposed to learn this, damn it? Streamer, how could you do it—your Pokémon are crying, hey!][Remember this site's domain—Tiantian Novel, great experience, is awesome][Hey, didn't the streamer say this tactic is only recommended for use in games?][Once the strategy's set up, you don't get to complain!]
While the chat devolved into mutual roasting, Qingyu quietly glanced at the time in the bottom-right corner.
Yeah. About time.
"Thanks everyone for the gifts! Once I finish thanking them, the stream's ending~"
The match with Iono not only pulled in more viewers—it also brought in noticeably more donations than yesterday.
"Thanks to 'Miss Curious Iono's Magnemite POV' for the Full Restore… huh, I'm actually pretty curious about this too. Any bros wanna lend me one to explain?""Thanks to 'When Is the Streamer Buying a Webcam' for the Ultra Ball.""That question's up for debate. Maybe one day when I head out and remember, there'll be a camera."
Even though the gift names had turned into all kinds of Pokémon items, Qingyu was already an old hand at thanking donors.
Praising the bosses for their generosity and chatting a bit with viewers, he quickly wrapped up the final segment of the stream.
"All done—class dismissed!"
Just moments ago, the chat had been happily chatting away. Then, in a blink, the screen went black.
Leaving tens of thousands of viewers staring in confusion.
[Such a fast cut… If there's one thing the streamer's mastered, it's ending streams faster and faster…][Only streams for one hour a day—how can there be such a lazy dog of a streamer?!][Wait a sec—streamer, did you forget to assign homework?]
…
After securing eleven consecutive wins, Qingyu sprawled back in his chair and stretched lazily.
With Steven Stone, the Hoenn Champion, giving him a boost in exposure, he'd basically caught all that traffic, right?
Only one day after creating the account, he'd gained nearly thirty thousand followers through two streams and one video. Those numbers were absolutely explosive.
This—this is what a big streamer (Youth Edition) looks like!
But… today, the system hadn't popped up to issue a mission?
It was only now that Qingyu belatedly realized this.
Up to this point, he knew of only one way to gain Growth Points: system missions.
If Eevee wanted to keep traveling to other regions, then he'd definitely need to squeeze a lot more Growth Points out of this system.
With a thought, a transparent light screen appeared before his eyes once more.
[With your strategy understanding that's essentially a dimensionality-reduction strike against this era, your stream going viral is only a matter of time.][Of course, you haven't forgotten your ultimate goal for streaming—revitalizing the Gym.][How to channel your popularity into the now largely forgotten Gym, and make Sunshine Gym great again, is the only thing you need to consider right now.][Mission: Take on the responsibility of the Gym's successor and achieve your first victory against a Gym challenger.][Reward: Elesa's Gym Management Guide.][Daily missions unlocked: Accumulate popularity for Sunshine Gym through streaming. Popularity will be converted into Growth Points accordingly.][Stream ended. Growth Points gained this stream: 43.96]
"What the hell?"
Qingyu raised an eyebrow.
He could understand daily missions appearing, but this stream had tens of thousands of viewers—yet it only converted to less than fifty points…
The ratio felt absurdly low. It wasn't even enough for a single trip.
Maybe it was because Sunshine Gym wasn't open yet, so viewers were focusing more on him than on the Gym?
Still, what really caught his attention was the main mission reward the system had listed.
Elesa's Gym Management Guide.
Judging by the name, it was similar to the last reward—Green's Training Notes—both being textbook-level experience summaries in a specific field.
Elesa, the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City in the Unova region, just like Iono, specialized in Electric-type Pokémon.
Compared to Iono, who was just getting started, Elesa was absolutely a top-tier Gym Leader across all regions—her fame rivaled even the Elite Four, and locally, she was more popular than Unova's Champion, Alder.
But somehow… Qingyu felt like this system reward might be a bit unreliable.
"How Elesa and Nimbasa Gym got famous—there's no way I, a gamer, wouldn't know."
With her main job as a fashion model and the nickname "Shining Beauty," Elesa straight-up remodeled Nimbasa Gym into a fashion runway, riding that unique gimmick to worldwide fame.
So this Gym management—was it even serious?
It wouldn't end with him selling his looks to farm fans, right…?
Despite his inner snark, Qingyu's curiosity was indeed hooked by the system.
Even if there was nothing to learn, just taking a look wouldn't hurt!
So—resume normal operations at Sunshine Gym in a couple of days?
If Eevee managed to learn the carefully selected moves, then as long as the first challenger wasn't too strong, his chances of winning would be pretty good.
And even if he lost, he could treat it as practical experience.
Decision made, Qingyu left the bedroom and headed out, planning to check on Eevee's progress.
In the living room, the TV screen was already frozen.
Eevee, who had been watching tutorial videos with great enthusiasm before Qingyu left, was now sprawled out on the carpet in an unrestrained pose, a faint snoring sound coming from its nose.
"This little guy… don't tell me it's a three-minute passion type?"
Qingyu chuckled helplessly and bent down, gently lifting the already-asleep Eevee.
To be fair, today was Eevee's first real training session. Staying focused for that long was already impressive.
As long as it had the desire to grow stronger, this Eevee would one day reach heights that amazed everyone.
Until then, it was his responsibility as a Trainer to draw out its potential as much as possible and help Eevee grow strong.
"Good work today, Eevee."
After settling the sleeping Eevee by the bed, Qingyu affectionately rubbed its round little head.
This little guy could sleep the moment its head hit the pillow—but he still had work to do.
"Today's video will be about some interesting spike-centered tactics."
"I'd like to call it—Art Is an Explosion!"
"Of course, this setup only works when your opponent isn't prepared. If one day everyone knows your lineup is going to blow up, then you'll be the one who really explodes, my friend."
"At this point, some students might ask: Teacher, teacher, did you end the stream too fast and forget to assign homework?"
"Joking—would Teacher Yu do something like that?"
"…Actually yes. I genuinely forgot. But setting facts aside, if the audience didn't remind me, doesn't that mean it's 99% their fault?"
"Seeing how enthusiastic everyone is, from now on there'll be a short pop quiz at the end of every video to test your tactical fundamentals, alright?"
…
"Vee…"
Half-asleep, Eevee opened its eyes on the bed.
Hearing that reassuring voice and noticing the dependable silhouette at the computer desk, a small smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of Eevee's mouth.
Curling its body into a ball, Qingyu's almost hypnotic voice soon put Eevee at ease again.
It closed its eyes once more, sleeping soundly.
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