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Chapter 27: Stunning Quality Cutscene CG - Cynthia's Fighting-Type Journey!

Looking at those two notification lines, Iono was clearly still pretty dazed.

Honestly, she was completely confused right now.

Ampharos Mega Stone? What the heck was that?

—What did it mean by "can unleash special effects in battle"?

Obviously, she'd never heard of anything like this before.

But based on the game's description, this had to be some kind of exclusi...

Chapter 26: Meticulously Crafted Caves, Trash-Collecting Champion Iono!

While everyone in the conference room was discussing, a figure pushed open the door and walked in.

This person was none other than Dream Factory's boss, Nova. The moment he entered, everyone unanimously fell silent.

There was no choice—anyone could badmouth him behind his back, but nobody dared say a word to his face.

After all, this was their direct supervisor, and nobody j...

Chapter 25: Elite Group Chat, Quest Rewards? (Two-in-One)

Clearly, this was a special group chat that brought together Elite Four members and Champions from various regions—you could basically say the world's strongest trainers were all gathered here.

Since people at their level had busy schedules every day, this group was usually pretty quiet.

But once something interesting happened, everyone who’d been lurking would suddenly pop up.<...

Chapter 24: An Unexpected Bonus?

Meanwhile, in Kairos's livestream.

He stretched and explained to his viewers:

"Alright, so that strategy was successfully executed."

"The core concept is actually pretty simple—first, deliberately use Glimmora's Meteor Beam charge as a threat to draw the opponent's attention and make them focus fire on Glimmora right away."

"This triggers its Toxic Debris ability, pois...

Chapter 23: Lance: Can Someone Please Do Something About This Guy??

Honestly, you couldn't blame Lance for his reaction, because the two Pokémon that had just appeared before him were genuinely pretty rare to see.

An Ambipom and a Dedenne.

Lance couldn't help but feel puzzled.

If he remembered correctly, Ambipom was only a blue-quality Pokémon, and Dedenne was even just white-quality.

In a battle game like this, where Pokémon stats we...

Chapter 22: It's About Time!

To be honest, that username really caught him off guard.

He knew Red, the "Battle Master," and he knew Green, the "Breeding Expert," but who the heck was this "Decent Person"?

While Lance was still scratching his head, the in-game battle had already begun.

These high-tier matches that come after win streaks follow the same rules as ranked play—neither side can see their oppo...

Chapter 21: Ten-Win Streak! Bumping Into Lance?

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 lif...

Chapter 20: Pre-Battle Preparations!

Kairos looked more carefully and realized that unlocking those powerful Pokémon without spending money was actually achievable.

"Dream Factory" would periodically launch events in the game to give players small rewards and items.

With perfect attendance and serious grinding, after several months of gameplay, unlocking one red-tier Pokémon shouldn’t be a problem...

But thes...

Chapter 19: Privacy Protection and Battle Road

Kairos had no idea that his incredibly evil laughter had just scared a certain "little one" in the room.

Speaking of which, since he was going to rely on streaming to earn emotion points, he naturally needed to go where the audience numbers were highest.

He opened his browser and clicked on the "Psyduck" streaming platform to register for a streamer account.

But when entering ...

Chapter 18: Being Watched? Part-Time Activities!

When he thought about it, it actually made sense. The guy had been a Champion back in the day—now that he was older, playing games to recapture the feeling of being a trainer was perfectly reasonable.

But... why were the emotion points so low this time?

Kairos was certain it wasn't a problem with his game content. After all, when Cynthia first streamed the game, she'd brought in n...

Chapter 17: Archeops: Wait, what?!

Brilliant tri-colored light flashed through the air, and amid the fluttering feathers, Stufful's HP bar instantly dropped to zero. Having lost its ability to battle, it was automatically recalled into its Poké Ball.

The battle interface reappeared, and both Roxanne and Cynthia were down to their final glowing Poké Ball.

This meant the battle had reached its final moments!

Bu...

Chapter 16: Cynthia's Gym Battle, Roxanne's Ace?

This "Fluffy" ability was first discovered on a Pokémon called Wooloo from the Galar region.

The discovery story was somewhat amusing—a farmer who raised many Wooloo noticed they were particularly afraid of torches, so he reported this to the local research institution.

Logically speaking, sheep covered in wool being afraid of fire was quite normal.

But the local research i...

Chapter 15: Confused Roxanne and Cynthia's New Pokémon

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the Hoenn region, in Rustboro City.

In front of a building, a girl in a black skirt and dark red tights, with her hair in a bun, sat on a chair.

She held a Geodude in her arms, which was squinting contentedly as she carefully wiped the dust from its body with a dry cloth.

This girl had an extraordinary presence, with deep red pupils that r...

Chapter 14: Wait, Who Are You Supposed to Be?

With this thought, Cynthia returned Treecko to its Poké Ball and began thinking about strategies for the current situation.

Clearly, whether considering the rival ahead or the Rock Gym Leader’s situation afterward, this game’s developer had one goal in mind: to make players prepare from the very beginning to build a reasonable, well-rounded Pokémon team capable of handling various s...

Chapter 13: Then and There, Here and Now

This time, Cynthia spent a full half minute explaining the situation to Professor Oak.

After hearing her out, Professor Oak was clearly incredulous.

"Could something like this really happen?"

Cynthia had previously asked him to search for information and clues about this Sky Dragon, and despite mobilizing all his resources and connections—traveling to the Hoenn region, condu...

Chapter 12: Professor Oak: What Did You Just Say??

In the dry-aging cabinet, under spotlights, dark red beef revealed beautiful marbling. Oil sizzled as steaks flipped on the cast iron grill, filling the air with the aroma of meat and black pepper.

White-gloved waiters carried silver trays past old elevator gates while soothing piano music echoed throughout the restaurant.

Cynthia forked a piece of white bread, dipping it in the mea...

Chapter 11: New Modules and Planning!

Meanwhile, in a shabby rental apartment in Viridian City, a series of notifications suddenly popped up before Kairos:

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You've gained 320 emotion points from the special individual "Iono" through emotions of "shock, confusion, excitement, and satisfaction"!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You've gained 430 emotion points from various emotions of stream vie...

Chapter 10: The Streamer’s Getting Ready to Log Off

As Iono confidently resumed her journey, chat buzzed with heated discussion.

[Looks like the streamer should breeze through the first gym!]

[Classic Iono, progressing faster than even Cynthia. Our girl is really stepping up!]

[Hey now, Cynthia just had work obligations. If she were playing right now, she wouldn’t be any slower than Iono!]

[Exactly! Just wait until Cynt...

Chapter 9: Vs Team Rocket? Iono's Team Expectations!

Viridian City. Inside a rental apartment.

Kairos stared thoughtfully at the pile of new data displayed on his screen. Yesterday, while adding the gym storyline, he’d suddenly thought of another issue.

The original Emerald Kaizo had offered quite a few starter Pokémon options—you could choose from any generation’s starter trio without a problem. If you met certain e...

Chapter 8: Iono's Gaming Experience

Even though she had realized this, Iono knew there was no turning back. She’d already bought the game and made promises to her viewers—there was no way out now.

She let out a quiet sigh and refocused on the game before her.

"Is it the classic WASD movement controls?"

Iono tested the key bindings and controlled her character to step out of the truck. The scene that appeared...

Chapter 7: First Update, Iono's Special Activity

A few seconds later, Kairos's excitement finally calmed down a bit.

Having plans and goals was important, but for his current self, achieving those goals required taking steady, deliberate steps forward—one at a time.

He quickly assessed his current situation.

"Pokémon: Emerald" had already been successfully released. Though it was just a test version, it was currently his ...

Chapter 6: The Burning Ember

In this world, Pokémon had long been part of people's daily lives, their figures visible in every corner of the city.

"Harmonious coexistence between humans and Pokémon" wasn't just an empty slogan, but a reality that had truly been achieved!

During the week since Kairos had arrived in this world, he'd seen plenty of Pokémon—whether it was Meowth grooming itself on street corne...

Chapter 5: Stuck and... Echoing Screams

With the level advantage once again, this battle's outcome was naturally no different.

—Treecko was directly defeated by Torchic's two Embers.

In fact, since both Pokémon had leveled up, this time Torchic's single Ember took away 2/3 of Treecko's HP, even more extreme than before.

Watching the computer screen go black again, her character reappearing in the Pokémon Center,...

Chapter 4: Torchic Used Ember - Super Effective!

While the chat was hotly debating whether "turn-based combat" was a fatal flaw for this game, Cynthia held a different opinion entirely.

She thought carefully: turn-based combat might seem shallow on the surface, but it could have tremendous potential for development.

Actually, "Battle Road's" mechanics were also a form of turn-based system, since it was just the program executing t...

Chapter 3: Cynthia's First Experience

Obviously, it wasn't just Cynthia who was shocked by this game's price—the viewers in her stream were completely losing it too, flooding the chat:

【5,922 yen?? This little pixel game that's barely a few hundred MB - how much content could it possibly have? And they dare charge 5,922 yen??】

【The game creator is so generous - he could have just robbed ...