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Chapter 24: An Unexpected Bonus?
🕑 Added 2025-08-11 03:48:37 +0000 UTCMeanwhile, 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, poisoning all current and future Pokémon on the opponent's field."
"At the same time, this creates a diversion to cover Pidgeot setting up Tailwind before switching out, then bringing in two Pokémon with the Pickup ability."
"The Pickup ability lets them recover and exchange consumed items between each other, creating an infinite loop."
"As for why I chose Dedenne and Ambipom—their speed stats are among the best of all Pokémon that can learn Fling."
"Combined with the Tailwind boost, it lets Fling hit first and cause flinch, interrupting the opponent's actions."
"Of course... You could also say Dedenne is just really cute, and I wanted to let it have some fun."
"Getting bonked by such an adorable Pokémon probably won't make you too mad—"
As Kairos explained, on screen, Hydreigon and Goodra had already dropped below half health while unable to move.
His opponent, unable to bear the humiliation, chose to surrender.
The victory screen appeared along with rank promotion animations. Kairos rubbed his nose with some regret:
"Aw, they left already?"
"I wasn't done throwing stuff yet..."
At that moment, the chat in Kairos's stream completely exploded.
【Holy crap?? Can the Pickup ability be used like that?】
【Is the streamer some kind of poet?? How do you even think up such an insane strategy?】
【Low damage, maximum insult...】
【A full red team got steamrolled like that? Someone pinch my thigh and tell me I'm dreaming—my address is 26 Third Street, Saffron City, Kanto...】
【Today I finally learned that people really do laugh when they're speechless】
Clearly, Kairos's "ahead-of-its-time" tactical thinking would be jaw-dropping not just in this Battle Road game, but even in real trainer battles.
—Who could have imagined you could get so creative with a Fling move?
After Kairos won, he tabbed out to update his stream title to show 11 wins and added a note about reaching "Great Ball rank."
Just then, a series of notifications suddenly appeared before his eyes:
【Ding! Congratulations, host, your actions caused surprise, shock, and other emotions in stream viewers, earning 20 emotion points!】
20 points?
Kairos glanced at the notification without much interest.
The stream didn't have that many viewers yet, so naturally, the corresponding emotion points weren't much either.
He wasn't worried, though—once he built up the stream's reputation and attracted more viewers, the earnings from each stream would naturally grow larger and larger.
But just as he was thinking, another golden notification popped up!
【Ding! Congratulations, host, your actions caused the special character "Dragon Master Lance" to experience intense surprise, helplessness, and frustration!】
【Converted to 370 emotion points!】
Seeing this notification, Kairos paused for a moment before immediately realizing what had happened.
Ah?
So... that player called "Dragons Rule All" was actually Lance?
No wonder he was so loaded!
And no wonder he picked that username!
At the same time, he realized something else.
So... on his very first match using this strategy, he'd just... outplayed the former Kanto Champion?
Wait, no—you couldn't call it outplaying.
This should be called using reasonable and brilliant tactics to claim victory in an intense, thrilling battle.
Yeah, that's it.
With that thought, Kairos glanced at his viewer count.
Great—the stream numbers were already surging, reaching over 700 people.
Only less than 300 away from the quest requirement of 1,000.
Without hesitation, he hit the matchmaking button again.
—Now, let's welcome the next victim!
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Lance was slumped in his computer chair, looking dazed.
A Champion like himself came to play a battle game and lost in the Great Ball rank?
And it was a complete 6-0 sweep too!
Thinking about it carefully, Glimmora might have been deliberately sacrificed!
It was like a veteran MMO player in full endgame gear getting kicked to death by a stray dog in the starting village...
But a Champion was still a Champion. Faced with defeat, he quickly adjusted his mindset and began analyzing his opponent's strategy.
This strategy was indeed brilliant—the interaction between the Pickup ability and Fling move created nearly permanent crowd control...
But thinking more carefully, the real core of the opponent's strategy wasn't actually these elements, but that one Tailwind move!
After all, only by having Fling hit first could you use flinch status to interrupt the opponent's actions.
And Tailwind, as an incredibly powerful team buff, actually required significant setup time. Experienced trainers who spotted a potential Tailwind user would immediately be on guard, ready to prevent the move from going off.
But back then... he'd been distracted by something else!
That charging Glimmora!
No wonder the opponent had Glimmora start charging right away—the goal was to force him to focus on Glimmora, thereby ignoring Pidgeot's presence!
Looking back now, he'd been completely led around by the nose, falling right into the trap and losing because of it!
With that realization, Lance suddenly frowned.
Such strong battle sense, such brilliant tactical combinations...
Just who was this opponent called "Decent Person"?
Why had he never heard of them before?
But regardless, one thing was certain—the opponent was definitely an extremely strong trainer in the real world.
They might even be a Champion from some region, just like him!
With that thought, Lance screenshotted the battle record along with the "Decent Person" ID and posted it to a group chat called 【Champions and Elite Four Family】.
【Dragon Supreme: Could everyone take a look and see if you recognize this person? Their tactics were brilliant. I'd like to exchange ideas with them.】
The next moment, the quiet group chat suddenly came alive.
【Pear Blossoms Everywhere: Oh? Isn't that the game? You can actually lose in Great Ball rank with that lineup? How embarrassing.】
【Dragon Supreme: Shut it, old hag, you'd lose too!】
【Pear Blossoms Everywhere: Look, he's getting worked up again.】
【I Love Mining: Pfft.】
【Lorelei: Huh, what happened today to make things so lively?】
