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Lu Ye opened his drowsy eyes, stared at the ceiling, and let out a long yawn.
"Another ordinary day."
It was the weekend, and the Pikachu alarm clock on his bedside showed noon, but Lu Ye was only just getting up.
Arriving at the bathroom, while waiting for the water, Lu Ye took the opportunity to order takeout.
"Doduo Express, Pelipper Fresh... Haha, business names are getting more creative these days."
Several newly opened shops all had Pokémon-related names, which made Lu Ye feel a sense of familiarity.
Look, this is what you call the world's number one IP!
Without much thought, Lu Ye casually ordered a "29.9 Yuan Farfetch'd Restaurant Set (Free Pancakes)," put his phone aside, and started washing up.
"Splash..."
He scooped up some water and splashed it on his face.
In the mirror appeared a tall, handsome youth with ancient Greek beauty.
The young man had messy hair and thick dark circles under his eyes, yet somehow they made his gaze appear even more profound.
This couldn't help but make one sigh; handsome people make even dark circles look like natural aegyo-sal.
Truly immersive.
After washing up, Lu Ye returned to his rented partition and comfortably sank into his gaming chair.
He turned on his computer, entered the password "Sakurajima Mai," and Pikachu's dynamic screensaver immediately lit up.
"Pika-chu!"
Lu Ye skillfully opened Bilibili and searched for today's meal-watching videos.
As a freshman at Magic City University and a part-time Bilibili gaming section UP Master, Lu Ye specialised in editing and commentating on Pokémon battles on Bilibili. (T/N: UP Master is a Content Creator or YouTuber in China)
With his unique style and professional knowledge, he had attracted nearly 100,000 followers.
Although Lu Ye himself was a high-level competitive player, having reached world rank seven at his peak, his luck was extremely bad, to the point where he once had the infamous moment of "Hydro Pump missing three times in a row."
This was why viewers always teased him about being "meal material."
Streaming while making videos, Lu Ye rented a place outside school and only went to campus for classes.
"Huh?"
Lu Ye browsed the homepage and murmured, "There are so many Pokémon content recommendations on the homepage today."
"Has Pokémon's popularity risen again?"
Of the ten recommended videos on the homepage, eight were related to Pokémon.
[Bear Grylls: Look what we found, a wild Caterpie]
[Suggestion: Change it to Splash]
[Hua Nong: My brother's berries are ripe, going up the mountain to pick some]
...
"Today's homepage content doesn't seem right."
"What's with this Caterpie? Protein six times that of beef?"
"And berries, it can't really be Oran Berries and Pomeg Berries..."
Lu Ye scratched his head, confused, and switched to the gaming section, then suddenly widened his eyes.
The battle video he uploaded last night had actually reached the top of the gaming section!
Lu Ye swallowed and clicked on the video titled [Teacher Lu Teaches You Battle 03: SubToxic].
He took a deep breath.
"1.2 million views!?"
DNMD, I'm shocked!
"Cover notice."
"Learned it, now going to battle gym leaders."
"Please have some humanity!"
After being stunned for a while, Lu Ye happily scrolled through the comments, but a hint of doubt arose in his heart.
"SubToxic" was clearly a very basic tactic, so why did it suddenly blow up?
Could it be that some big gaming section UP master noticed me?
But I haven't done any networking recently.
Rubbing his chin, Lu Ye scrolled down to the comment section.
In the comments, a Level 6 verified account with the ID "Fighter" had provided a detailed explanation of the "SubToxic" tactic.
[In battle, trainers need extremely strong adaptability to use this tactic proficiently.
The UP master has explained this tactic's gameplay in great detail.
Grass-type and Poison-type trainers have natural advantages and can learn carefully from this tutorial.
That's all, thank you, UP master, for bringing such quality content!
PS: Seems like it was posted in the wrong section, the Battle section would be better.]
After reading this long comment, a huge question mark appeared in Lu Ye's mind.
What's the Battle section?
When did Bilibili launch a "Battle" category?
The replies below: "Master Ball capture," "Holy crap, it's the real person!" "Red baby, mama loves you!"
Scratching his head, Lu Ye liked "Fighter's" comment and clicked on his profile.
In an instant, a cold sweat dripped down Lu Ye's forehead.
"Well-known Battle section UP master, 9th Indigo Conference Champion, World Tournament Champion..."
Lu Ye stuttered, unable to speak clearly.
"Red, Red!?"
"You're kidding me, Red is the Fighter from Special, how could he be a Bilibili UP master!"
Clicking on Red's photo gallery, there was indeed a twenty-something youth with a sunny smile.
Wearing a red cap, a black vest with a red jacket on top, with a fluffy Pikachu on his shoulder.
If this were cosplay, it was ten times more similar to the Red Lu Ye imagined!
And this real-life Pikachu was incredibly cute, exactly like the one from "Detective Pikachu"!
Lu Ye was completely stunned.
"When something happens, don't panic first, stay calm, stay calm!"
"The sequence of events was: I woke up this morning, found my video had suddenly gone viral, and a big shot appeared in the comments."
"The big shot is the world champion, the protagonist of the Pokémon world, Red."
"Ha! When you analyse it like this, it's all clear!"
"...Clear my ass!"
"Did I transmigrate, or is this world wrong?"
"Could it be worldline convergence, and even Red came to be an UP master!?"
Lu Ye was professionally trained and could accept even the most absurd things.
But this...
Just as Lu Ye's brain crashed, the phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, your takeout has arrived. Please come to the window to get it."
"Oh, okay."
Lu Ye walked to the window, then suddenly remembered this was the sixth floor.
Sixth floor, and you want me to come to the window? Are you planning to deliver via Pidgeot!?
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by. A brightly-feathered, graceful-crested large bird stopped at the window, holding a bag in its long beak, smiling and waving its wing at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye stood dumbfounded.
The delivery person shouted from downstairs.
"Remember to give a good review, dear!"
Lu Ye had already forgotten how he received the takeout from Pidgeot's beak.
He only remembered that outside the window, flocks of Pidgey flew across the sky, Oddish toddled in the flower beds of the residential complex below, a Rapidash's vigorous figure appeared on the elevated road, and his landlord was walking through the complex with an orange-furred, black-striped Growlithe, smiling and waving at Lu Ye.
"The Pokémon world, merged with reality..."
Lu Ye stood stunned for a long time, looked up at the sky, and felt his eyes becoming moist.
Eighteen years, a full eighteen years.
I've finally waited for this day!