"Gloom is unable to battle, so the winner is... Adrian!"
Seeing that the victor had been decided, Misako immediately stepped forward to act as a referee and announce the result.
"The Streamer won!"
"The Streamer is awesome! Another 3-0 sweep! Although he benefited from Magikarp's evolution, otherwise he would have crashed, but congratulations anyway. Here's a Great Ball as a small token of my respect!"
"I declare that the Streamer will be my male god from now on! Challenging a Gym with a Magikarp and achieving an incredible 3-0 sweep. Is there anything the Streamer can't do?"
"The Streamer's strength is indeed formidable, and his trainer talent is exceptionally high. As long as he catches and trains a few more pokémon, it's not impossible for him to make it into this year's Indigo Conference."
...After the winner was decided, Adrian also breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the camera and exclaimed, "Phew~ What an exhilarating battle!"
Upon hearing this, Adrian's live stream room once again erupted.
"Little Adrian is starting to show off again? But don't get me wrong, I quite like his smug little look."
"Let him show off! Let him show off!"
"To kill someone is to attack their heart? Streamer, please be a human! You're having an exhilarating time, but have you considered Erika's feelings on the other side?"
"Gloom: I'm sorry! Lord Gyarados, I couldn't make you enjoy yourself! But I really can't go on this time..."
"But seriously, Little Adrian challenging beautiful trainers is really entertaining. Streamer, hurry to Saffron City, the sexy and aloof Miss Sabrina is waiting for you to conquer her!"
...After glancing at the bullet comments, Adrian tactically retreated and sneered, "Conquer Sabrina? There are bad people among the fans in the live stream room!"
At this time, Sabrina was still in her reclusive state, and too dangerous. Adrian didn't dare to provoke her.
Although he really wanted to play with Sabrina, turning into a small person to play was clearly not an option; there wasn't even a safe word, too dangerous.
If he were to go to Saffron City, he would have to wait until Ash had cured Sabrina.
After chatting with fans for a few minutes, Adrian also had time to check the situation of his live stream room.
"The number of concurrent viewers has reached 300,000? And the number of followers has exceeded 100,000? Amazing!"
Adrian's face lit up with joy.
Breaking through 100,000 followers, he could barely be considered a well-known Streamer.
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for the Master Ball and Rayquaza Draco Meteor..."
Adrian quickly thanked everyone, his attitude respectful.
After all, they were all benefactors!
"Congratulations on your victory, please accept the Rainbow Badge!"
Erika had appeared beside Adrian at some point and handed him a petal-shaped badge, colorful like a rainbow.
"Thank you!"
Adrian happily accepted the Rainbow Badge.
"You earned this with your strength, no need to thank me!"
Erika looked at Adrian, the curiosity in her beautiful eyes growing stronger.
To be able to train a Magikarp so excellently at such a young age truly exceeded Erika's expectations.
Erika had a premonition that this young man's future would likely not be ordinary... Time rewinded to thirty minutes ago.
Paldea Region, Levincia City.
"Everyone~! It's time for Iono's Iono-tastic stream~!"
"Hey~ Hello, hello~!"
"Catching your eye with an electric net! Who's coming to Iono-tastic? Iono's here!"
"Good morning, afternoon, and evening, hello!"
A greeting full of personal style rang out.
A vibrant young woman, wearing an oversized punk outfit and two Magnemite-like decorations on her head, enthusiastically greeted the screen.
Both her attire and speaking style were impressive and eye-catching.
Iono, the Gym Leader of Levincia City in the Paldea Region, and also a future super popular Streamer.
Although she had only recently ventured into the live stream industry, due to her lively and cheerful personality and her skill at engaging the audience during streams, she had already accumulated a considerable number of followers, and her streams always garnered very high popularity.
However, during today's stream, Iono noticed that the number of viewers and popularity in her live stream room were not increasing, which puzzled her greatly.
"What exactly is going on? Could it be that a Champion is streaming, stealing my traffic?"
After ending her stream, Iono leaned back in her chair, her soft, fair feet swinging back and forth.
To determine the reason, Iono began to search the live stream website, looking for popular live stream rooms.
But strangely, no Champion was streaming at this time, and even Elesa wasn't doing a fashion show.
"Strange! Then why isn't my stream's popularity going up today?"
With her doubt, Iono continued to scroll down the List and then saw an unfamiliar account that was streaming, with the word "Hot" prominently displayed.
"Fishing Dreamer? Never heard of him!"
Curious, Iono entered Adrian's live stream room.
I want to see what kind of trick you're up to!
"Hmm???"
However, once she actually entered, Iono's eyes widened, feeling a little unbelievable.
Because as soon as she entered, she saw a Magikarp fighting an Oddish!
Glancing at the bullet comments, Iono learned that this Streamer was a trainer from the Kanto Region, currently participating in a Gym challenge.
Iono scratched her face and exclaimed, "Are Magikarp from the Kanto Region all this aggressive?"
The battle in the live stream room continued.
Watching Magikarp use Bounce to defeat Weepinbell, and then evolve at a crucial moment, Iono's eyes also sparkled.
pokémon evolution has always been an exciting moment.
"No wonder his stream's popularity can surpass mine. This Kanto Region trainer indeed has something going for him. His pokémon training and battle style are also extremely novel and eye-catching."
"He might become a competitor for my streams in the future, so I'll follow him for now!"
Iono clicked follow, and Adrian's follower count instantly surged in quality...
Meanwhile, in Blackthorn City in the Johto Region.
Because she followed Adrian, Clair did not miss Adrian's Gym live stream. She watched the entire process of Magikarp from battle to evolution.
Clair was equally shocked to see Adrian's Magikarp master the 'Bounce' move.
This kind of thing, let alone her, even Lance had never achieved it.
But what shocked Clair the most was that Adrian's Gyarados floated for a moment after winning before slowly landing.
"This Gyarados, can it fly?"
Clair's pupils constricted as she noticed this detail.
Although it only floated for a moment, Clair was certain that it was flying!
It was just in the early stages of flight!
The Dragon Master Family, to which Clair belonged, had a long heritage, with historical records dating back a thousand years.
In their ancient family records, it was once documented that a family ancestor, caught in a storm on the high seas, vaguely saw a flying Gyarados stirring up the storm before losing consciousness.
Upon returning to the family, that ancestor recorded the event in the family's ancient texts and attempted to train a flying Gyarados, but unfortunately, he failed to achieve it before his death.
Over time, this incident was dismissed by the family as a hallucination of that ancestor.
But now... Clair saw it!
"My Gyarados also mastered the Bounce move, but its power is average, and it cannot float and fly; it can only barely manage short-distance gliding."
Clair secretly speculated, "Could it be that one must master the 'Bounce' move during the Magikarp stage to activate Magikarp's flying type, and only then, after evolution, with the amplified type advantage, can it fly?"
Because the only difference between Clair's Gyarados before evolution and Adrian's Magikarp was that it had not mastered the flying-type move 'Bounce'.
According to the variable method of reasoning, this is very likely the reason.
Thinking of this, Clair didn't hesitate and quickly dialed Lance's number on her phone.
As far as she knew, Lance was in the Kanto Region, and as a Elite, his reputation was also higher. It would be much more suitable for him to investigate the reason than for her to do it herself.
"I'm sorry! The phone you have dialed is currently switched off, please try again later."
Clair angrily exclaimed, "Darn it! Still can't get through. What mission is this guy on, it's been half a month already."
Suppressing her anger, Clair shared the video of Adrian and Gyarados with Lance, then looked in the direction of Kanto, thinking, "Fine! I'll go myself then! Kanto isn't that far anyway..."
Saying that, Clair threw out a poké ball.
A flash of light appeared, revealing a pokémon that was mostly green, with two green antennae on its head, two green wings, an eight-segmented tail, and red hemispherical structures covering its eyes.
It was the Ground/Dragon dual-type pokémon—Flygon!
"Flygon, we're going to Kanto!"
Clair jumped onto Flygon's back, and the latter flapped its wings, immediately soaring into the sky.