According to the lore, the Pokédex was originally invented by Professor Oak. In some special chapters of the manga, the advanced versions of the Pokédex are only given to the protagonists and holders, and often have various strange nicknames and functions.
The upgrade module card Hiroshi drew in the lottery made the Pokédex essentially function like a high-end smartphone. Hiroshi's evaluation was that it was comparable to a Golden Legend SSR upgrade in terms of utility.
[Group Chat: "Pokémon Popularization Pioneer Group"]
System: 'Fifty Million Mora' (Hu Tao) has joined the group.
System: 'This Magnet is One Billion' (Ningguang) has joined the group.
System: 'Chongchong Grows Up Quickly' (Xiangling) has joined the group.
System: 'Millelith Hongyi' has joined the group.
Coupled with Keqing, Andrei, and Tartaglia, who gathered in person on the night before, the first batch of seven guests were all present in the digital space.
After thinking about it, Hiroshi felt that the nickname IDs were fine when there were few people, but it would be inconvenient and difficult to identify who was who as the customer base grew. So, he used his administrator privileges to set the comments to display the real names by default.
After sending Keqing, Andrei, and Tartaglia away with polite farewells, Hiroshi finally had time to explore the upgraded Pokédex on his own device.
"Well, it is indeed very mobile-friendly."
"The camera has many functions, and the processor, memory, and other hardware are also full of black technology. It has the weird, slightly magical flavor of the Pokémon world's tech tree."
"In this way, besides group chat, can we also play some mini-games? Is it easier to promote and popularize Pokémon knowledge through entertainment?"
But the difficulty was that Hiroshi couldn't write code.
However, when Hiroshi continued to check the items obtained in the second ten-consecutive lottery, he was a little dazed.
Except for the two Golden Legendary cards and the one Pokédex upgrade card...
The rest of the items in the lottery included 4 SR Purple Cards.
The situation was as follows:
[Bald Programmer] (Purple) – Improve your Pokémon World code language and programming skills to 'Expert' level. (Side effect: No actual hair loss involved).
[Mediocre Breeder] (Purple) – Can increase your Breeder's comprehensive skill rating to 'Advanced'.
[The Coordinator's Slogan is "The Most Beautiful, The Most Elegant, The Most Handsome"] (Purple) – Can increase your Coordinator's comprehensive skill rating to 'Advanced'.
[I Am The Supervisor] (Purple) – You have been a supervisor in the ACG industry for many years. You understand the industry, and your supervisory and post-production skills in music, animation, comics, and other fields have improved to 'Expert'.
"Ah, this..."
Hiroshi found that the SR purple cards tended to become increasingly "crooked" (unexpected).
He couldn't help but think deeply.
Could it be that the System is telling me, the Store Manager, to stop being a salted fish and to open up a new battlefield outside the Breeding House?
Attack from multiple areas simultaneously and increase efforts to push the cultural invasion of Pokémon?
"It's doable with these skill cards!"
Hiroshi's eyes lit up.
He wanted to make a casual puzzle-type chess game with Pokémon elements first to test the waters. Maybe a version of Pokémon Tower Defense or a card battler.
But before that, he needed to find painters, musicians, and other personnel. This is Teyvat, not the modern world or the Pokémon world. Mastering personnel with relevant skills was key.
Hiroshi thought about it carefully, tapping his chin.
"Painter... isn't there a big boss in Mondstadt's Dragonspine, Mr. Albedo?"
"There are too many music producers. Venti can quickly master all instruments. Just ask him to make pure music. Bringing some Dandelion Wine can offset the salary completely."
"For the theme song and so on, there are also Xinyan, Barbara, and Yun Jin right here in Liyue!"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that everything was ready. The "East Wind" (opportunity) was already blowing.
When Hiroshi was thinking about how to increase the coverage to promote the Pokémon, the atmosphere in the group chat was also very happy and active.
Hu Tao: What? @Tartaglia, you actually did the 'Fox Twitch' five times in a row? [Shocked Face Emoji]
Xiangling: Hey, hey, I left early and missed the famous scene! Tell me more!
Ningguang: In fact, when Keqing came back to the Jade Chamber and told me, I couldn't believe it because it was too outrageous to be true...
Keqing: It's really outrageous. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have questioned it in every possible way. Five foxes. One man. A tragedy.
Hongyi: ...Gentlemen, let me tell you something. Among the 905 types of Pokémon, to repeatedly draw fox-type Pokémon five times in a row... This probability is even close to that of drawing a Legendary Pokémon, right?
Andrei: @Hongyi, what you said makes sense! It's a miracle of bad luck!
Tartaglia: ...I can't refute that! (T_T)
The Fatui's Secret Underground Stronghold, Liyue Harbor.
Tartaglia carried the Alolan Vulpix here, pondering over the greatly upgraded Pokédex along the way. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this device, which was equivalent to a high-end handheld tablet computer, had terrifying technical content.
When he opened the group chat, as expected, his scene of "five consecutive fox lashes" was exposed and being mocked by the Liyue locals.
Squatting on the stone floor of the stronghold, watching the Alolan Vulpix carefully licking the milk from a bowl, Tartaglia was deeply confused.
Undeniable.
The Alolan Vulpix is pure white, with an extremely light and elegant appearance. It is a hundred times cuter than a ragdoll cat.
But... what I, Tartaglia, pursue is strength and combat power! I do not want this exaggerated beauty inherent in a pet.
What kind of beauty does a macho man want? Scars! Steel! Fire!
Just thinking of this, the anger and frustration in Tartaglia's heart built up again.
There was no one else around. This was his personal private gym where he usually exercised his martial arts.
The frustration stored in him surged out. He needed to vent.
The Hydro Vision hanging on his belt suddenly lit up with a brilliant blue glow.
Buzz——
The element of Water was aroused violently.
A huge whale shape made of pure Hydro energy formed in the air.
On the open ground of the gym, he suddenly jumped up, guiding the construct.
"Vul~?!!"
The Alolan Vulpix, who was drinking milk cautiously, was so frightened that its six icy tails stood straight up, and its big blue crystal-like eyes were full of surprise. It quickly escaped behind Tartaglia's feet, holding onto his trousers with its small paws for dear life.
The whale of pure Hydro element crashed down.
BOOM!
A large wave of water exploded outwards.
A huge wave headed back towards the center, towards the bizarre and angry Tartaglia.
"Vul?"
Alolan Vulpix tilted its head. Seeing that Tartaglia was unmoved and about to be hit by his own attack's backlash, a look of shock flashed in its big eyes.
He's going to get wet!
"Vul!!"
It looked at the huge water waves sweeping over it.
Its serious face seemed to say that it would protect its master at all costs, even if he was being an idiot.
Its small mouth swelled up, and its six curly tails flashed with fluorescent ice particles.
Whoosh——
A gust of cold Powder Snow fearlessly faced the overwhelming waves.
As a result, the wave was too massive; the snow didn't stop it entirely, and it crashed into Tartaglia.
Splash!
But Tartaglia didn't move at all.
He didn't look the least bit embarrassed. He was the owner of a Hydro Vision and a Master of the element; he had practiced this way, day and night, countless times. Getting wet was part of the job.
But this time, it seemed a little different.
"Huh?"
After Tartaglia vented his anger, he felt lighter. He looked down and saw a lot of ice fragments left on the ground where the waves had fallen.
And on his clothes... frost.
He suddenly realized something, and his expression turned shocked.
"Little guy, did you just use the Powder Snow skill to freeze the Hydro elements I condensed?"
Tartaglia picked up the Alolan Vulpix, who was holding on to his trousers and shivering from the cold and fear.
This time, when he looked at this Ice-type Pokémon, Tartaglia's eyes completely changed.
Hydro + Cryo.
It can trigger the Frozen elemental reaction.
This is the basic principle of the "Perma-Freeze" team composition.
Of course, elemental reactions are not necessarily triggered only by Vision users. This is something Tartaglia knew very well. In the wild, when encountering an Abyss Mage with Cryo elements near water, one often experienced the embarrassing phenomenon of being frozen solid.
In battle, being frozen is fatal.
But...
Tartaglia grabbed a fist-sized piece of ice from the ground, crushing it in his hand. His eyes flashed fiercely.
"Now, it's me and my Pokémon who can trigger the elemental reaction together."
"This is controllable!"
"We can freeze the world."