chsdbacks Chapter 221 "Dodo: First of all, I didn't offend any of you..."
Chapter 221 "Dodo: First of all, I didn't offend any of you..."
Chapter 221 "Dodo: First of all, I didn't offend any of you..."
The Pokémon Company building, top floor living area.
The room was once again enveloped in a subtle, complex atmosphere, a mixture of tension and anticipation. On the large screen on the wall, Bai Zhou's live Pokémon broadcast served as the sole source of sound and visual focus.
The game's sound effects and his commentary echoed in the spacious room.
On the sofa, three men sat in different postures, but their eyes were all focused on the same screen.
Yu Longdu crossed his arms tightly in front of his chest, leaned slightly forward, and suppressed displeasure beneath his expressionless face.
Sakaki leaned back on the sofa in a relaxed posture, a faint smile playing on his lips that seemed to carry a hint of schadenfreude.
Daigo rested his chin on his hand, his face showing a mixture of pure curiosity ("This is really interesting") and anticipation for the potential conflict.
In the live stream, Bai Zhou, controlling Xiao Bai, had successfully defeated the Ghost-type Elite Four member, Granny Kikuko, and stepped through the solemn door to the final Elite Four challenge room.
The instant the scene changes.
A magnificent, grand, and slightly tragic background music suddenly rang out!
Unlike the previous times when entering the King of Kings Challenge room directly led to the battle scene, this time what came into view was a long corridor covered with a red carpet and full of a sense of ceremony!
Along both sides of the passageway stand intermittently ferocious and majestic dragon-shaped stone sculptures, like loyal guards, silently watching over the brave challengers.
This meticulously designed setting imbues the final road to the champion's throne with an unparalleled sense of solemnity and grandeur.
Accompanied by the rhythmic, heavy drumbeats and soaring strings in the background music.
Bai Zhou, controlling Xiao Bai, walked step by step with determination towards the large door at the end of the passage, which was carved with a flying dragon pattern, and pushed it open to enter.
The final battle room was even more magnificent!
The six massive pillars supporting the dome were carved into the shape of dragon claws, with all the sharp claw tips pointing towards the center of the battlefield.
It was as if they wanted to hold that area tightly in their hands, creating a sense of oppression.
Before Xiaobai could make any move, a violent gust of air suddenly rose from the opposite side of the battlefield!
After the storm subsided, a cool figure draped in a signature black cloak, like a ghost, slowly solidified and appeared at the other end of the field, with his back to the camera.
He suddenly swung his arm, and his cloak billowed out like bat wings, revealing his true face.
A bright red spiky hairstyle, a angular face, and eyes that are filled with arrogance and haughtiness!
Lance, the Dragon Elite Four member of the Kanto region, and the last gatekeeper of the League Championship!
"Lance: Ah! I've heard of you, Shiro! I am the leader of the Elite Four. You can call me the Dragon Trainer, Lance!"
Lance: You should know that dragons are sacred and powerful Pokémon that only exist in legends!
They are powerful and proud, extremely difficult to conquer and raise! But once bred, their strength—is almost indestructible!
Yulongdu delivered this highly personal, somewhat childish—well, more like a line brimming with conviction—as he made his entrance.
With a sudden swing of his arm beneath the cloak, a high-quality ball was launched with precision, spinning as it was thrown!
roar-
With a deafening roar!
A tall, slender figure in crimson crimson emerged from the sphere!
A majestic yet ferocious face, a body covered in hard scales, exuding a chilling sense of oppression —
It's the legendary ferocious dragon Pokémon!
A Gyarados!
"Dragon Crossing: Your Alliance Challenge journey will end here with me!"
After experiencing the epic opening scene, background music, and Watari's long declaration about the "Sacred Dragon" in the live stream chat.
Expectations have been raised to their peak!
The result was that he immediately picked a Gyarados as his first Pokémon—it looked cool, fierce, and shiny, but its type was clearly Water/Flying.
After a brief delay, the screen was instantly flooded with a massive number of question marks and sweating soybean emojis.
"When people are extremely speechless, they really do laugh out loud, really—"
"Be serious! All of you, be serious! Gyarados has 'dragon' in its name! How is it not a dragon?! You bunch of haters!"
"I get it! Determining an attribute is so simple! A name with 'Dragon' in it means it's a Dragon! Charizard! You've been hiding it all along! I misunderstood you!"
"As expected of the Flying-type Elite Four member! He sent out Gyarados, a top Flying-type general, right off the bat! I think Mr. Saltfish is in big trouble!"
"From this scene, this background music, this atmosphere—it's clear that Mr. Salty is giving our current Kanto champions a lot of respect—but I just have to say, couldn't we let Lance start with Dragonite?"
"What are you saying! What are you saying! The ace should definitely be the last to appear! Oh, it's the Flying-type Elite Four member, then never mind, Dragonite should definitely be the first to appear."
"I've figured it out now. On the surface, Teacher Salty Fish gave Du Tianwang a lot of face in the production, but behind the scenes, he's actually just a little smear campaign leader!"
"Slander! Utter slander! This is downright defamation!"
Seeing that the comments were about to label him as a "traitor," Bai Zhou's anxious voice (with an obvious suppressed laughter) immediately came from the live stream.
He began his "emergency public relations" efforts.
The main point is to deny it to the death.
"I absolutely love my pigeon — pfft! I'm definitely not a hater of the Dragon Crossing champion! I'm a true fan!"
Bai Zhou's tone was "sincere," and he almost let slip something.
"I even have several dodo bird plush toys in my bedroom! Doesn't that prove my sincerity?"
As he spoke, he controlled Whitey and threw out his Poké Ball.
boom!
A sturdy and reliable figure landed heavily on the battlefield, with a bright red, huge flower behind him standing out against the dimly lit venue.
It's Venusaur that gives you a great sense of security!
"Alright, alright, I'm not kidding anymore."
Bai Zhou's tone changed, becoming slightly more serious.
"I wonder if you've noticed that the Four Heavenly Kings of the Kanto region don't have the same pure attributes as those of other regions." Actually, each of the Four Heavenly Kings possesses unique skills, making their team compositions quite ingenious.
"For example, Elite Four member Lorelei's Ice-Water Mixture, Master Shiba's Rock Combat, Granny Kiku's Ghost Poison Array—and our Elite Four member Lance's vast and profound Flying-type squadron!"
He forcefully steered the topic back on track, speaking with an air of authority.
"Their strength is formidable! Especially the Flying-type team led by Lancelot!"
"Even if everyone plays on the easiest difficulty, it is still very difficult to defeat the Heavenly King."
Bai Zhou then changed the subject and began to "pass on the secrets".
"Here, I'll explain a very practical and personally tested method for 'skipping class'."
"That is—"
He deliberately slowed down his speech, whetting everyone's appetite, and then quietly opened his game inventory and switched to the healing item bar.
"Remember when we went on a big shopping spree at the shop next to the lobby before challenging the Four Heavenly Kings?" That's right! Now's the time we've been waiting for!
His voice carried a knowing, knowing smile.
"As long as we can get Lance's Pokémon to be poisoned, the rest is up to our full-heal and panaceas!"
"Except for the 'Very Easy' difficulty, which allows the use of potions in battle, players on other difficulties can freely use items during combat."
"All we need to do is successfully apply this kind of sustained damage debuff to the opponent, and then use full recovery potions to steadily withstand the damage, and we can drag them out and win!"
"Clear strategy, simple operation! Applause, you understand!"
The barrage of comments exploded instantly.
It was filled with shock, disbelief, sudden realization, and the excitement of finding like-minded people on the "heretical path".
"Is this the legendary 'money power' tactic?"
"Dying to Survive"
[Damn it! Salty Fish Teacher, how could you reveal the method I've been secretly using to skip class! How am I supposed to keep my wealth a secret now that it's out?!]
"Heretical cultivation! This is definitely heretical cultivation! But—for some reason, I really like it!"
"King Du: Are you being polite? You're discussing how to use drugs to kill me right in front of me?"
"About the thing about me spending money when I can't beat someone"
"I'm moved to tears! This is how real trainers battle! Who talks about sportsmanship in a battle? Winning is all about tactics!"
"Dodo: First of all, I didn't offend any of you ————"
As the live stream progressed, Bai Zhou's battle (which was actually a battle of attrition involving taking drugs and dragging out rounds) proceeded in an orderly manner.
Yulongdu, who was sitting on the sofa watching the live broadcast, finally couldn't hold back anymore!
His face, which had initially just shown "displeasure," was now as black as if it had been carefully smeared with soot, and one could even see the veins throbbing faintly on his forehead.
What broke his defense wasn't Bai Zhou's "shameless" drug-fueled, round-delaying strategy, but rather Bai Zhou and the barrage of "Dodo" and "Flying-type Elite Four" calls!
These ridiculous comments are fine, but they're just making memes!
After all, that's the nature of the online environment.
But as the game's producer, Bai Zhou, what did you mean by repeatedly emphasizing these things in such a serious tone during the official livestream?!
He's the Kanto Dragon King, the league champion—doesn't he have any pride?!
What dodo bird!
What kind of flying-type king is this?!
Although his team does have a lot of Flying-type Pokémon, that's because Dragon-type Pokémon are rare and powerful!
He had no choice but to do this in order to assemble a strong enough team!
So the claim that he is the King of Flying-type Elite Four members is completely fabricated!
It's blatant slander!
He now seriously doubted why so many trainers and novice researchers had looked at him with such strange eyes, and even spread rumors behind his back that he was a "Flying-type master" —
So the whole thing started with rumors you spread, huh?
This stands in stark contrast to the almost tangible resentment of Yulongdu.
It was the smile that Sakaki, standing next to him, was trying hard to suppress, yet it still leaked out from his eyes and the curve of his lips.
He glanced, seemingly unintentionally, at Yu Longdu, who was radiating a low-pressure aura.
Using a calm tone that seems to be objectively evaluating game data, but actually rubbing salt into the other party's wounds with precision.
"Hmm... a level 75 Dragonite..."
"Excellent, excellent. The attribute combination and move pool are perfect, and the power and durability are also outstanding."
"Truly the best ace in the game, meticulously designed just for you —"
Yu Longdu doesn't even need to use his brain; he can instantly understand the implied meaning of those words just by listening with his buttocks.
Dragonite is his strongest partner and ace, and he is given a level of 75 in the game.
This level is indeed the highest among the Elite Four, firmly surpassing Lorelei's Lapras, Siberian's Machamp, and Agatha's Gengar.
It's even on the same level as the "Legendary Birds," which are hidden legendary Pokémon in the game!
but!
However, this is nothing compared to the level 80 Beedrill that Giovanni used as the final boss of the Viridian Gym in the game!
That's a clear and overwhelming data dominance!
That damned Sakaki is actually subtly mocking him for being inferior to him!
Yu Longdu was so angry he wanted to bite his teeth, but he really didn't have anything to say in rebuttal.
After all, when Giovanni was easily crushed by Shiraishu's Mewtwo in the game, he had subtly mocked Giovanni quite a bit.
Now that people are seizing the opportunity to mock him back, he can only swallow his pride and bear it.
This frustration fueled his anger even more.
"Speaking of—Mr. Watari."
Sitting between the two, Steven, with a purely academic curiosity, seemed completely oblivious to the unspoken tension in the air, and earnestly asked, "I'm curious, why did you choose to include two Dragonairs in your Pokémon team? Was it for tactical versatility?"
Yu Longdu was clearly taken aback by this overly simplistic question, falling into a brief silence and awkwardness.
He couldn't always tell the truth because he was too young and arrogant back then, and too obsessed with the "Dragon" thing.
Purity and rarity.
Aside from Dragon-type Pokémon, which don't seem to care about other Fire-type Pokémon, there aren't enough Dragon-type Pokémon to go around, so they have to use Dragonair from the evolutionary chain to make up the numbers.
"cough."
Yu Longdu coughed, trying to make his expression appear sincere and strategically insightful.
"Although Dragonair has not yet evolved into its final form, it can master various weather-related moves, such as Rain Dance and Sunny Day."
"This makes it very convenient for me to flexibly set up different weather-based tactical systems during battles, depending on the situation —"
"This is one of the tactical change strategies that I particularly favored and excelled at during my time as the King of Heaven —"
He tried to use professional terminology to cover up his initial slight obsession with "dragon supremacy".
"That's not actually the case."
Sakashi's leisurely, all-knowing voice rang out again at an inopportune moment, directly puncturing the professional explanation of 1 Yulongdu.
"The main reason for bringing an extra Hakkarosaurus is probably number six —"
"In the team that 'insisted on Dragon-type Elite Four members,' surely there shouldn't be any non-Dragon-type Pokémon? After all, Dragonair is one of the six Dragon-type Pokémon."
Yu Longdu's expression froze completely, and the last bit of composure he had forced shattered.
He abruptly stood up from the sofa, strode out of the house without looking back, leaving behind only a few curt words.
"I'll be waiting for you on the battlefield."
Sakashi's triumphant smile finally came to an end. She stood up calmly, straightened the hem of her unwrinkled suit, and followed slowly.
Daigo was left sitting there somewhat bewildered, blinking his beautiful blue eyes and pondering for a moment.
Immediately, he stood up, a smile of interest on his face.
"A battle between strong individuals? It's worth observing and learning from."
He muttered to himself as he reached for his multi-functional navigator and skillfully switched it to recording mode.
"Well, this is a rare opportunity, let's record a video while we're at it."