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Chapter 63 Insect Relay Tactics

In the end, Qingyu agreed to Zhulan's request.

And her proposed "Bug Pokémon Strategy" must be related to the Sinnoh Elite Four member, Ariel.

Among the nine known regions, Aru is the only Bug-type Elite Four member, and the Bug-type gyms in other regions mostly appear as the first gym for the assessment.

The reason for this is that the Bug type is indeed relatively weak overall.

In Qingyu's view, each attribute in the Pokémon world has its own distinct advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of the Bug type are most obvious: it is very easy to raise, and after a short period of training, it can quickly evolve into its final form and gain good combat power.

The price to pay for this advantage is...

Besides the fact that the Bug type itself has extremely poor offensive capabilities and is easily countered by common types, making it difficult to form a defensive team, Bug Pokémon also have the lowest average base stats of all types.

Early evolution is not entirely an advantage.

As for moves, the Bug type actually has quite a few useful moves such as Quiver Dance and Rage Powder, which to some extent balances out their lack of strength.

However, under normal circumstances, it is not Bug Pokémon that popularizes these moves.

For example, the U-turn (Rapid Return), which had an extremely high appearance rate in both singles and doubles in its previous life, was undoubtedly represented by the "King of Bugs," Landorus, and possibly the number one hatching moe character in a certain universe...

With so many Pokémon that can use U-turn, the Bug type itself doesn't seem to have much of an advantage.

This is very embarrassing.

Multiple factors combined have resulted in the Zerg type not having a high status in this world.

Of course, this is not a big problem for Qingyu.

Since he dared to take on this job, it means he must have the confidence to do so; he can even make something out of a bug Pokémon.

Just kidding. In his past life, when he was a prankster streamer, the audience loved watching these incredibly weak bug Pokémon. He himself was often tormented by them while studying their tricks.

Especially that Speaker Krillin, which became a famous Pokémon meme because it was so weak, is frequently requested by shop owners...

Of course, as long as the money is right, even the weakest Pokémon can always turn things around.

The audience is like this: they just want popcorn to watch less popular Pokémon, so our teacher Yu has to consider a lot more.

So, the advantage is mine!

……

In the afternoon, no challengers came, and Nemo didn't refresh at the gym either; it seemed she had taken Brutus for a walk.

Knowing how Bulbasaur evolves, Qingyu suggested that she take Bulbasaur out for walks more often and have it spar with wild Pokémon along the way.

The dojo suddenly became deserted due to the lack of people.

So Qingyu chose to take a long-awaited afternoon nap with Eevee.

Only Riolu, the guardian of the gym, remained, doing push-ups and squats over and over again.

"road……"

After completing another set of training methods taught by its trainer, Riolu let out a long sigh of relief and reached out to wipe away the few beads of sweat that had formed on its forehead.

My trainer is a genius; this combination of movements keeps my muscles active without being too intense and causing fatigue.

It is a very suitable exercise for warming up.

Although the 10-kilometer run in the story seemed a bit redundant, Riolu immediately understood the trainer's good intentions after actually doing it once.

Staying at home and training relentlessly won't improve its performance much, so it's essential to go out and find wild Pokémon that are suitable for a challenge.

Ten kilometers may seem short, but a round trip actually covers most of the town of Little Key and the Little Key Trail.

Over the course of several days, it had already defeated almost all the wild Pokémon with decent combat strength in the area.

I'll switch to a different route starting tomorrow.

After finishing his workout, Riolu was stretching his wrists when he suddenly froze.

It realized that it seemed to have overlooked something very important!
With the guidance of the martial arts instructors and the help of the trainers these days, my skills seem to be improving rather quickly...

What used to feel like a just-right load now feels completely weightless.

It's time to add some new weights! This problem is actually quite easy to solve. Just like with the older sister before, I can just hand-rub a few more pieces.

However, Riolu looked around but couldn't find any suitable metal material.

"road……"

Riolu sighed.

It seems we have no choice but to activate Plan B!
These are all sacrifices that had to be made to become stronger, and I believe trainers can understand that...

……

"Holy crap, a thief broke into the house???"

When Qingyu woke up, the sky had fallen.

He was in a great mood after waking up from a nap and was ready to try again, after a long time, to see if he could get back up and make some of his old-life delicacies for Eevee and Riolu.

When I went to the kitchen, all the kitchen utensils were gone!
Forget about pots and pans, not even an iron basin was left!

But that doesn't make sense either. Who would steal these things? They're incredibly heavy and worthless...

Qingyu silently observed the crime scene and soon noticed Riolu looking up at the sky on the other side, pretending to be a little busy.

Good heavens, it turns out he was a thief within the family!

Qingyu was both amused and exasperated, and instantly understood who the culprit was.

Is it because of this mischievous nature that they do some strange things? That makes sense...

Now that things have come to this, even if Qingyu wanted to try cooking again, he wouldn't have the ability; Riolu had completely blocked that path.

Looks like I'll have to order takeout from Suifengqiu tonight...

Qingyu shook her head helplessly.

Eevee, standing behind him, breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Riolu with gratitude in his eyes.

You did the right thing, absolutely right!

Only it knows the true level of its trainer's disastrous cooking, so it absolutely cannot be allowed to make another move!

In today's match, Qingyu was defeated!

……

In the evening, it was time to start the broadcast.

As soon as Qingyu opened the live stream, she saw countless comments flooding in.

[I was actually there this time! The streamer is incredibly handsome offline, even more so than his in-game trainer character! Plus, he was so kind to the challengers. I'm starting to suspect he has a crush on me!]

[Male bronze, come on over! A ten-year veteran fan of Teacher Yu has shown up uninvited!]

[I'm so angry and frustrated. How come you're all locals from Parthia? This is the most powerless episode for the entire community...]

Wait a minute? Why is there video in my live stream?

Holy crap, the streamer won the revival match!

"...Children, I'm back."

Because he has been busy managing the gym and training Pokémon these past few days, Qingyu took a few days off from broadcasting.

But he didn't expect that the live stream would be so lively when he wasn't broadcasting.

"I've been a bit busy these past few days, but I'll take some time to broadcast for you guys when I have a break."

"There might be a dojo assessment on Friday. If the examiners allow it, we can broadcast it for you. We'll talk about that later."

After briefly explaining the reasons for his absence and skillfully painting a rosy picture for the viewers in the live stream, Qingyu revealed a mysterious smile:

"At the request of a fan, today we'll be playing Bug Pokémon."

"Let me show you Teacher Yu's self-created insect relay tactic!"

(End of this chapter)