Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

As for Zhao Zhiyao contacting him, it certainly wasn't because of these things.

Zhao Zhiyao rushed to the battle club. According to his understanding, there shouldn't be many people there at this time, and Lin Xuan was probably here to train.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhiyao smiled with relief. After all, Lin Xuan, the Evolution-type student, was already their hope for the Battle-type. But he was also conflicted. Given Lin Xuan's talent in the research field, would it be a waste for him to become a Trainer?

However, these thoughts vanished the moment he entered the battle club, and his smile instantly froze.

"Don't take it! It's mine!"

"Boy!"

"Damn, I only ordered two skewers of chicken wings, and you ate them all!"

Lin Xuan tried to snatch the chicken wing from Ibu's hand, but the guy ran so fast that she couldn't catch up at all.

Zhao Zhiyao was speechless. Did these guys come to the gaming club for a spring outing?

Lin Xuan finally caught Eevee, only to find that she had already gnawed the chicken wings clean. When did you learn to use your superpowers in this way?!

Lin Xuan turned around with Eevee in her arms and saw Zhao Zhiyao standing at the door. She was a little embarrassed and said something.

"I got hungry during training, so I ordered some takeout."

Lin Xuan quickly tossed the Eevee aside, and the Eevee wisely slipped away immediately... back to the takeout container.

"Dandan!" (*￣︿￣)

You've already eaten one!

"Bui-i!" ~(￣▽￣)~*

[I'm still hungry~]

"What do you want?"

Lin Xuan asked Zhao Zhiyao from where she stood.

"Yes, about some issues regarding the upcoming matches..." Zhao Zhiyao nodded.

"A competition?" Lin Xuan was taken aback. What kind of competition was it? He was almost developing a stress response to competitions now.

"Didn't you win a spot in the provincial competition when you participated in the school's freshman competition?"

Zhao Zhiyao said with some helplessness, "A normal combat major student would be overjoyed to have this spot, unlike Lin Xuan who doesn't remember it at all."

"Oh, oh! I remember now, there really was such a thing."

Lin Xuan did remember that he had complained before that the school was really stingy and didn't offer any substantial rewards.

"So the school's question is whether you still want to participate in the provincial competition during this year's winter break."

Lin Xuan roughly understood what Zhao Zhiyao meant. It was that the school felt that being a trainer would take up too much of his research time, which was not worth it. But Lin Xuan wanted to say that being a researcher was really just a part-time job for him!

His main job is also as a commentator.

"Why wouldn't I participate?"

The provincial competition is actually less prestigious than this college league, but the problem is that the college league is a little too prestigious for Lin Xuan. Although he can definitely beat up some newbies among the freshmen, he can't do that online.

In places like Shanghai University and Beijing University, it's entirely possible for someone to emerge with a four-star Pokémon. Keep in mind that Zhong Mingyi had just graduated from Shanghai University, which means he already had several four-star Pokémon during his senior year.

Of course, someone like Zhong Mingyi would be a protagonist in any novel, so even after so many years, Shanghai University and Beijing University haven't produced many like him.

But Lin Xuan felt it was better not to go looking for trouble. He thought that if he went to the provincial competition, he might run into a couple of kids and get bullied by them.

"Anyway, I have time, so there's no harm in participating. I can treat it as relaxation and entertainment."

"Relax..." Zhao Zhiyao was speechless. Only this guy could treat the provincial competition as entertainment. If it were any other student, Zhao Zhiyao would probably disqualify him if he treated the competition so lightly.

But since this person is Lin Xuan, we still have to make special arrangements.

After all, given Lin Xuan's talent and his relationship with Dr. Sun Siming, the school's teachers now treat him like royalty.

Let me put it this way: if Lin Xuan were to trip and fall in the battle club today, those guys from the evolutionary class would come after him and fight him to the death.

"That works, but you need to be careful about how you allocate your time."

"Don't worry, I'm a seasoned time management master!" Lin Xuan said confidently.

“Then there’s another thing…” Zhao Zhiyao took another item out of his pocket.

"This is the dojo recommendation letter I mentioned before, given by the school. I originally strongly recommended that you go, but now it's your decision."

Zhao Zhiyao handed Lin Xuan an envelope-like object, which Lin Xuan naturally accepted, since she had promised Xiao Zhong that she should go and help him.

After saying this, Zhao Zhiyao gave Lin Xuan a couple more instructions and then left.

Lin Xuan didn't stay there for long. After seeing that it was almost time, she left. This was mainly because she had something important to do today, so important that she didn't expect Zhao Zhiyao to come looking for her at this time.

Today is the youth group match of the college league!

It's time for Lin Xuan, the "civil servant" of the live-streaming industry, to go home and work again.

After returning home, Lin Xuan first watched TV with the three children in the living room for a while. When it was almost time, he took out the script that the program team had prepared for him and read it twice to avoid making mistakes later.

"Tsk, why does it have to be so long?"

Lin Xuan looked at the half-page-long speech and felt a headache coming on. This was the kind of thing he was worst at. Then a good idea popped into his head. He put the speech aside and pulled up the electronic version on his computer.

Chapter 158 Mysterious Guest

Time to go to work!

Lin Xuan typed the title of his live stream, and the number of viewers who flooded in instantly startled him, but he quickly calmed down.

Yesterday's announcement of Umbreon and the friendship system seems to have gained him a lot of fans; many of these new viewers are just there for the spectacle.

Wow, there are so many people today!

【Our Mimikyu teacher isn't a small-time streamer anymore!】

[Hmph, Mimi-Oki-sensei, who only gains followers through her side hustle, is trash.]

[Nonsense, I'm clearly a fan of Mimikyu-sensei's looks.]

"Ahem, new audience members, don't leave yet. Let's listen to a commercial break first." Lin Xuan said, placing the client's script as an image to the side. "If I had known there would be so many fans back then, I should have asked for more advertising fees. What if I feel like I lost out?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a loli-like electronic voice rang out in the live stream.

"Welcome everyone..."

Lin Xuan immediately interrupted the spellcasting.

"Ahem, sorry, wrong voice, this is the right one." Lin Xuan switched his voice back to a normal male voice.

【? ? ? 】

So you used to like this kind of thing?

As Mimikyu once said, let's be careful of the world of anime and manga.

[Watch out for anime content, even if you only watch once a day]

"I'm not into anime/manga. Who watches anime/manga content if I'm a serious streamer..."

Lin Xuan silently covered up her Misaka Mikoto wallpaper with a document, then clicked the play button.

"Welcome everyone to the first University League Youth Group competition. This competition is hosted by Shanghai University, Beijing University, and Qihang Technology..."

The speech had been playing for several minutes, during which time Lin Xuan listened while resting her chin on her hand.

[Party A: ???]

[Trying to meet KPIs, huh?]

You truly are a bully on the other side.

[Mimi Qiu Teacher: Real people can read it too, but it'll cost extra!]

Lin Xuan even took a moment to go out and grab a drink, but when he came back in, the advertisement had already started playing for the second time, so he quickly pressed pause.

"Ahem, you only need to listen to it once. The second time will cost a different price."

【666】

[Just arrived, is this the expert who discovered Umbreon?]

[No, this is the number one abstract commentator in China.]

"Thanks to Gardevoir for uprooting the willow tree - [Is Mimikyu not competing this time?] I can't beat them, so I'll just barely manage to win the championship in the junior division."

Lin Xuan said bluntly, without any modesty, that he really couldn't beat the contestants here.

Barely passable

[However, it's true that these are all third- and fourth-year students, so it would be a huge disadvantage for Professor Mimikyu to teach them.]

[It's okay, in three years, it will be time for Mimikyu-sensei to win the championship again!]

"I don't know if we can win the championship in three years. I just want to know if we can continue for another three years, otherwise we'll have to find a new client."

Lin Xuan sighed, looking very sorrowful.

[Party A: What sins did I commit to deserve meeting you?]

[Teacher Mimikyu only cares about whether the client will continue to pay him his salary]