Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

[Got it, I'm going to get a Nidoking right now!]

[Is Nidoking really that strong? I should have chosen it as my starter Pokémon.]

"Ahem, just a heads-up, while Nidoking is indeed very strong, it's also quite rare. Buying a Pokémon egg from just any place could easily get you scammed, and the price of Life Orbs... even if I sold all my Pokémon, I still couldn't afford a single fragment..."

"dawn!"

Why did you sell me?!

"If I don't sell myself to you, am I supposed to sell myself?"

I'll buy it!

Holy crap, I just checked the price of the Life Orb, and I'm way out of my league.

I'm very pragmatic; when I see a string of zeros, I just run away.

Ordinary Life Orbs are generally priced at no less than one million, a price that most trainers cannot afford. But obviously, would someone who can participate in such a competition be an ordinary trainer?

"As expected, Nidoking immediately used the Thunderbolt move, and then our team... changed again! It switched back to Emolga! It absorbed all the electricity. This Emolga doesn't have the Static ability, but rather an Electric Engine, which completely drained your electricity!"

"This can be considered a tactic. After all, the best move type to deal with Gyarados is Electric. At this time, Emolga can switch in and absorb the wave. It's just too insidious."

Lin Xuan gave this Emolga trainer a high evaluation, after all, not every trainer can master this kind of rotation tactic.

【666】

[So that explains why Master Mimiqiu's prediction didn't come true!]

[Yes! We should have thought of that sooner!]

Emolga already had a significant speed advantage when facing Nidoking, and now with the Electric Engine running, it's even more powerful.

Although it didn't have any particularly good skills to deal with Nidoking, it just kept using its skills to fight a war of attrition, and eventually wore him down to death.

Although Nidoking took away the nearly exhausted Emolga before it collapsed, it was still a huge loss, since Emolga wasn't at full strength to begin with. Gyarados also consumed a lot of stamina later on, but at least they gained an extra Pokémon.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Beijing, backstage at the stadium

Zhong Ming had earphones in both ears and was quietly watching from a corner with his phone in his hand. If you didn't know, who would know that he was the favorite to win the competition?

But this potential champion... why does he seem a little dim-witted? He keeps glancing at his phone like an idiot every now and then.

"Club... cough, senior, what are you doing?"

Song Chen seemed to have finished the competition and walked over. He happened to see Zhong Mingyi hiding in the corner. He had just opened his mouth when he remembered Zhong Mingyi's reminder from yesterday, so he quickly changed his words.

"It's that streamer you showed me yesterday. I just watched it and found him to be quite interesting. Most importantly... this person has a very clear understanding of battles, both in terms of strategy and tactics... is he also a trainer besides being a commentator?"

Zhong Mingyi couldn't help but raise this question.

Because during the time he was watching, no matter what questions were asked in the comments, Lin Xuan seemed to be able to answer them immediately, and all of them were almost perfect answers.

Even experienced trainers sometimes make mistakes in their memories.

For example, if you ask what the characteristics of Krillin are at this time, even Zhong Mingyi would have to pause for two seconds to search for the answer in his mind, because this Pokémon is so unpopular that it is difficult to find a trainer with strong Krillin.

Zhong Mingyi could even say that, apart from Krill's trainers and its fans, who would know Krill's characteristics?

Moreover, how could a speaker-like creature like the Speaker Cricket possibly have fans?

He absolutely wouldn't believe it unless Zhong Ming pulled out a few people on the spot.

Furthermore, you know that the starter Pokémon of the Eagle Kingdom includes Sobble, whose final evolution is Inteleon. What about its intermediate form? What is it called?

So Lin Xuan gave him the feeling that he was a Pokémon encyclopedia. How could this guy know everything? He could even roughly predict what kind of skills each Pokémon might have.

This is something that only professional trainers can do, because they have seen enough Pokémon, or rather... been tricked enough.

Of course, if Lin Xuan heard what he said, he would probably dismiss it as if no one had never been tricked before.

Do you know how much it hurts a trainer to encounter a Tyranitar using Water Gun on your Mamoswine and Thunder on your Pelipper while playing a game, and all your moves miss?

Perhaps it's because of her good memory that Lin Xuan has a very deep impression of all the little cuties who tricked her...

This may be why he has a very deep impression of most Pokémon's move pools, but trainers in the real world are different. Their main focus of training and research is their own few Pokémon, and their knowledge of other Pokémon comes more from actual battles.

Lin Xuan has never been a die-hard fan of any particular Pokémon. If Mega Kangaskhan is strong, then he'll use it; if Gale Wing is strong, then he'll use Talonflame.

What? The boss got killed? Windwings became Trashwings?

It doesn't matter, I can just switch to another Pokémon to favor.

Hey you, isn't the new Roaring Tiger the one who claims to be the best in the universe? Let's use him then.

"It shouldn't be. This streamer seems to have stated that he's not a trainer," Song Chen shook his head.

"That shouldn't be the case... Without extensive combat experience, one cannot reach this level simply by relying on some commentary." Zhong Ming frowned, then quickly relaxed.

Has he ever made an official public appearance? Or revealed his real identity or anything like that?

"No."

“I understand now!” Zhong Mingyi smiled confidently.

The scheming frog keeps touching your belly!

there is only one truth!

"This guy is definitely a trainer, no doubt about it! He can't just be an ordinary streamer."

Chapter 10 I was obviously the one who came first

After finishing his commentary on tonight's match, Lin Xuan quickly ended the broadcast and left, only to see a message on his phone.

It seems that he was too focused on commentating on the match, and because there were no audio prompts, he didn't hear them.

Someone added me as a friend?

Lin Xuan opened the chat software with the Pogaman logo and saw that the guy's profile picture was a very old-fashioned one, which looked like a big-headed penguin.

Lin Xuan immediately thought this guy was definitely a pervert and was about to block him when she saw that he seemed to have left a note for her.

"Dr. Sun Siming?"

The hand that was about to press the reject button stopped instantly; in fact, the whole person stopped. Lin Xuan had assumed that Dr. Sun Siming was just being polite by giving her his contact information, and that she might forget about him if she didn't have classes for the next few days.

After a slight hesitation, Lin Xuan added Dr. Sun Siming as a friend, mainly to see why the other party wanted to add her.

Hello.JPG

Lin Xuan immediately sent an emoji.

Hello (smile)

Lin Xuan...

I don't know if it's because I surf the internet too much, but when I see this yellow smiley face emoji, I feel like it's mocking me, even though older generations seem to really like using this emoji.

Sigh, what a simple-minded old man.

Is this Lin Xuan?

【Yes】

After typing out a long string of words, Lin Xuan thought for a long time and then deleted them all, finally leaving only the word "is" and adding a Gastly floating by emoji.

Would you be interested in visiting our research institute tomorrow afternoon? I have some things I'd like to discuss with you.

Dr. Sun Siming's words were surprising, leaving Lin Xuan speechless for a moment. However, he quickly remembered something equally important.

Don't you have a class tomorrow afternoon?

I have something to do tomorrow and need to take the day off. Your classes will be postponed.

Lin Xuan: ...

You asked for leave tomorrow and then called me over, right? Do you think you have that much influence?

Lin Xuan felt it was unlikely, so she became even more curious about what Dr. Sun Siming wanted her to do the next day, and agreed. It just so happened that she had not yet visited that research institute, and had only seen related reports in some newspapers.

"Little one, I'll take you out to play tomorrow."

Lin Xuan unceremoniously claimed the credit for herself.

Small dot: ? ? ?

Where can you take me? I have to get you even something as simple as getting you a soda. I've been here for so long, and I've hardly ever seen Lin Xuan go out for reasons other than school.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"How is it? Pretty good, right?"

The next day, Lin Xuan brought Xiao Dian to Dr. Sun Siming's research institute. There were a few people coming and going, mostly staff members, and a few visitors.

"dawn?"

Seeing this, Xiao Dian was immediately surprised and suspicious. Had Lin Xuan really changed her personality? Was she actually going out for a stroll now?

Lin Xuan entered the research institute using the pass given to her by Dr. Sun Siming. The walls outside displayed some of the institute's experimental results in recent years, but she did not see any images of Umbreon or Espeon, presumably because they had not yet been displayed.

Or perhaps they want to wait until they fully understand the secrets of the two Pokémon before announcing them. However, there are also many other research findings about Eevee, so it seems that Dr. Sun Siming and his team have spent a lot of time on the Eevee family!

"Lin Xuan, is that right?"