"All right, I admit that sounds appealing, but I really don't have much time to devote to it."
Ye Lan gestured for her to look at the large circle of Pokémon around him, then continued, "Just taking care of them leaves me with very little free time."
"Whim!"
Whimsicott voiced a rather resentful objection.
It had been left to roam around the Nishinomori Research Institute for ages! Its Trainer never even took it along when he went out!
"Ahem..." Ye Lan gave an awkward cough, only to hear Joy Ying say, "There's no need! Vibrato is used all over the world now. It's the hottest short-video app, and an online debut is still a debut. We can start by building your influence through short videos~"
Joy Ying had it all planned out in her mind: get Ye Lan to sign first, build his popularity by managing his short videos, then launch his debut—and ride his success to the pinnacle of life as his talent agent!
Her dream felt so close already!
"Lea~" Hearing this, Leafeon handed over a phone with its paw, showing her the account it had created.
"Creating a Vibrato account is easy, of course, but managing it is where you'll need me... wait, seven hundred and twenty thousand followers?!"
Joy Ying's eyes widened. She could hardly believe that the account before her, named "It's Really Eevee~," had nearly a million followers.
She browsed its posts and videos, from the gray Eevee's early, crudely filmed close-ups to the later bizarre comedy videos featuring Leafeon and Whimsicott together. The number of likes had climbed from a dozen or so at the start to tens of thousands now.
"This..." Joy Ying was too stunned to speak for a moment. She felt as though her professional expertise had been challenged. Had