Ultra Beasts, Shocking the World!

News traveled at an astonishing speed in the mobile internet era.

The anomaly that erupted at 7:30 p.m. swept across the entire online world like lightning in just fifteen minutes.

First came the discussions about the emergency announcement looping on television, followed by the horrifying photos of the unknown rift taken by curious onlookers.

Finally, everyone turned their attention to the exploration livestream launched by the "brave ones."

At 7:50 p.m., six minutes after the rift appeared, Pixiv's most popular livestream had changed hands from the hugely popular program [Iono's Chatter] to the previously obscure [Do You Know Rain Teams?]

Calling it obscure was not entirely accurate. Before this, the streamer Harper had been a somewhat well-known Pokémon Trainer in the Alola Region.

He had barely passed the Pokémon League's official Gym level assessment. Though the Alola League's standards were rather lax, reaching that achievement at the age of twenty-eight still made him something of an elite.

So Harper's streams usually had around five thousand viewers, and sometimes even broke ten thousand.

He could not be called a major streamer, but saying he had some fame was hardly an exaggeration.

But once someone entered this arena of fame and fortune, ambition to climb higher was bound to take root. Harper was no exception.

When he, who had been stomping weak opponents at Battle Park, noticed the glaringly obvious rift in the sky amid the surrounding uproar, he knew his chance had come.

Explore the rift and become famous in one stroke!

The thought sprang into his mind and refused to go away.

"I surrender!"

Harper decisively conceded to the opponent he was battling, then summoned his Flying type riding Pokémon, Toucannon, grabbed his Rotom Phone, and set off.

His opponent clearly had no mind for battling either. Half shocked and