Oh No, the Dragonsexual Is Here!

And so, guided by the chat, Lance returned to his room and successfully changed the game to Insane Mode.

Looking at the warning prompts, however, he seemed rather unconcerned.

From his earlier experience, he had already realized that this game was probably centered around Pokémon battles.

And as long as it was Pokémon battles, the logic was the same whether in reality or in a game. As an Elite Four member, bringing his experience into this game was simply crushing the competition.

Even if he only had a Treecko right now, dealing with a few novice Trainers by the roadside should be easy, shouldn't it?

As he pondered this, Lance soon spotted a roadside Trainer in shorts directly ahead.

Without hesitation, he approached and initiated a battle.

Amid soaring music, the battle began instantly.

Then...

Not even ten seconds later.

The screen before Lance went completely black, and a line of ghastly pale text appeared.

[You have no Pokémon left that can battle. Everything before your eyes went black...]

Just now, the other side's Level 10 Poochyena had directly one-shot his Treecko...

The chat instantly turned into a sea of laughter, still as merry as ever.

[I feel like I've seen this scene somewhere before. Am I under Infinite Tsukuyomi?]

[Hey, wake up! You're not allowed to sleep here!]

[Exactly like Cynthia yesterday—she went down right at the start, hahaha.]

[As expected of coworkers from the same company. They even copied the same opening.]

[Lance, could you stop using your head to elbow the soles of that kid in shorts' shoes?]

The barrage of comments flew across the screen, while Lance's expression became quite spectacular.

He fell silent for several seconds, took a deep breath, and quietly controlled his character out of the house once more.

Well, it seemed that in the highest difficulty mode, the roadside Trainers might be somewhat higher-leveled.

He had merely underestimated his opponent just now... As long as he raised his Pokémon's level first, there would be no problem.

Heading north, Lance did not rush to challenge those Trainers this time. Instead, he turned and entered the tall grass, beginning to grind wild Pokémon for Treecko's levels.

And once he started, he could not stop.

A full ten minutes passed. Driven by some kind of obsession, he forcibly trained his Treecko all the way to Level 10, where it learned the new moves Giga Drain and Quick Attack.

With those two moves, he went back to find that kid in shorts and successfully got his revenge.

Listening to the victory jingle and looking at the experience notification on the screen, Lance nodded.

Just as he had judged, leveling up could solve the problem.

It seemed the game's highest difficulty only looked hard. As long as his levels were high enough, it would be fine...

That said, this battle system was actually rather interesting. The moves were turn-based, yet it retained Pokémon's types, moves, and individual traits.

Although this system was not realistic and had many limitations, making it completely inferior to the passion and tangible feeling of Pokémon battles in reality, it was still a good thing for ordinary people who were not Trainers to experience the strategy and charm of Pokémon battles this way.

It was just that to him, this sort of childish game felt somewhat boring.

Lance shook his head slightly and continued onward with his character.

Next, he triggered the two plot events involving Ultra Beasts.

Lance did not have much of a reaction to the suddenly appearing Buzzwole, nor to the Xurkitree that later crawled out of the Ultra Wormhole. He was merely a little surprised.

None of these things looked like Pokémon that could exist in reality, and they were rather too bizarre-looking...

As for this Ultra Wormhole thing... if it really appeared in the real world, that would be quite troublesome...

After the Ultra Wormhole plot ended, he arrived in Petalburg City, quickly skipped through the Petalburg Gym plot with Norman, and had his character officially enter Petalburg Woods.

However, he discovered a problem not long after entering Petalburg Woods.

At the highest difficulty, the wild Pokémon in this forest were quite high-leveled. Most were one or two levels higher than Treecko, and as he went along, three out of every five were basically Bug-types, while all the rest were Grass-types.

Treecko, as a pure Grass-type Pokémon, could barely move through this forest. It was at a disadvantage against Bug-types and had little effect against Grass-types. Every battle was extremely painful.

What was more, those Bug-type Pokémon loved using String Shot and Poison Sting at every turn... Coupled with a few Trainers who used Bug-type Pokémon, Lance was sent back to Petalburg City three times in less than ten minutes.

When Lance's Treecko collapsed once again from poison damage in his bag, sending him back to the Pokémon Center in Petalburg City, the chat truly could not stand it anymore and began offering advice.

[Bro, can't you go to the shop next door and buy some Antidotes first?]

[Yeah, if you keep losing like this, you'll be out of money soon. Then you won't even be able to afford Poké Balls, and you'll have no choice but to bully little kids by the roadside for cash.]

[Just kidding, you can't beat the little kids either.]

[Why not catch another Pokémon to tide you over? There are Nincada, Shroomish, and Pikachu in the forest. There are also several Taillow near the entrance. Just pick one.]

[Exactly. Stop being so stubborn... Streamer, your head is seriously hard.]

The comments refreshed densely across the livestream. As Lance moved his character forward, he glanced at the chat and answered without even thinking.

"I only want Dragon-type Pokémon. Dragons are the strongest and the most worthy of training."

His expression was utterly serious.

Faced with Lance's answer, the chat was speechless.

[...Dragonsexuals are terrifying.]

[Terminal dragon cancer. No cure—just restart.]

[No, where are you supposed to catch Dragon-type Pokémon this early on? Why not use a cheat to teleport to Meteor Falls?]

[The streamer is really not OOC at all, hahahaha.]

[The soul of dragons burns! Even in a game, he must defend the dignity of Dragon-types! (Tragic)]

Looking at their comments about him, Lance did not know what exactly they were talking about, but one thing was certain: they did not seem to agree with his view.

Lance said nothing in response.

Not everyone could understand the charm of Dragon-type Pokémon, even in reality.

And what he needed to do was prove it to them through his actions.

—Dragon-types were the best!

But then again, what did dragonsexual mean?

Why did that word sound so strange?