Evolution, the miracle of the Pokémon world, was also one of the most captivating things in this world, something that best showed the dazzling brilliance of life. Heath had never been very clear on how his Charmander and Zoroark had evolved, but now it seemed he could find out. He stood to one side and watched curiously, while the dining customers also cast curious looks their way.
This was nothing strange. Even though this was the Pokémon world, and most people had seen Pokémon evolve, people still loved watching it. It had even given rise to a special kind of video creator: those who specialized in filming all kinds of Pokémon evolving. Their videos were short, but drew plenty of viewers. Many people who wanted to become video creators chose filming Pokémon evolution as their starting point.
It was probably much like how editing together silly clips or animal videos made it easier to gain traction than painstakingly researching and producing a rigorous educational video. Pokémon evolution clips, only a few dozen seconds long, had become the choice of many people. They occupied much the same position as comedy clips on the short-video platforms of his previous life, carrying considerable weight.
Some very clever video creators even deliberately cut out the footage before the Evolutionary Light appeared, encouraging viewers to send scrolling comments guessing which Pokémon was inside. And that was not all. Back when Heath was in Pallet Town, Sister Feng and the others had busted a large casino where the most popular game involved betting on which Pokémon was beneath the Evolutionary Light. Apparently, the casino boss had made a fortune this way, to the point that short-video platforms would put warnings about the dangers of gambling beneath videos like these.
In Heath's opinion, though, what the Pokémon