Chapter 23: Streaming Nothing
Fortunately, Eren was straightforward and didn't keep the barrage audience waiting for long. As soon as the match ended, he caught up with Arthur and asked eagerly, "What was that about the moves just now?"
Arthur turned his head and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean by 'that'?"
"I mean, why was my Raticate's Double Edge ineffective?"
He was really upset if he didn't figure out this question.
Arthur didn't keep him in suspense and directly explained, "My Froakie's ability is Protean."
Unexpectedly, Eren was still confused, "Uh, so what? What does Protean do?"
The live stream's barrage first had a flurry of "hahaha" flying across, then someone weakly asked, "So what exactly does Protean do?"
But no one could answer until Arthur spoke again...
Finally, Arthur explained as he walked, "The effect of Protean is to allow Pokémon to temporarily change their type to match the type of the move they use at the moment of using it. So when I had Froakie use Lick, he temporarily became a Ghost-type at that moment."
Now Eren finally understood.
"So my Fighting-type move Double Edge was nullified because it was facing a Ghost-type Pokémon? So that's how you defused it, amazing!"
The live stream's barrage was filled with "6666" comments.
"Yeah."
However, Arthur just nodded calmly and didn't show any signs of pride, as if he had just done a trivial thing.
The phone that was live-streaming captured this scene, and it caused another wave of arguing in the barrage.
Some said: "This guy is so pretentious."
Others spammed: "Cool and aloof, so handsome."
Some people were complaining about the "poker-faced streamer pretending to be cool."
And there were also some who claimed to be older sisters who were genuinely or jokingly flirting, "This kind of cool and arrogant boy is really my type! I really want to tease him!"
In short, the live stream's popularity continued to rise amidst the noise.
Eleanor Vance, sitting in front of the computer in the hotel room, watching the rising popularity and barrage volume, was very surprised.
Even she had to admit that Arthur's amazing operation, accurate explanation, and calm facial expressions were the epitome of low-key bragging, controlling the live stream effect perfectly.
"Does this kid really understand live-streaming so well?"
But after thinking about it carefully, she felt it was completely unlike it...
The complete lack of interaction and introductions throughout the stream, if this was considered understanding live-streaming, then even a Spheal with a selfie stick could become an internet celebrity...
Finally, after careful consideration, she could only conclude: maybe this wasn't Arthur's deliberate pursuit of live stream effect, but rather his true nature...
Thinking of this, Eleanor Vance suddenly smiled.
For some reason, after confirming that there was no deliberate effort in it, she suddenly felt like the barrage, thinking that Arthur was very annoying.
He was just a fifteen-year-old boy, why pretend to be profound after winning? She really wanted to punch him!
Coming to her senses, she realized that the live stream effect was truly terrifying, even she was getting hooked.
So she finally began to understand that this might be the reason for Arthur's fivefold increase in followers within a day.
At the same time, inside the competition venue, Arthur, having finished a match, returned to the audience seat in the stadium.
Because it was the preliminary selection, not many people were watching. Most of those who came were the backup groups of the players participating in the preliminary selection. There were few real spectators, so the audience seats were mostly empty.
He found a place to sit alone, placed his phone down, and then began to spray medicine and massage Froakie.
He had always been doing his own thing. The live stream was just having a phone on the side, it didn't affect anything else.
The live stream was filled with all kinds of over-the-top praise for his operation of using Protean to eat the move. But he himself didn't mention it after explaining it.
Other streamers would boast about their operations, even if there were no good operations to begin with. But for him, he left all the bragging to the audience, not mentioning it himself.
And today, perhaps because he was lucky, just when the live stream's popularity was cooling down, and the audience was done with praising and quarreling, the opponent from the previous match, the high school student named Eren, came over with his classmates after healing Raticate.
There weren't many people in the audience, so they easily found Arthur sitting alone.
"Hello, boss~"
The students who came were very lively and greeted him.
Eren was really good at adjusting his mentality. Even though he had just lost the game, he quickly recovered and was still smiling brightly, much better than Arthur's two opponents yesterday.
And he didn't seem to mind the embarrassing act of revealing his identity before the game. He was still trying to get into the camera, waving in front of Arthur's phone.
"Hello, everyone, my name is Arthur, I'm not a boss, you can just call me by my name," Arthur politely nodded and responded.
But the effect didn't seem good.
Not only Eren, but the other students who came also called him "boss."
"Boss is too humble, your Froakie is really strong, and boss your commanding is also amazing. By the way, boss, do you have any more matches coming up?"
Arthur shook his head, "I shouldn't have any more, I plan to watch a few more matches and then go back."
"Oh? Are there any matches worth boss's special attention next?"
"No, just watching casually. It's always good to learn more about other people's playing styles."
His answer, as a matter of course, was taken as a kind of humility.
But that was indeed what he thought.
Although most of the matches in the preliminary selection were actually quite ordinary, he would sit here whenever he had time, watching other people's matches seriously, whether yesterday or today.
To understand the opponents and also to familiarize himself with the rules and atmosphere of Pokémon competition in this era.
Pokémon competition was still a strange and new project for him. Although the combat part was still what he was familiar with, there were still many rules and tactics that deserved his time to learn and study.
However, this overly simple answer obviously didn't satisfy the students who came.
Ever since he lost the match, Eren seemed to implicitly regard Arthur as an idol: a young boss his age who was so powerful and also a live-streamer!
How could a boss's thinking be so simple?
Therefore, they were eager to find something special about Arthur.
At this time, someone suddenly brought up a topic, "Boss, look over there, the direction your phone is filming now, that match is about to start. Boss, who do you think will win?"
The student who asked the question probably just wanted to start a topic, chat more with the boss, and maybe get some camera time.
But the result was unexpected. Arthur's answer was unusually direct and straightforward.
Without any guesses or beating around the bush, nor any ambiguous or hedging words.
Arthur directly gave the conclusion: "That side, Raticate will win."
Even the person who asked was shocked.
"Boss, are you so sure?"
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