The moon was round that night, and the stars were beautiful.

After the meal, dusk had fallen.

When Bai Zhou and Zhu Lan arrived at the Little Wood Spirit Theme Park, a large number of people of all kinds had already gathered in the park square.

There's a heavily made-up girl with a Murkrow perched on her shoulder, a blond-haired boy with a Ghost perched at his feet, and a young man with Pokémon like Zubat and Ekans...

Bai Zhou roughly calculated that there were about eighty of them, which seemed to resemble a mob.

Just as Zhu Lan was about to step forward, he stopped her with lightning speed.

"Miss Zhulan, you seem to know nothing about your own beauty and fame. You just walk by like that, and they don't run away, they just do this."

Bai Zhou gave a thumbs up.

"But……"

Zhu Lan's lips parted slightly, wanting to refute, but she found that what Bai Zhou said... seemed to make a lot of sense.

She was speechless for a moment, and could only glance at him somewhat sullenly.

"Don't move around here, I'll go buy you... cough, wait for me to come back."

After Bai Zhou finished speaking, he strode towards the crowd.

Upon noticing the approach of strangers, the crowd stirred and spontaneously parted to the sides, revealing a young man surrounded by a throng of admirers.

The boy was dressed in an expensive outfit, with a flamboyant hairstyle, and a lively-looking dream demon floated beside him, making him look very much like the second generation.

That is, seventeen or eighteen years old.

"You're that greenhorn who contacted me before saying he wanted to pay his respects? My name is An Yi, and I'm the leader of the Dream Demon Gang, one of the four major underground gangs in Di'an City."

An Yi grinned, showing his big teeth, and strode up to Bai Zhou, patting him on the shoulder with a grin and saying:

"How about it, kid? Our gang is impressive enough, isn't it?"

Second-year middle school student.

Somewhat self-righteous.

With a restless and unruly temperament, he is less like a leader who controls underground forces and more like a hot-blooded leader who has just gathered a group of delinquent youths and is eager to prove himself.

After a brief analysis of An Yi's personality, Bai Zhou immediately got into character, cooperating by pretending to be a naive and eager-to-join delinquent.

He perfectly captured the admiration and excitement on his face, and seamlessly delivered the straight man's line:

"Impressive! That's amazing! Chief! Can you tell me, what exactly is the status of our Dream Demon Gang within the vast underground forces of Di'an City? How prestigious are we?"

"Underground forces?"

An Yi was completely bewildered by the question and turned to look blankly at a younger brother with green hair next to him.

"Hey, you there, Green Turtle, tell me, besides our four major gangs, which other trainer groups have dared to raise their flags in Di'an City lately?"

Bai Zhou: "..."

He sighed expressionlessly.

Okay, this group of people is indeed the so-called "local forces" that he contacted through various channels, hoping to infiltrate them and extract some useful information.

result……

Well, it's just kids playing house.

If that's the case, then there's no need to put on a show anymore.

"Gah—hiss—!"

With a low, chilling hiss, Gastly, its gaping maw reaching its ears, suddenly rose from the shadow beneath White Boat's feet and hovered beside him.

"Upon receiving a report of an illegal gathering here, everyone covered their heads, squatted down, and cooperated with the investigation."

"ha?"

An Yi frowned; Bai Zhou's nonchalant tone made his anger surge.

"Who the hell are you?"

It is indeed the Donghuang region, where martial spirit abounds.

The surrounding idlers and Pokémon also subtly formed a circle.

Moon stars are rare.

Someone is calling.

Bai Zhou rarely gets to stretch his muscles and bones, so he stretched his fists and feet.

Gastly also took the opportunity to complete practical training of all its moves.

congratulations.

In any case, at least the ending is good.

After dismissing the groaning idlers on the ground, Bai Zhou, with a bitter face and the still unsatisfied Ghost, returned dejectedly to Zhu Lan's side.

"Plan failed. Investigating the underworld was definitely not that simple. Looks like I'll have to wait until next weekend to go to the local dojo and ask the gym leader. My day off—"

"Pfft."

Seeing Bai Zhou's sullen appearance, Zhu Lan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Realizing she might be gloating, she quickly covered her lips with the back of her fair hand, but the smile in her eyes was impossible to hide.

She didn't say anything more, but simply turned around gracefully.

Her slender high heels touched the ground lightly as she walked gracefully towards the moonlight streaming into the park.

The moonlight was shining brightly.

In the shadows of the trees, in the evening breeze.

The dazzling, flowing golden hair behind her complemented the scene.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.

Looking back suddenly:

"Well...see you next week?"

Bai Zhou's memory of what happened next was somewhat hazy, but he remembered it very clearly.

The moon was very round that night, and the stars were beautiful.

……

The wonderful weekend slipped away quietly.

With the investment of online GG, Professor Oak's promotional efforts, and official endorsements and recommendations from the Kanto and Eastern Alliances...

In just over a week, the name of the Pokémon Studio spread like locusts, firmly occupying every household in the Kanto and Eastern regions.

It even caused quite a stir in other regions.

That gameplay demo PV went viral.

A refreshing and gentle art style, a vast map for free exploration, and Pokémon that are everywhere, vivid and lively...

Everything precisely met the players' expectations.

Even elementary school students on their way home from school are pulling their friends to discuss what the starter Pokémon are and what Pokémon are.

The perspective returns to the white boat.

He was frantically fiddling with his computer and live-streaming equipment.

The popularity of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen is unprecedented, and the pre-release live stream is scheduled for today.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.

After all, he has never done a live stream before.

To say I was too nervous wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Since it doesn't show its face, it's fine to let Gastly appear in the scene.

After setting up the equipment and logging into the League's official live streaming platform, Bai Zhou grabbed Gastly, who was still studying military strategy texts, and said with an extremely solemn expression:

"My son, your father has a very important matter to entrust to you. I hope you will not disappoint your father."

"Gah, gah-hiss? (Something quite important?)"

Gastly was intimidated by White Boat's serious demeanor, swallowed a mouthful of non-existent saliva, and then made a firm look in its eyes.

"Gah! (Leave it to me!)"

"Okay! I'll let you show your face during the live stream. I'll just do the talking; you just need to cooperate with my actions!"

Bai Zhou was overjoyed. He picked up the spirited Gastly and sat it in front of the computer. He adjusted the camera position to focus on Gastly's head and prepared to start the live stream.

"Gasp!!!"

Gastly suddenly got fired up.

It didn't know what a live broadcast was; it only knew that it was extremely important to its father.

Bai Zhou rubbed Gastly's head, his gaze sweeping over the username input box on the live streaming platform, pondering whether he should change his username.

Pocket Speaker Scrat?

After thinking about it, I decided against it. It wouldn't be good if some audience members brought speakers to revive the rhythm.

He still really likes the speaker.

Upload a bright red headshot as the cover and enter the live stream title.

"The top players in the Pokémon gaming world..."

After sending the live stream link to Professor Oak, Bai Zhou confirmed that the live stream had started.

Thanks to the promotional efforts of Pokémon, this live stream garnered significant attention.

As soon as the live stream started, a large number of viewers flooded in, instantly surpassing 100,000 views, and the number continued to increase over time.

It's obvious they've been waiting in the live stream for a long time.

A barrage of comments followed.