In the Streamer's room, some even closed their eyes, unable to bear the sight of Pichu's plight.
"Yooh!"
Looking at Pichu, who was within arm's reach, Golem's face was filled with ferocity, and as it jumped high, it wildly surged the ground-type energy within its body.
Boom!
As its massive and heavy body fell, the ground immediately trembled violently, as if an earthquake had struck.
But to everyone's surprise, the scene of Pichu sinking into the earthquake did not appear.
Instead, a wave of water appeared out of nowhere, lifting Pichu, not only saving it from the earthquake but also taking the opportunity to fiercely strike Golem.
"Yooh!"
With a scream, Golem was directly submerged by the water wave.
Silence!
The entire arena fell silent.
This sudden turn of events stunned everyone, both at the scene and in the Streamer's room.
It was a while before anyone started discussing it in the bullet comments.
"That wave just now, it should be a water-type move, right?"
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the 'Surf' move, which creates a water wave to attack opponents, and its power is considerable. Golem is a Ground + Rock pokémon, four times weak to water..."
"This Pichu, it also knows water-type moves? Why does it have so many moves? As far as I know, even for TMs, non-native type moves are more difficult to master."
"Exactly! Compared to the Streamer's Pichu, my Rattata is garbage; it only knows Tackle and Tail Whip. They're both small rodent pokémon, so why is the difference between them so huge?"
"A Pichu that can Surf? That's too cool!"
...Not just the netizens in the Streamer's room, but even Gym Leaders Clair and Flint were stunned.
Especially Clair, she just felt completely shocked!
This kid always manages to pull out new tricks!
After a long while, when the water wave dissipated, the heavy and hard-bodied Golem had not lost its ability to battle, but was propping itself up on its arms, half-kneeling on the ground, panting heavily.
"Four times damage, and it wasn't instantly knocked out? This Golem truly lives up to being a Gym Leader's pokémon; it's so strong!"
Adrian's eyebrows raised, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
But hearing it, Flint's face flushed.
Because Flint, as Golem's Trainer, knew very well that Golem's ability was 'Sturdy,' which prevents it from being knocked out in one hit, allowing it to barely hold on.
Otherwise, Golem would probably have fallen by now.
"No, bro! Are you trying to kill him emotionally too?"
"Everyone, look, the opponent is fuming! Hahahaha!"
"Streamer, Golem's stamina is like a candle in the wind; quickly finish it off now!"
"Be careful, the opponent might use Self-Destruct to take you down with him."
"Self-Destruct? It wouldn't go that far, would it! Even if it did explode, the Streamer would still win. After all, the Streamer still has one pokémon that hasn't entered the battle."
...And indeed, as the netizens predicted, Flint did not order Golem to use the Self-Destruct move.
Mua!
As Pichu blew a kiss from a distance, Golem, whose stamina was like a candle in the wind, finally lay on the ground with swirling eyes, clearly having lost its ability to battle.
As the battle ended, various special effects animations immediately appeared in Adrian's Streamer's room, indicating that netizens had started sending donations.
After all, Pichu's victory, overcoming type disadvantage to defeat two pokémon, was truly astonishing.
"Thank you, Boss Maddy, for the rocket!"
Looking at the continuous stream of donations, Adrian happily said, "Everyone's support is my greatest motivation. As long as you continue to support me, let alone Gym battles and League tournaments, even going to the moon is not a problem..."
"Young man, your strength is impressive."
Just then, Flint walked over and handed him a token made of rock: "This is the Gray Badge; please accept it!"
"Thank you!"
Adrian bowed and then happily accepted the Gray Badge.
"My third Gray Badge, I got it!"
Adrian showed it to the camera.
"Pi~"
At the same time, the great hero Pichu also climbed onto Adrian's head, showing its smiling face to the camera, still looking cute and small.
If not for seeing it with their own eyes, who would have thought that such a cute little guy could defeat heavyweight opponents like Onix and Golem, overcoming type disadvantage, and without a single scratch?
Watching the spirited Adrian and Pichu, the netizens in the Streamer's room were also discussing animatedly, with bullet comments constantly flooding the screen.
"Congratulations! The Indigo Conference is within reach!"
"Hey, who's that? You're blocking my Pichu Streamer again, how annoying!"
"Go, Little Adrian, smash through the Indigo Conference. We'll meet again on Victory Road!"
"Smashing through the Indigo Conference, isn't that a bit too much to ask of Little Adrian? Although Little Adrian has talent and potential, he is still a new Trainer after all."
"Speaking of smashing through a regional tournament and conquering Victory Road on a first journey, I can't help but think of an old friend. Come to think of it, that old friend and the current Streamer bear an eighty percent resemblance. Even their pokémon are so similar. Just missing a hat..."
"Don't say it! You really shouldn't say it! That moment then, is exactly like this moment now!"
...The threshold for participating in the regional League tournament is eight badges, and unknowingly, Adrian had already collected a good portion of them.
At this moment, no one doubted that Adrian could participate in this year's Indigo Conference anymore.
They would only be curious about how far Adrian could go.
Group stage?
Elimination rounds?
Or even, the finals?
"Let's go, Pichu. Extra meal tonight!"
Patting Pichu's fluffy, round little head, Adrian smiled, turned off the stream, and then walked out the door.
"Pi~"
Pichu's eyes lit up at the mention of it.
Extra meals were its favorite.
But just then, Clair, who had been hiding outside the door, immediately stepped out.
Adrian, who was teasing the cute Pichu on his shoulder, was caught off guard and almost bumped into Clair.
"Miss Clair?"
Looking at the beautiful girl in a cloak, holding a whip, Adrian couldn't help but be stunned.
With this outfit and appearance, there was no one else like her in the entire Pokémon world.
But the question was, why was Clair, the Gym Leader of Blackthorn Gym in the Johto Region, here?
Hence, Adrian was a bit puzzled.
"So you know me? That saves me some trouble."
Clair nodded and no longer brought up the matter of her friend not accepting her request or waiting for seven days.
She looked at Adrian, her eyes sparkling, and said, "You are the 'Fishing Dreamer,' aren't you? I've seen your videos and I know your Gyarados mastered the 'Bounce' move when it was still a Magikarp. You taught it, didn't you?"
"Move teaching?"
Adrian's heart suddenly tightened.
As long as he caught a pokémon, his cheat ability would reward him with various items, a good portion of which were TMs.
This was why his pokémon had such a rich variety of moves.
However, he had never revealed this to outsiders.
But now, people from the Dragon Master Family had come knocking, and he was naturally nervous.
"Could the Dragon Master Family have figured something out?"
Cold sweat appeared on Adrian's back, and he felt uneasy.