[Especially point six.]
[Start a livestream, "Me and My Machop Daily," the first person online to get beaten up by Pokémon. You'll be more viral than Kabi's Treasure Hunt!]
[Haha, wise words above! I'm following now!]
[Stealing traffic from an already low-traffic streamer!]
Lovy sat in front of the camera, leaning slightly forward like a shrimp, watching the scrolling chat.
He had to admit—he was getting a bit heated.
"Come on, guys, at least follow me first!"
[Disconnected.]
[User "BigMuscleBro" sent a gift: Silver Leaf ×1!]
[Gift Message: Streamer, once that Machop of yours is trained, I'll send you a Gold Leaf!]
Seeing the shiny silver leaf fly across the screen, Lovy instantly brightened up:
"Thanks to Big Musc—uh, Big Buddy for the Silver Leaf!"
Silver Leafs were a premium gift—not quite a Master Ball, but still worth a hefty 600 yuan!
After the platform cut, that's 420 yuan straight to the account!
As for the Gold Leaf BigMuscleBro mentioned? That's three times the Silver Leaf's price—1,800 yuan—nearly double that of a Master Ball!
"Little Kabi, we're way past today's expected revenue!"
Lovy excitedly patted the Snorlax dozing beside him.
"Ka-umm?"
The little Snorlax was half-asleep but still responded to Lovy.
"Extra snacks tonight!"
"Ka-umm!"
Its eyes snapped wide open. Sleepy? Never heard of it!
@NutriYarn:[Streamer, going live again today? I've watched several of your streams, and I can't hold back—I want a Pokémon appraisal too!]
Recognizing a long-time viewer, Lovy responded immediately:
"Of course! But this'll be the final appraisal for today. NutriYarn—it's your lucky day!"
[That username, I'm dead. 😂]
[What is the streamer so fired up about?]
[Connected successfully!]
"Streamer, the way you called me out, you make it sound like I'm your Pokémon."
From the other side of the stream came a voice laced with sarcasm.
Then, a Pokémon appeared, unceremoniously, on screen.
"Take a look at this. I just picked up this Omanyte. Think it's worth anything?"
[Omanyte? Whoa! That's one of those near-extinct Pokémon!]
[Bro… your Omanyte might be real trouble.]
Lovy stared at the Pokémon on the screen, deep in thought.
In the games, Omanyte wasn't unfamiliar—it could be found in specific wild zones.
But in this real Pokémon world, Omanyte was a very special case.
As chat would put it—very illegal-looking.
Because in this version of the Pokémon world, Omanyte was a once-extinct species, recently rediscovered, but still critically endangered and protected!
In the original lore, Omanyte had indeed gone extinct, but was revived via advanced fossil technology.
Those revived and either escaped or were released into the wild had started reproducing, causing some ecological issues.
After all, placing an extinct species into the modern environment—with no natural predators—is almost like introducing an invasive species. Rapid population growth is inevitable.
But in this world, there was no evidence that fossil resurrection tech existed.
Which meant Omanyte was still extremely rare—a critically endangered Pokémon.
This Pokémon looked like a snail, but its shell had complex spiraling patterns—like a chrysanthemum when viewed from the side.
Those spiral "lines" were its siphuncle lines—dividers between its gas chambers used for buoyancy control.
You could think of Omanyte's body as containing fish bladder-like chambers, inflating and deflating to help it rise or sink in water.
Its shell was thick and rocky—definitely the source of its name.
Lovy knew that in the real world, Omanyte was based on ammonites.
But visually, it looked closer to a nautilus.
Either way, the two are easily confused, especially since different individuals may have unique patterns or shell shapes.
What poked out from its shell was a pair of slightly dopey eyes and lots of blue tentacles—giving it the appearance of a big-eyed, mustachioed alien.
[Why's the streamer gone quiet? Calculating jail time?]
[Is he secretly DMing the Bureau of Pokémon Protection?]
[NutriYarn, how dare you...]
Seeing the chat and Lovy's reaction, NutriYarn got nervous.
"What? Why is everyone saying illegal? It's just a Pokémon—no need to exaggerate, right?"
[Ignorance of the law, huh.]
[If you know it's an Omanyte, why not Google it?]
[NutriYarn's about to be knitting in prison...]
[Too much knockoff soda.]
"This... brother, this really is illegal. Critically endangered Pokémon—illegal trade starts at three years minimum."
"What the heck? Jail time? I just heard they're rare and valuable—that's why I spent 5,000 mone... I mean, I found it!"
You couldn't see NutriYarn's face, but his tone was full of panic.
[5,000 for 3 years of free meals—great trade.]
[Bro? Nah—jail bro!]
[Buying it was dumb, but asking for an appraisal? Dumbest move yet.]
[Since when does finding stuff cost money?!]
"Too late to disconnect now?" NutriYarn asked weakly.
The chat only made him more anxious.
@BureauOfPokémonProtection·OfficerTan:[Don't disconnect yet—fans asked me to drop by. Don't waste my trip. That Omanyte looks old...]
[Smells a case, Officer Tan shows up like magic.]
["Looks old"—double meaning 😏]
[Bet that "fan" is Kabi's Treasure Hunt.]
"Welcome, Officer Tan."
Lovy hadn't expected the final appraisal to be this rare—and to draw in his old acquaintance, Officer Tan.
He didn't mind Officer Tan.
After all, the guy had a following of his own and could bring extra traffic to Lovy's stream—why not?
@BureauOfPokémonProtection·OfficerTan:[Kabi, do your appraisal properly. My viewers and I are all watching eagerly.]
"Oh no, I'm screwed."
NutriYarn hadn't expected such a huge reaction—the Bureau showed up the moment they were summoned.
He knew the streamer sometimes connected with official accounts…
But he didn't know that dealing in Omanyte was criminal. Not to this extent.
He couldn't even pronounce "endangered" properly!
"Alright. Tell me—where did you get this Omanyte?"
[Streamer basically said: confess and you might get leniency.]
"Bought it. There are fishing crews around here that drag up all kinds of Pokémon from the sea. I thought it looked special and bought it. Later I found out it was an Omanyte. I saw one sold for 150,000 and thought I'd get the streamer to confirm…"
@BureauOfPokémonProtection·OfficerTan:[So you're saying you didn't know it was Omanyte at the time?]
"Didn't know what Pokémon it was, and still dropped 5,000? You sure you weren't hyped up, kid?"
Lovy's tone turned sharp. Even though NutriYarn was an early supporter, once it touches legal boundaries—if you're guilty, you're guilty.
Still, a thought struck him.
"Don't tell me... you bought it from some 'well-off fisherman from across the sea'?"
"Yeah yeah yeah! And the 5,000—I meant yen. Japanese yen."
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