Research Institute - Evening.
"Except for Researchers..."
"When it comes to Breeders and Coordinators, my practical skills are still blank."
"It's all because this damn System focuses all its skill rewards on entertainment!"
Hiroshi has a lot of theoretical knowledge downloaded directly into his brain, but when it comes to the practical aspects like making perfect Poffins or grooming a Furfrou, he must rely on Skill Cards to keep up the appearance of an expert.
Otherwise, the secret that he's mostly relying on the System will be exposed.
Therefore, the way to quickly improve his skill level is still the System's Store Manager Ten-Consecutive Draw.
Hiroshi looked at his Mission Log.
[Mission: Popularize Pokémon Games]
Status: [Pokémon Auto Chess] has been released (Closed Beta).
Objective: Launch Open Beta, gain 100,000 Popularity Points.
Reward: 1x Ten-Consecutive Draw (Skill/Item Focus).
"It's just a matter of the Open Beta now. Once the popularity points roll in, completing the mission will lead to the next ten draws!"
"The top priority... is to see how well the Adventurers' Guild has absorbed the technology of the Pokédex Manual!"
He sent a message in the High-Level Group Chat of the Adventurers' Guild.
Hiroshi: @Jean. I have a question. Does the Knights of Favonius need fostering and training services for your Pokémon?
Jean: "Hey? Does your Institute still have business in this area? Wait, Ningguang has already sent her Shiny Beldum?!"
Jean: "Okay! My Eevee also bothers you. The cost is not an issue!"
Look, this is the confidence of the Gunnhildr family. Thousands of years of wealth accumulation is no joke.
Hiroshi: "I have something to ask of you."
Hiroshi: "Please help me attract and recruit some scholarly talents in the Mondstadt area. How many people? Let's say 10 people for now."
Hiroshi: "Or someone with a higher education from Sumeru is fine."
He copied and pasted the same request to Ningguang for Liyue. The quota he gave Liyue was 20 people.
Hiroshi's idea is to build the personnel framework first. Now his financial resources and revenue can support a large college without a problem.
But it is not practical to open a full-blown Pokémon Academy at present. There is a severe shortage of elite teachers in various departments. He needs to train the teachers first.
At the same time, there was news from the High-Level Group Chat of the Adventurers' Guild.
President: Just now, the first batch of the simplified Pokédex has completed assembly and testing in the factory.
Hiroshi: Its official name is Rotom Phone (or Poké-Phone).
President: Okay, Minister Hiroshi. I will use our internal transmission channels to express the Poké-Phone test unit to you as soon as possible. If there is no problem, our factory in Snezhnaya will be fully engaged in production, and we will supply large-scale stocks to Mondstadt and Liyue first...
The Next Morning.
Pokémon Home - Liyue Main Store.
The courier specialist of the Adventurers' Guild delivered a test unit to Hiroshi's hand.
It was sleek, metallic, and felt durable.
After Hiroshi tested and installed [Pokémon Auto Chess], the game ran very smoothly.
Moreover, this was not a complete copy of the technology from the Pokémon world, but it seemed to have been completely digested and absorbed by Snezhnayan scientists.
According to local conditions, the materials and processes had been modified to fit Teyvat's alchemy and elemental circuitry.
There was also a strong aura of Khaenri'ah technology lingering on it.
"This technological aura is most likely from the same source as Katheryne's bio-android technology."
Hiroshi didn't need to investigate where the Adventurers' Guild's technology came from.
It wasn't a pity that he handed over the basic Pokédex technology.
It's just a simplified technology, a castrated version. It's not the same as the Generation 1 or 2 full-version Pokédex technology from Professor Oak's lab. Compared with the Rotom Dex or the Arc Phone, they are far inferior.
But the Poké-Phone technology is the lowest level, which can help each Trainer take the first step of identification and communication.
The higher technology is the production of Poké Balls (Apricorn vs. Silph Co. tech) and the production of specialized equipment.
For example, the PokéNav.
For example, the Fossil Restoration Machine.
Most of them are various advanced black technologies that constitute the magnificent infrastructure of the Pokémon world.
Among them, some are willing to be handed over by Hiroshi in order to popularize Pokémon and reform the era. But there are also some that he hopes to keep firmly in his own hands to maintain leverage.
"The Adventurers' Guild has passed this test. They have mastered the technology of the simplified Pokédex in such a short period of time."
"Qualified to become one of the shareholders of the future Pokémon Tech Dominant Company."
He took the test machine and pondered for a long time. After confirming that there was no problem with the software compatibility...
Hiroshi sent a message to the High-Level Group Chat:
Hiroshi: Full production capacity!
Hiroshi: Let's sell goods on a large scale!
Hiroshi: Pricing should be as cheap as possible for civilians. Don't think about searching for huge profits at this time. To search for wealth, first bring the huge wave of the Pokémon Era to the lowest level of society. Everyone must get on the train of the New Era and enjoy progress, convenience, etc. Then everyone will sincerely embrace the changes...
He was afraid that some people at the top were not sober and were just trying to make a quick buck. They are short-sighted and want to harvest the "leeks" (commoners) too early.
Although he has just joined the top circle, his status and right to speak are there.
Minister of the Department of Environmental Protection.
He is also the only member of the Adventurers' Guild with True God-level Power (Zekrom, Lugia, etc.).
No matter what some high-level officials think, stop thinking about greed once you get on the bus.
Otherwise, Hiroshi doesn't mind taking Lugia, Meloetta, and Cresselia to the headquarters in Snezhnaya for a "friendly visit."
This is his absolute authority.
Everything must be done according to his arrangements!
...
"Poké-Phones will soon be in every household."
"So, as the first game to be launched online to gain popularity... shouldn't it be time to shoot a Promotional Video for [Pokémon Auto Chess]?"
Hiroshi thought for a moment, and many ideas came to him.
"No matter how you think about it, the Center Position (C-Position) of the era must be me as the Store Manager."
Hiroshi smiled and prepared to let Cresselia be the cameraman using her psychic levitation for steady shots.
"Huh."
Hiroshi walked through the living room and found Klee lying on the sofa, staring intently at her Pokédex screen.
Walking to the side, Hiroshi found that Klee's Auto Chess game seemed to have reached the Final Round.
Her Ultimate Dragon Lineup had taken shape.
Moreover, the Charizard, who served as the Main Carry, was lucky enough to synthesize the Mega Stone Y and the Gigantamax Band through the treasures dropped by wild monsters in the game.
Boom! Boom!
The battlefield on the screen shook.
The Gigantamax Charizard, with an exaggerated size and wings of pure flame, was like a hill. It simply crushed the opponent's full lineup of ten units.
It hit a child (metaphorically).
Hiroshi took a closer look at the opponent's ID and realized that the player ID in the finals was:
Zhongli.
Third place. Her ID is Venti.
Klee's ID was also forced to display her real name due to the beta restrictions.
[VICTORY!]
[Winner: Klee]
[Congratulations on eating chicken! (Winner Winner Chicken Dinner)]
Hiroshi was very interested and looked at little Klee on the sofa, who was very calm, neither cheering nor jumping.
"What? You are not excited at all? Were these opponents too weak?"
Klee had exited the game and returned to the matching interface and chat room.
Hearing this, she swung her feet high on the sofa, looking bored.
"Ah, Brother Hiroshi... these people are so weak."
"Why wait until the late game?"
"Why is there no 'Great God' as Brother Hiroshi calls him?"
"Hee hee! Brother Hiroshi, why don't you come and fight Klee?..."
There was a lot of information in Klee's words.
So, the two Ruling Gods, Zhongli and Venti, have been tortured and killed by Klee, who is equivalent to a human 8-year-old super young loli?
"Puff——"
Hiroshi laughed unkindly.
"This is called... 'Really unable to beat a Primary School Student!'"
He had gathered the beta testers into a private group before. In addition to Venti, Zhongli, and Klee who were playing all day, there were also a few others.
Lisa, Mona, and Albedo.
Hiroshi: @Venti @Zhongli. Why were you beaten so badly?
Zhongli: Are you referring to the chess game just now? According to general theory, in the current version, no lineup can fight against a Charizard with Divine Equipment + Gigantamax Band. It defies universal rationality.
Venti: I agree! I was watching the battle just now. Klee's luck was too ridiculous! The equipment drops of each wave of wild monsters were extremely exaggerated! She got three Legendaries in a row!
Lisa: It's painful. Manager Hiroshi, you know that I was beaten back by Klee too. Are you swimming in rng? Almost every piece of her equipment is a God-Tier item. I doubt that she is playing the same game as us!
Mona: Hmm... Although Klee's Constellation is the Four-Leaf Clover, which represents luck... It shouldn't be such an exaggeration! It defies astrology!
Albedo: ... (Same pain mask. I will quit the tournament first. Klee's intuition beats my calculations.)