After using the Pressure Module to modify the CG, Kairos went ahead and made some adjustments to the Regirock Temple in the game as well.
With everything wrapped up, he clapped his hands together in satisfaction.
Now all that was left was to wait for the next lucky visitor...
Just then, a series of new notification prompts appeared before him.
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have received a new S-rank side quest "Wild Sales"!]
[Mission Requirements: Achieve total game sales of 50,000 copies within this week!]
[Mission Rewards: Random Intermediate Module x1, 1,000 Emotion Points, Special Item "Rare Candy Gift Box" x5!]
He raised an eyebrow.
Another side quest had appeared, and this time the requirement was to reach 50,000 total game sales within the week.
Without a doubt, this should be pretty easy to achieve.
Just earlier tonight, Kairos had checked the game's backend and found that sales were already close to breaking 40,000 copies.
Clearly, the game's reputation had spread rapidly thanks to those few videos online.
And once the Regirock CG got exposure... forget 50,000 copies—hitting 100,000 this week wouldn't be a problem!
After a brief moment of thought, Kairos's gaze settled on the final reward item.
Wait a minute...
Rare Candy??
Is this what I think it is—the Rare Candy that can instantly level up Pokémon after use?!
As he focused on it, a string of item information appeared.
[Special Item: Rare Candy Gift Box]
[Description: Each gift set contains 10 "Miraculous Candies." After consumption by Pokémon, their strength and level will directly receive a significant boost!]
[5 of these can be freely fed to the host's own Pokémon or given to others, while the other 5 can only be gifted.]
[Note: When the host chooses to gift this box to someone else, the gift box will directly appear at the target person's doorstep.]
Kairos: ???
This really was what he thought—that mysterious little item from the games that was basically like cheating!
Friends who like using game mods should understand the salvation of having 999 candies in your bag...
And those who don't mod should understand the thrill of saving these things for level 99 Pokémon.
Who would've thought the system's reward would bring this thing into reality?
He rubbed his chin.
Though he didn't know how much the Rare Candy would boost Pokémon in the real world, it probably wouldn't be too shabby, right?
In other words, if he got this thing, he could directly boost a Pokémon's strength to a very high level.
Well, for someone like him who didn't plan to become a trainer, this was secondary.
But if he could give them directly to others...
Looking at the [Game Network Module] he'd just obtained, he suddenly had a bold idea!
He sat back down at the computer desk, opened the game folder, and began rapidly working away.
Meanwhile, it was clear that Kairos wasn't the only one pulling an all-nighter.
In the Paldea region, Iono sat in front of her computer screen with a somewhat twisted expression.
Simply put, she was currently serving time in the Rock Cave.
Iono was really starting to suspect that this game's creator had some serious malice toward Electric-type Pokémon.
—The cave was called Rock Cave, so why were there so many Ground-type Pokémon?!
Sandshrew, Diglett, Onix, Geodude... they were all gathered here like some kind of convention!
Every single one of them was an Electric-type's worst nightmare!!
This situation forced her to rely on Pikachu's "Iron Tail" to constantly break through...
If it were just that, it would still be manageable.
But the problem was that this cave was not only dark with complex terrain, but also had several Team Rocket NPCs lurking in the shadows, ready to jump out at any moment...
Plus, Iono had just given all her money to that middle-aged man looking for his daughter in Rustboro City, so she couldn't afford any recovery items...
So Iono could only cycle painfully between the cave's second floor and the Pokémon Center in Dewford Town.
Her misery was truly heartbreaking to witness.
Of course, except for certain schadenfreude-filled bullet comments that were laughing hysterically.
[Hahaha, the streamer seems to have such a tough life]
[Is this the charm of Electric-type specialization? Pretty interesting.]
[Hahahaha streamer, why don't you go pick up some trash to make money first before going in? Seeing you this broke makes me feel sorry for you.]
When Iono entered Rock Cave for the fifth time, she couldn't help but sigh with mixed emotions.
If only she hadn't been so generous when giving that money—she should've at least kept a thousand or two for herself...
Now look—she couldn't even afford the most basic Potion!
She had no idea what use that broken stone the NPC gave her would be.
It better come in handy later!
Iono cursed silently in her heart and headed deeper into the cave once more.
Her previous trips to the cave's second floor had successfully cleared out most of the Team Rocket NPCs.
This time, she finally managed to find Brawly in the depths of the second floor and triggered the storyline to get him back to his gym.
"Mission accomplished!"
Iono smiled and eagerly prepared to leave Rock Cave with her character.
This horrible place, full of Ground-types that was dark and maze-like—she didn't want to spend another second here.
But just then, a golden paid comment caught her attention.
[Big Leek Duck's Leek: Streamer, don't rush to leave, the third floor is safe and has surprises, you'll regret not going.]
"Really?"
Iono glanced at the chat, feeling a bit uncertain.
—This wasn't a trick to get her to go down and suffer more, was it?
However, she soon noticed that many comments in the live stream were telling her not to rush and to go take a look below.
[Streamer go down and check it out, there's really good stuff down there, no lie.]
[What's down there? Why are you all so excited?]
[——Confidentiality agreement signed——]
[Spoiling is bad behavior, I won't reveal any related content, please watch for yourselves.]
This situation made Iono quite curious.
What exactly was on the third floor?
She quickly made her decision, took a deep breath, and moved her character toward the passage to the third floor.
"Alright, since everyone wants to see, I'll go for it."
Upon entering the third floor, the scene before her made Iono freeze.
It wasn't dark here at all—instead, light streamed down through a crack in the cave ceiling, illuminating the spacious area around them. It looked quite safe.
She first carefully observed the surrounding situation before letting out a long sigh of relief.
Phew, thank goodness.
It seemed very quiet here... no Pokémon, no NPCs either.
But the next moment, she suddenly noticed something.
"Huh?"
"—Why is there a stone tablet here?"
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