Just as August sent a message to Gary asking how he passed his Gym challenge, he heard a familiar catchphrase.
Looking down, he saw Eevee.
“…You’re watching livestreams again?”
“Vee~”
Eevee waved its tiny paws, looking up at August with an innocent, pleading expression.
“…Huh?” August blinked. “You’re saying you want me to buy you a fan membership for Iono’s livestream channel?”
He hadn’t expected Eevee to already learn how to send gifts on streams.
“Giving money to streamers is a bad habit,” August lectured.
He had been watching Iono’s streams for three years and had only ever sent one SC. Yet here was Eevee, barely two months in, already trying to join the fan club.
No way. I have to set this Pokémon straight.
That was August’s firm belief—right up until he saw Eevee lower its head, ears drooping in disappointment.
“…”
August had zero resistance against this look.
If Eevee had just begged outright, he could’ve hardened his heart and refused.
But this? This completely got him.
Sighing in defeat, August muttered, “…Fine. But just this once.”
The previously lifeless Eevee instantly perked up, ears standing tall.
“Vee~!”
With a sudden pounce, Eevee latched onto August’s face like a facehugger, enthusiastically licking him.
“Stop—hey! That’s not dirty, but still, don’t lick it!”
August quickly peeled Eevee off, sighing as he rubbed his now slightly damp cheek.
Since gaining [Aura] powers, his physical abilities had improved, but having a ten-pound Eevee hanging off his face was still too much strain on his neck.
Pulling out his phone, he opened the payment app and, under Eevee’s expectant gaze, completed the transaction.
It wasn’t expensive—just the price of two Ultra Balls.
For August, it was pocket change.
“Vee!”
Eevee had clearly been looking forward to this for a while. Seeing the little fan badge appear on its account, it happily bounced up and down.
August, watching this, couldn’t help but ask, “…You wanted it just for the fan badge?”
“Vee~!”
Eevee immediately launched into an enthusiastic explanation of all the exclusive perks that came with joining Iono’s fan club.
From how fluently it listed them off, August could tell it had been thinking about this for a long time.
According to Eevee, being a fan member meant getting Iono’s signature badge—but more importantly, it granted access to OnlyFans videos.
August wasn’t surprised about the fan badge. Most streamers had those.
But… OnlyFans?
Now that got his attention.
He immediately pulled out his phone and signed himself up for Iono’s fan membership as well.
Then, he clicked into the video section.
“Good morning, afternoon, and evening, everyone! Welcome to Iono Iono Channel! Today, as your friendly Gym Leader, I’ll be teaching you all about the Electric-type Pokémon, Magnemite’s unique abilities—”
August: “…”
This is… not the OnlyFans I was expecting.
Scrolling further, he found that a third of the videos were about training Electric-type Pokémon, another third covered battle strategies, and the remaining third consisted of random daily content—things like how to make Paldean-style sandwiches or Iono dancing and playing with her Pokémon.
Eevee was currently watching a video of Iono teaching her Tadbulb how to do the Paldean Fitness Dance.
With serious focus, Eevee mimicked Iono’s movements.
So focused, in fact, that it didn’t realize it had reached the edge of the couch.
And then—
Thud!
Eevee promptly tumbled off and landed upside down, feet sticking straight up in the air.
“Vee~!”
It sat up, rubbing its head in a daze.
Just as it was about to try again, August reached down and scooped it up by the scruff of its neck, pulling it into his arms.
“You’re way too careless. What if you got hurt? Let me take a look.”
—
At that moment, Iono had just finished her previous segment and was thanking viewers for their donations when she noticed two new fan members.
“Welcome to the Iono Iono fan club, ‘EeveeVeeVee’ and ‘Another Day of Slacking at Work’! …Wait.”
Iono blinked.
The little Magnemite hair clip on her head also tilted slightly in confusion.
“‘Another Day of Slacking at Work’… Why does that username sound familiar?”
Her chat reacted much faster than she did.
The moment she read August’s ID, the comments exploded.
“IT’S HIM! The guy who donated a Super Chat after taking down Lt. Surge!”
“That stream was legendary.”
“Wait—if he’s here again… does that mean another Gym Leader just got taken down? Who’s the unlucky one this time?!”
Iono noticed the chat going way off track and quickly tried to rein things in.
“Alright, everyone, calm down! That whole thing with Lt. Surge was a special case. The Gym Leaders in Kanto are highly qualified professionals!”
After all, Gym Leaders were League-certified and had to undergo routine evaluations. It wasn’t that easy for something to go wrong.
Even though she was in Paldea, she didn’t want her livestream to cause unnecessary speculation about her Kanto colleagues.
But—
Moments later, the chat only got wilder, filling with endless rows of question marks and exclamation marks.
Iono suddenly had a bad feeling.
“…What’s going on?”
A viewer finally responded.
“Iono, check the news.”
The exact same message people had sent her last time.
Her uneasy feeling only grew stronger.
With a deep breath, she switched to a Kanto news site.
And then—
A giant headline filled the homepage.
[Fuchsia City Gym Leader Koga Under Investigation for Ties to Team Rocket.]
“…Another one?!”
Iono stared, mouth slightly open in shock.
She had heard of Koga before—he was a highly skilled Poison-type specialist.
And yet… he was under investigation?
Her gaze flickered to her chat, then back to the name “Another Day of Slacking at Work.”
Last time, the moment he sent a Super Chat, Lt. Surge got arrested.
And now, the moment he joined her fan club, Koga got taken down.
This was too much of a coincidence.
Iono struggled for words.
She wanted to say something, but no phrase seemed adequate to describe what she was feeling.
Meanwhile, as her chat flooded with messages, the sudden spike in viewership caused her stream to hit record-breaking numbers.
At the same time, a new meme was born.
Iono Shocked.jpg
Her expression—mouth slightly agape, eyes wide with disbelief—was so naturally meme-worthy that within minutes, it had spread across the internet at lightning speed.
And since Iono herself was adorable and had an incredibly expressive face, her meme exploded in popularity, rapidly becoming a global phenomenon.
—
T/N: oh just like Doki’s shocked face!!!
This is a fan translation of 人在实教，一之濑你会后悔的 by 作者：白良. All rights to the original work belong to the creator. Please support them by exploring their original work or sharing it with others if you can. Thank you for reading and supporting my efforts to bring this story to a wider audience!
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