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  Crash!

  At that moment, the sound of shattering gss echoed through the room.

  Natsume's eyebrow twitched as he quickly saved the proje and cautiously stepped out of the room, his heart pounding.

  Eevee was chasing its Substitute, darting up and down the couch, knog over all the gss cups on the coffee table.

  "Even pying with itself... it get this excited?" Natsume swallowed hard.

  Finally, Eevee mao poun the Substitute, which then dissolved into a faint white light and disappeared.

  Eevee proudly lifted its head, only to see Natsume's plicated expression. It quickly gnced around the room.

  Broken gss scattered across the floor, the torn couch, the fallen banner...

  "Eevee!"

  Eevee raised its paw, scratg its head sheepishly.

  ing up the room wouldn't be too much trouble, especially once Haunter returned.

  However, when it came time to move out, damages to furniture like the coud coffee table would have to be peo the ndlord.

  Natsume sighed, almost hearing the sound of his wallet shrinking.

  He o speed up his money-making pns!

  Although the ine from live streaming was det, having only started two months ago, Natsume had earned less than 100,000 Pokémon s.

  As for Nico Dou, sisume didn't do sponsored tent n any tracts, the bonuses were quite limited.

  But once "Pnts vs. Zombies" was released, supp himself and the two little ones wouldn't be a problem.

  Natsume picked up Eevee, who was trying to sneak away from the pile of gss shards.

  "Are you hurt?"

  "Eevee..." The little one blis dark eyes.

  "As long as you're not hurt." Natsume breathed a sigh of relief, gently rubbing Eevee's small head.

  "You know, people worry about yht?"

  Eevee had already curled up, preparing for a scolding, but Natsume simply patted its head and said nothing more, leaving Eevee to open its eyes in surprise.

  "Eevee?"

  "Ah, we'll wait for Hauo up. That guy won't get hurt by the gss anyway."

  Natsume nodded, vinced by his own logic.

  The little one was slightly stunned, wagging its tail, a small smile spreading across its face, revealing tiny fangs.

  "Eevee!"

  Natsume sent the proje to Kazuya, along with a quick phone call to expin the general idea.

  Kazuya's voice was filled with shock. "What? You're askio make a game?!"

  "Do you think I have too much hair or something?"

  Natsume ughed. "We're a team, aren't we? And it's not like I'm not paying you. 20,000 Pokémon s for a summer vacatioy good deal, right?"

  "Where do I start tomorrow?"

  Even as a student at Tokyo Metropolitan Uy, Kazuya's internship sary was barely over 3,000 Pokémon s.

  W with Brother Natsume would mean earning 10,000 Pokémon s a month—definitely a good deal!

  "Remote work is fine. I'll send you the basic framework. It's a tower defense game."

  A tower defense game?

  Kazuya was baffled.

  Could something like that really be popur?

  In fact, using ercial game editors avaible on forums, even a beginner who had only been programming for three months could make a tower defense game.

  Was Brother Natsume just feeling impulsive, ready to burn some money for fun?

  Although skeptical of Natsume's programming skills, Kazuya opehe project file.

  The dense lines of code immediately made his scalp tingle.

  "Holy crap, did Brother Natsume really write this himself?"

  "His skills... are almost as good as mine!"

  The further he read, the colder Kazuya's hands a became.

  So he's handsome, has more hair than me, and now he's even surpassing me in programming?

  Kazuya felt like g. "Brother Natsume, you're really something else!"

  "Just average," Natsume replied with a ugh.

  "Let's work hard and try to finish this by the end of the summer vacation!"

  Kazuya couldn't help but touch his reg hairlih a trembling hand.

  But realizing he was already falling behind, with nothi but his determination...

  Kazuya gritted his teeth. "Screw it, I'll just grind through it!"

  First, they o decide on the game's name.

  After a long discussion, they settled on simply using "Pnts vs. Zombies."

  There were already quite a few games with simir themes on the market, like the FPS game Natsume had pyed with thia, which was also about zombies.

  The name was straightforward and to the point.

  Building on the inal game, Kazuya also proposed some fresh ideas.

  "Even though it's a tower defense game, I think we should include some catg elements," Kazuya said.

  "For example, after clearing a level, pyers could get Poké Balls to catemy Pokémon, which could be used as oime items."

  "After earning various medals, pyers could also unlock Grass-type Pokémon for free, and we could add some catg cutses."

  Natsume nodded.

  "Catg is fine, but let's skip the raising aspect. After all, it's still primarily a tower defense game."

  Kazuya chuckled. "But wheurn it into a mobile game ter, we add raising elements, right?"

  "Spend 100 s to evolve Bellsprout, 1,000 s for perma Ferrothorn, 10,000 s... cough cough."

  Natsume raised an eyebrow.

  Damn, Piplup Inc. is really missing out by not hiring you!

  "Are we pnning to release it on Steam?"

  "Yeah, let's get the PC version out first, with simpler maps... we add more tent in paid DLCs ter."

  The maps for "Pnts vs. Zombies" were actually quite simple.

  Garden, night, rooftop, and pool—the first geion only had these four maps.

  But when it came to pion and binations, the possibilities were endless.

  In this modified version, "Pokémon vs. Zombies," aside from tweaking some stats, eaon would have its own unique move system.

  For example, Bellsprout's "Razor Leaf," ivine's "Swallow," Oddish's "Sweet St"...

  In the night map, Morelull's "Moonlight" would be the main source of sunlight.

  Amoonguss's "Spore," Budew's "Attract"... could induce sleep or charm effects.

  As for eypes...

  Beedrill would fly over the front-line Pokémon but could be blocked by Exeggutor.

  Beedrill's attack, "Fury Attack," would randomly hit 2 to 5 times, really testing the pyer's luck...

  In a ying this tower defense game could even help pyers memorize Pokémon moves.

  When the sed draft of the proje was pleted, Kazuya was slightly stunned, with only ohought in his mind.

  Edutai!

  Not only could pyers remember moves, but they could also master some type matchups.

  Through the game, not only would more people experiehe fun and charm of Pokémon,

  but it might also inspire many to embark oh of being a Trainer.

  Could this be Brother Natsume's true iion?

  Kazuya couldn't help but widen his eyes.

  "As expected... Brother Natsume's vision is truly profound!"

  Thinking this, Kazuya felt even more motivated to work on the game.

  For the art resources, Kazuya suggested reag out to Smeargle from the art school, which could save some money.

  Natsume was slightly taken aback.

  Are Pokémoarting to take over jobs now?

  But then again, many big panies were already using Pon to repce programmers.

  If he ever started his own pany, not only could he use Pon framming, but having aivire could even save oricity bills...

  "Then I'll leave it to you, Kazuya."

  "Don't mention it," Kazuya grumbled.

  "Don't worry, even if it means risking baldness, I'll work overtime to get this done!"