Chapter 58
Prize Redemption at the Arcade

“Let’s play with 200 game coins first,” Xiao Mao took out his black card.

Seeing the black card, Xiao Li was startled. She knew very well how high the status of the person who possessed this card was. Instantly, Xiao Li's gaze at Xiao Mao became a little bit... suggestive.

Xiao Li originally had no thoughts about this, but after seeing the black card, and then looking at Na Zi, she felt that Xiao Mao should like mature older sisters, which meant she had a chance.

At this time, Na Zi suddenly walked forward, standing one step ahead of Xiao Mao, blocking Xiao Li's view of him.

“Guest, your game coins have been exchanged.” The beautiful service girl at the counter placed an exquisite box container on the counter, with 200 game coins neatly arranged inside.

“How do I exchange for Pokemon?” Xiao Mao asked.

“These are the Pokemon we have available for exchange this quarter, each Pokemon’s potential is no less than the Gym level.” The girl at the counter pointed to the reward exchange displayed on the ceiling.

Seaking – 20,000 coins!

Nidorino – 30,000 coins!

Vulpix – 60,000 coins!

Ditto – 50,000 coins!

Eevee – 50,000 coins!

Kricketot – 55,000 coins!

Scyther – 55,000 coins!

There were 7 Pokemon that could be exchanged with game coins, each one was relatively rare. The exchange ratio was 1:100, meaning a Seaking would cost about two million to purchase. This price was almost the same as the market price, even slightly higher.

So, using cash to exchange for game coins to purchase Pokemon was definitely a loss. If you were lucky enough to win 50,000 game coins, it would be a profitable deal.

However, the difficulty of winning enough game coins to exchange for a Pokemon was definitely not small. This game hall is called a game, but it is actually gambling. If it’s gambling, there will definitely be cheating involved. It is impossible to win enough money.

“This Eevee is not bad.”

Out of all the Pokemon displayed on the screen, Xiao Mao only liked Eevee.

Eevee has eight evolution forms. If the team is missing any attributes, you can evolve it in the missing direction.

In the original story, Xiao Mao also raised an Eevee. That Eevee was very strong and easily defeated Satoshi’s Pikachu. Later, that Eevee evolved into the strongest shield in the Eevee family, the Espeon.

Espeon is a Dark type, and its Defense, Special Defense, and HP stat are very high. In PVP, it is a super tank. Players would get a headache when they see an Espeon, and another grinding session begins.

“Guest, our game hall has very good Pokemon. The Eevees we have this time are all above Gym level.” The beautiful service girl at the counter introduced.

“Na Zi, do you like Eevee?” Xiao Mao asked.

“Xiao Mao, are you planning to buy Eevee?” Na Zi asked in surprise.

Na Zi could accept Xiao Mao giving her gifts, but she wouldn’t accept overly expensive gifts.

An Eevee requires 50,000 game coins to be exchanged. Converted into cash, that would be five million. You couldn’t even bid out that price at an auction.

“Of course not. With you, my lucky girl, here, we will definitely win two Eevees.” Xiao Mao said.

Na Zi: ???

Win?

How to win?

Na Zi was very puzzled. This was her first time coming to a game hall, and she was not familiar with the game machines inside.

“Come with me.”

Xiao Mao pulled Na Zi's hand and walked towards the game machine area.

Xiao Li followed closely behind, deliberately showing off her cleavage, a swathe of white.

“Xiao Li, you don’t need to follow me. I’ll play by myself.” Seeing Xiao Li also following, Xiao Mao immediately told her to leave.

“Ah… okay, Mr. Xiao Mao. Just tell me if you need anything.” Although Xiao Li was disappointed, since Xiao Mao had spoken, she could only leave reluctantly.

Seeing Xiao Li leave, Na Zi’s mood instantly improved.

“Na Zi, let’s play.”

Xiao Mao dragged Na Zi to a pachinko machine. This was the most popular game machine in the Kanto region, and other game halls in other places also had pachinko machines.

“What is this?” Na Zi, a homebody, had naturally never seen a pachinko machine. She noticed that many people were playing around it, but she couldn’t figure out what was so attractive about it.

“This is simple. Put the game coins in here. The machine will release steel balls from here. Look at the multiplier on the electronic screen, as well as the ball channel.”

“Press the start button, and the machine will randomly determine a multiplier and channel. Then pull the right lever to launch the ball into the channel and into the pin board. As long as the ball enters the channel with the red light on, you can get the corresponding multiplier of balls. Then you can use these balls to exchange for game coins.”

Xiao Mao explained it simply to Na Zi in detail. The gameplay was very simple.

Xiao Mao simply tried a few times first, and then let Na Zi try it. Na Zi quickly understood how to play the pachinko machine.

“Xiao Mao, do you want me to use my psychic power to make the balls pass through the channel quickly?” Na Zi secretly sent a message to Xiao Mao using telepathy.

Xiao Mao grinned and said: “How else would you be my lucky girl.”

Na Zi was immediately speechless. She did not expect Xiao Mao to think of having her do this. Xiao Mao usually was a very upright person, how could he think of cheating.

“Are you sure this will work?” Na Zi asked through telepathy.

There are psychics in this world, and this is not a secret. People who dare to open game halls will definitely think of this. They will have countermeasures. If I recklessly use my psychic powers, that will be cheating.

“Don’t worry, this game hall is not a legitimate business. Even if we win money, they can’t complain about it.” Xiao Mao said.

This game hall was full of secrets. It was a secret base that Team Rocket established in the Kanto region. It was also responsible for important transportation work.

The game hall could take out so many rare Pokemon as exchange prizes. The origin of these Pokemon must be questionable. If something happened here, Team Rocket wouldn’t dare to make a big fuss.

Although Xiao Mao didn’t want to provoke Team Rocket, Team Rocket was too reckless, and they were taking the initiative to cause trouble for Xiao Mao. Then it was time to pluck some of Team Rocket’s feathers.

Xiao Mao was still remembering what happened in Viridian City.

As for why Xiao Mao was not afraid of provoking Team Rocket, it was naturally because Na Zi was by his side. All of the people in this branch base, combined, would probably not even be enough for Na Zi to fight.

“Okay, I’ll trust you this once.”

Na Zi did not hesitate anymore. Although she didn’t know why Xiao Mao thought that this game hall wasn’t legitimate, she believed in Xiao Mao’s character.

Na Zi was also very cautious. Worried that she might be noticed, she quietly used her psychic powers. It was completely impossible to tell that Na Zi was using psychic powers.

When Na Zi had her personality split, her psychic prowess was extremely terrifying. Now that her personalities had merged into one, her manipulation of her psychic powers was even more proficient.