I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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【LV31 Scizor (male) / Near-Elite Four】

"twitter!"

Xiao Mao sent out a scythe.

"What! It's a Steel-type Pokémon!" Lijia exclaimed in surprise. Although Lijia was weak, she still knew about Pokémon and knew that Steel-type Pokémon had a special characteristic: they had no sense of smell, so stench had no effect on Scizor.

"A series of consecutive strikes!"

Xiao Mao had no intention of showing any mercy.

Whoosh!

A streak of red light pierced through the field and arrived in front of the stinky flower in the blink of an eye.

Gloom is timid and immediately releases its stench, but this stench has no effect on Scizor. Insect energy swirls around its pincers, forming a scythe shape. As Scizor swings its pincers, the energy scythes continuously strike Gloom.

“Stinky!”

With Gloom's mournful cry, Scizor finished its combo, sending Gloom flying several meters away before it crashed to the ground, unconscious, its eyes spinning in circles.

"Gloomy Flower...!" Rika immediately ran to Gloomy Flower's side.

Gloom is Rika's favorite Pokémon, and it was because Ash saved Gloom that Rika gave Ash the badge.

"Gloom is unable to battle, Scizor wins, and the winner is... challenger Gary." The female apprentice in the referee's area also made the final judgment.

The battle is over.

After confirming that Gloom was alright, Rika walked over to Gary and took out the gym badge.

"Shigeru, the Rainbow Badge is yours now. I'll seriously consider your previous suggestion," Rika said.

"Thank you."

Xiao Mao didn't say much, just thanked him and took the badge.

[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]

"What a pity, all the Pokémon that can use Sunlight Technique are with Grandpa right now," Shigeru thought to himself.

None of Gary's Pokémon can use Solar Beam; only Exeggutor and Butterfree, which are with Professor Oak, can.

Growlithe can only learn Solar Beam after evolving into Arcanine; other Pokémon cannot master this move.

After leaving the Celadon Gym, Sabrina asked, "Grey, are we going to Fuchsia City next?"

"No rush, let's go play at the arcade over here. I heard you can exchange game coins for rare Pokémon there," said Xiao Mao.

“Arcade…” Naz had heard of arcades, but had never been to one.

"Yes, there are some really fun games inside. I'll go try them out. If I can win a lot of game coins, I can exchange them for the sprites in the arcade."

Gary grabbed Sabrina's hand and hurried toward the Pokémon Center.

After handing Alakazam over to Joey, the two headed to the arcade. On the way, they stopped at a restaurant for lunch, and after a satisfying meal, they went to the arcade.

...!

"Welcome, gentlemen!!"

The hostess at the entrance bowed respectfully to Xiao Mao and Na Zi.

One of the women stepped forward and said, "Hello, two guests, my name is Xiaoli. Please feel free to ask me anything you don't understand."

Xiao Mao looked at Xiao Li. This hostess girl was really pretty. No wonder it was an industry run by Team Rocket. The hostess here must be paid very well, otherwise they couldn't attract such a pretty girl.

"This is my first time here, how do I exchange game coins?" Xiao Mao asked.

"plz follow me."

Xiaoli led Xiaomao and Nazi to the square counter and asked, "Sir, the exchange rate here is 100 yuan to one game coin. How many do you need?"

Xiao Mao was surprised; he hadn't expected the arcade tokens to be so expensive—a 1:100 exchange rate was a bit high.

Chapter 58: Prize Redemption in the Arcade

"Let's start with 200 game coins," Xiao Mao said, taking out his black card.

When Xiaoli saw the black card, she was shocked. She knew very well how high the status of the person who owned this card was. Suddenly, Xiaoli's gaze towards Xiaomao turned somewhat sullen.

Xiaoli initially had no particular thoughts, but after seeing the black card and looking at Nazi, she realized that Xiaomao probably liked mature older women, which gave her a chance.

At this moment, Naz suddenly walked up, standing a step above Xiaomao, blocking Xiaoli's view of Xiaomao.

"Guests, your game tokens have been redeemed." The pretty saleswoman at the counter placed an elegant box on the counter, with 200 game tokens neatly arranged inside.

"How do I redeem the elves?" Xiao Mao asked.

"These are the Pokémon we can redeem this quarter, and each one has potential no less than that of a Gym Leader," the saleswoman at the counter said, pointing to the reward redemption list above her head.

Black Seahorse - 20000 coins!

Nidorino - 30000 coins!

Six-tailed - 60000 coins!

Polygon Beast - 50000 Coins!

Ibrahimovic - 50000 coins!

Kairos - 55000 coins!

Scyther - 55000 coins!

There are 7 Pokémon that can be exchanged with in-game currency. Each Pokémon is relatively rare, and the exchange rate is 1:100. It would cost about two million to buy one Horsea, which is about the same as the market price, or even slightly higher.

Therefore, trying to use cash to exchange for game coins to buy elves is definitely a losing proposition. If you are lucky enough to win 50000 game coins, it will be a very profitable business.

However, it's definitely not easy to win game coins to exchange for elves. This arcade is called a game, but it's actually gambling. And since it's gambling, cheating is involved. It's simply impossible to win enough money.

"This Ibrahimovic is good."

Of the Pokémon displayed on the screen, Shigeru only took a liking to Eevee.

Eevee has eight evolution forms. If your team is lacking a certain attribute, simply evolve it in the direction that attribute is missing.

In the original story, Gary also raised an Eevee, which was very strong and easily defeated Ash's Pikachu. Later, that Eevee evolved into Umbreon, which has the title of the strongest shield in the Eevee family.

Umbreon is a Dark Pokémon with very high base stats in Defense, Special Defense, and HP. In PvP, it's an absolute tank, and players dread seeing their opponent send out Umbreon, making it another frustrating match.

"Guest, the Pokémon in our arcade are quite good. The Eevee we brought in this time are all very good, with potential to be at least Gym Leader level," the pretty young lady at the counter introduced.

"Saria, do you like Eevee?" Gary asked.

"Little Shigeru, are you planning to buy Eevee?" Sabrina asked in surprise.

Naza can accept gifts from Shigeru, but she won't accept gifts that are too expensive.

It takes 50000 game coins to exchange for an Eevee, which is equivalent to five million in cash. You can't even get that price at an auction.

"Of course not. With a lucky girl like you around, of course we'll win against two Eevee!" said Shigeru.

Naza: ? ? ?

win?

How to win?

Naza was puzzled, as this was her first time at an arcade and she didn't know much about the arcade machines.

"Come with me."

Xiao Mao took Natsume's hand and walked towards the arcade area.

Xiaoli followed behind, deliberately showing off her cleavage, which was completely white.

"Xiaoli, you don't need to follow me, I can play by myself." Seeing that Xiaoli had also come over, Xiaomao immediately sent her away.

"Ah... okay, Mr. Xiao Mao, you can ask me for anything you need." Although Xiao Li was disappointed, she had no choice but to leave since Xiao Mao had already spoken.

Seeing Xiaoli leave, Naz felt much better instantly.

"Naza, let's play."

Shigeru pulled Sabrina to a pinball machine, the most popular arcade machine in the Kanto region, which is also found in arcades in other places.

"What is this?" Naza, a homebody, had never seen a pinball machine before. She noticed that many people around her were playing it, but she couldn't see what was so appealing about it.

"It's very simple. Just put the game coin in here, and the machine will send out small steel balls from here. Look at the multiplier on the electronic screen, and also the pinball channel."

"Press the start button, and the machine will randomly determine a multiplier and a channel. At this time, pull the lever on the right to send the marble into the channel and into the nail plate. As long as the marble can enter the channel with the red light on, you can get marbles with the corresponding multiplier. You can then use these marbles to exchange for game coins."

Xiao Mao gave Naza a detailed and simple explanation; the gameplay was very easy to follow.

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

"Shigeru, do you want me to use my superpowers to make the marbles go through the tunnel faster?" Sabrina secretly communicated with Shigeru through telepathy.

Xiao Mao grinned and said, "Otherwise, how could you be my lucky girl?"

Nazi was both amused and exasperated. She hadn't expected Xiao Mao to ask her to do something like this. Xiao Mao was usually a very upright person, so why would he think of cheating?

"Are you sure you can do it?" Naz asked telepathically.

The existence of superpowered individuals in this world is no secret. Anyone who dares to open an arcade must have considered this and would certainly have preventative measures in place. If you were to rashly use your superpowers, that would be cheating.

"Don't worry, this arcade isn't a legitimate business. Even if we win money, they can't really complain," Xiao Mao said.

This arcade is actually a secret base set up by Team Rocket in the Kanto region, and it's responsible for important transportation operations.

The fact that the arcade can offer so many rare Pokémon as prizes suggests that their origins are questionable. Without investigation, Team Rocket wouldn't dare to make a big fuss if something happened here.

Although Xiao Mao didn't intend to provoke the Rockets, the Rockets were too arrogant and even took the initiative to cause trouble for Xiao Mao, so he had to take advantage of the Rockets.

Shigeru still remembers what happened in Vermilion City.

As for why Gary isn't afraid of provoking Team Rocket, it's naturally because Sabrina is also by his side. All the people at this branch base combined probably wouldn't be enough for Sabrina to fight.

"Okay, I believe you once."

Nazi no longer hesitated. Although she didn't know why Xiao Mao thought the arcade was illegitimate, she trusted Xiao Mao's character.

Sabrina was also very cautious, worried that she might be discovered, and secretly used her Nen ability, so it was completely undetectable that Sabrina was using superpowers.

When Sabrina had her split personality, her superpowers were terrifying. Now that her two personalities have merged, her manipulation of mental power is even more skillful.