Chapter 88
"Little Green: Have fun, see you later."
Chapter 88 "Little Green: Have fun, see you later".
"Little Green: Hey, long time no see. You guys are planning to come to a place like this to relax? Forgive my bluntness, but the games here are completely unchallenging."
"Little Green: Judging from your condition, you haven't even gotten the Rainbow Badge yet? Looks like I'm still the better one. Here, take this; you should be able to use it."
"Little White, Little Red, and Little Blue received a token box and 1000 tokens from their rival, Little Green!"
"Little White, Little Red, and Little Blue put their token boxes into their important item pockets."
"Xiao Lv: The tokens here can be exchanged for small items at the front desk, or directly for money. The exchange rate is about 5 tokens to 100 yuan."
"Little Green: Have fun, see you later."
After saying that, he put his hands in his pockets, casually brushed past the three men, and walked straight to the front desk for redemption.
"I have a feeling that this guy has changed a lot."
Chi Hong watched Xiao Lü's departing figure, a hint of emotion in his voice.
"Yes, he has indeed become much more composed and reserved."
Bai Zhou naturally echoed this.
As a formidable NPC rival, Xiao Lü has a complete growth path designed in the game. Having experienced so many events, growth is inevitable.
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It has absolutely nothing to do with the misunderstanding about the withered leaves last time! Hmm!
"Hmph! Still as cool as ever! But—"
Azure's focus was completely different; her eyes sparkled as she looked at the extra token box in her backpack.
"Young Master Green is really generous! 3000 tokens, just like that! The start-up capital is in place! Now it's time for the God of Gamblers, Little Blue, to dominate!"
Xiaobai and Xiaochi exchanged a knowing glance and decisively transferred all their tokens to the eager Xiaolan.
The arcade gold rush has officially begun, spearheaded by Azur Lane!
What followed was nothing short of a live demonstration of a token printing press.
Azure controls Little Blue, moving between various slot machines and card games.
As soon as she pressed the button, tokens poured into the three people's token boxes.
The clinking and clattering sounds of the falling objects almost became background music; they were having a blast and were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
"Don't you guys think there are a lot too many people wearing Team Rocket jerseys here?"
During a break from sightseeing, Chi Hong couldn't help but mutter to himself that he felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.
Looking around, there were several figures in black uniforms with the letter R next to almost every machine.
"Why bother with so much?"
As Azure spoke, she won another big prize, and the tokens started falling from the box.
"They didn't rush over to steal our tokens! Don't bother this gambling god making money!"
After a series of battles, the three achieved token freedom.
A total of 9999 tokens, but I don't know if it has surpassed the previous small green tokens.
The three of them excitedly went to the front desk to exchange their money.
The exchange list is dazzling, with various move learning machines and rare battle items. Although the variety is not huge, it is still tempting enough.
Bai Zhou redeemed a Flamethrower learning machine.
Crimson didn't hesitate to sweep away the mysterious water droplets and charcoal he had been longing for. Looking at his bank account balance that had been emptied in an instant, he showed a satisfied yet slightly painful expression.
Azure wasn't in a hurry to exchange for items; her gaze was drawn to a standalone display case at the very back of the exchange list.
She manipulated Little Blue to take a closer look, and instantly gasped in shock.
"Come here quickly!"
Upon hearing the sound, Crimson and White Boat moved their characters closer and, upon seeing the virtual images rotating in the display case, Crimson exclaimed in shock.
"Pokémon! You can exchange tokens for Pokémon?! That's illegal!"
As if to confirm his guess.
A receptionist wearing small gold-rimmed glasses walked over with a smile.
Front desk clerk: Are you distinguished guests interested in our special redemption items? You have excellent taste.
Front desk clerk: But please be warned, Pokémon obtained through these special channels may—
"Front desk staff: You might have a little bit of a personality quirk, so we'll need your patience to work things out. We hope you don't mind."
The waiter's ambiguous and suggestive words definitively confirmed that illegal Pokémon trading was taking place here.
The live stream was instantly flooded with a torrent of comments.
"Holy crap! This is a blatant lie! They're using game tokens as a front for Pokémon trading?! How powerful are the connections behind this lousy place?!"
"This is unreasonable! Absolutely unreasonable! Rainbow City is a metropolis. How could they do something like this right under the Alliance's nose? Aren't they afraid Officer Jenny will wipe them all out?"
"A game design flaw? No! Impossible! Teacher Xianyu wouldn't make a mistake on something so trivial; there must be something fishy going on!"
"I'm a local from Rainbow City. As far as I remember, there used to be an arcade there, but it closed down a long time ago for unknown reasons."
"I bet a pack of spicy strips that this is definitely related to the Rockets."
Red fell silent, gazing thoughtfully at the Pokémon virtual images with clearly marked prices.
Azure then manipulates Little Blue to look at Little White, attempting to extract some information from White Boat, the game's producer.
"Huh? Please, you're not telling me you still don't remember where we are? As someone who's been through this before, you should have a real advantage playing this Pokémon game."
Bai Zhou paused, then controlled Xiao Bai to look around the arcade, observing the customers dressed in Team Rocket uniforms, and continued:
"Look at this place, these Team Rocket members blatantly showing up. Don't you find it strange? Are they really just here to play a couple of slot machines?"
"Can you blame us for this? Who told you to go so far with your artistic embellishment—let me think about it—"
Azure frowned, lost in memories.
"I remember going to Team Rocket's base with you in Rainbow City back then, and we even ran into Red there. We almost got into a fight because of a misunderstanding."
"I remember now! All the Pokémon you can exchange here were poached by Team Rocket!"
Crimson realized what was happening, clenched his fist, and immediately added:
"This arcade is basically Team Rocket's base! It's their money laundering and stolen goods disposal site! I was tricked into coming here by Blue!"
"Have all your memories returned?"
Bai Zhou nodded approvingly, said no more, and controlled Xiao Bai to walk towards a dimly lit, secluded corner of the arcade.
There was an outdated game promotional poster there. Xiaobai clicked to interact with it and tore it off.
Behind the poster, there was actually a touch screen controller embedded in the wall!
Without stopping, Bai Zhou pulled an identity card out of his backpack amidst the astonished gazes of all the viewers in the live stream.
Swipe card, scan.
Yu Yi click-clack—·
A low, mechanical hum came from inside the wall next to us.
The seemingly perfectly sealed wall slowly slid open to one side, revealing the entrance to a dark passage leading downwards!