Inside Team Rocket's Game Corner in Celadon City, the cheerful dinging of slot machines still echoed.
Yet against this backdrop of extravagance and indulgence, Wang Qiuer's face was so dark it seemed ready to drip water.
She stared at the zeroed-out wallet on the Screen, feeling as though her heart was bleeding.
"This stupid machine has definitely had its drop rates rigged behind the scenes! My money!"
Unwilling to accept it, Wang Qiuer began wandering around the Game Corner.
Given her personality of never leaving even a feather behind, since the slot machines had swallowed her money, she had to make it back somewhere else.
Just as she controlled her character around the hall, trying to rummage through the trash can by the counter, her gaze suddenly locked onto a poster deep within the room.
A black-uniformed NPC stood there.
"This outfit... looks really familiar." Wang Qiuer narrowed her eyes and moved closer.
The large red "R" on the man's chest stirred her memories.
[Team Rocket Grunt: Hey! What are you looking at? I'm definitely not guarding the switch behind this poster!]
"Team Rocket?!" Wang Qiuer froze for a moment, then an astonishing gleam erupted in her pink-blue eyes.
To her, the words Team Rocket had long since become synonymous with "mobile ATM" and "gold nugget giveaway boy"!
Not only that, the NPC's words practically screamed that there was something behind the poster.
"No wonder this Game Corner is such a scam. It turns out it's a shady shop run by Team Rocket!"
Old grudges and fresh hatred surged into her heart at once, and Wang Qiuer immediately pressed the battle button.
"Spit out my hard-earned money!"
Accompanied by stirring battle music, Wang Qiuer sent out her Gyarados, which had just suffered terribly on the road but still possessed terrifying