Chapter 370 P Coin

August 10, Level 9.

Today, Asuna and Heracross went out to farm monsters and collect ingredients as usual.

"P coin, what is this?"

Asuna looked at the panel that suddenly popped up in front of her and clicked it doubtfully.

[Congratulations on getting P coins*50]

[P Coin (Pokémon Coin): Obtained by working with Pokémon to kill monsters. It can be used to pay for consumption in the Pokémon Center and friendly stores. The deeper the relationship between the trainer and Pokémon, the more P earned after killing. The more coins there are. (Cannot be traded, cannot be dropped, cannot be looted)】

"New currency? What about the Elf Center and Friendly Shop?"

Asuna frowned and took out a P coin.

It looks like an ordinary gold coin, except that it has the letter 'P' on it.

"Hey?"

Heracross walked over, sniffed the P coin in Asuna's hand, and then showed a disgusted expression.

"Has the game been updated?"

Asuna wondered for a moment, then looked at Heracross beside her, "Let's go back and take a look."

I have never heard of these three terms in games before.

"Hey!"

Heracross hugged Asuna skillfully, then flapped his wings behind him and flew into the sky.

Now Asuna is used to this way of traveling.

Ten minutes later, Asuna returned to the teleportation array area and went directly to the twelfth floor, which is also the highest floor that has been conquered so far.

Today several major trade unions held a pre-war analysis on this floor and will launch a strategy battle against the boss on the twelfth floor tomorrow.

If Asuna wanted to know about the P coins, it would be a good idea to come to this floor to inquire.

After arriving on the twelfth floor, Asuna immediately returned to the [Trainers Association]'s temporary residence on the twelfth floor.

The president must be in a meeting at the moment and may not have time to answer her questions. It is obviously a good choice to ask other members of the guild.

"Asuna, you're back."

As soon as she entered the guild, Celia, who was tickling Xiangwei Meow with a tickle, noticed her.

"Celia-chan, do you know about P coins? This is it."

Asuna took out one P coin and handed it to Celia.

[Items that cannot be traded]

Celia took it, but a red panel appeared in front of her.

She didn't pay attention, just clicked casually, and then checked the introduction of P coins' props.

"So this is a P coin. Asuna, where did you get it?"

Celia's eyes lit up after reading the introduction and she asked.

"What you get from swiping monsters on the ninth floor is an ordinary mob."

"Is that so? It seems that this thing is not dropped by specific monsters. It should be dropped by killing monsters like G coins. No, it seems that only trainers can get it."

Celia nodded.

However, she changed her statement after noticing the introduction behind the P coin.

"Celia-chan, what's going on?"

"Meow~"

Xiangwei Miao suddenly jumped up, opened his mouth and took the P coin in Celia's hand, put it on the ground and started playing with it.

"Did you also see the 'Elf Center' and 'Friendly Store' in the back?"

Celia leaned over and touched the tail meow's head.

The little guy twitched his ears and slapped Celia's hand away with his tail like a dog's tail.

"Uh-huh."

Asuna nodded.

"Those are the two 'buildings' that were just updated today, but they have nothing to do with most players. They seem to be full of Pokémon-related services, but I have only heard about them and haven't seen them with my own eyes yet."

Celia told Asuna what she knew, and at the same time pointed to the P coin that Tai Miao was playing with, "I heard that in those two buildings, only this kind of 'P coin' can be used as a means of payment. "

Regarding what Celia said, Duck was also very confused at the time.

He clearly set up the elf center and friendly shops to use ‘G coins (gold coins)’ for payment, which is the currency dropped by players when they defeat monsters.

But after setting it up, ‘G coins’ were automatically changed to ‘P coins’.

The "P Coin" thing is not a setting added by Dark, but automatically appears in SAO after the Elf Center and Friendly Shop are located.

After Dark discovered this problem, he immediately approached Kayaba Akihiko to study it. As a result, the latter was helpless. Even with the highest administrator authority, Kayaba Akihiko was unable to change the settings of 'P Coin'. or delete.

Just when Kayaba Akihiko was about to ask Porygon Type B to operate it, Dark stopped the other party from doing this.

He tentatively asked the system first, and after confirming that the action was caused by the system, he completely stopped Kayaba Akihiko's action of letting Porygon Type B die.

Afterwards, Dark re-entered SAO and found that from his own perspective, P coins were another introduction.

[P Coin: The digital product of the positive emotions between the trainer and the Pokémon. The number generated is determined by the depth of the emotion between the two. It has a certain value and can be purchased at the 'Elf Center' and 'Friendly Store' in the game. 'Convert to an equivalent amount of magical coins]

After reading the introduction of this version, Dark knew that P coins were the source of magical coins in SAO.

However, although P-coins are virtual currency in SAO, they are not something that Dark, the administrator, can manipulate. He cannot directly give players a lot of P-coins through the backend for them to spend.

However,

In fact, cheating can be done through super powers.

With Dark's super power level, he can completely force the inner feelings between trainers and Pokémon to become deeper, so that the P-coins they get after killing monsters will increase.

However, that is a crooked way, and he will never do it.

"Why don't we go and take a look now?"

Asuna is very concerned about things related to Pokémon, so she plans to see what kind of building it is.

"Okay, but there is only a Pokémon Center on this floor, and there is only one Friendly Store every five floors. The first Friendly Store is on the 15th floor, and we haven't raided it yet."

Celia nodded and followed Asuna out of the guild station.

"How did Celia know?"

"These are the contents of the announcement. Asuna hasn't read the email today, right? It's in the email."

"Really?"

Asuna opened the email column of the system, and there was indeed an email posted by the administrator [Akihiko Kayaba].

The content inside was similar to what Celia said, which was some instructions for adding the Pokémon Center, Friendly Shop and P Coins.

The two walked in the town and found that the number of players gathered on the road was increasing.

"So many people?"

Asuna looked at the players around her in surprise.

At the same time, many players made way after seeing Asuna and Celia.

After all, Asuna and Celia are now famous figures in SAO, especially Asuna and another "Dual Blade Trainer" are very famous and powerful players.

"They should all come to see the Pokémon Center, but why don't they go in? Is it too crowded inside and they need to queue up?"

Celia held Mukaiko in her arms and looked at the players in confusion.

Until the two walked into the Pokémon Center, their doubts were not only not eliminated but magnified.

The Pokémon Center is a red-themed, angular building with a Pokémon Ball logo on it. However, in the minds of SAO players, this is the symbol of the ‘Diamond Contract’.

The interior of the Pokémon Center is very spacious, and there are not many players, which is completely different from the crowded situation outside.

The interior style is bright and beautiful, giving people a sense of security, just like a [safe zone].

Behind the semicircular counter stands an NPC with pink hair, named ‘Joey’; next to him stands an oval Pokémon ‘Chicken Egg’.

However, the Joey and the Chick Egg here are pure data, no different from other NPCs.

“Wow, what a beautiful NPC, and this Pokémon is so cute too.”

Celia’s eyes lit up when she saw these two characters.

“Hey, Asuna.”

Before Asuna responded to Celia’s words, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Lizbeth."

Asuna looked and saw that it was her best friend Lizbeth and her Pokémon Makuhita, and then pointed outside, "Why don't the people outside come in?"

"Oh, the Pokémon Center seems to only allow players with the secondary profession of 'Trainer' to enter. I guess the Friendly Store should be similar."

"I see, that's what I thought."

Asuna finally understood.

According to the appearance of this Pokémon Center, this should be a place that can attract the attention of players. If there are no restrictions, I'm afraid there will be a lot of players gathering here.

"Asuna, you don't know the function of the Pokémon Center yet?"

"Yeah, I don't know."

"Hehe, it's very powerful. Look, Makuhita's HP is only 180 points now, right? And he has been accompanying me to kill wild monsters for a whole morning today, and he is very tired."

Lizbeth squatted down and hugged Makuhita beside her.

"Yeah."

Asuna saw that Makuhita looked very tired.

She also knew that Mr. Madara was very strict with the special training of Lizbeth and Makuhita.

"Well, Miss Joy, can you help my Makuhita recover?"

"Of course, it will cost 100P coins~"

"Okay."

After Lizbeth paid 100P coins, Makuhita suddenly turned into the red and white ball when he was first captured and fell into Joy's hands.

Joy put it on the machine beside him and pressed the start button.

Five seconds later, a lively voice sounded.

"Makuhita has recovered."

Joy picked up the red and white ball again and handed it back to Lizbeth.

The moment the latter took it over, the red and white ball turned back into the appearance of Makuhita.

But the state of Makuhita at this time was completely different from that five seconds ago.

"Hmm!"

Makuhita showed off his biceps energetically, full of energy!

"Huh?! So the Pokémon Center is a hospital that restores the state of Pokémon, but this speed is too unreasonable."

Asuna was stunned.