Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 249 The Heavy Trio
"Wow, this is the local specialty of Carlos that Aunt Hanako mentioned!" Xiaogang exclaimed.

"How unique! I've never seen this style on the market before."

Jiaozi also came to his senses and looked curiously at the gloves in Xiaozhi's hands.

Ash's fingerless gloves are predominantly black, with a round key stone embedded on the back of the hand. The center features a red and yellow symbol, surrounded by radiating gold patterns. A metal ring secures the edge, and the overall design is simple yet durable.

"Yes, this is the first time I've seen something inlaid on gloves. Aunt Hanako must have made it herself!" Xia stared enviously at Xiaozhi's gloves.

When she travels, she always takes her bicycle from the prop store.

"It seems so."

Xiao Zhi picked up the gloves; they still smelled nice.

"But this location is really strange."

Ash put on the gloves and noticed that the Key Stone was not embedded in the exact center of his hand, but rather slightly below his ring finger.

"What's so strange about it? It just shows that Aunt Hanako loves you very much, Satoshi."

Jiaozi's voice suddenly rang out. As she spoke, she pulled Natsume's left hand, revealing the ring on her ring finger to everyone. She blushed and said:

"There's a vein in your ring finger that goes straight to your heart, which means Aunt Hanako wants to connect with you, Satoshi—ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiaozi received a tap on the head from Natsume.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Veins converge, how could it possibly go straight to the heart? Did you even read the book I gave you properly?"

Natsume's face seemed to be bathed in the glow of science, radiating a sacred aura.

He stared at the arrogant one, feeling it was necessary to set things right, while the latter lowered his head, looking aggrieved.

“It’s just a legend, a legend.” Jiao Zi’s face flushed even more.

Seeing that Jiaozi had realized his mistake, Natsume nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and the Rotom phone, which had been shining a light, turned off its light and floated quietly to the side.

The Enchanted Forest wasn't very large, and the group quickly emerged from it.
Kikyo City, on the outskirts.

"Chrysanthemum Leaf, stop right there!"

"Pickup!"

Ash and Pikachu ran wildly together.

Ahead of them, a "radish spirit" with leaves on its head was running wildly into the distance.

"Sigh, that Chikorita that Ash caught is way too jealous." Brock's lips twitched slightly.

"We're almost at Kikyo City, sigh—" Xiaoxia sighed, rubbing her forehead.

"Mr. Natsume." Seeing that Natsume showed no sign of stopping, Jiaozi called out to him.

"what happened?"

Natsume looked at everyone strangely.

"Shouldn't we just leave Xiaozhi alone?"

Jiaozi pointed to Ash and Pikachu, whose figures were gradually disappearing in the distance.

"Oh, I don't want to deal with that."

Natsume yawned.

Natsume never interferes in conflicts between other people and their Pokémon.

For some reason, in most cases where he intervened, the relationship between the trainer and the Pokémon not only failed to improve but actually deteriorated rapidly.

Natsume pondered that perhaps it was because he was too outstanding that, standing there, he became the "other people's trainer" in the eyes of Pokémon.

"But Ash went towards the snow mountain," Misty said with some worry.

“Yeah, he didn’t even bring a backpack, just Pikachu with him, and Pikachu’s level is still very low after being trained with electricity,” Xiao Gang added.

Natsume paused, glancing at the sky out of the corner of his eye.

There's a cat-head balloon there, quietly following Ash.

Another glance revealed a rustling sound in the distant woods, where a Primalmon, accompanied by a Hypnos, followed in Ash's footsteps.

"Hey, you with the middle parting!"

As Natsume spoke, he tossed a red and white ball into the air.

The red and white balls didn't fall for a long time, leaving everyone puzzled.

"What are you doing?"

Xiaoxia looked curiously at the sky, but there was clearly nothing there.

High in the sky, cat-shaped balloons.

"That's awesome! Now that the brat's gone, we can finally catch Pikachu!" Kojiro exclaimed excitedly, holding his binoculars.

"Hey, hey, hey, boss Sakaki hasn't contacted us for the past two months. Is he angry because we haven't been making any sales?"

Musashi said with some worry.

"yes."

Kojiro suddenly became depressed.

For the past two months, they had completely lost contact with Giovanni. They thought something had happened at headquarters, but surprisingly, they ran into other Team Rocket members nearby.

I only found out after asking that the Rockets had something big planned.

Such a big operation, and Boss Sakaki didn't even inform them!

These past few days, all three of them have felt a heavy weight on their hearts.

"Meow, do you think Boss Sakaki is going to abandon us?"

Kojiro said in a deep voice.

"Swoosh!" A scratch appeared on Kojiro's face.

"What nonsense are you talking about, meow? Just because of those few cadres' mockery, meow?"

Meow meow has no choice but to agree.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Those guys had never even heard of our Special Operations Team, and they even said they couldn't find us in Team Rocket's files!"

As Musashi spoke, a look of fear appeared on his face.

"No... Could it be that Boss Sakaki fired us?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, meow!" Meow Meow roared in anger.

"Swoosh—" Another scratch appeared on Musashi's face.

"It must be because our security clearance is too high, those people can't find out, meow!"

"Yes, that must be it, meow!"

Meow Meow tried her best to puff out her chest and speak more firmly.

Musashi and Kojiro remained silent and did not reply.

After a while, even Meow Meow couldn't hold back anymore.

"Waaaaah, I'm so scared!"

The trio hugged each other and cried bitterly.

"Thorn-"

A red light flashed.

"Double Gas, are you going to cry too?"

"No, it's my Abercrombie."

"Pica-"

The familiar voice made the trio freeze.

Turning around in a daze, they saw a Pikachu with a spiky middle parting, clutching a small blanket, looking at them sleepily.

"This is Pikachu from Natsume's Book of Friends."

Kojiro muttered to himself.

The next second, his and Musashi's expressions changed drastically, and they looked around in unison, but did not find Natsume.

"Sigh, Natsume is heading towards Kikyo City, meow. What does that mean, meow?"

Meow Meow, holding binoculars, spotted Natsume's whereabouts.

Before she could turn around, Meow Meow felt a weight on the top of her head.

"Hey, what are you doing, meow!"

Meow Meow struggled to support its head, and on top of its head, the middle-parted hair tightly gripped its two ears, and it nestled up on them.

Because he's lazy and loves to eat, the guy with the middle parting is much heavier than Pippen.

Meow Meow felt like her head was about to break off.

"boom!"

Meow was pinned to the ground, and the middle-parted hair that was nestled on its head opened its eyes in confusion.

"Pica-"

He yawned, closed his eyes, and then started snoring.

"Damn it, they're really not taking us seriously!"

"Kojiro, let's go!"

However, no matter how much the trio punched, kicked, and used knives, guns, and sticks, the man with the middle parting just wouldn't come down.

Even though Meow Meow was almost unable to fight, the man with the middle parting was still sleeping soundly.

"Help me, meow—"

Seeing that Kojiro and Musashi were about to give up, Meow Meow's faint voice rang out.

"Meow, we'll remember your contribution." Kojiro nodded solemnly to Meow.

"Yeah, Meowth. This Pikachu is so amazing. Along with that kid's, if we catch it, we'll definitely be able to contact Boss Giovanni."

(End of this chapter)