Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 270 Reencounter with the Trio

Everyone rested for a night.

The following day, after exchanging orange balls with Mr. Steel, the group arrived at the exchange fair in Hinoki Town.

"Hmm, we don't seem to have any Pokémon to trade, do we?"

Xiaoxia looked puzzled.

"But to be honest, the scenery here is quite nice." Xiao Gang took a deep breath.

The exchange event was held east of Huipi Town, bordering the surrounding mandarin orange orchards.

Dozens of communication exchange machines were placed here. Steel was invited to stand in the very center, in front of the largest communication exchange machine.

"Since it's on our way, let's just take a look."

Ash put his hands behind his head, looking completely indifferent.

On the other side, Natsume held the Zapdos in his arms, opened the eggshell, and stuffed his middle-parted hair inside.

"Gana!"

Zapdos protested, its neck stiff.

With a slight thought, Natsume linked Zapdos into the dream world of the man with the middle parting.

Zapdos was taken aback, its eyes flashing with a sharp light.

In my dream, white mist swirled around me, and I was eating voraciously with my middle-parted hair.

Clearly, the dream that small fragment of divine authority had transformed into was far too sweet and overwhelming; it simply couldn't take hold of it for the time being.

But it's okay, a few more nightmares will help offset the effects and speed up the digestion process.

"Hey, get out of here!"

Xiaoxia screamed and kicked a drunk man away.

"what happened?"

When everyone turned around, they discovered that it wasn't a drunkard, but Kojiro!
"Meow woo woo~"

Behind Kojiro, a cat looked dejected and dispirited.

"What's wrong with you all?"

Ash picked up a twig and poked the dead Kojiro.

The other party remained unmoved, staring blankly at the sky.

"Could it be that being fired was too much of a blow to them?"

Xiao Gang guessed that way.

Xiaoxia felt a little sorry for him, so she took out a water cup and wanted to rinse the dirt off Kojiro's face.

"Sigh, the thought of going home to inherit my estate makes me feel like my life is over."

Kojiro's voice, filled with despair, rang out.

"Ahhh-"

The next second, a pig-like scream rang out, and Kojiro sprang into the air, his face flushed red and steaming.

"I'm sorry, I don't know why, but there's hot water in the cup."

Xiaoxia smiled as she tightened the screw on the water glass.

Where is Musashi?

Natsume looked at Meowth, who hadn't updated the Pokémon language for the Johto region in the past few days.

"Musashi, meow?"

Meow pointed to a spot not far away.

Everyone looked over and saw that Jessie was exchanging Pokémon with someone else.

Judging from his attire, Musashi seems to be fairly normal.

"Thump!" Kojiro fell to the ground again, his face contorted in a grimace.

"Honestly, you two grown men can't even handle as much stress as Musashi!"

Xiaoxia complained.

"I can't help it, the thought of going home to inherit the family business—ah!"

Kojiro screamed as he got up and ran towards the pool in the distance.

"Humph!"

Xiaoxia tightened the water cup.

"Oh, it's you kids. What are you doing?"

Musashi walked over, holding a bag of potato chips in his hand.

"Musashi, why are you completely unharmed?"

Meow Meow imitated Kojiro, choosing a spot far away from Misty and began to lie down.

"What do you want?" Musashi asked, looking puzzled.

"We got fired, meow! Didn't you realize that, meow?!"

Meow was weak and listless, but still tried to raise her voice as much as possible.

"Oh, I've been fired a lot of times anyway."

Musashi has no concept of the Way.

Before joining the Rockets, Musashi had been working for a long time. Although she managed to get into a medical school by taking advantage of the league's policies.

Unfortunately, I registered under the wrong name and ended up at the Jili Egg Training School.
After that, he kept working odd jobs and getting fired until someone from the Rockets came knocking on his door.

"Oh, you guys are so pitiful, aren't you, Pikachu?"

Ash looked at the trio with some sympathy.

"Hey yeah, kid, can we touch Pikachu one last time?"

Kojiro walked over, his face wet and looking a bit disheveled. "Yeah, meow, we've never caught Pikachu before, so please grant us our wish this time, meow!"

Meow looked at Ash pleadingly.

"Yeah, kid. I just traded away the Lickitung that Team Rocket gave me. I don't want my bad reputation to continue affecting it!"

Musashi took out a handkerchief and began to cry.

"Well... okay."

Ash nodded and looked at Pikachu.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu nodded and walked towards Team Rocket.

Kojiro reached out his hand tremblingly:

"It's Pikachu! We've finally found it!"

"Finally caught Pikachu, meow!"

Meow Meow reacted quickly and slipped Pikachu into the insulated cage.

"boom!"

Smoke billowed up, and a compressed cat-head balloon suddenly unfolded.

"boom!"

The balloon was ignited and rose into the air with lightning speed.

Everyone looked over and saw that the Rockets trio had changed back into their traditional R-sign outfits.

"Hahahaha, you little devils are so stupid! You actually believed my tears, meow meow, hahahaha!"

"Hmph, have you ever seen Boss Sakaki pay social security for expelled team members? I certainly haven't!" Musashi confidently raised his head.

"This must be a sign that Boss Sakaki is going to promote us, meow!"

The Rockets trio shouted as the balloon rose higher and higher.

"Hmph, you brat, you even poured hot water on me! Didn't expect to be fooled by my acting skills!"

Kojiro was extremely pleased with himself, and his laughter never stopped.

"Yeah, yeah, meow, and you Pikachu too, always shocking us, now you're finally in our hands, right?"

Meowth pointed at Pikachu on Ash's shoulder and laughed so hard his belly shook.

Suddenly, the trio realized what was happening.

They looked at Pikachu on Ash's shoulder.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu waved to them.

The trio turned around shakily and looked at the cage behind them.

The cage was empty; there was no Pikachu inside, only three lonely name cards.

"What is this, meow?"

Meow picked up a business card and read aloud what was written on it:
"Natsume Research Institute, Power Laboratory, is seeking mechanical engineers."

"What?! Meow!"

Meow Meow tossed the business card aside, looked down, and saw that Natsume's eyes were flashing with a dark blue light, clearly indicating that he was the one who had caused the trouble.

Before Meow Meow could utter any threats, the ejector on the balloon burst into flames.

"boom!"

The hot air balloon exploded, and the trio were thrown out.

"It's all your fault, Kojiro! Your jetpack was never installed properly!"

"The rope burned first, it was clearly Musashi who tied it!"

Faintly, one could hear the three accusing each other.

"What are they doing?"

Xiao Zhi stared blankly at the sky.

"Pikachu Pikachu~" Pikachu shook his head in confusion.

This all happened extremely quickly.

From the appearance of the hot air balloon, its ascent, the threats, to its current explosion, only two minutes had passed.

"I don't know, let's keep going." Xiao Gang shook his head.

"I've had enough. They haven't changed at all."

Xiaoxia shook her head, realizing she had poured too little hot water.

The business card that Meow Meow dropped drifted back into Natsume's hand.

It still doesn't work.
Natsume was surprised.

Even after being fired, he still fantasizes about serving Sakaki.

How did you do it?
The trio's loyalty far exceeded Natsume's expectations.

It seems that if the trio wants to do something for him, Giovanni himself will have to ask.

Without hesitation, Natsume pulled out his brick-sized phone and dialed Sakaki's dedicated line.

"No."

Sakaki decisively refused.

"Dududu-"

Natsume held his phone, looking slightly bewildered.

Didn't you fire them all?
(End of this chapter)