Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 93 Night Visit to the Arcade

"Huh? Then I'm in great danger!"

Ash hugged Pikachu and felt a chill run down his spine.

"Pikachu, Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and rubbed his face, as if to comfort him.

"Whoosh—" A familiar sound came from the sky.

Everyone looked up abruptly, and what followed was a fierce gust of wind.

"Whoosh~" A giant Dragonite landed on the ground.

"It's Mr. Lance!" Ash exclaimed excitedly upon recognizing the person on Dragonite's back.

"Ash, Natsume, what are you doing here?" Lance jumped off his Dragonite and greeted the three of them.

"Whoosh—" A long howl came from the sky, and a fossil pterosaur fell down.

"Huh? Mr. Watari, is there anyone else?" Miss Officer Jenny asked in surprise.

"No." Du shook his head.

As everyone looked, a man jumped down from the pterosaur.

He wore a gray-black felt vest and had short, bluish-green hair, standing out flamboyantly in the darkness, just like Du.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Apollo, and I am the general manager of the Rockets."

Apollo walked up to the crowd and bowed slightly.

"Team Rocket!" Ash exclaimed.
"How dare you show your face here!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu sneered.

"Wait a minute, Ash, Apollo is here to help us." Lance reached out and placed his hand on Ash's shoulder.

"Assist?" Ash asked, puzzled, then noticed Natsume winking at him.

He then remembered that Natsume seemed to have mentioned that the Rockets had a lot of white-market businesses.

"Hmph!" Ash turned his head away, clearly disliking the other person.

“In that case, shall we go?” Apollo said.

"Wait a minute," Natsume called out to the other person.

"Are you here to clean house? You're not secretly carrying out some mission, are you? Like taking out the Team Rocket officers there before we find out anything from them?"

Natsume made a casual remark, but Apollo shook his head.

"How could that be? Our Rockets team always takes care of those who break the law and commit crimes. Maybe Boss Giovanni has already sent people there."

Apollo's smile was superficial and insincere.

“Mr. Natsume, let’s go.” Officer Jenny looked at everyone.

“Adu, there’s something wrong with this person.”

On the way, Natsume's voice suddenly rang in his mind. Wataru was stunned for a moment before he realized that this was a telepathic connection similar to that of the Golden Gym.

"No way, Officer Jenny told me this is related to the Rockets, and I immediately contacted her. There probably wasn't enough time for her to react."

Upon hearing this, Natsume nodded slightly.

Neither of them was wrong; Apollo didn't have time to react, but he definitely had a problem.

Natsume secretly used his telekinesis to sense the other person's emotions.

Although Apollo hid it well, Natsume could still sense a hint of panic in his heart.

Apollo walked at the front, his undershirt already soaked with sweat.

If things go wrong here, Boss Sakaki's grand plan will be ruined.

He could probably easily take the experimental data right under their noses.

But what about the remaining Rockets players?
The alliance will definitely find some clues along the way.

“Mr. Apollo, I hope you really are here to help us.”

Outside the first arcade, Officer Jenny looked at Apollo warily.

"Haha, of course."

Apollo glanced at Lance without making a sound, his fingertips brushing over the Poké Ball before he pulled out a bunch of keys.

"Squeak~" The arcade door opened.

"Wow, this arcade is really suspicious; it's closed at night."

Xiao Zhi glanced around and found that the rest of the place was brightly lit, except for the First Game Hall, which was closed and locked.

Upon hearing Ash's voice, Apollo's hand trembled as he opened the door. Damn it, which idiot is in charge here?

"Follow me." Natsume, holding his Rotom phone, swept past Apollo and led the way.

"Go and open the secret door here." Natsume looked at Apollo as they entered a room in the arcade.

Apollo knew that pretending to be stupid was useless at this point.

Soon, a tunnel was revealed in the room.

"Your Team Rocket really love digging holes, huh?" Ash glanced inside; there was a large space.

"What, aren't you all going down?" Apollo raised an eyebrow.

"Don't worry, I said I'm here to clean house, and I mean it," Apollo said, jumping down first.

"Miss Officer Jenny, please stay here at the exit."

Before going down, Wataru made a request to Officer Jenny.

"no problem."

Officer Jenny nodded, watching as everyone entered the underground space.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the underground space turned out to be a vast forest.

Not only in the forest, but also in the distance, a lake can be seen.

"Is there a giant mimicry circle underneath?" Du exclaimed in astonishment.

"Wow, I wonder if there are any Pokémon in here!" Ash was about to say something when Pikachu smacked him.

"You're right, Pikachu! We should go find Misty first. What is this?!"

Before Xiaozhi could finish speaking, a child jumped out of the bushes beside him.

"Seed, seed!" The child lay on the ground, imitating Bulbasaur's voice.

"What's wrong with you?" Ash stepped forward, but the child suddenly jumped and ran away, just like a wild Pokémon frightened by its trainer.

"Insect~ Insect~" On a tree not far away, another child was imitating the behavior of a caterpillar, emerging from its cocoon.

Both children were wearing helmet-like devices on their heads.

"What's going on?" Du glared angrily.

"I'll find the person in charge of this group of scum who are ruining the Rockets' reputation and give them a thorough interrogation."

Apollo's face showed an expression of great anger, as if he were the one in charge of the inspection.

"Thud!" Suddenly, Wataru placed his hand on Apollo's shoulder.

"In that case, take us to find someone," Du said in a low voice.

So far, he hasn't seen a single Rockets member.

Apollo nodded, his clenched fist turning white at the knuckles.

"Ash, go find Misty!" Natsume transferred the map to Ash's Pokédex.

"Natsume-nii, where are you going? I want to go too!" Xiaozhi felt like he was going to miss something.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu patted Ash's face. It thought Natsume was right and decided to go find Misty first.

"Aren't you curious about what kind of Pokémon Misty might think she is in the world of hypnosis?"

Xiao Zhi was taken aback; he suddenly realized that this was something even more unmissable.

"Furthermore, I recently upgraded the photography function of your encyclopedia; now the video recordings are all in 4K high definition!"

"Hiss—" Xiao Zhi's eyes lit up.

"Then, Natsume-nii, I'll go film 'Saving Kasumi' first!"

As Xiao Zhi spoke, he sprinted toward a certain point on the map.

Watching Ash run towards a lake, Natsume turned to look at Lance and Apollo at the front.

Following Apollo's lead, the group quickly exited the mimicry zone.

What comes into view is a huge underground warehouse, with various twisted wires on the ceiling that provide power to maintain the mimicry.

"boom!"

A loud rumbling sound came from the underground warehouse.

Immediately afterwards, the three saw many Team Rocket members fleeing in panic.

(End of this chapter)