There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"You better tell me the truth about what's going on here with Team Rocket!"

"What are you yelling about, little girl... We just received an assisting mission, why would we care about so much? We came here because we saw there was an extra pay raise."

Musashi's momentum gradually weakened, especially when she looked up and saw Xiaoxia's black soles facing her face, as if to say "I'll kick you down if you dare to lie."

"At first, we were asked to distribute tickets for the St. Ann's and disguise ourselves as crew members to complete some daily chores."

Kojiro raised his head, carried Meowth on his shoulder, and slowly crawled upwards while moving his limbs.

"Then yesterday we suddenly received a notice saying that the hidden mission had been terminated. Following the instructions of 'Master', we launched a sweep of the trainers on the Saint Annu. We gathered them under the pretext of a music festival, and used a hypnotic potion that condensed into mist to disguise it as a stage effect to capture them in one fell swoop."

"mean!"

"You know, that's a compliment for a villain."

Musashi tilted his head and smiled, then continued.

"However, since participation in this event is not mandatory, there will still be many passengers who choose to stay in other places and not come to participate. Therefore, in addition to deploying key personnel to the banquet hall, we also need to gather a few small teams outside to work together to sweep the St. Anne's ship up and down."

"Are these all the ideas of the 'adult' you mentioned?"

"I think so, right? We don't really know."

The three members of Team Rocket are now aware of their situation, so they speak their mind.

I am a fisherman and a fisherman.

To escape from this sinking cruise ship, we still need to rely on these little devils who have mastered a rich variety of Pokémon. There is no need for a head-on conflict unless it is necessary.

"That 'sir' is what you call him?"

"That's fine if you want to understand it that way, meow."

Meow Meow's whiskers were trembling. He was extremely afraid of water and couldn't control his fear when he thought about where he was now. He could only actively respond to Xiao Ye's questions to divert his attention.

"Just like a hard-working office worker calls his boss 'Boss', sometimes the name is just a code name that represents our respect for him, meow."

"Then what does he look like?"

"I don't know, meow."

Meow Meow was speechless for a moment. Its good night vision allowed it to see clearly every pair of eyes that suddenly looked towards it, many of which contained warnings and threats.

"I really don't know, meow! Don't look at me like that, meow!"

Meow Meow was so nervous that her hand slipped and she almost fell off Kojiro. Fortunately, she was agile and used her sharp claws to hook onto Kojiro's clothes so that she didn't slide down the stairs.

"Those big shots don't need us to help them hide anything. They all want to make their existence known to the whole world, just like Lord Kasir, Lord Cole, and Shauriya. Their wanted pictures are everywhere in the Pokémon League. Since we are in this line of work, we must be prepared to be watched by others, meow!"

"But I hope that the next time the Pokémon League posts our wanted posters, they'll pick some nice-looking photos."

Kojiro sighed and recalled the coincidence in Tokiwa City.

"Junsha from Tokiwa City. I don't know from which tricky angle this photo was taken. It doesn't look impressive, but I'm 1.75 meters tall, but in this photo I look shorter than you little brats."

"Besides, we always carefully prepare our opening remarks and poses before going on stage, but no one takes the perfect shot at that perfect time, which is really disappointing."

"Heh, then you'd better never do bad things again in your life, and try to be a trainer, breeder, or observer or something like that. Maybe in the future, the Pokémon League Center will even be able to paste a few portraits of you."

Xiaoxia pursed her lips and said sarcastically.

"You think about Xiaozhi's Pikachu all day long. Can you find something to do? What's so special about a yellow mouse that can be seen everywhere on the roadside that you can't pay attention to?"

"Hey, little girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!"

"That's right. After our close observation, we found that this Pikachu is different from other Pikachus. This unique power and characteristics may be one of the most precious Pokémon in the world that we have been looking for?"

"It's really just a Pikachu that Professor Oak caught in the wild. Can you please let me go and let Pikachu go too?"

"Pikapi, Pikachu!"

"Pikachu said, 'It just wants to travel with Xiaozhi, let's not bother it anymore.' How is this possible? The core of our Team Rocket is to never give up and stick to it. How can Pikachu, who can easily release lightning to destroy the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, be an ordinary existence, meow."

……

Xiaogang crawled along with a pale face, feeling filled with emotion as he listened to the noisy sounds around him.

The bickering between my two travel companions is powerful enough, and with the addition of Team Rocket, the situation is more than just one plus one equals two.

Xiao Ye turned his head back early, paying attention to the Ditto that was wrapped around his neck and was struggling to maintain its transformed shape, and was on the verge of collapse, while continuing to crawl on the stairs.

His eyes sometimes swept over Kitazawa Reiyuu who was walking in front of him without even turning his head, and sometimes fell behind him, staring at Team Rocket and Satoshi and his crew who were arguing with each other.

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Xiaoye and his team's initial target was the 8th floor.

As the noisy quarrel became more intense, Xiao Ye finally saw the platform representing the 8th floor.

However, because the ship was upside down, the door leading to the 8th floor was located at their feet, and next to them was an empty staircase gap that was like a cliff.

Xiaozhi turned his head to take a look and broke out in a cold sweat.

You can’t fall down like this, even gods can’t save you!

"How... do we get in?"

At this point, Xiaoxia spontaneously stopped arguing and instead focused on the current difficulties she was facing.

"The staircase surface was very slippery and we had no leverage."

"Use Pokémon." Kitazawa Lingyou coughed lightly and reminded, "Throw the Poké Ball and make the Pokémon appear in the right place."

"Snakey, Bulbasaur, and a hundred..."

Xiao Ye paused for a moment. He looked at the Ditto in his arms, whose consciousness was already fuzzy and whose fever was continuing, and then he retracted his voice. He took out Serpentine's Poké Ball with one hand, leaned half of his body down from the edge of the platform, and threw the Poké Ball out with force.

The door to the 8th floor was not locked. It was not known whether it was due to the crew's negligence or it was quietly opened during the violent shaking.

But overall it helped Xiaoye and the others reduce the step of using vines to open the door, and they didn't pay any attention to it.

Xiaozhi imitated Xiaoye's actions and threw out Bulbasaur in the same way.

Four vines climbed up from the bottom of the stairs, wrapped around the waists of several people and dragged them into the 8th floor.

Soon only the three members of Team Rocket were left. Kojiro was feeling uneasy and glanced at Musashi who was squatting on the side, doing something unknown.

"Musashi...?"

"Kojiro, you are still too naive." Musashi snorted and laughed a few times, and said with his back to Kojiro and Meowth, "The fate of Team Rocket has always been in their own hands. It is ridiculous to believe that others will lend a hand to rescue."

"Musashi!" Meow Meow's eyes lit up, "Do you have any ideas? Meow!"

"Stupid, we have gas bombs and Abe Snake!"

Musashi reached to his waist and pulled out a Poké Ball, laughing, "Abra Snake stretches its body, and the gas bomb pulls the tail of Abra Snake from behind, making it function as a vine. Then we swing back and forth, and we can use inertia to fly into the 8th floor!"

"You're so smart, Musashi!" Kojiro ran to Musashi's side with a flattering smile, and continued to praise her as he looked at her proudly raised chin.

"As expected, she is the smartest and most beautiful woman in our Team Rocket. Only a villain as beautiful as the sun like Musashi could come up with such a trick, right?"

"That's right, meow! Let's get going!"

The three of them were in strange silence for a moment. Musashi and Kojiro looked at each other, and saw urging in each other's eyes.

"What are you doing, meow? Take out the gas bombs and follow Musashi's plan, meow!"

"Musashi, take out the gas bombs!"

"Gas bomb isn't your Pokémon? How can I take it out?"

When Kojiro heard this, he became anxious and spoke quickly.

"Weren't you angry about the Magikarp incident before, so you said that as a punishment you would temporarily confiscate my Gas Bomb and give it to you for safekeeping? You even said at the time, 'You can only carry one Pokémon, let's see whether you want the Gas Bomb or that useless Magikarp'!"

"Uh..."

Musashi frowned, quickly recalling the events of the past few days.

"It seems... that's what happened."

"So, hurry up and take out the Gas Bomb's Poké Ball! Time waits for no one!"

Kojiro could already hear the sound of water coming from below; the sea water was about to pour in!

Musashi anxiously searched his whole body, almost taking off all his clothes and skirts, but still couldn't find the little Poké Ball.

Under the expectant gazes of Kojiro and Meow Meow, she could only smile bleakly.

"It seems, no, it's gone..."

"Gone?!"

"You lost my gas bomb???"

Kojiro's breathing hitched and he nearly went berserk.

"Musashi, what are you doing...!?"

"Hey, are you guys still coming over?"

Xiaoxia yawned as she listened to Team Rocket's quarrel at the door, and urged them in an irritable tone.

"Do you know that you should stand still and not move while waiting for rescue? You keep running around. Serpentine and Bulbasaur's vines have been swinging around for ten years and still can't touch you."

"If you really don't want to leave, just tell us and don't waste time."