Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

As the brilliant silver light faded, the small mushroom on Paras's head disappeared, replaced by a huge red mushroom. In addition, the two forelimbs of Paras turned into a pair of large pincers, which were the proudest weapons of Paras's evolution - Parast.

Yang Ming carefully observed the evolved Parast. It was said that after Parast evolved, the large mushrooms on its body would absorb the nutrients of the body and control its actions. This made Yang Ming worry whether his Parast would be possessed by the mushrooms on its back.

However, Parast's behavior later reassured him. Not only could Parast still hear him and respond, but even the taste of the energy cubes he liked to eat was the same as before.

"It seems that the rumors are not entirely true..." Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

After the training, Yang Ming asked Tokugawa to return to the contact station first, while he went to the Pokémon Center for treatment.

Anyway, now that I have an official trainer identity certificate, I can just use the league’s resources for things like treatment.

As for the various therapeutic drugs in the liaison station, although Yang Ming, as the stationmaster, also has the right to use them for free, he cannot use them when he can use the alliance resources.

The Pokémon Center was very quiet at night, with only Miss Joy watching TV to pass the time.

"Excuse me, can you heal my Pokémon?" Just when she was feeling bored, Yang Ming came with his Pokémon for treatment and handed over his ID card.

"Huh?! Hello, please wait a moment. We will start treating your Pokémon right away."

Seeing that a trainer had arrived in the middle of the night, Miss Joy hurriedly treated the Pokémon.

While Miss Joy was treating him, Yang Ming also watched TV for a while.

On TV, the Alliance was vigorously promoting its campaign against the Rockets. The TV screen was filled with the ruins of the Rockets' major branches and Alliance members standing on the ruins waiting for inspection.

"As expected, the league took action against the Rockets in Kanto," Yang Ming thought to himself.

In addition, the league also claimed that it had found the specific location of the Rockets' headquarters and vowed to completely destroy the Rockets within a week.

Yang Ming had no feeling about this. The Rockets had already completely evacuated Kanto, leaving behind only empty shells and some abandoned pieces. Even if the league conquered the headquarters, it would only gain some face-saving publicity.

"The news from Kanto is uninteresting, let's look at something else."

Yang Ming changed the channel. This time the news was reporting that the Kaina City Shipyard in the Hoenn region was attacked by the water fleet. The latest submarine in the shipyard was taken away by the water fleet. The Hoenn Alliance was tracking down the whereabouts of the water fleet.

It is reported that the shipyard has tight security and uses the alliance's latest security system.

"It seems that the reason why the water fleet was willing to help find someone was to break through the security system of the Kaina Shipyard," Yang Ming sighed, "It's true that it's hard to prevent thieves at home even if you guard against them day and night."

"Sir, your Pokémon has been cured." At this moment, Miss Joy had also cured Yang Ming's Pokémon and returned their Poké Balls to Yang Ming.

"Thank you." Yang Ming checked his Pokémon and found that they were all restored to their original state. He couldn't help but secretly admire the Alliance's medical technology.

"The treatment speed is much faster than that of the Rockets. It seems that I have to make use of the league's medical resources more often in the future." Yang Ming thought to himself.

"The world has been so chaotic lately. A war is breaking out in Kanto, and this kind of thing happened in Fengyuan. I wonder how long the peace here can last..." Joey sighed as he watched the news reports on TV.

"By the way, Miss Joy, is this Pokémon Center usually so deserted?" Yang Ming felt that there was nothing to do today, so he simply started chatting with Joy.

"Yes, there are few trainers in the town, and the townspeople don't like Pokémon battles, so no one comes here at night," Joey replied. "By the way, Mr. Yang, it seems that this is your first time here, are you a trainer passing by?"

"I'm a new resident here, and I'm currently running an energy cube store," Yang Ming said. "By the way, Miss Joey, do you know where the Hinoki Gym Master A-Bi is? I only heard that he went to Kikyo City to help a friend."

"I did hear some gossip about this," Joey leaned close to Yang Ming's ear and whispered, "I heard it from my cousin who works at the Pokémon Center in Kikyo City."

Yang Ming suddenly became interested, thinking that this kind of gossip might be helpful to him.

"I heard that something strange happened in Kikyo City. Many children suddenly ran away from home in the middle of the night and eventually disappeared."

"According to some citizens, they could vaguely hear a sweet lullaby on the night the children disappeared."

Yang Ming frowned, feeling that this incident had some similarities with the fairy tale he had heard in his previous life.

"The parents of those children hope to find their missing children as soon as possible. However, the mayor and the police chief of Kikyo City think that the children are just playing around and will come back sooner or later. So they put all the police forces on the recent jewelry robbery."

"Miss Junsha from Kikyo City was so angry that she had a quarrel with the chief inspector and finally decided to investigate the case alone. Fortunately, she got the support of her close friend Mr. Asu."

"Mr. Asuka? Is he the new gym leader of Kikyo City?"

"Yes, although Mr. Asuka is only a rookie gym leader, he is very loyal. He used his own connections and those of his father, the former gym leader, to gather a large number of famous trainers to investigate the matter together."

"Among them is our Hinoki Gym's master, Abi."

"So A Bi went to help A Su investigate the case," Yang Ming thought to himself. "By the way, Miss Qiao Yi, why do you know so much about this case?"

"Because my cousin and Miss Junsha are close friends," Joey said with a smile, "I heard it while chatting with her on the phone."

Yang Ming suddenly realized that the Joeys and Junshas in this world are from a large family that look similar, so Joey’s cousin should also be Joey, and it is not surprising that she is a close friend of Junsha.

Then, they chatted for a while, and before leaving, Yang Ming gave Joey a few energy cubes.

"Ah? We just met for the first time, how can you have the nerve to accept such an important gift?" Joey was overwhelmed by the energy block in front of him.

"It's just a greeting gift. This kind of thing is not rare in big cities. Just keep it." Yang Ming waved his hand and opened the door of the Pokémon Center.

"Please help promote our store more in the future, Miss Joy."

"Ah? No, no problem! Although I'm just an ordinary Joey, I will do my best as long as I can help Mr. Yang!"

"Done!" After leaving the Pokémon Center, Yang Ming smiled. "Although the Hinoki Town Pokémon Center is not as good as those in big cities, it is also a must-go place for trainers. Now, I have won the favor of Miss Joy with just a few second-level energy cubes. I believe that the business of the store will be even better in the future."