svetikya Chapter 166 The Rockets' Happiness
Chapter 166 The Rockets' Happiness
"What's wrong? What was that scream just now?!"
"Pikachu?!"
Just as Hikari was still basking in the joy of having captured the cat monster, Brock and Pikachu, who were cooking and resting inside the house, came running at the sound, thinking that Hikari had encountered some danger.
But when they arrived at the scene, they saw Dawn smiling and rubbing the Poké Ball in his hand. For a moment, Brock and Pikachu were a little confused. After exchanging a glance, they both unanimously asked Ash for the answer.
"No, how should I put it... this matter is both complicated and simple. In any case, let Xiaoguang tell you about it himself later."
Ash didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he could only pass the trouble back to Dawn.
Although they were a little confused, Brock and Pikachu were relieved to see that Dawn was alright.
"It's good that you're alright. The food is ready, you can go and eat now."
Xiao Gang finally took off the apron he hadn't had time to take off before leaving the house and said this to the group.
After recovering from the joy of taming the cat monster, Hikari felt a hunger pang in her stomach. Without bothering to explain anything, she was about to return to the castle when a loud noise came from inside the castle again.
"boom--!"
A roaring sound rang out, followed by a plume of smoke slowly drifting out from the roof.
Looking up, I saw a giant hot air balloon slowly drifting into the sky.
"The Rockets?!" *3
"Pikachu?"
......
"I heard the Rockets' voice!"
"You came with a voice as bright as light...?! Hey! Wait! Meow meow, stop stealing food!"
"?! That's right! Don't think you can sneak in some food just because your lines are at the end!!"
"Meow! What can I do? I'm so hungry right now, meow!"
"Sonams"
......
"Team Rocket? Ah... Come to think of it, I've heard of them. Aren't they an evil organization active in the Kanto region?"
The well-informed Matthew quickly realized that the Rockets were there, but then he began to wonder why they were there.
"Yes, it's them, but..."
As Xiao Gang spoke, his expression then crumpled up; he, too, couldn't understand something.
"You must be the Three Beauties Phantom Thieves?! It's not even midnight yet, what are you doing out here?"
"That's right! Don't you have any shame at all?!"
Ash and Dawn pointed at the Team Rocket trio in mid-air, indignantly accusing them.
However, the two men's accusations did not make the Rockets trio repent; instead, they fueled their anger.
"Do you think we want this? Before you criticize others, reflect on yourselves first!" Kojiro retorted first.
"Exactly! Why are you guys getting all the good food and drinks inside while we're waiting and waiting at the door?! Do you even know how many days we haven't eaten?!"
"Don't push your luck, meow! The Flower Rock Monster bullied us, not only knocking all our food away, but you little brats are going to bully us too!"
Ash: "...Was it our fault?"
Hikaru: "I don't know, but they seem really angry..."
Xiao Gang: "Hmm...hmm?! Wait a minute! So, what they're holding...could be our dinner?!"
Ash Ketchum & Dawn: "?!"
Xiao Gang's reminder finally made the two realize the seriousness of the situation.
"How many times have these guys done this already?!"
"Weren't you trying to steal the ancient amulet?! Why are you stealing our dinner now?!"
Ash and Dawn both took out their Poké Balls, ready to face off against Team Rocket.
"It's none of your business! We can do whatever we want!"
"Exactly! A table full of steaming hot food versus a cold, ancient amulet—any normal person would know which to choose!"
"We just want to eat, meow! Don't stop us!"
"Sonams!"
"Mane!"
Seeing that the negotiations had failed, Xiaozhi and Xiaoguang decided to start tackling the problem.
But before they could send out their Pokémon, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed from inside the castle, streaking across the sky and piercing Team Rocket's hot air balloon with visible speed.
"Pfft!"
"Eh..."
Inside the hot air balloon, the Rockets looked up at the punctured balloon with bewildered expressions.
But in the instant they realized what was happening, they completely accepted their fate of being blown away. Just as the balloon was flying into the sky, they hurriedly and tightly clutched all the food to their arms.
The balloon soared into the sky, and the voices of Team Rocket and the others echoed from high above—
"This feels amazing!" *N
"Sonams!"
"Manene!"
......
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
Ash and Dawn originally planned to take the food back, but now... what's going on?
Under their somewhat lifeless gazes, the culprit who caused all this, Mabul, excitedly ran out of the castle with Röntgen.
Arriving in front of Ash and the others, the girl seemed completely unaware of Dawn and Ash's deathly pale expressions. Instead, she continued to hug Xeno'jiiva and excitedly boasted:
"Did you all see that?! My Xeno'jiiva finally used the Charge Beam! It couldn't use this move before, but today it actually managed to use it to defeat the three beautiful phantom thieves! That's great, isn't it, Xeno'jiiva?!"
The girl was still immersed in her own world, as if everything in the world was so beautiful.
However, the Xeno'jiiva was not swayed by the girl. It looked at Ash and Dawn, who were walking up with smiles on their faces, and suddenly its fur stood on end. The next moment, under Mabel's strange gaze, Xeno'jiiva ran out of the castle without looking back.
"Huh? A Röntgen cat? A Röntgen cat—"
She called several times, but the Röntgen cat didn't respond to Marble's calls. The girl, still unaware of the seriousness of the situation, crossed her arms and muttered, her face contorted in distress:
"Seriously, why did it run away? Was it because it was shy?"
"Snapped--"
"Alas?!"
Just then, Mabul suddenly felt a heavy pat on each of her shoulders.
The girl turned her head stiffly and saw Ash and Dawn looking at her kindly. The two of them were talking to each other and asked with smiles:
"You know exactly what you are—"
"Did you do anything?"
"?! No, no! Didn't I do a great service?! This is assaulting a police officer—no!!"
The girl's screams echoed around the castle. If a passerby happened to be nearby, who knows if this would become a new ghost story.
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PS: 3:35, a little later than expected. I don't know if Chapter 4 will be released yet.
(I emailed an editor yesterday, asking for a chance to have this book reviewed. I expect they should reply in the next couple of days...)