"Abstinence before marriage, abstinence after marriage, cultivating the mind, cultivating the character, cultivating the body, and being inspirational. Life is endless; rebooting is endless."
Brock taught him all the knowledge and tips he had learned in the reboot bar, and the surroundings suddenly surged, as if there were supreme Sanskrit sounds in their ears, leaving Ash and Misty listening blankly like country villagers.
"I seem to understand."
Coming back to his senses, Ash quickly clapped his hands, thinking that Brock was indeed a teacher full of famous sayings.
Misty frowned, a hint of panic in her expression. If it had been a week ago, Brock would have vigorously advocated free love and the rock will to bravely pursue true love. Although he seemed to have a nobler personality now, something still felt off.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a loud noise erupted from the horizon, as if something exploded. The three of them quickly looked toward the sky.
At some point, a giant bug-catching net appeared in the sky, so overwhelming that it caught countless Butterfree, unable to break free.
"Mimi."
"Mimi."
The giant net shrank, gathering nearly a hundred Butterfree into a ball, tightly binding them. Only a few Butterfree were lucky enough to escape the disaster, frightened and flapping around.
Looking toward the source of the large net, the three of them saw a hot-air balloon-like machine suspended in the sky. The balloon was a giant Meowth head, and it lacked any taste.
"Who!?" Ash shouted.
Unexpectedly, those words seemed to trigger some mechanism. Suddenly, colorful fireworks flashed in front of their eyes, and a heart-shaking explosion echoed in their ears.
"I heard some miscellaneous fish asking who?"
"Since you asked the question sincerely!"
"We told him mercifully!"
"Musashi!"
"Kojiro!"
"Meowth!"
The trio of Team Rocket, who had not been on stage for a long time, posed elegantly in a wooden basket suspended from a hot air balloon and spoke cleanly and concisely.
This crisp and concise opening statement made Ash very uncomfortable. Having not seen the three of them for a long time, he felt a mix of surprise, expectation, and finally disappointment.
"That's it?"
Before, they had to protect world peace and enforce love and truth. Now this?
As expected, they never disappoint.
"Hey, Team Rocket, you've lost your internal odor. Now I'm going to ask again: can you please say it a little longer this time?" Ash asked loudly.
Misty and Brock were confused. Why did it feel like Ash genuinely appreciated the Rockets' opening remarks?
The three people on the hot air balloon were still posing, but Ash's words diminished most of their aura, and their faces darkened.
Do you think they don't want to say a few more lines? The Rockets were at the forefront of the era of economic development. This was a critical decade. Internal reforms were being made from top to bottom, and they were sailing away.
"But the harvest is okay."
The reason they were catching bugs on a large scale today was that the three of them happened to see it while scrolling through headlines after delivering the corporate team-building report of the St. Anno.
"Weird! A mass ascension incident occurred in the eastern suburbs of Golden City, and the pokemon Alliance fell silent after watching it."
Seeing that the journey was not far away, the three of them came together.
"We only need to catch a hundred Butterfree, and then when Boss Sakaki walks out of the company after a busy day, he will look up and see the shadows of butterflies dancing in the sky. He will definitely be very relaxed."
"What makes me so comfortable is the Meowth trio. They are indeed the pillars of Team Rocket and my most loyal right-hand men. I want to upgrade their Fearless Bronze status to Indomitable Silver Meow!"
Meowth imitated Boss Sakaki's tone and patted Musashi and Kojiro on the shoulder.
Maybe Boss Sakaki can't help but dance with butterflies.
The plan was good. The three quickly calculated, prepared, wrote a budget, built a giant network device that night, and successfully implemented it today.
They were very satisfied when they saw the Butterfree in the giant net screaming "Mimi, Mimi." There should be hundreds of them at one count. However, upon a quick look, they noticed that the cooperation among the wild Butterfree was not yet tacit. It was shocking but not beautiful and touching enough.
To put it simply, their dancing skills were not good.
They still wanted to take them back and train them properly, but here was He Fang'er sabotaging their performance development?
The three frowned and looked toward the source of the sound with unkind expressions.
"Oh, it turns out it's the discerning little Ghost head and the pikachu from Yourself. Humph, they just arrived at your door!"
Musashi instantly showed a cold gaze.
"And that little girl with a flat chest, tsk tsk, it still doesn't work."
Kojiro touched his chest muscles, covering his mouth as he laughed.
Misty: "?"
"And the blind little ghost cat No. 2 we saw on the Santo Annuo. Hey, why did he grow eyes?"
"That's truly a medical miracle."
"And why do I keep looking at those big eyes and have the urge to let go of the net?"
Gan! Sure enough, people who keep their eyes closed all the time can't even open them!
The three members of Team Rocket quickly slapped their faces to prevent themselves from looking at Brock again.
Brock: "?"
After some tossing, looking at the Pokémon tightly locked in the giant net, Ash quickly realized what his primary purpose was now.
"Hey, Team Rocket, release Butterfree quickly!"
Musashi asked back, "Ah? Why did we let Butterfree go?"
"Because catching Pokémon is wrong?"
As he said this, Ash's originally firm statement suddenly turned into a question.
"That's really strange, little ghost head. If we made a mistake in catching your Electric Mouse, it's because Electric Mouse is your Pokémon. But these Butterfree are all wild. Why can't we catch them?"
"Isn't that how you caught the Metapod next to you?"
"You are quite funny, Meowth."
The trio's quarrels made Ash blush. He wanted to retort but didn't know how.
Yes, they were all about catching Pokémon. He had no problem catching them, but now Team Rocket had a problem catching them?
"No. I only caught one, but you caught 100."
Ash's tone was obviously weaker, but he accused them righteously.
"Is there any difference? Can't I catch a few more if I like?"
"I guess if you meet a Pokémon you like in the future, you will probably catch 30 of them at the same time."
Musashi and Kojiro spread their hands and mocked.
"Nonsense! I definitely won't catch 30 of the same Pokémon!" Ash retorted, his face red. As he spoke, he quickly thought of how to refute and shouted:
"We all used Poké Balls to catch them, but you used giant nets. This is against the law!"
"Idiot, all bug-catching boys use nets to catch bugs."
"Poké Balls and nets are both external tools; why should we look down on bug nets?"
"Do you know how hard the bug net works, Meowth?"
Ash: "."
He quickly turned to the two seniors next to him for help.
Now it's time to play with words, so naturally, it's 3V3!
Brock blinked his big eyes and said doubtfully:
"Hey, although it's a bit unreasonable, I really don't know how to refute it."
Misty also frowned:
"The bug net is really working hard."
When it comes to talking, the Rockets have always been good at it.
Ash: "."
When he came to his senses, he found that the situation seemed to have become 5v1?
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(End of chapter)