Chapter 210: A set-up trap

"Since your intentions are so clear, I cannot let you go in."

The old woman had long been prepared; she originally didn't want these people to cause any harm to everyone inside, and this time she was even more determined.

When she first learned they wanted to enter the forest, she had strongly opposed it.

But she hadn't expected that she would still let them in, and the key was that they had caused such great harm to Celebi.

"What is going on with this '867'?"

The two were arguing while moving forward.

As a result, they accidentally fell into a trap.

The equipment on their bodies also fell to the side.

"This is not a place for you to come, and you are far too greedy. I am just doing a little something for these children."

Seeing the old woman appear, the two instinctively asked for help.

But the old woman didn't give them any room to react or speak.

Instead, she spoke first.

"Do you mean that all of this was arranged by you on purpose? Why would you do this?"

The Masked Marauder questioned the old woman, looking confused.

"I am the one who guards this forest; why wouldn't I do this? If it were someone else, I might feel it's nothing, but you are too excessive."

Thinking of Celebi's condition, the old woman was furious.

"Why can't we do this? This Pokémon isn't yours alone. Besides, if everything were as you said, wouldn't there have been no result long ago?"

The two continued to argue, while the Masked Marauder was still trying to find a way to see if he could get the equipment nearby and then find a way to contact Team Rocket.

After all, nobody knew yet that they had broken ties.

And the old woman saw through his motives at once.

"Don't even think about getting past; this place has already been set with traps by me, this old woman. Even if you accidentally passed by here, it would be absolutely impossible to escape from my palm." After saying this, the old woman left gracefully.

"Don't let me have a chance to get out of here, otherwise I will absolutely not let you off."

The Boss was worthy of being the leader of Team Rocket; his words at this time were full of threats. The old woman, even from a distance, was not afraid at all.

"Anyway, I've lived to this age, and I'm not doing this for anything else, just to protect these little ones."

"If you really do something to me, that's just my fate. So you don't need to be happy too early."

At this, both the Masked Marauder and the Boss were stunned. They hadn't expected the old woman to say such things, but in their eyes, these were irrelevant and not something they could achieve.

Meanwhile, the attempts by Ash and the others were already having an effect.

Celebi, who had started to show a fierce expression, had its expression return to a blank state before becoming confused again.

For a moment, it revealed the same expression it had when it first met Samuel Oak.

"Did you see that just now? Its expression changed just now. I thought I had seen it wrong at first."

Samuel Oak was very excited on the side, fearing it was his own problem, so he quickly asked Ash beside him.

"I saw it, you didn't see wrong. Stop shaking me. This is already high enough; if you keep shaking me like this, won't I fall off?"

Ash was very helpless, and the other nodded with a smile.

"Then let's continue trying, don't give up. Maybe it won't be long before this becomes a reality."

The people below were also very happy to hear this news; this meant they had successfully taken the first step.

Although Celebi didn't know what these two were doing, they kept chattering in front of it, which was very noisy, and they seemed to have other ideas.

"Hurry up and talk about the situation from before; if this continues, the little one might misunderstand."

Samuel Oak was almost excited to death. Ash, who was on the side, although he didn't say anything, felt that this method might not be effective.

"You guys hurry up, I feel a strange aura over there, and the old woman is gone too. Did she go to make things difficult for that guy on our behalf?"

Hearing this, the two were also very worried.

"We are already trying."

If Celebi really couldn't listen, then there was nothing they could do.

Celebi felt the aura on the two and tried hard to make its eyes round.

It returned to its previous state, but for some reason, as soon as Celebi had that feeling, its body would become incredibly painful.

This forced it to react subconsciously, keeping itself in that situation and locking itself away.

"It had already changed just now, why is there no reaction now?"

Ash and Samuel Oak were both stunned, really unable to understand what was going on now.

And the others, seeing this, were also a bit indifferent.

"I'm finally out."

Here, the Boss and the Masked Marauder helped each other and climbed out of the trap.

Actually, this trap was originally used to deal with the Masked Marauder.

But because he was particularly clever, he never came to this side, so everyone didn't see what was going on here.

The old woman had just discovered this problem, which is why she turned and brought them here.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry and take me to find it."

After notifying these employees, the Boss was very angry; he couldn't understand why these people were like this.

If it were like this before, it wouldn't matter.

But their lazy attitude didn't fit the normal purpose of Team Rocket at all.

And Jessie and James had now arrived at the primeval forest Ash had mentioned earlier.

"I think this is the only way to try, but we've already failed once before; I don't know if we still have a chance to catch Pikachu again."

The two had firm but somewhat doubtful expressions.

"Whether it works or not, let's try," Jessie said.

After the two went down, these Pikachu saw them and surrounded them, chattering away, seemingly asking where they had taken their companion.

This was still translated by Meowth.

"How would we know where that Pikachu went? The situation was very urgent at the time."

Thinking of how they were almost electrocuted to death in mid-air, how would they have the energy to answer this question now?

But the key was that these little ones seemed to be holding on and wouldn't let go.

"What do we do? If we don't answer them, they don't seem to be letting us go."

Jessie looked panicked.

"Hurry and take out our previous things. Don't forget the Boss's requirement is for us to catch these Pikachu; catching any two and taking them back will count as completing the mission."

When he said this, Jessie on the side also nodded.

Then they quickly started to act, and here they finally encountered them.

"I was wondering where you went; so you still want to try to use this method to wake it up? It's simply wishful thinking."

The Masked Marauder saw Ash and the others and gritted his teeth in anger.

If it weren't for them, how could he have failed to defeat the older Boss?