Chapter 17: Black Ash Tames the Wonderfrog Seed!

Upon reaching the forest, Ash and his group arrived at the Poké Ball School, where they happened to meet the arrogant and conceited Youteng Shengdai, who also looked down on their Poké Ball, thinking Pikachu would be better as a girl's pet.

Pikachu went up to battle her Thundering Stone and Clatterclatter, and decisively took out both.

Youteng Shengdai was knocked awake by Ash's Pikachu, and it took her a long time to come to her senses.

Watching Ash's departing figure, Youteng Shengdai fell into deep thought.

Continuing forward, Ash and his group discovered Team Rocket.

However, they did not attack Pikachu; instead, they were trapped by a large net, hung up in a tree, and unable to break free.

"Team Rocket?"

"How did you end up here?"

Ash and his group were very curious; normally they set traps against others, so how did it get reversed now?

"None of your business!"

Musashi said unhappily.

Regarding the little brat who deceived them but could never regain face with them, Team Rocket has always had no good looks toward him.

"You little brat, what are you looking at? Wait till we get out, you'll realize your mistake, meow!"

Meow glared angrily at Ash.

Pikachu stood on Ash's shoulder and shook its head.

"Alright, I know; then we'll leave, you take your time getting out, I'm not in a hurry."

Ash nodded and said seriously.

Seeing the little brat they mentioned about to leave, Xiao Erlang panicked and shouted, "Don't go, don't go, save us!"

Ash stopped his steps, giving a half-smile as he looked at the two humans and one cat of Team Rocket.

Musashi turned her head away, ignoring Ash.

Meow's eyes lit up, revealing a somewhat sinister smile.

"How did you get hung up there? Was it because you were setting traps to harm others and accidentally got yourselves caught?"

Ash was curious how they got up there; having fought them several times, it didn't seem like they could do something so foolish.

Pfft... gegege

Xiaoxia burst out laughing with a 'gegege' sound.

Brock meanwhile looked around, checking if there were any hidden traps set by Team Rocket nearby.

"Nonsense, would Team Rocket really be that stupid?"

Meow immediately retorted, after a hesitation saying, "It was done by the Wonderfrog Seed, meow."

"Hmph, don't get too excited too soon, Wonderfrog Seed; once I get out I'll take care of it right away."

Musashi said angrily.

"Where is the Wonderfrog Seed?"

Ash's eyes suddenly lit up, filled with anticipation, his expression excited.

"It... it went that way."

Xiao Erlang pointed to the right.

"Thanks!"

Ash walked over excitedly, with Xiaoxia and Brock following, and they glanced at the dazed Team Rocket.

"Hey hey hey, you little brat, you forgot us? Quickly let us down, meow."

Seeing Ash and his group about to leave, Meow was stunned and immediately shouted loudly.

"I haven't forgotten; I called for help, just wait quietly for Junsha to arrive!"

Ash had already arranged everything for Team Rocket; Junsha arrived and could even arrange room and board for them.

"Pika pika!"

Pikachu waved goodbye to Team Rocket!

"You little brat, you tricked us again; don't let us out, or you'll regret it."

"And that Pikachu, don't give me a chance to catch you."

The two humans and one cat of Team Rocket shouted angrily, "They actually got played by that little brat again!"

Ash and his group left amidst Team Rocket's curses.

【Musashi: I'm furious, how dare the little brat from Black World bully people like this!!!】

【Xiao Erlang: Exactly, they even got hung up by the Wonderfrog Seed, so embarrassing.】

【Ash: Hahaha, Team Rocket, you've been punished, right? Who asked you to always think about doing bad things? Indeed, my Wonderfrog Seed is mighty, it took care of you.】

【Brock: Huh? This time I actually didn't fall into the river!】

【Xiba: Isn't this good? Safety comes first!】

【Xiaoxia: Brock just wants to spend some alone time with Miss Xiaocui!】

【Xiba:... Alright, I had the wrong idea!】

【Meow: You little brats, don't get cocky; Team Rocket won't give up easily, there will definitely be a turnaround, meow!】

【Musashi, Xiao Erlang: Exactly, exactly!】

Black World—

Ash and his group arrived at the Poké Ball Village, where they saw the Wonderfrog Seed.

But the Wonderfrog Seed was cold toward them and even wanted to drive them away.

No matter how Ash and his group explained with Pikachu, it ignored them, instead firmly insisting on driving them away.

Finally, Xiaocui came over to mediate, explaining that their village set up traps to keep Poké Ball trainers away as self-defense.

This village gathered many Poké Ball abandoned by trainers, Bulbasaur among them, so it holds hostility toward trainers, constantly protecting the village and not letting trainers approach.

Ash looked eagerly at the Bulbasaur not far away, and told Xiao Cui the Bulbasaur's idea.

"Do you want to capture Bulbasaur?"

Xiao Cui looked surprised.

Trainers who previously passed through the village saw Bulbasaur and wanted to capture it, directly sending out Poké Ball to battle Bulbasaur, but they never defeated Bulbasaur.

Ash, however, wanted to seek her consent.

"Yeah, I really like Bulbasaur!"

Ash's reason for seeking Xiao Cui's consent is that Bulbasaur is the village's bodyguard; if he forcibly captured it, then if the village suffered any attack and no strong Poké Ball came out to help, that would be troublesome.

Xiao Cui understood Ash's meaning; she looked at Ash, then at Bulbasaur.

"Bulbasaur's talent is high; it should showcase its talent on the outside stage, not stay in this tiny village."

It being able to go out with trainers is also a good thing, but it still has some wariness toward trainers; please give it some time.

Xiao Cui walked over to have a heart-to-heart talk with Bulbasaur.

Ash and his friends also released Poké Ball, and took out food to feed the nearby Poké Ball.

Team Rocket arrived late, they had escaped the trap; they came specifically to capture Pikachu, and by the way teach a lesson to the Bulbasaur that set the trap against them.

Ash and Bulbasaur together drove off Team Rocket; its attitude toward Ash improved a bit, perhaps because it saw Ash's closeness with Poké Ball and also that he stepped forward to protect their village.

"Ash, Bulbasaur says it can go travel with you, but you must defeat it first."

Xiao Cui conveyed Bulbasaur's meaning.

"Alright, Pikachu, go!"

Ash was delighted; Pikachu excitedly looked at Bulbasaur, let me test your strength.

Bulbasaur struck first, swinging a vine whip.

Pikachu caught it easily; Bulbasaur tried to pull Pikachu away, but was stunned by Pikachu's 100,000 Volts.

Ash threw a Poké Ball and captured Bulbasaur!