Chapter 60: Accustomed to Team Rocket Coming Out to Cause Trouble

Later, Ash and his party also arrived at the Nurturing House, but when they first got there, the Nurturing House still had a long queue.

They had no choice but to go to the Poké Ball Center first; Ash looked at the map and then made a phone call.

They ate a meal at the Poké Ball Center and waited slowly; after finishing their meal, there was hardly anyone queuing at the Nurturing House, but it was closed.

At that moment, the Chubby walking beside them came over and led everyone to the back door of the Nurturing House.

"Chubby, you didn't sneak in to play, did you?"

Ash looked at the Chubby holding the microphone; this little guy had found the Nurturing House's back door so quickly, it was quite possible he really did that.

"Puri!"

Chubby laughed; it had just gone inside to sing for a while, and there were many Poké Balls inside.

Hearing Chubby describe the situation at the Nurturing House, Ash felt something was off, went in to check, and found many Poké Balls trapped in iron cages.

And the Poké Balls were still asleep; it was probably Chubby's doing.

But here they discovered Team Rocket, though it wasn't the original Team Rocket they knew.

"Team Rocket? A new Team Rocket?"

Ash looked at the Team Rocket in black uniforms, also a man and a woman, but lacking the speaking Poké Ball, which made it feel less interesting.

"We are the real Team Rocket!"

"Those three are too failures; they didn't even fulfill what they promised the boss!"

Yamaduo and Xiaosanlang disparagingly commented on Musashi and her group, then turned their gaze to Ash and his party.

"Since you've barged in, just leave your Poké Balls behind!"

The new Team Rocket members hadn't yet experienced Pikachu's electric attack power, so they deliberately let Pikachu try its maximum output of 100,000 Volts.

Yamaduo and Xiaosanlang were shocked into dizziness, and their Poké Balls instantly lost their battle ability.

"I feel you're not even as good as those three Team Rocket members."

After notifying Miss Junsha, Ash released the Poké Balls that had been boarded at the Nurturing House.

Fortunately, Chubby was up to the task; otherwise, Team Rocket would have stolen so many Poké Balls.

"Chubby, you did a great job!!"

Ash praised Chubby, messing with that tuft of hair on its head.

"Puri!"

Chubby was very happy, almost breaking into a song right then.

Although Chubby hasn't been caught by Ash yet, it is happy to follow him, since only Ash has listened to its entire song.

Ash also knows the power of Chubby's singing; if sent back to Professor Damu's lab, it might cause a commotion, so it's better to keep it nearby, where he can occasionally hear its song.

However, Xiaoxia looked at the pretty, gentle pink demon in front of her, her expression unnatural; whenever it sang, she would inevitably fall asleep.

"Team Rocket must have changed personnel, but I feel the new Team Rocket isn't as formidable as Musashi, Xiaocilang, and their group."

"And that talking Meowmeow!"

"I've suddenly gotten used to them occasionally coming out to cause trouble; now that they don't show up, I feel unaccustomed!"

{Yulongdu: Is Black Satoshi missing the Team Rocket Trio? }

{Ash: Sometimes that's indeed the case, after all they've been following behind causing trouble all along, and we've gotten used to it.

Blasting them away has become a habit! }

{Xiba: It would be great if the Team Rocket Trio could do more good deeds; with such ability, doing bad deeds has no future. }

Bai Shijie—

Crimson Lotus Island was originally a holy land longed for by Poké Ball trainers, but later, due to the emergence of hot springs, it turned into a tourist spot, so Xiaomao came to this island with a playful attitude.

Ash, however, was completely unaware of this.

Only upon arriving at Crimson Lotus Island did he learn that long ago, the Crimson Lotus Gym, because it had many powerful Poké Balls, had become a place many trainers aspired to, but since hot springs were discovered here, all trainers coming to this island came for the hot springs, and the gym leader grew so angry that he closed the gym.

This uncle knew Ash and his party were coming to challenge the gym, so he left them a clue.

Later, Ash, because he hadn't booked accommodation in advance, ended up with no place to stay even by night, and they were also hungry.

They unexpectedly found Xiaomao, but Ash refused Xiaomao's 'charity'; at that moment, Xiaoxia solved the riddle the uncle had given.

They finally arrived at the uncle's inn, later had to guess another riddle, and by chance discovered the Crimson Lotus Gym.

It turned out that this uncle was the leader of the Crimson Lotus Gym, Uncle Xia.

Ash's first challenge of the Crimson Lotus Gym ended in failure!

{Xiba: You still love riddles so much; can't you just say it outright? }

{Uncle Xia: Hehe, guessing riddles is also a hobby; you don't understand. }

{Juzi: Xiba certainly doesn't understand; if he did, he'd be........ I'm just stating the facts, with no intent to target Xiba. }

Although what Juzi said was true, Xiba still wanted to retort.

{Xiba: I don't understand, you're so knowledgeable, right! Your frankness is just targeting me! }

{Juzi: Understands a little. }

{Xiaomao: Oh well, I just missed the Crimson Lotus Gym like that. }

{Ash: Who told you to come here just to play! }

After the challenge failed, Team Rocket sent out assistance again, but this time they did a huge bad deed.

Fortunately, the Poké Balls later worked together to resolve the issue, preventing a major accident.

{Shitron: Team Rocket really did a bad deed this time, suffering a loss from lack of culture! }

{Musashi: You brat, you're the one lacking culture! }

{Ma Zhishi: Ash is used to getting Badges for free, and now he still wants to get them for free, right? }

{Lily: Ash's strength is still not bad; he has the ability to win Badges. }

【Nazi：Exactly, Ash's potential is not ordinary!】

It seems my Badge was earned through strength, right?

Ma Zhishi felt a surge of gloom; the A Ju of the Light Red Gym had previously been a reserve for the Elite Four, so naturally he wouldn't use his true strength in a Battle with Ash. Thinking this way, he's the one who loses face the most.

【Xiba：Black Satoshi is the earnest White Satoshi from childhood, Ma Zhishi, you still can't forget the scene where Ash with the Black Light Screen blew you up—no, on Bai Shijie's side you were also defeated!】

【Ma Zhishi：......】

Second challenge of the Crimson Lotus Gym.

Duck-billed Fire Beast VS Fire Dragon.

Both sides' fire power was evenly matched; Xia Bo's Duck-billed Fire Beast used its agile body and terrain advantage to gain the upper hand, but the Fire Dragon seized the opportunity, brought the Duck-billed Fire Beast into the sky, and with one move, Earth Throw, defeated the Duck-billed Fire Beast.

Although he successfully obtained the Crimson Badge, the Fire Dragon showed no sign of obeying Ash's commands.

【Xia Bo：Ash, your Fire Dragon should be listening to you now, right!】

【Ash：Before, I was too rash, didn't think about how to improve my relationship with the Fire Dragon; only after hitting walls everywhere did I realize.】