Chapter 321: Chapter 321: Sableye
Chapter 321: Sableye
"May, put this on Combusken. From today on, you need to exercise your strength and stamina along with it."
Ash took out something resembling a belt and handed it to May.
The belt could adjust gravity. Combusken’s own strengths were its power and speed, so weight training was a good way for Combusken to exercise.
"We have to train together?"
May’s face showed distress.
"Of course. Sharing joys and sorrows makes it easier to build a bond with your Pokemon. Pokemon are also capable of thinking; if they feel their Trainer is too weak, at best they won’t listen to commands, and at worst, they might abandon their Trainer and run away," Ash said.
"Alright!"
Upon hearing this, May could only helplessly agree.
Exercising and such was truly too difficult for her.
...
Meanwhile, the Team Rocket Trio had unknowingly arrived at an abandoned mine.
"Where exactly is this?" Jessie asked, puzzled.
James took out an atlas and said uncertainly, "Looking at the markings on the map, it should be an abandoned gold mine, right?"
"A gold mine?"
"That means this place used to be a treasure mountain, Meowth!"
Jessie and Meowth knew how to extract the key points, so they directly ignored the word ’abandoned.’
"If we could dig up some treasure, wouldn’t we become millionaires? That feels so good!" Jessie fantasized.
"But this has become an abandoned mine, which means there are no treasures left here, right?" James said.
"What are you saying? If we look, maybe we can find what was left behind," Jessie retorted.
"I can already smell the scent of luxury!"
"Without realizing it, I’m starting to have that feeling too, Meowth!"
Meowth was also drawn into a strange fantasy scenario by Jessie’s words.
Subsequently, this daydream-like fantasy spread from person to person, and even James, the only normal one, was led astray by their few words.
Just like that, the Team Rocket Trio resolutely walked into the mine entrance.
Not long after walking in, they saw a mine cart that could still be used.
"Eh, this cart seems like it can still be used!" Jessie said.
"That’s right."
"Let’s hurry up and use it, Meowth."
The Team Rocket Trio couldn’t wait to jump onto the mine cart.
As the Team Rocket Trio went deeper, the light in the mine shaft gradually disappeared, and the atmosphere became eerie and strange.
"Hey, do you guys feel like it’s gloomy and a bit scary here?" James said.
Meowth shrank back, "I feel the same way. It’s like a monster could appear at any moment."
Listening to Meowth’s description, Jessie also had a bad feeling, "Enough, Meowth, stop being a jinx, will you!"
"Wobbuffet~"
Wobbuffet automatically popped out to agree with Jessie’s words.
"When did you pop out!"
Jessie looked at Wobbuffet speechlessly.
Suddenly, two strange white lights appeared in front of the mine shaft.
"That is..."
"Could it be..."
"Treasure?"
The Team Rocket Trio stared intently at the two white lights.
The next second, a row of eerie, large white teeth appeared above the two white lights.
"Ah!"
The Team Rocket Trio was badly frightened by this eerie scene, and James hurriedly braked the mine cart to a stop.
Because the braking was too sudden, Meowth didn’t hold on tight and was thrown out of the cart.
"Yagoro, yagoro~"
Those two white lights slowly approached them.
Jessie screamed, "It’s appeared, a ghost!"
"Help... reverse!"
James hurriedly maneuvered the mine cart to reverse.
Meowth realized something was wrong and hurriedly turned back to shout, "Don’t leave me behind! I haven’t gotten on the cart yet, Meowth!"
"Yagoro!"
That figure landed in front of Meowth. Meowth hurriedly ran backward, but before it had run a few steps, it tripped over itself and fell unconscious.
Seeing Meowth fall unconscious, the Pokemon that had scared them revealed its true form; it was a Sableye.
Sableye looked at the fallen Meowth and was at a loss for a moment. It had just been lonely for too long and wanted to find someone to scare for fun; it hadn’t expected the Team Rocket Trio to be so easily frightened.
Mine entrance.
Jessie and James clung to the mine cart, staring into the mine for a long time.
"What exactly was that just now?" Jessie asked.
"A ghost, there’s no mistake about it," James replied.
Wobbuffet also nodded quite approvingly: "Wobbuffet!"
"Right, where’s Meowth?"
"He seems to have run too slowly and was caught by the ghost."
"Geez, he’s such a good-for-nothing."
"I think we still need to go save him."
Just as Jessie and James were unable to make up their minds.
May, who was accompanying Combusken for training, appeared not far from them.
"Combusken, run slower, I... I can’t keep up!"
"Chamo~"
James said uncertainly, "Is that... little girl?"
"That’s her alright. I’ve thought of a way to save Meowth," Jessie said with a sinister smile.
"What way?" James asked, puzzled.
"Dummy, of course it’s to trick little girl into going in to attract the ghost’s attention, and then we..."
The two were men of action. After finalizing the plan, they completed their disguise in less than three seconds, and finally blocked May’s path, tricking her by claiming they had accidentally left something very important inside the mine.
After hearing their description, May didn’t think too much and directly agreed to help them retrieve the item.
Mainly, May really couldn’t run anymore, so she thought she would take the opportunity to rest.
However, before entering the mine, she sent out Beautifly to go back and call Ash and Brock to come help as well.
By the time Ash and Brock arrived, May had already gone deep into the mine.
"Ash, it looks like this mine has been abandoned for a long time; there is absolutely no record of it on the Pokemon Navigator," Brock said.
Ash nodded, "Yeah, I can tell. There should be wild Ghost-type Pokemon inside. I hope May hasn’t encountered them yet."
Inside the mine control room.
The unconscious Meowth slowly woke up. At the first sight of Sableye, it was still startled.
After some communication, Meowth discovered that this Sableye was just lonely for too long. It only thought of scaring them when it saw them, and had no intention of harming anyone.
Through the mine’s surveillance, Meowth discovered that after May and Ash’s group entered the mine one after another, a plan came to mind, and it tricked Sableye into helping it catch Pikachu.
Sableye was also simple-minded; Meowth completed the trickery in just a few words.
Sableye first encountered May and Combusken.
The suddenly appearing Sableye really gave May and Combusken a good scare.
Just as she was about to run away, the Pokedex suddenly made a sound: "Sableye, the Darkness Pokemon, mainly lives in..."
"So it’s a Pokemon named Sableye. You scared me. Combusken, use Flamethrower!"
"Chamo~"
Combusken unleashed a stream of searing flames at Sableye to attack.
However, the dark mine shaft was Sableye’s home turf, and Combusken’s attack was easily dodged by Sableye, who was familiar with the terrain.
Taking advantage of the momentum to get close to Combusken, Sableye stuck out its saliva-covered tongue and used the Lick move on Combusken. This disgusting lick directly caused Combusken to fall into a paralyzed state.
"Well done, Sableye. I really admire you for that, Meowth!"
Meowth appeared behind Sableye.
"Meowth, why are you here?"
May was very surprised by Meowth’s appearance.
"Do you even need to ask? Of course, it’s for this, Meowth."
Meowth took out a remote control and pressed it. A large net descended from the sky, about to cover May.
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