NOVGO.NET Chapter 345: An Assist from Team Rockets
Chapter 345: Chapter 345: An Assist from Team Rockets
Chapter 345: An Assist from Team Rockets
After understanding the whole situation, Ash and his group, wanting to start the Gym Challenge as soon as possible, volunteered to help Azusa repair the battlefield.
On a small hill next to Lavaridge Gym.
An old man with white hair, carrying big and small bags, was staring at Lavaridge Gym with some worry.
"Traveling is great, but I am worried about Azusa. I do not know if she is doing a good job as a Gym Leader."
He was the Grandpa Mura that Azusa had mentioned.
Suddenly, some voices came from not far away:
"Grandpa Mura left three days ago. I wonder where he has walked to now?"
"Maybe he has passed Fallarbor Town."
"He should have written a new work by now, right?"
"I am so looking forward to it..."
Old man Mura leaned against a tree, feeling extremely nervous.
Being a bit prideful, he muttered, "I accepted everyone’s farewell party, so I cannot just go home now..."
After thinking it over, Mura rummaged through his backpack and disguised himself.
He went to a spot where he could observe the entire Lavaridge Gym, took out his binoculars, and saw the scene of Azusa, Ash, and the others repairing the battlefield.
"That child Azusa, she actually left the battlefield in disrepair and even bothered the challengers to help. Really..."
The Team Rocket Trio was also observing the situation at Lavaridge Gym, separated from Mura by a large rock.
"As expected, the Ash and his group have already arrived at the Gym, Meowth!"
"Huh? Is the Gym Leader’s Pokémon a Torkoal? I remember that is a Fire-type, right?" James said, staring at Azusa’s Torkoal.
"I have a good idea. How about we give that Torkoal to the Boss as a gift, Meowth?"
Meowth’s idea left the other two feeling very confused. "And then?"
"Need you ask? It is very convenient for lighting fires, Meowth. When the Boss wants fireworks in the garden... or when the Boss is having a barbecue by the river..."
Meowth started his daily routine of fantasizing about Giovanni.
"Getting promoted to an Executive, becoming a Branch Manager, it feels so great, Meowth!"
Before Meowth could finish his self-indulgent fantasy, James countered suspiciously, "These things can be done with just a lighter."
As if his authority had been challenged, Meowth retorted, "The fire from a cheap lighter and the fire from a Torkoal are different in how they burn and the feel of the flames, Meowth!"
The commotion caused by the Team Rocket Trio caught Mura’s attention.
...
On the other side, during a break, Ash and his group asked Azusa about some Gym matters again.
But when they asked about the most important Gym Badge, another problem arose.
Mura had left in such a hurry that he never told Azusa where he had put the Gym Badge.
Then the group joined in the work of searching for the Badge.
"Where could it be? I remember Grandpa kept it in his little vault." Azusa racked her brain, but she just could not remember where Mura had hidden the Badge.
"It is not just ’where’. I am afraid of the Badge being stolen, so I change the hiding place every week. Ugh! I cannot watch this anymore."
Mura, who was peeking from the shadows, could not sit still anymore.
He changed his clothes again, walked into the Gym with familiar ease, pushed the door open, and greeted Ash and the others inside, "Hello, I am just a passerby. May I borrow your restroom?"
"Sure, it is at the end of the hallway, turn left." Azusa agreed without thinking too much.
"Then please follow me. I am worried there might not be any toilet paper..."
Azusa followed him, confused, and Ash and the others were also very puzzled by this.
As soon as Mura entered the restroom, he had a clear goal; he directly opened the box containing the Gym Badge and showed it to Azusa.
Then he made up a random excuse and ran off.
Seeing such clumsy acting, Ash could not help but shake his head inwardly. This old man really knew how to play around; coming home was like acting like a thief.
After finding the Badge, the group continued the work of repairing the battlefield.
But when it came to the referee needed for the Gym Challenge, Azusa was at a loss again.
She just remembered that the person who previously served as the referee had taken some time off because her grandfather had gone on a trip.
Soon, Mura returned in another disguise, staging a scene where he hired himself to return to the Gym to act as a referee.
Azusa was indeed very carefree and did not suspect Mura’s identity at all.
However, just when everyone thought they could focus on repairing the battlefield, the Team Rocket Trio came to assist again.
Both Mura and Team Rockets realized that they were both people who had been peeking at the Gym.
With Mura present, Ash did not bother to meddle and expose Team Rockets’ disguise.
However, Ash’s inaction led the Team Rocket Trio to mistakenly believe that their disguise ability had reached the level of deceiving Ash’s Psychic powers.
So the Trio’s actions became even bolder.
They deliberately approached the busy Torkoal, and with James’s Helping Hand, Meowth successfully abducted the Torkoal onto their vehicle.
Mura, who had been watching the Trio, witnessed this scene and immediately shouted, "Azusa... no, Miss, your Torkoal is in danger! These people want to steal the Torkoal!"
Azusa glanced over and indeed did not see the Torkoal, so she demanded, "What are you doing? Who exactly are you!"
"Who are we?"
The question successfully triggered Jessie and James’s passive.
"Since you have asked so sincerely"
"We will answer with compassion..."
"Do you not see the Ash is here? There is no time for the opening line, Meowth!"
Meowth was speechless. He jumped off the vehicle and pushed it to escape.
Jessie and James then remembered that Ash and his group were also there. Jessie said, "Seviper, use Haze!"
The smoke escape technique was activated, and the Trio quickened their pace of retreat.
Ash and his group hurriedly chased after them.
Of course, the real main force of the pursuit was the grandfather-granddaughter duo, Mura and Azusa.
"They actually snatched my Torkoal. I will never forgive them!" Azusa said angrily.
"Unforgivable!"
Mura was obviously a granddaughter-obsessed grandfather. He angrily took out a Poké Ball, "Go, Wingull!"
[Pokémon: Wingull (Mura)]
[Type: Water + Flying]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Gym Intermediate]
[Ability: Keen Eye]
[Potential: Elite]
[Moves: Omitted]
Seeing the Wingull, Azusa seemed to remember something, "Right, Grandpa also seems to have a Wingull!"
"Wingull, shoot down that hot air balloon!"
Hearing the command, Wingull suddenly accelerated and pierced Team Rockets’ hot air balloon with its beak.
As soon as the hot air balloon broke, the Trio fell directly down.
"Hurry up and return the Torkoal to me!" Azusa shouted.
"Hmph, things that have reached the hands of Team Rockets are not meant to be returned!" Jessie said.
"It is up to you, Typhlosion!" Mura directly took out his main Pokémon.
[Pokémon: Typhlosion (Mura)]
[Type: Fire]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Elite Intermediate]
[Ability: Blaze]
[Potential: Elite]
[Moves: Omitted]
Seeing the Typhlosion, Azusa was clearly stunned, "He has a Typhlosion too?!"
After a moment of daze, Azusa also took out one of her Slugma, "Mag, enter the battle!"
Facing the angry Mura, the Team Rocket Trio clearly had no power to parry, and after a few moves, they were beaten up miserably.
And Azusa’s Mag, with the assist from Team Rockets, evolved into Magcargo.
[Pokémon: Magcargo]
[Type: Fire + Rock]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Gym Advanced]
[Ability: Magma Armor (Covers the body in scorching magma, preventing the Frozen condition)]
[Potential: Elite]
[Moves: Ember, Shell Smash, Rock Throw, Earth Power, Clear Smog, Ancient Power, Flamethrower...]
In her excitement, Azusa subconsciously exposed Mura’s identity.
In the end, a world where only Team Rockets got hurt was achieved. Under the double Flamethrower of Typhlosion and Magcargo, Team Rockets turned into a shooting star and exited the scene.
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