Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

Before leaving, Chisato and Mitsuko handed over the luggage they had prepared in advance to Haruka and Masaru, which was filled with various items they would need on the journey.

They were also given new allowance cards, even Ash got one, totaling a million dollars.

"Great!"

However, when Xiaoyao was looking through the bag her mother had given her, she found several strange little balloons.

The precocious Xiaoyao immediately recognized what those things were, and her face turned red.

"Mom, is it really okay for you to put something like this in your daughter's bag?"

"You never know when it might come in handy."

Based on Haruka's behavior these past few days, how could Mitsuko not see Haruka's feelings for Satoshi?

Xiao Zhi is an excellent child, and the Qianli couple both like him very much, so they don't plan to interfere with their daughter.

However, as parents, there are some things we still have to take care of.

"There's no need to put this here!"

"what is this?"

Seeing that May was reacting strangely, Ash immediately came over out of curiosity.

Then he was pushed away by the shy, erudite young woman.

"Xiao Zhi, you're not allowed to look!"

"Ah—, why?"

After training for so long, May has finally reached the point where she can slap the unsuspecting Ash away. Congratulations!

Aside from Ash's somewhat awkward head-down position...

"Haha, speaking of which, Ash, if you're going to Lilycove City, you can also stop by Littleroot Town to visit Professor Birch."

At this moment, Qianli seemed to remember something and continued.

"Professor Oak will be visiting his lab today. It seems he has something to ask you."

"Professor Oak?"

————The Wish of Destruction————

"Xiao Zhi, sister, please walk faster! You're too slow!"

"You're just too excited, Max. Professor Oak isn't going to fly away."

Before Ash could even react to Professor Oak's words, Max was already bursting with excitement.

But there's nothing we can do about it; he's a kid who grew up listening to Professor Oak's Pokémon lectures.

Kacchan is a huge fan of Professor Oak, so much so that he has read all of Professor Oak's senryu collections.

But to be honest, Ash hasn't seen Professor Oak in person for quite a long time, and he misses him terribly.

Since Max was so eager to see Professor Oak, Ash immediately picked up the two siblings and flew over from the sky.

"Ah, wait a minute, Ash..."

"It didn't say it was going to fly in the sky!"

May and Max's screams echoed throughout Petalburg Woods, but unfortunately, they were flying too fast for Ash to hear. (laughs)

Fortunately, Littleroot Town and Petalburg City are not far apart, and Ash and his friends soon arrived at the entrance of Professor Birch's laboratory.

The siblings, who were almost frozen solid, were finally freed. They quickly recovered thanks to Pikachu's electric shock.

Although the process was a bit unpleasant, since he was already there, Kashin took the lead and pressed the doorbell, eagerly waiting to meet Professor Oak.

Unfortunately, when the door opened, Dr. Birch's green-haired assistant appeared.

"Oh, it's you guys. It's been a long time, Ash, May, and Max."

"Good afternoon. We just happened to be back, so we came here to visit Professor Birch."

As soon as Ash and May finished greeting each other, Max immediately and impatiently shoved his head behind the door.

But when he looked into the laboratory, he couldn't see the two PhDs anywhere.

"Oh, wasn't Professor Oak supposed to be here too? Where are they?"

"This..."

As soon as Masahiro mentioned Professor Oak, the assistant's expression immediately fell.

"Actually, Professor Oak should have arrived around noon, but for some reason we haven't heard from him at the port."

"So Professor Birch drove to pick him up, but unexpectedly, he never heard from Professor Birch again."

"Ah, why?" Baku was extremely disappointed. He had been so looking forward to seeing Professor Oak.

"Well, I really don't know either," the green-haired assistant said helplessly.

Professor Birch is an expert in studying wild Pokémon and has extensive experience being chased by wild Pokémon. He is usually quite reliable.

"The professor brought the Pokémon from the research institute with him before he left, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"But there's still no news, so it's hard to say whether something unexpected has happened."

"I have already contacted Ms. Officer Jenny for help in the search, but unfortunately there has been no news so far."

"how so."

At this moment, Xiaoyao couldn't help but worry.

"That's really strange. It can't be that Professor Birch and Professor Oak's car overturned on the mountain road, can it?"

"Ah!" ×3

Unexpectedly, Ash's casual remark caused May, Max, and his assistant to widen their eyes simultaneously.

What's wrong with you?

"Ash, you don't know, Professor Birch's driving skills are known throughout the area as wild."

Xiaoyao immediately explained, feeling embarrassed, and her assistant quickly added to the explanation.

"That's right, and I've developed a habit of never taking the main road while researching Pokémon in the wild."

"Who knows, it's quite possible that the car really did overturn in some ravine..."

Upon realizing this situation, Xiaosheng quickly pulled Xiaozhi and Xiaoyao out to search for them.

But what is the real situation of Professor Oak and Professor Birch?

It did indeed crash, but not because of Dr. Birch's driving skills, but because he was attacked.

"Damn it! Who are you people, and why are you doing this?"

In a secret base deep in the mountains not far from the research institute, Dr. Odori was shouting angrily at the monitor above his head.

Professor Oak is also locked in the large iron cage.

Apart from their white coats, all their belongings were taken by the thugs who arrested them.

After hearing Dr. Birch's question, several beams of white light suddenly lit up on the previously dark platform in front of the iron cage.

“I heard you ask, ‘Who are you?’”

"Normally I don't answer, but this time I'm taking pity on you and telling you!"

"To prevent the world from being destroyed."

"To protect the peace of the Earth."

"Carry out the evil of love and truth!"

"A cute and funny villain!"

"Amadou!"

"Kosaburo!"

"We are Team Rocket, traversing the universe."

"Black hole, a pink tomorrow awaits us!"

"Potpot~"

Are they some kind of circus?

Dr. Oda Scroll looked at Yamato and Kosaburo, who were shouting and jumping around, with a face full of black lines.

However, at this moment, Professor Oak, who had been sitting quietly to the side, finally spoke up.

"Odori, they are an evil organization like Team Magma and Team Aqua, a group of villains who like to steal other people's Pokémon."

"They were already driven out of the Kanto and Johto regions by the combined efforts of the two leagues last year, but I didn't expect that Team Rocket would still exist in the Hoenn region."

Professor Oak is now filled with regret.

As a legendary figure, he was caught off guard by Kosaburo and his gang's low-level tactic of using tranquilizer darts, which led to his capture.

He really ruined his reputation in his later years!

Now, not only have all the Poké Balls on his body been taken, but even his important bag has been confiscated.

"Hahaha, say whatever you want."

"Circus or acrobatic troupe, I'd like to thank you all for this amazing gift package from the three major brands!"

This time, the starter Pokémon that Professor Birch and Professor Oak originally led in the Kanto and Hoenn regions have now been taken away by Kosaburo and Yamato.

The two were overjoyed.

"We're still the Rockets' strongest elite team, and we get such a big result with just a casual move!"

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"That's right, even after three minor repairs, we're still just as strong!"

"Even this newest branch base was built by just the two of us!"

"You're right... but my name is Kosaburo!"