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

"We'll definitely sell these dolls for twice the usual price, boss!"

"Twice isn't enough, ten times!"

With the group currently facing a backlog of inventory, whether it can turn things around depends on this wave.

"Alright lads, let's go!"

After giving instructions to Team Rocket, Ash went to find Misty.

Because it's Baby Festival, and an egg that was dug up near the Grand Canyon has successfully hatched.

A cute egg-shaped creature named Togepi hatched.

So Xiaoxia is especially happy today.

A crazy shopping spree has begun, and Xiao Zhi is in charge of carrying her bags.

After strolling around the street for a short while, Ash and Pikachu were covered in things hanging from their arms, heads, and necks.

"Xiaoxia has done enough, hasn't she?"

Misty, who was feeding Togepi a sweet treat, shook her finger.

"This is nothing! My battle has only just begun!"

"Oh my god, where are you going this afternoon?"

She pointed to the billboard on the building behind Xiaozhi.

"A superstar has arrived at Doll City..."

"Xiaoxia, so you're a fan of celebrities too?"

"Of course not, don't treat me like a shallow little girl, I meant the area next to it,"

"Everything in the shopping mall is 6% off!"

Sure enough, after lunch, Xiaoxia rushed to the boutique on the basement floor of the mall.

Xiaoxia successfully snatched several nice pieces of fabric after defeating a group of aunties on the periphery.

"She's definitely not a little girl, she's an older woman."

However, in other words, Xiaoxia is a mature, thrifty, and good girl who manages her household well.

Moreover, when Xiaozhi looked at the things Xiaoxia bought today, he realized that most of them were for him.

"move!"

Just then, Ash received good news over the phone: Kojiro and the others' operation went very smoothly.

After a week of pre-launch promotion with the slogan "If you love her, buy her a doll!"

The Pokémon dolls produced by the Red Group were quickly sold out.

This is combined with a series of tactics, including blind boxes of dolls, limited editions, celebrity perfume collaborations, and hiring hired guns to hype up the secondhand market.

Give the Pokémon world a little marketing shock.

The group's cash flow, which was previously in a precarious state, has finally started flowing again, and the company's brand has been established.

Moreover, the league funds for the Philosophy Gym have finally been distributed this month, so Ash is no longer penniless and has returned to wealth.

With the money, Xiaozhi bought a set of dolls for Girls' Day and gave them to Xiaoxia.

What's in this big box?

"Girls' Day dolls, didn't you say that from childhood to adulthood, as the youngest in the family, you never had a set of dolls of your own, and you always used the ones your older sisters had left over?"

[Ding! Xiaoxia: Affection +2]

"That's true, but I didn't expect you to buy it for me directly."

"I just signed up for the Girls' Day Pokémon contest. If I win, I can get a whole set of dolls."

Xiaoxia laughed again after she finished speaking.

"But I will treasure this set of dolls you gave me."

In the afternoon's Pokémon battles, Misty, with her Tentacruel and the Omanyte that Ash gave her, fought her way through the competition to reach the finals.

But the opponent in the final was a huge surprise; it was Musashi.

Ash immediately pulled up Kojiro and Meowth, who were watching the game with him, and asked.

Why is Musashi participating?

"Meow, boss, you don't know, Musashi is so pitiful. She has never seen a doll during festivals since she was a child."

Kojiro added.

"On Girls' Day, my family would lie to me and say that children should just eat tree leaves on this day."

"So we saw that she was really pitiful, so we helped her do all the work so that Musashi could participate in the competition."

During the match, Xiaoxia first sent out Starmie to cleanly and efficiently take down Musashi's Abomination.

Because they had fewer battles of wits with Ash, Jessie and James's Pokémon, Ekans and Weezing, were weaker than before.

"Team Rocket really doesn't have much talent in Pokémon battles."

The outcome of the match was not in any suspense.

Although Jessie defeated Misty's Staryu and Psyduck, who suddenly appeared and caused trouble, by using a surprising move with her newly captured Lickitung.

However, Lickitung was still knocked out of the arena by Misty's Water Gun attack.

Having achieved final victory, Xiaoxia's face beamed with an radiant smile.

Two brand-new Girls' Day doll sets were sent back to the Cerulean Gym after Ash gave them the set with a ribbon attached.

Xiaoxia wanted to show off to her older sisters.

Meanwhile, Musashi's friends, Kojiro and Meowth, also bought her dolls.

"Girls' Day dolls are so expensive, we might have to eat canned food for a month now, Musashi."

"That's not important, thank you, Meow Meow Kojiro!"

The trio hugged each other excitedly, but Musashi was a bit too strong, and Meow Meow and Kojiro's faces were bruised from being squeezed.

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The next day, Ash and his friends arrived in a new town.

Xiaoxia stared blankly at the advertisement on the big screen.

"What's wrong, Xiaoxia?"

"Let me tell you, during Ash's last Girls' Day Pokémon battle, didn't Psyduck suddenly appear?"

That's right.

"I've always felt that the breeding of Psyduck was a failure. Look at that advertisement for the breeding center."

We'll shower Pokémon with love and even help them evolve! Our breeding center is as luxurious as a high-end hotel!

If you want your Pokémon to undergo a complete transformation, choose our Breeding Center.

This kind of advertising slogan just doesn't seem reliable at all.

But Xia, having made up her mind, still wanted to send Psyduck to the breeding center to try it out.

Unbeknownst to them, the two owners of the breeding center, Amado and Kosaburo, were reporting the mission progress to Boss Sakaki.

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"How is the 'Nurturing Home' scam going?"

It was the same familiar television, with Giovanni's blurry figure appearing in the center of the screen.

"Great success, boss! We've already collected over a hundred Pokémon!"

"Good, you guys are indeed so excellent, much better than that useless trio of good-for-nothings and idiots."

Sakaki was very satisfied with their progress.

"Your methods are both sophisticated and beautiful. It was the right thing to not let Kojiro and the others participate. I will never trust them again."

Although they weren't as obsessed with catching Pikachu as they were in the anime, James and his friends still messed up many of Team Rocket's plans before joining Ash.

He always fails when he does something bad and ends up with a mountain of debt. Sakaki even suspects that the trio is there to play him.

"Boss Sakaki, thank you very much for your praise, but for me, Yamato, to be compared to that woman Musashi is a disgrace."

"Yes, get the Pokémon to the base as soon as possible. I have high hopes for you!"

After he finished speaking, the TV screen went dark.

"Yamado, we've had another great success this time!"

Kojiro's green-haired counterpart, Kosaburo, excitedly told his companion, Yamato.

"They just say a few words in an ad that can make Pokémon evolve, and those trainers are so stupid they send over all their Pokémon. They're so easy to fool!"

As they talked, the two held hands and started dancing together.

The Pokémon that were fostered were all locked in rows of small, dark cages behind the two of them.

Then, the robotic grippers feed them one by one onto the track for inspection.

Any rare or powerful Pokémon will be immediately selected and transported to Team Rocket's base.

Ordinary Pokémon are simply piled up in a stuffy warehouse, without food or water.

It made the Pokémon suffer terribly.

However, Amado and Kosaburo felt no remorse, because they were members of a truly evil organization.

Compared to them, Kojiro and his trio are practically cosplaying as Team Rocket.

"It's time to open for business again and welcome our foolish customers."

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"Wow, there are so many people here!" Xiaoxia exclaimed as she entered the incubation room.