Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 117 Why not let Ponpo join Team Rocket to catch Pikachu?

Mingyou coughed lightly. It wasn't that he had impure thoughts, but the robot's design was indeed somewhat...

Compared to his wild thoughts, Ponpo and the others were stunned. What was this? A Pokémon? It was huge, and it even had six arms!

"This isn't a Pokémon, it's Dick... no, it's a robot used to catch Pokémon!"

Mingyou quickly corrected and explained, then changed the subject, looking up at the cockpit and waving with a smile, saying, "Yo~ long time no see, what a coincidence!"

Just as he greeted them, Meow Meow in the cockpit pointed at the screen and exclaimed, "It's that Meow Meow who sells tea in Beishang Township!"

"What do you mean by selling tea...?"

As the voice came through the robot's speaker, Mingyou felt that it sounded strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

Upon seeing them there, Musashi in the cockpit seemed to notice something, clasped his hands together, and spoke with great excitement.

"Wow~ It's Ponpo! Ponpo is here too~ How cute! I've decided, let's have Ponpo join our Team Rocket! Let her become our new member and go catch Pikachu with us!"

"what?"

"Hmm?"

Mingyou and Pengpeng looked completely bewildered. What did that mean?

At this moment, Musashi even stood up in the cockpit, a look of fascination on his face, and continued, "It feels like as long as I can see Ponpo every day, my whole day will be full of meaning!"

"That's right! Let's bring Ponpo here. From now on, Team Rocket will take care of Ponpo!"

Kojiro got excited too, and Meowth pressed his paw directly on a button in front of him, laughing and shouting, "Ponpo's smile brings happiness to all the cats, meow!"

"Hmm..."

Ponpo hugged Mingyou tightly, genuinely frightened by their words... She could clearly sense that these people didn't dislike her, but was being popular really that scary?

"No...it has nothing to do with you, it's just that these people have problems."

Mingyou rubbed his forehead and shook his head. Why was this not what he had expected? It was so strange. It seemed that a battle was inevitable. He would not let anyone who tried to bully Pengpeng get away with it!

As the robot's six tentacles attacked simultaneously, everyone prepared to fight back. But one of the tentacles suddenly threw out a large net, trapping them all together – a great harvest!

"Hmm..."

Ponpo tried to break free, but found that the large net was covered with super glue, and even the ghost mask on its face was stuck off with super glue.

"Waaah!"

Latias was furious. This sticky thing was disgusting, and he decided to simply turn back into his original form and blast this robot away!

Just as she was about to act, the net suddenly tightened, binding them all together tightly, like a fishing net full of fish.

They couldn't even move in the large net, let alone bite it open. Smocha was also squeezed to the side. Although the tea canister was small, the gaps in the net were even smaller, and its body couldn't squeeze out at all.

"It's a bit crowded..."

Mingyou tried to move, but the super glue was too strong, so she could only be dragged along by the robot like a catch, along with Munchlax and Gible.

This is a plot twist that you probably never even dreamed of.

"I can't believe this day has come for me, even though I don't even have a yellow-skinned mouse..."

"Haha, we caught Ponpon!"

Team Rocket's trio was thrilled, feeling like they could finally take a break for the next few days. As for Pikachu? They'd spend some quality time with Ponpo during this break, then go catch it together. If the little rascal misbehaved, they'd give him a good spanking with the thorny vine stick!

This feels so amazing!

Hearing their laughter coming from the cockpit, Mingyou gradually calmed down, then a slight smile appeared on her lips: "I'll throw the Poké Ball out of my pocket and give them a surprise."

"Mommy~"

Smocha was already impatient. Although the tea canister was stuck, its body was liquid, so it could easily stick its hand out through the gap...

The moment its paw reached for the Poké Ball from its pocket, Mingyou shouted, "Battle! Tear this metal behemoth apart!"

"what?"

Upon hearing the sound, Team Rocket's trio was slightly taken aback. A flash of red light appeared, and Umbreon appeared in front of them, wielding its claws. With a single swipe, the entire net shattered instantly. The trio in the cockpit were astonished by this sight.

"There's a bear!"

"Awooo!"

Before they could react, Mingyou got up from the ground, waved her hand to give instructions, and Heyuexiong rushed forward to pull the robot upside down, using her own strength to lift the robot up, and then slammed it to the ground.

This is pure power!

"Waaah!"

Latias, his face slightly angry, was about to take action when a voice came from the cockpit again.

"Stop hitting him, stop hitting him..."

The robot raised a white flag with one of its tentacles. The strength of the Creeper was obvious to the Rocket Team trio, and they had even been taken care of by them.

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?"

Mingyou waved his hand to signal, and Heyue Xiong stopped attacking, giving the disheveled Team Rocket trio a chance to climb out of the cockpit instead of yelling "This feels awful" and being blown away.

"Awooo~"

Looking at the Team Rocket trio, Kuma was somewhat surprised. He had thought they were some kind of enemy that he needed to deal with himself, but it turned out to be just these guys.

Mingyou, holding Ponpo's hand, walked over and looked at the Team Rocket trio clinging to the robot. He shook his head helplessly: "I originally came here just to discuss a profitable deal with you guys, but I didn't expect you to be so insincere. It seems I have no choice but to..."

"What kind of business?"

Upon hearing that they could make money, they immediately perked up. After all, having spent some time in Beishang Township, they knew that the tea sold by this man was very expensive and extremely popular!

Mingyou stopped hiding her intentions and said directly, "I want you guys to help me set up a stall during the Lily of the Valley Festival. The goods will arrive first thing tomorrow morning. You can take 20% of the profits from any fruits and vegetables you help sell. How about it?"

"Twenty percent?!"

The Rockets trio hesitated. This was too little. They had originally planned to set up a stall at the Suzuran Convention, and had even rented a booth. After all, building this robot had cost them all their savings.

They were essentially working for someone else, a snack company affiliated with the organizers. The stalls were provided by them, and they even received half of the profits…

Although they didn't say it directly, Mingyou had already gleaned the gist from their expressions. So, with one hand on her hip and the other holding her Rotom phone, she said softly, "In that case, I'll have to find someone else to help... You guys should arrest these guys first. This is Team Rocket, the Pokémon catcher, they even went after my Ponpo. I'll go talk to Cynthia later and ask her to contact Interpol..."

"Stop talking, let's do it, okay?!"

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner?"

Mingyou put down her phone and smiled. She was easily scared and fell for it. This method was indeed quite effective. Although these guys were unreliable, it was still better than just asking a random passerby to help.

Having successfully reached a voluntary cooperation agreement with the Rocket Team trio, Mingyou took out paper and pen from her backpack, wrote something down, and then handed it to them.

"Before 8 a.m. tomorrow, wait for me at this port. My contact information is on it. Don't even think about running away. I'm holding this robot here. I'll return it to you based on your performance."

Mingyou pointed to the purple Dick robot and asked Heyuexiong to lift it up. He hadn't studied this thing yet and planned to drag it to another place to study its internal structure and satisfy his curiosity.

Watching their life savings be spent on building the robot only to have it stolen, the Team Rocket trio were furious but dared not speak out. Ponpo was so cute, why did the trainers have to be born like this?

"Steamed buns? Aren't you going to help me up?"

Mingyou stared at them with a strange look, while Latias was already rubbing his fists together.

"I give up, boss, take care!"

The Rockets trio were heartbroken and could only accept the note, watching them leave with the robot, completely unaware that they would make a fortune selling fruit over the next few days...

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(End of this chapter)