Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Kojiro compared the map on the computer.

"The area where the figure appears most frequently."

They slowed their pace and searched carefully.

The streets were deserted, the storefronts were dilapidated, and even the neon signs were only half lit and half dark.

"It feels... a bit too quiet."

Xiao Gang looked around warily, his hand already on the Poké Ball.

Just then—

"Gah...!"

Psyduck, which had been being held by Misty, suddenly let out a short cry.

Unlike the previous dull, prolonged sounds.

It held its head in its hands, its beady eyes staring straight into the depths of a darker, narrower alleyway piled with clutter.

"Psyduck?" Xiaoxia stopped and followed its gaze. "What do you see?"

Psyduck didn't answer, but just kept staring into the depths of the alley.

Xiaoxia tentatively took a small step in that direction.

"Caw! Caw caw!"

Psyduck's calls immediately became more rapid, its two short webbed feet gently kicked in the crook of her arm, and its body twisted slightly.

Xiaoxia took a step back.

Psyduck's quacking softened again, returning to its leisurely tone.

"Is it... pointing the way?" Musashi raised an eyebrow, leaning closer to observe Psyduck. "This silly duck is finally doing something useful?"

"It cried out urgently one step, then calmed down the next..."

Xiaoxia's eyes lit up.

"I get it! It's telling me the direction! If I keep moving forward, it says 'I'm getting closer,' right?"

She tentatively took a few more steps forward.

As expected, Psyduck's calls became more and more urgent as she approached the alley entrance.

When she turned in another direction, the cries subsided.

With Psyduck as their "living radar," the group no longer searched blindly but followed its calls, slowly venturing deeper into the dark alley.

A few people were at the end of a back alley, behind a pile of abandoned old arcade machines.

Find an extremely hidden sewer opening, partially obscured by a broken billboard.

"Here!"

Xiaoxia whispered as she sensed the Psyduck's vibration frequency increase.

Without saying a word, Musashi stepped forward and forcefully tore open the billboard.

The group looked at each other and nodded.

Ash led the way, and the three members of Team Rocket gritted their teeth and followed, climbing down the ladder.

The space below doesn't appear cluttered.

It looks like it has been cleaned.

But the scene below left the four who had climbed down earlier completely stunned.

Two yellow figures, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, were seen with their backs to them.

And in front of the two figures was a little boy.

The boy had vacant eyes, drool dripping from the corner of his mouth, but he was clutching a colorful lollipop tightly in his hand.

"Found you (meow)!"

108. The owner whose name cannot even be mentioned!

Before Ash could fully react, the three members of Team Rocket shouted in unison.

Upon hearing the sound, the two yellow figures trembled.

He turned his head in surprise.

The moment they saw the intruder, panic replaced all the expressions on their faces.

They panicked completely and didn't care about anything else.

He snatched the lollipop from the little boy's hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it vigorously with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

At this moment, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia, who had followed closely behind, also got a clear look at the two guys.

One was born with a fat head and big ears.

He was short and stocky, with a short, thick elephant trunk on his face.

The other one was taller and thinner.

It also has a prominent big nose and pointed ears on its head.

He nervously gripped a thin thread in his hand, with a metal ring attached to the end of the thread.

Without exception, both of them wore a sly, lewd expression that made people wary at first glance.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Gang gasped in shock.

"It's actually... a Dream Eater and a Hypnotic Baku!"

He knew these two Pokémon all too well!

Why?

Of course, these terms appeared quite often in the books I had read about hypnosis!

Having seen it today, observing its appearance and demeanor, I can tell it is no ordinary creature!

If it weren't for the fact that they were impossible to find back then...

Maybe I'd already be a Psychic-type trainer by now!

"You two are the ones who smeared our Rockets? You have some nerve!"

Kojiro stepped forward, looking menacing.

"Why waste words with them, meow, Kojiro! Let them know how powerful we are, meow!"

With a whoosh, Meow Meow's sharp claws shot out.

Instantly activate battle mode.

"Okay! You go left, I'll go right!"

Kojiro responded with great enthusiasm, and immediately prepared to charge forward with Meowth—

But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly slipped.

A small pebble, seemingly out of nowhere, caused him to lose his balance instantly, and he tumbled forward, flailing his arms and legs.

"Waaaaah—!"

He crashed solidly into the cat in front of him, and the two rolled around in a heap, collapsing to the ground with stars in their eyes.

"He... he didn't even move, and he made me fall down..."

Kojiro lay on the ground, clutching his waist with one hand, hissing and gasping for breath.

He pointed at the two Pokémon with his other finger, his face filled with shock.

"Those two Pokémon are really powerful!"

The cat trapped underneath also had teary eyes.

"Damn it... was that a telekinetic attack, meow? I didn't see them attack at all..."

"What?! It's telekinesis?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi, who was standing to the side, was also taken aback.

It's the same type of attack as Sabrina's!

Even compared to Sabrina's outward mental fluctuations, the attacks of these two Pokémon were completely unexpected and invisible!

Unlike the two people and the cat who looked completely shocked.

The Dream-Inducing Tapir and the Hypnotic Tapir opposite them stared at each other, their faces filled with big question marks.

"...?"

Telekinesis?

What kind of telekinesis?

They didn't move an inch, not even a fraction of their mental energy.

Didn't you two slip and fall because you weren't looking?

"Su Li..."

The Dream Eater was about to say something.

However, the hanging ring in his hand wobbled slightly.

Xiao Gang, who knew it by heart, immediately reminded him loudly.

"Watch out! Don't look at that ring; it's trying to hypnotize you!"

Dream Eater: "?!"

It froze, almost dropping the ring, and stared wide-eyed at Xiao Gang.

How dare you slander someone's innocence with your squinty eyes?

Where did you see that I was going to hypnotize someone?