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Not to mention that I didn't get a good ranking, even getting third place and the 3b prize money would be a loss.

The main purpose is to play in the regular season of Evergreen City, and also sign up for Shabi City.

I arrived late and before I could even sit down on the bench, the game had already been announced to start.

20 contestants signed up, and 14 finally showed up.

The absence of so many people is actually understandable.

Shabi City is a small city. About half of the drivers in this regular season are from Evergreen City and Dark Gray City. The two cities were attacked by the Rockets yesterday, so some drivers have to go home to confirm the situation.

This kind of justifiable withdrawal will not leave a bad record.

In the end, Shen Qi took first place...

There is not much to say. The two veteran T3 drivers were pretty good, but the others were really no match for Shen Qi. He took first place easily and pocketed 3b.

The hasty and messy two-day journey finally had a relatively good ending.

Shen Qi sent a message to Miss Qun'er, and then reported his safety to Principal Gui and the teachers.

Before leaving the 6th Island, Shen Qi said he was going to participate in the regular season in Changqing City. The news of the Rockets' attack yesterday was so big that they were of course very worried.

I reported that I was safe yesterday, and today I will tell them the news that I won the first place prize in the regular season in Shabi City, so that they can feel more at ease.

When away from home, there are people in my hometown who miss me. Shen Qi always feels happy after sending the message.

After the regular season ended, the sun had already sunk halfway into the mountains, so we headed to Shabi City to spend the night.

This city was not made in the game. When the sheep drove into it, Shen Qi only felt that it was about the same size as a town.

Nearby are the Evergreen Forest and the Madara Forest, as well as a pleasant little town amidst the lush greenery.

There is nothing special about the architectural style, just the common white reinforced concrete houses, no tall buildings.

Some wooden houses set against the distant mountains and green forests are quite charming.

It's a pity that there are no cabin-themed hotels.

There aren't many tourist resources in Shabi City itself. Most of the citizens of Deep Gray City come to the Red Scarlet Forest for a picnic on weekends, and then visit Shabi City and drive home. They rarely stay overnight.

Therefore, the catering and barbecue here are much more developed than accommodation.

After booking a room at an ordinary motel, Shen Qi took Pokémon out to eat something.

Mrs. Hua Jie had a fright yesterday, so she should have a good rest today and not think about making money by selling desserts.

However, she liked to see other people's satisfied smiles when they got desserts, so she brought some cookies and gave them to the children playing on the roadside.

After eating and drinking, Shen Qi planned to buy some food that was easy to carry, and set off north tomorrow morning to go to the mole cave and take the mole tunnel directly to Dead Leaf City.

The section of the Mole Tunnel from Deep Gray City to Dead Leaf City is over 800 kilometers long including the twists and turns. You have to plan whether to drive the entire distance or exit from other intersections and rest for a night before continuing on your way.

"Let's buy some bread."

Just now, when Mrs. Huajie was distributing cookies to the children, a little girl mentioned that there was a delicious bakery in Shabi City, in a wooden house on East Street.

A log cabin style bakery sounds great.

"Chalet, bakery, chalet, bakery..."

Walking leisurely on the gravel road of Shabi City, Shen Qi repeated key words casually, and Madam Hua Jie also hummed a joyful ballad.

Guji!

auspicious!

Guji!

auspicious!

Jigglypuff and Duoduo were jumping around, making unexplained noises from time to time, and they were obviously very relaxed.

It would be nice to be able to get out of the tense atmosphere of Evergreen City.

The city of Shabi is not very big, and there is only one wooden house + bakery, so it is easy to find.

“It’s this B bakery.”

Shen Qi was not swearing, the title of the bakery was B. The kids said that the bakery was named this way because the first letter of the owner's name was B.

There is actually a wooden house across the road, C-Coffee, which is C Coffee Shop.

One is B and the other is C, they live next door to each other across the street, I don’t know if they are related.

I entered Bakery B through the open wooden door and was greeted by a waiter dressed in the usual attire of a pastry shop. There were two other customers in the store choosing bread.

“You two are not locals, are you?”

The waiter greeted me. His head was shaved on both sides, with only a strip of hair standing up in the middle. It was a so-called "Mohawk" hairstyle, which was very eye-catching.

"Yes, I participated in today's regular season game in Shabi City. I heard that the bread here is very good."

“Hahaha.” The waiter patted his chest and said, “The bread baked by our boss is so delicious. It’s a pity that there are fewer varieties at night.”

While the waiter was talking, a local customer who was checking out also said that Mr. Bu’s bread-baking skills were first-rate, and asked the waiter, “Is Mr. Bu not here tonight?”

"Oh, the boss just went across the street to see Boss Cassidy."

Shen Qi's movements of picking up bread froze slightly, and only Madam Hua Jie noticed it.

She didn't say anything and accompanied Shen Qi to pay the bill.

At the cashier counter, Shen Qiduo asked, "What's your boss's name?"

"Butch."

Chapter 449: Retired Rocket Team Member

"gentlemen?"

At Bakery B, Mrs. Hua Jie noticed that Shen Qi's expression changed slightly.

"I really can't hide it from my wife."

It starts with the B word, Butch’s Bakery;

The C word, Cassidy's Cafe.

This is... a store opened by members of Team Rocket, or to be more precise, former members of Team Rocket.

Yamato, Kosaburo.

Their English name comes from the famous gangster: Butch Cassidy

These two are a bit like low-profile versions of Musashi and Kojiro, and there is indeed competition for status within the organization.

Yamato and Kozaburo didn't do much. They retired not long after coming out of the Rocket Team training school.

One time, they were caught by Musashi. Kosaburo had become the manager of a bakery and Yamato had opened a coffee shop. They refused to return to Team Rocket.

This is how it’s shown in the anime… In real life they actually opened a coffee shop and a bakery.

It is unclear whether the recent events in Evergreen City and Deep Gray City are related to them.

Taking out his cell phone, Shen Qi sent a message to Adu, asking if he knew about Xiao Saburo and Yamado.

After waiting for a while, A'du said he didn't know.

That’s right, compared to Adu’s position, the BC combination is too inconspicuous.

Kona and Adu are both members of the Four Heavenly Kings. They joined Team Rocket together to achieve their goals. They probably don't know about Kozaburo and Amado.

In fact, the BC combination is not bad, but the Rockets team is full of top players, and it is difficult to stand out among them.

Across from the C coffee shop, a girl dressed as a waiter walked out holding a word "calm down".

Yamade's look is very recognizable, with long golden hair tied into two big braids. It is obviously not the person who walked out.

Apparently, like the bakery across the street, Amado also hired staff.

Kozaburo is too busy to run the bakery by himself, and the same goes for Yamato. How can he provide enough service in a coffee shop by himself?

There were not many pedestrians and cars passing by. Shen Qi, Mrs. Hua Jie and Duoduo Jilidan were standing on the roadside playing with their mobile phones, which seemed a bit eye-catching.

Turning around, Shen Qi naturally walked towards the hotel in Shabi City.

Anyway, I didn’t meet Kozaburo and Yamato. Even if I did, the BC group wouldn’t know me, so it’s no big deal.

What Shen Qi didn't expect was.

The coffee shop clerk who was cleaning the room looked deeply at Shen Qi's departing back, feeling worried.

After making a difficult decision, she turned back to the store.

The clock pointed to 21 p.m., there were not many customers in the store, and Amado was talking with Kozaburo in the back hall.

What happened recently in Viridian City and Dark Gray City...

"Cassidy..."

"Qianhui, what's wrong?"

"I just saw Shen Qi..."

"Who?" Amado recalled and had never heard of this name.

After leaving the Rockets, Saburo has always been very low-key in his life and work.

Even ordinary evil forces can’t get away just by wanting to, let alone the Rockets.

He and Amado simply disappeared on the pretext of a mission and hid in Shabi City. The current code name BC is just the mission name they gave each other during the training school and has never been officially used.

Musashi came here once by accident during these years and persuaded them to return to Team Rocket.

After learning of their true wishes, Musashi did not force them nor did he inform the organization of the news, to which Kozaburo and Yamato were actually grateful.

Until Boss Sakaki disappeared and Team Rocket vanished, Kosaburo and Yamato still didn't dare to do much to show up in public, let alone participate in any competitions.

Xiao Sanlang likes to watch racing and fighting events, so how could he not know the exaggerated Little Lamb and the driver Shen Qi last winter.

"What? Are you a fan of Shen Qi? Go ahead and ask him for his autograph."

"No." Qian Hui's expression was a little anxious, "You two... you know I am a resident of the 6th island."

When Amado debuted at the Trainer School, his first mission was to open a disguised Pokémon breeding house with Kozaburo to assist Team Rocket in their main operations.

During that time, they recruited the unwitting Chihui.

When the operation was exposed, Kozaburo and Amado escaped, and Qianhui got involved in some problems. After the police station clarified the matter, she was embarrassed to continue working in her hometown, so she went out to make a living. When she was in danger, she was rescued by the BC group who decided to quit the Rocket Team.

After the grudges were over and they were even, Qianhui became a clerk at C Coffee Shop. In her free time, she would return to Island 6 to visit her family.

She knows more about Shen Qi's deeds than Xiao Sanlang and Yamado.

"Shen Qi is not only an outstanding student of Elf High School and a lamb racing driver, he also helped the Security Bureau to find the Rocket Team warehouse on Island 5!"

It seems that the neighbors on the 6th Island also said that Shen Qi had other contributions in cooperating with the police to defeat the Rocket Team’s plan. Qianhui didn’t understand it clearly, but the matter of the Rocket Team’s warehouse on the 5th Island was clear.

Just now, Shen Qi went to bakery B, stood at the door for a while, and looked towards coffee shop C.

When Qianhui walked out the door, Shen Qi also turned around and left...

"Mr. Shen probably doesn't know me, but...will he know that there are problems with our two stores?"

"It's unlikely, but not impossible."

Yamato bit his brightly lipsticked lips and reached for the inside of the barista's apron, where the Poké Ball was hidden.

The same goes for Kozaburo, even though he hadn't been involved in planning or fighting for years, the reactions and skills he'd developed at Team Rocket's training school had gradually changed his demeanor.

He is no longer the amiable shop owner, but has the aura of an elite trainer.

As they touched the Poké Ball, Kozaburo and Yamado seemed to have a tacit understanding in their souls. They each let go of the ball and slowly let go of the condensed aura.

"It's been four years..."

"Four years and three months."

More than four years have passed since the guilty pair left the Rockets and opened a coffee shop and a bakery in Sabie City.

If they are really reported and arrested by the police, they don't plan to resist. Good deeds will be rewarded and evil will be punished. There is nothing to say.

As for Kozaburo and Amado's Pokémon, if possible, they would of course choose to release them early.

But the answer is very obvious, they have tried it in the early years, and their Pokémon are willing to follow them even if they have to go to jail.