9. The Black Arachnid

Catallia City is quaint and has beautiful scenery.

After leaving Gary, Ash and his party arrived here quickly.

As soon as he entered the town, he heard the sound of police sirens. Now Brock became anxious and left his two companions Ash and Misty behind for Officer Jenny.

But before Brock could take a few steps, he tripped over an invisible thread on the ground.

Seeing this, Ash quickly stopped Misty. Thinking of the name of this town, he seemed to have remembered something.

Sure enough, a green Pokémon with a smiling face seemed to be suspended out of thin air.

"it's so cute!"

Hearing what Misty said, Ash just smiled bitterly and then silently covered his ears.

When the green Pokémon stretched out its spider legs and turned around, revealing its true form, Misty screamed.

"There are bugs!!!"

The Spinarak ignored Ash and Misty, and tied up Brock who was tripped by its thread.

After a while, Officer Jenny arrived.

"Is this person The Black Arachnid?"

Normally, when Brock sees Officer Jenny, he will teleport to her.

But this time, he was tied up like a mummy and pretended to be a caterpillar on the ground, "Ash, Misty, I beg of thee to save me!"

Ash and Misty quickly stepped forward to explain, but Officer Jenny saw Pikachu and Togepi next to Ash and Misty and actually recognized their identities.

"Are you guys experts in dealing with Pokémon Thief's?"

After recognizing his identity, Officer Jenny quickly let Spinarak free Brock from its clutches.

Ash and the other three are still questioning this strange identity, but Officer Jenny has obviously confirmed it, "Yes, my sister from New Bark Town wrote to me, saying that there were a group of three travelers who wanted to help when dealing with Pokémon Thief. Thank you for your help to my sister!"

Upon hearing that it was New Bark Town, Ash and his group immediately realized that it was about rescuing Totodile.

Brock regained his freedom and quickly approached Officer Jenny to increase his presence, "Officer Jenny, you are right, I am an expert in dealing with Pokémon Thief's!"

Officer Jenny glanced at him, "But you didn't even avoid my Spinarak's string! But he looks very professional!" She pointed at Ash and smiled.

Hearing what she said, Ash was of course embarrassed to refuse, and now that he had met her, he was obliged to do so.

It turns out that in this place, the traditional Pokémon of Officer Jenny's are Spinarak.

The beginning of all this starts with a strange thief named The Black Arachnid.

This thief was traveling all over the region in at that time, and no one had ever caught him. He was called a invincible thief.

He uses Meowth as his companion, and they cooperate seamlessly and have a tacit understanding. No matter what kind of crisis he encounters, Meowth will use Pay Day to surprise opponents and then escape.

However, such a thief was arrested by the contemporary Officer Jenny and her partner Spinarak.

Since then, this town has a tradition in which the Officer Jenny and all the Pokémon used by the police here have at least one Spinarak each.

But recently, a thief, who claims to be the second generation of The Black Arachnid, appeared here. The Meowth that used to use Pay Day now turned into a Meowth that uses piles of bottle caps.

'By the way, if Officer Jenny here uses Growlithe as her partner, wouldn't she be able to find the locations of the thieves through these bottle caps?' Ash only said this in his heart but did not dare to say it out loud.

He is afraid of being beaten.

However, there were no canine Pokémon around him to help him.

But looking at these bottle caps, Ash thought carefully. Could it be that this second-generation Black Arachnid is Team Rocket?

No wonder I haven't seen them these days. It turns out that they ran ahead of them and started cosplaying as this great thief.

Just when Ash and his team decided to help Jenny arrest the second-generation Black Arachnid, Officer Jenny received a report that a local rich man's home received a warning letter from the thief that they are going to steal something tonight.

Officer Jenny immediately took Ash and his party to the rich man's home. It turned out that the thief was predicted to come to steal a silver cup at midnight tonight.

This is an heirloom from this rich man's family. It looks pretty and should be quite valuable from the looks of it.

At this time, the sky had just darkened, and there were still seven full hours before midnight and before the thief arrives.

With a flash of blue light on Ash's body, he noticed a familiar aura in the partition on the roof.

He didn't say anything, but stretched out, leaving Brock alone in the room where the silver cup was placed, while he and Misty went to the garden of the rich man's house.

Officer Jenny let Spinarak weave a net here, covering the entire villa of the rich man.

As long as the thief invades, Spinarak here will be able to sense it and bring them to justice.

However, Ash shook his head. He knew that the three members of Team Rocket had already sneaked in here and hid waiting for midnight.

It really is convenient to have the power of aura.

"Come out, Charizard!"

"Roar!"

Charizard grew taller and stronger, and began to look forward to Ash's special training, although the Macho Brace suppressed it and made it uncomfortable, the value of it is still there.

"Take it with you!"

Macho Brace soon restrained Charizard again.

"Okay, let's work out! Let's do 10 sets of push-ups first!"

Not only Ash and Charizard, but Pikachu also continued to train its Iron Tail meticulously.

"Ash, is this really good?"

Misty is a little worried. Everyone is so nervous now. How can they start special training so easily?

Ash shook his head and smiled at her while doing push-ups, "It's useless to be nervous now. Since the predicted time is 12 o'clock at midnight, it's okay to be idle now."

"But?"

"Don't worry, Misty, let Brock keep watch over there for now! By the way, it's dinner time, go and ask the chef here to prepare some dinner!"

It was rare to be a guest of such a wealthy family, so Ash certainly wanted to have a good meal.

Not only him, but Charizard and Pikachu who are now starting special training also need more nutrition.

"Okay!" Looking at Ash,s calm look, Misty couldn't help but feel something in her heart. 'He looks so handsome.'

. . . . . . . . . .

I have to say that the dinners of wealthy people are indeed sumptuous.

Being able to have a full meal makes me feel more energetic during special training.

Misty just stayed with Ash the whole time, she alongside Togepi are cheering Pikachu and Charizard.

'Unknowingly, Ash has really grown a lot, and I feel so at ease being around him!'

Charizard: 195/255

Pikachu:200/255