Chapter 117: Team Rocket Attacks

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"That's great!"

Team Rocket, who had been harassing Ash, appeared quietly in the jungle not far from the research institute.

Among them, Jessie looked at the six starter Pokémon at the entrance of the research institute and had her eyes on them.

"There are six new Pokémon gathered here!"

And James, being Jessie's best partner, had the same idea as Jessie.

"Let's take them away immediately and give them to the boss!"

As for Meowth, he pointed at the six Pokémon not far away, eager to present them to Giovanni.

"What's the benefit of this?"

James was puzzled by Meowth's plan, so he lowered his head and looked at Meowth.

"For example, one day the boss is disappointed and exhausted with his useless subordinates, watching the sunset in the distance, feeling the twilight of life."

Meowth described it for Jessie and James, while he himself fell into a fantasy.

"At this time, the boss sees the cute Pokémon we brought, and recalls his journey as a trainer in his youth. Thinking of those glorious years, the boss's eyes ignite with the flames of the past.

So at this time, the boss would say that Meowth and the others who reignited the flames in his heart are truly passionate Team Rocket!"

As he spoke, even Jessie and James were caught up in the fantasy of promotion and salary increase.

"Promotion to executives, appointment as branch chiefs, what a great feeling!"

And the three of them danced with joy because of the beautiful fantasy.

As soon as they decided, the three members of Team Rocket immediately began to work hard to be promoted to executives and take office as branch chiefs.

So while Gary and the others were playing with the six cute Pokémon, Team Rocket drove a flying vehicle that looked like a Jumpluff and flew towards them.

The engine sound of Team Rocket's aircraft could not be concealed in this relatively quiet place, so when Team Rocket approached, they were discovered by everyone present.

"What is this? A Jumpluff?"

Ash looked up at the huge Jumpluff flying in the air and asked in confusion.

"But is there such a big Jumpluff?"

This was beyond May's understanding.

"Have you ever seen such a big Jumpluff?"

Gary rolled his eyes at Ash and May's reactions and asked unhappily.

"What is it?"

After that, Ash and May looked at Gary.

"There is no doubt that it should be a Jumpluff-shaped aircraft, and it is also related to Team Rocket!"

Gary said while pointing to the huge, red R-shaped logo in the center of the aircraft.

"Hahaha, that's right, it's us!"

Of course, Gary's words were heard by the three members of Team Rocket. At this time, Jessie, James, and Meowth were all riding on the giant Jumpluff aircraft in front of them, showing a rampant smile to Gary and the others below.

"Team Rocket, what are you going to do?"

Ash, who had been entangled with them before, immediately got angry after seeing the three members of Team Rocket.

"Of course, we are here to collect prey!"

After saying that, Meowth controlled the remote control in his hand and launched a huge and very tough fishing net from the aircraft, which was thrown at the six Pokémon under the aircraft.

"No, their target is Charmander and the others!"

Seeing this, May, Professor Oak, and others knew that Team Rocket's target was the three starter Pokémon in front of them.

"We'll take these six Pokémon!"

Seeing the six Pokémon that were about to be in their hands, Jessie, James, and Meowth all showed joy and complacent smiles.

However, what happened next was not what Team Rocket had expected.

"I won't let you succeed."

Seeing this, Gary sent out his own Pokémon in time to deal with it: "Pupitar, use Dragon Pulse!"

The white dragon-shaped beam directly hit the large fishing net aimed at the six Pokémon, completely piercing and destroying it.

The six Pokémon also took advantage of this opportunity to escape behind Gary and his team to avoid being targeted again.

"What!"

After seeing this scene, Jessie, James, and Meowth, who were on the aircraft, widened their eyes and showed incredulous expressions.

"Since you are so unwilling to go, don't blame us for being violent, Meowth!"

After seeing that their actions were interrupted, Meowth was also very angry, so he angrily pressed a button on the remote control in his hand.

Soon, six extendable automatic arms appeared on the giant Jumpluff aircraft and grabbed towards Gary and his team.

"No big deal."

Seeing this situation, Gary did not panic, but instead commanded his Pupitar to fight back.

"Let's go, Pupitar, use Stone Edge!"

At Gary's command, sharp rocks suddenly appeared around Pupitar, and these rocks, under Pupitar's control, met the attacking automatic arms one after another.

Under the attack of the Stone Edge, the six automatic arms were destroyed one by one. Even the giant Jumpluff aircraft of Team Rocket was hit by the remaining Stone Edge attacks and fell from the air.

"How could this happen? This is unscientific!"

Falling from the aircraft, and then being pinned down and unable to move, Jessie, James, and Meowth couldn't believe that they were beaten down before they caught the Pokémon.

"No way, who made you meet me, the powerful Gary Oak."

Seeing Team Rocket lying on the ground, Gary stopped Ash and Pikachu who were about to give them the final blow, and then said.

"You damned hedgehog-headed brat!"

Their action had just begun but was destroyed by Gary, which made Jessie unacceptable for a while, so she cursed at Gary directly.

Gary, who had a smile on his face, lost it immediately after hearing the "hedgehog-headed brat" comment.

"Since you don't accept the toast, don't blame me for being rude."

Seeing that the three idiots of Team Rocket dared to scold him, Gary was not going to indulge them, so he looked at Pupitar beside him and gave orders.

"Pupitar, send them away, use Dragon Pulse!"

Finally, Pupitar's Dragon Pulse hit the Team Rocket trio who were pinned down by the wreckage of the aircraft as expected.

After a burst of explosions, Jessie, James, and Meowth were also blown away by the explosion.

Of course, when they were flying in the air, they also had that classic exit quote.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

In this way, with Gary's intervention, Team Rocket did not catch the six Pokémon as they had planned.