Chapter 155 — Mew: Feeling a bit disgusted

Dawn and Ash's battle was quickly decided.

Unlike in the original story where she had her Pachirisu eat an Everstone to never evolve,

After a year, the Pachirisu that Dawn got from Professor Rowan had already evolved into a Raichu.

It defeated Pikachu quite easily.

Seeing this, Sun Wuming found it somewhat amusing.

It felt like all the female protagonists who traveled with Ash had somehow caught his bad habit of not letting Pokémon evolve.

Even in his previous life, Sun Wuming couldn't help but criticize why Ash's Pokémon wouldn't evolve.

Especially in the Sinnoh arc, he even caught the pseudo-legendary Gible.

Just when everyone was imagining it evolving into a Garchomp and dominating battles,

The Sinnoh arc ended without it evolving at all.

And those who traveled with Ash - Misty, May, Dawn, and others - all seemed to pick up this habit to some degree.

Among them, May, who was probably the strongest female protagonist, was least affected by this.

At least her Torchic eventually evolved into a Blaziken near the end.

And after leaving Ash, his Squirtle and Bulbasaur, which had never evolved before, evolved into Wartortle and Venusaur.

They actually became even stronger.

It made one wonder if Ash had some kind of Everstone effect about him.

Could any Pokémon near him just not evolve?

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"How could this happen..."

After his crushing defeat, Ash hugged Pikachu with a dejected look.

It wasn't that he couldn't accept losing, but to lose so badly was just...

"Ash, you really need to work harder."

Brock, the mother hen, patted Ash's shoulder.

His gaze swept over the new companion Dawn, as well as Mao, Marnie and others.

Then he recalled Red and Green who dominated at the previous Indigo Conference.

And Gary, who was no less formidable than Ash.

If Ash kept fooling around without putting in effort, he'd really end up at the bottom of this group.

"Teacher, I checked and the nearest gym is in Blackthorn City. Should we take Route 773?"

After watching the show, Serena asked Sun Wuming.

"...No, I'm going back to Johto with Luna, you all go ahead first."

Sun Wuming shook his head.

"Huh?!"

All four girls were stunned.

They just arrived in Sinnoh, why leave already?

About this, Sun Wuming didn't hide anything.

He said Suicune's traces were found in Ilex Forest in Johto, and he wanted to take Luna to catch it.

"Why don't we all go together?"

Marnie was a bit unhappy.

Letting Sun Wuming and Luna go off alone, anyone could guess what would happen.

Sun Wuming put his hand on Marnie's head, ruffling it comfortingly:

"Didn't you all get new partners in Alola? We can't let others fall behind, right?"

In the Alola region, Marnie got a Guzzlord, Serena got a Kartana, and Mao caught a Buzzwole.

Only Luna didn't get anything.

This reason was impossible to argue against.

"Suicune? Can I try to catch it too?"

Dawn's eyes lit up.

As a trainer who had participated in Contests, she also loved beautiful Pokémon.

Suicune was certainly no exception.

"Sure, fair competition, but I won't go easy on you."

Sun Wuming smiled.

Brock gulped and whispered to Dawn, their new companion:

"Dawn, better give up, you can't compete with Mr. Sun."

As someone who participated in the previous Rocket takedown operation in Viridian City,

Brock was very clear about how terrifying Sun Wuming was.

Hearing Brock say this, Dawn finally chose to give up.

Deep down, Dawn also knew that with her current strength, she couldn't handle a Legendary.

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Sun Wuming prepared to take a passenger ship to Johto with Luna.

The ship would sail in the evening and reach Johto tomorrow.

"Smooch~"

When saying goodbye, Marnie acted first, directly planting one on Sun Wuming's cheek.

Although she was used to kissing Sun Wuming by now,

Those were always done in secret before.

So when they saw Marnie's behavior, Mao and Serena beside them were shocked speechless.

Serena pursed her pink lips, then quickly pecked Sun Wuming's other cheek before turning away shyly, unable to look at him.

Now, the pressure was on Mao.

So, so shameless!

The rather proper Mao was dying of embarrassment.

How could she do such a thing in public?

But, but she didn't want to lose out.

Why could they do it but not her!?

While Mao was hesitating and struggling internally,

The sailor on the cruise ship behind them shouted:

"The passenger ship to Johto is about to depart, please board quickly if you haven't yet!"

Mao was suddenly on the verge of tears.

However at that moment, a pair of large hands embraced her, with a chin resting on her smooth silver hair as a gentle, loving voice reached her ears:

"Take good care of your two junior sisters~"

After releasing Mao, Sun Wuming thought for two seconds and stuffed the Poké Ball containing Hoopa Unbound into Mao's arms.

"Though it seems unlikely, I'll leave this with you just in case."

Based on the information from Cynthia,

Team Galactic had already begun moving.

Although Sun Wuming thought that a second-rate villain organization like Team Galactic

Couldn't possibly do anything to Mao and the other two.

At least Team Rocket or the hidden Team Plasma might be capable of it.

But nothing's absolute, so better leave Hoopa Unbound with them just in case.

"Thank you, Master..."

Mao responded softly in a sweet voice.

But she also felt somewhat disappointed inside.

Why did she only get a hug?

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After boarding.

"Mu...a!!!"

The first thing Luna did upon entering the room was to cling to Sun Wuming like a koala and then...

The yellow rodent on Sun Wuming's shoulder had a strange expression, wondering why humans liked exchanging saliva so much?

To it, it seemed kind of disgusting.

The "yellow rodent" took the chance while the two were exchanging saliva to hop down from Sun Wuming's shoulder and went off to wander and cause trouble around the ship.

"Alright, stop fooling around, we start looking for Suicune tomorrow."

Sun Wuming patted Luna's bottom.

Well, though it wasn't small at all.

But compared to her friend Sonia's, it was a bit smaller.

It had to be said that Sonia's two places were really like balloons, getting more and more full and perky.

Hm? How did Sun Wuming know?

The reason was simple - every few nights, Sun Wuming would have Hoopa Unbound use its rings to transport him to Postwick, then transport him back the next morning.

Hoopa Unbound was probably fed up, thinking: is this what my rings are meant for?!

"Why take a ship? Wouldn't a plane be faster?"

Luna was still clinging to Sun Wuming like glue, impossible to shake off.

Sun Wuming deflected with a question:

"Haven't we never tried this before? It's nice to do something different occasionally, right?"

Luna thought this made sense too.

As long as she could enjoy more alone time with Sun Wuming, she was winning.

But of course, the truth wasn't so simple.

Sun Wuming recalled his conversation with Archer in the café this afternoon—

"Darkrai?"

When he heard this name from Archer's mouth, Sun Wuming's expression became somewhat peculiar.

"That's right,"

A sinister smile spread across Archer's face, "According to our investigation, he has two Legendaries - Darkrai and Latios."

"This person will be taking a passenger ship from Sinnoh to Johto tonight. I plan to steal those two Legendaries, and if Mr. Sun doesn't mind joining in, I'm willing to transfer one of them to you."

Even as someone from another world, Sun Wuming hadn't expected Archer to play this hand.

But it wasn't surprising, since Team Rocket originally built their fortune by stealing Pokémon from ordinary trainers.

But immediately, Sun Wuming thought of a question and demanded:

"Will stolen Legendaries obey commands?"

If Team Rocket wanted to force stolen Pokémon to obey their commands in the past,

They'd either use violence or brainwashing.

More often, they'd just sell them on the black market for quick cash.

But stealing Legendaries and making them obey obediently,

That probably wasn't a simple matter.

Even he didn't think he had that ability.

To this, Archer smiled sinisterly:

"Please rest assured, Mr. Sun."

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The reminiscence ended, and while holding Luna, Sun Wuming was thinking of other things, "What method will that eunuch use..."

Meanwhile, Luna noticed Sun Wuming was distracted and pouted, thinking this bad guy must be thinking about other women.

Just then, Luna vaguely heard a commotion outside the door.

Just as Luna was about to get up and open the door to see what was happening,

There was a loud "Bang!"

A Primeape directly smashed the door lock.

And two mushroom-headed figures, a man and woman, burst in from outside, threatening Sun Wuming and Luna:

"Don't move! We're Team Galactic! Hand over your Pokémon quietly!"

"Huh?"

Sun Wuming raised an eyebrow.

The next second, the two Team Galactic members became shooting stars, disappearing into the night sky - all that was missing was them saying "What an unpleasant feeling!"

"Team Galactic? I remember seeing them often in the news in Sinnoh lately."

Luna called out Blastoise and frowned.

I see...

Sun Wuming could pretty much guess Archer's methods now.

"Wuming, what should we do now?"

Luna asked Sun Wuming.

Sun Wuming got up and walked out of the room with Luna, seeing chaos throughout the cruise ship.

Many passengers had already been taken control of by Team Galactic.

"You go rescue those passengers, I'll deal with the admin."

Sun Wuming decided.

"Mm, I understand."

Luna nodded without hesitation.

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At this moment, in the ship's dining room.

"As you can all see, this place is now under Team Galactic's control."

An androgynous young person with blue hair styled into two horns and straight bangs, wearing a Team Galactic uniform, threatened with a smile:

"Now please hand over all your Pokémon. Life is more important than Pokémon, isn't it?"

The other ordinary passengers looked terrified, and under Team Galactic's threats, they could only obediently hand over their Poké Balls.

However, at this moment...

"Hmph! Team Galactic? How dare you be so overbearing, do you really think you can do whatever you want?!"

A confident voice suddenly rang out.

Seeing the long-haired man who stood up, Saturn almost laughed out loud.

Good, this is exactly who we were waiting for.