Chapter 292: 'Chef' Brock Returns
The knowledgeable James looked at the Taillow surrounding them and said, "It's Taillow! I've heard they are a type of Pokemon with great perseverance!"
"Perseverance, so what? Why are they surrounding us?" Jessie asked, sounding a bit scared.
"It's time for Meowth to shine." James grabbed Meowth by the scruff of its neck and said, "Meowth, hurry up and translate what they are saying."
"Hmm..." Meowth listened carefully to the cries of the Taillow and then translated, "They want me to give them our food, and they also want us to leave here quickly."
Hearing the Taillow demanding her lunch, Jessie said angrily, "Why should we give our food to them? Who do they think they are? We are Team Rockets! Arbok, teach them a lesson, use Poison Sting!"
"Arbok~" Arbok opened its mouth and shot Poison Sting at the sky full of Taillow.
Little did it know that this action completely triggered the Taillow's Guts ability.
"Oh no, they're angry!" Meowth and James immediately felt that things were going south.
"Angry? I can get angry too!" As the biggest hothead in the Team Rocket Trio, Jessie didn't realize the threat posed by the flock of Taillow at all.
Half a minute later.
The Team Rocket Trio was pecked by the flock of Taillow until they were covered in bruises.
Jessie covered her face and shouted, "Meowth, James, hurry and think of something!"
"Weezing, use Smokescreen!" James took out Weezing, planning to use a smoke escape.
As the Pokemon with the highest success rate for covering Team Rockets' retreat, once Weezing used Smokescreen, the flock of Taillow was instantly disoriented.
However, just as the Team Rocket Trio escaped the encirclement of the Taillow, they ran into Brock, who had come looking for revenge.
Seeing the trio, Brock immediately identified the suspects, "Team Rockets, it really was you..."
"Huh?" The trio was stunned, then greeted him with some guilt, "Kid, long time no see!"
"Tell me, was it you who stole my rice balls by the river just now?" Brock demanded.
"What rice balls? We don't know anything about that!" Meowth waved his hands repeatedly.
Seeing Brock's fierce expression, Jessie and James also denied it repeatedly.
It was true that they had taken the items, but since they hadn't eaten them, they wouldn't admit it.
But Brock, accustomed to the trio's lying and deceitful ways, was even more certain that these three guys had stolen his lunch.
"Come on out, Forretress!"
Seeing Brock release his Pokemon, James asked in a panic, "Kid, what... what are you trying to do?"
"What am I doing? Getting revenge for my lunch, of course! Forretress, use Flash Cannon!"
"It really wasn't us, Meowth!"
"We just moved your lunch a little!"
"It was those Taillow that ate it!" The trio hurriedly explained.
With a 'boom', Team Rockets turned into stars and flew away again.
"What a horrible feeling!"
Just as the Team Rocket Trio flew into the sky, Ash arrived with May, having followed the Aura.
"Brock, it really is you!"
"Ash, I knew you were nearby."
When Brock saw the Team Rocket Trio, he knew he wasn't far from Ash.
"Brock, let me introduce you. This is May, the daughter of Mr. Norman from the Petalburg Gym. She is traveling with me now."
After introducing her to Brock, Ash turned to May and introduced him, "May, this is Brock, whom I mentioned to you before."
"Hello, nice to meet you," May greeted.
Ash had told her that Brock would also be traveling with them.
"Hello!"
After greeting her, Brock put his arm around Ash's shoulder and pulled him aside, whispering, "Ash, you're really something. You've only been in the Hoenn region for a few days and you've already hooked up with another one."
Ash said helplessly, "Brock, you've got it all wrong. May is the daughter of Petalburg Gym Leader Norman. Mr. Norman asked me to take care of her, and she's traveling with me. Serena and Misty know about it too!"
"???" Brock was stunned.
"By the way, Brock, what did those three idiots from Team Rockets do? Why did they..."
"Those three idiots stole my lunch and even blamed it on the Pokemon..."
Brock angrily accused the trio of their crimes.
His words resonated with the foodie May, who chimed in, "That's right, thieves who steal people's lunches are the worst. They should be taught a lesson!"
"..." Watching the two of them hitting it off instantly, Ash was speechless.
"Forget it. Brock, if you haven't eaten, I have a lunch here," Ash said, taking out a bento box.
"Then I won't be polite!"
Brock was starving, so he took it and started devouring it.
"Siba~" Just then, the Taillow in the forest, like sharks smelling blood, flew over and stared at the food in Brock's hands.
Looking at the sky full of Taillow, May couldn't help but shrink behind Ash, "What's going on with these Taillow?"
"They must be hungry. Come on out, Taillow." Ash took out the Taillow he had caught, "Taillow, go and calm them down."
Taillow nodded, then flew in front of the leader and began to communicate.
Ash took out a capsule containing all kinds of generic Pokemon food.
After the capsule opened, a shipping container appeared. Ash moved three large boxes out of it and then put the container away.
"Taillow, this food is for you. I hope you won't steal things from passing travelers for food in the future," Ash shouted to the Taillow filling the sky.
Feeling the goodwill emanating from Ash, the Taillow nodded in response one after another.
After dealing with the flock of Taillow and a brief rest, Ash's group set off on their journey again.
During the next part of the journey, Ash released Typhlosion and also let May release Torchic to receive guidance.
After two and a half hours of guidance from Typhlosion, Torchic had grown a little.
[Pokemon: Torchic (May)] [Type: Fire] [Gender: Male] [Level: Excellent Intermediate] [Ability: Blaze (When HP is reduced, the power of Fire-type moves increases)] [Potential: Elite] [Moves: Growl, Peck, Ember, Quick Attack, Agility (Inherited)]
So, after encountering a wild Trainer, under Ash's suggestion, May began her first battle challenging a passerby.
Her opponent was a Beedrill Trainer who was doing resistance training.
"Beedrill, use Twineedle!"
May shouted nervously, "Torchic, use Quick Attack!"
Beedrill waved its two poison stingers and stabbed at Torchic, while Torchic used Quick Attack to dodge left and right.
The dodging habit was exactly the same as when Ash's Typhlosion was still a Cyndaquil; Torchic had completely learned the essence of it.
Seeing the apprentice it had taught using the technique so soon, Typhlosion also revealed a look of satisfaction.
"Beedrill, use Pin Missile!"
"Torchic, use Ember!"
The two waves of moves collided, creating a large amount of smoke and dust.
Beedrill had quite a lot of battle experience, and the smoke and dust became its cover.
Torchic, on the other hand, had no experience and could only scan around in a panic, guarding against Beedrill.
The Trainer seized the moment of Torchic's panic and shouted, "Beedrill, now, use X-Scissor!"
Swish! A cold light flashed from the smoke and dust, and Torchic was hit by a single blow.
"Torchic is unable to battle, Beedrill wins!" Brock said.
May picked up Torchic and whispered, "Torchic, you worked hard."
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