Chapter 298: Humanoid Pokémon — Jessie
The scene of the Seviper causing trouble was witnessed in its entirety by the Team Rocket Trio, just as Ash had suspected.
The Team Rocket Trio still had their eyes on the Seviper. There was no helping it; after all, Jessie was missing an Arbok, and Giovanni had just told them to figure it out themselves—support was out of the question.
The Team Rocket Trio searched in a fan shape along the direction the Seviper had been knocked flying.
After searching for half an hour, Meowth was a bit puzzled. "Strange, where exactly did Pikachu knock that Seviper flying to, meow?"
Based on their experience of frequently being knocked flying, it shouldn't have flown too far, right?
Little did they know, the Seviper was watching Meowth from a tree right behind it.
"Jessie, James, have you found the Seviper yet, meow?"
Meowth shouted at the top of its lungs.
"I haven't found anything on my side!" X2
James and Jessie's responses rang out in turn.
"Sigh!"
Meowth let out a long sigh and found a place to sit down.
Immediately after, acting like it was guarding against thieves, Meowth looked left and right to make sure Jessie and James were not nearby, then it took out a rice ball, preparing to sneak a snack.
But before the rice ball could reach its mouth, a triangular snake tail snatched it away.
"Who's there?"
Meowth scanned the surroundings in a panic.
"Hiss, hiss～"
The sound of a venomous snake flicking its tongue made Meowth's body stiffen. It twisted its rigid neck to look upward.
It saw the Seviper staring at it with scarlet eyes.
Being stared at by a venomous snake from such close range, Meowth was nearly scared silly. It shouted at the top of its lungs: "Jes... Jessie, James, I... I found it, come here quickly, meow～"
Just as Meowth finished shouting, the Seviper came down from the tree and, just like it had toyed with the Torchic, began to bounce Meowth with its tail.
...
Meanwhile.
Ash had brought Treecko to a waterfall, while Pikachu and Eevee had followed along to the Pokémon Center.
"Treecko, do you see that rock? In a moment, jump down from it, rotate your body in mid-air, and then use the Pound move.
The rotation can help you increase the power of the Pound move. As long as you master this move, defeating that Seviper won't be a problem."
Ash recounted the method that Treecko had come up with in the original story.
Of course, he also had other methods, which was to spend money—to power-level Treecko's skill pool and use the skill advantage to defeat the Seviper.
Anyway, the Seviper would be violently captured by Jessie, and it might even have suffered brain damage during the capture process. With Treecko's rich skill pool, toying with a Seviper would be very simple.
But Ash didn't intend to use this method right now; Treecko's level was too low, and it couldn't afford to play the "Prince Strategy."
"Treecko!"
Treecko nodded, then climbed up the waterfall to conduct special training according to Ash's instructions.
...
"Help!"
"Jessie, James～"
"Se... Seviper is here with me, meow!"
Meowth shouted at the top of its lungs, with a hint of a sob in its voice.
Not far away, James heard Meowth's cry for help and immediately turned around to rush over.
Jessie, on the other side, did the same.
Seeing Jessie and James arrive, Meowth felt as if it had seen its saviors. "Jessie, James, save me, meow!"
Seeing two more people arrive, the Seviper learned from its previous lesson; it stopped bouncing Meowth and instead used Wrap, binding Meowth with its tail.
"Hey, hey, Seviper, you had better release Meowth quickly, or else we won't be polite to you!" James said.
Jessie also chimed in, enticing it: "That's right, if you obediently let go of Meowth, we will give you a chance to join the Team Rockets!"
The Seviper turned a deaf ear to their words; its pair of red eyes were filled with disdain.
Feeling ignored, James was instantly enraged. "Damn it, how dare you ignore us! Come out, Cacnea! Use Pin Missile!"
"Naya～"
The spikes on Cacnea's arms lit up with white light, and it raised its hands to fire white energy needles at the Seviper like a Gatling gun.
Facing Cacnea's offensive, the Seviper was quite insidious; it used Meowth as a human shield.
"It hurts, meow!"
Having been shot right in the face, Meowth's face immediately became red and swollen, and it burst into tears with a "waah."
"Uh..."
Seeing Meowth's swollen cheeks, James and Cacnea couldn't help but feel guilty.
Jessie said impatiently: "Geez, James, what are you doing?"
"Jessie, Meowth is in its hands, I didn't have any other choice, did I?" James said with an innocent face.
"Wobbuffet, you go and rescue Meowth."
Jessie subconsciously pushed Wobbuffet forward. She had completely forgotten that Wobbuffet was a Pokémon that relied on counterattacking.
"Wobbuffet～"
Wobbuffet and the Seviper stood frozen on the spot, staring at each other.
"Um... Jessie, Wobbuffet has to wait for the opponent to attack first before it can counterattack." James reminded her weakly.
"Huh?!"
Jessie was extremely embarrassed; she angrily recalled Wobbuffet.
"Pfft～"
It would have been better if she hadn't recalled it. As soon as she did, it drew ridicule from the Seviper. The Seviper knew that the two couldn't do anything to it, so it bullied Meowth even harder.
Then, the Team Rocket Trio's lunch rice balls that Meowth had hidden on its body all fell out.
"That is..."
"Our lunch?"
The two were dumbfounded.
The Seviper didn't care about them; it opened its mouth and swept up all the rice balls.
"Damn it, how dare you eat our lunch?"
Jessie was instantly enraged. She marched up aggressively, snatched Meowth from the Seviper's tail, and then proceeded to ravage it. "Damn you, Meowth, you actually lost our lunch!"
"It wasn't me, meow! It was the Seviper that ate it!"
"If you hadn't insisted on holding it, how would the rice balls have fallen? And the quantity is completely wrong! You must have snuck a bite!"
After ravaging Meowth, Jessie turned her fierce gaze toward the Seviper.
The Seviper, which had been somewhat smug, was now so frightened by the angry Jessie that it couldn't move.
"You actually ate our lunch, this is simply unforgivable! Since that's the case, I must get my hands on you!"
Jessie reached out and used Fury Swipes on the bewildered Seviper.
"An angry Jessie is so scary!"
This scene made James and Meowth huddle together, trembling.
Duang!
Jessie landed a heavy kick on the back of the Seviper's head.
"That was the lethal Mega Kick!" James said, trembling.
"It was super effective, meow!"
And with that, the Seviper lost its ability to battle.
Jessie didn't seem to have vented all her anger yet; she picked up the dizzy Seviper and prepared to swing her fists.
"Hey, wait a minute... Jessie."
"You can capture this Seviper now, meow!"
James and Meowth hurriedly reminded her.
...
After completing the capture of the Seviper, the Team Rocket Trio couldn't wait to go and snatch Pikachu.
But before they reached the Pokémon Center, they ran into Ash and Treecko, who had just finished their special training.
"Ash?"
The Team Rocket Trio were shocked and horrified the moment they saw Ash.
"It's you three idiots? Judging by the direction, you're planning to go after Pikachu, right?"
Ash was just planning to go find them; he didn't expect them to deliver themselves to his doorstep.
"Hmph, Ash, Pikachu and Eevee are both gone, you only have one Treecko, but we have a brand new battle star..."
Jessie proudly released the newly captured Seviper.
"Who told you I only have one Treecko? Marshadow, come out and show yourself."
Ash called out softly, and Marshadow, which had been hiding in his shadow, slowly revealed its form.
Treecko looked at Marshadow in surprise; it hadn't noticed Marshadow's presence the entire time.
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