After bidding farewell to Bruno, Ash and his group's next destination was a troublesome place—a place filled with a unique smell.
"Ah, Blackthorn City certainly lives up to its reputation. The smell here is really intense. Good thing I brought a mask!"
Even with a mask on, Brock could still smell the stench of Blackthorn City, which made him quite proud of himself for preparing a mask.
"I said, Brock, what are you mumbling to yourself about? Aren't you going to put on the gas mask?"
"What? Put on the gas mask?"
Watching Ash and the others with gas masks, Brock felt a bit strange and asked, "When did you put them on?"
"Right when you put on your mask! We called you, but you didn't respond. For our journey, I'm always prepared, and Meowth can always make some small gadgets."
"..." Brock suddenly felt like such a fool.
Inside the sewers of Blackthorn City. Team Rocket trio was preparing for "their own operation."
"Listen, meow. You'll use the diving suits I prepared to enter the A sewer. Then, sneak through the sewers to infiltrate the Pokémon Center and steal all the Pokémon inside, got it?"
Looking at the sewer full of filth, Jessie and James's instinct was to refuse, but their diving suits had been tampered with, so they could only enter the sewer with a resentful expression. What they didn't know was that a group of Pokémon were secretly watching them from not far away.
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"I said, Nurse Joy. What's going on with you? Not getting enough sleep?"
Arriving at the Pokémon Center, Ash was speechless seeing Joy yawning non-stop. Joy, leaning on Ash's shoulder, said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. Many people have taken leave recently, and I'm the only one on duty. Hah, I'm dying of sleepiness."
Just as they were talking, the Pokémon Center suddenly lost power. Joy immediately reacted, saying, "Oh no! There are still many Pokémon being treated here!"
"This is troublesome. Suzy, Misty, you two stay here and help Nurse Joy. I'm going to check the power plant."
Suzy looked at Ash and asked, "Maybe it's just a power outage?" "It's different here in Blackthorn City. The entire city relies on a single massive generator for power, and now it must be the generator that's the problem."
"Then we'll go with you!"
"No need, Misty. Stopping the generator is definitely a big trouble. And there are some Electric-type Pokémon at the power plant—your Water-type Pokémon won't perform well, and Suzy's Vulpix is outnumbered. It's better to stay here and protect the Pokémon Center. Chansey, you, Primeape, and Pidgeot, stay here and help. Meowth, now notify the people at the Chinese restaurant to bring their Electric-type Pokémon to power and protect the Pokémon Center. The rest of you, bring your Pokémon and come with me to the power plant."
"Understood."
Soon, the people from the Chinese restaurant quickly gathered... Those with Electric-type Pokémon began supplying power to the Pokémon Center.
Meanwhile, others rushed to the power plant with Ash and Brock. When Ash and the others arrived at the power plant, they heard footsteps running quickly towards them.
"Huh? Team Rocket?"
"Kid! Help us, meow!" Meowth saw Ash and immediately felt like he had seen a savior. Behind Team Rocket and the two suspected power plant personnel, a group of Grimer were madly charging towards them.
"Oh my god! Did you guys stir up a nest of Grimer or something?"
"I don't know, meow! They just said something about us coming to steal food or something, meow!"
Hearing Meowth say that, Ash looked at the Grimer staring intently at Team Rocket and had a general guess in his mind. However, he still waved his hand and said, "Bring out the Ground and Steel types! Kirlia, use a massive psychic attack!"
"Yes!"
As the group kept sending out Geodude, Onix, or Koffing, the Grimer's onslaught was slowed down... And Kirlia, as the main attacker, used its psychic abilities to harvest the Grimer.
However, the number of Grimer seemed endless. Seeing this, Ash said to Kirlia: "Kirlia, use Sunshine Overdrive! Pikachu, use Max Volt Thunderbolt!"
"Kirlia!"
"Pikachu!"
Accompanied by Kirlia's silver light that enveloped the sky and Pikachu's powerful thunderbolt, the Grimer army fell one after another. And at that moment, the leader of the Grimer, Muk, appeared. Seeing this deep purple Muk, Ash was a bit speechless.
"Wow, this Muk is highly toxic."
Brock looked at this Muk and said, "If we defeat him, we should be able to solve the current problem."
"Mm-hmm. To catch the thief, first catch the king. Kirlia, wait!"
Just as Ash was about to have Kirlia attack, he noticed that the Muk had no intention of attacking, but instead was looking at him with teary eyes. Then, this Muk actually took out a plate from its own body.
"King Muk!"
"Boss, he says thank you for the cake."
Looking at that plate, Ash remembered.
"Oh! You're that Muk from before!"
Seeing Ash recognize himself, Muk smiled and nodded, then waved. The Grimer beside him slowly retreated, and Ash stepped forward and asked, "Why did you attack?"
"Muk!"
Watching Team Rocket's trio, Muk cried out, and Meowth translated, "He says Team Rocket was trying to steal their food."
"..."
Everyone looked at Team Rocket in complete silence.
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