Pokemon: Who Let Him Leave Pallet Town!? Chapter 92: Night Visit to the Game Corner

Chapter 92: Night Visit to the Ga Corner

"Ah? Doesn't that put in danger!"

Ash held Pikachu tightly, feeling a chill down his spine.

*Pika, pika!* Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and nuzzled his face, as if comforting him.

*Woo—* A familiar voice echoed through the sky.

Everyone looked up sharply, and a fierce gust of wind followed.

*Woohoo~* A massive Dragonite landed.

"It's Lance!" Ash exclaid excitedly upon seeing the person on Dragonite's back.

"Ash, Natsu, what are you doing here?" Lance jumped off Dragonite and greeted the three.

*Roar!* A long screech ca from the sky, and an Aerodactyl landed next.

"Huh? Mr. Lance, is there soone else?" Jenny asked in surprise.

"No." Lance shook his head.

Everyone looked, and a man jumped down from the Aerodactyl.

He wore a gray-black wool vest, had short teal hair, and in the darkness, he stood out as boldly as Lance.

"Let introduce myself. I'm Archer, Director of Team Rocket."

Archer stepped in front of everyone and gave a slight bow.

"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted. "How dare you show up here!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu let out a cold snort.

"Wait, Ash, Archer is here to assist us," Lance said, placing a hand on Ash's shoulder.

"Assist?" Ash was puzzled, then noticed Natsu winking at him.

He rembered that Natsu had ntioned Team Rocket had so legitimate enterprises.

"Hmph!" Ash turned away, still distrustful.

"In that case, shall we go?" Archer said.

"Wait." Natsu called out.

"You're here to sort things out? You're not secretly on so mission, like taking out Team Rocket mbers before we uncover anything?"

Natsu's words were casual, but Archer shook his head.

"Of course not. Our Team Rocket always deals with criminals. Perhaps Boss Giovanni already sent soone."

Archer smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes.

"Shall we get going, Mr. Lance?" Jenny looked toward the group.

"Lance, there's sothing off about him."

On the way, Natsu's voice suddenly echoed in Lance's mind, startling him—it was like the telepathy of the Saffron Gym.

"No way… Jenny told this involves Team Rocket. I went straight to him, probably too late for him to react."

Hearing this, Natsu nodded slightly.

Both of them were right. Archer hadn't had ti to react, but there was definitely sothing suspicious.

Natsu subtly used telekinesis to sense Archer's emotions.

Though Archer hid it well, Natsu could feel a trace of anxiety in his heart.

Archer walked at the front, his undershirt damp with sweat.

If he ruined this operation, Boss Giovanni's plan would fail.

He might easily take the experintal data under everyone's eyes, but what about the remaining Team Rocket mbers?

The League would surely uncover so clue.

"Mr. Archer, I hope you're truly here to assist us."

Outside the Ga Corner, Jenny watched Archer warily.

"Haha, of course."

Archer glanced at Lance without expression, fingers brushing over a Pokéball before pulling out a set of keys.

*Creak~* The ga corner doors opened.

"Wow, this ga corner is really suspicious. It's already closed at night."

Ash looked around, noticing that all other places were brightly lit, only the Ga Corner was shut and locked.

Hearing Ash's voice, Archer's hand trembled slightly on the door.

*Damn it, which idiot is in charge here?*

"Follow ." Natsu held his Rotom Phone and passed by Archer, leading the way.

"Go and open the hidden door here." Reaching a room in the ga corner, Natsu looked at Archer.

Archer knew that pretending to be clueless wouldn't work now.

Soon, a hidden passage revealed itself before everyone.

"You Team Rocket folks really love digging holes." Ash glanced inside, seeing a large open space.

"Not going down?" Archer raised an eyebrow.

"Relax. I said I'm here to sort things out, and that's exactly what I'm doing." Archer said, jumping down first.

"Jenny, please guard the exit." Lance requested before descending.

"Sure, no problem." Jenny nodded, watching everyone enter the underground space.

Unlike what they expected, the underground area was a vast forest.

Not only a forest, but not far away, they could also see a lake.

"This underground area is a huge mimicry circle?" Lance said in shock.

"Wow, I wonder if there are any Pokémon in here… Ah!" Ash was cut off as Pikachu nudged him.

"You're right, Pikachu. We should first find Misty and see what this is!"

Before Ash could finish, a child suddenly jumped out of the nearby grass.

"Seed, seed!" The child crouched on the ground, mimicking Bulbasaur's cries.

"What's wrong with you?" Ash stepped forward, but the child leapt away like a wild Pokémon startled by a Trainer.

"Cater~ pieeeeeeee~" In a nearby tree, another child appeared, imitating a Caterpie, crawling out like a cocoon.

Both children had helt-like devices on their heads.

"What is going on?" Lance glared in anger.

"These disgraceful scoundrels tarnishing Team Rocket's na—I'll find whoever's responsible and make them answer for this." Archer's face showed pure fury, as if he were the enforcer.

*Clack!* Lance suddenly placed a hand on Archer's shoulder.

"In that case, lead us to them." Lance's voice was low and firm.

So far, they hadn't seen a single Team Rocket mber.

Archer nodded, his knuckles whitening as he clenched his fists.

"Ash, go find Misty!" Natsu uploaded the map location to Ash's Pokédex.

"Natsu, where are you going? I want to go too!" Ash worried about missing sothing.

*Pika-pi!* Pikachu tapped Ash's face, agreeing that they should find Misty first.

"Ash, aren't you curious what Pokémon Misty thinks she is in the hypnotic world?"

Ash paused, realizing this was even more important.

"Also, I recently upgraded your Pokédex's cara function. Now the videos are in 4K HD!"

"Whoa!" Ash's eyes lit up.

"Then Natsu, I'm going to film… and rescue Misty!"

Saying this, Ash dashed toward a marked point on the map near a lake.

Watching Ash run, Natsu turned to Lance and Archer at the front.

Following Archer's lead, the group soon exited the mimicry circle.

Before them stood a massive underground warehouse, its ceiling lined with twisted circuits providing power for the mimicry circle.

*Boom!*

A violent rumble echoed through the warehouse.

Imdiately after, the three saw nurous Team Rocket mbers fleeing in panic.

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