Chapter 9
Defeating the Rocket Trio

“What!”

Musashi looked at the fainted Arbok, unable to believe that he and Kojiro had been defeated so easily.

"Exeggutor, don't let them escape, use your psychic power to bind them all." Xiaomo commanded.

"Exegg!"

Exeggutor immediately used Psychic, binding the three members of Team Rocket.

"Damn it, brat, let us go!"

"We are Team Rocket, you'll regret messing with us!"

"Yeah, yeah, meow!"

The three Team Rocket members were still stubborn, threatening Xiaomo with Team Rocket's name.

Xiaomo didn't know what these three were thinking. This was a major base of Team Rocket in the Cerulean City. Yamabuki, the leader of this branch in Cerulean City, never allowed his subordinates to operate here.

The three of you dared to come here to steal Pokémon. If you succeed, the Alliance would definitely send an investigator to investigate. Then Yamabuki would have to act cautiously.

Xiaomo ignored the three Team Rocket members and ordered, "Exeggutor, use your Parasite Seed to bind them."

Exeggutor sprayed out three Parasite Seeds, which wrapped around the three Team Rocket members. The Parasite Seeds absorbed their energy, growing into vines to bind them. Moreover, with their energy drained, the three Team Rocket members were no longer as energetic as before, and they all fell asleep.

"Okay, now they're quiet." Xiaomo waved his hand.

At this time, the Joy nurses, relieved that the crisis was resolved, came over to thank Xiaomo for his help.

"Thank you, you really helped us out. If the Pokémon had been stolen, I don't know how I would explain it to those Trainers." Joy said with sincere gratitude.

"You're welcome, it's my duty as a trainer of the Alliance. You should call Officer Jenny here quickly." Xiaomo said.

"No need, the alarm has already sounded, Officer Jenny is on her way." Joy shook her head.

"Freeze, police!"

As soon as the words fell, Officer Jenny's voice came from outside the door.

However, Officer Jenny was a little confused. She couldn't tell who was the bad guy, after all, she had just seen Satoshi this morning. As for Xiaomo beside Joy, he didn't look like a bad guy at all.

Joy hurried over to explain the situation to Officer Jenny.

Knowing that the criminals were the three Team Rocket members, she immediately handcuffed them, ordered her subordinates to take them away, and thanked Xiaomo for his help.

Xiaomo knew that the Cerulean City Police Station couldn't hold the three Team Rocket members.

As for whether this intervention would change the fate of the three Team Rocket members, Xiaomo couldn't care less.

Earlier, Xiaomo had been worried that the three Team Rocket members were very strong, so he had given Exeggutor eight low-grade Rare Candies, raising Exeggutor's level to 18.

As a result, Musashi and Kojiro's Pokémon were also very low level.

【LV9 Koffing♂/Elite】

【LV10 Arbok♂/Elite】

This was the situation with their Pokémon, which made Xiaomo speechless.

Knowing that the three Team Rocket members were so weak, Xiaomo had wasted three Rare Candies.

"Xiaomo, you have two Pokémon now." Satoshi walked over and said.

"Yes, what about you?" Xiaomo asked deliberately.

"Ah... I haven't caught any Pokémon yet." Satoshi said embarrassedly.

When he arrived in Cerulean City, Satoshi was ridiculed by Professor Oak, and now he was stabbed in the back by Xiaomo again.

"You were thinking of being my opponent, but you can't even figure out two Team Rocket members. You're probably going to have a hard time collecting all eight badges. You should give up your unrealistic dream of being a Pokémon Master." Xiaomo teased.

"I won't give up, my Pikachu was just injured. If he hadn't been injured, I would have definitely defeated Team Rocket." Satoshi retorted.

"Really?"

Xiaomo looked at Pikachu, who was staying with Kasumi. Pikachu was still hanging on to a positive and negative battery, looking weak.

【LV15 Pikachu♂/Champion】

Satoshi also saw Pikachu's miserable state, and thinking about what he had just said, he suddenly felt a little unconfident.

Xiaomo was surprised by Pikachu's potential. Could it be that electric-type Pokémon get a boost in potential after being struck by lightning?

After all, according to Pikachu's own situation, he was not a very strong Pokémon.

And Satoshi's Pikachu wasn't just struck by lightning, he had even been struck by lightning from Raikou and Zekrom, and every time he was struck, Pikachu's own electricity was enhanced.

It was as if Pikachu had absorbed the lightning from the legendary Pokémon into his own electricity, so he could release even stronger electricity.

Xiaomo decided that once he caught an electric-type Pokémon, he would try it out.

"You take care of Pikachu, I'm going." There was nothing else to do at the Pokémon Center, so Xiaomo decided to leave.

"Leave? It's so late, where are you going, Xiaomo?" Satoshi asked curiously.

"Of course I'm going to a hotel to sleep. The Pokémon Center has been the scene of an incident, so they definitely can't provide accommodation. Of course I'm going to a hotel." Xiaomo said speechlessly.

Satoshi really didn't have any common sense. He didn't see that the Pokémon Center was surrounded by caution tape. At least until tomorrow, they wouldn't provide accommodation for Trainers.

And Satoshi wouldn't leave the Pokémon Center for the time being, he would definitely stay here and wait for Pikachu to fully recover.

......!

Xiaomo found a high-end hotel nearby and checked in.

"Strange, why haven't I gotten a mission completion prompt?"

After defeating Team Rocket, Xiaomo waited all the way, but he didn't hear any prompts from the system.

The reason why Pikachu destroyed the Pokémon Center was naturally because of the three Team Rocket members. Pikachu didn't have this idea himself.

Now that the three Team Rocket members had been dealt with by Xiaomo, Pikachu would definitely not destroy the Pokémon Center anymore.

"Could it be that Pikachu is still in Cerulean City? Maybe the task will be completed when Pikachu leaves Cerulean City?" Xiaomo thought silently.

The task required him to prevent Pikachu from destroying the Cerulean City Pokémon Center, but Pikachu was still in the Pokémon Center, still in a restricted area. Perhaps only when Pikachu left the restricted area would the task be completed.

"I guess I'll just have to wait and see tomorrow."

Xiaomo didn't think much of it. It was just 10 low-grade Rare Candies. Even if he didn't complete the mission, it wasn't a big deal.

Pokémon levels were easy to raise before the Gym level. As long as the potential was there, it was just a matter of time.

The next day.

The first thing Xiaomo did when he woke up was to check the number of low-grade Rare Candies in his space backpack.

【Low-Grade Rare Candy X10】

The number of low-grade Rare Candies was still 10.

The task was still not completed.

Xiaomo was a little uneasy, so he went to the window and took a look.

The Pokémon Center was still there, it had not been destroyed. It seemed that Satoshi and the others had not left Cerulean City yet.