Just as the Team Rocket Trio was discussing, a large number of Team Rockets members in black uniforms were mobilizing toward a certain direction.

This unusual movement quickly caught the attention of the Team Rocket Trio; they didn't rush to join the excitement, but instead ran to the base's control center first.

Jessie walked up behind a man with a gloomy face, wearing rimless glasses and having a lock of white hair in his right bangs, and asked, "Dr. Zager, has something happened?"

Dr. Zager stared at the screen in front of him and said coldly, "Nothing much, just discovered a few annoying intruders. If you three have nothing to do, you can go take a look."

"Intruders?"

The Team Rocket Trio looked up at the screen.

"They are..."

"The Ash's group?"

They were shocked after they saw the image on the screen clearly.

On the screen, there was a scene of Ash's group being surrounded by Team Rockets members.

Seeing the fearful expressions on the Team Rocket Trio, Dr. Zager asked curiously, "Do you know these intruders?"

"W-we do, Doctor. If you have provoked him, I suggest you evacuate as soon as possible!" James said tremblingly.

"Why?" Dr. Zager was even more confused.

"Because..."

Before James could finish his sentence, Jessie and Meowth covered his mouth. Meowth stated, "Dr. Zager, he just ate too much and is talking nonsense. Don't mind him, we'll go help now, Meowth!"

Saying that, he and Jessie dragged James away, leaving Dr. Zager looking at the monitor in confusion, trying to find what was so extraordinary about Ash's group.

Outside the door.

After James was released, he looked at Jessie and Meowth, very confused, and questioned, "Why didn't you let me finish what I was saying!"

This questioning tone made Jessie feel very dissatisfied, "Hey, hey, James, what kind of attitude is that?"

"Uh..."

James immediately backed down.

Meowth shook his head and said, "James, that guy Zager doesn't take us seriously at all, and neither do the people in this crappy base. They all think we're just here because of connections and hide everything from us. Do you really want to work in this crappy place for the rest of your life, Meowth?"

"But they are Team Rockets people after all. If the plan fails and the Boss blames us, what should we do?"

"Didn't you just make a suggestion? Besides, we reported the strength of the Ash's group not long ago. If that stinky woman didn't release the intelligence, what does that have to do with us?"

Jessie and Meowth had long since prepared their excuses to shift the blame. They didn't know what Dr. Zager's true purpose was, but that didn't mean they didn't know that Dr. Zager was using wild Pokemon for experiments.

Based on their understanding of Ash, once the experimental content inside this base was known to Ash, everyone would end up in jail, and they certainly didn't want to go in again!

Hearing Jessie's explanation, James suddenly realized, "That actually makes a lot of sense!"

"Never mind whether it makes sense or not. While they are all distracted by the Ash's group, let's go empty out the supplies and leave quickly, Meowth."

Having enjoyed a good life for more than half a month, Meowth had long been planning how to empty out the supplies of this crappy base.

"But how are we going to move it? The hot air balloon can't carry that much stuff," James said.

"Hehehe, I remembered I still have one of the small capsules the Ash asked us to build earlier, Meowth."

Saying that, Meowth took out a storage capsule.

"What a wonderful feeling~"

After the Team Rocket Trio emptied all the food from Dr. Zager's base, they left in their hot air balloon.

However, they had just flown into the forest not far when a beam of white light shot over, and the hot air balloon exploded instantly.

Inside the forest, Ash's group, along with Lance and his Dragonite, were staring fiercely at the downed Team Rocket Trio.

That white light was naturally the Hyper Beam fired by Lance's Dragonite.

As for why Ash's group was with Lance, that was something that happened half an hour ago.

Turning the time back to half an hour ago, after Ash defeated the strong man's Fearow, the strong man urgently called for reinforcements.

In less than five minutes, Ash's group was surrounded by nearly thirty Team Rockets members.

Facing the siege, Ash's group was naturally fearless and started fighting, and the three of them even crushed and beat up the Team Rockets members.

But when the strong man ordered to turn the guns and attack the red Gyarados, Ash's group fell into a situation of being afraid to act recklessly.

During the stalemate, Lance, who had been watching from the forest for a long time, released his Dragonite to join the battle. However, Lance was on an investigation mission, so he signaled Ash's group to retreat into the forest, and after he rescued the red Gyarados, he came to meet up with Ash.

Just as they met up, the Team Rocket Trio's hot air balloon happened to fly over.

After learning that the Team Rocket Trio were not purely bad people, Lance wanted to understand the situation of Dr. Zager's base through them, so he had Dragonite shoot them down.

"Ouch!"

The downed Team Rocket Trio clutched their heads and looked around in confusion.

Ash greeted them with a smile, "You three, long time no see!"

"K-Ash?!"

Hearing Ash's voice, the Team Rocket Trio instantly sobered up, and they looked at Ash with disbelief in their eyes.

"Tell me, what exactly is that base for?" Ash questioned.

James stammered, "This... that... if we say we don't know, Ash, would you believe us?"

"Then if I tell you that this person beside me is the Champion of the Johto region, would you believe it?" Ash pointed at Lance and asked back.

"Regional Champion?"

The Team Rocket Trio looked at Lance in confusion, then looked at his Dragonite.

"Hey, Meowth, do you know this person?" Jessie asked in a low voice.

"Don't know, James, what about you?" Meowth shook his head and then looked at James.

"Red hair, has a cape, and a Dragonite? The... the Johto Champion Lance!"

James, the young master of a large conglomerate, still had some understanding of the prominent figures in the Johto region.

Meowth and Jessie looked at James in confusion, "James, you know him?"

"We'll talk... we'll tell you everything, but it really has nothing to do with us what's inside that base. We were just transferred here not long ago, and Dr. Zager hasn't even assigned us any work!"

James didn't want to be arrested by Lance. This guy was a regional league Champion and a league investigator. If he got caught by him, it wouldn't be something he could just pay money to get out of.

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