Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

"Pikachu?"

"OKI!"

As they ran, Aipom and Pikachu both called out to Ash in a strange way.

They didn't know why Ash was running away like that.

The opponents are just the Cricket Rocket trio. They have won against them countless times in the past. Logically speaking, they don't need to run at all. They can win by fighting directly, right?

"Let's go ahead and hide in the woods." Ash knew what Pikachu and Aipom were thinking, but he didn't plan to fight Team Rocket right now.

Through countless battles with them, Ash also realized that the trio could often win in the first instance.

Although the outcomes were mostly good for him, Ash doesn't plan to spend too much time on Team Rocket right now.

"We don't know what strange things they're hiding, so let's hide in the woods first. That way, their hot air balloon won't be able to move forward."

If they want to continue catching up with us, they'll have to walk. That would give us the advantage, since if they succeed without any Flying-type Pokémon, things will get very troublesome later.

After hearing Ash's explanation, Pikachu and Aipom finally looked enlightened.

It seems that they were too eager to defeat each other before. If they had calmed down and thought things through, hiding in the woods would have been a better choice.

In a land battle, Pikachu didn't believe it would lose to Team Rocket, but...

"Pee~?!" (When did you become so smart?!)

Xiao Zhi: "[○?｀Д′? ○]"

What does that mean? Although I didn't understand what Pikachu was saying, it seemed to be questioning its own intelligence.

But never mind, since we've already gone back in time, let's not dwell on it too much now.

However, we still need to punish Pikachu for such rude behavior! Let's skip giving it ketchup for a few days afterward.

Although Team Rocket was hot on their heels, Ash was preoccupied with figuring out how to "punish" Pikachu and didn't pay any attention to Team Rocket's situation.

That's understandable. If Team Rocket ever succeeded even once, Ash wouldn't ignore their existence like this.

The truth is that the trio had never succeeded in their more than ten years of battles with him before he transmigrated.

In this situation, it's impossible to value them unless they bring out some cutting-edge technology, in which case Xiaozhi might give them some basic respect and attention.

"Jump in!"

Just as Team Rocket's hot air balloon caught up with Ash, Ash shouted at that moment.

Then, it took Pikachu and Aipom and jumped into the bushes, and a missile equipped with an insulated capture net, fired from the hot air balloon, missed its target.

"I told you you couldn't come, meow~"

Seeing that Musashi's attack missed, Meowth mocked him without any attempt to hide it.

"Ugh! So noisy! Who would have thought they'd just escape like that! Stop making sarcastic remarks! Go down and chase after them!"

"Should we really go after her...?"

"Sonams~!"

Kojiro and Wobbuffet still couldn't make up their minds, but when they turned around and met Musashi's angry, almost demonic expression, they knew they were ready.

Under Musashi's supervision and urging, Kojiro, Meowth, and Wobbuffet dared not complain and quickly landed the hot air balloon on the ground before jumping out.

With a simple, tacit understanding, the Team Rocket trio unanimously pushed Wobbuffet to the front to deal with Ash's possible first attack.

As expected, Weng was furious but dared not speak out. He simply focused his mind and prepared to retaliate at any moment.

The rustling of leaves echoed through the forest as Team Rocket, along with Wobbuffet, cautiously made their way forward.

Although Musashi had spoken so boldly before, she had been knocked away by Ash countless times. Even a fool would learn his lesson.

Musashi was also afraid that a 100,000-volt attack might suddenly appear from the bushes and send them all flying.

But that's probably impossible...

Musashi thought to himself.

The kid's personality shouldn't be that despicable. Even if there were a chance to ambush, he would probably be the first to jump out, point at their noses, and then give Pikachu the command to attack.

Perhaps Musashi felt she had a complete grasp of Ash's personality, because she, who had been hesitant, suddenly straightened her back and stepped to the front, blocking Wobbuffet's path.

"Hey! Hurry up! What if the brat gets away if we're this slow? We can't let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip by!"

Meowth, Kojiro, and Wobbuffet: "???"

They didn't know why Musashi had suddenly become so tough, but since someone was already standing in front of them, they had no reason to be afraid.

"Yes! Let's hurry up and go, meow! Maybe while we're carefully moving forward here, the little devil will have already escaped!"

"Well, that makes sense."

"Sonams!"

Seeing that he had so easily boosted the team's morale, before Musashi could even show a satisfied smile, he suddenly heard a sound of electricity crackling and colliding coming from the bushes ahead.

That voice sounds so familiar...

Just as everyone was thinking this, a golden light flashed, and a strong electric current enveloped them all. Stimulated by the current, the shouts of Team Rocket members became strange.

Ah~\u0026*（@！

No one knows what they were shouting, but by the time the first electric current ended, Team Rocket had undergone a major makeover. Jessie and Kojiro's hair was temporarily ruined, turning into jet-black afros.

"I really wasn't prepared at all. I even thought of other methods, but in the end I won with the most ordinary move."

"Pikachu~"

After the Team Rocket members had turned into "charcoal," Ash slowly emerged from the bushes with Pikachu, looking at the group of people who were covered in black smoke from being electrocuted, and muttered to himself, somewhat speechless.

"Cough cough!"

Upon hearing Ash's voice, Musashi and the others quickly stood up, as if the electric shock they had just received was a hoax. They immediately pointed at Ash and yelled, "You brat, you have no sportsmanship!"

"Exactly!! How could you launch a sneak attack?!"

"Meow! As a Pokémon Trainer, you should be ashamed of this behavior!"

"Sonams!"

The group was rendered powerless and enraged by Ash's sudden and unexpected attack.

This should be turning into a tense Pokémon battle, but the way Team Rocket are behaving and talking makes it hard to feel tense at all; it's like children throwing a tantrum.

Pikachu, with a sullen face, held its ears, seemingly speechless at the Rockets' shamelessness.

However, when Ash saw that the trio was still the same as "before," he couldn't help but show a nostalgic and gratified smile. But to Jessie and the others, this smile was just another form of provocation.