"Since you've asked with such earnestness,"
"We shall answer you with great mercy."
"To prevent the world from being destroyed."
"To protect the peace of the world."
"Embodying evils of love and truth."
"The cute and Attract villains,"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"The Team Rocket duo roaming through the galaxy."
"A white hole, a white tomorrow awaits us."
Jessie added an extra line: "Is this really true?"
"That's right, Meowth!"
Chén Nuò did not interrupt Team Rocket's motto. For one thing, since this was his first time seeing it in reality, he was quite interested in watching it.
Moreover, even though they looked like they had come to capture Pikachu this time, Chén Nuò felt that they were actually here to cure Pikachu!
If Team Rocket hadn't treated Pikachu, Pikachu might not have recovered even if they went back to Professor Birch's laboratory.
"Professor Birch, those people are Team Rocket, and they just won't stop pestering us, trying to steal Pikachu," Ash Ketchum said with a solemn expression, watching Team Rocket approach inside a giant robot.
"What is Team Rocket?" May asked, looking confused.
"I've never heard of them either," Lillie said, equally clueless.
"Where on earth did they come from?" Professor Birch asked.
"Anyway, we just need to know they aren't good people!" Ash Ketchum didn't know how to explain it for the moment, so he simply classified them as bad guys.
Chén Nuò remained non-committal about this classification.
Meanwhile, Meowth inside the machine slapped the console and shouted, "Alright, next Pikachu is definitely going to attack us!"
James chimed in from the side, "You're even more confident than usual!"
"Hehe! That's because I analyzed our past battle experience and built the perfectly designed super robot, Super Strong Battery Number Two, Meowth! No matter how powerful an electric shock we encounter, it can be completely absorbed, Meowth!" Meowth said with a confident look.
Outside, however, Pikachu was full of fighting spirit.
Chén Nuò had no intention of making a move. After all, they were here to cure Pikachu... If he drove them away, who was going to do the treatment?
"Since you're not going to make a move, we'll strike first!"
At that moment, Meowth's voice came from inside the large battery robot, and right after, a giant mechanical claw popped out from the very center of the machine and lunged straight at Pikachu.
Pikachu, still in Ash Ketchum's arms, was snatched away by the giant mechanical claw.
"Start absorbing!"
Meowth opened the two suction cups on the battery robot, which happened to clamp firmly onto Pikachu's two electric sacs.
Seeing this scene, Chén Nuò became more and more convinced that these three had definitely come to cure Pikachu! Good people, absolute angels!
"Alright, pull the switch!"
James immediately cooperated by turning on the absorption mode of the battery robot.
As the absorption mode engaged, the charging bar on the large battery machine began to rise steadily—though the speed of that rise was a bit too fast!
Chén Nuò watched the rapidly climbing battery meter, seriously doubting that their battery capacity was any good at all!
Inside the machine, Meowth said smugly, "Wahahaha, Pikachu's electric shock has been completely sealed by me, Meowth!"
"That's fantastic!" James dutifully played along.
"Pikachu!" Seeing Pikachu in such distress, Ash Ketchum called out anxiously.
"Wahahaha, a total success, Meowth!" Meowth put his hands on his hips inside the machine, looking quite pleased with himself.
"The battery capacity is huge and there's still room, Meowth!"
However, Jessie, who had been silent the whole time, chimed in leisurely, "Is there really still room?"
"Meowth?"
Meowth finally snapped to his senses. He looked at the battery bar, which was on the verge of overflowing, with an exaggerated and shocked expression.
"Pikachu!" Ash Ketchum called out once more as he watched Pikachu frantically discharge electricity from above, though he still didn't rush forward himself.
It seemed Ash Ketchum wasn't stupid; he understood that up there was very dangerous right now, yet Pikachu didn't seem to be in any immediate mortal danger either.
"It looks a bit scary!" May crept a bit closer behind Ash Ketchum, watching Pikachu discharging electricity ahead, clearly looking somewhat uneasy.
Lillie turned to ask Chén Nuò beside her, "Chén Nuò, is this really going to be okay?"
"Pikachu's condition is likely due to battery overload. Absorbing the electricity is actually the treatment method." Chén Nuò didn't step forward because he knew the plot; Pikachu could only be cured thanks to Team Rocket.
"The power of this electric shock is truly astonishing!" Professor Birch remarked, as if he had never seen anything like it before, giving Pikachu's electric shock high praise.
Chén Nuò found this quite incomprehensible as well. A tiny electric mouse could hold such a massive amount of electricity—no wonder Meowth and the others hadn't anticipated it.
At that moment, Meowth inside the machine cried out in agony, "Meowth! My super design—"
James promptly played along, "The large capacity has been..."
"Amazing, simply amazing, Pikachu!" Jessie, on the other hand, seemed to be cheering Pikachu on.
Having discharged a massive amount of electricity, Pikachu's body seemed to feel much more comfortable. At that moment, Pikachu appeared to have regained a good deal of clarity.
Pikachu noticed its own physical condition, struck a bodybuilding pose to confirm that it was fine, and then happily went right back to discharging electricity!
"Pikachu!"
Pikachu's continued lightning discharge shocked the crowd below.
Professor Birch wore a look of complete bewilderment.
Ash Ketchum looked equally at a loss.
May felt a little worried.
However, Chén Nuò felt that instead of worrying about Pikachu, May should probably worry about the bicycle next to her.
Sure enough, metal things were always more prone to attracting lightning. The lightning bolts released by Pikachu struck May's bicycle dead-on.
May noticed something was wrong, turned her head to look, and her hair instantly stood completely on end as she shrieked, "Ah, my bicycle!"
Inside Meowth's machine, Team Rocket also felt the full force of Pikachu's enthusiastic lightning. Electrified to the core, Jessie declared, "I certainly didn't misjudge; the best gift to present to the boss is definitely this Pikachu."
James replied, "This isn't the time to talk about that!"
"We've reached the limit, Meowth!"
At this point, all the members of Team Rocket were radiating yellow sparks—this was Pikachu's passionate greeting!
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet popped out right on cue!
"Right, everyone, let's say it together!"
Jessie seemed completely accustomed to Pikachu's lightning bolts, still having the composure to cue their parting catchphrase.
Accompanied by a violent explosion!
"We're blasting off again!"
Team Rocket vanished into the sky like shooting stars, blown away to god knows where.
"Pika!"
Pikachu dropped down as well, landing steadily on the grass.
Yet, perhaps because it had discharged a bit too much electricity, Pikachu's body couldn't quite hold up, and it collapsed weakly onto the ground.
"Ah, hang in there, Pikachu, Pikachu!" Seeing Pikachu fall, Ash Ketchum rushed forward in a panic.