Kaminari's Submission

The Spinarak's heart had already died when the fatty abandoned him and fled.

Qing Wu wasn't worried about any repercussions from the fatty's escape. In his opinion, the fatty had no Pokémon left.

The Pokémon that had fled with him were all severely injured and had lost their combat power.

Left in the wilderness full of wild Pokémon, if they were lucky, they would escape back to the base. If they were unlucky, they would be lost in the wilderness forever.

After all, Team Rocket didn't prohibit trial participants from harming each other.

As for having their Pokémon stolen, it was as simple as eating and drinking. Using any means necessary was the first lesson Team Rocket taught all its members.

Once the fatty escaped back to the Team Rocket base, the best outcome for him would probably be to become a grunt at the base and live out his life like that.

"You should be careful of Fatty Brother. His older brother is a Squad Leader in Team Rocket, and this Spinarak was also assigned to him by his brother," the tall one reminded him, then, under Meowth's sharp gaze, swallowed the rest of what he wanted to say.

In Qing Wu's eyes, this was extremely amusing. Meowth seemed to be the real trainer, and the tall one was like Meowth's errand boy.

Qing Wu carefully cleaned the Spinarak's wounds, removing small stones and grass debris, then sprayed a specially concocted medicinal ointment on the wounds.

The Spinarak's injuries were healing at a visible rate.

"This is Meowth's antidote. You just happened to run into me," Qing Wu said, handing over an antidote Poffin.

"Your Meowth is poisoned and can't use its full strength. If you hadn't met me, your Meowth probably wouldn't have survived Trial Island."

Humanity was what Qing Wu wanted to cultivate within Team Rocket.

Qing Wu wanted to gather a group of loyal subordinates with a sense of humanity in Team Rocket.

Since he found the tall one pleasing, Qing Wu didn't mind helping him out and making him owe him a favor.

"What, you think I want to harm you? I would have had my Zubat do it long ago,"

Qing Wu looked at Meowth, who was still looking wary, and teased it.

"Meowth, he's right. If he wanted to harm us, he could have done it with his strength."

Qing Wu hadn't expected the tall one to be able to reason with Meowth.

Meowth listened, took the antidote Poffin from Qing Wu's hand, and ate it directly.

Suddenly, Meowth's expression rippled. Oh my god, what a divine taste this was!!!

With every chew, Meowth's taste buds could discern different flavors.

Meowth was even reluctant to swallow, wanting to savor the deliciousness between its lips and teeth. Meowth's gaze met Qing Wu's half-smile.

Meowth's small face suddenly flushed red, and it turned its head away, acting quite tsundere.

After swallowing the Poffin, Meowth felt a warm current flow from its stomach, spreading through its limbs and organs.

Before, after being poisoned, Meowth felt intense pain every moment.

After this warm current passed, all the toxins vanished. Meowth felt as if it had been purified.

This made Meowth think highly of Qing Wu, directly acknowledging his strength.

Meowth chattered at the tall one for a while. The tall one pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"My name is Shiranui Kaminari. From now on, you'll be my boss," Kaminari said directly.

"Thank you for saving my Meowth," Kaminari bowed deeply.

"Take this Spinarak to strengthen yourself."

Qing Wu picked up the Poké Ball that the fatty had dropped and recalled the Spinarak, whose wounds had been bandaged.

"However, this Spinarak was abandoned by the fatty, so it will be difficult to open its heart," Qing Wu said with some regret.

After all, the Spinarak had taken the Beedrill's sting to protect the fatty, but the fatty had abandoned it and fled.

"Then I won't be polite," Kaminari said, taking the Poké Ball containing the Spinarak as if he were taking on a responsibility.

"Oh, right, boss, Meowth previously found a skeleton with a treasure map on it."

Kaminari hesitated for a moment, then took out a somewhat yellowed treasure map from his pocket.

"Treasure map? You mean these?" Qing Wu took out seven or eight treasure maps from his wristband.

Judging by the age of the yellowed parchment, they might be even older than the treasure map Kaminari had.

"These are all unclaimed treasure maps." These treasure maps were all found by Kecleon.

Qing Wu had casually thrown them into his wristband after obtaining them. If Kaminari hadn't reminded him, Qing Wu might not have even remembered these treasure maps.

These treasure maps were found by trial participants who had discovered or found some treasures but found it inconvenient to bring them back to the base.

After discussing with Kaminari, Qing Wu chose the closest treasure location from these treasure maps.

However, this treasure location had a problem: it was within the territory of an Arbok.

The climate on this Trial Island was very suitable for Ekans to breed.

The Ekans that escaped from the Team Rocket trials had all settled here to reproduce, forming a large community.

The burial spot on this map was located right in the center of the Arbok territory.

It was very likely that when the map was drawn, that area was not yet Arbok territory.

Qing Wu put the Pokémon left behind by the fatty into his wristband.

These Pokémon could be sold directly at the exchange, and some low-level grunts would even pay a high price for them.

Team Rocket Base.

The fatty fled back to the Team Rocket base in a panic, his face full of terror.

The short guy and the skinny monkey had been attacked by Arbok and died of poisoning. He was lucky to have escaped back to the Team Rocket base.

The fatty had even lost one of his shoes in his haste.

"Damn it, I will get revenge," the fatty recalled the short guy being bitten by Arbok and its venom spreading through his body.

The skinny monkey had been wrapped around by Arbok's body, its bones crushed, and then swallowed whole by the Arbok.

If it weren't for the two Arbok becoming lazy and sluggish after eating their fill, the fatty would not have escaped death.

The fatty returned to the base dormitory, tidied himself up, then resolutely walked into a corner of the base.

He knocked on one of the rooms.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Who is it?" a hushed voice came from behind the door.

"Big Brother, it's me," the fatty replied in a low voice.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come unless it's important?"

A man who looked very much like the fatty opened the door, glanced around to make sure no one was watching, and quickly pulled the fatty into the room.

"Big Brother, my Pokémon were stolen!" the fatty wailed.

"What happened?" The fatty's older brother frowned, looking at his snot-covered, tear-streaked face with disgust.

His younger brother had been causing trouble since he was a child.

If it weren't for their deceased parents...

The fatty's older brother truly didn't want to help him, but he had even given him a newly hatched Spinarak with green potential.

The fatty recounted the events, embellishing the story.

However, he didn't mention that he had provoked Qing Wu first, instead claiming that Qing Wu had stolen his Pokémon without a word.

Seeing the shifty look in the fatty's eyes, his older brother knew that most of what he was saying was probably false.

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