In the end, Ash and all his Pokémon were more or less unharmed and were successfully rescued from Team Rocket's steel behemoth.
However, just like the two members of Team Rocket and their Meowth, he had inevitably suffered some minor injuries and a fright. Still, at least he hadn't lost any limbs, so the matter had ultimately ended in a happy outcome for everyone?
Since Ash, Annie, and the others had defeated Team Rocket and the steel mechanical Godzilla they had created—the Ironclad Rhyperior—the four of them soon attracted the attention of a Cinnabar Island Gym Trainer who called herself "Ruri."
At first, she even mistook Ash for her long-lost son. She immediately gave him a huge hug, and Ash, who had just fought Team Rocket without incident, nearly suffocated in the overwhelming enthusiasm of her ample bosom!
Fortunately, Ash didn't die in the end, and the misunderstanding between them was cleared up. She accepted the fact that she had mistaken him for someone else.
Then, after learning that Ash and Annie were trainers who wanted to participate in the Orange League competition—and that the two of them had already impressively collected three Orange League badges—Gym Leader Ruri warmly invited the four of them to her gym as thanks for stopping and defeating Team Rocket.
Her gym was actually the Cinnabar Gym Hotel, which combined a gym, hotel, restaurant, hot springs, and various other tourist attractions. She invited them to rest and stay there as her guests.
She even generously declared that the four of them could eat, stay, and spend freely at her gym hotel, completely free of charge! As for the fourth badge and their challenge to her, she considerately arranged them for the next morning, saying that the four should first get a good night's rest?
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