"Um... hello. Your barbecue was so popular just now that you must have some kind of secret recipe, right? We're very interested in it. Could we talk in private?"
"That's right, meow!"
Just then, two voices came from below. Ye Lan looked up and saw Jessie and Meowth dressed as merchants.
As for James and Wobbuffet, Ye Lan knew without even guessing that they had already gone after his Oh-no Amoonguss. It was their usual diversion tactic, yet that idiot fell for it every time.
Using Telepathy, Ye Lan quickly told Rillaboom to keep an eye on Little Mushroom beside him. He certainly didn't want Team Rocket actually making off with Little Mushroom.
Ye Lan was just about to climb off Snorlax's fluffy belly when an earth-shaking roar suddenly erupted, startling even the Whimsicott in his arms.
"Snor!"
The soundly sleeping Snorlax snapped his eyes open. Woken from his sleep, he unleashed his full intimidating presence. His roar even blew the fake mustaches off Jessie's and Meowth's faces, making them step back and gulp.
"Run, Ye Lan! Snorlax flies into a rage when he gets woken up!" Sazhen shouted from a short distance away, where he had been wolfing down the Kanto Stew Rillaboom had made. In his panic, he even dropped the Kanto Stew he was holding.
"I've got a bad feeling about this, Jessie..."
"You don't need a feeling, you idiot! Run!"
Their long-honed instincts for danger kicked in, and Jessie and Meowth turned and ran almost instantly.
With Ye Lan perched on his shoulder, Snorlax charged toward them with great strides. The two fled back into their ice cream truck as though they had used Teleport. The very next moment, the ice cream truck actually "stood up" before everyone's eyes!
"Holy shit!"
"Whimsi?!"
Ye Lan's eyes widened.