"Cough, cough, cough!!!"
A fit of violent coughing rang out. Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes, and the once-blurry surroundings gradually came into focus.
Blue, purple, and flaxen colors drifted before Lin Yan's eyes like halos. Once his vision fully focused, he found himself being closely watched by a man, a woman, and an upright-walking Meowth. The moment they saw that he was awake, they formed a triangle around him, their eyes filled with wariness.
When Lin Yan barely managed to sit up using all his strength, he realized he was aboard a small sailboat. And at the bow, steering the vessel onward, was actually a Wobbuffet.
The sailboat looked incredibly strange, as though it had been hastily pieced together from various materials. Yet as it pushed through the wind and waves, it seemed remarkably steady, without any risk of falling apart at any moment as one might have expected.
"Jessie, no matter how I look at this guy's outfit and clothes, he doesn't seem like a good person, meow. Should we really have saved him?"
"You idiot, Meowth! Don't you know that Huaxia Region has an old saying? Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil! Besides, we've already taken his weapons and Poké Balls. What danger could he possibly pose? I'm sure that when we head to Huaxia Region to carry out our mission this time, we'll be blessed for being such good people!"
Jessie folded her arms and smugly raised her chin, seemingly waiting for Meowth and James to praise her extensive knowledge.
She had done her homework in advance for this Huaxia Region mission. Yet after waiting for quite some time without a reaction from either of them, she glared at them viciously. Only then did she hear the flattery of one man and one