"Now all you need to do is wait at the hospital until it recovers. Stay by its side, okay?"
"Yes!"
With Pikachu out of danger, Ash Ketchum's heart finally settled.
Then Ash said to Misty, "Sorry, that's how things stand. Let's talk about the bicycle some other time."
Misty suddenly shouted at Ash, "What are you talking about? Why are you still babbling at a time like this?!"
Ash was a little bewildered by Misty's sudden outburst.
Misty continued, "Hurry up and take care of it! When I say hurry, I mean hurry!"
Just then, Lin Guang came forward and said to Nurse Joy, "Hello, Nurse Joy. I'm here to pick up my Pokémon."
Nurse Joy smiled gently. "Of course. Just give me..."
Before she could finish, a piercing alarm rang out.
"Emergency alert! Emergency alert! Intruders have entered Viridian City. They may be a Pokémon kidnapping ring!"
Lin Guang raised his head and looked toward the Pokémon Center's roof.
At that moment, a cat-head hot-air balloon floated in the sky above the Pokémon Center.
"Heh heh heh! It's too late to sound the alarm now."
"How rude to call us a Pokémon kidnapping ring. We're Team Rocket!"
"Let's show them what we can do!"
"Meow! If we succeed, the boss will run around happily nearby and give gold coins to the cat in the furnace!"
"We know that without you telling us!" ×2
"Attack! Koffing! Ekans!" ×2
Two Poké Balls fell from the sky, smashing straight through the Pokémon Center's skylight and into the building.
Koffing and Ekans emerged from their Poké Balls.
"Koffing!"
As soon as Koffing appeared, it released a huge cloud of smoke that filled the entire Pokémon Center.
Even with smoke everywhere, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki could still sense Koffing's and Ekans's positions through it, as well