Pine, bamboo, and plum?
All Xia You knew about pine, bamboo, and plum was that they were the Three Friends of Winter.
"Never heard of you."
Hearing him actually say that, the black-haired woman glared at him, seemingly incredulous. "You haven't even heard our names!? Hmph, you really are ignorant!"
"Why? Are you famous?"
"Of course." The black-haired woman pointed to herself, then to the gray-haired and blue-haired women. "I'm A Zhu, this is our eldest sister, Morty, and that's our youngest sister, A Mei. We're the Bandit Sisters!"
The Bandit Sisters?
Still didn't ring a bell.
Still, Xia You put on a look of realization. "So after all that, you're just thieves!"
"Don't look down on us!" Morty, whom they called their eldest sister, glared fiercely at Xia You. "Listen up! We had our eyes on that Zoroark long ago, and we're not letting you have it! If you know what's good for you, hand over that Gengar from earlier too, and I might consider letting you go!"
"You certainly talk big." Xia You sighed and turned to Cynthia. "Want to help?"
"Help?" Cynthia looked at him in surprise. "Are you talking to me? They're after you. With your strength, surely you can handle 'a little thing like this'?"
Xia You shrugged. "It's precisely because they seem so weak that I don't feel like doing anything."
"You little-!!" Before Cynthia could respond, the Bandit Sisters bristled at his words. "How dare you call us weak!?"
All three took out an unusual Poké Ball and held it in their hands.
Morty snorted. "Since you dare say that, it looks like we'll have to teach you a lesson today!"
"Exactly." A Mei, the youngest, who had yet to speak, nodded too. "And steal all his Pokémon!"
Xia You had to admit