"Xiao Lan, are you alright?" The three people who had originally pulled Xiao Lan in immediately fled in panic after seeing their superior beaten like that.
"I was so scared... Brother Xiao Yan..." Xiao Lan's eyes welled up with tears at that, and she hugged Xiao Yan as she sobbed.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have left you at the bow."
And so they embraced for three seconds after their reunion...
"We'll watch the hostages here." Xiao Yan gazed coldly at Green Shadow, whose entire body was stained with blood.
"Lord Green Shadow!" A group of Team Rocket members suddenly crowded through the doorway into the captain's quarters.
"Don't move, or your Lord Green Shadow is going to feed the fish in the ocean." Xiao Yan looked at everyone with a smile.
"Kid, let's talk this over. Return Lord Green Shadow to us right now, and we can spare your lives." Well... dead to rights and still trying to act cool.
"You don't have the right to bargain with me. Now all of you get the hell off the S.S. Anne and return everything you snatched away, or it won't just be Green Shadow going to feed the fish." Xiao Yan dragged Green Shadow over to the window, revealing a boundless expanse of ocean outside, which made Green Shadow panic like crazy.
"What are you standing around for? Why haven't you ordered everyone to retreat? Do you want me to die?!"
Green Shadow anxiously roared at the Team Rocket members.
"Yes, sir." The Team Rocket members hurriedly rushed out the door to tell everyone to retreat.
"Good job, old man. I'll send you back to your ship." Xiao Yan was about to send Green Shadow back when a strange smile suddenly crept onto the corners of Green Shadow's mouth.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew Xiao Yan, Xiao Lan, and Green Shadow into the corner as a duo-and-one-cat combination walked over.
"To prevent the world from being devastated."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
With such a familiar line, anyone could guess without thinking that it was the Team Rocket goofball trio.
"Since you refused the chance I gave you, get the hell back to your hometowns all of you. Go, Pikachu!"
Pikachu jumped down from Xiao Yan's shoulder and unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt on that trio and cat, sending them flying off to become human fireworks.
"We're blasting off again!"
Then Xiao Yan turned back around and dragged Green Shadow from the corner over to the window.
"You didn't want the chance I gave you, so down you go to feed the fish!"
Despite Green Shadow's continuous begging for mercy, Xiao Yan still threw him down.
Afterwards, Xiao Yan and his group ran to the bow and witnessed an astonishing sight.
"Xiao Yan, thanks for your hard work. I've subjugated all these people."
A human mountain sat upon the deck at that moment.
"Oh god! Another one's coming, let's get out of here!" The remaining Team Rocket members immediately hopped into the small boat beside the ship and fled for their lives upon seeing Xiao Yan.
"Dear passengers, you may come out now. The Team Rocket members aboard the S.S. Anne have all retreated." The broadcast once again reached the ears of Xiao Yan's group.
It turned out the person on the broadcast was only responsible for watching the show.
"Thank you for saving my precious ship." An old man slowly walked over to Xiao Yan's location.
"Xiao Yan, this man is the captain of the S.S. Anne." Gary whispered into Xiao Yan's ear.
"As a token of my gratitude, I give these Pokémon to you." The captain took out three Poké Balls and handed them to Xiao Yan and the others.
"This old man can only give you this much, and I hope they can help you in the future."
Xiao Yan and everyone impatiently released the Pokémon inside.
"Wow! It's an Eevee!" Xiao Lan instantly jumped and shouted with joy.
"An Eevee, it certainly has cultivation value." This was still the Gary I knew.
"What will the Eevee evolve into?" Xiao Yan took this question very seriously.
At that moment, the ship slowly docked, and the group bade farewell to the captain.
"Xiao Yan, let's continue to keep our promise. We must battle again at the showdown of the Indigo League. Before that, both you and I must grow stronger." Gary said his reluctant farewells to Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Lan, Brother Xiao Yan didn't lie to you, did he?" Xiao Yan looked at a happy Xiao Lan with doting eyes while she happily hugged her very first Pokémon-an Eevee.
"Yeah! Thank you, Brother Xiao Yan~" The two of them happily continued on their journey.
"What?! You returned empty-handed just like that, and even made me lose a capable subordinate?!" Inside a rather luxurious room, a middle-aged man sat on a sofa with a Persian lying at his feet, angrily scolding the Team Rocket members who had come to report.
"Sir, spare my life! Those two kids were too strong, and we simply couldn't handle them alone..." The Team Rocket member dropped to his knees in fright, begging the boss to let him off upon seeing him fly into such a rage.
"What do I even keep trash like you around for?! You couldn't even beat kids, get the hell out of here, I don't want to see you ever again!!!"
The Team Rocket member turned pale and his legs went weak upon hearing that. Seeing the member's state, the Persian walked over to drag him away by the scruff of his neck, making him vanish from the boss's sight.
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