Lorelei of the Elite Four had quite a crowd at her villa in the Thorn Gold Rose Villa District that day.
Young Master Mao sat imposingly on the sofa in a black suit and a dark red tie.
Eevee obligingly lay beside Gary's hand, letting Young Master Mao stroke its head.
Directly across from the sofa, five figures respectfully knelt on one knee.
"Executive Blue!"
Young Master Mao rubbed his brow with a slight headache as he looked at the five before him.
Jessie, James, Meowth, Cassidy, Butch...
In a sense, these two teams were pretty similar. More coincidentally... all of them seemed to be Gary's direct subordinates...
"So~ James, why do you guys always turn up in my bathhouse?" Gary asked, speechless.
He had only wanted a good scrub after work... He hadn't expected to run into James, who had switched careers to scrubbing backs. Meowth was even selling essential oils on the side...
Could it be?! Is the bathhouse your spawn point?!
The Team Rocket Trio knelt awkwardly to one side while Meowth rubbed his paws together and explained.
Following in Ash's footsteps, the trio had arrived in the Johto Region and ambushed him in New Bark Town.
While they were blasting off, Jessie had accidentally lost her wallet again...
And just like that, all three were back to square one. To fill their bellies, they could only fall back on their well-practiced part-time work...
"I told you, this trio is just pathetic~ The executive is far too merciful not to have fired you!" Butch, whose green hair was parted down the middle, sneered disdainfully.
"Damn it, don't get so cocky, Botch!" James muttered with his head lowered.
"My fucking name is Butch!" Botch instantly exploded.
Young Master Mao rolled his eyes at Butch's bruised and swollen face.