"Good morning, Miss Jessie... hmm? Mr. James? Meowth?" Heath greeted Jessie warmly, but then he noticed the other two who had come in with her-or rather, one person and one cat. As it happened, Heath knew them both: James and Meowth, a talking Meowth. That meant the iconic Team Rocket Trio from his previous life had finally come together. Everyone said these three were Team Rocket's most famous members; even Giovanni and the others weren't as famous as this trio.
After all, Giovanni's main story appearances were limited to just one or two animated series, while the Team Rocket Trio had practically followed Ash all along. Heath just didn't know how future installments of the anime would handle the trio's and Ash's futures. He had heard before that the anime staff planned to change protagonists, replacing Ash with someone else. Thinking about it, Heath felt he wouldn't quite be used to that. After all, he was used to the familiar Team Rocket Trio, not other protagonists.
Besides, the Team Rocket Trio had gradually been redeemed from the comedic villains they were at the start, becoming very unusual antagonists who were also well liked. Heath was quite curious about what was planned for the three of them later.
"Hehe, Heath, the company assigned me some new coworkers. I brought James and Meowth here to eat. They said they've eaten here before." Jessie grinned as she spoke, but from the look in her eyes, Heath could tell she probably wasn't in a very good mood.
That was actually quite normal. In the beginning, Jessie had carried out missions alone, and she rejected any teammates assigned to work with her. Only after she met James and Meowth had the trio finally become firmly established. Before that, Jessie had gone through many teammates. It