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"You mean we should abandon our search for Squirtle and stay here because of this?"
At that moment, Jessie pointed to the missing person notices posted on the wall and addressed James and Meowth. "Yes, let me explain this situation."
Meowth patted its chest confidently, ready to clarify the matter. "Look carefully at these missing person notices. They're all about missing children." "And the timing of these children's disappearances was last night, exactly when our Team Rocket branch was destroyed."
As Meowth said this, a trace of fear crossed its face, clearly remembering the traumatic experience of being defeated by Eddie the previous day.
Of course, Jessie and James shared the same apprehension now. "Ahem, continue. So you're saying these incidents weren't caused by our Team Rocket, and we don't operate in this kind of business, correct?"
Indeed, although Team Rocket had committed many evil deeds, it had never been involved in human trafficking or child abduction.
After all, once such crimes were committed, everyone in the world would condemn them, and even unite to hunt down and destroy Team Rocket completely.
This wasn't just a legal and moral issue, but concerned everyone's families.
After all, if Team Rocket could capture other people's children or family members today, they might capture yours tomorrow.
Such actions were unacceptable to anyone.
Giovanni was an intelligent person, and he would naturally never do something so foolish.
Besides, in this world, the price of Pokémon might not be much cheaper than that of people, so they stole, snatched, and smuggled Pokémon, which was also a major source of their funding.
"So what? What does this have to do with us staying here?"
Jessie naturally understood that this wasn't done by their Team Rocket, but how did it relate to their reason for remaining here?
"This is the crucial point. Since it wasn't done by our Team Rocket, there must be someone else responsible, right?"
"Let's not worry about who did it, but the Pokémon capable of doing such a thing overnight must be incredibly powerful, right?"
Meowth said nothing after this, because it knew that Jessie and James had already grasped its idea.
"Yeah, it can kidnap so many children overnight, so this Pokémon must be extremely strong. If we can catch it..."
Jessie was now imagining that after capturing the powerful Pokémon, she would use it to accomplish all sorts of missions.
"Although we may not be able to defeat that creature, we can certainly improve our status in the organization!"
"Yes, yes, after catching this Pokémon, it will be much easier for us to capture Squirtle, right?"
James and Meowth continued Jessie's train of thought, discussing the various benefits of catching a powerful Pokémon.
"But how do we find this creature?"
After Jessie finished daydreaming, she began to think about how to actually catch the Pokémon.
"Don't worry, I've prepared for this!"
Meowth patted its chest proudly, then produced a scanner from somewhere.
"It was able to kidnap so many people overnight, and more importantly, it was done silently, so I suspect this Pokémon must be a Psychic or Ghost-type that uses moves like Hypnosis!"
"So, I created this device early this morning; this machine is called the Hypnosis Wave Scanner!"
Meowth said with a proud expression on its face, clearly pleased with its own ingenuity and basking in self-satisfaction.
"So what is this thing used for? Just like the name suggests, it detects hypnosis waves?"
James pointed at the scanner in Meowth's paws and asked with confusion.
"Exactly, this device is a machine that can detect hypnosis waves. As long as that Pokémon uses Hypnosis again, my machine can pinpoint where it is!"
"You mean when it's beeping like this?"
While Meowth was talking proudly, Jessie pointed at the scanner.
The scanner hadn't reacted just moments ago, but it suddenly started to beep loudly.
"What? The perpetrator dared to commit crimes in broad daylight? Interesting. Jessie, James, let's go. I want to see who these individuals are, and how they dare to do things that even our Team Rocket doesn't do."
Meowth's eyes suddenly became sharp. What had originally been a simple Pokémon theft mission had now piqued its interest in the person or organization behind these crimes.
Of course, Jessie and James felt the same way.
So, the trio headed toward a high-rise building with Meowth monitoring the scanner.
However, just a few minutes after the three had left, someone was walking on the street and came to the place where they had been before.
"Why are there so many missing person notices? And they're all children, and the time of disappearance is last night. This is quite interesting."
The person who arrived was naturally Eddie, who was taking a break from training. He stood in front of these ten missing person notices, thinking constantly.
"By the way, why do I feel familiar with this plot?"
Eddie narrowed his eyes and searched through the memories in his mind.
He wasn't someone who could remember everything he saw. After experiencing time travel and then rebirth, he couldn't recall many things from before the time travel.
Especially some unimportant minor plots - it would be good to have a general impression of them.
"Hmm, there's no such plot in the games, not to mention the manga. I've almost completed those, which means this is from the anime?"
The plots of the games and manga were similar. After all, the manga was originally adapted from the games in a more realistic way.
As for the anime, there were many more original storylines.
"Let me think about it. Celadon City, a large number of missing children, and they accomplished such a thing quietly..."
"It's not Team Rocket. Almost all of them were out yesterday, and I defeated them."
Eddie kept thinking, trying to find the plot in his memory.
But if he couldn't find it, he would analyze it. After all, it wasn't the first time he had encountered something he didn't know.
"Just the fact that it's silent, it must be a mysterious Pokémon. Psychic or Ghost-types are both possible."
Eddie narrowed his eyes and analyzed the situation. He seemed to have some clues, but the whole puzzle wasn't complete enough for him to remember it immediately.
"Buyi~~~"
At this time, Eevee, who had rested well and was standing on Eddie's head with full energy, suddenly yawned and then fell down listlessly.
"Huh? Eevee just rested well, why is it suddenly listless again..."
"Wait! Celadon City, missing children, Pokémon becoming listless, I remember!"
Eddie looked at Eevee's abnormal behavior, and all the clues and puzzle pieces in his mind connected together, and he instantly remembered what the plot was!
"Ding! You discovered something wrong with the missing children and Pokémon drowsiness in Celadon City, triggering the hidden task: 'Missing Children and Pokémon Drowsiness Incident'!"
"Task content: Investigate and solve the cause of this incident!"