"So, do you three have anything to say?"
A while after the Exeggcute rampage had ended, Ash Ketchum and his friends were interrogating the tied-up Team Rocket about the Exeggcute. All three of them had been caught in the Fire Tornado.
"It wasn't our fault this time…" James saw the "If you say it was you, you're dead" look on Ash Ketchum's face and swallowed nervously. He then explained, "The real reason the Exeggcute rampaged was a magician…"
"Huh? A magician?"
Hearing James's words, Ash Ketchum was taken aback. Team Rocket's Meowth added, "That's right; it really was because of a magician. To be honest, it's the first time I've seen someone so shameless, Meow."
Hearing Meowth say this, Ash Ketchum took a skewer of grilled fish from an employee and placed it in front of Meowth. He asked, "Tell me everything. If you tell me clearly, this is yours."
"Slurp, okay, you'll understand after you listen…"
Seduced by the grilled fish, Meowth told them everything. Apparently, the Exeggcute incident was caused by Ma Jian, the same shameless magician Ash Ketchum had encountered earlier. Due to the lack of an assistant, Ma Jian used his Exeggcute to hypnotize a passerby. Discovering that the passerby's Pokémon was a Fire-type, Ma Jian immediately took him to capture the Exeggcute near the city.
Team Rocket had been watching everything. After the last Exeggcute was captured, Team Rocket tied Ma Jian up, planning to steal the Exeggcute. But Ma Jian's Exeggcute evolved at that moment, gaining the ability to use Hypnosis. The Exeggcute accidentally caused the Exeggcute to hypnotize each other, resulting in the Exeggcute rampage.
"That's the whole story, Meow. So, what about the grilled fish…"
"Here you go, be careful it's hot."
After getting the information he wanted, Ash Ketchum put the grilled fish in Meowth's mouth. Meowth smiled and said, "Thank you! You're so thoughtful!" and started eating the grilled fish.
"Ma Jian, it's amazing that a person can be so disgusting. Don't you agree? Mr. Ma Jian, who was planning to sneak away?" As Ash Ketchum said this, he looked toward Ma Jian, who was about to run away with the Exeggcute.
"Oh no!"
Realizing that he'd been exposed, Ma Jian immediately ran. However, Gary Oak turned to his Manectric and said, "Bring him back!"
"Woof!"
Hearing Gary Oak's words, Manectric quickly charged toward Ma Jian and the Exeggcute. Seeing this, Ma Jian shouted, "Exeggcute, use Hypnosis…"
"Flamethrower!"
Gary Oak didn't wait for Ma Jian to finish his command, he immediately ordered a Flamethrower. Manectric fired a Flamethrower at the Exeggcute.
Ma Jian's Exeggcute was terrible. After evolving from the novice stage, they were useless. Now, after being hit by Manectric's Flamethrower, they collapsed on the ground. After dealing with the Exeggcute, Manectric charged toward Ma Jian, grabbed him in his mouth, and brought him back to Ash Ketchum.
"Good job, Manectric. Now, let's see what this disgusting person looks like. Huh? He looks harmless?"
Looking at Ma Jian's appearance, Gary Oak found it hard to connect him to the disgusting person Ash Ketchum had described. Ash Ketchum threw the skewer from Meowth's grilled fish into a trashcan and kicked Ma Jian, who was still being held by Gary Oak's Manectric. "He may look harmless, but that kind of guy is always plotting something. He's just pretending to be simple and honest, but he's truly rotten."
"You're going too far!"
Insulted by Ash Ketchum, Ma Jian got angry. Ignoring the fact that he was being held, he yelled, "My biggest dream is to perform on Broadway! What's wrong with working hard for that dream?!"
"Pfft! Hahahaha! That's hilarious! You have the nerve to say you're working hard?!"
Hearing Ma Jian's words, Ash Ketchum couldn't help but laugh. As he laughed, he grabbed Ma Jian's hair and yelled, "If hypnotizing others to catch Pokémon is what you call working hard, then what is my hard work all these years!?"
With that, Ash Ketchum punched Ma Jian in the face. Gary Oak turned his head. He could understand why Ash Ketchum would do that. After all, everything Ash Ketchum has was earned through his own efforts. Though Gary Oak never experienced it himself, he still understood.
"You have the nerve to say you're working hard!"
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Seeing Ash Ketchum beat Ma Jian, Misty was sad, but her trust in Ash Ketchum prevented her from stopping him. However, she worried about what might happen if Ash Ketchum continued.
Meowth noticed Misty's worried glance and smiled. He then walked to Misty's side and said, "Don't worry, Boss is fine. Boss almost never gets this angry."
"That's right; don't worry. Ash Ketchum is a doctor; he knows how to control himself."
Lyn also patted Misty's shoulder, telling her not to worry. Then she pointed to the crowd and said, "Take a look around."
"Around?"
Misty was surprised to see people and their Pokémon surrounding them, clearly planning to beat someone up.
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