"Then I'll get busy. Call me if anything comes up."
Realizing she had done something wrong, Joy smiled awkwardly, then bid Yu Feng and the others farewell, as she still had many things to attend to.
"What a beautiful woman! It's my first time seeing such a beautiful lady."
Brock watched Joy walk away, the blush on his face growing more and more obvious.
"Give it a rest. All Joys look like that."
Xiao Xia was speechless at Brock's behavior. It was as if he had never seen a Pokémon Center or a Joy in Pewter City.
Don't all Joys look like that?
"Is it another relative? What do you think, Yu Feng?"
Ash turned his gaze to Yu Feng, as everything seemed to be under his control for now.
"Da You is still useful. I'm sure our old friend will help us. And Brock, stop spacing out!"
Yu Feng closed his eyes, seemingly communicating with Indeedee. Not long after, the Psychic fluctuations in his eyes dissipated.
"You guys go find him. Now is a good time to help him. I also recorded what just happened."
Yu Feng showed Xiao Xia and the others a recorder in his hand, which was playing Da You's words from earlier.
"Yu Feng, aren't you going?"
Ash was a little curious why Yu Feng wasn't going with them.
"I already have a Charmander, and it's very well-trained. I don't want to catch that one, so you guys have to go earn his goodwill. Do I really need to spell this out?"
Seeing the pure stupidity in Ash's eyes, Yu Feng covered his forehead, took out Charmander's Poké Ball, and released Charmander. The Charmander that came out posed for them.
The slightly bulging muscles on its arms, its sharp eyes, and the fiercely burning flame on its tail all indicated how well-trained this Charmander was.
Now Ash understood why Yu Feng wasn't interested in the other Charmander. That Charmander looked much smaller than Yu Feng's Charmander, so it was natural for him to be uninterested.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and go. Indeedee is there to meet you."
Yu Feng waved his hand, signaling them to leave quickly and not stay in front of him.
Seeing this, the three of them said nothing more, put on their raincoats, and rushed into the heavy rain.
Yu Teng Sheng Dai was also uninterested in this and chose to stay with Yu Feng in the Pokémon Center, waiting for their return.
Not long after they left, Joy was also preparing to turn off the lights. She looked at Yu Feng and Yu Teng Sheng Dai, who were still sitting in the lobby, with some curiosity.
"Aren't you two going to rest? You know Trainers need to get good rest."
Although she didn't know what had happened, she still advised them to go to bed early, as a Trainer's poor mental state could affect their Pokémon.
"Oh, it's fine. By the way, Joy, could I trouble you to prepare for treatment? A Charmander will be brought in for treatment."
Yu Feng smiled and shook his head, indicating it was fine. He could stay up for several days. However, he suddenly remembered that Ash and the others would be bringing the Charmander back.
Instead of frantically preparing treatment tools then, it was better to tell Joy in advance to prepare.
"What happened?"
Joy felt something was wrong after hearing Yu Feng's words. How did he know a Charmander would be brought in later?
Seeing that Joy was still unclear about what had happened, Yu Feng briefly explained to her how they had encountered an abandoned Charmander on the road and why they had clashed with Da You and the others earlier.
"What! Is there really such a thing!"
Joy was instantly enraged when she heard that Da You had abandoned Charmander and lied to him that he would pick him up.
He could have just released it, but he deceived and abandoned Charmander. Such an act was the greatest evil in the eyes of Joy, who loved Pokémon.
She had originally thought that it was just a verbal dispute because Da You and the others had said something, but she didn't expect such a malicious incident behind it.
Moreover, Joy looked worriedly at the heavy rain outside. Today's weather was a life threat to Charmander.
"Don't worry, we will deal with this scumbag. He will be blacklisted by the Pokémon Center. After the investigators clarify what he has done, if it is too serious, we will revoke his Trainer status."
This was only what Yu Feng and the others knew, and considering his indifferent attitude, it was clear that Da You must have done this many times behind the scenes.
Originally, Joy had only thought that he was just a bit ill-tempered and treated Pokémon poorly, but she didn't expect such a thing. That certainly crossed their line.
"I understand, but Joy, could I teach him a lesson then?"
Yu Feng nodded. He wasn't sure why Ash didn't tell Joy the truth in the original story, but he would definitely tell her. With Joy's personality, it was impossible for Da You not to suffer greatly.
"What lesson? Good children can't fight, even if you don't look like a child. Fighting can lead to your Trainer status being revoked."
Hearing that Yu Feng wanted to teach Da You a lesson, Joy made a big 'X' with her hands, indicating that violence was not allowed.
But then she playfully stuck out her tongue and whispered, "If no one sees it, it doesn't count as a fight, you know."
Yu Feng looked at Joy's playful expression and nodded knowingly. It seemed that Da You had really offended Joy, otherwise, Joy wouldn't have been okay with him using violence.
"But I'm still a little worried about that child. This rain has been going on for a long time."
For Fire-type Pokémon like Charmander, rain is the most serious thing. Normally, they would find shelter from the rain, but Da You lied to Charmander, telling him to wait there, which meant Charmander would definitely not seek shelter.
If the flame on its tail went out, it would be over. Joy walked to the window and looked outside worriedly, but Joy didn't know that Yu Feng had sent Indeedee to watch over Charmander.
Just then, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared outside, illuminating half the sky.
Seeing this lightning, Yu Feng knew that Ash and his companions had already picked up Charmander and would be back soon.
As he expected, not long after, Ash and Brock, completely drenched, walked in, carrying a Charmander in very poor condition.
"Joy, please! This Charmander is dying! Look at the flame on his tail."
Ash panted, looking at Joy, who was waiting by the window. As Joy rushed over, Ash, despite his fatigue, pointed at Charmander's seemingly almost extinguished tail flame with a worried expression.
Even though Yu Feng guaranteed that Charmander would be fine, the seemingly dying flame was truly worrying.
