“Alright! Go, Poké Ball!”
The moment Yu Feng teleported back, he heard Ash's excited voice, followed by a Poké Ball flying towards his head.
Yu Feng remained very calm and wasn't worried about the Poké Ball hitting him. The Poké Ball flying towards Yu Feng was directly smashed by a giant blue palm.
“What are you doing?”
Yu Feng walked out from Shiny Gardevoir's protection and looked at Ash and the others, who were a bit stunned.
Yu Teng Sheng Dai looked at the giant Shiny Gardevoir in front of her with shock. Although she didn't know what this Pokémon was called, its size was clearly abnormal.
She finally understood why her classmates were so surprised back then. A Pokémon of this size, with glowing red eyes, was quite terrifying to her now.
Not to mention the classmates who saw it in the fog at the time, they probably thought it was some kind of monster.
“What's that smell? It's so good.”
Putting Yu Teng Sheng Dai's internal turmoil aside, Yu Feng smelled a scorched aroma.
“Um, Xiao Feng, could you move aside? I'm trying to catch Bulbasaur.”
Ash said in a low voice, looking at the Shiny Gardevoir, which was practically overflowing with dangerous aura. After all, even he knew it was better not to provoke Xiao Feng in this situation.
“Oh, my bad. Please, continue.”
Yu Feng then noticed the Bulbasaur, emitting a scorched aroma, beside the temple. He awkwardly recalled Shiny Gardevoir and gestured for Ash to continue what he was doing.
He had been wondering why there was a garlicky bullfrog smell; it turned out to be a Bulbasaur that had been electrocuted.
Ash threw the Poké Ball again at the incapacitated Bulbasaur. One, two, three times, and finally, the Poké Ball stopped shaking.
“I did it! I've caught Bulbasaur!”
Ash excitedly struck his standard pose to express his elation at catching Bulbasaur.
“Pikachu!”
Pikachu also mimicked Ash, making a V-sign, seemingly happy about Ash catching Bulbasaur.
“This is the best outcome, Ash.”
The blue-haired woman next to them also sincerely congratulated Ash, seemingly approving of Bulbasaur being caught by Ash.
“And this is?”
Yu Feng then looked at the woman beside them. He hadn't noticed her until she spoke, revealing her presence.
“This is...”
“This is Miss Xiaocui!”
Just as Ash was about to introduce her, Brock, with a flushed face, eagerly introduced Miss Xiaocui to Yu Feng.
“Anyway, it's like this...”
Ash briefly explained to Yu Feng what had happened after he left, and about Team Rockets, who had just been driven away not long ago.
“Mm-hmm, I think I understand. But there's something I want to say, and I don't know if I should.”
Yu Feng nodded as he listened to Ash's explanation, but there was something he wasn't sure whether to mention.
“What is it?”
Ash seemed very confused, as he thought these things were quite normal.
“Don't you feel like you've been targeted by those two Team Rockets?”
Yu Feng looked at Ash, who had grown somewhat accustomed to it, with a hint of emotion. After all, Ash was now used to Team Rockets appearing.
“Now that you mention it, it does seem like it. They also appeared at the school that time.”
Yu Teng Sheng Dai pondered for a moment and realized that while Ash and Brock were surprised by Team Rockets' appearance, they didn't find it strange. And if she remembered correctly, those few people seemed to have appeared at the school last time too.
“Before that, Mt. Moon and Cerulean Gym.”
Xiao Xia stepped forward, stating that they had indeed seen Team Rockets many times.
Ash listened to their statements and thought about his recent encounters, suddenly realizing that what they said seemed to be true. They had seen the Team Rockets trio a lot during this time.
Could they really have been targeted by these people? Ash suddenly felt a chill down his spine... “Be careful on your journey.”
Xiaocui cautioned Ash and the others to be careful on their journey, as they had been targeted by a troublesome group like Team Rockets.
“Don't worry, I'll take good care of Bulbasaur.”
Ash reassured Xiaocui that he would treat Bulbasaur well.
Xiaocui knelt down and gently stroked Bulbasaur's head, saying softly, “Take good care of yourself. Thank you for everything in the past.”
Xiaocui didn't do too much; she knew that the more she did, the less Bulbasaur would want to leave here.
“Miss Xiaocui.”
Brock, with a suspicious blush on his face, walked up to Xiaocui.
Xiaocui looked at Brock, who had always been so serious, with confusion.
“Would it be alright if I stayed in this village in place of Bulbasaur?”
Brock finally revealed his true intentions; he wanted to stay with Xiaocui in place of the departing Bulbasaur.
“I appreciate your kind intentions very much, but I can take care of things here by myself.”
Xiaocui, of course, knew what Brock meant, but unfortunately, Brock wasn't within her aesthetic preferences, so she had to politely decline his offer.
“Is that so?”
Brock tilted his head in disappointment. As expected, he was rejected.
Seeing Brock being rejected, Yu Feng wasn't surprised. It seemed the only one who liked Brock was that Poison-type Gym Leader? Or was it not a Gym Leader? Was it a Battle Frontier Brain?
He couldn't recall who that person was for now, but Yu Feng wasn't too concerned about it. After all, it was Brock's business and had nothing to do with him, right?
“Then, goodbye!”
Since he couldn't stay, Brock had no choice but to continue his journey with Ash. They said goodbye to Xiaocui and moved on.
“Oh, by the way, Brock, did you just confess to Miss Xiaocui?!”
After walking for a while, Xiao Xia looked at Brock with a very teasing expression. If she wasn't mistaken, Brock had just confessed to Miss Xiaocui and been rejected.
“Stop talking about it, stop talking about it! Please, don't mention such an embarrassing thing again, okay?”
Brock, with a red face, covered Xiao Xia's mouth, telling her to stop talking about it, as being rejected after a confession was simply too embarrassing.
Even with her mouth covered by Brock, Xiao Xia couldn't stop her desire for gossip, mumbling things like 'Is that so?', 'It's fine if I talk about it,' and so on.
“What exactly are you two doing?”
Ash, on the other hand, held his head in his hands. He didn't understand Xiao Xia and Brock's argument. It was just a girl, what was there to argue about?
“So, Ash, you're still just a kid.”
Yu Feng was quite calm about this scene. After all, it wasn't anything strange, was it?
On the contrary, Ash being so calm also amused Yu Feng. But that was just Ash, wasn't it? Even Serena went straight for it, and Ash still didn't understand what Serena meant.
“But I don't think he doesn't understand.”
Yu Teng Sheng Dai, however, felt that Ash couldn't possibly not understand, especially since his blush when he first saw her wasn't fake.