Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Yang Ming bowed his head and apologized to the old couple in the breeding house and the young girl, and finally paid them each a sum of money before leaving.

The old couple repeatedly declined, feeling that they were unworthy of the money. The girl also wanted to refuse, but in the end, Yang Ming took a tough stance and they accepted the money.

In Yang Ming's opinion, the failure was caused by himself, not to mention that his Rada scared the girl's little Rada, which made him feel even more guilty.

And judging from the girl's clothes, her family was obviously poor. As a person who had worked his way up from the bottom, Yang Ming had been caught in the rain himself and naturally knew to hold an umbrella for others.

Moreover, as the deputy director of the most profitable Manjin branch in the Chengdu area, money is no longer important to Yang Ming now.

"I originally thought that the problem could be solved by arranging a few female Ladas, but I didn't expect that the problem is not here at all." Yang Ming was a little discouraged. He couldn't think of a better way to solve Lada's psychological problems.

Just then, Yang Ming's cell phone rang. It was Yang Ming's adjutant Tokugawa calling.

"Boss, something bad has happened. The Manjin Department Store has been attacked. They have injured several people and kidnapped several of our employees. They are demanding a high ransom or they will kill us."

Yang Ming's face darkened. Manjin Department Store is also one of the properties of Manjin branch.

"Have Minister Buriyannan and the two deputy foreign ministers arrived at the scene?" Yang Ming asked.

"Well, they seem to be on a business trip. The director has left the handling of this matter to you, boss." Tokugawa on the other end of the phone also sounded very confused.

"Got it. I'll be there right away." After hanging up the phone, Yang Ming drove to Manjin Department Store.

When he arrived, the entrance of the department store was already full of ambulances, and medical staff were carrying stretchers and sending the victims to the Pokémon Center.

The department store was in a mess, with broken glass and bloodstains everywhere. The valuable goods in the building were looted. Some shop assistants were hiding in the corner and shivering, obviously not yet recovered from the disaster.

Tokugawa ran over immediately and reported the situation to him, "According to eyewitnesses, although these robbers were masked, their accents showed that they were all locals."

"The robbers left us an address and asked us to go to the designated location tonight with the ransom. Only one person can be sent to deliver the ransom, and we cannot call the police, otherwise they will kill us directly."

"Because of this request, I specifically notified the police not to come."

Due to long-term bribery, the Manjin City Police Department can now be said to be in cahoots with the Manjin Branch, so as long as there is a phone call here, the other party will cooperate and not take any action.

"You did a good job," Yang Ming nodded. "There should have been customers when the robbers attacked the department store, right? Were those customers kidnapped?"

"That's not the case," Tokugawa replied. "The robbers injured many people in the department store, but they only kidnapped the employees of the department store. They only used violence to drive away the customers, but did not kidnap them."

Yang Ming's face changed. The other party only attacked the employees in the department store. Could he be an enemy?

He approached Tokugawa and asked in a low voice, "Are there any members of the organization among the employees kidnapped this time?"

"No," Tokugawa replied in a low voice, "Those kidnapped were all ordinary employees with no organizational background."

"Okay, I get it," Yang Ming said calmly, "Tokugawa, go prepare the ransom. I will go and redeem the person myself tonight."

In the following period, he personally went to the hospital to comfort the injured employees and customers, and arranged all the follow-up work.

Late at night, in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Manjin City, several men gathered together to drink. Under the dim light, one could see the hideous scars on these men's bodies and the sharp weapons on their waists.

"This is really easy money. I didn't expect that someone would actually pay us to carry out robberies. Even the robbery routes and security measures were planned for us. I have never done such an easy job."

The person who spoke was a bald strong man with a hideous scar on his bald head, which made him look extremely scary.

"Speaking of which, what are we going to do with these people later?" another person said as he kicked a middle-aged man who was tied up.

Next to this middle-aged man, there were several people who were tied up. There were both men and women among them, all employees of the Manjin Department Store. Now they had become hostages in the hands of the kidnappers, and expressions of fear appeared on their faces.

The big man who looked like the leader spoke indifferently: "Didn't our employer say that we would deal with them and the person who sent the ransom as soon as we got the money?"

Hearing these words, the hostages' faces suddenly turned pale and their eyes were filled with despair.

Just then, the shutter door of the abandoned factory was opened, and a young man walked in carrying a large suitcase.

"As agreed, I have brought the ransom," the person who came was Yang Ming, "You should also release the hostages, right?"

"Release them?" The leading man laughed, "I only asked you to pay the ransom, but I never said I would definitely release them, did I?"

"Kid, you should worry about yourself first."

The rolling shutter had already been pulled down, and the kidnappers surrounded Yang Ming.

Yang Ming also laughed: "Worry? Who do you think you are? Do you think you are worthy of me worrying about you?"

Behind him, the Swamp King and the huge poisonous jellyfish appeared at the same time and attacked the many kidnappers.

"Brothers, kill him!" The big man looked ferocious and growled, "Come out, Nidoking, use the power of the earth!"

At the same time, many kidnappers also sent out their Pokémon to attack Yang Ming.

"Stinger Jellyfish uses Surf, Swamp King uses Turbid Current!"

Two huge waves, one clear and one turbid, instantly swept all of the kidnappers' Pokémon in. For moves like Surf and Turbidity that can attack all of the opponent's Pokémon at once, the more enemies there are, the more powerful they are.

In just a moment, many Pokémon, including Nidoking, were wiped out.

The only one that didn't fall was a Sunflower Monster. Thanks to its resistance to water-attribute attacks, it successfully survived this wave of attacks and wanted to use its grass-attribute skill Ultimate Absorption to launch a sneak attack on the Swamp King.

As long as this attack is successful, not only will Yang Ming's Swamp King be severely damaged, but the Sunflower Monster's physical strength will also be greatly restored.

However, the attack was blocked by the Stinging Jellyfish before it hit the Swamp King. As the Sludge Slurry property was activated, the Sunflower Monster fell down because it absorbed the venom from the Stinging Jellyfish.

"Oh no, it's a master! Everyone retreat quickly!" The giant's face changed drastically, and he realized that he had provoked a killer who should not be provoked. He released a toucan and was about to escape.