Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

I saw a pair of twin brothers who looked similar emerging from the Temple of Poseidon. One of them was dressed slovenly, with a pair of leather shoes casually stepped on his feet like slippers, as if he had just picked his feet; the other one had a blank expression on his face, and was dressed very cleanly and elegantly, with a pair of leather shoes polished to a shine, forming a sharp contrast with his brother.

"Let me introduce myself," the sloppy man said lazily, "My name is Jing Lei, and the taciturn guy next to me is my younger brother Lightning. We are both elite investigators of the alliance."

The dull man named Lightning nodded slightly, as a confirmation of Jinglei's words.

Yang Ming and Zhengxiong looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

Didn't the information say that the relationship between the Sea God Temple and the Alliance was not good? Why would an Alliance investigator appear here?

"Since everyone has been invited to the island by the witch, then you are all family members for the next period of time," Jing Lei said with a smile, "Before we set off for Whirlpool Island, everyone must unite and not fight among themselves."

Then, his expression suddenly darkened and became extremely gloomy: "If anyone dares to cause trouble in Azure City during this period, don't blame us brothers for using the law enforcement power of the search officer."

"Since all of you are my invited friends, I'll let you play the role of host," seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Aoki Rin hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over.

Seeing that the current priestess of the Poseidon Temple was so humble, everyone didn't know what to say and followed her into the hall of the Poseidon Temple.

In the hall, several people sat down one by one, and some young girls dressed in shrine maiden costumes served tea and snacks to everyone.

"Are these the candidate priestesses of the Poseidon Temple? It is said that one of them will inherit the position of the future priestess of the Poseidon Temple. I wonder what the final arrangements will be for those who fail to be selected." Yang Ming looked at these young and beautiful girls, thinking in his heart.

At this moment, he noticed that the taciturn Lightning among the twins was secretly taking advantage of a young girl who served him. Facing the powerful investigator, the girl did not dare to resist and could only silently endure the other's sexual harassment.

"I didn't expect this elite investigator to be so lustful." Yang Ming thought to himself.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Aoki Rin said, "Since everyone is here, why not introduce yourself first."

"My name is Copperhead, and I'm a trainer from the Unova region." The man who had provoked Yang Ming before spoke.

"Iron Wire, also from the United States," the man's companion, a short young man, introduced himself, "We are together."

The third person in the trio, a woman with some looks, said, "My name is Jia Ling, Tong Tou and Tie Xian are my brothers."

Yang Ming naturally didn't believe this statement. In his opinion, even their names were most likely fake.

"Manniu, a native of Johto," Masao said, "Like the other three, I was also invited by Miss Aoki to help."

"Qiong Gui, Manniu's brother," Yang Ming said, "I'm here to look for someone, so I didn't receive an invitation from the witch."

Among all the people present, he was the most rude to Qing Mulin, but Qing Mulin was not angry about this. Instead, he apologized to Yang Ming and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qiong Gui, I didn't have time to explain to you just now. I apologize to you."

"In fact, sir, your friend did come to the Sea God Temple to look for me a few days ago."

"What?!" Yang Ming's face changed slightly, but he was not shocked by what Qing Mulin said. He was more surprised that Qing Mulin would tell him everything so straightforwardly.

"In fact, Mr. Ma Gun is also my friend," Qing Mulin said slowly, as if lost in memory, "He is the owner of a famous Chinese medicine store in Azure City. His Chinese medicine is very effective for external injuries, and the fishermen in Azure City have a high opinion of him."

"As for our Poseidon Temple... To be honest, although the Poseidon Temple is no longer as glorious as it was in the past, it still has many believers. Most of these believers are fishermen. I got to know Mr. Ma Gun through my interactions with these believers."

"Mr. Ma Gun is a very enthusiastic person. Besides that, he is also very interested in exploration. He has explored all the islands near Azure City."

Yang Ming carefully observed Qing Mulin's expression and behavior. So far, she didn't seem to be lying.

"I didn't expect that the station chief of the liaison station in Zhanlan City also likes to explore the surrounding terrain." Yang Ming thought to himself. He thought of the former station chief of Huipi Town, Mabury, who also died in an investigation operation.

Is it really such a coincidence?

"When abnormal weather occurred in the sea near Azure City, the livelihood of the fishermen was affected. Although the incense at the Sea God Temple became more prosperous, I felt a little sad when I saw the believers facing difficulties." At this point, Qing Mulin wiped her eyes with her sleeves. "I had no choice but to find Mr. Ma Gun and ask him for countermeasures."

"Mr. Ma Gun immediately agreed to the request and patted his chest, saying that he would go to Whirlpool Island to solve the problem himself. Although I have great confidence in Mr. Ma Gun's experience in sea navigation, I still used the unique divination technique of the Sea God Temple to secretly make a divination for safety."

"But the result of the divination made me regret it. The hexagram showed that the best time to go to the island was only two weeks later. Any trip to the sea before then would be full of danger."

"I hurriedly went to look for Mr. Ma Gun, but all I got was the news that he had already gone out to sea. Since then, I have never seen him again."

At this point, Aoki Rin actually sobbed, as if she was really sad about Ma Gun's accident.

"Since Ma Gun disappeared on Whirlpool Island, I will definitely go there no matter what," Yang Ming said proudly. "Your planned sailing time is two weeks later, right? Then I will board your ship."

Seeing Yang Ming agreed so readily, Qing Mulin immediately smiled and said, "Sir, you are so righteous, it is really admirable. I would like to thank you on behalf of all the believers in the city."

"Since Brother Qionggui is so understanding, he will be my brother Jinglei from now on," Elite Investigator Jinglei glanced at everyone and said kindly, "We are all family members from now on, so please stop fighting among yourselves."

Tongtou, Tiexian and Jialing naturally had no objections and could only nod in agreement.

"Now that things have been settled, let's adjourn this meeting. See you in two weeks."

Yang Ming was about to leave with Zhengxiong when suddenly a young girl called him.

"Mr. Qionggui, the witch wants to talk to you alone."