Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

The large public swimming pool area on the Saint Anno was gathering a group of young men and women. Although they were not as distinguished as the guests in the VIP cabin, they all had certain family backgrounds in their own cities.

The girls wore bold swimsuits, exposing their fair and beautiful skin to the men's eyes as much as possible, while the men admired the beautiful scenery unscrupulously and tried to talk to the girls they liked.

Yang Ming was only wearing a pair of swimming trunks and swimming in the swimming pool. Due to long-term physical exercise, he had perfect muscles and attracted the attention of many girls.

"Very good, this time is much faster than before." After taking a look at the time on the stopwatch, Yang Ming nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and left the swimming pool.

At this time, a young girl dressed boldly approached him and said, "Little brother, do you want to meet me?"

"Okay," Yang Ming nodded with a smile, "I'm just in need of someone to practice Pokémon battles with."

"Ah?" The other party was dumbfounded for a moment, then stomped his feet and left, "How could there be such an unromantic man..."

Obviously, the other party thought that Yang Ming was deliberately making things difficult.

In fact, Yang Ming was also puzzled. There were many girls who took the initiative to chat with him like this, but when he proposed to have a Pokémon battle with them, these girls left without exception.

Isn't this too weird? Pokémon battles are so much fun!

In fact, Yang Ming came to the lounge area for ordinary guests because he couldn't stand the "bad taste" of those VIP guests.

Although these ordinary guests are indeed much more normal than those "VIPs", Yang Ming still feels out of place here.

People here prefer socializing and chatting rather than Pokémon battles or other forms of exercise.

"Oh, forget it, I'll go to other areas to see if there are any like-minded people..." Yang Ming put on his clothes and planned to go to other areas to see if there are any like-minded people.

Finally, he found one.

The other party was a bald old man with a white beard. When he heard about the Pokémon battle, he excitedly agreed on the spot.

"I will never lose. Go ahead, Katie!"

"This is my line, go to battle, Lada!"

In the special battle area of ​​the Saint Anno, Yang Ming and the old man's Pokémon engaged in a fierce battle.

The old man's Pokémon is a dog-like Pokémon with fiery red fur and an ordinary appearance. Although this Pokémon named Growlithe is not very powerful, it can evolve into a powerful and majestic-looking Arcanine as long as the Fire Stone is used.

"Rada, use your ultimate fang!"

"Catti, we're using the Flame Cart!"

Flames rolled up on the body of the Caterpie, sweeping towards Rada like a wheel of fire.

Lada was not to be outdone and showed its signature fangs and bit at the "Fire Wheel".

In this fight, Lada only had a slight advantage.

"Hey, my Caterpie has the intimidation attribute. Young man, your Rattata's attack power has been reduced before the battle."

"Damn it, it's worthy of being the most versatile intimidating trait. It turns out that he is not an easy person to deal with."

"Next, I'm going to show you my special move, Growlithe," the old man couldn't help but smile smugly, "Growlithe, use Will-O-Wisp!"

Several green flames surrounded the Growlithe, just like the "phosphorescent fire" in a cemetery, which looked extremely weird.

These strange flames were erratic, and no matter how Rada tried to dodge, she couldn't get away. Finally, these flames ignited Rada's body, causing Rada to fall into a state of burns.

"Hehe, the burn status will weaken the physical attack ability of Pokémon. Young man, your Pokémon is good at physical attacks, right? You will die like this." The old man stroked his beard proudly.

"Hey, that's hard to say," Yang Ming smiled slightly, "Rada uses his ultimate fangs!"

"What? With Rattata's current state, he dares to compete with Growlithe in physical attack ability," the old man said in surprise, "Growlithe, use the Flame Cart!"

However, this fight surprised the old man. Growlithe lost its combat ability and Rattata won directly.

"This...how is this possible..." The old man was a little unbelievable.

"Nothing is impossible, old man," Yang Ming said with a smile, "When your Grunt uses Will-O-Wisp, Rattata's characteristic 'Roots' also comes into play. When 'Roots' is activated, it will not only be immune to the halving of attack power caused by the burn state, but also greatly increase the attack power."

"So that's how it is," the old man suddenly realized, "young people nowadays know so much, and their future is limitless."

Then the two went to the treatment point in the cruise ship for treatment. The old man's Catman was of course fine, and although Yang Ming's Rattata would increase its attack power in abnormal states, the damage was still there, so Yang Ming would also treat Rattata's abnormal state when he was not fighting.

Fortunately, the treatment here is not only free, but also unlimited in number, which makes Yang Ming very happy.

Then the two started chatting.

Yang Ming learned that the old man had left his family in his early years to become a freelance trainer, challenging gyms everywhere in the hope of becoming a champion.

However, repeated failures made him disheartened, and at the age of 42, he finally gave up his dream and returned to his family. It happened that there was an internal fight in the family, and the male heirs in the family were killed or disabled. The old man then inherited the position of the head of this small family, married and had children.

“When I was young, I felt I could be a hero who saved the world; when I was a little older, I thought the championship was within my grasp; when I really went out to travel, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to be a superstar; when I ran into obstacles everywhere, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to return to the family and inherit the position of the head of the family; when I really returned to the family, I realized that if I didn’t get unlucky, I couldn’t even be the head of the family.” The old man sighed.

Yang Ming felt deeply touched. He had encountered various difficulties since he crossed over to this world. First, he had no food to eat, then he had to tame a wild little Rattata with his bare hands, and then he had to face the newcomer assessment, followed by the trap of Yuejian Mountain and the encirclement of the alliance... Although he finally survived these crises, Yang Ming is not an iron man, and he will not feel frustrated when facing difficulties.

"Alas, let's not talk about these things. Oh, by the way, I have another treasure that I got when I was adventuring when I was young. Are you interested in seeing it?"

Of course Yang Ming was interested and was about to agree, but a gunshot behind him hit his eardrums.

"Don't move! Keep your heads down and stay down! This ship has been taken over by our Team Rocket!"

A gruff male voice roared from behind.

"Team Rockets? Hijacking a cruise ship? How is this possible?" Yang Ming's face changed drastically. This sudden change was beyond his expectations.