Chapter 408: Hoenn Dragon-type Elite — Drake Appears!

Chapter 408: Chapter 408: Hoenn Dragon-type Elite — Drake Appears!

Chapter 408: Hoenn Dragon-type Elite — Drake Appears!

"Mr. Wallace, he is a top Coordinator who, just like Ms. Ayako, has won the Grand Festival. I really didn’t expect Mr. Wallace to also be a powerful Gym Leader!"

May couldn’t wait to meet Wallace.

Ash and Brock couldn’t help but shake their heads secretly; May’s habit of chasing after stars had kicked in again.

Not long after leaving the island where Mossdeep City was located, Ash’s group arrived at an unnamed island.

"Hey, are you traveling Pokemon Trainers?"

Just as the group was looking for a restaurant to eat, a wild Trainer stopped them.

"We are traveling, is there something you need?" Ash asked, puzzled.

"Great! It’s like this..."

This wild Trainer briefly described his request.

It turned out this person was also a Trainer traveling to challenge the Hoenn League, but he had only collected three badges, not even halfway through, and was currently doing special battle training, so he wanted to have a battle with Ash and the others.

After understanding the situation, Ash turned to May and said, "May, I’ll leave this battle to you."

"Ah, to me?"

May was a bit surprised.

It was the first time she had seen Ash push away experience that was delivered right to his doorstep.

Ash nodded solemnly, "Yes, it’s up to you."

"Alright then!"

May excitedly stood opposite the wild Trainer.

"Go, Scizor!"

This wild Trainer had a pretty good foundation; he started off with a rare Pokemon like Scizor.

"Scizor, huh? Alright, Blaziken, take the stage!"

May directly released her main Pokemon.

Seeing May’s choice, the wild Trainer’s face stiffened; he was at a huge disadvantage right from the start.

Scizor is weak to Fire, and he had run straight into the only type that countered it.

Just as the battle between May and the wild Trainer began, an old man dressed as a sailor captain walked over from not far away.

Drake

"Is he here?"

Ash curiously sized up the old man.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this old man was Drake, one of the current Elite Four of the Hoenn region.

Hmm... a genuine Dragon-type Elite.

Unlike some Flying-type Elite who was a fake.

This old gentleman’s main team consisted entirely of Dragon-types, including a Quasi-Legendary Salamence.

Drake, who was focused on watching May’s battle, didn’t notice Ash observing him.

With the absolute advantage in typing, May easily defeated the wild Trainer.

Meanwhile, inside a restaurant a few hundred meters away from Ash’s group.

The Team Rocket Trio, having squandered all their funds, were once again working to save up for their operations.

"Hey, Jessie, you’re sweeping the floor too carelessly. If the boss sees this, he’s going to dock our pay again," James reminded.

"You’re working here too, what are you nagging about?"

Working was already unpleasant, and being lectured on top of that made Jessie even more annoyed.

"You’re just a worker too! What we need to do now is save up for our operational funds!"

Hearing them arguing, Meowth walked out with a spatula in one hand and a frying pan in the other to mediate, saying, "Oh my, you two, stop arguing! You need to be more serious about work, Meowth!"

"Ugh, we don’t even know where the Ash went now. Even if we save up funds, what’s the point?" Jessie said dejectedly.

She didn’t want to work, but ever since they were taken to the station to Assist with an investigation on Muns Island, they found they couldn’t track down Ash and the others after getting out.

"We can’t find the Ash now, but the Ash will definitely go to the Gym closest to the Mossdeep Gym. We need to save up enough funds as quickly as possible, then set up a trap at the next Gym in advance and wait for the Ash and the others to take the bait, Meowth!"

Meowth’s suggestion gave James a great idea: "Meowth is right! We can go to their next destination and wait for them, but we don’t have to just focus on one Gym. We also need to keep an eye on the Grand Festival."

"The Grand Festival? That’s right! We can wait for the Ash and the others to take the bait in the city where the Grand Festival is being held, and then I can enter the contest and become a big star!"

Jessie’s stardom dream had an intermittent relapse.

Click! Suddenly, the restaurant door opened, and Drake calmly walked inside.

Seeing a customer enter, James hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically: "Hello, welcome!"

"Where is the owner of this shop?"

Drake asked for the owner right away; he was clearly a regular at this shop.

"The boss is taking a break today."

"We are temporary workers."

"What would you like to order, sir?"

The Team Rocket Trio said one by one.

"Temporary workers? Do you have a way to produce the same quality of flavor as the boss?" Drake asked.

"The boss’s quality? That goes without saying, Meowth!" Meowth responded confidently.

Receiving a positive answer from Meowth, most of Drake’s doubts vanished, "A cup of hot milk with sugar!"

"What?" Meowth looked at Drake in disbelief.

This request was too simple, wasn’t it? He had prepared himself to be given a hard time by Drake.

Drake’s gaze sharpened, "Is that not possible?"

That sharp gaze startled the Team Rocket Trio, who hurriedly waved their hands in response: "No, no, no... that’s definitely no problem!"

Just at this moment, Ash and the others arrived at this restaurant.

May’s eyes lit up when she saw the restaurant’s sign, and she suggested, "We finally found a restaurant, how about we choose this one!"

After seeing Drake and the Team Rocket Trio through the window, Ash nodded and replied, "We’ve been looking for a long time to find one, let’s go with this one."

As the waiter, James immediately walked out to enthusiastically greet the customers he saw outside: "Hello, welcome... wait, the Ash?!"

Seeing clearly that the customers were Ash and the others, James exclaimed in excitement.

Ash pretended to have just noticed them, "Yo, isn’t this James? Haven’t seen you in a few days, how come you’re working as temporary staff here?"

"It’s all because of those bastards from Team Aqua. If it weren’t for them saying we were also coveting those two Pokemon, we wouldn’t have been taken to the station..." James complained tearfully.

It turned out they were caught and taken to the station by Officer Jenny for investigation because those Team Aqua members they had ambushed testified against them.

In the end, after the three of them bluffed their way through, Officer Jenny believed they weren’t coveting Kyogre and Groudon, but because they were members of Team Rockets, they were still detained and prepared to be deported back to the Johto region.

However, after spending all their funds on bail, they were spared from being deported.

"You guys really have had quite the experience," May laughed.

"Considering we’re old acquaintances, we’ll help you out this time by spending a little money; copy down a list of your restaurant’s menu!" Ash said generously.

"Copy the menu? No problem!" Hearing it was a big customer, James was overjoyed.

As for whether Ash would try to get a free meal out of them, James believed that such a thing would absolutely not happen; after all, the restaurant wasn’t theirs, and the cost of cooking was borne by the restaurant owner.

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