Bulbasaur rescued both Squirtle and Pikachu, simultaneously blocking Team Rocket's path.
"I have a very bad feeling!" The hot air balloon was entangled by Bulbasaur's Vine Whip and couldn't break free. Ash, seeing this, his eyes sharpened, and he immediately launched an offensive.
"Charizard, use Flamethrower!" Ash seized the opportunity and commanded Charizard.
Roar!!!
Charizard, hearing this, looked up at the sky, then suddenly opened its mouth. Hot air condensed, then a scorching flame burst forth from its mouth.
It directly blasted into the air. Meanwhile, Bulbasaur seized the chance to retract its Vine Whip. The flames hit the bottom of the hot air balloon. The high temperature burned through the hot air balloon's gondola. The Team Rocket trio's faces instantly changed.
"Oh no, meow!!"
Meowth had just opened its mouth when the high temperature instantly burned through the gondola, directly evaporating the water. The stored cannonballs inside the gondola were instantly ignited by the flames.
Boom!! Boom boom boom!!!
The cannonballs were ignited by the flames, and all the cannonballs directly exploded. Fortunately, the flames also completely burned away the gondola. The cannonballs fell down and exploded directly in the air.
The sky immediately seemed to unleash brilliant fireworks. The power of the explosion continuously spread. It was relatively close to Team Rocket. The power generated after the explosion directly blew them away.
"What a nasty feeling!!!"
Along with the power of the explosion, Team Rocket once again tasted what it was like to become shooting stars. Flames scattered with the explosion. Fortunately, the Pokémon and Ash and the others were all safe and sound now.
Hearing the commotion outside, Misty and Brock also quickly came out to check. They breathed a sigh of relief when they found Pikachu and Squirtle rescued. Team Rocket was gone, and Misty and Brock immediately left the cave.
"Ash, are you alright?" The situation just now was too dangerous. They were naturally very worried about Ash.
"I'm fine, don't worry!!"
Ash shook his head slightly, saying nothing was wrong. He released Pikachu, who immediately jumped onto Ash's shoulder. Meanwhile, the Squirtle Squad gathered, chattering amongst themselves. Then, the Squirtle all looked at Ash with gratitude.
Drip~ woop woop~~ drip~ woop!!!
"You guys, what happened?"
At this moment, the siren sounded again. They could hear Officer Jenny's voice from afar. Everyone turned to look. Officer Jenny drifted to a stop beside them.
Seeing the smoking pits on the ground all around, she knew something very dangerous had just happened. She had also noticed the big explosion. She quickly came forward to ask questions, and also noticed the Squirtle Squad.
"Officer Jenny..."
Seeing Officer Jenny approach, the three of them explained the situation. The matter was quite complex. To avoid Officer Jenny misunderstanding the Squirtle Squad, they still explained the situation.
Although they had tied up Misty and Brock, they didn't blame the Squirtle. So the three of them tacitly agreed to pin everything on Team Rocket.
Officer Jenny, after learning the situation, breathed a slight sigh of relief seeing Ash and the others were fine. If anything had happened to them here, it would have been her dereliction of duty.
And the Squirtle, hearing that Ash and the others didn't mention the kidnapping, were very moved.
"So that's what happened. It's great that you're all fine."
"Ah!!" Officer Jenny had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Misty scream. Everyone looked at Misty.
"What's wrong?"
"There!!" Upon questioning, Misty quickly raised her hand and pointed to the nearby forest. At this moment, the area was ablaze. The explosion earlier had scattered flames, and some had died down after falling,
but some fell into the forest, directly igniting it. The fire had already begun to spread during their conversation.
"Oh no, if this continues, the fire might spread to the town!" Seeing this scene, Officer Jenny said worriedly.
Squirtle! Squirtle! Squirtle!!!
Looking at the situation, Squirtle once again took out its sunglasses and put them on. Then it commanded its subordinates. Five Squirtle lined up, facing the raging fire.
"What are they doing??" Misty looked at them in confusion.
Squirtle! Squirtle! Squirtle!
Squirtle pointed to the raging fire ahead. The five Squirtle immediately spread out, then each used Water Gun on the raging fire ahead. Large amounts of water spread in the air, directly covering the flames.
With the efforts of the five Squirtle, the fire was quickly brought under control and slowly subsided. For about half an hour, the Squirtle did not rest at all, continuously working to extinguish the fire.
He didn't know if they were repaying Ash and the others for their help, or if, despite constantly causing trouble here, they had unconsciously developed feelings for this place and didn't want to see it destroyed.
"That's great, Squirtle Squad, thank you." Officer Jenny let out a huge sigh of relief. She hadn't expected these Squirtle to step up at a critical moment to save the town.
Squirtle! Squirtle! Squirtle!!!
Squirtle looked a little tired, but it still wore its usual optimistic smile.
"Officer Jenny, I think perhaps this is the way for this town and the Squirtle to coexist, isn't it?" Ash said to Officer Jenny.
"Hmm?? Ash, I understand what you mean." Officer Jenny paused slightly upon hearing this, then seemed to understand something.
Actually, the Squirtle usually caused trouble and stole things, and in most cases, they stole food. They did it for survival, but it was still wrong.
But if there could be a legitimate reason for them to live in peace with the people here in town, perhaps that would be a good thing. But it mainly depended on the Squirtle themselves.
Before, because they caused trouble as soon as they appeared, there was no chance to talk things over properly. But this time, it might be an opportunity.
The Squirtle, along with Ash and the others, and Officer Jenny, returned to the town. When the Squirtle Squad appeared, the townspeople were still a little worried, having been intimidated by them.
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