Spinarak Town was ancient and picturesque, with beautiful scenery.
After leaving Ecruteak City, Ash and his companions quickly arrived here.
As soon as they entered the town, they heard blaring police sirens. Brock immediately became anxious, and for the sake of Officer Jenny, he abandoned Ash and Misty.
But Brock hadn't run many steps before he tripped over an invisible thread on the ground.
Seeing this, Ash quickly stopped Misty, and remembering the town's name, he seemed to recall something.
Sure enough, a green Pokémon with a smiley face seemed to hang down out of thin air.
"How cute!"
Hearing Misty say this, Ash could only force a wry smile, then silently covered his ears.
When the green Pokémon extended its spider legs, turned around, and revealed its true form, Misty immediately shrieked.
"Bugs!!!!"
Spinarak ignored Ash and Misty, and tightly bound Brock, who had been tripped by its thread.
Soon after, Officer Jenny arrived.
"Is this person Phantom Thief Cat Eight?"
Normally, upon seeing Officer Jenny, Brock would instantly teleport to her side.
But this time, he was tied up like a mummy, pretending to be a caterpillar on the ground, "Ash, Misty, help me!"
Ash and Misty quickly stepped forward to explain, but Officer Jenny recognized them by seeing Pikachu and Togepi beside them.
"Are you a group of experts specializing in dealing with Pokémon thieves?"
After recognizing them, Officer Jenny quickly had Spinarak release Brock.
The three of them were still questioning this strange identity, but Officer Jenny had clearly confirmed it, "That's right, my sister in New Bark Town wrote to me, saying there was a group of three travelers who were a great help in dealing with Pokémon thieves!"
Hearing it was New Bark Town, Ash and his companions realized it must have been about rescuing Totodile.
Brock, now free, quickly went up to Officer Jenny to make his presence known, "Officer Jenny, you're absolutely right, I am indeed an expert at dealing with Pokémon thieves!"
Officer Jenny glanced at him, "But you couldn't even avoid Spinarak's threads! This little brother, however, looks quite professional!"
She pointed at Ash and smiled.
Hearing her say this, Ash naturally couldn't refuse, and since he had encountered it, he was duty-bound to help.
It turned out that in Spinarak Town, the traditional police Pokémon was Spinarak.
All of this began with a phantom thief named Cat Eight.
This Cat Eight was rampant across various countries, and no one had ever caught him. He was known as the invincible thief.
He used Meowth as his partner, working seamlessly and in perfect sync. No matter what kind of crisis they encountered, Meowth would use Pay Day, surprising their opponents before escaping.
However, such a great thief was arrested by the current Officer Jenny and her partner Spinarak.
Since then, this town has been called Spinarak Town, and all the Pokémon used by Officer Jenny and all the police here have become Spinarak.
But recently, a thief calling himself the second-generation Cat Eight appeared here. The Pay Day used by that Meowth left behind a pile of bottle caps.
By the way, if the Officer Jenny here used Growlithe as a partner, wouldn't she be able to find the location of those phantom thieves through these bottle caps?
Ash only thought this to himself; he wouldn't dare say it out loud.
He was afraid of getting hit.
However, he didn't have any canine Pokémon with him, so he couldn't help.
But looking at these bottle caps, Ash was thoughtful. Could this second-generation Cat Eight be Team Rocket's trio?
No wonder he hadn't seen them these past few days; it turned out they had gone ahead and were cosplaying as phantom thieves.
Just as Ash and his companions decided to help Officer Jenny arrest the second-generation Phantom Thief Cat Eight, Officer Jenny received a report that a local rich man's house had received a Preview letter from Phantom Thief Cat Eight.
Officer Jenny immediately took Ash and his companions to the rich man's house. It turned out that the second-generation Cat Eight had announced that he would come to steal a silver cup at midnight tonight.
This was the rich man's family heirloom; it looked quite beautiful and was probably quite valuable.
At this point, it was just getting dark, and there were still a full 7 hours until midnight.
A blue light flashed around Ash, and he noticed a familiar Aura in the ceiling partition.
He didn't make a sound, instead stretching, leaving Brock alone to guard the room where the silver cup was placed, while he and Misty went to the rich man's garden.
Officer Jenny had Spinarak weave a web there, covering the entire mansion.
As soon as the phantom thief Meowth the Eighth infiltrated, Spinarak would sense it and bring him to justice.
However, Ash shook his head. He knew that the three members of Team Rocket had already snuck in and hidden themselves, waiting for midnight to arrive.
Having Aura was incredibly convenient.
"Come out, Charizard!"
"Roar!"
Charizard grew taller, and its physique became stronger and stronger. It was looking forward to Ash's special training, even though the mandatory training device made it uncomfortable.
"Put it on!"
The mandatory training device quickly bound Charizard again.
"Alright, let's train! First, 10 sets of push-ups!"
Not only Ash and Charizard, but Pikachu also meticulously continued its Iron Tail training.
"Ash, is this really okay?"
Misty was a little worried. Everyone was very tense right now, how could they start special training so casually?
Ash shook his head, doing push-ups while laughing, "There's no point in being nervous now. Since the announced time is midnight, we might as well do something while we're waiting."
"But?"
"Don't worry, Misty. For now, let Brock guard over there! Oh, and it's dinner time, go ask the host to prepare some dinner!"
It was rare to be a guest at such a wealthy family, so Ash naturally wanted a good meal.
Not just him, but Charizard and Pikachu, who had just started their special training, also needed more nutrition.
"Alright!" Seeing Ash's calm demeanor, Misty couldn't help but feel at ease.
It had to be said, the rich family's dinner was indeed sumptuous.
Being able to eat a full meal gave them more energy for their special training.
Misty stayed by Ash's side, holding Togepi, letting it cheer on Pikachu and Charizard.
Unknowingly, Ash had truly grown a lot. Being by his side felt so reassuring!
Charizard: 195/255
Pikachu: 200/255