"Hahaha! You bunch of stinking turtles who act arrogant and overbearing all day, let's see how you pull pranks now!"
In the hot air balloon's basket, Jessie stood with her hands on her hips, looking triumphantly at the Squirtles struggling in the large net below.
The net swayed in mid-air, with several Pokemon squeezed together inside.
"Eh, Jessie, look!" James, being sharp-eyed, pointed at a prominent five-pointed star in the net.
"Isn't that the Staryu belonging to that orange-haired brat who was with the twerp? We caught it in the net too!"
Staryu twisted its body in the net in vain, its central gem core flashing anxiously.
"Who cares about her!" Jessie tossed her long hair, completely indifferent. "Who told that little girl to meddle in our business? She dared to chase us after seeing us use bombs to catch Pokemon! She deserves it!"
As she spoke, she curled her lip with a bit of regret: "It's just a pity that the twerp and his damn Pikachu aren't here, otherwise we would have caught them all in one go!"
"Meow~ But we've got a big haul this time, meow!" Meowth lay on the edge of the basket, its eyes turning into money symbols.
"Selling these troublemaking Squirtles on the black market will definitely fetch a lot of money, meow! With the funds, we can buy better equipment and catch Pikachu for the Boss next time, meow!"
Squirtle! Squirtle Squirtle!
Staryu!
Inside the net, the situation was not as "stable" as Team Rockets imagined.
The leader, the Squirtle Boss wearing sunglasses, although captured, still had a sharp gaze behind its glasses.
It didn't struggle frantically; instead, it touched the anxiously flashing Staryu next to it with its claws, and then gave a signal to the other four sunglass-wearing Squirtle lackeys.
The Squirtles immediately understood.
Although Staryu didn't quite understand the specific plan (it couldn't see the eyes clearly through the sunglasses), it felt the "cooperation" intention sent by the Squirtle Boss. Its gem core stabilized, flashing slightly to indicate understanding.
"Hmm? Why did it suddenly get quiet down there?" James poked his head out curiously.
At that very moment, the Squirtle Boss suddenly jerked its head up.
The other four Squirtles and Staryu simultaneously launched an attack in the same direction—towards the bottom of the hot air balloon's massive gas bag.
Five thick streams of Water Gun and one Rapid Spin water current.
All the Water-type energy converged into a powerful stream of water, accurately blasting the same spot on the balloon's gas bag!
The fabric couldn't withstand such a concentrated hydraulic impact and was instantly torn open with a large hole!
"Eh?! What's happening!"
"Ah! The hot air balloon!"
"This is bad, meow! It's leaking air, meow!"
The terrified cries of the Team Rockets trio mixed with the whistling sound of the balloon rapidly losing air.
The hot air balloon immediately lost its balance and began to spin, plummeting rapidly toward the mountain forest below!
"Waaaaah!"
"We're going to fall!"
"This feels so bad, meow!!!"
With a classic scream, the hot air balloon, dragging its damaged gas bag, crashed crookedly into the dense forest.
The net was also torn by branches during the fall, and Squirtle, Staryu, and other Pokemon fell into forest clearings and bushes. They were dazed from the fall, but they were finally free... "Officer Jenny, over there!"
The police motorcycle sped along the forest road. Roy's sharp gaze caught sight of the Meowth-faced hot air balloon in the distance, smoking and falling crookedly toward the mountain forest ahead.
"I see it!" Officer Jenny gripped the handlebars tight and twisted the throttle to the limit, making the motorcycle engine roar.
She then caught sight of an orange-haired figure on a hillside ahead, struggling to climb up, trying to chase the direction where the balloon fell.
"Is that girl your companion?" Jenny asked loudly over the whistling wind.
Roy also saw the familiar figure—it was Misty!
She seemed to be running in a great hurry, her hair was a bit messy, but her eyes were stubborn as she continued to push up the mountain.
"It's her!" Roy confirmed.
But just then, the motorcycle suddenly jolted to a halt.
The road ahead disappeared, replaced by a steep, rugged hillside covered in rocks and bushes; the motorcycle simply couldn't pass.
"Damn, we can't get through!" Jenny braked hard, the tires leaving marks on the ground.
Without hesitation, Roy immediately jumped off the bike: "Thank you, Officer Jenny! I'll go find Misty first!"
"Eh! Roy! Come back! It's dangerous! I'm the police officer!" Jenny shouted hurriedly, also quickly getting off the bike to give chase.
But her standard patrol uniform—a fitted dark blue uniform jacket, a tight pencil skirt, and a pair of sheer black stockings and flat heels that, while sexy, were absolutely not suited for running in the mountains—severely limited her speed.
After only a few steps, her heels sank into the soft soil. Her calves, wrapped in black stockings, trembled slightly, and the pencil skirt tightly restricted her thighs, making it impossible for her to take large strides.
Seeing Roy already nimbly darting up the hillside like an ape, quickly widening the distance, Jenny was both anxious and helpless. She could only laboriously try to keep up, but the speed difference was too great.
Just as Roy was about to reach the edge of the forest at the top of the mountain.
BOOM!!!
A violent explosion suddenly erupted from deep within the forest!
Immediately following that, fire and thick smoke soared into the sky!
Ignited by the explosion and sparks, the dry forest wood quickly spread into a raging forest fire. With the help of the wind, the fire began to crazily consume the surrounding trees.
It must have been an explosion caused by those idiots from Team Rockets when they crashed, setting the forest on fire.
That silly girl Misty, she wouldn't have run into the fire, would she?
Roy increased his speed even more and burst into the edge of the forest.
Thick smoke had already begun to spread, and the air was scorching.
Fortunately, Misty had not gone deep into the fire.
She was backing out from beside a burning bush, looking disheveled, tightly holding the Staryu that had just broken free from the net and found her.
"Cough, cough... Staryu, I'm so glad you're okay!" Misty's face was stained with black ash.
She had seen the hot air balloon fall earlier and rushed up regardless of everything, just in time to see the Squirtles working together to break the net and the Pokemon scattering as they fell.
She saw her Staryu fall near a burning bush at a glance and rushed to save it without a second thought.
"Misty!" Roy's shout came through.
"Roy?" Misty looked back in surprise and saw Roy breaking through the smoke, running quickly toward her.
But at that moment, the fire spread even faster. The trees at the edge of the clearing where they were also burst into flames, cutting off their way back.
Those few prankster Squirtles actually approached them on their own initiative, surrounding her feet and crying "Squirtle Squirtle" toward another direction, indicating there was a path there.
The Squirtle Boss even used its claw to point toward a steep earthen slope below, which was covered in thick smoke but hadn't caught fire yet.
"You... want me to follow you?" Misty was stunned for a moment, understanding the Squirtle's meaning.
The fire was closing in and the heat was scorching; there was no time to hesitate.
The Squirtles immediately took the lead and slid down the steep slope.
Holding Staryu, Misty followed the Squirtles and slid down the steep slope.
The slope was full of fallen leaves, mud, and small stones, making it very slippery.
Holding Staryu with one hand, Misty's vision was obstructed, and her foot was suddenly tripped by a thick vine hidden under the leaves!
"Aah!"
She gave a cry of surprise, losing her balance and falling forward!
Staryu flew out of her arms!
"Watch out!"
In the nick of time, Roy, who had arrived just then, lunged and grabbed Misty's slender waist, firmly catching her body as she was about to fall.
But he himself was pulled off balance by the momentum, and the two of them tumbled down the slope together.
Roy instinctively shielded Misty's head in his arms, using his own back to bear the force of the tumbling impact and cushioning the damage.
Tumbling all the way, they crashed through bushes and snapped dry branches.
Finally, they came to a stop in a relatively flat clearing covered with soft, thick meadow grass at the bottom of the slope.
Roy was on top, Misty was underneath.
Due to the inertia of the roll and Misty's final falling posture, when they stopped, Misty was almost completely pressed against Roy.
And to prevent her from flying out, Roy's arms were tightly wrapped around her.
One palm, by some coincidence, happened to firmly and solidly cover the softness on one side of Misty's chest.
Even through the thin T-shirt and the sports bra underneath, that youthful and elastic sensation was still clearly transmitted to Roy's palm.
Time seemed to stand still for a second.
Misty was a bit dazed from the fall at first, but then she felt a strange and intense sensation of being held.
She suddenly snapped awake, and her small face, which was already a bit gray from the smoke and fire, instantly turned bright red at a visible speed, even her ear tips were completely red!
Her body jerked as if an electric current had passed through it.
"You... you big pervert! At a time like this, don't... don't be so lewd!" Misty's voice was both ashamed and anxious, with a clear tremor.
Roy also realized what was happening.
He had handled Delia many times and was used to controlling the overall situation, but he really hadn't paid much attention to Misty's.
"Oh, sorry, it was an emergency, I didn't notice, it wasn't intentional, I just did it to save you," Roy explained, while naturally preparing to release his hand.
His expression was calm and his tone was sincere; it sounded like a complete accident.
But hearing these words, Misty for some reason became even more bothered by another point.
"Hmm? You didn't notice?"
She instinctively looked down at her chest wrapped in the T-shirt, then suddenly looked up and glared at Roy in shame and annoyance: "Are... are you saying this young lady's figure isn't good? Is that why you didn't notice?"
These words blurted out, carrying a coquettishness and a hint of... defiance that she didn't even notice herself?
"Huh?" Roy was stunned by her mysterious train of thought.
Before he could answer, Misty—perhaps because some wire in her brain crossed, or perhaps because a girl's strange competitiveness was ignited, or maybe to prove something—actually, as if possessed, suddenly puffed out her chest!
She pushed it once again toward Roy's hand, which he hadn't had time to fully withdraw!
Roy's palm instinctively opened slightly, and that elastic sensation clearly filled his palm again.
"See! It's clearly this big!" Misty blurted out, then felt stupid as soon as the words left her mouth.
Time stood still once again.
Misty also froze completely, her eyes wide, her entire face as red as a ripe berry.
Aaaah!!! Stupid Misty! What are you doing! Are you crazy?
She screamed internally, the sense of shame almost drowning her. Her body was frozen as if fixed in place, and she only felt waves of tingling heat spreading from where Roy's palm covered her, making her legs feel a bit weak... Not far away, Staryu, who had fallen out of the net and been saved by Misty, was caught firmly by the Squirtle Boss and placed on a rock.
Staryu watched its master and that male Trainer rolling together, then stopping in such an ambiguous posture, its gem core flashing in confusion.
The Squirtle Boss patted Staryu's "shoulder" with its claw, wearing a "Bro, I understand you" expression.
Squirtle, Squirtle! (Brother, don't be sad, and don't look. Although your master is busy falling in love, you still have me with you! Women are just like that; once they see a handsome guy, they can't care about anything else.)
Staryu??
Staryu tilted its body, its gem core flashing with a big question mark, completely failing to understand what this bald turtle wearing sunglasses was talking about... "Roy! Roy! Where are you? Answer me!"
At this time, Officer Jenny's anxious shouts came from near and far.
She had finally laboriously climbed the hillside and found this clearing.
Her pencil skirt had been torn in several places by branches, revealing the skin wrapped in black stockings underneath, and the stockings were even torn in several holes, revealing the fair flesh of her legs.
She saw Roy and Misty in the clearing at a glance.
Then, her gaze fixed on their current posture.
Roy was pressing down on Misty, and Misty's face was completely red.
One of Roy's hands was firmly pressed against Misty's chest...
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