Chapter 53: Team Rocket’s Second-in-Command! [53]
Misty had spent three happy days in Lampurchi with Luo Yuan.
If not for a call from her eldest sister, Daisy, saying that they could no longer handle the swarm of trainers coming to Cerulean Gym for badges, Misty would have probably stayed longer with Luo Yuan.
When it was time to go, Misty felt reluctant. She promised Luo Yuan that once she had trained her Pokémon sufficiently, she would join him on his travels.
"Alright, keep in touch," Luo Yuan said, waving as he watched Misty board the plane.
Returning to his hotel, Luo Yuan was preparing to pack for his next destination—Saffron City—when the movie he was watching, a romantic drama between a human and a Pokémon, was suddenly interrupted by breaking news.
At the same time, his phone buzzed with an emergency alert.
[Emergency Alert! A swarm of Tentacool, led by a massive Tentacruel, is attacking the city from the coastal areas near the small port. All citizens nearby, please seek shelter immediately! Trainers capable of assisting are urged to respond.]
"A giant Tentacruel?"
Luo Yuan glanced at his phone's message and the TV screen, where footage showed the colossal Tentacruel advancing toward the city, and instantly remembered this scene from the storyline.
The general plot was that Granny Oba's construction of an amusement park had disturbed the Tentacool habitat, causing them to attack the city. And this massive Tentacruel? That was the handiwork of Jessie, James, and Meowth dumping some "three-star homemade vinegar" into the water.
"They really know how to make a mess..."