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Spinarak Town, ancient and beautiful in scenery. After leaving Ecruteak City, Ash and his group quickly arrived here. As soon as they stepped into town, they heard police sirens blaring. Brock immediately grew anxious. For Officer Jenny, he left Ash and Misty behind and ignored them. But Brock hadn't run a few steps before he tripped over invisible threads on the ground.
Seeing this, Ash quickly stopped Misty, and remembering the town's name, he seemed to recall something. Indeed, a green Pokémon with a smiling face seemed to float down from nowhere.
"So cute!" Hearing Misty say this, Ash could only give 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 screamed.
"It's a bug!!!!" Spinarak ignored Ash and Misty and firmly tied up Brock, who had tripped over its threads. Soon after, Officer Jenny arrived.
"Is this person Phantom Thief Cat Eight?" Generally, upon seeing Officer Jenny, Brock would immediately teleport to her side. But this time, he was tied up like a mummy, pretending to be a caterpillar on the ground. "Ash, Misty, quickly save me!"
Ash and Misty quickly stepped forward to explain, but Officer Jenny, seeing Pikachu and Togepi by Ash and Misty's sides, actually recognized their identities. "Are you gentlemen experts specializing in dealing with Pokémon thieves?" After recognizing their identities, Officer Jenny quickly had Spinarak release Brock.
Ash and the two were still questioning this strange identity, but Officer Jenny had clearly confirmed it. "That's right, the Officer Jenny from New Bark Town wrote to me, saying that a trio of travelers helped a lot in dealing with Pokémon thieves!" Hearing "New Bark Town," Ash and his group 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 in dealing with Pokémon thieves!"
Officer Jenny glanced at him. "But you couldn't even avoid Spinarak's threads! This young man, however, seems professional!" She pointed at Ash with a smile. Hearing her say that, Ash naturally couldn't refuse, and since he had encountered it, he also felt obliged to help. It turned out that in Spinarak Town, the traditional Pokémon of the police were Spinarak. All of this began with a phantom thief named Cat Eight. This Cat Eight was rampant across countries, and no one had ever caught him. He was known as the invincible thief. He used Meowth as his partner, working seamlessly and tacitly. And no matter what kind of crisis they encountered, Meowth would use Pay Day, surprising the opponent and then 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. All the Officer Jennys and other police officers here use Spinarak as their Pokémon. But recently, a thief calling himself the second generation Cat Eight appeared. The Pay Day used by his Meowth left behind a pile of bottle caps. Speaking of which, if Officer Jenny here used Growlithe as her partner, wouldn't she be able to find the location of those phantom thieves by tracking these bottle caps? Ash only said this in his heart; he didn't dare to say it out loud. He was afraid of getting beaten. However, he didn't have any canine Pokémon with him, so he couldn't help. But looking at these bottle caps, Ash pondered. 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 group decided to help Officer Jenny arrest the second generation Phantom Thief Cat Eight, Officer Jenny received a report. A local rich man's house received a予告函 (notice letter) from Phantom Thief Cat Eight. Officer Jenny immediately took Ash and his group to the rich man's house. It turned out that the second generation Cat Eight announced he would come to steal a silver cup at midnight tonight. This was the rich man's family heirloom. It looked quite nice and should be quite valuable.
At this moment, dusk had just fallen. There were still seven hours until midnight. A blue light flashed across Ash's body, and he noticed a familiar aura in the ceiling panels. He didn't make a sound. Instead, he stretched, leaving Brock alone in the room with the silver cup while he and Misty went to the rich man's garden. Officer Jenny had Spinarak weave webs here, covering the entire villa. As long as Phantom Thief Cat Eight intruded, Spinarak would sense it and bring him to justice.
However, Ash shook his head. He knew that the Team Rocket trio had already infiltrated and were hiding, waiting for midnight. Having Aura was incredibly convenient.
"Come out, Charizard!" "Roar!" Charizard grew taller and stronger. It was starting to look forward to Ash's special training, even though the forced training device was making it uncomfortable.
"Put it on!" The forced training device quickly bound Charizard again. "Alright, let's train! First, 10 sets of push-ups!" Not just Ash and Charizard, Pikachu also meticulously continued to train its Iron Tail.
"Ash, is this really okay?" Misty was a bit worried. Everyone was very tense right now. How could they start special training so casually? Ash shook his head. While doing push-ups, he chuckled, "There's no point in being tense now. Since the announced time is midnight, we might as well do something while we're waiting."
"But?"
"Don't worry, Misty. For now, just let Brock guard over there! Oh, right, it's dinner time. Go tell the owner here to prepare some dinner!" It was a rare opportunity to be a guest at such a wealthy family's home, so Ash naturally wanted a good meal. Not only him, but Charizard and Pikachu, who were now undergoing special training, also needed more nutrition.
"Alright!" Seeing Ash's calm demeanor, Misty also felt relieved. It had to be said that dinner at a wealthy family's house was indeed lavish. Being able to eat their fill gave them more energy for training. Misty stayed by Ash's side, holding Togepi, letting it cheer for Pikachu and Charizard. Unknowingly, Ash had truly grown a lot. Being by his side felt so safe!
Charizard: 195/255
Pikachu: 200/255