Chapter 359: Capturing Solrock
Just as the Ash's group had finished understanding the sequence of events, the commotion outside from Granny grew louder.
"Heaven, please rain, rain quickly..."
Hearing the commotion, Mayu, Ash, and the others couldn't help but run outside.
"Granny, what on earth are you all doing?" Mayu said, feeling somewhat speechless.
"Need you ask? We are obviously dancing the Rain Dance with the Lombre deity!" Granny said righteously.
Such ignorant words left Ash and the others speechless.
Instead of dancing these meaningless dances here, you would be better off spending some money to hire some Pokémon that know the Rain Dance move.
Under Granny's instigation, a group of villagers forcibly took Brock's Lombre and arrived at the ground spring that Ash and the others had visited before.
Lombre, watching the comical appearance of the villagers, also began to imitate the strange dance in its own way.
As the commotion from the villagers grew louder, some wild Pokémon in the forest also joined in.
For a time, the entire spring became incredibly lively.
However, the heavens did not show any signs of raining as Granny had claimed. After nearly two hours of commotion, there wasn't even a single cloud in the sky, only the sun hanging there.
Ash used Aura to detect Solrock's trail, but Solrock could read human hearts, and because these villagers harbored malice toward it, Solrock was unwilling to come out.
Just at this moment, May's Skitty suddenly dashed out on its own and trotted toward the nearby mountainside.
Seeing this, May immediately gave chase, and fearing that May might get lost, Mayu followed as well.
The two chased Skitty for a distance before seeing it run into a cave.
"This is..." May looked at the cave in front of her and glanced at Mayu with some Telekinesis.
"There are many caves near this mountain. They are intricate and infested with wild Pokémon, which is quite dangerous," Mayu explained.
"Wild Pokémon? Alright, Blaziken, come out!"
May released her strongest Pokémon.
Mayu glanced at Blaziken, took out a flashlight, and said, "Blaziken, okay, let's go inside and find Skitty now!"
Accompanied by Blaziken, the two entered the cave and followed the paw prints left by Skitty for a long distance, finally finding Skitty next to a large water pump.
...
Meanwhile, after handing Jirachi and Eevee over to Brock for safekeeping, Ash also left the group and slipped into the forest to look for Solrock.
He was determined to capture this Solrock.
Following the Aura reaction, he soon came face-to-face with Solrock.
"Solrock, I want to capture you. Let's battle!"
Upon hearing this, Solrock opened its red eyes to look at Ash, then assumed a battle stance to accept Ash's challenge.
Ash took a Poké Ball from his waist. "Grovyle, I choose you!"
"Grovyle!"
Grovyle stared intently at Solrock.
"Grovyle, use Bullet Seed!"
Grovyle opened its mouth and fired a large number of small energy projectiles.
Facing Grovyle's dense offensive, Solrock's eyes glowed red, emitting a powerful Telekinesis to block it.
Solrock's proficiency with the Telekinesis move was very high, and it easily blocked the Bullet Seed.
"Grovyle, use Leaf Blade!"
Grovyle condensed Leaf Blade on its arms and flashed behind Solrock.
Swish, swish!
In just two strikes, Solrock was knocked to the ground.
But Solrock did not lose its ability to battle. It wobbled as it flew back up, and then the largest rock horn on its head glowed with white light, firing a Solar Beam at Grovyle that was as good as instantaneous.
Ash warned, "Grovyle, use Quick Attack to dodge!"
"Grovyle!"
Grovyle used Quick Attack, utilizing the trees to move quickly and dodge the attack.
Solrock was somewhat annoyed. As soon as it finished firing the Solar Beam, it unleashed a Flamethrower.
Solrock's battle awareness and move proficiency made Ash feel very satisfied. "I really want to capture you more and more."
"Grovyle, dodge and then use Energy Ball."
Grovyle ducked behind a tree, and after avoiding Solrock's Flamethrower, it quickly fired an Energy Ball.
Boom!
The Energy Ball hit accurately. After Solrock was knocked back by the Impact of the explosion and hit a tree trunk, it raised its head and held on for three seconds before finally collapsing.
Seeing this, Ash took out an empty Poké Ball and captured it.
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At this time, May and Mayu also discovered that the well water and river water had dried up because the Team Rocket Trio had set up a water pump directly at the source of the spring, completely cutting off the flow of the spring water.
"Team Rocket, it's you three idiots causing trouble again!" May said angrily.
Mayu was also very angry. "You guys are extracting groundwater recklessly; this is simply too much!"
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower to teach them a lesson!"
Upon hearing this, Blaziken immediately spewed a tongue of fire at the Team Rocket Trio.
Seeing the incoming flames, the Team Rocket Trio dodged and shrank behind the boxes containing water.
Jessie wondered, "Where did this little girl get a Blaziken?"
"It evolved from that Combusken of the little girl, let's retreat first," James suggested.
"Good idea, Meowth!"
Meowth's action speed was maxed out. As soon as James finished speaking, he took advantage of the gap in Blaziken's attack and slipped away.
This scene left James and Jessie dumbfounded. James cursed angrily, "Damn it, Meowth, you have no loyalty!"
But soon, the reversal came.
A dark green robot rushed over from the direction Meowth had fled. The large 'R' on the robot's chest undoubtedly proved that Meowth had not abandoned Jessie and James.
The moment May saw the robot, she grabbed Mayu and ran in the direction of Ash and the others.
After the Team Rocket Trio boarded the robot, they immediately changed their target to Ash's group and chased after May.
"Ash! Oh no, those three idiots from Team Rocket are causing trouble again!" May shouted loudly.
Ash, who had just returned to the spring, saw the robot chasing after May and instantly realized that Team Rocket was the one causing the spring to dry up.
"Jirachi, use Flash Cannon! Pikachu, use maximum power Thunderbolt!"
Jirachi flew into mid-air, raised its hand, gathered energy in its small hand, and fired a beam of white light.
The white light landed on Team Rocket's robot, instantly blasting a hole the size of a bowl.
Pikachu aimed at this hole and unleashed a full-power Thunderbolt.
Inside the robot's cockpit, the Team Rocket Trio saw the yellow lightning approaching and instantly had an ominous feeling.
The next second, the Thunderbolt hit the robot. The entire robot instantly overloaded, the Team Rocket Trio was shocked until their whole bodies went numb, and finally, they blasted off like a shooting star along with the robot's explosion.
After dealing with the Team Rocket Trio, Ash and the others released all the Pokémon that knew the Rain Dance move.
Several Pokémon performed Rain Dance simultaneously, and a torrential downpour poured down.
With the replenishment of the rainwater, the spring water that had been over-extracted by the Team Rocket Trio surged out once again.
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