Ye Feng walked towards the cave entrance.
Seeing this, he didn't say much.
From the incident in the wild plains, he had actually noticed that this red-striped Pikachu ate people.
However, when he had just told the red-striped Pikachu to go, he had intended for it to stun the two people with electricity. He hadn't expected it to simply devour them...
"Heh heh, Pikachu, if one day you become stronger than me, will you also gobble me up in one bite?"
Ye Feng's eyes shot out a cold glint.
The red-striped Pikachu was startled and fell to the ground.
Ye Feng was silent for a moment.
Then, he opened his system panel.
He currently had three Pokémon bound to him.
His split with the red-striped Pikachu was 60/40.
It was the same for Rayquaza, 60/40.
Squirtle was currently very weak, so it was 10/90.
But today, he had changed the split with the red-striped Pikachu again.
It was now 90/10.
Ye Feng 90, red-striped Pikachu 10.
Since only Ye Feng could see the system panel, the red-striped Pikachu had no idea what Ye Feng was poking at with his finger.
"Alright, let's go."
Ye Feng walked ahead, with the red-striped Pikachu following behind.
The cave entrance led downwards.
The angle was very tricky.
And as they descended deeper into the cave, the temperature around them dropped faster and faster.
Finally, they reached the exit.
Although called an exit, it was actually the interior of this small mountain.
The originally dark cave was now brightly lit.
Over a hundred Team Rocket members were controlling their Pokémon, manipulating those pathetic Slowpokes.
With swift strikes, these Team Rocket members were cutting off the tails of these Slowpokes.
They collected them and preserved them in ice water.
The Slowpokes, whose tails had been cut off, were truly slow to react; they showed almost no response.
Besides these.
Ye Feng also noticed two people among the Team Rocket members who seemed to be the leaders of this group.
They were a man and a woman.
If Ye Feng wasn't mistaken, they looked like that notorious Team Rocket duo.
Yamato and Kosaburo.
It had been a while since they last met at Mt. Moon.
They were ordering their subordinates to harvest quickly.
Ye Feng's arrival did not draw their attention.
He walked over to a large barrel of ice water.
He discovered it was filled with Slowpoke tails.
They looked incredibly delicious.
After all, Slowpoke tails were renowned as a delicacy.
They were a staple on human dining tables.
Many poachers would risk their lives to obtain Slowpoke tails for sale, a highly profitable business.
A single tail could fetch twenty thousand yuan. Wasn't that safer and faster than robbing a bank?
As for what happened after the tails were cut off?
Don't worry, Slowpoke tails could grow back after being cut.
It wasn't a one-time industry, but a sustainable, regenerative one.
Just as Ye Feng was contemplating how to eat so many Slowpoke tails, whether as sashimi or grilled,
terrified screams reached his ears.
"Who are you?! How are you here?!"
The cave was naturally echoing and silent.
This single shout caused everyone in the cave to drop their tasks and turn their gazes towards Ye Feng.
They saw a strange man and a Pikachu.
"Hey, why are you shouting?! Are you afraid we won't be discovered?!"
Yamato said angrily.
But then she saw Ye Feng.
Her face turned instantly pale.
Kosaburo beside her was much the same.
Upon seeing this man,
the two of them immediately recalled that night.
They had both been thrown away by this guy, one with each hand...
"You! You! How are you here?!"
Yamato exclaimed in fear.
What made her tremble wasn't just that night, but the fact that Ye Feng was now far more formidable.
He was the champion of the Kanto region's Indigo League.
This was what truly terrified Yamato.
The disparity in strength was obvious.
Ye Feng didn't answer, but looked at them with a smile.
"You're stealing here, and right next to you is Cherrygrove City. The people there revere these Slowpokes as deities. If you continue like this and get discovered, be careful they don't sacrifice you."
That's right, Cherrygrove City was not far from here, Ye Feng's destination.
Yamato remained silent.
Kosaburo gritted his teeth, "Ye Feng, I know you won't just leave quietly."
"In that case, everyone, listen to my command and attack! Capture this Ye Feng! As long as we obtain the mythical Pokémon Rayquaza from him! Boss Giovanni will surely reward us!!!"
Upon hearing this.
Over a hundred Team Rocket members in the cave reached for their Poké Balls.
And at this very moment.
"Hey, Commander Yamato! Commander Kosaburo! Where are you going?!"
Just as these Team Rocket members were about to capture Ye Feng,
a few Team Rocket members saw their commanders, Yamato and Kosaburo, fleeing towards the cave entrance without looking back, like mad dogs.
"Damn it! They want us to catch him here?! And they're running away?!"
These Team Rocket members were not fools.
They all knew that besides being a League champion with immense power, Ye Feng also possessed the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza.
Let alone their small group, even a thousand Team Rocket members would find it incredibly difficult to deal with one Rayquaza.
They had merely followed Yamato and Kosaburo's orders, and now that both of them were running,
would they stay to die?!
In less than three minutes, all the Team Rocket members in the cave had fled through the exit.
They abandoned all thoughts of Slowpoke tails.
Ye Feng watched the fleeing figures.
He smiled and shook his head, then turned his gaze towards the herd of Slowpokes.
"More delicacies!"
He sighed.
Outside the cave.
"That was close! Good thing we ran fast!"
Yamato and Kosaburo stood outside the small mountain, panting.
And behind them.
"Hey! Commanders! Aren't you betraying your teammates?!"
The Team Rocket members who had also escaped grumbled.
Who knew, Yamato explained, "What do you know? We're giving you an opportunity to earn merits!"
Team Rocket members: "..."
"It's them!! They're the ones who wanted to harm our deities!!!"
At this moment, at some unknown time.
A large crowd had gathered outside the small mountain.
Men, women, and children were all present.
They were brandishing their weapons, some with cleavers, others with hoes, and so on.
Leading them were dozens of Pokémon trainers.
"Alright! Team Rocket!! How dare you harm our deities!! Villagers! Don't let them get away!!!"
A purple-haired boy in camouflage yelled.
"Damn it!"
Yamato and Kosaburo, seeing the overwhelming numbers, attempted to flee again. However, being entangled by so many people, their escape was delayed.
Meanwhile, inside the small mountain, Ye Feng.
Just as he was about to release his Pokémon to have a feast,
he sensed what was happening outside.
If it were ordinary humans, they would naturally be incapable.
But Ye Feng could.
"It seems there's no time."
Ye Feng looked at the severed Slowpoke tails and the Slowpokes filling the cave.
These Slowpokes, from beginning to end, had expressions of utter bewilderment.
They had no idea that their imminent fate of being eaten was about to be averted.
What a pity.
"Avert their fate? You're thinking too much."
"How could I possibly miss out on the deliciousness of Slowpoke?"
Ye Feng reached out and grabbed a large ice bucket filled with Slowpoke tails.
In an instant, the ice bucket disappeared.
It had been teleported to his system space.
Ye Feng had always had a system space, he just hadn't used it before.
Following this, the tails and the Slowpokes inside the cave began to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They were all being teleported into the system space.