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"As early as Fatty abandoned him and fled, Spinarak's heart had already died."
Qing Wu also didn't worry about any subsequent consequences from Fatty's escape. In his view, Fatty now had no Pokémon left whatsoever.
The Pokémon of his companions who fled with him were all severely injured and had no attacking power left.
If they stayed in the wilderness filled with wild Pokémon, if they were lucky, they would escape back to the base directly. If they were unlucky, they would be permanently left in the wild.
After all, Team Rocket didn't prohibit internecine conflict among trainees.
As for having Pokémon taken, it was as simple as eating and drinking. Stopping at nothing was Team Rocket's first teaching to all its members.
After Fatty escaped back to the Team Rocket base, the best outcome for him would probably be to become a base janitor and live out his life like that.
"You need to be careful of Fatty. His older brother is a Team Rocket Captain, and this Spinarak was a Pokémon specially assigned to him by his brother," the Tall Guy warned, then, under Meowth's sharp gaze, swallowed the rest of what he wanted to say.
In Qing Wu's eyes, this was extremely interesting. Meowth seemed to be the true trainer, while this Tall Guy was like Meowth's mere tool.
Qing Wu carefully cleaned the wound on Spinarak's body, removing small stones and grass debris, then sprayed a specially formulated wound medicine on the injury.
Spinarak's injuries were recovering at a visible rate.
"This is Meowth's antidote. You happened to meet me," Qing Wu offered an antidote energy cube.
"Your Meowth was poisoned, unable to exert its full strength. If it hadn't met me, your Meowth probably wouldn't have survived Trial Island."
Humanity was what Qing Wu desired to cultivate within Team Rocket.
Qing Wu wanted to gather a group of loyal and humane subordinates within Team Rocket.
This Tall Guy seemed decent, so Qing Wu didn't mind helping him, putting him in his debt.
"What, if I wanted to harm you, I would have had Zubat act long ago," Qing Wu scoffed at Meowth, seeing its still wary expression.
"Meowth, he's right. If he wanted to harm us, he could do it with his strength."
Qing Wu hadn't expected the Tall Guy to be able to persuade Meowth.
Meowth listened, took the antidote energy cube from Qing Wu's hand, and directly popped it into its mouth.
Suddenly, a wave of delight washed over Meowth's face. Oh my god, what a divine flavor!!!
Every time Meowth chewed, its taste buds could distinguish different flavors.
Meowth even reluctantly swallowed it, wanting to keep the deliciousness lingering between its lips and teeth. Meowth's eyes met Qing Wu's half-smile.
Meowth's small face suddenly flushed, and it turned its head away, acting quite tsundere.
After swallowing the energy cube, Meowth felt a warm current flow from its stomach, spreading through its limbs and internal organs.
Before, after being poisoned, Meowth had felt intense pain every moment.
After this warm current passed, all the toxins vanished, and Meowth felt as if its whole being had been purified.
This, in turn, made Meowth regard Qing Wu with higher esteem, directly acknowledging Qing Wu's strength.
Meowth vocalized to the Tall Guy, who, after thinking for a moment, nodded.
"My name is Shiranui Leiming. From now on, you are my boss," Leiming stated directly.
"Thank you for saving my Meowth," Leiming bowed deeply.
"Take this Spinarak; it will enhance your strength."
Qing Wu picked up Spinarak's Poké Ball that Fatty had dropped, and recalled Spinarak, whose wounds had been bandaged.
"However, this Spinarak was abandoned by Fatty, so it will be difficult for it to open its heart again," Qing Wu said with some regret.
After all, Spinarak had taken the Beedrill's stinger to protect Fatty, but unexpectedly, Fatty had abandoned it and fled directly.
"Then I won't be polite," Leiming accepted the Poké Ball containing Spinarak, as if taking on a new responsibility.
"Oh, right, Boss, Meowth found a skeleton earlier, and there was a treasure map on it,"
Leiming hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a yellowish treasure map from his pocket.
"Treasure maps? Are you talking about these?" Qing Wu took out seven or eight treasure maps from his bracelet.
From the yellowed parchment, it seemed these maps might be even older than the one Leiming had.
"These are unclaimed treasure maps." These treasure maps were all found by Aron.
Qing Wu had casually thrown them into his bracelet after finding them. If not for Leiming's reminder, Qing Wu might not even have remembered these treasure maps.
These treasure maps were left by trainees who had found some treasures or located some treasures but found it inconvenient to take them back to the base.
After discussing with Leiming, Qing Wu chose the closest treasure location among these maps.
However, this treasure location had a problem: it was within Arbok's territory.
The climate on this Trial Island was very suitable for Ekans to breed.
Ekans that had escaped from Team Rocket's trials had all thrived here, forming massive tribes.
The buried location on this map was right in the center of Arbok's territory.
It was very possible that when the map was drawn, that area wasn't yet Arbok's territory.
Qing Wu took the Pokémon left behind by Fatty and stored them in his bracelet.
These Pokémon could all be sold directly to the exchange counter, and some individual grunt Pokémon would even pay high prices for them.
Team Rocket Base.
Fatty ran back to the Team Rocket base in a panic, his face full of fright.
The Skinny Monkey and Short Guy had been attacked by Arbok and died from poison. He himself was lucky to have escaped back to the Team Rocket base.
Fatty even lost one of his shoes while running.
"Damn it, I will definitely get my revenge!" Fatty recalled how the Short Guy was bitten by Arbok and directly swallowed.
The Skinny Monkey, on the other hand, was wrapped by Arbok's body. After his bones were completely crushed, he was directly swallowed by Arbok.
It was only because those two Arbok were full and lazy to move that Fatty managed to escape with his life.
Fatty returned to his dormitory at the base, tidied himself up, then hardened his heart and walked straight to a corner of the base.
He knocked on the door of one of the rooms.
"Thump thump thump"
"Who is it?" A voice with a lowered tone came from behind the door.
"Big Brother, it's me," Fatty also said in a lowered voice.
"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come unless it was important?"
A man who looked similar to Fatty opened the door, glanced around, and after confirming no one was there, quickly pulled Fatty into the room.
"Big Brother, my Pokémon were stolen," Fatty cried.
"What happened?" Fatty's Big Brother frowned, looking at Fatty, whose face was mixed with snot and tears, his eyes filled with disgust.
His younger brother had been causing trouble since childhood.
If it weren't for their deceased parents.
Fatty's brother truly didn't want to help him, yet he had even given him a newly hatched, green-Qualifications Spinarak.
Fatty exaggeratedly recounted the events.
However, he didn't mention that he had provoked Qing Wu, but rather claimed that Qing Wu had stolen his Pokémon without a word.
Fatty's Big Brother looked at Fatty's shifty eyes and knew that at least eighty or ninety percent of Fatty's words were lies.