"Hmm? What's happening?"
The ship shook, and some trainers lost their balance. Seeing this, some Team Rocket members quickly spoke.
"Let's retreat now!"
The situation was getting out of their control. It was truly unsuitable to stay any longer. Seizing the moment while the trainers here were distracted, they immediately chose to retreat. The doors opened, and Team Rocket members quickly evacuated. Jessie and James, seeing this, also quickly followed suit.
Bang!!!
"Ah!!!" Before they could calm down, the ship shook again violently. Many people lost their balance and fell to the ground. Finally, Jessie and James, who were preparing to retreat, were also affected.
James, who was already distracted, fell directly to the ground, and a golden Pokémon Ball dropped from his body. Because the ship was tilting, it rolled away.
"Ah!! My Golden Pokémon Ball!!"
Seeing this, James immediately chased after it. Although he knew he had been tricked and this item was worthless, it was bought with an advance on his salary, so he was very reluctant to let it go.
"James, what in the world are you doing?"
Jessie and Meowth, seeing this, had no choice but to chase after him. At this moment, many people at the party walked to the windows and looked outside.
Outside, dark clouds covered the sky, the weather was gloomy, lightning flashed and thunder rolled all around, and the waves became extremely rough.
"It looks like a storm is coming soon. This is trouble!" Ash and the others also came outside, saw the situation, and Brock said, somewhat worriedly.
"Then what do we do?"
At this moment, at the party venue, on the other side, the captain, who hadn't left yet, was surrounded by the people present. After all, first they encountered Team Rocket, and now a storm. Naturally, no one was in a good mood.
"Uh... heh heh! Everyone, calm down, calm down. I assure you all, this ship absolutely will not sink..." The captain said awkwardly, looking at the surrounding people who seemed to want to devour him with their eyes.
It was their job to investigate the weather before sailing. He actually didn't want this to happen, but for some reason, the ship's developer had been rushing him. He didn't know that the ship's developer was Team Rocket.
So he had no choice but to sail hastily, not expecting such a thing to happen.
Boom!!!
However, just as the captain finished saying it wouldn't sink, a violent tremor came from the ship.
"Captain, something's wrong! After Team Rocket escaped, they sabotaged the ship's equipment. Now the ship is out of control!" A staff member ran over, urgently reporting to the captain.
Hearing his subordinate's report, the captain wanted to kill him. Are you afraid others won't hear you? Indeed, upon hearing this, the faces of the surrounding people all changed, and then they turned to look coldly at him.
"This... everyone... everyone, don't worry! This ship absolutely will not..."
"Can you please stop talking?!" Misty couldn't help but shout, Please, old man, shut up!
"Don't say so much, everyone's anxiety is useless. Now, let's figure out how to escape!" Ash also spoke at the same time. Even eating him wouldn't help. They couldn't stay on this ship anymore.
Hearing Ash's words, the captain looked as if he had seen a savior, and the other trainers, seeing Ash, who had been the first to resist Team Rocket, also speak, temporarily calmed down.
"How about this! Everyone, quickly go to the deck! Let's escape using the lifeboats!" After calming down and thinking for a moment, the captain immediately said to everyone.
Hearing this, the people present didn't care about anything else and all began to retreat to the deck. Ash and the other two quickly followed.
It had started raining on the deck. All the passengers didn't care about anything else. The staff quickly lowered the lifeboats, and all passengers quickly boarded them.
At this moment, not far from the ship, a huge storm formed a massive vortex. Because the ship's equipment had been damaged, it had no way to change direction and was heading straight for the vortex. If they didn't retreat quickly, once they got close, even the lifeboats would be sucked in.
"Everyone, hurry up!"
Braving the wind and rain, the passengers quickly boarded the lifeboats. Several lifeboats were lowered into the sea at the same time. Ash, Misty, and Brock had just arrived on the deck, ready to leave together.
"You brats, stop right there!"
They heard a voice from behind and turned to see Jessie, James, and Meowth rushing out.
"You two haven't escaped yet! You're really persistent." Misty looked at them again, speechless. These two were still here.
"Are you kidding? We are Team Rocket! We won't leave without achieving our goal! Hand over Pikachu!"
These two's way of thinking was different from other Team Rocket members. Their persistence was beyond imagination.
Pika!!!!
Hearing Team Rocket's words, Pikachu's face darkened, and it jumped in front of Ash, arcs of electricity sparking from its cheek pouches.
"`~Go, Arbok (Koffing)!"
"Arbok, use Acid!" The two completely disregarded the current situation. Sometimes, Ash didn't know whether to criticize their persistence or their stupidity.
"Koffing, use Tackle!"
"Pikachu, dodge, use Iron Tail!"
"Squirtle, use Water Gun!!"
Ash gave orders to Pikachu while throwing a Pokémon Ball. Squirtle burst out of the Pokémon Ball, a large amount of water erupting from its body, rushing straight forward.
Bang!!!
Water Gun and Koffing collided. Koffing was directly sent flying back into the cabin by the immense force. At the same time, Pikachu dodged Acid, and a hole was corroded in the deck by the purple liquid.
But Pikachu easily dodged it, then quickly rushed forward, its tail flashing with metallic luster. It swung its Iron Tail, striking Arbok. The immense force sent Arbok flying.
Arbok flew out, then quickly opened its body, directly colliding with Jessie and James. The two immediately rolled back into the cabin.
"Let's go!!"
Seeing this, Ash ignored them, signaling to Misty and Brock. The two also didn't waste time and quickly followed Ash. At this point, almost all the other passengers had already escaped.
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