“This familiar scent?” the Millennium Gengar muttered, wondering why it could smell a trace of the Blood-Red Gyarados from Dan and Crobat.

“As expected, thorough preparation ensures a perfect victory,” Dan said confidently with a smirk. “It wasn’t in vain that I got some ‘Experiment 1’ serum from Dr. Namba!”

(Tsk, so it was Red Gyarados’s power…)

The Millennium Gengar looked at the serum in Dan’s hand with a hint of despair. It was precisely because of this type disadvantage that it had been captured by Red back then, and now it was being suppressed by this power again.

(Red Gyarados, are you truly the mortal enemy of my ‘Pokémon’ life…)

“The smell of this serum on the body is quite strong,” Dan frowned. Crobat, who was beside him, seized the opening when the Millennium Gengar revealed a momentary lapse and decisively used Confuse Ray!

The Millennium Gengar immediately countered with Confuse Ray to avoid being controlled.

Suddenly, a white light dispersed, and the exhausted Jolteon was forced to revert to its Eevee form, lying motionless on the ground.

“Go!”

Dan threw a smoke bomb to create a scent-obscuring smoke, then grabbed Eevee by the neck, planning to leave the Celadon Gym with Crobat.

(Did a pebble accidentally splash on me?)

Dan looked down at the Millennium Gengar in confusion, but to avoid delaying the plan, he didn’t ponder for a moment and quickly fled the Celadon Gym with Crobat!

“Damn it! I actually watched that guy take Eevee away!” the Millennium Gengar said, full of regret. Dan saw all of this and disappeared from the Gengar’s sight with a victor’s smile.

After confirming that Dan and Crobat were far from the Celadon Gym, the Millennium Gengar finally recovered its composure and looked at Red and Abra, who were slowly emerging from the corner.

“Boss, why didn’t we take care of that guy here?” the Millennium Gengar asked, puzzled.

“Just dealing with one Dan is useless. We must wipe out Team Rocket’s forces in Celadon City in one fell swoop!” Red said coldly. “You have to cast a long line to catch a big fish.”

“What about Eevee’s injuries?” the Millennium Gengar asked worriedly.

“Don’t worry, I secretly treated Eevee just now, and he’s almost recovered. I told Eevee not to move around so Dan wouldn’t see through the disguise,” Red explained. He didn’t want to leave a cold-blooded impression on his partner’s heart, so he didn’t hide the plan from the Millennium Gengar.

“I planted a tracker on Dan. A tracker infused with Viridian Power won’t be easily detected. That guy probably thought it was just a small stone.”

“I see, Boss is still the smartest!” the Millennium Gengar quickly agreed.

At this moment, Abra removed a limiter from the wall and handed it to Red.

Red released a trace of psychic power, and it was immediately blocked by the limiter in his hand. It even emitted a shielding magnetic field in return. Red understood everything when he saw this and murmured, “No wonder something went wrong when I was searching. I didn’t expect this guy to be so well-prepared!”

“So, Boss, when do we act?” the Millennium Gengar asked.

“Now, immediately, right away!” Red ordered. “Although this is when the security level is the strictest, it’s also the easiest time for flaws to appear. Dan bringing Eevee back will definitely lead to a significant adjustment of personnel, and that’s our best chance to infiltrate!”

The Pokédex in Red’s arms also analyzed Dan’s location, which was the Celadon Game Corner!

After a brief farewell to Ash’s trio, Red disguised himself and went alone to the Celadon Game Corner.

Though called a game corner, it was more akin to a casino, with slot machines as the primary form of entertainment. Most self-proclaimed extraordinary individuals would try to win a large amount of game coins to redeem prizes with their ridiculously bad luck, but in reality, they were just giving money to the Celadon Game Corner.

As for why so many people were attracted to gamble heavily, it was because the prizes here included Dratini!

What kind of Pokémon is Dratini? It’s a pseudo-legendary Pokémon in the Kanto Region, practically one of the region’s most coveted symbols!

To redeem this prize, naturally, many eager patrons came to throw money away. Those who tried to cause trouble would be dealt with by Team Rocket, disguised as a security company. Arrogant individuals might even leave the game corner stark naked, not daring to step foot in it again.

“This guest…” A clerk looked bitterly at the red-hatted youth in front of him, warning him to stop while he was ahead, as this was not a place to act recklessly.

Inside the Celadon Game Corner, Red, with his own hands, ‘fairly and squarely’ made a play. The slot machine in front of Red continuously displayed three Dratini patterns, and the game coins quickly piled up into small mountains beside Red.

Dratini, this was the pattern that returned the largest amount of game coins from the slot machine, symbolizing the special prize!

Initially, Red did indeed get a large amount of game coins through luck, but to attract Team Rocket’s attention, Red simply instructed the Millennium Gengar to sneak into his shadow and secretly use its psychic power to control the slot machine’s operation, helping him quickly pile up the game coins into small mountains!

Red’s actions successfully attracted the attention of Team Rocket behind the scenes. Given the recent strict inspections in Celadon City regarding whether the game corner could redeem prizes, Team Rocket planned to reluctantly ‘give’ Red a Clefairy and make him wisely leave after gaining an advantage.

But how could Red, who was deliberately looking for trouble, leave just like that? He unhappily slapped the Team Rocket member who threatened him, telling the Team Rocket member to ‘wisely’ scram!

“Is this guy deliberately looking for trouble?”

A Team Rocket Captain came backstage and saw Red’s location through the surveillance, as well as the three small mountains of game coins beside him.

“Young man, your luck is pretty good~” The onlookers said enviously.

Because of Red’s ‘operation,’ nearly half of the gamblers gathered around Red, wanting to witness firsthand how he made big money.

“You can take them and use them. I don’t need so many,” Red said indifferently.

The ‘generous’ Red allowed passersby to take the game coins freely, without even batting an eye. This statement completely enraged the front desk, but pressured by Red’s strength, the boss still called in Team Rocket’s forces from behind the scenes.

“Are you an idiot? Didn’t you notice there’s a Pokémon under that guy’s shadow?”

The Captain was so angry that he directly slapped the boss.

“With your brain, if it weren’t for us Team Rocket needing to set up a secret combat ‘Experiment’ base, would we need a fool like you to be the boss of this game corner?”

To avoid review by the League Official, Team Rocket specifically found a tool man who had failed in business and was destitute to act as the apparent boss of the game corner, thus avoiding the League’s inspections.

(End of Chapter)

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