Chapter 340: Classic Emergency Landing! and Backyard Conservation Area!
“Is this a plane?”
Shizuka looked left and right at the big guy in front of her.
A streamlined pointed roof, a round vehicle cabin, three sturdy rocket thrusters and stabilizing wings sticking out from above...
"That's pretty much it. It's a spaceship."
"It can also take us back to Kanto, and much faster than a plane."
Wang Yao explained.
Of course, Team Rocket has its own rocket launch base and spacecraft.
Anyway, there are no tasks like repairing satellites or collecting lunar soil at the moment, so Wang Yao still has the authority to requisition an idle spacecraft.
呲呲——!
The hatch opened, and Sumio, wearing a researcher's coat, walked out of the spacecraft with two of his men dressed as astronauts.
"Mr. Yao, the spaceship is ready."
Chengfu plays a researcher at the space base, who is asked by Wang Yao's friend to prepare a vehicle for him.
"Are we going to wear that too?"
Shizuka looked curiously at the heavy space suits the astronauts wore.
"Since we are flying within the atmosphere, we don't need to wear a space suit."
Sumio explained.
"Let's go. Have you said goodbye to everyone?"
Wang Yao lowered his head and asked.
"Ah."
The two men walked into the spacecraft and secured themselves in their seats.
As the rocket boosters started, large amounts of water mist rising from the seawater spread out with a rumble.
Boom boom boom——!
With a deafening roar, the spacecraft rose steadily.
……
……
Chi!
Chi!
Spadefuls of dirt were scooped up to fill in the huge ditch in the grass bit by bit.
"Whoo~"
Wang Yao dropped the shovel and ran to an open space on the side to drink some soda.
"Ayao, why are you being lazy again?"
Shizuka frowned.
"Professor Oak asked you to repair the big hole in the grass and the broken railing within one day."
Perhaps the spacecraft had never flown such a long distance in the atmosphere before, and its fuel ran out during the descent.
As expected of Team Rocket's flying vehicle, it never disappoints.
Although there were no casualties, the forced landing of the spacecraft still created a deep ditch in Professor Oak's backyard.
It also destroyed a long section of the wooden fence that was built by Professor Oak himself.
Due to his reckless behavior, Wang Yao was punished by Professor Oak to repair the damaged backyard lawn and fence.
Because it was a punishment, the professor also ordered Wang Yao not to use the help of Pokémon during this period and he had to do it himself.
In other words, Shizuka felt that she also had a responsibility, so she took the initiative to take on the job of repairing the fence and stayed in the backyard to work with Wang Yao.
"Ha! Hiccup! How long will it take to fill the soil bit by bit like this..."
Wang Yao complained as he gulped down a whole bottle of soda.
"When Professor Oak falls asleep, I'll call the Earth Dragon King to come out and turn the soil. I guarantee that this lawn will be even more beautiful than before."
Although the Earth Dragon Festival already has an official translation, Wang Yao still insisted on naming it Earth Dragon King.
"You're like this again... No wonder Professor Oak is angry."
Shizuka sighed helplessly.
However, she also felt that it would be impossible for her and Wang Yao to finish so much work in one day.
So I had no choice but to acquiesce in my boyfriend's cheating plan.
……
Early the next morning.
"I didn't expect you to restore the lawn in just one night!"
Professor Oak looked at the lawn that had returned to its original state... and even became greener, and nodded with satisfaction.
"And this fence, although it shows signs of being rushed, it's still pretty solid - let me give you a pass!"
The lawn restoration project was done by the Earth Dragon King filling the soil, the Rotten Wood Demon sowing the seeds, and the Giant Claw Crab watering... Naturally, it was completed with quality and quantity guaranteed.
However, the main work of repairing the wooden fence was done by Wang Yao and Shizuka.
"Doctor, where are Xiaozhi and the others?"
Wang Yao has been back for one night already, and even though there was such a big commotion when the spaceship landed yesterday evening, the two little kids didn’t even come running to watch the fun.
Nine times out of ten he is not in town.
"Oh, this matter... it's all because of you."
Professor Oak explained slowly.
"Have you forgotten - when you challenged the Hualan Gym on the spot, to the youngest of the four Hualan sisters..."
"That is, Xiaoxia... recommended Xiaogang, the leader of the Dark Gray Gym, as a partner for this year's trip."
"And Hanako and I asked Gon to take care of Satoshi on our trip together..."
Although the three little devils in the original drama were connected by accident, this time because of Wang Yao's intervention, the Zhixiagang trio were directly bound together from the start.
"So Xiaozhi and Xiaomao also set off early to go to Phenix City with Xiaogang to welcome Xiaoxia - after all, she is a girl, so we still need to take better care of her."
Dr. Oak concluded.
"You're quite warm-hearted, aren't you?"
Shizuka gave her boyfriend a weird look.
He is actually considerate enough to help new trainers travel together, which is really unlike the usually carefree A Yao.
"Well... Xiaozhi is a reckless child and has no travel experience. He is not as mature and steady as Xiaomao. Am I not considering the safety of the child?"
Wang Yao said seriously.
"What Ayao said is true... But don't praise Xiaomao too much. He can't stand praise."
Dr. Oak rarely spoke up for Wang Yao.
"Is that so... By the way, Doctor, can I see the Pokémon prepared for the new trainers this time?"
Shizuka didn't think much about it, after all, she wasn't very familiar with Professor Oak's two grandsons.
She was more curious about the Pokémon that would be given to the trainers this time.
"No problem, please follow me."
Professor Oak happened to have no research to do today, so he took the two of them to the "nursery area" in the backyard.
"Isn't that the area where the marsupial dragons live?"
Wang Yao realized something was wrong when he was halfway there.
Isn't this the way to the research institute?!
"Doctor, didn't you store the initial Pokémon in the research institute?"
Wang Yao thought that Professor Oak would follow the settings in the game and place a few Poké Balls in the laboratory waiting for trainers to choose.
"That's exactly what we did in previous years..."
Professor Oak admitted.
"But as the starting Pokémon given to new trainers, most of them are cheerful and active. If they are locked in the Poké Ball all the time, wouldn't it be too depressing?"
"So I left them to the marsupials for the time being... Besides, living in a natural environment is also beneficial to their growth."
Professor Oak explained patiently.
It was also because Wang Yao inexplicably abducted so many marsupial dragons that the "conservation" atmosphere in the back mountain of the institute became heated.
This also attracted many Pokémon from the forests surrounding Pallet Town to come here.
Just recently, a wild Pikachu with extraordinary talents was discovered among a group of marsupials.
However, because that Pikachu's personality is not very close to humans, Professor Oak has not yet conducted a more detailed study on it.