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In the spacious courtyard of Stone Town's largest villa, an elegant garden party was in full swing.
As the villa's owners and party organizers, Sparky, Rainer, and Pyro had arranged this gathering specifically for their youngest brother, Mikey.
Unfortunately, while the three brothers were demonstrating the impressive abilities of their evolved Pokemon, Mikey's Eevee had mysteriously vanished.
With the guest of honor missing, the three brothers had no choice but to set aside their original plans and focus on entertaining the other party attendees.
There was little else they could do. The entire purpose of this celebration had been centered around Mikey and his Eevee. The three brothers had hoped to use this gathering as an opportunity for Mikey to make a crucial decision—choosing which evolutionary form his Eevee should take.
Each of the three brothers owned a different Eeveelution: Sparky had Jolteon, Rainer had Vaporeon, and Pyro had Flareon. As both siblings and rivals, each brother naturally wanted Mikey's Eevee to evolve into the same type as their own Pokemon.
However, with Eevee's disappearance, the brothers had to abandon their plans and simply host their guests as best they could.
Fortunately, they hadn't revealed the party's true purpose to anyone else.
The guests assumed it was simply a casual gathering for trainers to showcase Pokemon that evolved through evolution stones.
But just as everyone was enjoying pleasant conversations and Pokemon demonstrations, disaster struck without warning.
Explosive fireworks suddenly scattered across the villa's courtyard from nowhere, creating chaos among both the human guests and their Pokemon partners.
"Haha! It's showtime!" a female voice called out from the sky above, immediately drawing everyone's attention upward.
A Meowth-shaped hot air balloon descended from the clouds, carrying three figures dressed in white Team Rocket uniforms and a cackling Meowth.
"Who are you people?! How dare you disrupt our party!" the three brothers shouted in unison as the villa's owners and party hosts, immediately confronting the uninvited intruders.
The Team Rocket trio perked up with excitement upon hearing this challenge. Jessie and James leaped dramatically from their balloon onto the party's main table.
"Since you asked so sincerely~"
"We'll be generous and tell you~"
"To protect the world from devastation~"
"To unite all peoples within our nation~"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love~"
"To extend our reach to the stars above~"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
At this point, the duo and Meowth shamelessly began grabbing food from the party spread while continuing their motto.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light~"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight~"
"That's right, meow~"
Even after finishing their introduction, the trio continued brazenly eating the free refreshments.
This wasn't due to simple rudeness—it was nearly noon, and they still vividly remembered their recent failure when they'd missed lunch and ended up tied to a tree for hours. Now they were determined to eat whenever possible.
"Team Rocket? You're calling yourselves that? What a joke," Sparky scoffed as the eldest brother, watching these three self-proclaimed villains continue eating in the most undignified manner.
Sparky had heard of Team Rocket before—they were supposed to be a powerful and dangerous criminal organization. These three comedic characters bore no resemblance to that fearsome reputation.
"What?! You actually doubt us?! James, show them what we're capable of!"
"Right away~ Weezing, use Smokescreen!"
Jessie commanded indignantly while clutching a slice of watermelon in one hand and a chicken drumstick in her mouth. James, similarly occupied with a large turkey leg and a drink, gave orders to his Pokemon in this undignified state.
Weezing appeared from seemingly nowhere and immediately began spewing thick, choking smoke throughout the villa's courtyard.
Not only could none of the guests see anything through the dense haze, but they were also coughing violently from the acrid fumes.
Panic set in as everyone began running blindly, desperate to escape the smoke cloud and reach fresh air.
However, with visibility completely eliminated, the random movement only created an extremely chaotic scene with people bumping into each other and their Pokemon.
After what felt like an eternity—approximately five minutes—the smoke finally began to dissipate. Many guests had managed to stumble out of the affected area during this time.
"What?! My Jolteon is gone!"
"Flareon has disappeared too!"
"And Vaporeon!"
The three brothers suddenly discovered that their Pokemon partners had vanished, then looked around the courtyard in growing alarm.
Nearly every guest was exclaiming in distress—their Pokemon had also been stolen during the confusion.
Not only that, but all the evolution stones that had been displayed for the party were missing, and even most of the food had been taken.
Naturally, the Team Rocket trio and their hot air balloon had vanished as well.
"They managed to steal everything in just five minutes... that's unnaturally fast," Sparky muttered, even while panicking about his missing Pokemon.
"Big brother! Look—that hot air balloon is still there!" Pyro suddenly spotted the Meowth-shaped balloon floating nearby and immediately alerted his eldest sibling.
"Hmph! These criminals seriously underestimated us if they think we only have one Pokemon each!"
"Come out, Electrode! Use Thunderbolt!"
Sparky immediately released his second Pokemon and directed it to attack the hovering balloon.
Electrode instantly discharged a powerful electric attack toward the hot air balloon. Lightning travels at incredible speed, and the bolt struck its target directly.
The balloon exploded dramatically, and the three brothers rushed over to investigate the wreckage.
"What?! There's nobody here! This was just a decoy!" Sparky exclaimed, his face pale as he stared at the empty basket beneath the destroyed balloon.
"Everyone, release your remaining Pokemon and start searching immediately! We have to find our partners and evolution stones!"
Despite his initial shock, Sparky quickly recovered his composure as the eldest brother and began giving orders to the assembled crowd. This was no longer just their personal problem—every guest had lost their Pokemon, so naturally everyone would work together to track down Team Rocket.
As a result, virtually every resident of Stone Town mobilized for the search, determined to find the Team Rocket trio and recover their stolen Pokemon and precious evolution stones.
Meanwhile, the Team Rocket trio was laughing triumphantly as they drove an off-road vehicle through a nearby forest, dragging a large cage filled with captured Pokemon behind them.
Today marked their first successful operation in many days, so they felt they deserved a proper celebration. They were heading toward a scenic lakeside area—the perfect spot for a victory picnic.
However, what they didn't realize was that Eddie was also traveling toward that same location, as it lay on the main road leading to Stone Town.
This could only be described as Team Rocket choosing the worst possible direction for their escape route. Their luck was about to run out in a most dramatic fashion.