"Long time no see, Master Silver!"
At this time, Silver, who had been captured on the spaceship, finally saw the true faces of his captors. The two men and one woman in front of him were all familiar faces.
"Is it you?"
Silver was naturally very familiar with the three people in front of him. They were Archer, Ariana, and Proton—his father's former subordinates.
Since the disbandment of Team Rocket, Lambda had disappeared, and Archer had teamed up with Ariana and Proton, leading most of the members to move to the Johto Region to hide.
It had been a while since they'd been seen, so Silver didn't expect these people to show up in this place.
"Master, there is no need to be so surprised!" Archer, the leader, responded with a sneer.
"What do you want to do?"
Silver frowned slightly after hearing this. These people used to work for his father, but he didn't understand why they wanted to capture him.
"Master Silver, don't get me wrong. We have no ill intentions. We just hope that you can come with us!"
Archer still had his usual cold smile. He looked harmless, but he always made people feel uncomfortable.
"Don't talk nonsense to me. What exactly do you want to do?" Silver said, clearly annoyed.
"Don't get excited, Master Silver. We're doing this just for Team Rocket. We just hope that the Boss will come back to take charge of Team Rocket."
Archer sneered, not hiding his intentions.
"What?" Silver was stunned when he heard this, but he soon understood what they meant.
Obviously, these people still wanted his father to take charge of the overall situation, but they didn't dare to go directly to Viridian City.
Silver's guess was correct. Archer and the others were thinking exactly that. Although the police force in Viridian City had been withdrawn, they still didn't dare to make a move there.
They weren't actually afraid of the police at all. What they were really afraid of was Giovanni, so they didn't dare to use such methods directly. However, they knew that the order Giovanni had given wouldn't be taken back, so they couldn't have a proper discussion with him.
After thinking about it for a long time, they finally came up with a plan, which was to start with Silver.
Although it was a bit risky to capture Silver first, then take him away and spread the news, that was all they could do now.
"You don't think that you can threaten him by arresting me?"
"Let me tell you—he won't be threatened by you. Even if he were... haven't you thought about the outcome?"
Silver also spoke coldly at this time. He didn't even call Giovanni his father. But despite this, Silver knew his father very well.
He was definitely not a person who could be threatened. In Silver's opinion, their father-son relationship hadn't been good for so many years. It was hard to say whether his father would even care about him.
The second thing was that even if his father really was threatened and agreed to go back and take charge of the overall situation, these people didn't think everything would be over, right?
"You don't need to worry about this, Master Silver. As long as the Boss is willing to return to Team Rocket, I can accept any kind of punishment."
Archer was indeed loyal to Giovanni. Even though he had made his own decisions and was unwilling to disband Team Rocket, taking others to the Johto Region instead, he still hoped that Giovanni could return to Team Rocket and lead them again.
Even if these things were just wishful thinking on his part, he didn't hesitate at all.
Hearing this, Silver couldn't help frowning, but he was also secretly shocked. This guy in front of him was really a fanatic.
"Before that, I hope Master Silver can cooperate. We don't want to hurt you. I hope you won't make things difficult for us. Take Master Silver to rest!"
Archer finished speaking and turned his head slightly to signal. Soon the glass chamber opened and Silver escaped from inside, but Team Rocket members quickly surrounded him.
Two of them, one on the left and one on the right, held Silver's shoulders. Ariana and Proton also walked over at the same time.
Ariana directly retrieved Silver's Poké Balls from him without giving Silver any chance to resist.
With his Poké Balls taken away and surrounded by Team Rocket members, Silver had no way to fight back at this moment.
However, he wasn't worried. These people obviously didn't dare to hurt him when they captured him. He just found it irritating that these people were catching him to threaten Giovanni.
But now there was no other choice, so he could only go with them for the time being. Under the escort of Ariana and Proton, they were going to temporarily take Silver to a secret room for detention. He was quickly led out of the room.
Whoooosh!
At this time, a figure from outside the spacecraft quietly approached and landed on top of the vessel. The airflow was surging high in the sky. It was Ash, who had been chasing after them on Aerodactyl.
Landing on top of the spaceship, Ash jumped off Aerodactyl but still held onto its body. Aerodactyl gripped the spacecraft with its claws to prevent them from being blown away by the airflow.
There was a hatch at the front, but it was obviously impossible to open it from the outside. If he forced it open, too much noise might attract the other party's attention.
"I know! Let Haunter come out!" After thinking for a while, Ash took out a Poké Ball and released Haunter. Soon, the Ghost-type Pokémon appeared in front of him.
"Haunter, can you go inside and open the hatch?" Ash looked at Haunter and asked.
"Haunter!"
Haunter nodded in response after hearing this. Then its body gradually became blurred and turned into a black shadow. It melted onto the spacecraft like an ice cube, turning into a dark shadow and integrating into the vessel.
Ghost-type Pokémon were spirit bodies themselves, so in this form, it was very easy to penetrate matter.
Click!
"Haunter!"
After a moment, the hatch in front of him opened, and Haunter emerged from it. It raised its claw and waved to Ash, who stepped forward when he saw this.
He recalled Aerodactyl, climbed through the hatch, entered the spacecraft, and closed the hatch behind him. Ash jumped down from the hatch and landed on the ground.
"Well done, Haunter!" Looking around, Ash praised Haunter, then surveyed his surroundings.
Discovering that he was in a passage inside the spaceship and that no one was around, Ash carefully walked forward along the corridor, searching for Silver.