Officer Jenny's gun was still pointed at Roy, but her gaze had already swept back and forth several times between Roy and the three pieces of "human-shaped charcoal" emitting black smoke on the ground.
The expression on her heroic face shifted from vigilance to confusion, then to shock, finally settling on disbelief.
"This... you did this all by yourself?" Jenny's voice carried clear suspicion.
Nurse Joy also walked over and softly added, "Yes, Officer Jenny. Mr. Roy is indeed... very special. He faced the Team Rockets trio alone to protect the Pokémon Center and the Trainers' Pokémon."
Jenny stared at Roy for a few more seconds.
Only then did she slowly lower her gun.
Then, she suddenly moved!
It wasn't an attack, nor was it a defensive maneuver.
Instead, she lunged forward two steps and, in an instant before anyone could react, she pulled Roy into a hug!
"Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Jenny's voice rang in Roy's ear, filled with excitement and lingering fear. "If you hadn't stopped them in time, there would have been a huge mess in my jurisdiction today! This is my first day on duty!"
Roy was stunned.
It wasn't because of this sudden gratitude.
It was because she was so soft!
Officer Jenny's standard police uniform couldn't hide her curvaceous figure at all.
At this moment, she was holding Roy tightly, and the two soft mounds on her chest were unceremoniously pressed against his own.
Furthermore, because she had just run all the way here, Jenny carried a faint scent of sweat—not the unpleasant kind, but a mature and healthy fragrance mixed with feminine body scent and post-exercise hormones.
Roy could feel her heart beating rapidly.
This benefit came too suddenly.
Roy was a bit dazed from being hugged. His hands instinctively rose, but not knowing where to put them, they ended up hanging awkwardly in mid-air.
Nearby, Nurse Joy blinked, her small mouth slightly agape.
Misty's eyes were wide as she looked at Jenny and then at Roy, her expression complicated.
Meanwhile, Delia, who had just circled back from the back door, happened to witness this scene.
She stood at the doorway, her footsteps faltering.
Her eyes first showed surprise, then realization, and finally... a flash of a sense of crisis.
'Why is Officer Jenny... hugging Roy?' Delia muttered to herself.
She looked at Jenny's curvaceous figure under that uniform.
'Is Roy's charm... really that great?'
Delia bit her lower lip.
'No... this won't do.'
'If I keep being this shy, once more sisters join in the future, Roy will definitely be too busy to handle it... I have to ask for more while I can...'
Delia's gaze gradually became firm.
Several bold "intimacy plans" quickly took shape in her mind... At this time, Jenny, who was still hugging Roy, finally realized something was wrong.
She abruptly let go and took a small step back, a blush instantly blooming on her fair face.
"S-sorry!" Jenny was at a loss, her eyes darting around.
"I... I didn't mean to! It's just my first day on duty, and I was too nervous. I almost caught the wrong person on the way, but when I arrived, I found you had already solved it... I just got excited and..."
Her voice grew smaller as she spoke, and even her ears were completely red.
Roy also snapped back to his senses.
He looked at Jenny's embarrassed appearance and felt the system prompt that had just sounded in his mind.
[Officer Jenny Family Favorability +10!]
'So this was waiting for me.' Roy chuckled inwardly.
Before, he was thinking that these favorability points were a bit ethereal with no practical manifestation.
Well, this is perfect.
A uniform-temptation hug benefit delivered right to his door.
This favorability is really not bad!
He could grind for more of this in the future.
"It's alright, Officer Jenny was just too excited." Roy smiled, naturally giving her a way out. "It's understandable, encountering such a thing on your first day."
"T-thank you for understanding..." Jenny breathed a sigh of relief, though the blush on her face hadn't fully faded.
She quickly changed the subject and turned to look at the three "charcoals" on the ground.
"Now then, I am officially arresting the Team Rockets illegal intruders!"
Jenny took handcuffs from her waist and professionally cuffed the unconscious Jessie and James. As for Meowth and Ekans, she pulled out specialized restraint locks used for detaining Pokémon.
The entire process was crisp and neat, restoring her image as a valiant female police officer.
Only the occasional secret glance at Roy betrayed the lingering turbulence in her heart.
"Mr. Roy," after dealing with the criminals, Jenny turned around and said seriously.
"Your courageous actions this time stopped Team Rockets' criminal activities and protected the Pokémon Center and many Trainers' Pokémon."
"As the duty officer of Viridian City, I will report this matter. The Good Citizen reward money will be deposited directly into your Trainer account later."
Roy's eyes lit up.
"There's even a reward?"
"Of course!" Jenny nodded. "The League has always had a reward mechanism for citizens who assist the police in fighting crime. The specific amount depends on the severity of the case, but since Team Rockets attempted a large-scale theft of precious Pokémon this time, the amount won't be small."
"That's great." Roy smiled.
These Team Rockets members are truly benefactors!
Without them providing experience and reputation, how could his start be so smooth?
Economy, combat power, and favorability from two major families... everything is taking off!
They are practically a 'Wealth-Gifting Boy' Plus version!
...Soon, a police car arrived with several other officers for support, taking the Team Rockets trio and their Pokémon into custody.
Just as they were about to be shoved into the police car, Jessie and James groggily woke up.
"Cough, cough... dammit..." Jessie coughed while glaring at Roy. "You damn brat... how dare you play us..."
James also struggled to lift his head. Although still dizzy, his instinct for talking tough wasn't lost: "J-just wait... next time... next time it won't be like this..."
"There's a next time?" Jenny's eyes widened in anger upon hearing this.
She stepped forward and pointed at the two, shouting sternly, "This time I'll make sure you rot in jail! Take them away!"
The officers shoved the two, who were still shouting threats, into the car.
Sirens wailed as the car drove away.
However, Roy knew in his heart that Jenny's words were just spoken in anger.
Rot in jail? With Team Rockets' attempted theft this time, it wouldn't be enough for that.
Moreover, Team Rockets certainly had people inside the League and government; otherwise, they wouldn't have been active in the Kanto region for so long without being completely eradicated.
But that was a matter for the higher-ups.
Roy had no interest in that right now.
He only needed to know that the Team Rockets trio were a good "experience pack" and "reward extractor." After Team Rockets was taken away, the Pokémon Center lobby was a mess.
Nurse Joy summoned Chansey, and they all began tidying up together.
Half an hour later, the lobby finally returned to its neat state.
"I really can't thank you all enough." Nurse Joy wiped the sweat from her forehead, showing a gentle smile.
"As a token of gratitude, tonight's room and board for the three of you at the Pokémon Center will be completely free."
The Team Rockets gift pack was still providing benefits.
"Great!" Misty was the first to cheer. "Nurse Joy is the best!"
Roy also nodded. "Then we'll have to trouble Nurse Joy."
"It's no trouble at all." Nurse Joy waved her hand, but then, as if remembering something, her face turned slightly red as she added in a small voice, "Um... as for the rooms, it's one per person. It's the Pokémon Center's rule... no naughty business allowed."
Misty's entire face instantly turned beet red. "N-Nurse Joy, what are you saying! Roy and I aren't in that kind of relationship!"
"We won't, we definitely won't."
Misty's denial was decisive.
Meanwhile, Delia's eyes were darting around, looking left and right, not responding at all.
With that expression, it was clear that the words went in one ear and out the other... After dinner, the three went to their respective rooms.
Roy's room was at the very end of the second floor, Misty was next door to him, and Delia was at the other end of the hallway.
After washing up, Roy didn't go to sleep immediately.
He took out his phone and logged into the Trainer forum.
Then, he posted the photo of Ho-Oh he had taken earlier—more accurately, a small corner of the photo, showing only the golden feathers and a bit of the rainbow light—in the bounty section.
After posting, Roy smiled.
The bait had been cast.
Now he just had to wait for the fish to bite.
Just then, knock knock.
A very soft knocking sound came from the door.
Roy raised an eyebrow.
He got up and walked to the door, looking out through the peephole.
Outside, Delia, wearing pajamas, was nervously looking around.
Roy opened the door.
"Delia?"
"Shh!" Delia immediately put a finger to her lips and quickly slipped into the room like a thief, closing the door behind her.
She even locked it.
Just as Roy was about to turn on the light, Delia lunged over and pressed down on his hand.
"Don't turn on the light..." she whispered, her breathing a bit hurried.
The room only had the faint moonlight coming in from the window, barely enough to see each other's silhouettes.
"What are you doing?" Roy lowered his voice with a mischievous grin.
Delia blushed, but she didn't back down.
She bit her lip and leaned close to Roy's ear, her breath like an orchid: "I missed you~"
After saying that, she stood on her tiptoes and gently kissed Roy's lips.
Roy was a bit surprised.
Although Delia had long been completely submissive to him, in terms of taking the initiative, she had always maintained the style of a rule-following, shy, beautiful young matron.
Has she... changed her nature today?
The kiss was light but lingering.
Delia's hands weren't staying still either, slowly sliding down from Roy's chest to the waistband of his pajama pants.
Roy enjoyed this sudden benefit, his hands naturally wrapping around Delia's waist.
The pajamas were very thin, allowing him to clearly feel the skin temperature underneath.
After the two kissed for a while, Delia finally pulled away, panting, and then she immediately knelt down.
"Hmm?" Roy was truly stunned this time. "What are you doing crouching down?"
Delia tilted her head up and gave him a somewhat shy smile in the moonlight.
"Shh..." she made a silencing gesture again, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible. "Now that Misty has joined the party, it won't be convenient... in the wild later."
"It's rare that we're staying separately tonight with our own rooms..."
She took a deep breath, as if making a final decision.
Finally, she looked up at Roy.
In her eyes, there was shyness, longing, and a hint of "no matter what" determination.
Then, her hands began to move, groping and undoing the waistband of Roy's pajama pants...
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