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VS. Lombre
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VS ハスブレロ
Vs Hasubrero
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Location Route 104

VS. Lombre (Japanese: VS ハスブレロ Vs Hasubrero or 給水口の中に Inside the Fountain) is the 188th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga in the Ruby & Sapphire arc.

Synopsis

On the outskirts of Petalburg City, a crowd has gathered to watch Sapphire struggle to free Castform from the fountain. Maryann and Tyler watch as Mr. Stone begs Sapphire to wait for the authorities, but she instead guesses Castform's position before summoning Rono to chew a hole into the iron pillar of the fountain. Once Castform is freed, she has Toro warm its body with Ember.

Everyone is very impressed with the way Sapphire managed to rescue Castform. Mr. Stone asks whether Rono is all right after eating iron, but Sapphire explains that it has a big appetite and that iron is actually one of Aron's favorite foods. Maryann recognizes Mr. Stone as the president of the Devon Corporation and thinks that Sapphire's rescue of his Castform will make a great story, so she has Tyler try to interview Sapphire for Hoenn TV. However, Sapphire doesn't go along with the interview, saying that she doesn't really like television, and leaps away to swing from a lamppost instead. When she does, Maryann suddenly notices that the metal grill at the base of the fountain had been cut by someone, which is what allowed Castform to be sucked inside in the first place.

Nearby, three people in maintenance personnel uniforms watch the scene in frustration. They explain to a mysterious man via PokéGear that they had sabotaged the fountain as a trap for Mr. Stone. Since he strolls with his Pokémon here every day, the plan had been to lure him in by trapping his Pokémon in the fountain, then disguising themselves as staff and kidnapping him when they arrived to "rescue" his Castform. However, thanks to Sapphire's interference, they've been foiled. Their boss tells the three that while he would have preferred for them to kidnap Mr. Stone in secrecy, it still has to happen today, and that he doesn’t care what they do as long as the mission is successful.

Meanwhile, Mr. Stone introduces himself to Sapphire (who is still sitting on the lamppost) and asks who she is and where she's from. She tells him that she's on a journey to challenge all of the Hoenn Gym Leaders, and Mr. Stone asks her to come with him to the next town, where his company is.

Instead of replying, however, Sapphire leaps down to put herself between Mr. Stone, Maryann, and Tyler, and the broken fountain, announcing that she can sense there's something else inside of it. Eyes glow menacingly from within the depths of the fountain, and suddenly, three Pokémon leap out to attack: a Sharpedo, Carvanha, and Lombre!

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