The next day, Ash and the others were still working hard to advance towards Jubilife City.
But, Ash and the others' journey today was still not going smoothly, because....
Jessie: We are the protagonists of the era
James: We are invincible....
"Team Rocket!" ×3
"Wobbuffet~!"
"Mime~!"
Looking at Team Rocket and the others who suddenly appeared in front of them in a huge robot, Ash and Brock wearily covered their faces, while Dawn felt a sense of novelty as it was her first time seeing Team Rocket.
"Hey! Brat! What do you mean by that!"
"That's right! We racked our brains to come up with these new lines! At least give us some reaction!"
"How rude, meow!"
Although their goal was to capture Pikachu, Team Rocket and the others were angry that Ash didn't pay attention to their new introduction.
"No matter how you change such boring things, they won't sound good, right? Anyway, no one will care about your opening lines!"
Ash pointed at the three people sitting in the cockpit and said unceremoniously.
Ash's remarks completely infuriated Team Rocket.
"Damn! How come that brat is so annoying now!"
"That's right! We even took on a large debt to make this robot, we came here to retaliate!"
"Never mind! Start it up quickly, meow!"
Finally, Meowth interrupted Jessie and James' conversation.
It stretched out its arm and slammed its hand onto the red button.
The giant robot then slowly began to move towards Ash and the others.
"What should we do..." Brock looked at Ash, saying with some annoyance.
"A machine this size can't move very far in this forest.
If we're going to run, we should go now.
There's no need to get entangled with them."
"Yeah... that's true, but there are other Pokémon in this forest of course.
It's better to defeat them."
"I feel like I can inexplicably understand why those three are angry..."
Dawn couldn't help but retort after hearing Ash and Brock's conversation.
Just
like Team Rocket said, although their main purpose in coming here today was to capture Pikachu, they also came with the purpose of seeking revenge.
In their first battle in the Sinnoh region, they suffered a crushing defeat because they were ambushed.
Today, they have prepared for so long, even using drones to scout out Ash's movements, all so that they can use this giant robot to give Ash a big surprise and make him regret ever provoking them.
But when they actually arrived at the scene, Ash's performance was extremely disappointing to them.
It's not just that, did he not show any remorse on his face, but he also had a hint of contempt hidden within him.
This was simply an insult to their efforts, and the Team Rocket trio naturally couldn't tolerate it.
"Speaking of which, is it really foolproof, Meowth? We won't end up getting easily sent flying by a single Thunderbolt like before, will we?"
"Don't worry, Meowth~ This time we've invested heavily, and we've made the Discharge countermeasures absolutely foolproof~ Don't even mention one Pikachu, even if ten Pikachus let's use Discharge at the same time, nothing will happen, Meowth~"
"BOOM——!"
A loud noise came from the robot's feet, and the entire body of the robot shook violently.
"What about... impact resistance?"
Meowth: "..."
Meowth's silence completely panicked James and Jessie.
Jessie took the lead and picked up Meowth, shaking it frantically while asking loudly, "Why would someone only make anti-electricity measures! Are you an idiot! Huh?! This is a robot we made by going into debt! How can it not even have such basic capabilities!!"
"What can I do, meow! It's all because our credit is so bad! We can't even get a decent loan!! What can this Meowth do about it!!"
"No! Wait! It's not Pikachu attacking us, it's at our feet! The one at our feet!"
Just as Team Rocket was observing the little Pokémon attacking them through the screen, Ash and the others' attention was also drawn to it.
"That Pokémon is..."
"Turtwig?"
Watching Turtwig constantly using Tackle on the robot's body,
Ash and Dawn identified it.
Ash was originally planning to have Pikachu attack, but unexpectedly, at that moment, Turtwig's figure suddenly emerged from a patch of grass and charged towards Team Rocket's robot without a word, and now it's still ramming it...
"Hey! You stop it! We're not here for you!" James finally couldn't help but lean out of the driver's seat and shout at Turtwig.
"That's right, meow! We're obviously not enemies, why are you attacking us, meow!"
"Are you even listening!? Stop right now!!!"
"Pika..."
Pikachu looked at the strange scene before him, unsure whether he should intervene, so he could only look at Ash with pleading eyes.
Also, Ash couldn't recover for a moment, but since he and Turtwig now had the same goal, then...
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"
"Pika~!"
Since Team Rocket had already revealed the machine's weakness, Ash had no reason not to exploit it.
Upon seeing Pikachu preparing to use Iron Tail, the expressions of the Team Rocket trio began to panic.
"No! Don't use Iron Tail!"
"At least use an Electric-type move! Otherwise, our money will have been wasted?!"
"Please, meow!"
The Team Rocket trio's pleas ultimately failed to earn Ash and Pikachu's Hold Back, and after an explosion, the Team Rocket members turned into a shooting star and disappeared into the sky, finally leaving behind that classic line.
"What a horrible feeling! "
"Wobbuffet~!"
"ma~nei~!"
Dawn looked at Team Rocket, who had been blasted away, then looked at Ash, and pointed a finger at the sky strangely, saying, "Are these the members of an evil organization? They feel more like comedians!"
Ash: "Hmm... just don't take them seriously.
Real evil organizations aren't like them."
Brock: "Indeed."
Brock nodded in agreement, deeply feeling the truth of the matter.