Looking at the Pokémon of the Team Magma members again, they were all unified Mightyena.
But don't look down on them just because they are standard Pokémon. Once they engaged, the Team Rocket trio fell into a disadvantage instead.
It can only be said that their strength is as stable as always. Clearly, there were no admins among these infiltrating Team Magma members, just a few elite grunts, but for some reason, they just couldn't beat them!
Even with Wobbuffet, known as the "God of Patience," present, they still fell into a disadvantage in the blink of an eye!
Under the command of Jessie and James, Seviper and Cacnea attacked using moves like Poison Tail, Bite, Pin Missile, and Needle Arm respectively. But the Mightyena of Team Magma were stronger. They blocked these attacks with just Tackle and Double Team, and then launched a counterattack. In just one encounter, they knocked down Seviper and Cacnea.
The bodies of the two Pokémon fell backward, crashing into the Team Rocket trio, knocking them directly into the sea behind them...
In just an instant, the group was completely submerged by the seawater, no longer visible, leaving only screams echoing on the sea surface.
Still as disappointing as always...
It seems that in terms of being disappointing, Team Rocket has never disappointed anyone!
However, although their strength was so poor, it was not their intention. But no matter what, the Team Rocket trio also created some time for Natsui and the others to approach Team Magma!
Seeing they had dealt with these guys who jumped out from nowhere, the Team Magma members were about to leave when they found a boy and a girl, two young children, suddenly popping out from both sides!
This made them frown. Even without asking, they knew these two were obviously coming for them!
"You guys stop!" Ash shouted at the Team Magma members. "Leave the case! And what did you do to Captain Stern!?"
Speaking of which, this was not the first time Ash had dealt with Team Magma. As early as some time ago, he had already fought with Team Magma and Team Aqua. It could be said that he was not unfamiliar with these people and roughly knew what their intentions were.
The leader among the Team Magma members was a male grunt. He glanced at Ash and Misty but didn't answer. Instead, he planned to leave from the side.
However, just as he was about to take a step, he saw another man walking toward them with a boy wearing glasses.
"Tch." He snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly, "Appearing one by one, you guys are really troublesome!"
Natsui was about to speak when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned his head and saw the missing Captain Stern running toward them, gasping for breath.
However, Captain Stern was quite disheveled at this time. His suit was wrinkled, and even his hair was scorched. He obviously suffered a bit just now.
"Wait!" he shouted. "The opponent for these people is me!"
Hearing him say this, Natsui noticed that Captain Stern was still holding a Poké Ball in his hand. Looking at it this way, it must be that when the case was snatched just now, he didn't have a Pokémon by his side, which allowed Team Magma to snatch the case so easily and make him so disheveled. And now, he took the Poké Ball obviously to get back at them!
Only, can he really beat these Team Magma members?
Doubtful in his heart, Natsui didn't take action but left the stage to Captain Stern.
After all, Captain Stern, the victim, had already proposed to solve it himself. What could they, the helpers, say? They could only stand by for the time being.
"Go, Sealeo!"
As Captain Stern threw the Poké Ball, after the blue light flashed, a chubby blue Pokémon resembling a sea lion appeared in front of the group.
As an Ice and Water-type Pokémon, the front of Sealeo's body is beige, and the back is blue. It has two short tusks on its upper jaw, a pair of front fins, and a short fin-like tail. Thick white whiskers grow on both sides of its mouth, making it look like a kind old grandfather.
This Pokémon lives in groups on drift ice and is always spinning something on its nose. It can distinguish the smell of prey while swimming, find the opponent's location, and capture it. Moreover, it especially likes round things. Whether it is a Poké Ball or a Spheal, it can spin them on its nose as it pleases.
As soon as it appeared, Captain Stern directly commanded Sealeo to attack.
"Use Aurora Beam!!"
Sealeo opened its mouth, and a beam of ice full of energy sprayed from its mouth, accurately hitting a Mightyena. While knocking it back, the air wave generated by the explosion made several Team Magma members unstable on their feet, and even made the case containing the stone fly out of their hands!
The case flew high. Max had quick eyes and hands. Regardless of his own safety, he jumped high, caught the case, and protected it firmly in his arms!
Seeing this scene, while Natsui lamented that Max had such skills, he also knew why Captain Stern wanted to take action himself.
His Sealeo's strength was indeed good. It could be seen that he must have put a lot of effort into training it. At least it was much stronger than the Team Rocket trio. No wonder he had such confidence!
However, these elite members of Team Magma were obviously not pushovers either. Although they were caught off guard just now, they were not scared by these people. Instead, under their urging, several Mightyena bared their teeth and approached Captain Stern bit by bit!
Ash questioned loudly, "Team Magma, what on earth do you want this stone for!?"
"I have nothing to tell you!" Pointing at the case, one of them snorted coldly. "If you know what's good for you, hand it over quickly, save us the trouble!"
"In your dreams!" Max hid the case behind his back and glared angrily. "You bad guys! This contains important research data. How could we give it to you!"
Although Team Magma didn't say it, it was actually obvious. They must have heard about this matter from somewhere and wanted to find clues about Groudon from this stone.
However, the efforts of these people were destined to be futile. They searched hard on land for several years, but little did they know that Groudon had been hiding on the seabed all along!
Protecting Max behind him, Natsui took a step forward.
It was useless to say more now. Since the case had been retrieved, as long as these people were driven away or caught, making them retreat in the face of difficulties and dare not harass again, the matter would be temporarily resolved.
Throwing the Poké Balls, his Combusken and Metang appeared immediately in front of him. With his preparation, Ash and Misty on both sides also released their Pokémon respectively.
The atmosphere became very heavy instantly.
Seeing these people determined to protect the case, several Team Magma members looked at each other. Then their Pokémon rushed up together!
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