The collision of justice and evil, this phrase indicates that there's no need to follow the rules anymore.
No matter what the relationship between Mewtwo and Giovanni is, in any case, Mewtwo now belongs to Giovanni as his Pokémon, so according to the rules, no matter what Ash and the others do, they have no way to stop Giovanni from reclaiming Mewtwo—under the premise of following the rules.
But now, with opposing stances on both sides, the rules no longer exist. Ash no longer needs to, nor will he stick to the rules. He wants to stop Giovanni from taking Mewtwo away!
"Kid, what do you want to do? That's my Pokémon!" Giovanni's face turned pale when he saw Ash and Lucario standing in his way. With Lucario there, how could he take Mewtwo away?
"Your Pokémon? Then take out a Pokeball and retrieve her," Ash said, raising an eyebrow slightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, which made Giovanni's face turn even darker.
Pokeball? If he had a Pokeball, he would have already retrieved Mewtwo!
A Pokeball capable of containing Mewtwo is not something an ordinary Pokeball can accomplish. Giovanni originally intended to get a Master Ball to contain Mewtwo.
But later, with the development of a machine to restrain Mewtwo, the matter of the Pokeball was indefinitely postponed by Giovanni.
Because Mewtwo, loaded with those machines, cannot be contained in a Pokeball; otherwise, the machines inside the Pokeball would gradually fail and eventually become completely ineffective.
How could Mewtwo be contained in a Pokeball under such circumstances?
Therefore, Mewtwo is actually in a state without a Pokeball, making it impossible for Giovanni to retrieve Mewtwo with a Pokeball.
"Kid, don't push it. You've already won the match, and now you want to steal someone else's Pokémon? Do you want to become a rogue member of Team Rocket?" Giovanni attempted to bind Ash with a moral sense of justice, hoping Ash would step aside.
If it were the original Ash, he might have been somewhat shaken, but now the Ash in front of Giovanni is a fully matured version after experiencing years of trials!
Such redundant words couldn't possibly cause any waves in Aura Ash.
"Save that talk to fool your Team Rocket members. If Mewtwo falls into your hands, it would be the greatest torture for her. You now have one minute to leave, and if you don't, you'll be staying here too!"
Ash's words ignited a burning anger in Giovanni's heart. When had he, the proud leader of Team Rocket, a Champion Level Trainer, ever faced such humiliation!
But given the situation now, without Mewtwo's assistance and with that Divine Domain Level Lucario on the prowl, with his prepared Elite Level Psychic Type Pokémon, he might actually not be able to escape.
As Ash said, if he doesn't leave within a minute and Lucario acts, he won't be able to leave at all.
Giovanni glared hatefully at the unconscious Mewtwo behind Ash, gritting his teeth, and finally threw a Pokeball, a Hypno appearing by his side.
"Ash, don't let me catch an opportunity, or I will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold in the future!"
"If you have the guts, come over. I welcome you with open arms, but weigh yourself first. See if you have any Pokémon on par with or stronger than Mewtwo. Otherwise, you'll just be sending yourself to prison for an eternity in darkness."
Faced with Giovanni's threat, Ash showed no fear because... this isn't his body or his world. No matter what Giovanni does, he can never find him!
Cough, just kidding. With this world's Ash's Aura Power, even if Giovanni tries to use normal means to defeat this world's Ash, he wouldn't stand a chance, and if Giovanni tries anything underhanded, this world's Ash will show Giovanni how strong he is when he's not bound by rules!
After leaving the harsh words, Giovanni and Hypno's figures instantly vanished from the spot, and the invisible pressure permeating the entire Viridian Gym disappeared without a trace.
Gary and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Even though Ash won, and easily at that, the pressure from Giovanni was no small matter.
Just standing far away, they could feel that heart-constraining sensation; this is the aura that comes with being the leader of an organization and a Champion Trainer.
But Ash was able to completely disregard such an aura.
After Giovanni disappeared, Lucario's battle-ready stance also relaxed, and the power within him began to slowly fade away.
There are two ways for the power of the Top-tier booster to dissipate: one is when time runs out, and the other is when the user chooses to end it early. The longer the remaining time, the greater the enhancement for the Pokémon.
Before long, Lucario's power returned to normal levels, but his level directly jumped from Elite Advanced Level to Professional Junior Level!
Before the battle today, Lucario's level was only at the Advanced Peak. After one fight, with various factors combined, Lucario directly reached the Professional Level, skipping two major stages!