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"Eevee?"
"It's this Eevee that doesn't look very strong..."
"Maybe we can win, meow~~"
The trio looked at the Umbreon on Eddie's head, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
They were Trainers after all, and they could judge the approximate strength of a Pokémon.
This Umbreon's aura was far less powerful than Charizard's, but it looked similar in strength to their own Pokémon, so they might actually have a chance.
"Meowth level 25, Arbok level 26, Lickitung level 27, Victreebel level 26, Weezing level 27?"
"Weezing level 25? Oh my goodness, it evolved 8 levels early! What did James do to it?"
While the Team Rocket trio was observing Umbreon, Eddie also took out his Pokédex to check the strength of their Pokémon.
Then he saw a Weezing that defied all logic, and couldn't help but complain about it.
"Forget it, if you take these things seriously, you'll lose your mind. I remember playing games before crossing over. When I challenged Elite Lance, I saw his level 50 Dragonite."
Eddie stopped complaining. After all, the native people in this world were so unpredictable. Some of their Pokémon were over the evolution level but didn't evolve, while others evolved before they reached the required level.
"Have you finished discussing? Let's get started."
Eddie ignored the Weezing that evolved early. It didn't matter if it had evolved - it was still weak because it wasn't at the proper level. He patted the Umbreon on his head. The latter understood and jumped down in front of Eddie.
However, while Umbreon was eager to fight, there was a fierce fire burning in its eyes.
It remembered every Team Rocket member it had encountered, and had secretly vowed to make them pay.
Unfortunately, these three Team Rocket members were quite distinctive, and Umbreon happened to have seen them before, so it was planning to collect some interest on its debt.
"This Umbreon has a fierce look in its eyes..."
"It's normal. Umbreon is a Dark-type Pokémon. It's natural for it to have a fierce look in its eyes."
Jessie shuddered at Umbreon's rage, but James beside her was smugly comforting Jessie.
Meowth beside them was trembling, shouting in its heart that they were doomed, because it recognized that this Umbreon was the same Umbreon that Team Rocket had experimented on.
Humans could recognize each other, but it was difficult for them to distinguish the differences between Pokémon of the same species, so Jessie and James didn't realize that this Umbreon was the same Umbreon that Team Rocket had experimented on.
Besides, their experiment had only been half successful. That Umbreon could transform into the three evolved forms of Fire, Water, and Electric types, but couldn't transform into other forms.
And what was in front of them was an Umbreon, so they didn't make the connection.
But Pokémon could easily recognize each other. Anyway, Meowth knew now. From its growl, from its expression, from its eyes, it could see Umbreon's true identity.
"Forget about it! Go, Arbok! Use Acid!"
Jessie was the most impulsive one, and she just wanted to finish the battle and leave, so she attacked first.
Arbok roared and sprayed Acid at Umbreon with great force.
Same Pokémon, same moves - Jessie's Arbok was inferior to Koga's in every aspect.
So Eddie wasn't panicked at all, and gave Umbreon instructions quite leisurely.
"Umbreon, use Quick Attack, then follow up."
Hearing this, Umbreon first dodged the Acid attack by sidestepping, then immediately used Quick Attack to strike Arbok.
This move was very fast, and it hit Arbok before it could react.
"Not bad speed! Arbok, quickly use..."
When Jessie was about to continue giving instructions, something suddenly happened that shocked everyone present.
After Umbreon tackled Arbok, a faint light suddenly appeared around its body.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, it changed from Umbreon to Espeon.
After the transformation, it immediately fired a Psybeam at Arbok at close range.
Psychic-type moves dealt super effective damage to Poison-type Pokémon, and with Umbreon's Adaptability ability, the move's power bonus increased from 50% to 100%. After these two effects combined...
"Ding! Espeon gains experience! Level +1! Reaching level 26!"
Yes, Arbok, whose strength wasn't much different, was defeated by Espeon's two moves.
And Espeon had now directly changed back to Eevee's normal form, still looking at Jessie, James, and Meowth with a fierce expression.
"An Eevee that can freely evolve and devolve?"
"This, this, this... Could this Eevee be!?"
"Meow~~~ Sure enough, this Eevee came from our experimental facility! We're doomed now, meow..."
While the wealthy people were amazed, the three Team Rocket members hugged each other and looked at Eevee, trembling collectively.
They knew how much pain this Eevee had suffered at the hands of their organization's researchers.
Even though they had occasionally seen this Eevee and felt that it was very pitiful, they were just low-level Team Rocket members and couldn't do anything about it. After hearing that Eevee had escaped, they were secretly happy that it could escape from that suffering.
But now they saw this Eevee standing in front of them as their enemy, and its Trainer was Eddie, who had defeated their organization yesterday. They naturally felt terrified.
"This boss must know what happened to Eevee, so he's actually standing up for Eevee now, and we just happened to run into him..."
This was what they thought, and they had guessed Eddie's real intention immediately.
Eevee could gain experience anywhere, could beat up anyone when it encountered Team Rocket members, but Eddie chose to have the Team Rocket trio battle it, and the one fighting was still Eevee - the meaning was quite obvious.
"What are you doing? I assume you're sending out the next Pokémon, or do you want to face my Charizard instead?"
Eddie naturally knew what they were afraid of, but he didn't want Eevee's punching bags to escape, so he continued to pressure them.
"...Well, no matter what, it's better than having that Charizard beat us up."
"I'll go this time! Go, Victreebel! Use Razor Leaf!"
James had an epiphany at this moment. He would get beaten either way, and being beaten by Eevee was better than being beaten by Charizard. With the mentality of getting it over with quickly, he directly sent Victreebel to attack.
Facing the incoming Razor Leaf attack, Eddie remained calm and didn't even give orders.
Seeing this, Eevee directly transformed into Flareon, and a blazing Flamethrower erupted from its mouth.
Not only did it burn the Razor Leaf directly, but the attack also rushed toward Victreebel, engulfing it in flames.
After Victreebel jumped around miserably for a short while, it collapsed peacefully.
"Ding! Flareon gained experience! Level +1, reaching level 27!"
Flareon held its head high, its eyes full of satisfaction and challenge.
It looked directly at the three Team Rocket members. Even though they couldn't understand its language, everyone seemed to understand what it meant.
Flareon: "Who's next?"