As Weezing appeared, a dense smokescreen filled the entire square.
The smell of gas was extremely unpleasant, and the trainers, unable to bring out their usual Pokémon, could only flee chaotically to the outer edges, looking for a chance to organize the next counterattack.
Even Officer Jenny's Arcanine had disappeared, no one knew where it went.
"Everyone be careful, these criminals seem to only be targeting Pokémon."
"Please ensure your own safety first, and then help me check which ball Arcanine is in. Thank you for your cooperation!"
Axel covered Eva's nose and mouth, not panicking like the others to flee.
Perhaps because the device's level was not enough to process them, the three legendary beasts, two Ultra Beasts, and Gardevoir in his hand weren't transferred away; their Poké Balls were still securely on his waist.
Instead, two more Pokémon had appeared...
One Houndour, and one Arcanine.
"Officer Jenny, your Arcanine is here with me, do you want me to release it?"
Axel tried shouting, but due to the chaos, Officer Jenny didn't hear his voice.
Just then, Arbok had already slithered up to Axel.
Eva whimpered in fear, spreading her body as much as possible, trying to block Arbok's attack.
Axel hugged Eva tightly and slapped her on the butt, "You little girl, why are you so worrying?"
"Just watch me dominate the battlefield."
After saying that, Axel didn't release his own Pokémon. Instead, he released Houndour and Arcanine.
He had once seen a rather outrageous tactic, using Dark-type Pursuit to trigger the "Justified" ability of a Pokémon.
Multiple Pursuit hits would activate Justified repeatedly, raising the Pokémon's attack multiple stages.
Coincidentally, this Arcanine had the Justified ability.
"Houndour, be good, okay?"
Houndour stared at Axel for a while, then turned to look at Eva.
It immediately nodded heavily.
"Then now, use Pursuit on Arcanine."
Houndour: "???"
'I'm hitting him?'
'Isn't that attacking a police officer?'
'Bro, I still want to live a bit longer.'
Axel sighed. As expected, he had overestimated his own charisma.
Since that's the case, he'd have to resort to force.
With sharp reflexes, Axel slapped Arbok, who was lunging at him, right on the head. One of Arbok's fangs flew off from the force of the slap.
Its massive body was grabbed single-handedly by Axel, completely losing the ability to struggle.
Arbok, Houndour, and Arcanine all stared at Axel, dumbfounded.
'If you can do this, why were you trying to command Houndour?'
Ignoring the Pokémon's thoughts, Axel flashed a standard smile at Houndour.
"So now will you listen to me?"
Houndour stepped back half a pace, nodding furiously, its tail wagging like the most obedient little Yorkie.
"Then let's begin. Arcanine, no resisting."
Arcanine: (￢_￢)
'No resisting then... not like I can beat you anyway.'
"Houndour, use Pursuit on Arcanine!"
"Awoo~"
Houndour let out a weak bark, its eyes filled with fear but also a bit of innocence, as it timidly bumped into Arcanine like it was snuggling.
At the same time, several dark-type energy shadows appeared around it, slamming into Arcanine together.
Arcanine felt the terrifying impact from the shadows and looked absolutely done with life.
'Officer Jenny, aren't you going to do something?"
'Someone's attacking your team! They're even attacking your dog!'
If Houndour wasn't so weak, Arcanine felt like that Pursuit barrage might've taken it out entirely.
But at the very moment Pursuit landed, the dissatisfaction in Arcanine's mind vanished.
Because in the moment of impact, its Attack stat rose by four stages.
Right now, it felt unbelievably powerful.
"How does that feel? Awesome, right?"
"Awoo!", Arcanine looked at Axel excitedly.
It lowered its body before Axel, wagging its tail furiously.
It felt so good, it even wanted to be hit a few more times.
'Don't go easy on me, master!' [T/N: Lol]
Sensing Arcanine's thoughts, Axel grinned.
"I'm not your master. If you act like this, Officer Jenny might misunderstand."
"And also, that's enough. Now go take care of those three annoying guys."
"Awoo!"
Arcanine nodded hard, standing proudly in front of Axel like some kind of Justice Hound Squad.
As long as Axel gave the order, those three Team Rocket members would be taken down instantly.
"Use Flame Charge on Arbok, then use Extreme Speed to slam that mechanical Gyarados."
Arcanine nodded enthusiastically, big eyes staring excitedly at the nearby Arbok.
It swore to the heavens, this was the easiest battle since it debuted.
Right at the start, it got multiple attack boosts, plus it had a stationary target to stack speed boosts.
This was takeoff.
A fierce flame burst from Arcanine's body, propelling it with jet-like force as it slammed into Arbok.
Arbok rolled its eyes and collapsed to the ground, completely incapacitated.
Meanwhile, another glowing ring appeared under Arcanine, its movement speed had increased again.
"Use Extreme Speed," Axel issued another command.
"Woof!"
With a prior speed boost, and now with the +2 priority Extreme Speed, Arcanine's body turned into a blur as it shot toward the mechanical Gyarados in the center of the exchange convention.
Before Jessie and James could react, the entire mechanical Gyarados was blown apart into scrap metal by Arcanine's overwhelming power.
The trio flew off weirdly into the sky, turning into a glimmering dot and vanishing.
"Its about time team rocket blasts off..."
———
The moment the trio and their Pokémon were sent flying, the smokescreen maintained by Weezing quickly dissipated.
Arcanine stood tall, placing both front paws on the scrap that used to be the Gyarados, gazing valiantly at the shooting star in the sky and letting out low howls.
All the trainers present looked on with admiration.
No wonder it was the designated Pokémon of the Officer Jenny clan, this was incredible.
Just now, everyone had been separated from their Pokémon in the mist, but Arcanine managed to defeat Team Rocket without even being commanded by Officer Jenny.
No wonder there were no villainous organizations in Aurient, it was because Officer Jenny was too strong.
Hearing the crowd's praise, Officer Jenny blinked rapidly as she looked toward her partner among the mechanical Gyarados wreckage.
Her big blue eyes were filled with confusion.
'Since when had my Arcanine become this strong?'
"Arcanine, what happened just now?", Officer Jenny didn't claim the credit. She asked Arcanine directly in front of everyone.
Arcanine stuck out its big tongue and trotted over to Axel, plopping down beside him.
It affectionately nuzzled Axel's pant leg.
"Woof!"
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