"Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's tail, glowing with silver light, struck hard at Persian.
Seeing this, Persian first flicked its tail to use Swift, countless star-shaped orbs hitting Pikachu's body and consuming the power of Pikachu's frontal charge, then its own tail glowing with silver light simultaneously used Iron Tail.
"BANG!"
In the brief struggle, Pikachu ultimately lost to Persian in strength, being suppressed by Persian's Iron Tail, then knocked to the ground by Persian's Iron Tail assault, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"This Persian's strength is too terrifying! Not only is it agile, but its attack power is also frighteningly high!" Brock said in shock, unable to believe that Pikachu, Ash's main Pokémon, would be suppressed to this extent by Persian, especially since Persian was fighting completely autonomously without any trainer's commands, relying entirely on its own judgment.
"So Team Rocket's true strength is this terrifying. No wonder they're called the most powerful evil organization..." Misty murmured, suddenly realizing that the previous Team Rocket trio were just 'small fry' who couldn't compare to these high-ranking executives' Pokémon.
"It's a shame this place isn't suitable for using Charizard, otherwise Ash wouldn't be suppressed by Persian like this," Brock said anxiously.
"No good. Charizard's clumsy movement speed couldn't attack Persian at all and wouldn't even achieve the barely even situation like Pikachu," Misty reminded.
The still-energetic Persian looked mockingly at Ash and Pikachu. Having received Archer's orders earlier, Persian's mission target was Ash and Pikachu. Only if Persian successfully captured them would Archer have the right to negotiate with Red.
This was also a cautious decision by Archer, to avoid being unable to escape from Red's hands if he were defeated later.
Earlier, Archer had also analyzed Ash's personality in a moment. Nothing more than a reckless ten-year-old brat who absolutely couldn't be his Persian's opponent.
This was why Archer felt confident letting Persian execute the mission alone. As for Misty and Brock, in Archer's view, these two couldn't play an absolute role at best, adding only a little combat power in an even situation, nothing to fear.
It must be said that Archer had indeed analyzed the personality traits of Ash's trio perfectly, even guessing their combat data fairly accurately.
'This familiar feeling, this is how I should be!'
Blastoise roared toward the sky, then dazzling evolution light burst forth from Blastoise's body, air currents forming waves that kicked up dust all around. This scene from Blastoise also successfully caught the attention of both Red and Archer.
Red turned his head in disbelief toward the changing Blastoise, only then noticing the evolution stone embedded in the corner of Blastoise's shell. This evolution stone had blue and brown intersecting stripes, clearly this was an evolution stone belonging specifically to Blastoise.
"Could this be the Mega Evolution that Dr. Fuji once mentioned?!" Archer said in shock, looking with astonished eyes at the Blastoise undergoing bodily changes.
After a moment, the dazzling evolution light also dissipated from Blastoise's body, and the newly Mega Evolved Blastoise was revealed to Red and Archer.
Mega Blastoise's eyes had turned red, its chin had grown a pointed tip, its forehead had protrusions, and both arms had grown small turtle shells, each containing a water cannon.
At the same time, the original two water cannons on its back had merged into one giant water cannon growing from the middle of the turtle shell. The giant cannon's muzzle exceeded Mega Blastoise's head, with an attack range that could reach 10KM.
Due to the giant cannon, Mega Blastoise's limbs had grown more robust to stand upright.
'As expected, your strength is also not simple,' Venusaur said with slight surprise.
'Also? It seems your strength is more than this too,' Mega Blastoise said leisurely, stretching its body that hadn't warmed up in a while, preparing to fully display its complete power.
"Venusaur, we also need to perform well in front of Blastoise."
With that, Red threw the evolution stone in his hand to Venusaur, then pressed the Key Stone in his palm.
"Break through the shackles, return to your origins! Answer my call, Venusaur—Mega Evolve!"
Red and Venusaur's bodies simultaneously erupted with terrifying auras. The colorful power of their bond formed a link connecting Red and Venusaur, then Venusaur's body burst with evolution light, its body gradually changing.
After a moment, the evolution light dissipated, revealing the new Mega Venusaur to both of them.
Pokémon: Venusaur (Mega Evolution Form)
Type: Grass + Poison
First Ability: Overgrow
Second Ability: Chlorophyll
Third Ability: Thick Fat
Having gained the boost of the third ability Thick Fat, Mega Venusaur no longer feared flames, looking provocatively at the gradually weakening Houndoom.
"Are the intelligence teams all just freeloaders?!" Archer said angrily, glaring at the Mega Evolved Venusaur and Blastoise through gritted teeth, not forgetting to glance at his own Electrode and Houndoom, his expression gradually darkening.
Originally, the intelligence Archer had received was nothing more than that this unknown island was inhabited by many Squirtles and Wartortles, with suspected traces of the final evolution Blastoise.
Thinking he could easily capture it, Archer had chosen not to summon subordinates, as Archer himself was a cold person who preferred to act alone.
Unfortunately, Archer had miscalculated this time. Even if Red and the others hadn't come to Turtle Island, Archer couldn't have easily captured Blastoise.
Because the intelligence team had described Blastoise as a lazy creature that was just physically well-developed, completely ignoring its hidden true strength.
Archer also hadn't expected that this Blastoise actually possessed the terrifying power of independent Mega Evolution.
At this moment, Archer only wanted to turn around and leave to vent his anger on the intelligence team, but Archer was currently waiting for an opportunity—an opportunity to negotiate with Red as equals.
The Electrode floating in the sky paid no attention to Blastoise's changes, still trying to use its own electrical current to suppress Blastoise.
High-voltage current released from within Electrode's body, forming a lightning pillar that struck toward Blastoise.
This time, Blastoise first shook its head at Red, indicating it could fight independently, then turned to calmly look at the approaching lightning pillar.
Blastoise's small turtle shells on both arms opened, then each ejected a cannon barrel. Blastoise manipulated its own aura power, gathering azure aura power on the two small cannon barrels, then the aura power formed two Aura Spheres that immediately fired from the two cannon barrels.
After Mega Evolution, Blastoise's ability was Mega Launcher, which could enhance the power of moves like Aura Sphere.
The two small Aura Spheres directly hit the incoming lightning pillar, neutralizing Electrode's Thunderbolt.
But Blastoise's offensive wasn't over. The most powerful giant cannon barrel also gathered aura power, and a giant Aura Sphere fired from the cannon barrel, swiftly hitting the Electrode in the sky and knocking it to the ground.