"Since that's the case, come out, Geodude!"
Sakaki's first Pokémon was Geodude.
Upon seeing it was Geodude, Gary sent out Nido King.
"Geodude! Use Tackle!"
"In that case, we'll use Tackle too!"
Gary also commanded his Nido King.
Geodude's body was already close to spherical. Upon Sakaki's command, it curled into a ball and charged fiercely at Nido King.
Nido King charged directly forward.
A massive collision sound erupted in the arena.
The winner was decided in just one round.
With a single impact, Geodude rolled out of the battle arena.
It was unable to battle.
Seeing this, Sakaki recalled Geodude and sent out his second Pokémon.
"Come out! Kingler!"
Kingler is the evolved form of Krabby.
Gary also recalled Nido King and turned to send out Arcanine.
Arcanine is the evolution of Growlithe, said to possess the speed of wind.
"Arcanine! Use Fire Spin!!!"
Gary commanded Arcanine, and a large ball of fire erupted from its mouth.
It directly enveloped Kingler.
The burning flames caused Kingler immense pain, and it was instantly defeated by this move.
Gary's face was full of confidence at this moment.
Hands on his hips.
He awaited Sakaki's third Pokémon.
But at this moment, Sakaki emerged from the darkness.
"Your strength is considerable, but you will absolutely not be able to defeat my final Pokémon."
"Can't defeat me? Are you kidding?"
"Gary, Gary, so good! Gary, Gary, so handsome!"
His girlfriends behind him cheered him on.
Encouraging him.
Seeing Gary's confidence, a hint of a smile appeared on Sakaki's face, and he manipulated a button in his hand.
*Rustle!*
A small door next to them opened from bottom to top.
A humanoid Pokémon appeared before Gary.
The Pokémon seemed to be wearing something like armor.
Upon seeing this Pokémon, Gary frowned.
He had truly never seen this Pokémon before.
He quickly pulled out his Pokédex from his pocket.
But the Pokédex only emitted this sound:
"Pokémon not detected yet."
"Huh? Can't detect it? Then what Pokémon is this?!"
Gary looked up in surprise.
The moment he looked up, his Arcanine was lifted into the air by a powerful force.
It was then slammed violently against the wall.
"Arcanine?!"
"Damn it!!"
Gary released his Nido King from his pocket again.
"Are you okay, Arcanine?"
Seeing that his Arcanine was unharmed.
He commanded, "You two, go together!"
But as soon as they received the command, they, along with Gary, were controlled by Mewtwo's psychic power and suspended in mid-air.
"Huh?! You Pokémon! How dare you attack a trainer?!"
The moment Gary finished speaking, he and his Nido King and Arcanine were smashed violently against the wall.
This time, all three lost the ability to battle.
"Ahhh! Gary!!"
Gary's girlfriends rushed towards Gary.
Sakaki observed all this with satisfaction.
Then Mewtwo was returned to its Poké Ball.
He himself disappeared from the second floor.
...
Office.
"Boss, we..."
Team Rocket's trio looked at their boss.
Their faces were full of embarrassment.
Sakaki stroked Persian while looking at them.
These three were good for nothing but causing trouble.
"The three of you, other companies owe their employees wages. But you three are different; the company hasn't shortchanged you, yet you owe the company a mountain of money."
Hearing this, Jessie, James, and Meowth were extremely embarrassed.
There was nothing they could do. Every time they tried to catch Pokémon, they would use various machines. These machines were all purchased with money borrowed from the company, and each attempt to catch Pokémon resulted in no Pokémon being caught, only money lost.
"You guys..."
Just as Sakaki was about to continue his scolding, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and his brow furrowed deeply, as if something extremely bad had happened.
He then stood up and said, "This is for you."
Sakaki took out three Poké Balls from his pocket and threw them to the trio. Also, a green badge!
"I have an urgent matter to attend to. You will temporarily guard the gym for me with this."
With that, the chair Sakaki was sitting on suddenly turned, gliding towards a moving wall behind him.
After the wall returned to normal, Sakaki had vanished.
The trio, however, were still in a state of bewilderment.
"So, we're the gym leaders of this gym now?!"
Outside the Viridian City Gym.
Seeing that Gary still hadn't come out, Ash was extremely anxious.
He was about to rush inside.
Strangely, the two guards at the entrance didn't stop him this time.
As Ash went inside, Misty and Brock also hurried to follow.
Leaf and her Pikachu also entered the gym with the group, and they saw Gary lying unconscious on the ground.
Ash immediately helped Gary up, "What happened to you?"
Gary: "I lost... lost to a Pokémon I've never seen before. I couldn't win! It was too strong!!"
Gary mumbled to himself, all his previous arrogance gone.
As usual rivals, Ash, at this moment, surprisingly didn't mock him.
He looked at Gary with an expression of concern.
Seeing that look, Leaf rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
Yes, it was concern.
"Alright! I'll avenge you next!!!"
Ash shouted loudly.
Misty heard this and thought, "Gary lost, and you think you'll win?"
But to avoid crushing Ash's confidence, she didn't say it.
"Where's the gym leader? Come out quickly!!!"
"Gym leader?! We are the gym leaders!!"
Familiar voices.
From the high platform, there were three familiar figures.
And then came the familiar lines.
"If you have the audacity to ask,
Then in our boundless mercy, we shall tell you!
To protect the world from devastation!
To unite all peoples within our nation!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie! James!
Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare for a fight!
Meowth! That's right!"
"Team Rocket?! What are you doing here?!"
Ash exclaimed in surprise.
Jessie pulled out a green badge from her pocket.
"Never mind how we got here! If you can defeat us, this green badge is yours!!!"
With that, Jessie directly threw out three Poké Balls.
They were Geodude, Kingler, and Machoke.
"Pikachu! Bulbasaur! Squirtle!"
Ash also sent out his Pokémon.
"Pikachu, go help Ash's Pikachu and finish this boring battle quickly."
Leaf couldn't be bothered to watch Team Rocket's uninteresting battle.
Hearing her master's command.
The Pikachu with red stripes placed its small hand on the ground, and a yellow light shot up from the ground, entering Ash's Pikachu.