"Arbok—!!!" A purple-patterned serpent burst from the earth, its venomous fangs looking ferocious.
"Koffing—!" A purple poison ball soared into the air, emitting paralyzing gas.
The target was pointed directly at Ash Ketchum.
As members of an evil villain organization.
Naturally, they wouldn't hold back when fighting; isn't it perfectly normal to attack the Trainer directly?
In a wild battle, compared to taking out the opponent's Pokémon, taking out the Pokémon Trainer directly is the optimal solution.
And then, as long as they grab the Pokémon Trainer, wouldn't the opposing Pokémon be left for them to do whatever they wanted with?
That is why the Pokémon used by Jessie and James are all poisonous.
The attack was launched too suddenly!
But it wasn't a big problem.
Because Pikachu had already discovered the issue.
"Pika—chu!!!"
Whether it was a rodent's instinct against snakes, or if Pikachu's malice perception was truly that sensitive.
The moment Arbok broke through the soil, its small body had already catapulted up, transforming into a bolt of golden lightning that tore through the air, striking first despite moving second.
"Zzzzt—Boom!!!"
The violent electric snake was no longer a slender whip, but a thunderous electric web that exploded instantly!
Fast, fast, fast!
It was too fast!
Several streaks of golden lightning, as thick as bowls, danced like angry dragons, slamming ruthlessly into Arbok's lunging path and the edge of the Smog spewed by Koffing.
"Arbok!!" Arbok was electrocuted into stiffness, its lunging motion forcibly skewed.
"Koffing!!" Koffing's Poison Gas was detonated into raging fire ahead of time.
The purple smoke cloud expanded violently, actually enveloping Koffing itself and a small half of the bushes.
Paralysis and scorching heat swept through Team Rocket instantly.
Koffing's Poison Gas was indeed poisonous, but it was also flammable.
This aspect was completely different from the games.
In the games, you couldn't ignite an opponent's Poison Gas.
This also exceeded the expectations of the Team Rocket trio—originally, Koffing was just used to attract attention, but they didn't expect Pikachu to be this fast.
"What?!" Jessie and James were dumbfounded.
They thought they were picking on a soft target, but they didn't expect this Pikachu's strength to be so supernatural.
Pikachu... isn't the population of this thing as high as stray dogs by the roadside?
Obviously, Team Rocket could obtain data from the Viridian City Pokémon Center.
However, Team Rocket could not get the Pokémon data from within the Pewter Gym.
Not many people yet knew just how outrageous Pikachu's performance had been that day.
"Now!" Brock's roar was like rocks crashing, instantly drowning out Team Rocket's startled cries.
His reaction was fast as lightning; the moment Pikachu successfully intercepted, a Poké Ball had already left his hand!
"Onix! Block them!"
"Roar——!!!"
A colossal gray rock snake, like a moving mountain range, descended with a presence that could crush everything, landing with a boom in front of Ash.
The gigantic rock body instantly cut off Team Rocket's greedy line of sight and firmly blocked the spreading poison gas outside.
This Onix was one Brock raised himself, not the Onix used as a Gym Pokémon.
It must be known that what Koffing released was not just Poison Gas, but also Smog.
Poison Gas can be detonated.
Smog cannot.
The move Smog does not have a fixed composition of toxic gas; rather, the toxins are mixed based on what the Poison-type Pokémon usually eats.
Poison Gas is very simple; it is purely poison gas, literally.
The difference between the two is roughly...
Smog generally won't be ignited.
But Poison Gas lights up at a touch, and will even explode.
"Misty!" Ash only now completely came back to his senses, his eyes instantly turning cold as knives, his voice holding suppressed anger.
"Leave it to me!" Misty's orange hair flew as a Poké Ball arced through the air from her hand.
"Goldeen! Max range! Water Pulse!"
"Splash! Splash! Splash!"
Two Goldeen fell into the shallow puddles of accumulated water by the roadside, their tails beating frantically!
"Whoosh——Splash——!!!"
The agitated water flow did not turn into a tidal wave.
How should one deal with poison gas?
Having undergone professional training, Misty naturally had her methods.
One Goldeen stirred the lake water via Water Pulse to form supersaturated water vapor.
When this water vapor collided with the toxic substances, it would form crystals in the air and fall like rainwater.
While the other Goldeen's method was very conventional.
Turbid waves of water, as if lifted by an invisible hand and carrying abundant force, slapped right over the heads and faces of Jessie, James, and Meowth, who were blocked by Onix and dizzy from choking on their own Smog.
"Waaaah!"
"Help meow!"
"Such a bad feeling—!!!"
The classic Team Rocket-style screams were thoroughly drowned out by the muddy waves.
In the chaotic current, Jessie's long red hair, James's blue hair, and Meowth's tail could be faintly seen struggling and flapping in futility.
Their complexions were very ugly because they themselves had been poisoned.
Water-type moves could not neutralize the toxins, though an excessive amount of water would dilute the poison.
However, the Team Rocket trio was tough.
Tenacious vitality was probably their greatest characteristic?
"You guys, state your names!" Ash's mindset right now was very strange.
Put it this way.
Although he was very angry right now, he also had the thought of clocking in at a famous scene.
Being Ash Ketchum, it seemed quite normal to be targeted by the Team Rocket trio?
But it was still very annoying.
Should he finish them off?
But Jessie and James's backgrounds were unusual; if he really laid a lethal hand on them, it would be very troublesome.
Wait!
He had it!
These two guys had bounties!
Catch them once, get paid once.
Moreover, with the status of those two, Giovanni would definitely redeem them, or at the very least ensure they didn't die.
How was this trouble?
This was a wallet delivered to his door!
After switching his train of thought, Ash's mood instantly improved significantly.
"Cough cough... Since you asked sincerely!"
Jessie struggled to lift her head from the muddy puddle, her long red hair sticking wetly to her face.
Her face was turning green, but her eyes still burned with an unyielding flame as she tried hard to puff out her chest.
...It felt like a hyperactive state after being poisoned?
It looked like the toxins concocted within Koffing's body were not the lethal kind.
"We will show compassion and tell you!"
James followed closely behind, attempting to strike an elegant pose.
The result was him coughing straight away from the water in his throat, his blue hair dripping messily, his originally clean uniform plastered with mud.
"To prevent the world from being destroyed!"
Jessie forcibly endured the dizziness, waving her arm toward the sky, her movements swaying slightly due to the poisoning.
"To protect the peace of the world!"
James barely managed to coordinate, his voice carrying the sound of bubbles.
"To carry out the evil of love and truth!"
Jessie's voice rose steeply, carrying a kind of morbid fanaticism.
"Cute and charming villainous characters!"
James tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Jessie!"
Forcibly standing straight. JPG.
"James!"
Wiping muddy water off the face. JPG.
"We are Team Rocket, shuttling through the galaxy!"
Unison: But obviously lacking in breath...
"White Hole! A white tomorrow awaits us!"
Unison: Voice crack.
"That's right—Meowth!"
Meowth popped up from the water, weakly raising a claw, the tip of his tail still dripping water, his green eyes trying hard to glare roundly, but the whites of his eyes were tinged with the cyan color of poisoning.
Clap, clap, clap. Ash began to applaud.
Famous scene check-in successful.
Speaking of which, he was a little excited inside.
Especially triggering the achievement: [1st Encounter with Team Rocket]
It was just that Brock and Misty looked at the applauding Ash with some speechlessness:
Bro, this is Team Rocket!
A massive threat to the Kanto League!
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