"What do we do? All three Pokémon were captured by that whatever Elite Four member?"
James muttered as he watched Xia Yan put away the three Great Balls.
"Damn it! He dared to steal my things? I'll show him why flowers are so red!"
With her fiery temper, Jessie rolled up her sleeves and wanted to charge over to fight Xia Yan.
"Don't, meow!! He's an Elite Four member! One of the Elite Four, meow!"
Fortunately.
Meowth, the brains of the trio, desperately held Jessie back to stop her from doing something foolish.
"R-right! Jessie, don't be impulsive! That's one of the Elite Four!"
James came to his senses as well.
He hurriedly grabbed Jessie tightly.
"So what if he's one of the Elite Four?! Does being one of the Elite Four mean he can stop us from getting promoted? Does being one of the Elite Four mean—mmph mmph!"
Meowth and James immediately covered Jessie's mouth and dragged her away.
Good grief.
They had no desire to experience the feeling of being blasted off after confronting an Elite Four member head-on.
What they did not know was that this Elite Four member they kept talking about was the very same person as the highest-ranking executive of the organization they belonged to.
And every word of their conversation fell clearly into Xia Yan's ears.
At that moment, Xia Yan thought.
Hmm, Team Rocket seemed to have a mine that needed excavating.
"H-how did you know?"
Faba stared blankly at Xia Yan and blurted it out instinctively.
Only after saying it did he realize he had let something slip.
Xia Yan slowly straightened up, a flicker of Psychic-type power flashing through his eyes.
The abilities recorded in the "Sage Stone" Agatha had given him, particularly those involving mental suggestion and psychic influence,