Eight days after Baimu finished his phone call.
The Team Rocket trio arrived.
Unfortunately for them, Registeel spotted them as soon as they approached Academy Island and blew up their hot-air balloon with an ultra-long-range Flash Cannon.
Fortunately, Baimu was fairly perceptive and had the Porygon Phone check the surveillance footage, allowing him to notice the strange activity from Registeel and discover those three unlucky fools.
After thinking it over, he rode Miraidon out into the sea to pick them up himself.
At that moment, the Team Rocket trio sat on their battered hot-air balloon, sighing as they considered how they were supposed to get onto the island.
"What were you doing? You came here and tried to barge in without calling me?"
Baimu did not mince words, scolding them the moment they met.
The trio was delighted to see him, yet embarrassed by their current predicament.
James scratched the back of his head and chuckled awkwardly. "Didn't we want to give you a surprise?"
Jessie said miserably, "And then we got shot down the second we got close."
"Yeah, who knew your place would be guarded so tightly, meow?" Meowth rubbed his paws together. Though he had not started work yet, he had already slipped into the role of an employee.
Wobbuffet suddenly popped up. "Wobbuffet!"
The way they played off one another inexplicably lifted Baimu's mood, as though he had returned to the days when he watched the anime.
It was clear that the protagonists of the Pokémon anime were not just Ash, but Team Rocket as well.
He waved a hand, and the Porygon Phone created a Clone that transformed into a boat out of thin air.
"Pack up your balloon. I'll tow you ashore." It gestured for the Team Rocket trio to get things in order.