They had waited almost an hour, doing nothing but watching two Pokémon fight. The pair kept stopping and starting, practically playing around. It was boring beyond belief.
Now that the Hall's people seemed ready to act, the drowsy Veranica instantly perked up, like a Navy SEAL fully geared and ready to strike.
"That soon? I thought they'd have more patience!" Xiao Ran opened his eyes after resting them, checked the time, and curled his lip.
If the fight kept going, the two Pokémon would eventually exhaust themselves. But how long had they even been fighting? They hadn't even gotten genuinely angry yet. Apparently, Team Rocket hadn't told the Hall's people about the history between the two Legendary Pokémon.
In the distance, figures bustled about. At the old man's command, the operatives on either side began setting up weapons resembling antiaircraft guns, adjusting their angles to aim at the two Pokémon in the sky.
As the guns were set up, the two Pokémon seemed to sense danger as well. They stopped fighting and looked down at their surroundings.
"Hypno, Hypnosis!" The old man summoned a Hypno, which toyed with its pendulum as it tried to hypnotize the two Pokémon overhead.
"Pfft! What a genius. Using Hypnosis on the Pokémon of nightmares and dreams? Just how stupid do you have to be? Or is Team Rocket making fools of them?" Xiao Ran snorted when he saw what the old man was doing.
People were always the ones getting hypnotized by Darkrai and Cresselia. Since when did they get to hypnotize those two instead? Did they really think Minor Legendaries weren't divine?
Sure enough, Hypno's Hypnosis amounted to a one-Pokémon show. It had no effect whatsoever on Darkrai or Cresselia, and instead enraged both Legendary Pokémon.
What was using Hypnosis on them if