"Leave that Celebi with me!" the Masked Man said flippantly, apparently not taking Liu Qing or Yukinari seriously at all.
"Who are you?" Yukinari asked. Liu Qing, however, frowned. This had to be the special Team Rocket operative who used Dark Pokémon Balls—the man who had hurt Celebi.
"I have no reason to tell you two brats," the Masked Man answered bluntly.
"Hurry up and get out of the way!" Yukinari shouted urgently. Celebi needed rest. Although Celebi had recovered quite a bit of stamina, battling was still out of the question.
The Masked Man did not immediately answer Yukinari's shout. Instead, he detached a small black ball from his clothes and pressed it. It expanded to the size of a Poké Ball, and when he threw it, Tyranitar appeared before Liu Qing and Yukinari.
"It's a Tyranitar, but why does it look a little different?" Hearing Yukinari's words, Liu Qing glanced at him in mild surprise. He had not expected Yukinari to have such keen powers of observation at this young age, spotting something wrong with Tyranitar at a glance.
"Tyranitar, destroy them!" the Masked Man ordered, wasting no time whatsoever.
Tyranitar roared, then began gathering energy at its mouth before firing a powerful Orange Energy Beam. The Hyper Beam hurtled straight at them! Yukinari leaped aside with Celebi in his arms, and Liu Qing hurriedly jumped out of the way as well.
This guy's even willing to attack people? Having just felt how close death had come, Liu Qing grew furious. If he and Yukinari had not jumped away quickly enough, the Hyper Beam might have hit them directly.
Still, Liu Qing knew this was no time to fight. Yukinari moved even faster, releasing a Charmeleon and having it use Smokescreen. Once their enemies' vision was obscured, he