Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Bulbasaur extended two vine whips from beneath the seed on its back and lashed them viciously at Ekans.
Meanwhile, James's Koffing also used Tackle on Pikachu.
Now that Mio Takamiya knew Pikachu wanted to fight, she stopped acting indifferent and grew serious as well.
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack."
Pikachu instantly became a streak of yellow light as it sprinted forward, finally colliding head-on with Koffing.
At the same time, a sharp crack rang out!
Ekans was sent flying by Bulbasaur's Vine Whip, while Koffing was knocked back by Pikachu.
By then, the smoke gradually cleared.
Pikachu and Bulbasaur stood on one side, with Ekans and Koffing on the other.
Neither Jessie nor James had expected the Pokémon belonging to Lin Guang's trio, who had suddenly blocked their way, to be quite so strong.
But as arrogant as Jessie and James were, they did not take Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Bulbasaur or Mio Takamiya's Pikachu seriously at all.
"I didn't expect you to have some skill."
"But ordinary Pokémon like these could never stop us!"
Just then, Nurse Joy ran out and tossed two Poké Balls straight to Lin Guang.
"Mr. Lin! Your Pokémon!"
Lin Guang caught his Poké Balls, then smiled at Jessie and James. "With my Pokémon joining in, you probably won't be escaping tonight."
Hearing that, Meowth jumped out and said, "You're still too green to catch us, meow!"
From that stance, Lin Guang knew Meowth was about to join the battle too.
But Lin Guang knew that Jessie, James, and Meowth were not particularly strong, so he was merely treating them as easy targets to farm experience.
"Go, Charmander!"
Lin Guang threw a Poké Ball, and an orange-red Charmander appeared before Meowth.
"So it's just a Charmander. I thought it would be some rare Pokémon, but it's