"That's Teacher Yu for you! He's incredible!!!"
A slightly older Team Rocket executive blurted that out instinctively.
The newcomers might not have recognized the Pokémon behind Qingyu, but as a veteran who had served under two generations of leadership, following Giovanni's mother since Team Rocket's founding, he certainly did.
Mew, the legendary Mythical Pokémon, had been Team Rocket's original objective!
He had never imagined that the being Team Rocket had searched so desperately for would now appear openly before them.
And as their opponent, no less...
Legend had it that Mew possessed the genes of every Pokémon and could therefore theoretically learn every Pokémon move. Now, that theory appeared to be true.
With one light wave of its hand, it had sealed all their Koffing's moves, leaving them unable to use Explosion...
Although this tactic, which Executive Lambda called "Chain Explosion," had indeed evolved from Teacher Yu's old instructional videos, they had made their own local improvements.
Koffing's Explosion wasn't all that powerful, but the leaking gas greatly increased its lethal range.
Meanwhile, the Neutralizing Gas ability possessed by some of the Koffing could completely negate Damp's interference with explosive moves.
In theory, the tactic should have had no counter.
Yet Teacher Yu had reacted instantly and coordinated perfectly with Mew.
Terrifying!
...Wait a second?
Only after his initial shock did the Team Rocket old-timer finally realize-
If our Koffing can't use any moves now, doesn't that mean we're screwed???
Despair immediately settled over every Team Rocket grunt.
After his own brief shock, Lance quickly made his next decision:
"Go all out and round up these Team Rocket grunts!"
Whatever Qingyu had done to call Mew over could wait. The priority was dealing with Team Rocket.
Lance quickly led the charge, sending the Team Rocket grunts fleeing in panic now