Watching Xia You and the others' Pokémon plow through every obstacle on the screen, charging deeper into the base without meeting a single opponent who could hold them off, Butch could not help frowning. "Dr. Jinbo, what should we do now..."
"It's Dr. Namba!!" Before Butch could finish, Dr. Namba cut him off roughly. He glared fiercely at the two of them and snapped, "You two useless fools! Not only did you fail to capture Lugia, you've led them here, too!!"
"We didn't lead them here..."
Cassidy wanted to argue further, but her partner Butch hurriedly held her back.
Butch knew perfectly well that nothing they said would help now. With a formidable enemy at their doorstep, they could not-and should not-have any more infighting.
Seeing Butch repeatedly signal her with his eyes, Cassidy could only suppress her anger and sigh helplessly, giving up on arguing with the base's highest-ranking official.
Only once his partner had calmed down did Butch rub his hands together and give Dr. Namba an apologetic smile. "Yes, yes... you're absolutely right. But what exactly should we do now? Retreat?"
"Retreat!?" Dr. Namba rejected the suggestion outright. "Not yet. There's still a great deal of important research data and results in the base, and we need time to move them. You two, take all the remaining members and stop them. Do not let them break into the core area!"
"Huh? Us?"
Butch and Cassidy froze at his words. After all, they had only just suffered a defeat and had little courage left to fight Xia You and the others again.
"Of course you! Who else, me?" Dr. Namba snorted. "Remember, stall them as long as you can. Give us enough time to transfer the data!"
Butch and Cassidy exchanged a look. Reluctant as they were, they