Apollo, Athena, and Lance retreated to the windows, seemingly intending to break the glass and escape through the air.
After receiving Xia You's orders, his Dragonite, Jolteon, and Gardevoir closed in on them at tremendous speed, mercilessly knocking down any Team Rocket Pokémon that blocked their path.
In just a short while, many Team Rocket Pokémon had already fallen before them.
Meanwhile, seeing what Team Rocket intended, Looker shouted, "Team Rocket, you're not getting away!!"
"Getting away?" Athena snorted disdainfully. "This is a tactical retreat, not running away. We've already accomplished what we came here to do. There's no point in staying!"
As she spoke, she took out a controller and pressed it. With a deafening bang, every window on all sides of the circular observation deck exploded at once!
Shards of broken glass flew everywhere, making the police officers' Pokémon instinctively duck their heads. By the time they recovered, the Team Rocket members had already jumped from the tower, deployed the gliders on their backs, and glided off into the distance!
These people had planned their escape route all along!
"Damn it, after them!!"
Looker's expression changed. Although he had already stationed police around the TV station, judging by their movements, these people clearly intended to fly much farther away. Trying to track them down afterward in such a vast international metropolis really would be like looking for a needle in a haystack!
Xia You kept his eyes fixed on the three executives. Seeing that they, too, were about to jump from the tower, his gaze sharpened. Connected to him through Telepathy, Gardevoir immediately sensed his thoughts. She extended a hand and used Confusion, forcibly dragging Lance back just as he leaped out the window.
"What!?"
Lance's expression changed drastically. He wanted to break free, but how could human