Judging solely by their strength, Combusken and Metang were not particularly powerful yet, only on par with an ordinary Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon. Against Team Magma's elite members, that level of strength clearly gave them no advantage.
But Xia You was not alone here!
Ash had not only sent out Pikachu; he threw another Poké Ball and sent out his Corphish as well. Misty also sent out his two Pokémon, Politoed and Starmie. With Director Kusunoki's Sealeo added to their ranks, they were more than a match for these Team Magma members in both numbers and quality.
Even a capable man needed support. With their strength combined, no one could underestimate them!
Under their commands, the Pokémon launched one attack after another. In an instant, multicolored moves flew toward the Mightyena from several directions!
Faced with this barrage, the Mightyena could neither fend off all the attacks nor dodge them.
Even when they used their moves to cancel out the incoming attacks, there were always some they could not cover. After only a few exchanges, the Mightyena were already in dire straits.
But just as the group thought they could defeat these people easily, the roar of rotor blades came from above. A helicopter appeared high in the sky!
The conspicuous emblem on its fuselage made it immediately clear that this was a Team Magma helicopter!
"More reinforcements?" Director Nanmu frowned. After weighing things up, he called to Xia You and the others, "They have reinforcements. We should leave first!"
As far as he was concerned, they had recovered the case. As long as he could leave safely, these villains could do nothing to him. Once he returned to the city, he could call the police and let them deal with these intruders.
Hearing this, Ash and Misty both looked toward