Xia You looked beneath the bridge and saw a speedboat racing toward them. Aboard it were none other than the five members of the Matori Matrix!
"Tch, almost all the troublesome ones have turned out!"
When the speedboat reached the bridge, the Matori Matrix members, led by Gozu, used grappling hooks to climb onto it with ease.
As they leaped onto the bridge deck, Apollo said to Xia You, "They were originally just an ambush force, meant to intercept you when you ran. We never expected you not only to stay, but to dare fight back. Now it seems we went to all that trouble for nothing."
As the Matori Matrix sent out their Pokémon, the situation became extremely unfavorable for Xia You!
Not only were his Pokémon outnumbered, but he also faced powerful Pokémon like Tyranitar and Aggron. Moreover, to counter Xia You's Zapdos, the other four Matori Matrix members had brought highly specific Pokémon this time: all of them were Flapple, which were not weak to Electric-type attacks!
These thirty-centimeter-tall Flapple looked very small, their yellow-green bodies wrapped in apple skin. As Grass- and Dragon-type Pokémon from the Galar Region, who knew just how much effort Team Rocket had spent catching them.
It seemed they had really come thoroughly prepared to deal with his Zapdos this time!
"Flapple, use Dragon Breath!"
In the sky, four Flapple kept Zapdos occupied, continually spitting out beams of energy.
Under attack again and again, Zapdos became utterly furious and instinctively used Thunderbolt. Unfortunately, because of the unfavorable type matchup, it inflicted only extremely minor damage on these Pokémon!
"Hahahaha!" Seeing this, Lance laughed. "Now your Zapdos is completely useless!"
Meanwhile, Aggron advanced toward Xia You, its heavy body like a tank.
With no other choice, Haunter could only leave Xia You to