Gary did not relax when Koga suddenly appeared. Instead, he frowned.
"Wait, where's my Lance? Where's my champion of justice? This isn't what I ordered!" Gary complained to Gintoki.
Gintoki pursed his lips. "Mr. Koga, why don't you introduce yourself?"
Koga nodded helplessly. "In my younger days, I served as chief instructor of Team Rocket's elite Training Camp. That lad Viper was my student..."
Crack... Gary felt his worldview shatter. What was going on? Out of the seven Elite Four members in Kanto and Johto combined, three had ties to Team Rocket?
Pokémon League, I feel like I don't know you anymore...
"Since this is a joint operation, I requested Mr. Koga's special participation to stop Mr. Lance from getting carried away and wiping out this oddball Archer along with the rest." Gintoki waved his phone.
The police department had indeed sent Koga an emergency assignment.
"But... will this really work?" Gary looked at Koga skeptically. "When it comes to top-tier fighting power, can Mr. Koga fill Mr. Lance's shoes?"
"Rest assured." Koga nodded. "The Ninja Village was once my home, too. I'll give it everything I have!
"Besides, although I'm not particularly good at solving problems with Pokémon..."
Looking at the gleaming shuriken at the older man's waist, which glowed faintly purple, Gary understood.
He might indeed be bad at dealing with trouble, but he was definitely very good at dealing with the people who caused it...
"Then let's work out our battle plan." Gary took out a map. "Archer, mark the Secret Base's location."
"Uh..." Archer hesitated. "Young master, we only have two Secret Bases in Johto. We already handed over the Goldenrod City Game Corner. If we give this one away too, we won't have any Secret Bases left to use in Johto..."
"Don't worry." Gary shook