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"However, although twelve Gym Leader level Pokemon may look terrifying, it's a dream to think they can defeat a top-level Elite Zapdos!"
Lt. Surge said this viciously. He saw that Eddie didn't use Extreme Speed to leave after releasing his twelve Pokemon, so he was confident that Zapdos could suppress Eddie.
"Hmph! Not to mention that an Elite-level Pokemon can beat several Gym Leader-level ones, but Zapdos is a Legendary Pokemon. Do you think it will be defeated by you like ordinary Pokemon?"
Even though Zapdos wasn't the strongest of the Legendary Pokemon, it was still a Legendary Pokemon. A Legendary Pokemon was stronger than a normal Pokemon, just like a Elite Pokemon was stronger than a Gym Leader-level Pokemon.
It could still overpower other Pokemon.
So, unless it faced a type disadvantage, a top-level Elite Zapdos could beat several top-level Elite Pokemon. Now, facing twelve Gym Leader Pokemon, it could do the same!
As for the situation with Blaine and Moltres before, that was only because Blaine was an expert in Fire-types and Sabrina wasn't skilled with Fire-type Pokemon at all, and the two balanced each other out, which was why Blaine was able to hold on for so long.
Even so, Blaine was still defeated by Sabrina in the end.
If Eddie and Mewtwo hadn't arrived in time, he might have died there.
Now, Zapdos was an Electric-type, and Lt. Surge was an Electric-type expert, so a situation like Sabrina and Moltres wouldn't happen.
"Indeed, relying on just twelve Gym Leader Pokemon isn't enough, but I haven't used my trump card yet!"
Eddie naturally knew that Lt. Surge was right, but he was determined to defeat Team Rocket this time.
"First of all, everyone! Let's all evolve together!"
Eddie stretched out his right hand, which was already wearing a Mega Glove, and directly Mega Evolved all the Pokemon that could Mega Evolve!
Charizard, Greninja, Sceptile, Lucario, Garchomp, Tyranitar, Gengar, Gardevoir—a total of eight Pokemon emitted dazzling light.
After the light faded, they appeared before Zapdos in far more powerful forms.
"Mega Evolution? But what's the point?! Even if you temporarily increase their strength, they're still no match for Zapdos! Unless..."
"Unless they're Champion level Pokemon, right?"
Lt. Surge hadn't finished speaking when Eddie showed a confident smile.
Lt. Surge suddenly had a bad premonition. Although he had only encountered Eddie a few times, he always remembered that when Eddie showed such a smile on the S.S. Anne, he would end up in trouble.
"It will probably take about two hours to defeat the three Legendary birds. Once the cooldown period is over, I can use it again."
Eddie had already planned in his mind the strategy for facing the three Legendary birds.
Just as Lt. Surge said, let alone the Gym Leader level, even the Elite level might not be able to defeat Zapdos.
So, there were only two ways to defeat Zapdos.
The first method was to defeat Lt. Surge directly, or to attack Lt. Surge himself and beat him until he lost consciousness or was eliminated. Since there would be no one to command Zapdos, it naturally wouldn't attack randomly.
After all, Zapdos was originally forcibly controlled by Team Rocket, and when Lt. Surge, who controlled it, fell, it would be too happy to continue attacking Eddie and Ash.
The second method was—since both quasi-Elite and Elite Pokemon couldn't beat Zapdos, what about using Pokémon Champion level Pokemon?
"Everyone, feel the power of Champion level in advance!"
Eddie exerted all his strength, and the Power of Viridian within his body began to surge wildly!
It was visible to the naked eye that Eddie was emitting a dazzling white light, which was even more brilliant than the light emitted by the eight Pokemon just now!
"What?! What is this? Hey, hey, hey, I've never heard of this kid having any special abilities!"
Lt. Surge pulled out sunglasses and put them on at some point, but he really wanted to run away now. Since Eddie had used his trump cards one after another, it was obvious that he was confident he could defeat Zapdos.
If he had known that Eddie had the ability to instantly transform the power of Pokemon, he probably would have left right now.
But he didn't know this.
In Team Rocket, Sabrina, who had fought Eddie and Blaine on Cinnabar Island, knew that Eddie had this ability. However, for some reason, Sabrina did not report the matter after returning to headquarters.
Not reporting this matter meant that even Giovanni didn't know that Eddie had such a trump card, so how could Lt. Surge know?
So, he was going to suffer.
When the light surrounding Eddie turned into light particles and poured into the bodies of the twelve Pokemon in front of him, even Zapdos seemed to sense the danger and chirped several times in fear.
"Ding! You used the Power of Viridian, and your Pokemon have been temporarily upgraded!"
"Charizard's level is now 85... Pikachu's level is now 85..."
"Roar!" *12
All twelve Pokemon felt the power surging through their bodies. Even the gentle Dragonite couldn't help but roar along with the other Pokemon!
"What... what is this?! From Gym Leader level to Champion level in an instant! What the hell is this?!"
Lt. Surge, who used to be a soldier, couldn't help but tremble.
It wasn't his fault. Anyone would tremble if twelve Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon suddenly appeared in front of them, even a Pokémon Champion.
Twelve Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon—did Eddie think Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon were as common as cabbages?
When many people became Pokémon Champions, they only had one or two Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon with them. Some people might not even have six Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon on them after being Pokémon Champions for a long time.
Under such circumstances, twelve Pokémon Champion-level Pokemon appeared in front of Lt. Surge, and they were instantly transformed after Eddie used this cheat.
Lt. Surge knew that this was definitely temporary. After all, if it was permanent, Eddie would have destroyed Team Rocket by himself long ago. There would be no need to call on ten groups of allies to fight together now.
But even if it was temporary, this power was extremely terrifying. With such a trump card, even if Eddie faced a Pokémon Champion, he could defeat or even crush the opponent.
But since Eddie had such a trump card, why hadn't he used it before?
"...I understand! You never used this move before! Was it to prevent Team Rocket from using all their strength to eliminate you? And now, you're strong enough, so you use it without restraint?!"
"You got the answer right, but unfortunately there's no prize."
Eddie showed a pleased smile and then waved his hand.
"Mega Garchomp, Mega Sceptile, Pikachu, Mega Gengar, let's go!"
"As for the other Pokemon, follow the original plan!"
At Eddie's command, all the Pokemon took action.
Lt. Surge saw that Eddie only had eyes for Zapdos, so he tiptoed slowly toward the stairs. He planned to run away.
Anyway, he wouldn't be able to win if he stayed, so it was better to preserve his strength and wait for an opportunity to act later.
However, the reason he was able to escape last time was because the Team Rocket members were covering him, and Ash had fainted at that time, so he managed to run away successfully.
Although Zapdos was covering him this time, Ash hadn't fainted.
"Hey there, buddy. Could you please let me go? I'll leave and you guys can continue fighting. How about that?"
Looking at Ash standing in front of him with a bright smile, Lt. Surge couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Haha, you had a lot of fun using the super Voltorb cannon just now, didn't you?"
Ash laughed the same way as Lt. Surge, but Lt. Surge's was a bitter laugh, while his was a happy laugh.
Although he didn't know why Eddie had such power, his mission remained unchanged.
Here, defeating Lt. Surge was his mission.
It was just that he had been planning to use some risky methods to defeat Lt. Surge, but now it seemed that Eddie didn't need his help, so he didn't need to take such risks and could just defeat Lt. Surge in front of him steadily.
"Oh, God, I hope the three Legendary birds can defeat that monster."
"As for this brat, I'll try to see if I can defeat him. Even if I can't, I can at least wear him down a bit."
Lt. Surge looked at Ash, who was full of fighting spirit, knowing that he couldn't escape, and hoped in his heart that the three Legendary birds could defeat Eddie.
As for Ash, he now didn't know if he had the ability to defeat him. After all, his previous confidence came from Zapdos.
But no matter what, even if he couldn't defeat Ash, he had to wear him down. This was what Lt. Surge felt he could do for Team Rocket now.