Chapter 41

"Go, Cubone!"

"Go, Zubat!"

"Koffing, rush up!"

Among the four brothers of Team Rocket, except for the fourth brother who just sent out Machop, the remaining three threw their Poké Balls one after another—red light flashed, the Cubone holding a bone club, the Zubat flapping its wings, and the round Koffing appeared one after another.

Huo La scanned, and the detailed data of the four-person group's Pokémon clearly appeared on the system panel:

Big brother—

Pokémon: Zubat

Gender: Male

Level: Lv21

Aptitude: C

Status: Healthy

Nature: Naughty

Type: Poison/Flying

Ability: Inner Focus (A Pokémon with this ability will not flinch.)

Height: 0.8m

Weight: 7.6kg

Held Item: None

Skills: Supersonic (Proficiency 42%), Scary Face (Proficiency 45%), Poison Fang (Proficiency 78%), Quick Guard (Proficiency 79%)

Improvement Count: 0

Second brother—

Pokémon: Koffing

Gender: Male

Level: Lv22

Aptitude: C

Status: Healthy

Nature: Jolly

Type: Poison

Ability: Neutralizing Gas (This ability makes the abilities of surrounding Pokémon ineffective.)

Height: 0.6m

Weight: 1kg

Held Item: None

Skills: Tackle (Proficiency 35%), Poison Gas (Proficiency 56%), Smokescreen (Proficiency 91%), Sludge (Proficiency 43%), Clear Smog (Proficiency 8%)

Improvement Count: 0

Third brother—

Pokémon: Cubone

Gender: Female

Level: Lv22

Aptitude: C

Status: Healthy

Nature: Naive

Type: Ground

Ability: Pickup (Does not receive recoil damage from its own moves.)

Height: 0.6m

Weight: 17.1kg

Held Item: None

Skills: Growl (Proficiency 93%), Headbutt (Proficiency 12%), False Swipe (Proficiency 76%)

Improvement Count: 0

Fourth brother—

Pokémon: Machop

Gender: Female

Level: Lv22

Aptitude: C

Status: Healthy

Nature: Adamant

Type: Fighting

Ability: Guts (Attack increases by 50% when the Pokémon has any status condition.)

Height: 0.9m

Weight: 19.5kg

Held Item: None

Skills: Low Kick (Proficiency 56%), Focus Energy (Proficiency 28%), Flail (Proficiency 77%), Low Sweep (Proficiency 34%)

Improvement Count: 0

"They are all Pokémon with ordinary aptitude, but the skill proficiency is not low. It's just that Koffing's ability will seal the abilities of other Pokémon, which is a bit tricky." Huo La analyzed quickly in his heart, turning to look at Brock beside him. "Brother Brock, take good care of the researcher and Clefairy. These three Team Rocket members will be left to me."

"Be careful yourself." Brock only urged him once and didn't intend to join the battle—he could see that Huo La wanted to solve this battle with his own team and also wanted to take the opportunity to observe the cooperation of Huo La's Pokémon.

"Arrogant brat!" Seeing this, the big brother's face sank instantly, his tone full of disdain.

Huo La didn't pay attention to his sarcasm, his fingers tapping quickly toward the Poké Balls on his waist: "Beedrill, Scyther, Nidorina, all come out!"

Red light flashed one after another, and the three Pokémon appeared quickly: Beedrill hovered in mid-air beating its wings, Scyther held its sickle-like forelimbs ready to go, and Nidorina crouched on the ground, staring vigilantly at the enemies opposite.

"Choose your opponents, cooperate with each other, and fight freely." Huo La gave the command quickly, finally looking at Bulbasaur. "Bulbasaur, you stay by my side to guard, and support your teammates at any time!"

"Fight freely?" The four brothers of Team Rocket laughed when they heard this, and the big brother even mocked, "You really take yourself seriously! Zubat, use Supersonic to interfere with them!"

"Koffing, aim at Nidorina and use Sludge!" The second brother ordered immediately after.

"Cubone, rush up and use Headbutt on Scyther!" The third brother also commanded his own Pokémon to launch an attack.

For a time, the buzzing of Supersonic rang out, black sludge splashed toward Nidorina, and Cubone held the bone club, rushing toward Scyther with its short legs.

The battle started instantly.

Just as the buzzing of Supersonic spread in the cave, Nidorina moved first. Toxic Spikes were scattered, covering the entire field, stopping Cubone's Headbutt from advancing.

Scyther followed closely. Its figure was like a green lightning bolt, its sickle forelimbs glowing with cold light, and it slashed "Swish" at Cubone's back.

Cubone felt the pain, the bone club in its hand almost slipped, and just as it wanted to turn around to counterattack, Nidorina suddenly pounced from the rear, its sharp claws scratching fiercely at its flank, directly pressing it onto the Toxic Spikes on the ground, unable to move.

On the other side, the second brother's Koffing had just sprayed a group of black sludge, and Beedrill dived down, then turned back, its needle tail piercing toward Koffing with strong wind. Koffing wanted to dodge, but was entangled by the vines Bulbasaur threw out in time, and could only watch Beedrill's poison needle pierce into its body.

Seeing the situation was not good, the big brother shouted urgently: "Zubat, use Poison Fang to bite Beedrill!"

But Zubat had just pounced in front of Beedrill and hadn't had time to use Poison Fang to attack when Scyther and Nidorina on the other side had already neatly solved Cubone.

After solving the opponent, the two pounced into the battlefield again without hesitation.

Scyther's sickle forelimbs slashed horizontally with wind-tearing cold light, "Swish" precisely slashing at Zubat's left wing; Nidorina followed closely, throwing several poison needles at its right wing.

Zubat screamed, its wings on both sides drooping together, and it fell heavily onto the rock ground like a kite with a broken string, flapping its wings twice before there was no movement.

"Trash! All trash!" Seeing his teammates collapse one after another, the second brother was so anxious that the veins on his forehead burst, roaring: "Koffing! Spray Poison Gas quickly, cover the entire cave, and make them poisoned!"

"Koffing—!" Koffing immediately swelled its round body and sprayed a group of thick black Poison Gas.

The poison mist spread rapidly in the narrow cave, and the choking sulfur smell rushed toward them. The researcher shrinking in the corner couldn't help but cough violently, and even Brock's Geodude subconsciously took two steps back.

"Want to use Poison Gas to cover vision and poison?" Huo La covered his nose and mouth, his eyes stern, but he didn't give commands immediately—he wanted to see if his Pokémon could cooperate independently to break the situation.

Sure enough, the next second, Scyther flew into the air, its forelimbs waving quickly, and several Air Slashes glowing with white light whistled out, precisely tearing several gaps in the permeating Poison Gas.

Just as the poison mist dissipated, Beedrill passed through the gap like a black lightning bolt, its twin needles overlapping and slashing fiercely at Koffing's body; at the same time, Nidorina's figure appeared from below Koffing, crashing heavily into Koffing.

"Koffing~!" Koffing let out a weak painful groan, its body instantly deflated, and it fell straight to the ground, losing its ability to battle.

A moment later, the Poison Gas gradually dissipated, and the cave returned to clarity.

Only to see the four brothers of Team Rocket tied together by Bulbasaur's tough vines, their faces full of horror; their four Pokémon lay scattered on the ground, all having lost their ability to battle.

Huo La walked up, looking down at them: "Still dare to grab the Moon Stone? Now honestly confess, does your Team Rocket have other accomplices in Moonview Mountain?"

The big brother who was tied up had a face flushed red, but still stubborn: "We won't say anything! Team Rocket won't let you go!"

Brock also walked over at this time, squatted down to check the four people who were tied, and shook his head at Huo La: "Looking at them like this, I guess you can't ask anything. It's better to hand them over to Officer Jenny first and let the professionals interrogate them."

Huo La glanced at Brock, a trace of imperceptible helplessness flashing in the bottom of his eyes, and then took out his Pokédex, pressed the emergency call button, and explained the reason to Officer Jenny.