Koga couldn't help giving himself a thumbs-up. With a flash, he darted in Axel's direction.
Suddenly, a familiar sensation came over him. Koga's face stiffened, and his entire body turned purple.
'Poisoned...'
"Arbok, did you accidentally poke me with the stinger on your tail?"
"Arbok?", Arbok let out a confused hiss and looked at his trainer, puzzled.
He was still three meters away from his trainer, how could he have touched him?
He slithered over to Koga, wanting to see what was going on with the poison on his trainer.
As for precautions?
Arbok was confident he didn't need any precautions. He had been eating poison like meals since he was little, with resistance to toxins so high it was terrifying.
And then...
A familiar feeling struck.
Koga looked at Arbok in surprise, confusion in his voice.
"Arbok, why is your tongue turning purple too?"
In Arbok's originally fierce vertical pupils, a trace of confusion flashed.
Since his debut, he had trained with deadly toxins daily. He even treated Toxic Orbs like lollipops.
All of it was to temper his own deadly poison and deepen his resistance to toxins.
But now what's going on?
Even a newborn Ekans wouldn't get poisoned just from a move. How did he get poisoned?
'This is just absurd...'
'Could it be that my trainer's poison experiments has damaged my body?'
"Don't overthink it. I know what's going on now," A gleam of sharp light flashed in Koga's eyes, "I heard long ago that in the Alola region, there's a kind of powerful Pokémon. Even Poison and Steel types can be poisoned by its toxins."
"I originally thought I'd go check it out someday. Didn't expect to run into it today."
"In that case, let's show them what real poison is!"
Koga downed an antidote, and gave one to Arbok as well.
"Now that we know the opponent is a Poison-type Pokémon, this battle is as good as ours."
"Later, we'll break in through the window directly. You'll act as a meat shield to absorb the first wave of attacks."
"Whether it's the opponent's poison or that Gardevoir who's good at Fairy-type moves, neither is your match."
"Then Golbat and I can seize the opportunity to capture the enemy trainer!"
Koga's thoughts were clear. His words fired up both Arbok and Golbat.
Since he had seen all of Team Rocket's men who were watching Ho-Oh dead, Koga was unaware of Ho-Oh's existence.
Right now, he only felt that victory was firmly in his grasp.
"Arbok, use Charge first to boost your defense. Once you're ready, we'll charge in."
"Hiss!"
Arbok let out a soft hiss. His body coiled up, and mysterious gases began clashing within him.
After a minute, Arbok had used Charge three times, raising both Defense and Special Defense by three stages.
He now felt terrifyingly powerful.
"Arbok, charge in and immediately bind the opposing trainer, in case they use Teleport to escape."
"Hiss!"
Arbok let out a roar, planning to crash through the window in his most ferocious form and bind the trainer who had troubled his master.
But just as he crashed through the window, he suddenly felt countless tiny sharp blades pierce into his body. He immediately let out a scream even sharper than before.
Axel and Gardevoir were instantly awakened.
"Gardevoir!"
A red light flashed in Gardevoir's eyes. The pink energy surrounding her instantly dispersed.
The moon in the sky suddenly grew larger, and endless moonlight poured down, bathing Arbok completely.
Zzzla~
A harsh sound came from Arbok's body, though the damage wasn't too serious.
As a Poison-type Pokémon, Arbok takes half damage from Fairy-type moves.
And with three stacks of defense, he could basically lie in the moonlight and enjoy a bath.
But just because he could, didn't mean others could.
Facing the terrifying moonlight from the sky, Koga didn't even hesitate for a second before decisively choosing between Moonblast and Stealth Rock.
He jumped lightly, bypassed the Stealth Rock blockade, and instantly took cover under Arbok's abdomen.
"Axel, you're too despicable!"
Axel blinked, still not fully awake.
He couldn't understand why an assassin sneaking up on him in the middle of the night would call him despicable.
He didn't even throw a Toxic Orb at anyone today...
"But despicable or not, this kind of tactic is just too weak against me!"
"I, Koga, am a man unafraid of poison!"
'Koga?'
Axel became a bit more alert.
He had been thinking about how to lure out his three executives while maintaining his strength.
And now Koga showed up on his own.
Axel remembered clearly that during this period, Koga was also a member of Team Rocket.
'So can I recruit him too and have him lead Team Rocket in attacking the execution ground?'
Seeing that Axel remained silent, Koga thought he had scared Axel into losing his will to fight.
"Afraid to fight? Well, that's understandable."
"I've already investigated, your ace Gardevoir isn't actually skilled in Psychic powers. You only managed to beat Lance and the others by borrowing the moon's power at Mt. Moon."
"In front of poison, you're completely—WHAT THE HELL!"
Koga was halfway through speaking when Axel directly summoned Mewtwo.
Then...
Koga was completely stunned.
Not even the rocks embedded in his body could calm him down.
Compared to the physical pain, he now felt his heart ache even more.
He had just seen the Pokémon Team Rocket was researching appear next to Axel, and it wasn't even restrained in any way.
'How is this possible?'
'Letting that thing loose will kill people!'
Axel stepped past Mewtwo, maintaining a five-meter distance from Koga.
"Why aren't you talking? Is it because you don't like speaking?"
Koga: "Abba~ Abba~"
'Requesting a guide, urgent.'
'Is it still too late to pretend I am a gym trainer here to challenge Axel?'
'Maybe he doesn't know I'm from Team Rocket yet!'
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