Surrounded by the crowd, Ash could only stand up slowly and bite the bullet to test:
"Hehe, I said I'm a new intern, is that okay?"
What he wanted was to sneak into the building, avoid all the small fry, and then suddenly appear from the shadows when the boss was feeling smug, putting a knife to the other's neck.
Finally, he would say that sentence handsomely:
"Get out of Saffron City, or die. Choose one?"
He had already thought of the script for the author.
And now, it was over just as it had begun?
A group of members wearing Rainbow Group uniforms approached with eager eyes.
"This guy is the rat the boss was talking about!"
"Don't rush, I'm taking this head today!"
"Squirtle! I've been in bronze for 5 years, give me a kill!"
Everyone was chattering about the ownership of the head on Ash's neck. He wanted to run away, but the elevator entrance was blocked tightly by the crowd, leaving no gap for escape, and the elevator behind him had closed again.
"I want the head!"
As the first person pounced on Ash, everyone suddenly jumped up like mad dogs, knocking Ash to the ground before he could react.
"The head is mine!"
"Duck! Stop touching my head!"
Dozens of men pressed on Ash like a pyramid, and the scene was very tense for a while.
If it were a normal person facing the weight of dozens of adult men at the same time, they would probably have been crushed into a paper man after the dimensionality reduction attack. Even with Ash's body density, it was difficult for him to stand firm.
"That's enough!"
Ash was pinned to the ground, his ears still filled with the sound of people discussing his head. He roared suddenly and waved his thumb.
"Pikachu, don't show me mercy, use Thunderbolt now!!"
Due to its small size, Pikachu struggled out of the gap and stepped on the head of the top guy. Then electricity burst out from its cheeks, turning into yellow electric snakes that shot madly into the crowd.
"Pika, Chu!!"
Thunderbolt exploded!
Instantly, everyone, including Ash, was struck by the powerful current. Their bodies crackled and twitched continuously. Even their white bones could be vaguely seen in the splashing lightning.
"Sizzle."
A scent of meaty green smoke filled the air. Soon, the Thunderbolt dissipated. After a shudder all over his body, Ash slowly stood up with his hands propped on the ground. His face was a little blackened, and he threw the employee who had been electrocuted off to the side like a dead dog.
Since they couldn't be distinguished, let's be struck by lightning together and see who can survive.
We're not competing for anything else, just to see whose body is more elastic!
After a while, several people woke up from their coma, including the speculators who had waited at the back to reap the benefits.
"Tsk, is there anyone who can stand it?"
Ash frowned, thinking there really were some rubber people in this world.
But since they were discovered, let's fight openly!
The dozen or so employees glanced at Pikachu with lingering fear, not daring to rush forward and use their bodies to force the fight. They threw out their Poké Balls one after another.
"Come out, Magnemite."
"Come out, Zubat!"
"Come out, Grimer!"
"Come out, Rattata!"
A lot of Pokémon suddenly appeared in the hall, but judging from their sizes, they were small fry. Ash quickly patted his chest to comfort the person in his soul who was fighting fiercely.
"Red, they are all trash, you don't need to play."
Red: "?"
Then Ash shouted:
"Pikachu, use another Thunderbolt and take them all out at once!"
"Pika!"
Pikachu leaped high into the air, lightning bursting from its cheeks once again.
"Don't panic, leave it to me!"
Facing the yellow lightning, a man with glasses who looked like a science engineer strode forward and waved his finger.
"Go ahead, Magnemite, block its Thunderbolt!"
Generally, Magnemite's lightning is blue, which is negative electricity, and it has good resistance to Pikachu's yellow positive electricity.
This was his confidence, backed by mathematics, physics, and chemistry!
"Buzz!"
Magnemite floated in the air, and the magnets on both sides of its body emitted bursts of blue lightning. It used its body to absorb all of Pikachu's yellow lightning.
"Sizzle, sizzle!!"
Seeing this, Pikachu frowned, and the electric shock on its cheeks surged again. The Thunderbolt suddenly became twice as strong!
Magnemite was demagnetized instantly, regardless of positive and negative poles.
Suddenly, a powerful electric current shot Magnemite backward, and it crashed into the wall, creating a big hole.
"BOOM!!"
Black smoke rose up, and the eyes of Magnemite had already turned into "XX" under this horrible electric shock.
"…"
All the Rainbow Group grunts took a step back, stunned by Pikachu's power.
Can these electric mice be so powerful?
You know, in Team Rocket's hierarchy, the "Fire" generation has a higher status than the "Color" generation, and these small fry from the Rainbow Group are at the bronze level. They're more for filling numbers than fighting.
Seeing this, Ash played confidently. He clenched his hand with the bloody bandage and ordered Pikachu to attack again.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
"Don't think it's that easy! Zubat, use Supersonic!"
Before the grunt could finish, Pikachu's figure had disappeared. The next second, a dazzling white light shock wave knocked Zubat away.
Ash's eyes burned as he continued to chase.
"Finish them off, Pikachu, Thunderbolt again!!"
"Pika, Chu!!"
Pikachu leaped onto the stunned Zubat and unleashed another close-range Thunderbolt.
"Sizzle, sizzle!!"
Many Rattata and Grimer quickly lost their ability to fight and collapsed.
Ash frowned and blurted out, "Pikachu, I called you Electric Man, not Electric Pokémon."
Pikachu: "?"
It doesn't matter, just make up for it.
Pikachu used Thunderbolt for the fourth time, the electric current spreading in all directions and knocking out all the grunts.
"Sizzle."
Without their Pokémon, more than a dozen grunts fell paralyzed.
With three badges, Ash had already surpassed the average trainer. Even without relying on his Gengar, he could handle it effortlessly.
"Zi."
Suddenly, something strange happened.
The current was blocked by something and couldn't spread out completely.
Ash raised his head and was shocked by what he saw.
Two grunts, one tall and one short, were still standing firm. The tall man had a dark blue, floating Pokémon with a stone pillar-like body and a round, one-eyed head. A special, invisible telekinetic energy surrounded it, blocking Pikachu's Thunderbolt.
The short guy was even more curious.
He was holding a wooden sword, spinning it wildly in front of him, turning it into an airtight shield that blocked the Thunderbolt.
It was outrageous—could a human body block Thunderbolt?
Just when Ash thought he had encountered a tough guy from the Rainbow Group and was about to let Pikachu power up again, the two opposite suddenly raised their hands and shouted:
"Don't shoot, we're on your side!"
After saying this, they subconsciously looked at each other, both confused.
Card Turtle, there's actually an undercover agent?!
(End of this chapter)