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One hundred thousand players plus the army led by the Gym Leaders was almost three times the number of Team Rocket's forty thousand members.
It seemed they had completely crushed Team Rocket in terms of numbers. However, the strongest player was Eddie, who had Gym leader strength, while the second strongest player seemed to only be at the advanced trainer level.
Moreover, there were fewer than one hundred people with advanced trainer strength, and these hundred were distributed across seven regions. The Kanto Region had the most, with about twenty-five people.
Apart from these twenty-five advanced trainers, the rest were intermediate trainers, and there were even beginner trainers who overestimated their abilities and joined the battle.
As for Team Rocket, the weakest trainers they could send to the battlefield were intermediate-level trainers, but there were also many advanced trainers, hundreds of elite trainers, and there should be a few Gym Leader-level trainers by now.
With such strength disparity, no matter how many players there were, it would be useless. An advanced trainer could defeat more than a dozen intermediate trainers, and an elite trainer could beat dozens of them. A Gym Leader could defeat hundreds of intermediate trainers.
Furthermore, Team Rocket had a trump card—an injection serum that could instantly increase a Pokémon's strength.
Although the effect was weaker on stronger Pokémon and it had serious side effects, everyone in Team Rocket had one, ready to use it for a counterattack at critical moments.
"So, it's really unfortunate for players to participate in such a war at this time. They'll be pure cannon fodder, serving as the vanguard for the army led by the Gym Leaders."
Eddie couldn't help but observe a moment of silence for the players in the Kanto Region, hoping they wouldn't suffer too many defeats and have mental breakdowns.
"There are so many people. Is this the true strength of Team Rocket?"
Seeing such large numbers, even the optimistic Ash began to worry.
He certainly wasn't afraid of Team Rocket, but he felt that with so many enemies, it would be difficult to defeat them all.
"It's okay. These Team Rocket members aren't something we need to worry about. Let's rescue the citizens of Pallet Town and Daisy first."
Eddie spoke to comfort the worried group. They were key figures in this war, and no one would make them deal with such common soldiers. Their opponents would only be the three executives.
Of course, Green only learned who the enemy was after being reminded by Eddie, and Ash and Gary also seemed to have a vague idea of who they would be fighting.
"Right now, the whole city is covered by a Light Screen. Such a Light Screen that can cover the entire Saffron City couldn't be created by just a few Pokémon. It must have been created by hundreds or even thousands of Psychic-type Pokémon working together~"
How could such a large-scale Light Screen be created by just Mr. Mime? Even if Mr. Mime is Sabrina's main Pokémon, it's impossible.
This is beyond the ability of normal Pokémon.
Only a Legendary Pokémon could probably cover the entire Saffron City on its own.
Eddie took Green's telescope and immediately looked at the Psychic-type Pokémon in various locations throughout Saffron City. He couldn't help but think that this was the reasonable and normal situation. However, this way, it would be almost impossible to achieve a breakthrough like in the comics.
"And the leader inside is definitely Sabrina's Mr. Mime, which is a true master of defensive warfare. The current Saffron City is an impregnable fortress. It's almost impossible to break through by force."
Eddie told the other three what he observed and also explained the strength of the Psychic barrier to them.
"Then, how about we go underground? Use the Pokémon's Dig move."
Ash saw that they couldn't get in either from the ground or through the sky, so he thought of entering from underground.
"Hmph, Ash, don't treat Team Rocket as fools. How could they not have thought of such an obvious flaw? Didn't you see that the barrier is spherical? I'm afraid the underground is also surrounded."
They were now high above Saffron City. Both Eddie and Ash and Gary had tentatively attacked the barrier. The result was that apart from some ripples that confirmed the barrier was spherical, the entire shield remained almost intact.
"So what should we do now? We have to get in to rescue people. Do we have to wait until the enemy starts attacking before we can enter? That would be too passive."
Ash looked anxious. The sky didn't work, neither the ground nor underground worked, and attacking was useless—so how could they get in?
"Although this barrier almost eliminates the possibility of anyone entering, it's only almost impossible. There are still ways to get in, and even destroying it is possible."
After Eddie finished speaking, he already had the Master Ball in his hand.
If ordinary means couldn't break this barrier, then he would use extraordinary means.
Eddie wanted to see whether the Light Screen created by thousands of Psychic-type Pokémon could block the attacks of a Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon.
Although Mewtwo was only at the Pokémon Champion level at this moment, as a Legendary Pokémon, it was infinitely stronger than normal Pokémon. It would be extremely easy for it to defeat thousands of Psychic-type Pokémon that weren't even at the quasi-Heavenly King level.
"By the way, just in case, let's notify Erika and the others to start the attack."
Eddie suddenly thought of the League army and player groups at the four exits of Saffron City. He then took out his Pokédex and sent a text message to Erika, saying, "I can destroy the barrier. Starting destruction now—get ready to attack."
Originally Eddie thought he might have to wait a few minutes before receiving a response from Erika, but less than a minute after he sent the text message, Erika replied.
It was also a text message, with only one sentence.
The order to go to war has been issued and we can attack at any time.
"She didn't question me, and she didn't ask me how to break it. She just trusted me."
Eddie noticed this and then looked at Ash and the others beside him. When Eddie had just said the barrier could be broken, they hadn't questioned it either, but simply waited silently for Eddie's next move.
"Since you all trust me so much, how could I betray that trust?!"
"Go! Mewtwo! Fire the first shot to start this war and break this barrier!"
[No problem! It's just a barrier!]
Eddie swung his hand and threw out the Master Ball.
Mewtwo, emitting a terrifying aura, appeared before everyone. Seeing Mewtwo, everyone's Pokémon trembled instinctively. This was caused by the pressure brought by the power of a Legendary Pokémon.
Just like when a deer sees a tiger—regardless of whether the tiger is the deer's friend or not, it's natural for the deer to instinctively feel fear.
However, before anyone could ask about Eddie's Pokémon, Mewtwo began to act.
Mewtwo ignored the surprise of the people and Pokémon and slowly extended one hand.
On its hand with only three fingers appeared a substance that absolutely didn't exist in the normal world, formed by its extremely powerful psychic power.
It was a momentous event when psychic power, an invisible and intangible force, transformed into actual matter!
Then it struck the protective barrier hard.
At the moment of hitting the protective barrier, everyone seemed to see the huge spoon transmitting some kind of energy, which continuously impacted the protective barrier as it struck down.
Eddie, who possessed psychic abilities, knew that Mewtwo was using the spoon as a medium to transmit its immense psychic power and directly attack the entire protective barrier.
Facing Mewtwo's attack, the protective barrier instantly produced huge ripples, but this didn't last long.
"CRACK~~~~"
Along with the sound of shattering glass, the protective barrier gradually broke apart with the point where Mewtwo's spoon struck it as the center.
As cracks spread to cover the entire barrier, the Psychic-type Pokémon who were maintaining the Light Screen seemed to have suffered a tremendous impact and were directly injured, falling down from the invisible psychic recoil.
Because the power was distributed among thousands of Pokémon, after sharing the damage, although they were severely injured and battered, they didn't completely collapse.
However, as they were severely damaged, the cracked protective barrier finally couldn't hold up.
After Mewtwo struck it hard once more, the entire protective barrier shattered instantly.
At this moment, Eddie, who was standing in front of Ash and the others in the air, and Erika, who was standing in front of the League army and the player group on the ground, issued the same command.
"The barrier is broken—advance and defeat Team Rocket today!"