At dawn, Nobunaga and the others were awakened by a burst of fighting and shouting, and hurriedly brought their own little Pokémon out of the tent.
As soon as they got out, they saw Minato and his two Pokémon being chased by five people in League uniforms, who were leading Growlithe.
"When did the League people sneak up here?" Tajima said in shock.
"Don't worry about that, hurry up and go help!" After Yingcai finished speaking, he commanded several Pokémon to charge up.
Nobunaga and the other two also hurriedly had their Pokémon go up to help.
Koffing used Mud Attack, and Golbat also used Whirlwind to help Minato get out of danger.
Seeing that he had already left the center of the battle, Minato hurriedly explained: "My Golbat just warned me, and these five League dogs rushed up. I could only shout for help."
The three of them didn't say much either, only commanding their respective Pokémon to fight while observing whether there were any more League people appearing around them.
Five Growlithe were surrounding and attacking Yingcai's Arbok and Primeape. Crobat flew in midair and continuously used Air Slash, but still couldn't tear open the encirclement.
Elsewhere, a Rhyhorn and Machamp were entangled together; both sides used all their strength and neither retreated.
And Nobunaga's Koffing kept dodging the attacks of three Pidgeotto, while also using Mud Attack to counterattack.
Several Golbat and Zubat and several Skarmory began a guerrilla battle.
By Yingcai's side, a Sandslash stood beside him, protecting him at close range.
The Ekans on Nobunaga also revealed its head, observing the situation around them. Grimer stayed on Nobunaga's shoulder, still not moving at all.
The battle continued for quite a while, yet there was still no winner. Yingcai had Sandslash go up to help as well, while Nobunaga sent Ekans to sneak-attack the opposing Trainer.
Arbok and Primeape, being surrounded and attacked, already had wounds on their bodies. Primeape's anger could no longer be controlled; it rushed up, grabbed a Growlithe, and began trading injury for injury.
Just as the battle was fierce, the ground under Minato's feet suddenly split open into a big hole, and a Sandslash swung its bright silvery steel claws at Minato from the burrow.
After that strike, Minato still had a panicked look on his face, but his neck was spurting blood into midair. Minato's Golbat and Zubat, eyes wide with rage, charged toward Sandslash.
Nobunaga also didn't expect the League people to use such a despicable method as a sneak attack. Grimer had already come down from his shoulder, returned to its normal size, and protected Nobunaga behind it.
Sandslash killed Minato's Golbat and Zubat in a few blows, and then set its gaze on Nobunaga.
Seeing that the other side had been taken out by one person, the League side couldn't help but feel invigorated. Just at this moment, an Ekans suddenly darted out from the side, bit a bald Trainer in the throat, then wrapped its body around his neck and kept tightening.
The other four on the League side wanted to go up to rescue him when they saw this, but Ekans was tightly wrapped around the bald man's neck. The Hitmonlee at the side was afraid of injuring its master and didn't dare to strike casually, and could only watch helplessly as the bald man stopped breathing.
After confirming the bald man's death, Ekans turned and fled. Hitmonlee, seeing this, chased after it with eyes completely red.
A friend who had just been talking and laughing died right beside them; the remaining four League Trainers were also burning with rage, and sent up the Pokémon that had been protecting them, leaving only a Venusaur to protect them.
Ninetales, Blastoise, and two Charizard rushed onto the field and began to wreak havoc.
On Nobunaga's side, facing Sandslash's gaze, Grimer charged up and began fighting it.
Right at this time, Yingcai shouted: "Nobunaga, Tajima, you two come over toward my side."
After hearing it, the two called back the Pokémon protecting them at close range and began moving toward Yingcai.
After the three met up, Yingcai had everyone call their Pokémon back.
Seeing this, the League side also gathered back their respective Pokémon.
Only the dead bald Trainer's Pokémon pursued relentlessly, and then was surrounded by the three's Pokémon and killed.
Both sides' Pokémon each lined up in a row, facing each other in a standoff. The League side was waiting for reinforcements, while Yingcai didn't know what he was waiting for.
Nobunaga's Ekans led Hitmonlee around in a circle and returned to his side, and Hitmonlee, seeing this situation, had no choice but to retreat back to the League side.
Suddenly, one red and one green signal flare rose into the sky.
Yingcai glanced at them, and after confirming the colors, said: "The mission succeeded. Now prepare to retreat."
Nobunaga and Tajima exchanged a look and didn't ask more, and followed Yingcai, bringing their Pokémon as they slowly retreated along the retreat route.
The four League people froze for a moment after seeing the signal flares. Seeing the three retreating backward, they chased after them.
Nobunaga hurriedly instructed Koffing: "Use Smokescreen!"
Koffing opened its mouth wide, and rolling thick black smoke sprayed out from its mouth.
The three hurriedly recalled their Pokémon and ran toward the previously decided retreat route.
The League side hurriedly had Pidgeotto and other Pokémon blow away the thick smoke.
When they stared again, where was there any trace of Team Rocket—only a mess, a bare scene left behind.
The four looked at each other; with no other way, they could only turn around with their Pokémon to rendezvous with the main force, striving to kill a few more Team Rocket members to avenge the bald man.
However, what they didn't know was that the entire Nidoran clan of Mt. Moon had red light in their eyes.
Some Nidorino and Nidorina actually showed the light of evolution on their bodies even without evolution stones.
Before long, many Nidoking and Nidoqueen appeared in Mt. Moon. Their eyes glowed red as they began crazily destroying everything they saw in front of them.