A willing sacrifice has stepped up for the sake of the Pokémon Kaiser's glory! Better and better.

"Hyper Beam," he orders his Gyarados, which obliges, aiming at the alien while it's busy with Ditto. Ralts grabs onto its liege and uses Double Team to try and avoid the Signal Beam.

Some might consider this a rash plan, given the recharge period. But the Kaiser has no intentions of going easy in his public debut.