"I just got an update from Sherlock," Shiranui stated, explaining, "Jessie and James from Team Rocket have apparently joined forces with Liam and Chuck because their Meowth and a wild Pokémon friend of theirs got abducted by the poachers."  He was puzzling over what wild Pokémon Team Rocket befriended that they would rescue, immediately dismissing Bewear as he didn't think the poachers were stupid enough to go after Bewear without a lot of preparation and contingency plans.