That said,
in context it's also funny. The reason Resix is saying that isn't because the player/Michael is there, but because this is the second time you encounter the Hexagon Brothers and they had a whole bit where they do a counting roll call... except they keep counting till they get to eight. This after your first encounter with them where they first attempt to do a counting roll call, except the brother who initiates the roll call doesn't count themselves so they only get up to five. Later on when Cipher takes over Phanec Town and they're all impersonating Justy they do a callback to this moment by doing a countdown instead, finally getting to the right number. Unfortunately for them it doesn't last as in the postgame they've gone back to the Shadow Pokemon Lab where they're doing a counting roll call again and somehow get to nineteen.