Chapter Summaries

Luo Mu learned that Qi Ren had been injured by a Bewear while exploring near Porto Marinada, and that his Wattrel had been badly hurt protecting him. Qi Ren revealed that classmates had told him Bewear’s warning gesture meant it was friendly, leaving Luo Mu suspicious that the attack had not been a simple accident.

• A doctor told Luo Mu that Qi Ren had multiple fractures but no major internal injuries, while Wattrel was in intensive care at the Pokémon Center.
• Luo Mu visited the hospitalized Qi Ren, who asked about Wattrel and cried when he learned how badly it had been hurt saving him.
• Qi Ren told Luo Mu that a Bewear with a cub had attacked him after he approached it, hoping to catch the rare Pokémon.
• Qi Ren said his classmates had told him that Bewear waving its arms was a friendly greeting, though Luo Mu explained it was a warning to stay away.
• Luo Mu suspected someone at Naranja Academy had deliberately misled Qi Ren and planned to discuss the students around him with Principal Mu Fei.

Luo Mu returned to the farm and discovered that Fidough and Smoliv had evolved into Dachsbun and Dolliv while he was away. He introduced five new Pokémon—the two Deerling and three Dragonair—to the farm, where the Dragonair quickly began caring for the Baby Pokémon.

• Luo Mu returned to the farm after bringing Qi Ren safely back to his parents and saw that the Machop Construction Team had nearly finished its work.
• The foreman hinted that a surprise awaited Luo Mu at the farm, recalling a flash of light that suggested a Pokémon had evolved.
• Luo Mu found that Fidough and Smoliv had evolved into Dachsbun and Dolliv, and the farm’s Pokémon explained how Dolliv’s olives produced oil and how Growlithe and Moltres had helped Fidough evolve.
• Luo Mu introduced two Deerling and three Dragonair to the farm’s Pokémon.
• The Dragonair quickly befriended the other Pokémon and began looking after the Baby Pokémon, while Poliwhirl showed interest in their weather-controlling ability.

Luo Mu and his Pokémon enjoyed a breakfast made with Dolliv’s Olive Oil before the Dragonair helped irrigate and tend the farm’s crops. As the wheat neared maturity, Luo Mu watched Dachsbun and Growlithe play in the field.

• Luo Mu collected Olive Oil from Dolliv and used it to make sandwiches for the Pokémon.
• The Pokémon enjoyed breakfast, and the Deerling and Dragonair were grateful for their new home and its food.
• The Dragonair used Rain Dance to water the fields while Poliwhirl and its Poliwag watched.
• Comfey and Eldegoss spread Grassy Terrain as the Dragonair brought out sunlight, astonishing the fence-building worker.
• Luo Mu checked the growing wheat and considered grinding it into flour and brewing alcohol after harvest.
• Dachsbun and Growlithe ran through the wheat field and came into Luo Mu’s view.

Luo Mu checked on the farm’s Pokémon and arranged special training for Mudbray while the Dragonair agreed to teach Poliwhirl and the Poliwag Rain Dance. Delibird arrived with something to tell Luo Mu, leaving its news unknown.

• Luo Mu arranged for Growlithe and Dachsbun to run through the Wheat Field, then checked on the Deerling and asked them to let Comfey gather flowers from their antlers.
• The female Deerling directed Luo Mu to Mudbray, which was playing in the mud, and he took it toward the Small Western-Style House for special training.
• Poliwhirl asked the three Dragonair to teach it and the Poliwag Rain Dance, and they agreed.
• Swampert watched Poliwhirl’s group and felt reassured that they were coping well with their changed duties.
• Delibird flew over to Luo Mu as he walked with Mudbray, apparently bringing him a message.

Delibird told Luo Mu that it wanted to leave on a journey to explore the world and grow stronger, and Luo Mu and the farm Pokémon prepared to support its departure. With several days left before Delibird’s farewell party, Luo Mu took it and a few Pokémon to Trainer Beach for training.

• Delibird overcame its hesitation and told Luo Mu it wanted to travel the world and become as strong as Dragonite.
• Luo Mu accepted Delibird’s decision and promised to hold a farewell party before it left.
• The Pokémon offered Delibird advice and gifts, while Dragonite and its three godmothers promised to teach it how to read the weather and survive extreme conditions.
• Luo Mu took Growlithe, Mudbray, Dachsbun, Delibird, Swampert, and Dragonite to the beach for training.
• At Trainer Beach, Luo Mu released Growlithe, Mudbray, and Dachsbun and prepared to challenge weaker opponents.

Luo Mu accepted Jiami’s challenge at Trainer Beach and defeated Gumshoos with Mudbray in a single blow. After inviting another battle, he spotted a woman with a Hisuian Growlithe identical to his own.

• Jiami challenged the beach crowd after Gumshoos won three consecutive battles.
• Luo Mu stepped forward and chose Mudbray for a one-on-one battle against Jiami’s Gumshoos.
• Mudbray blinded Gumshoos with Mud-Slap, then knocked it out with High Horsepower.
• Jiami hurried to the medical station with Gumshoos, while Luo Mu called for another opponent.
• A woman accepted Luo Mu’s challenge, and he noticed the Hisuian Growlithe beside her.

Luo Mu battled Sha Li, a photographer from Sinnoh, and won with Delibird’s strength and precise commands. Afterward, he examined Sha Li’s Hisuian Growlithe and wondered where she had obtained it.

• Sha Li photographed Luo Mu without permission, then deleted the pictures when he objected.
• Sha Li introduced herself as a Sinnoh photographer and chose Noctowl to battle Luo Mu, who sent out Delibird.
• Delibird interrupted Noctowl’s Wing Attack with Fake Out and steadily gained the advantage under Luo Mu’s commands.
• Sha Li ordered Noctowl to use Brave Bird, but Delibird’s Blizzard froze Noctowl and ended the battle.
• Sha Li struggled to accept the loss, while Luo Mu examined her Hisuian Growlithe and questioned where she had found it.

Luo Mu and Sha Li discussed their Growlithe’s origins, and Sha Li agreed to photograph his Pokémon. Later, Geeta called Luo Mu about a commission and asked whether he knew the infamous Hunter J.

• Sha Li photographed Growlithe and asked Luo Mu where it came from, and they exchanged stories about their Pokémon’s origins.
• Sha Li explained that her family’s Growlithe had been passed down for generations and that its kind came from ancient Hisui.
• After confirming Growlithe was happy with Luo Mu, Sha Li agreed to take photos for him and received his farm’s address.
• Luo Mu flew away on Dragonite, then told Nemona he could take her to Trainer Beach after her lesson the next morning; Arven planned to come along.
• Geeta called Luo Mu about the commission she had mentioned before his trip to the Alola League and asked if he knew Hunter J.

Geeta enlisted Luo Mu to help capture Hunter J during her planned operation on Frost Smear Mountain, while he continued teaching Battle Studies and training Pokémon. The chapter ended with Mudbray narrowly winning a dangerous cliffside battle against Klawf.

• Geeta told Luo Mu that Hunter J was expected to target a rare Pokémon on Frost Smear Mountain and asked him to help capture her with Grusha’s assistance.
• Luo Mu accepted Geeta’s commission and resumed his farm work and Battle Studies lessons, which attracted more students, including Pippa, Erichis, and Ortega.
• At Trainer Beach, Trainers refused Luo Mu’s battle invitations because they feared facing his powerful Pokémon, so he dressed Dragonite as a lifeguard and sent it to watch the students.
• Luo Mu rode Swampert into the nearby wilderness to find suitable opponents for his Pokémon.
• Mudbray fought Klawf on a dangerous cliff and used High Horsepower to slam it onto a protruding rock, narrowly avoiding a fall into the raging sea.

Mudbray defeated Klawf and evolved into Mudsdale, but the cliff gave way under its new weight, forcing Luo Mu and Delibird to rescue Mudsdale and Klawf. Back at home, Luo Mu discovered that Dragonite had ignored his instructions and become the center of a Trainer Beach challenge spectacle.

• Mudbray evolved into Mudsdale after defeating Klawf, just as the rock ledge began to crack beneath its weight.
• Luo Mu recalled Mudsdale into its Poké Ball while Delibird flew down and carried the unconscious Klawf back to safety.
• Luo Mu released Mudsdale on solid ground, then returned the students to their parents and took Arven back to the Lighthouse Research Institute.
• Luo Mu wrote in his notebook while Serperior and Mimikyu watched, and Serperior grew envious of Delibird.
• A Paldea news report revealed that Dragonite had battled a hundred challengers at Trainer Beach, prompting Luo Mu to realize Dragonite and the students had ignored his instructions.

Luo Mu prepared to expand his farm and welcomed Sha Li, who came to photograph a family portrait. After discovering Moltres among the farm’s Pokémon, Sha Li chose the golden wheat field as the setting and captured Luo Mu and all twenty-six Pokémon together.

• Luo Mu considered buying fish fry for Thunderclap Lake and building a house for the Pokémon as his farm grew.
• Sha Li arrived to take photographs, and Luxray’s dignified presence immediately caught her eye.
• Luo Mu told Sha Li he had twenty-six Pokémon, and she suggested choosing a place on the farm that held shared memories for the portrait.
• Sha Li discovered Moltres resting in the living room and learned it was staying on the farm after helping hatch Growlithe.
• After touring the farm, Sha Li chose the ripe wheat field as the portrait’s setting, and Comfey made flower crowns for everyone.
• Luo Mu and all the Pokémon posed together in the wheat field as Sha Li took their first family photograph.

Sha Li left Luo Mu’s farm with a renewed interest in photography, planning to explore Paldea and later investigate Kitakami’s Bloodmoon Pokémon. The next morning, Luo Mu and the farm’s Pokémon saw Delibird off on its journey with supplies and advice for staying safe.

• Sha Li gave Luo Mu the photo memory card, and he persuaded her to keep the backup so she could use the family portrait to promote her photography.
• Sha Li told Luo Mu she planned to visit Paldea’s Ten Sights and then travel to Kitakami to investigate Bloodmoon before leaving the farm.
• Luo Mu rode Dragonite into town that night to have the family photo developed.
• The next morning, Luo Mu and the farm’s Pokémon gathered to see Delibird off, and Delibird reassured Dragonair and Dragonite that it had learned to handle extreme weather.
• Comfey gave Delibird a flower crown, and Luo Mu sent it off with the developed family photo, wilderness advice, contact information, Energy Cubes, and League currency.

Delibird left Luo Mu’s farm to travel across the sea and found a cruise ship that was stopping at a Kanto port. Back at the farm, Poliwhirl learned Rain Dance and earned Luo Mu’s praise, leaving its evolution with a King’s Rock as the next step.

• Delibird said goodbye to Luo Mu and the farm Pokémon, then flew off with Luo Mu’s notebook tucked into its tail.
• After surviving a storm, Delibird spotted a cruise ship, used the notebook’s advice to land aboard, and heard it would stop at Old Coast Pier in the Kanto Region.
• Three Poliwag brought Luo Mu to Thunderclap Lake, where Swampert, Poliwhirl, and three Dragonair were waiting.
• Poliwhirl performed Rain Dance, bringing dark clouds and rain over Thunderclap Lake.
• Luo Mu praised Poliwhirl for learning Rain Dance and said he would prepare a King’s Rock so it could evolve.

Luo Mu arrived in Glaseado Town for a joint Interpol and Paldea operation to capture Hunter J. He joined the key officials and Trainers at Glaseado Gym as Interpol agent Handsome began the briefing.

• Luo Mu rode Dragonite through Casseroya Lake and up to Glaseado Town, where he was expected for a meeting about Hunter J.
• Paldea authorities warned climbers to stay off Frost Smear Mountain because of a possible massive blizzard and the planned operation.
• An Interpol agent escorted Luo Mu through the unusually quiet town to Glaseado Gym.
• Luo Mu joined Taim, Ryme, Grusha, Rika, and a stern Interpol representative in the meeting room.
• The representative introduced himself as Handsome and began the briefing by displaying a photograph.

Handsome briefed Luo Mu and Paldea’s powerful Trainers on Hunter J’s crimes and planned operation at Frost Smear Mountain, assigning them patrol areas to intercept her. Luo Mu was paired with a subordinate named Lila, whose appearance left him wondering whether she was the same Lila he had recently seen on a Battle Tower broadcast.

• Handsome showed photos documenting Hunter J’s trafficking and abuse of Pokémon, prompting Taim, Ryme, Rika, and Grusha to react with anger and distress.
• Handsome explained that Hunter J planned to capture a rare Pokémon at Frost Smear Mountain and asked the Paldea Trainers to help Interpol find and arrest her.
• Handsome described Hunter J’s Pokémon and technological weapons, including the Petrification Ray, and assigned each Trainer a separate patrol area.
• Handsome gave Luo Mu an enormous patrol zone around Frost Smear Mountain’s highest peak and Three-Way Cliff, then assigned him Lila as a temporary subordinate.
• Luo Mu recognized Lila’s name and wondered how she could be the same Battle Tower competitor he had seen with short hair only two months earlier.

Lila and Luo Mu sought Ranger Terun’s help to reach Frost Smear Mountain’s highest peak before Hunter J began her operation, but Terun refused because his wife was gravely ill. After a doctor suggested a Ghost-type Pokémon might be draining her vitality, Luo Mu noticed a strange purple-flamed candle outside and prepared to question Terun.

• Lila told Luo Mu they needed an experienced guide to climb the mountain in darkness, and he agreed to follow her arrangements.
• Lila and Luo Mu found police officer Budi trying to persuade Terun, a Ranger, to leave his sick wife and help them.
• Lila persuaded Terun to let them into his house, where they found his unconscious wife under a doctor’s care.
• The doctor suggested that a Ghost-type Pokémon might have been absorbing Terun’s wife’s vitality, but Terun said she had no known contact with one.
• Luo Mu noticed a purple-flamed candle burning in the snow outside and then asked Terun if he could pose an impolite question.

Luo Mu discovered that Terun’s wife, Mela, had fallen ill because a Greavard was draining her energy, and Terun believed the Pokémon was his late Fidough, Douding, reborn. After Mela began recovering, Terun agreed to help the group climb Frost Smear Mountain and gave Luo Mu a King's Rock.

• Terun told Luo Mu and Lila how Douding, the Fidough he had rescued, died of illness and how its loss changed his life with Mela.
• Luo Mu recognized that Terun’s wife’s improved mood and time outdoors pointed to a Ghost-type Pokémon, then identified the candle as belonging to a Greavard.
• Terun approached the Greavard, which responded when he called it Douding, and the doctor explained that it had been draining Mela’s energy.
• The doctor said Mela would recover if Greavard stayed away from her while she recuperated.
• Terun thanked Luo Mu and Lila, agreed to help capture Hunter J by climbing Frost Smear Mountain, and gave Luo Mu a King's Rock.
• Budi asked whether Greavard was truly Douding reincarnated, but Luo Mu said the answer did not matter.

Luo Mu, Lila, and Terun climbed Frost Smear Mountain, where Terun used his Capture Styler to enlist Corviknight to carry them toward the summit. Meanwhile, Hunter J flew toward Paldea to capture Baxcalibur, uneasy about the operation despite believing the Region would offer little resistance.

• Terun equipped Luo Mu and Lila with supplies and led them out from Glaseado Town toward Frost Smear Mountain's highest peak.
• Terun found a group of Rookidee, Corvisquire, and Corviknight near a cliff and used his Capture Styler with Delibird to gain three Corviknight's help.
• Luo Mu, Lila, and Terun rode the Corviknight toward the mountain summit, and Terun explained how Rangers could work with Pokémon to protect their surroundings.
• Hunter J flew toward Paldea aboard her airship to capture Baxcalibur for a wealthy client interested in Dragon-type Pokémon.
• Hunter J felt uneasy about the mission but believed Paldea's peaceful conditions and weak poachers made the Region an easy place to operate.

Luo Mu, Terun, and Lila reached Frost Smear Mountain in a blizzard and found shelter in a cave occupied by a hungry Snover. The chapter ended with Luo Mu offering the frightened Pokémon an Energy Cube to soothe it.

• Hunter J ordered her crew to continue toward Paldea and turn back if they found unidentified people on Frost Smear Mountain.
• Luo Mu, Terun, and Lila rode Corviknight through the snow and reached the mountain in good condition.
• Luo Mu sent Luxray to find shelter, and it led the group along Snover tracks to a hidden cave.
• The group found a malnourished Snover alone in the cave, with no Abomasnow nearby.
• Luo Mu moved Luxray away from Snover and offered it an Energy Cube using his Food Soothing Method.

Luo Mu won Snover’s trust with an Energy Cube and secured shelter for himself, Terun, and Lila from the blizzard. As Lila set up Interpol’s monitoring equipment to search for Hunter J, Luo Mu questioned whether it could detect an invisible airship.

• Luo Mu calmed Snover by having Luxray lie down, then offered it an Energy Cube in exchange for shelter in its cave.
• Terun explained that Snover were curious and generally friendly toward humans, and Snover accepted Luo Mu’s offer and ate the Energy Cube.
• Luo Mu, Terun, and Lila entered Snover’s cave to wait out the worsening blizzard.
• Lila installed equipment that would connect with her colleagues’ devices to monitor Frost Smear Mountain for Hunter J’s weapons and airship.
• Luo Mu asked whether the radar could detect an invisible airship, then pointed out that Hunter J remained at large despite Interpol’s advanced equipment.