Chapter Summaries

Mewtwo confronted its past actions and chose to search for meaning beyond being the strongest, while Luo Mu learned the tragic truth about the Dragonite Leader. After Mewtwo prepared to guide its cloned Pokémon toward a new life, Luo Mu decided to return to his farm.

• Mewtwo decided to take the cloned Pokémon with it and search for the meaning of its existence, then erased the humans' memories of New Island and sent them back to Old Coast Pier.
• Mewtwo revealed that Mew had provoked it and that the Dragonite Leader had been mentally controlled through a phantom of its deceased Trainer.
• Luo Mu thanked Mewtwo for saving the Dragonite Leader, and Dragonite agreed to leave the phantom in place until they could help its mother resolve her grief.
• Luo Mu temporarily caught the Dragonite Leader and considered seeking help from Celebi, Dialga, or Tapu Fini.
• Luo Mu recommended that Mewtwo visit the wise Slowking on Shamouti Island, and Mewtwo agreed to go after settling the cloned Pokémon.
• Luo Mu chose to return to his farm so its Pokémon would not worry about his unexplained absence.

Luo Mu returned to Paldea after promising Delibird he would help the Dragonite Leader, then reunited the leader with the three Dragonair and explained its condition. As he promised to seek a cure, an inspector from the Pokémon Butler Academy arrived at his farm.

• Delibird chose to continue training, and Luo Mu promised to help the Dragonite Leader while Mewtwo offered Delibird a ride after settling the Clone Pokémon.
• Mewtwo sent Luo Mu back to Paldea, where he discovered that night had fallen and postponed buying fish fry until the next day.
• Luo Mu ordered fish fry and had the Pokémon set up a barrier in Thunderclap Lake before gathering the three Dragonair.
• Luo Mu released the Dragonite Leader, which recognized the Dragonair but behaved as though it were introducing them to an empty space.
• Luo Mu explained the Dragonite Leader's condition to the worried Dragonair and promised to find a solution.
• Geeta messaged Luo Mu that an inspector from the Pokémon Butler Academy was arriving at his farm, and Luo Mu prepared to receive them.

Luo Mu gave Espurr, an inspector from the Pokémon Butler Academy, a tour of his farm and showed him its thriving Pokémon and flower fields. When Vespiquen arrived with honey, Luo Mu welcomed her and offered Espurr a spread of honey desserts, leaving the inspector eager to try them.

• Luo Mu welcomed Espurr to the farm and began a tour while Espurr recorded notes on a paper with its psychic powers.
• Luo Mu showed Espurr the Ranch Area, Thunderclap Lake, and the Berry trees, where Espurr witnessed Politoed use Drizzle and several Pokémon create Composite Grassy Terrain.
• Luo Mu and Espurr reached the blooming Flower Field, where Espurr became absorbed in the flowers before spotting Vespiquen and a swarm of Combee approaching.
• Espurr moved to protect Luo Mu, but Luo Mu greeted Vespiquen, who gave him a container of honey in thanks for letting her colony gather nectar.
• Luo Mu invited Vespiquen and the Combee to gather nectar and offered Espurr honey pudding, Honey Cake, and Honey Lemonade, which Espurr eagerly accepted.

Luo Mu received Espurr’s assessment of his farm and desserts, then took Milcery to Alfornada. As they headed for Pâtisserie Monamour, he noticed a familiar person sitting outside a building and stopped in surprise.

• Espurr praised Luo Mu’s ingredients but said his desserts felt overly deliberate and lacked inspiration.
• Espurr rated Luo Mu’s farm Excellent, citing its comfortable environment and Luo Mu’s treatment of Pokémon as family.
• After seeing Espurr off, Luo Mu promised the eager Milcery they would go to Alfornada once he finished cleaning up.
• Luo Mu left Luxray to guard the farm, borrowed Dragonite for the trip, and flew to Alfornada with Milcery.
• Luo Mu and Milcery walked toward Pâtisserie Monamour, but Luo Mu froze when he spotted a familiar person squatting outside a building.

Luo Mu found Arven despondent after losing Katy’s Gym challenge and confronted him about neglecting Greedy Squirrel’s training. Arven then revealed that a dessert-making competition at Pâtisserie Monamour offered the Sweet Milcery needed to evolve.

• Luo Mu spotted Arven outside the Paldea League office in Alfornada and tried to slip away, but Milcery’s scent caught Arven’s attention.
• Arven told Luo Mu that Nemona and Pippa had earned their first Badges, while he had lost to Katy after Mabosstiff and Greedy Squirrel struggled in battle.
• Luo Mu asked Arven about the loss and realized that Arven rarely trained Greedy Squirrel, then explained that he needed to train his Pokémon according to their individual needs.
• Arven learned Luo Mu planned to visit Katy at Pâtisserie Monamour and revealed that its dessert-making competition offered the Sweet Milcery needed to evolve.

Luo Mu visited Pâtisserie Monamour to learn how to win the Sweet prize for Milcery and registered for the dessert competition. After learning that the competition’s theme was Poffins, Katy offered to teach him before the event in three days.

• Luo Mu learned that Arven needed the Sweet, which was awarded to the first-place finisher in the dessert competition.
• Luo Mu found the competition notice at Pâtisserie Monamour and registered with Katy before the deadline.
• Katy met Milcery and learned that Luo Mu hoped to train it as a dessert-making assistant.
• Katy told Luo Mu that the competition’s theme was Poffins and offered to teach him how to make them.
• Luo Mu accepted Katy’s offer to teach him.

Luo Mu and Arven learned Katy’s method for making Poffins and sampled her Maple Syrup Boffins. After Katy lent Luo Mu the kitchen and left Teddiursa to taste-test, Luo Mu used Greedy Squirrel’s appetite to explain how food could motivate Pokémon to train.

• Katy took Luo Mu and Arven to her practice kitchen and taught them the precise steps for making Poffins.
• Katy baked Maple Syrup Boffins, which Luo Mu and Arven enjoyed alongside Milcery.
• Katy lent Luo Mu the kitchen for three days and left Teddiursa to taste-test his attempts.
• Luo Mu asked Arven whether Greedy Squirrel had eaten and explained that food could make training more motivating for it.

Luo Mu practiced making Poffins for the dessert competition, hoping to create one that suited Teddiursa and stood out to the judges. After Katy advised him to find a distinctive style, he headed to the competition venue beneath the Sugar Maple Tree outside Pâtisserie Monamour.

• Luo Mu explained positive-feedback training to Arven to help Greedy Squirrel become less resistant to training.
• Luo Mu experimented with Poffins, endured Teddiursa's rejection of his first burnt batch, and continued refining the recipe.
• Katy tasted Luo Mu's Mint Poffin and advised him to develop a more distinctive dessert rather than rely on a refreshing flavor to impress the judges.
• Luo Mu reflected on his cooking style and, after three days of practice, brought Milcery and his ingredients to the dessert competition.

Luo Mu competed in the first Boffin Dessert Competition, making a special orange peel honey Boffin topped with Milcery’s cream ice cream and Dragonite’s carefully controlled Ice Beam. The judges took notice of his dessert and Dragonite, leaving Cynthia curious about Luo Mu as the finished dish awaited tasting.

• The host introduced judges Katy, Nurse Joy, Geeta disguised as Ms. Y, and Cynthia disguised as Ms. Z, then started the competition.
• Luo Mu reassured Milcery before preparing Boffin batter with farm ingredients, berries, honey, and candied orange peel.
• Katy noticed Luo Mu’s practiced technique, and Cynthia became interested in his farm-grown ingredients.
• Luo Mu baked the Boffins, then had Milcery make fresh cream while Dragonite turned it into ice cream and crisped the Boffins with Ice Beam.
• Cynthia recognized Dragonite’s exceptional move control as Luo Mu plated his Special Orange Peel Honey Boffin à la Cream ice cream.

Luo Mu’s Orange Peel Honey Boffin~ Cream ice cream Style earned first place at the Sweets Association competition, and he gave the Berry Sweet prize to Milcery. As Milcery began to evolve, Luo Mu and Dragonite watched to see what kind of Alcremie it would become.

• Katy, Nurse Joy, Geeta, and Cynthia tasted Luo Mu’s boffin and awarded it 96 points, placing Luo Mu, Milcery, and Dragonite in first place.
• Luo Mu credited his Pokémon partners, persistence, and hard work when the Host asked how he created the dessert.
• Cynthia presented Luo Mu with the first-place prize, a Berry Sweet, and recognized that he had entered the competition for Milcery.
• Luo Mu asked whether Milcery liked the Berry Sweet, then placed it Above Milcery's Head when Milcery reached for it.
• Dragonite spun Luo Mu and Milcery around in celebration, and Milcery was enveloped in a sacred light as it began to evolve.

Luo Mu watched Alcremie evolve into a rare Milk Salt flavor, then returned to his farm and stocked Thunderclap Lake with fish fry. He was startled by Dolliv’s alarm, only to discover that the Herba Mystica seeds had finally sprouted.

• Alcremie evolved into a Blueberry Alcremie with the rare Milk Salt flavor, and Cynthia remarked on how happy it was.
• The dessert competition ended with Luo Mu’s Orange Peel Honey Boffin winning, and Arven earned his first Gym badge in his second battle against Katy.
• Luo Mu exchanged Boffin-making experience with Katy, then returned home with desserts and reflected briefly on the masked Ms. Z.
• Luo Mu released fish fry into Thunderclap Lake, paid the remaining bill, and stocked fish feed at the farm.
• Dolliv rushed Luo Mu to the Herba Mystica field, where he found the Grass-type Pokémon gathered around fresh sprouts and explained that the seeds had simply taken a long time to germinate.

Luo Mu assigned Growlithe and Dachsbun to join Luxray in guarding the newly sprouted Herba Mystica field. After discovering the farm had run out of eggs, he bought more and asked Granny Juzi to let him know when her son returned to Paldea so he could discuss an important matter.

• Luo Mu decided the Herba Mystica crops needed protection and asked Growlithe and Dachsbun to help Luxray guard the field.
• Luxray accepted the two little dogs as trainees and led them off to learn how to protect the farm.
• Luo Mu found the egg box empty and decided the farm should eventually raise its own egg-laying hens.
• Luo Mu and Dragonite returned with buckets of eggs, and Luo Mu gave one to Granny Juzi.
• Luo Mu asked Granny Juzi to notify him when her son returned to Paldea because he wanted to discuss an important matter.

Luo Mu learned that Moltres had regained control of the weather after slimming down and watched it battle Swampert beneath Sunny Day. Seeing Politoed discouraged over its inability to bring back the rain, Luo Mu approached it to offer advice.

• Luo Mu carried jars of Combee Honey home with three Poliwhirl and asked how Politoed's Drizzle training was going.
• Moltres pierced the rain clouds with a fiery attack and restored clear weather with Sunny Day.
• The Poliwhirl explained that Moltres had become more agile as it lost weight and urged Luo Mu to help their frustrated boss.
• Luo Mu saw Swampert chase Moltres while Politoed struggled to overcome Moltres's control of the weather.
• Luo Mu approached Politoed and asked whether it desired power.

Luo Mu showed Politoed a Damp Rock and promised to find one, then asked Moltres when it planned to leave the farm. Moltres secretly sought a reason to stay, while Luo Mu flew with Swampert and Dragonite to search the South Paldea Sea for a Damp Rock.

• Luo Mu explained how a Damp Rock could strengthen Politoed's rainy weather and promised to find one.
• Luo Mu stopped Moltres and Swampert's training, inspected Moltres's progress, and asked when it planned to leave.
• Moltres dwelled on its impending farewell and desperately considered ways to keep living at the farm for its food.
• Politoed and the Poliwhirl cleaned the dishes with Bubble Beam, giving Luo Mu time to head out.
• Luo Mu packed supplies and flew with Swampert and Dragonite over the South Paldea Sea to search for a Damp Rock.

Luo Mu sent Swampert to rescue Finizen from three Sharpedo while he treated an injured Wailmer. After Swampert drove the Sharpedo away, Finizen mistook it for the legendary Finizen Hero.

• Luo Mu spotted three Sharpedo pursuing Finizen near an unconscious, badly injured Wailmer and decided to intervene.
• Luo Mu sent Swampert to drive away the Sharpedo while he and Dragonite tended to Wailmer.
• Swampert charged into the fight and knocked all three Sharpedo flying with a series of attacks.
• Finizen decided Swampert was its evolved form, the legendary Finizen Hero, and thanked it.
• Swampert was baffled by Finizen's conclusion.

Luo Mu treated an injured Wailmer and Finizen after Swampert and Dragonite drove off the Sharpedo that attacked them. As he wondered how to reunite the Pokémon with their families, a gigantic Wailord surfaced and headed toward Wailmer.

• Luo Mu treated Wailmer’s wounds, and Wailmer grew friendlier after realizing he and Dragonite had saved it.
• Swampert returned with an injured Finizen, and Luo Mu treated Finizen while Swampert explained that a Sharpedo had bitten it.
• Luo Mu decided to find the Pokémon’s families and return them, but Swampert sensed a huge creature approaching.
• Dragonite lifted Luo Mu as Wailmer called excitedly, and a massive Wailord surfaced and swam toward them.

Luo Mu traveled with Wailord and Wailmer to an island where Finizen could reunite with its pod, then discovered the pod had been captured by poachers. The chapter ended as Luo Mu, Dragonite, and Swampert entered the island, unaware of the Finizen’s plight.

• Wailord remembered an island where Finizen lived and carried Luo Mu, Dragonite, Swampert, Wailmer, and Finizen toward it.
• Luo Mu and Dragonite relaxed on Wailord’s back while Swampert endured Finizen’s insistence that it was the Finizen Hero.
• Wailord and Wailmer said goodbye to Luo Mu near the island, and Finizen hurried ahead into its home.
• Luo Mu, Dragonite, and Swampert followed Finizen into the island.
• Five black-clad poachers held several dozen injured Finizen in a net and celebrated their capture.

Five Pokémon Hunters captured Finizen on an island, but Swampert and Luo Mu stopped them and rescued the Pokémon. Luo Mu bound the five Hunters and planned to call the chairman to arrange their pickup.

• The five Hunters captured the island’s Finizen and celebrated, unaware that one Finizen had escaped.
• A Finizen attacked the Hunters, but their leader trapped it in a net.
• Swampert ambushed the Hunters with Hydro Pump and knocked out the leader and three others with Aqua Jet.
• The second Hunter fled in the spacecraft with the captured Finizen, but Luo Mu arrived on Dragonite and stopped him.
• Luo Mu and Dragonite tied up the five Hunters, and Luo Mu decided to call the chairman to arrange their collection.

Luo Mu followed the Finizen pod underwater to a hidden sea cave, where he found an enormous Damp Rock the Finizen leader offered him in gratitude. While Swampert carried the stone out, Dragonite guarded the captured Pokémon Hunters and answered the Maritime Guard's call in its own way.

• Geeta told Luo Mu she would send someone to collect the captured Pokémon Hunters, and Luo Mu asked Dragonite to guard them while he went underwater with the Finizen.
• Luo Mu and Swampert followed the Finizen pod through an underwater passage into a hidden sea cave.
• The Finizen leader showed Luo Mu a massive Damp Rock and offered it as a gift to Finizen Hero.
• Luo Mu asked Swampert to pull the Damp Rock from the cave wall and carry it out.
• Dragonite answered a call from the Maritime Guard and confused the commander by insisting it was not Luo Mu.

Luo Mu wrapped up his rescue of the Finizen and returned toward Los Platos, where he learned that the Jones Couple and several farm employees had collapsed after being poisoned. Officer Jenny suspected a Poison Type Pokémon was involved, but the cause remained unknown.

• Dragonite handed Hunter J's Poacher Gang captives over to the Maritime Guard, while the commander wondered whether Mr. Luo Mu was a Dragonite.
• Luo Mu reunited with Dragonite and Swampert, dried off with Dragonite's controlled Heat Wave, and said goodbye to the Finizen group.
• Luo Mu had Swampert carry the massive Damp Rock into its Poké Ball as a held item, then flew away with Dragonite as a Finizen Hero legend began to spread.
• Near Los Platos, Luo Mu saw police and ambulances at Jones Farm and went to check on the Jones Couple and their employees.
• Officer Jenny told Luo Mu that the Jones Couple and several employees had been poisoned and that a Poison Type Pokémon was probably involved.