Chapter Summaries

Sato and the other students searched Pokémon habitats for the hidden Key Stones, while several students found them by luck or clever methods. Team Rocket captured Xin Tai, Matsumoto, and other students, and the remaining students continued searching unaware of the danger.

• Sato searched several Pokémon groups with Haunter but found no Key Stone and was chased away from an Arbok group.
• Kona found a Key Stone among a Stantler herd with Misdreavus, Tetsu obtained one from a Murkrow with Noctowl, and Xiao Ye received one from the Tyranitar Leader after rescuing its Rhyhorn child.
• Xin Tai encountered Team Rocket, whose Arbok defeated Mismagius and Ursaring before the members restrained him and questioned him about the students, teachers, and trial.
• Matsumoto was put to sleep by a Team Rocket member's Drowzee, and several other students were captured elsewhere in the forest.

Matsumoto and five others were imprisoned by Team Rocket in a mine where they were forced to excavate valuable White Iron Ore. Eichi reunited with Xiao Ye and learned the captives had been taken toward the mine, then the two spotted Sato and Kona nearby.

• Matsumoto woke in an iron cage with Ishida, Xin Tai, Tetsu, A Mi, and Xiao Se, and learned Team Rocket had captured them and brought them to a mine.
• A worker told Tetsu that Team Rocket had seized the mine and was excavating unfamiliar ore, which A Mi identified as valuable White Iron Ore.
• Eichi recovered his fifth Key Stone, then noticed Team Rocket members nearby and hurried away, worried that his companions were in danger.
• Eichi met Xiao Ye, who explained that she had seen Team Rocket capture A Mi and had avoided capture with Gardevoir's help.
• Eichi and Xiao Ye headed toward the mine, hid in a tree, and saw Sato and Kona enter the clearing.

Eichi, Sato, Kona, and Xiao Ye discovered that Team Rocket had captured the other students and were operating a mine for valuable White Iron Ore. Eichi contacted Director Liu, who learned that his students had been taken and that Team Rocket’s activities were tied to the ore.

• Sato told Eichi, Kona, and Xiao Ye that Team Rocket had tried to capture him, and Eichi said Xiao Ye had seen Tetsu get captured.
• Eichi decided not to contact the others and led the group toward a mine, where they overheard Team Rocket members say they had captured six students and were searching for the remaining four.
• The group followed the Team Rocket members to a guarded mine and learned that the captured students were likely inside the cave.
• Sato identified the mined material as valuable White Iron Ore, and Eichi concluded Team Rocket had come to exploit the deposit and captured the students to keep it secret.
• Eichi called Director Liu, who learned that Team Rocket had captured his students and that the incident was connected to White Iron Ore.

Eichi let Team Rocket capture him so he could reach the prisoners and rescue Tetsu and the others before the group could move them. He told the captives Director Liu was on his way, but Tetsu worried that their stolen Pokémon would make escape impossible.

• Director Liu sent the teachers to rescue the students, ordered one teacher to escort the others back to the academy, and called the police.
• Eichi persuaded Sato, Kona, and Xiao Ye to let him infiltrate Team Rocket’s hideout, with Sato lending him Haunter.
• Eichi allowed two Team Rocket members to capture him, and they took his Pokémon, communicator, and backpack.
• Team Rocket escorted Eichi through the mine to a prison area, where he found Tetsu and the other captives locked in a cage.
• Eichi told Tetsu that he had been captured on purpose and that Director Liu was coming, but Tetsu questioned how they could escape without their Pokémon.

Eichi reassured the captured group that Director Liu would arrive soon, then used Haunter to retrieve his communicator, Poké Balls, and the cage keys. Sato contacted Eichi during the night, and Director Liu arrived with a force of Pokémon at dawn.

• Eichi told the captives to conserve their strength and said Director Liu would arrive by the next day.
• After the others fell asleep, Eichi sent Haunter into a passageway to retrieve his communicator, Poké Balls, and keys.
• Eichi messaged Sato, who said Director Liu and the others were still several hours away and expected around dawn.
• Eichi hid his communicator from a patrolling Team Rocket member and went back to sleep.
• Before dawn, Sato received a call from Director Liu, who arrived half an hour later with Flygon and twenty or thirty Pokémon.

Director Liu and the teachers coordinated with Officer Jenny to attack Team Rocket’s mine and rescue the captives. As the police drew the gang’s attention, Eichi prepared to free the prisoners while Director Liu and Chui Shi confronted Team Rocket executives Ping Gang and Yi Suo.

• Sato reported the situation to Director Liu, who organized the teachers and arranged for Officer Jenny’s police to attack from outside.
• Director Liu told Sato to alert Eichi to release the captives during the assault, and assigned Chui Shi and Ji Dao to help confront Team Rocket’s executives.
• Eichi briefed the captives, revealed that he had obtained the keys with Haunter’s help, and waited for the guards to become distracted.
• Yi Suo and Ping Gang learned that the police and powerful Trainers had arrived, then ordered their people to retreat.
• Director Liu and Chui Shi entered the hall and challenged Ping Gang and Yi Suo, who sent out Tyranitar and Crobat as their opponents released Blastoise and Arcanine.

Director Liu and Director Chui Shi fought Team Rocket’s Elite Four-level Pokémon while Eichi freed the captive staff and led them out of the cages. As the group reached the battle hall, Team Rocket surrounded them, and Eichi prepared to fight through.

• Director Liu’s Tyranitar clashed with Blastoise in a contest of strength while Director Chui Shi’s Arcanine and Yi Suo’s Crobat exchanged powerful attacks.
• Eichi released Beedrill and Scizor, who incapacitated the guards and cut open the cages as Eichi unlocked them.
• Eichi freed Tetsu and the other staff members, and they retrieved their belongings and escaped through the passageway.
• Eichi and the freed staff emerged into the hall, where Silver Academy’s teachers and students fought Team Rocket’s Pokémon.
• Team Rocket members surrounded Eichi’s group, and Eichi urged everyone to charge through as he called on Beedrill and Scizor.

Eichi and the Silver Academy staff fought through Team Rocket’s forces as they tried to escape the cave, but Captain Yao Shiwan blocked their way with six powerful Pokémon. Beedrill and Scizor knocked out two opponents with their strongest attacks, but they were left unable to move as two more Team Rocket captains arrived.

• Eichi released Heracross and joined Tetsu and the staff in fighting Team Rocket’s Pokémon, while Director Liu and Ping Gang battled elsewhere in the cave.
• Eichi and the others neared the cave entrance, but Captain Yao Shiwan blocked their path with six Gym Leader-level Pokémon.
• Tetsu led the group into battle, but Yao Shiwan’s Pokémon overwhelmed them and left many of their Pokémon unable to fight.
• Eichi’s Beedrill knocked out Weezing with Multiple Swords Dance and Poison Jab, while Scizor defeated Pidgeot with Cross Chop.
• Yao Shiwan taunted Eichi as Beedrill and Scizor ran out of strength, then Ueno and Kawai arrived to join him.

Eichi and the students were overwhelmed as Yao Shiwan gained the support of Kawai and Ueno, whose Gym Leader-level Pokémon defeated the students' team. Just as the captains moved in to capture them, Teacher Xiao Lin arrived and released three Pokémon to protect her students.

• Heracross dodged Arbok and Zubat while buying time, then struck Zubat with Brick Break.
• Kawai and Ueno released twelve powerful Pokémon, including Kawai's Peak Gym Leader-level Feraligatr.
• Feraligatr knocked out Tetsu's Houndoom, and the captains' Pokémon defeated the students' remaining Pokémon until only Heracross remained.
• Eichi told the others they could only wait, while Director Liu was prevented from reaching them by Ping Gang and the other Team Rocket members.
• As the captains' Pokémon closed in, Teacher Xiao Lin arrived and released three Pokémon to defend her students.

Teacher Xiao Lin rescued Eichi and the others by defeating Yao Shiwan, Kawai, and Ueno with her Aggron, Rhyperior, and Tyranitar. She led the group out of the cave, where Sato, Kona, and Xiao Ye came to meet them.

• Teacher Xiao Lin summoned Aggron, Rhyperior, and Tyranitar after confronting Yao Shiwan, Kawai, and Ueno for capturing her students.
• Yao Shiwan, Kawai, and Ueno ordered their sixteen Pokémon to attack, but Teacher Xiao Lin's three Pokémon overwhelmed them and knocked them and their Pokémon unconscious.
• Director Liu saw the battle and ordered his Pokémon to go all out against Ping Gang, who began considering retreating.
• Teacher Xiao Lin led Eichi and the others through the cave, while Tyranitar drove off the remaining Team Rocket members.
• Eichi and the others emerged into the battle outside, where Sato, Kona, and Xiao Ye came over to them.

After Eichi and the others escaped, Team Rocket’s retreat turned the White Iron Ore mine into a chaotic battle as the police and teachers fought to capture the attackers. Teacher Xiao Lin joined Director Ji Dao against one executive, while another executive fled from Director Liu into the cave.

• Teacher Xiao Lin sent Eichi and the others with Sato and Aggron to shelter among the mine workers, then went to help the police.
• Eichi thanked Aggron and explained to Tetsu and the others that Aggron was a rare Steel- and Rock-type Pokémon from the Hoenn Region.
• Teacher Xiao Lin helped Director Ji Dao defeat two of an executive’s Pokémon, and the executive ordered Team Rocket to retreat.
• Another executive, Ping Gang, recalled four Pokémon and ordered Forretress to use Self-Destruct after deciding to flee from Director Liu.
• A Pidgeot carrying an executive burst out of the cave as Director Liu chased it with Flygon.

Director Liu and the others pursued Ping Gang and San Zhi, but a Team Rocket aircraft arrived and rescued them with the help of executives Xiao Cang and Saliste. Director Liu returned to the cavern, where Chui Shi was still holding Yi Suo at bay.

• Exeggutor used Self-Destruct, killing several Team Rocket members and destroying itself as Ping Gang escaped.
• Director Liu, Director Ji Dao, and Teacher Xiao Lin pursued Ping Gang and San Zhi, who fled on Aerodactyl.
• A black aircraft opened fire on the pursuers, then rescued Ping Gang and San Zhi as Xiao Cang and Saliste confronted Director Liu.
• Director Liu identified Xiao Cang and Saliste as the Chengdu region's strongest executives and withdrew with Ji Dao and Xiao Lin rather than fight them.
• Yi Suo tried to escape Chui Shi, then ordered his four remaining Pokémon to attack while Chui Shi's Pokémon avoided their moves and held them back.

Yi Suo tried to escape the cavern, but Director Liu stopped him and captured him after Crobat lost its ability to battle. After the battle, Eichi and the others went to the Pokémon Center in Serenity Town to recover.

• Team Rocket members fled the cavern, using Pokémon that could Self-Destruct to cover their escape and injuring several teachers' Pokémon.
• Yi Suo took advantage of Chui Shi's distraction to knock out Ampharos and escape on Crobat.
• Director Liu intercepted Yi Suo with Flygon's Flamethrower, leaving Crobat unable to battle and Yi Suo unconscious.
• Director Liu handcuffed Yi Suo, while teachers captured other Team Rocket leaders and commanders.
• Eichi saw the injured being treated outside the cavern and told Director Liu that he and his companions were safe thanks to Aggron.
• Director Liu took Eichi and the others to the Pokémon Center in Serenity Town, where they waited in the lobby an hour later.

After the Team Rocket clash, Eichi’s Pokémon recovered and Officer Jenny met him to thank him and discuss his past achievements. Team Rocket had suffered heavy losses, but most members escaped, and the search for the White Iron Ore continued.

• Teacher Xiao Lin and Blissey returned the recovered Pokémon to the students, though Tetsu’s Houndoom needed more time.
• Director Liu announced the rescue’s success and told Eichi that Officer Jenny wanted to meet him.
• Officer Jenny thanked Eichi for rescuing the staff and listed several incidents he had handled before, while Eichi asked why she had called him.
• Director Liu told Eichi that Team Rocket had lost many members, Yi Suo had been taken by the Pokémon League, and Officer Jenny was searching for the White Iron Ore warehouse.
• Aboard Team Rocket’s aircraft, Ping Gang told Xiao Cang that Silver Academy’s students had disrupted their plan and that Yi Suo was unlikely to return, while San Zhi mourned the loss of five powerful Pokémon.

After Team Rocket rushed to evacuate the remaining White Iron Ore from its mountain warehouse, Eichi and the other students returned safely to Silver Academy and reflected on their weakness after the battle. Director Liu then summoned Eichi, Tetsu, Sato, and the other students to his office and prepared to address them.

• Saliste ordered Team Rocket members to evacuate the warehouse within half an hour after learning that Pokémon League forces were approaching, and she, Ping Gang, and the others escaped by plane.
• Eichi and the students returned to Silver Academy, where the Vice Principal and Director Liu welcomed them and Eichi and Tetsu went back to their dormitory to rest.
• Eichi, Tetsu, and Sato separately thought about the battle and felt the pressure of their own weakness compared with Eichi's Pokémon.
• Director Liu summoned Eichi, Tetsu, Sato, and the other students from their grade to his office, where Teacher Xiao Lin was also present.
• Director Liu confirmed that the students had recovered and told them to listen carefully as he prepared to make an announcement.

Director Liu praised Eichi and the others for resisting Team Rocket, awarded them credits, and told Eichi about the League’s raid. The next day, Eichi received a call from Teacher Jiang Ben and asked how things were in the Sinnoh Region.

• Director Liu said the students had struggled against Team Rocket and explained that the wilderness trial was meant to improve their combat abilities.
• Director Liu praised Eichi, Sato, Xiao Ye, and Kona, awarding them credits and giving Eichi two TMs; he also promised rewards to everyone who found a glass ball.
• Director Liu told Eichi that the Pokémon League had captured many Team Rocket members but had lost the rest of the organization’s trail.
• Teacher Xiao Lin walked back with Eichi and told him that Tyranitar, Aggron, and Rhyperior had been with her since childhood.
• Director Liu canceled the wilderness trial, and Eichi received a call from Teacher Jiang Ben and asked about the Sinnoh Region.

Eichi spoke with Teacher Jiang Ben about Yanase’s powerful Bug-type Pokémon and learned that Yanase would enter the Master Tournament before challenging the Elite Four. Eichi tested his team’s strength, while Asen returned to Indigo Academy and discovered that Eichi might be his strongest opponent in the exchange match.

• Teacher Jiang Ben praised Yanase’s Elite Four-level Bug-type Pokémon and told Eichi that Yanase planned to enter the Master Tournament and challenge the Elite Four.
• Eichi tested Heracross, Scizor, and Beedrill by having them strike an energy panel; their scores were 1800, 2300, and 4200.
• Asen returned to Indigo Academy, where the Director told him that the exchange match would begin the next day and gave him profiles of Silver Academy’s contestants.
• Asen studied Eichi’s profile, recognized his name and photograph vaguely, and was surprised to see Beedrill listed among Eichi’s frequently used Pokémon.

Eichi received a Blue Gem Shard and studied information about Indigo Academy’s strongest students before the exchange match. When Indigo Academy arrived at Silver Academy, Eichi recognized Asen from the cruise ship and learned that Sato had a strained relationship with his older sister, an Indigo student.

• Director Liu rewarded Eichi with a Blue Gem Shard from the Hoenn Region, which could enhance Water-type Pokémon and their moves.
• Director Liu gave Eichi’s group profiles of their opponents and warned them to watch out for Asen, Shuishu, and Xiao Nuo.
• Eichi met Senior student Yuri the day before the exchange match and said he had some confidence in the competition.
• Indigo Academy arrived at Silver Academy, and Eichi recognized Asen, who had a Gengar hidden in his shadow and wore a human-skin mask.
• While the students toured Silver Academy, Eichi noticed Sato staring angrily at an Indigo student and learned she was Sato’s older sister, with whom he had a poor relationship.

Sato told Eichi that he had enrolled at Silver Academy to escape his much stronger sister, Mei, who became interested in Eichi after hearing about his strength. The Inter-Academy Exchange Match began with the 3rd Grade, and the first battle opened with Silver Academy at a disadvantage.

• Sato explained that he had always lost to his sister Mei and had joined Silver Academy hoping to defeat her one day.
• Sato visited Mei at the guesthouse, where she questioned him about Eichi and said she wanted to meet him.
• The Inter-Academy Exchange Match began at the Battle Hall, with the academies competing in a best-of-three format across the three grades.
• Silver Academy and Indigo Academy started the 3rd Grade division, and Eichi recognized Aze as the student who had ordered the bullying of Hirota.
• The first match began with a Silver Academy senior sending out Cyndaquil against an Indigo Academy girl’s Marill, whose elite level gave her the advantage.

Silver Academy’s 3rd Grade students lost most of their matches to Indigo Academy after taking the first two, leaving Silver Academy decisively behind. With seven matches played and the score beyond recovery, Eichi watched Director Liu and the other Silver Academy leaders endure the crushing defeat.

• A Silver Academy senior student defeated an Indigo Academy girl’s team with Vileplume and Onix after Cyndaquil lost to Marill.
• Silver Academy won the second match, and Aze and the other students grew overconfident despite a teacher’s warning.
• Indigo Academy won the third match when Dewgong defeated the Silver Academy student’s Rapidash, narrowing the overall score to two to one.
• Indigo Academy won the fourth match and then defeated the next several Silver Academy contestants, including three students in a row.
• After seven matches, Silver Academy had won only the first two, and two of its students had suffered One-vs-Three defeats.