Chapter Summaries

Asen's Aerodactyl defeated Eichi's Scizor, but Eichi sent out his Beedrill for the next battle. Beedrill's incredible speed let it evade Aerodactyl's Flamethrower and stab its abdomen, leaving the fight underway.

• Asen's Aerodactyl knocked out Eichi's Scizor and won the battle.
• Eichi sent out Beedrill, whose unusual size and appearance impressed Asen, Sato, and Mei.
• Director Liu predicted that Beedrill would ultimately defeat Aerodactyl.
• Asen ordered Aerodactyl to attack with Flamethrower as the match began.
• Beedrill dodged the flames at high speed, reached Aerodactyl, and struck its abdomen twice with Twin Needles.

Beedrill battled Asen's Aerodactyl, whose Sandstorm and Scary Face created an opening for a devastating Fire Blast. After recovering from confusion, Beedrill struck back with Electric Hidden Power and prepared an overwhelming Pin Missile attack.

• Aerodactyl used Agility to keep pace with Beedrill, but Beedrill matched its speed with Agility.
• Asen had Aerodactyl summon a Sandstorm that slowed Beedrill, then used Scary Face to confuse it.
• Aerodactyl exploited Beedrill's confusion with Fire Blast, badly burning it.
• Beedrill recovered, used Double Team to evade Flamethrower, and struck Aerodactyl with Hidden Power (Electric).
• Beedrill covered the field with Light Needles for Pin Missile as Tetsu excitedly told Sato it was about to show its power.

Eichi defeated Asen when Beedrill’s Light Needles and Poison Jab left Aerodactyl unable to battle, securing victory for Silver Academy. Silver Academy celebrated the win while Asen and the Indigo Academy students faced the loss.

• Beedrill struck Aerodactyl with a barrage of Light Needles, then drove it into the ground with Poison Jab.
• Aerodactyl briefly tried to rise but stopped moving, and the referee declared it unable to battle and Eichi the winner.
• Silver Academy erupted in applause and celebration while Director Liu smiled at Director Kimura.
• Asen recalled Aerodactyl, admitted defeat, and complimented Eichi, who thanked him and returned to his seat.
• Shuishu and the other Indigo Academy students struggled to accept the loss after their recent defeats.
• Silver Academy welcomed Eichi, and Tetsu and the others praised his victory and Beedrill.

After the academies tied in their three rounds, their leaders agreed to add another match, with its format to be announced the next day. Eichi and Asen separately assessed their chances after concealing some of their strength, while academy leaders began discussing the new match.

• Director Liu announced that Silver Academy and Indigo Academy would hold an additional match and reveal its format the next day.
• Eichi and his classmates encountered Indigo Academy's first-grade students, who left awkwardly after their earlier defeat.
• Eichi reviewed his battle with Asen and estimated that he would have a sixty percent chance of winning if Asen used Gengar.
• Asen told Gengar to remain hidden and, after learning Eichi's Pokémon had worn Weight Training Devices, reconsidered his own chances of victory.
• The leaders of both academies gathered in a conference room, where the Vice Principal opened a discussion about the next match's format.

Director Liu explained a new competition in which students would battle Pokémon in the breeding park and collect badges worth different amounts. Eichi and the others prepared for the seven-hour event, while Indigo Academy received the same instructions and was urged to win.

• Eichi joined Matsumoto, Ishida, A Mi, Xiao Se, and Sato in Director Liu's office, where Director Liu confirmed they would compete again.
• Director Liu explained that students would enter the breeding park, battle Pokémon fitted with badge devices, and win based on the total value of their collected badges.
• After Matsumoto raised the issue of targeting weaker Pokémon, Director Liu revealed that Pokémon carried Bronze, Silver, or Gold Badges, worth one, ten, or one hundred Bronze Badges.
• Director Liu banned stealing badges, limited each competitor to four Pokémon, and scheduled the competition from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the next day.
• Director Kimura gave Indigo Academy's 1st Grade students the same competition instructions and urged them to win.

The academies prepared for the next exchange match, with Silver Academy securing the 1st Grade’s participation after Director Liu pressured Director Kimura. On match morning, Eichi and Tetsu arrived early at the breeding park and learned that the forest had been cleared of weak and young Pokémon, leaving only strong battlers.

• Ishigaki announced that the academy leadership would give the students extra rewards if they won the next match, and Asen felt confident about the badge-collecting challenge.
• Director Liu recalled pressuring Director Kimura into letting the 1st Grade compete, then considered Eichi’s strength and the Pokémon League’s ongoing search for a high-ranking Team Rocket mole.
• Director Liu reflected on Yi Suo’s escape from prison and the League’s discovery of several low-level Team Rocket informants.
• Eichi and Tetsu got up early and went to the breeding park, where they greeted Teacher Xiao Lin.
• Teacher Xiao Lin told Eichi and Tetsu that weak and young Pokémon had been relocated, leaving powerful battlers in the forest.

Eichi and the students from Silver Academy and Indigo Academy gathered for a badge competition in a breeding park forest. After receiving tracking watches and badge bags, they began the contest, and Eichi set off with Asen nearby.

• Director Liu announced the rules: students could not steal badges and could carry no more than four Pokémon.
• The students passed inspection and rode tour vehicles to the forest competition grounds.
• Staff distributed tracking Electronic Watches and Waist Bags, and Director Liu explained how to use them.
• Director Kimura encouraged the Indigo Academy students as the start time approached.
• Eichi pressed the black button on his watch when the competition began, then exchanged a look with Asen and said, "Let's go."

Eichi entered the forest badge challenge with Heracross and began collecting badges from Pokémon wearing collars. After defeating several Senior-level opponents, he found an Elite Class Aipom and prepared to use the fight to help Heracross break through.

• Director Liu watched the contestants' positions and drone footage with the other staff and teachers.
• Eichi and Heracross entered the forest, where Heracross blocked a Growlithe's ambush and defeated it with Pin Missile.
• Heracross removed the Bronze Badge from Growlithe's collar, and Eichi continued forward, collecting badges from six attacking Senior-level Pokémon.
• Eichi sensed an Elite Class Aipom carrying a Silver Badge with a Lugia Pattern and hid with Heracross in a leafy tree.
• Eichi ordered Heracross to attack the Aipom with Horn Attack, and the Aipom turned to face the dive.

Eichi’s Heracross defeated Aipom, which surrendered by leaving its Silver Badge behind, and then broke through to a higher level. With all three of Eichi’s Pokémon now in Elite Class, he released Beedrill and Scizor and began searching the surrounding forest for more battles.

• Heracross pressed its attack on Aipom, but Aipom used Sand Attack, Continuous Slaps, and Dazzling Gleam to evade and counter it.
• Heracross used Pin Missile and Double Team to overwhelm Aipom, then struck it with Brick Break.
• Aipom pressed the red button on its collar, dropped its Silver Badge, and fled into the forest.
• Heracross’s energy surged after the battle, and Eichi realized it had broken through to a higher level.
• Eichi released Beedrill and Scizor and spread his Bug Force across a two-hundred-meter area to search for another fight.

Tetsu struggled to defeat a Rhyhorn for its Bronze Badge, then fled when a herd of Rhyhorn and Elite Class Tyranitar charged him. Xiao Ye escaped an Ariados nest with Gardevoir, then returned with her other Pokémon and defeated the group to collect their badges.

• Tetsu’s Froslass defeated a Rhyhorn after a difficult battle, and Tetsu removed its Bronze Badge.
• A herd of Rhyhorn and several Elite Class Tyranitar charged toward Tetsu, forcing him to recall Froslass and run.
• Xiao Ye and Gardevoir stumbled upon an Ariados nest, where a Spinarak startled Xiao Ye and her scream alerted the swarm.
• Gardevoir knocked out several Ariados and Spinarak with Thunderbolt, then teleported Xiao Ye and herself away from the attackers’ Poison Stings.
• Xiao Ye returned an hour later with Gardevoir, Arcanine, Umbreon, and Togekiss, defeated the Ariados, and collected their badges.

Xiao Ye, Matsumoto, Kona, Sato, and Eichi collected badges by defeating Pokémon throughout the jungle. With time running short, Eichi shifted his search toward Gym Leader-level Pokémon after sensing something nearby.

• Xiao Ye lured Ariados and Spinarak out in successive waves, defeated them with her Pokémon, and collected twenty Bronze Badges and five Silver Badges before giving her team Pokéblocks to rest.
• Matsumoto’s Magmortar and Steelix defeated a group of Pokémon, and Matsumoto took their badges before moving on.
• Kona’s Blaziken and Cloyster defeated two Pokémon, and Blaziken handed Kona their Silver Badges.
• Sato’s Electivire, Alakazam, and Gengar overwhelmed a group of Pokémon, and Alakazam used Confusion to gather ten Bronze Badges and five Silver Badges for him.
• Eichi’s Beedrill, Scizor, and Heracross swiftly defeated several Stantler, and Eichi collected their eight badges before deciding to focus on Gym Leader-level Pokémon.
• Eichi restored his Pokémon with Bug Power, sensed through the jungle, and remarked that what he found was a coincidence.

Eichi watched Asen defeat a Gym Leader-level Ursaring and claim a Gold Badge, then escaped after a Gothitelle ambushed him. After reflecting on his lapse in vigilance, Eichi resumed searching for a Gold Badge.

• Eichi followed the sounds of battle and saw Asen’s Nidoking, Aerodactyl, Slowking, and Gengar defeat a Mid Gym Leader-level Ursaring.
• Asen collected the Gold Badge, treated Ursaring and Nidoking, and used a radar-like device to track nearby activity.
• Asen sensed Eichi nearby, sent Gengar to investigate, then left on Aerodactyl when Gengar found nothing.
• A drone filmed the defeated Ursaring, and Director Liu recognized its collar as the one paired with a Gold Badge.
• A Gothitelle ambushed Eichi, but Beedrill protected him and later defeated it; Eichi took its badge and hurried away.
• Eichi reflected on his reduced vigilance and spread Bug Force to continue searching for a Gold Badge.

Eichi ambushed and defeated a Gym Leader-level Persian, took its Gold Badge, and left to search for another target. Director Liu and Teacher Xiao Lin watched the footage, while Director Kimura remained silent and seemed deep in thought.

• Eichi found a sleeping group of Meowth and Persian, identified the Mid Gym Leader-level Persian as his target, and prepared Beedrill, Scizor, and Heracross for a surprise attack.
• Beedrill struck the strongest Persian with Swords Dance and Poison Jab, then wore it down with Light Needles until it could no longer battle.
• Scizor and Heracross defeated the other Persian and the three Meowth, ending the fight in under three minutes.
• Eichi collected the Gold Badge, while Heracross handed him three Bronze Badges and one Silver Badge, and the group left to find another Gym Leader-level Pokémon.
• A drone recorded the scene, and Director Liu and Teacher Xiao Lin discussed the fourth Gold Badge taken as Director Kimura silently watched the footage.

As the competition neared its end, Sato, Kona, Asen, Shuishu, and Eichi fought Gym Leader-level Pokémon and collected Gold Badges. With eight minutes left, Director Liu and the other staff waited at the forest entrance as an orange-red figure approached.

• Sato and Tetsu defeated a Gym Leader-level Tyranitar and collected its Gold Badge and Tetsu's badges before flying back toward the entrance.
• Kona's Pokémon defeated a Gym Leader-level Poliwrath, and she flew toward the forest entrance with her Gold Badges.
• Asen's Aerodactyl defeated a Fearow, and Asen collected its Gold Badge before returning toward the entrance.
• Shuishu collected a Gold Badge after defeating a Gym Leader-level Pokémon and wondered how many badges Asen had earned.
• Eichi defeated a group of Pokémon, including two Gym Leader-level Pokémon, collected their Gold Badges, and headed for the entrance on Heracross.
• Director Liu and the other staff waited at the forest entrance with eight minutes remaining as an orange-red figure appeared in the distance.

The students returned from the forest after the competition, and the staff collected their Pokémon and supplies. With the match over, Director Liu began the badge-counting process to determine the results for both academies.

• Sato and Tetsu returned on Charizard, handed their Pokémon to Teacher Xiao Lin, and rested while Teacher Rondo praised their gains.
• Kona, Shuishu, and Asen returned in turn, and Shuishu told Director Kimura he expected Indigo Academy to surprise everyone.
• Eichi returned on Heracross just before the deadline, saying two Pokémon had delayed him, and reunited with the other students.
• Director Liu announced the end of the competition and instructed both academies to submit their waist bags for a joint badge count.
• The staff collected the students' waist bags and electronic watches to begin the results tally.

The academies tallied the badges from the forest competition, and Director Liu began announcing each student’s results. Silver Academy’s unusually high counts raised concern as the announcement continued, but the overall winner had not yet been revealed.

• Teacher Bai Shi counted Indigo Academy’s badges while a teacher from Indigo Academy checked his totals, then he tallied Silver Academy’s badges.
• Eichi declined to tell Tetsu how many badges he had collected, and the two chatted while they waited for the results.
• Director Liu received the completed tally and began announcing Indigo Academy’s counts, including Asen’s leading total of 1,320 Bronze Badge equivalents.
• Director Liu announced Silver Academy’s results, including Tetsu’s 360 and Xiao Ye’s 460 Bronze Badge equivalents, prompting Indigo Academy and Director Kimura to suspect something was wrong.
• Director Liu announced Ishida’s result and began reporting Matsumoto’s stronger count, leaving the competition’s final result unrevealed.

Silver Academy decisively defeated Indigo Academy in the Inter-Academy Exchange Match, with Eichi earning an overwhelming 1,950 Bronze Badges. As the students left the breeding park, Eichi looked forward to the rewards for the victory.

• Director Liu announced Kona’s and Sato’s badge totals, showing that Silver Academy’s contestants had outscored Indigo Academy’s leading students.
• Director Liu revealed that Eichi had collected 360 Bronze Badges, 70 Silver Badges, and eight Gold Badges, totaling 1,950 Bronze Badges.
• Director Liu announced Silver Academy’s 5,013 Bronze Badges against Indigo Academy’s 4,782 and declared Silver Academy the winner.
• Silver Academy’s students celebrated while Director Kimura congratulated Director Liu, who invited him to dinner.
• Eichi left the breeding park in a sightseeing cart and wondered what rewards the academy would give the winning contestants.

Silver Academy celebrated its exchange competition victory, and Eichi met Mei, Sato's Sister, at the banquet. After Indigo Academy departed, the academy summoned Eichi and the other winners to receive their rewards.

• Eichi accepted Silver Academy's trophy at the banquet and met Mei, who said she had wanted to see who defeated her little brother, Sato.
• Silver Academy's match videos made Eichi, Sato, and the other 1st Grade students famous throughout the academy.
• Director Kimura and Indigo Academy left in defeat, and Director Liu promised to arrange rewards for the students who brought glory to Silver Academy.
• Eichi noticed that senior students had begun greeting him, then received a notice to attend the conference room for his reward.
• After his first class, Eichi, Tetsu, Xiao Ye, Sato, and other students headed to the conference room, where winners from the upper grades had also been summoned.

Director Liu announced Silver Academy’s rewards for the exchange tournament, giving the students credits, Enhancement Agents, and Pokémon Hatchery picks according to their grades and match results. Eichi and the 1st Grade students learned they would receive a group reward and additional prizes for their wins and the extra match.

• Director Liu explained that the 3rd Grade had lost, the 2nd Grade had drawn, and the 1st Grade had won their official matches.
• Director Liu announced the rewards for the 3rd Grade and 2nd Grade, including credits and Enhancement Agents for students who won or drew.
• Teachers opened the metal cases, revealing Enhancement Agents, and the students collected their rewards in ranking order.
• Director Liu announced that every 1st Grade student would receive 3,000 credits and the right to choose a Pokémon from the Pokémon Hatchery.
• Director Liu awarded 1st Grade students who drew two Enhancement Agents, winners 3,000 credits and three Enhancement Agents, and participants in the additional match the same prize.

After winning the exchange tournament, Eichi collected his rewards and joined the other 1st Grade students to choose Pokémon. The chapter left them inside the Pokémon Egg Vault, facing the many eggs available for selection.

• Eichi chose three Attack Enhancers, one Speed Enhancer, one Defense Enhancer, and one Special Defense Enhancer, then received his certificate from Director Liu.
• After the students collected their rewards, Director Liu sent the 3rd Grade and 2nd Grade students back to class and led the 1st Grade students to the Pokémon Hatchery.
• Tetsu asked Eichi for advice about choosing an egg, and Eichi told him to pick whichever Pokémon he liked.
• Director Liu and the students reached the Pokémon Egg Vault, where Xiao Se and Xiao Ye admired photos of newborn Pokémon.
• A staff member unlocked a sturdy door, and Eichi and the others entered a room filled with Pokémon Eggs and identification screens.