Chapter Summaries

Eichi and Asen arranged a battle between their newly acquired Armaldo and Lileep, each of which had reached level 10. Their match began in the Battle Classroom, where Lileep trapped and slammed Armaldo into the rocky ground, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Armaldo's training with Eichi helped it rise from level 5 to level 9 over several days.
• Asen challenged Eichi to a battle using their new Armaldo and Lileep, and Eichi agreed to meet after class the next day.
• Eichi and Asen headed to the Battle Classroom after class, while the fat boy and Xiao Na secretly followed them.
• Eichi and Asen sent out Armaldo and Lileep, which were both at level 10, and began their battle.
• Lileep used Bind to squeeze Armaldo, but Armaldo Hardened its body and resisted the constriction.
• Asen ordered Lileep to throw Armaldo, and it slammed Armaldo into the rocky ground.

Eichi’s Armaldo gained the upper hand against Asen’s Lileep with Agility and Cross Poison, but Asen used Lileep’s apparent defeat as a trap and drained Armaldo’s strength with Super Absorb. The chapter ended with Armaldo staggering out of a crater, badly weakened but still able to battle.

• Armaldo dodged Lileep’s Acid, struck it with Scratch, and resisted its Bind with Harden before Lileep slammed it into the ground.
• Eichi had Armaldo use Agility and Cross Poison to wound Lileep and create an opening for another attack.
• Lileep recovered from its apparent collapse, bound Armaldo, and used Super Absorb to drain its energy and heal its wounds.
• Lileep slammed Armaldo into the ground, but Armaldo struggled back to its feet despite its pain and exhaustion.

Eichi’s Armaldo narrowly defeated Asen’s Lileep in a grueling battle, leaving Asen to concede and depart. Eichi then met Sinnoh Academy’s director, who praised his performance, and learned the director had once been the academy’s principal.

• Armaldo and Lileep traded powerful attacks until both fell, then struggled back to their feet.
• Lileep finally collapsed unconscious, while Armaldo remained conscious, giving Eichi the victory.
• Asen admitted defeat, recalled Lileep, and left after exchanging brief words with Eichi.
• Eichi noticed Xiao Na, the fat boy, and Sinnoh Academy’s director waiting outside, then greeted the director.
• The director praised Eichi’s battle and left, and the fat boy told Eichi that the director had formerly been Sinnoh Academy’s principal.

Eichi learned about the director’s former role as principal and Elite Four member, while Asen pondered his battle with Lileep and Eichi treated Armaldo’s injuries. Two days later, Eichi visited Teacher Ami to learn more about the Breeding Major.

• Eichi heard from Xiao Na and the fat boy that the director had once been principal and one of the Elite Four, and that he had stopped a Pokémon rampage with two Pokémon.
• Eichi asked Xiao Na and the fat boy to keep his encounter with Asen confidential, then defended Asen as a good person.
• Asen brought Lileep’s Poké Ball to the medical room, reflected on his battle with Armaldo, and frowned after receiving a phone message.
• Eichi used Bug Force to heal Armaldo, whose fellow Pokémon praised its performance, then wrote notes about the battle.
• After two days, Eichi met Teacher Ami and went with her to look around the Breeding Major and exchange ideas.

Eichi visited the Breeding Major with Teacher Ami, toured its classrooms, and learned about its students and facilities. Teacher Ami was called away from her office, leaving Eichi to wait there.

• Eichi admired portraits of Hoenn Legendary Pokémon and told Teacher Ami about his encounter with one during Extracurricular Practice.
• Teacher Ami showed Eichi the Breeding Major campus and explained how Contest Major students studied there to cultivate beautiful Pokémon and Pokéblocks.
• Teacher Ami was surprised to learn Eichi had nearly finished reading the twelve books she had given him two months earlier.
• Eichi observed classes and examined Pokéblock- and Pokémon food-making equipment, then tried some of the machines.
• A bespectacled teacher asked Teacher Ami to come with them, and Eichi stayed behind in her office.

Eichi helped Andy find an approach to a difficult question before leaving the office with Teacher Ami to visit Sinnoh Academy’s Collection Room. As Eichi looked through the school’s displays, he wondered about his own accomplishments and spotted a familiar figure on the third floor.

• Eichi noticed Andy struggling with a difficult question and suggested an approach that helped him solve it.
• Eichi left the teachers’ office with Teacher Ami while Andy continued working, then Andy showed his answer to his teacher and described the mysterious student who had helped him.
• Eichi reflected that the question had challenged him too, since he had needed to reread it and recall a book to solve it.
• Teacher Ami brought Eichi to the Collection Room, where he viewed the school’s history and awards and wondered whether Silver Academy displayed any of his achievements.
• Eichi reached the third floor and saw a familiar figure among the portraits and belongings of former school leaders.

Eichi explored the Breeding Major, bought supplies in Slateport City, and followed Asen after discovering he was disguised with a human-skin mask. Asen entered a remote shop while Eichi watched from across the street.

• Eichi visited the Breeding Major with Teacher Ami and learned that students could use its facilities.
• Asen received a message summoning him to the S10086 black market the next evening, then deleted it.
• Eichi bought Berries and other supplies at a department store before spending the afternoon with Fatty and Xiao Na.
• Eichi spotted Asen wearing a human-skin mask and followed him to a secluded miscellaneous-goods shop.
• Asen entered the shop with its old owner while Eichi watched from a nearby corner.

Asen entered Slateport City's black market and met with Team Rocket Executive Fox, who tried to assign him a new mission. Asen refused, citing his Leader-ordered infiltration of Sinnoh Academy, and left while Fox grew furious; outside, Eichi continued watching the general store after nightfall.

• Eichi used Bug King Eye to spot four cameras and six Pokémon waiting in ambush around the general store.
• An old man verified Asen's badge, warned him that violence was forbidden in the black market, and opened a hidden passage beneath the bed.
• Asen made his way through the underground market to building S10086 and showed his Team Rocket emblem to enter.
• Asen met Executive Fox, who ordered him to take a mission against Lava Team and Team Aqua.
• Asen refused Fox's order, saying he would only follow the Leader's instructions, then left the building.
• Fox angrily declared that he was the biggest authority in the Hoenn Region, while Eichi watched the general store as night fell.

Eichi followed Asen and discovered that a masked man named Fox was trying to kill him. Asen’s Pokémon were outmatched, and Fox blocked his escape, leaving Asen trapped in the fight.

• Eichi followed Asen and saw a masked pursuer tracking him, while Asen sensed that someone intended to kill him.
• Fox attacked Asen, but Gengar intercepted the blow and was injured alongside Asen, who recognized Fox as his assailant.
• Gengar fought Fox’s Froslass, but the power gap became clear when Froslass overwhelmed Gengar’s Shadow Ball.
• Asen tried to escape with Slowking’s Teleport, but Fox’s Alakazam used Confusion to stop them from vanishing.
• Asen ordered Slowking to use Foresight and Gengar to attack with Thunderbolt, but Alakazam blocked the attack with Light Screen while Kecleon used Color Change and disappeared with it.

Asen and his Pokémon were overwhelmed by Fox's team, leaving Asen on the brink of defeat. Eichi intervened at the last moment, knocking Alakazam's attack off course and giving Asen a chance to survive.

• Alakazam severely injured Asen and Slowking, while Gengar defeated Asen's Gengar with Fire Punch and successive attacks.
• Asen sent out Nidoking, Aerodactyl, and Baltoy, then tried to escape on Aerodactyl as Nidoking and Baltoy attacked Fox.
• Fox's Gengar blocked the attacks, and Alakazam knocked Aerodactyl from the sky with Psychic.
• Fox sent out Crobat to help Gengar fight Asen's Pokémon, while Alakazam defeated Slowking and prepared to finish Asen.
• Eichi sent out a Pokémon that struck Alakazam with Twin Needles, diverting its attack and raising Asen's hopes of survival.

Eichi rescued the badly injured Asen from Fox, and the two escaped to Sinnoh Academy for treatment. Asen recovered consciousness at the medical room and left with Eichi, while Fox identified his rescuer as Eichi and departed the scene.

• Beedrill carried Asen to Flygon as Eichi arrived, and Flygon blocked Fox with Dragon Breath before escaping with them.
• Fox recognized Beedrill and concluded that Eichi had rescued Asen, then left the wrecked street with his Pokémon.
• Officer Jenny arrived and assumed the damage came from an ordinary Pokémon sparring incident.
• Eichi took the unconscious Asen to Sinnoh Academy’s medical room, where Nurse Joy treated him and his Pokémon.
• Asen awoke with bandages and a twisted leg, declined Eichi’s help, and left the medical room with him.

Eichi brought the injured Asen back to his dormitory after rescuing him from Fox, a Team Rocket executive who had tried to kill him. Asen learned Eichi had deliberately revealed his powerful Beedrill and intended to confront Fox, leaving the two facing the consequences of that decision.

• Eichi returned Asen's five treated Pokémon and flew him back to his dormitory on Flygon.
• Asen told Eichi his Psychic abilities would help him recover and thanked him for saving his life.
• Eichi admitted he had followed Asen after seeing him wear a human-skin mask and enter a grocery store that served as a black market entrance.
• Asen identified Fox as the Hoenn Region executive who had tried to kill him because their factions were rivals.
• Asen warned that Fox would identify and target Eichi because he had used his powerful Beedrill, but Eichi revealed he had deliberately exposed it.
• Eichi admitted he wanted to eliminate Fox after seeing the immense bloodlight around him, and Asen realized Eichi had already expected him to seek revenge.

Eichi and Asen planned to lure Fox into an ambush after Fox attacked Asen, while acknowledging the danger and Fox’s Pokémon abilities. Asen sought support from an ally at headquarters and began recovering and training, while Eichi fed his Pokémon and considered how to make their plan succeed.

• Eichi proposed using Fox’s belief that Asen did not know he had been discovered to lure him into an ambush, and Asen warned that Fox could escape with Alakazam or hide with Kecleon.
• Eichi left Asen’s room and told him to stay in the dorm; Asen reflected on their fight with Fox and decided to call an ally for help.
• Asen told the ally that Fox had attacked him and that he planned to eliminate Fox, and the ally promised to control headquarters and send enhancement materials while warning Asen he would receive no protection if he failed.
• Asen put away the phone, reopened his wound, then used Psychic-type energy to ease his pain and resumed training.
• Eichi returned to his dorm, fed his six Pokémon, and concluded that Fox would target him regardless, so he needed a reliable plan to eliminate Fox first.

Eichi planned to use Beedrill to kill Fox in a single strike and began training its speed for the dangerous task ahead. Meanwhile, Fox put Eichi and Asen on his kill list, and a Team Rocket executive warned that Team Aqua was targeting their organization.

• Eichi told Xiao Na and a curious classmate that Asen had missed class because of superficial injuries from their sparring match, which had ended in a draw.
• After reading Eichi’s file, Fox recognized him as a major threat and ordered a subordinate to monitor Eichi and Asen and report if either left school.
• A subordinate informed a burly man in Mauville City that Team Aqua was targeting their organization and its executives, prompting him to warn the other two executives.
• Eichi brought his six Pokémon to train, then told Beedrill to focus on speed because their lives would depend on it during an important task in a few days.
• Eichi positioned Beedrill and a humanoid target at opposite corners of the Training Room to prepare a speed exercise across its 29.15-meter diagonal.

Eichi trained Beedrill and Flygon to prepare for the dangerous fight against Fox, while his Pokémon practiced individual skills and group coordination. After discovering that Team Rocket was monitoring him and Asen, Eichi agreed to act as if they had noticed nothing and planned to visit Asen the next day.

• Eichi timed Beedrill's charge against a humanoid target, then had it use Agility and cut its attack-and-return time from 2.27 seconds to 1.12 seconds.
• Eichi had Flygon practice Flamethrower against a Skill Detection Machine as its mastery of the move neared the ultimate level.
• Eichi spent the next three days training his Pokémon, including Beedrill's speed and the team's coordination for group battles.
• After leaving the training center, Eichi sensed someone following him and realized he had been monitored since the previous day.
• Eichi called Asen, who confirmed he had also noticed the surveillance, and they agreed to carry on as usual.
• Asen invited Eichi to his dorm the next day to show him something he would not explain over the phone.

Eichi and Asen prepared to use Asen’s Ditto to deceive the Team Rocket agents monitoring them, and agreed to act on Saturday. Meanwhile, Principal Xia Hong informed Director Nakamura that a Team Aqua executive was coming to Slateport City, and Nakamura suggested they could teach the arriving faction a lesson without directly intervening.

• At night, Eichi went to sleep as cyan energy flowed into his five Pokémon, while a Team Rocket agent watched him from outside the dormitory.
• The next day, Asen showed Eichi a Ditto that could convincingly imitate Eichi after two days of training, and Eichi approved it as a decoy.
• Eichi and Asen agreed to act on Saturday and discussed their plan while Team Rocket continued monitoring Eichi.
• Principal Xia Hong told Director Nakamura that a Team Aqua executive was coming to Slateport City to deal with Team Rocket.
• Nakamura said the academy should not interfere directly in the clash, but suggested they could still teach the organizations a lesson.

Director Nakamura let Xia Hong teach troublemakers a lesson, while Chao ordered Team Aqua to attack Team Rocket’s Slateport City base in the black market. On Saturday, Fox learned Yoshino Eishi had left the academy and weighed whether to defy headquarters by pursuing him.

• Xia Hong asked Director Nakamura about taking action against troublemakers, and he allowed her to teach someone a lesson while acknowledging the academy board would not target Team Aqua.
• Chao arrived at Team Aqua’s hidden Slateport City base and heard that Team Rocket had 263 members in the black market, led by the executive Fox.
• Chao ordered Team Aqua to attack Team Rocket in the black market that Saturday, and Lava Team agreed to cooperate.
• Fox grew wary of the rising numbers of Team Aqua and Lava Team members in the black market while keeping to his base.
• A subordinate told Fox that Yoshino Eishi had left the academy, and Fox considered going after him despite headquarters’ order to stay put.

Eichi and Asen disguised themselves to follow Fox while Ditto impersonated Eichi, but a Team Aqua executive named Chao confronted Fox in a forest. Eichi discovered Chao's powerful Pokémon and realized the situation had changed.

• Eichi and Asen left their watched rooms in disguise, sent Ditto out as Eichi, and followed it into the city.
• Eichi spotted Fox following Ditto, so he and Asen changed their disguises and tracked Fox from a distance.
• Eichi noticed two other people following Fox, and one of them later left as the group reached a forest outside the city.
• As rain began, Eichi told Asen to warn Ditto to leave after realizing the remaining stranger was targeting Fox.
• Chao revealed that he was a Team Aqua Three-S Executive, threatened Team Rocket in Slateport City, and summoned Pelipper, Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt.
• Eichi used Bug King Eye to identify Chao's Pokémon as Elite Four-level threats, including Crawdaunt at level 71.

Ditto fled toward Sinnoh Academy while Fox fought Chao’s three powerful Pokémon in the rain. Crawdaunt and the others overwhelmed Fox’s team, leaving two of his Pokémon unable to battle as Eichi watched from hiding.

• Asen used Telepathy to direct Ditto to change into a Swellow and fly toward Sinnoh Academy.
• Fox sent out six Pokémon and tried to escape with Alakazam’s Teleport, but Chao revealed a device that blocked teleportation.
• Fox ordered his team to attack, but Chao’s Pelipper, Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt countered and burned the opposing Pokémon with Scald.
• Crawdaunt defeated Golem with a series of pincer strikes and a water attack, while Sharpedo knocked down Alakazam and battled Arbok.
• Sharpedo struck Arbok with Rocket Headbutt and left it unable to battle, while Eichi watched and judged Fox’s team outmatched.

Chao battled Fox and gained the upper hand, but Fox escaped with his remaining Pokémon under cover of Haze. Chao pursued him with Pelipper and Sharpedo while Eichi and Asen followed on Flygon.

• Alakazam knocked out Pelipper, and Froslass struck Sharpedo with Shadow Ball, but Crawdaunt defeated Froslass and Weezing.
• Chao urged Fox to surrender and ordered Pelipper, Sharpedo, and Crawdaunt to attack together.
• Crobat spread Haze across the battlefield, allowing Fox to escape with Alakazam, Froslass, and Crobat.
• Chao chased Fox on Pelipper with Sharpedo, while Eichi and Asen followed on Flygon.