Chapter Summaries

Eichi held practical combat training in the Training Hall, where Armaldo, Heracross, and Scizor each battled Beedrill and were defeated. The chapter ended as Golisopod stepped forward to fight Beedrill.

• Armaldo attacked Beedrill with blade strikes, a torrent of water, and Cross Poison, but Beedrill destroyed its clones with Light Needles and knocked it down.
• Eichi stopped Armaldo's fight, praised its progress, and noted that it had recently reached the veteran level and was nearing evolution.
• Eichi sent Heracross to battle Beedrill, and five minutes later Beedrill had battered it into the ground.
• Scizor fought Beedrill for ten minutes before Eichi called the battle and Scizor returned, impressed by Beedrill's growing strength.
• Eichi started Golisopod's match with Beedrill, and Golisopod eagerly took its place opposite its longtime target.

Golisopod and Beedrill fought an exhausting training battle before Eichi ended the session and prepared to leave for summer break. Teacher Ami saw him off at Slateport City’s entrance, warning him to stay safe and beware of Takiyama as he set out on his bicycle.

• Golisopod and Beedrill battled fiercely for twenty minutes, leaving both Pokémon wounded and exhausted.
• Eichi stopped the battle, praised his Pokémon, and ended training before returning to his dormitory.
• Three days later, Eichi packed up and left the dormitory, where Teacher Ami was waiting to see him off.
• Eichi and Teacher Ami walked through the nearly empty Sinnoh Academy and talked about the summer break and his travels.
• At Slateport City’s entrance, Teacher Ami warned Eichi about Takiyama and urged him to run from danger and contact the teachers.
• Eichi unfolded his bicycle, said goodbye to Teacher Ami, and began his journey.

Takiyama learned that Yoshino Eishi had left the city and asked his father, Takiji, to let him join a revenge plot. Takiji reluctantly agreed but warned him to stay cautious, while Yamada Rina dismissed the danger.

• A lackey told Takiyama that Yoshino Eishi had left the school with a teacher and then ridden away alone, prompting Takiyama to seek revenge.
• Takiyama went to Takiji's study and asked to take part in the plan against Yoshino Eishi.
• Takiji initially refused because he considered the matter dangerous, but Yamada Rina urged him to let Takiyama go with Trainers for protection.
• Takiji agreed on the condition that Takiyama act cautiously and leave if anything seemed wrong.
• Yamada Rina led Takiyama away to eat, while Takiji remained concerned about Yoshino Eishi.

Takiji sent two new Trainers to deal with Eichi, who camped and continued his journey before reaching a Pokémon Center. Takiyama and his two men spotted Eichi there and planned to ambush him after he left the next day.

• Takiji summoned two newcomers to assign them a task against Eichi and test their strength.
• Eichi shared a meal and a night of play with his Pokémon before continuing his journey on the eighth day.
• Eichi reached a Pokémon Center at dusk and sensed that someone was watching him.
• Takiyama and two men in black confirmed Eichi had arrived and decided to wait until the next day to attack him outside the Pokémon Center.

Eichi discovered that Takiyama’s men were monitoring him and prepared an ambush as they followed him into the forest. The pursuers closed in, unaware that Eichi had hidden four Pokémon nearby.

• Eichi noticed two suspicious men at the Pokémon Center and called Teacher Jiang Ben, who said he was traveling to Unova to investigate a legendary Bug-type Pokémon.
• The triangular-eyed man reported Eichi’s movements to his accomplices while Takiyama planned to kill him the next day.
• Sausage Lips, the triangular-eyed man, and Takiyama followed Eichi out of town using Fearow, Swellow, and Tropius, tracking him with a planted device.
• Eichi sent Beedrill and Scizor to hide near the route and wait for the pursuers.
• As the pursuers sped up in the forest, Eichi sent Golisopod and Flygon to hide on either side while he continued riding ahead.

Eichi was ambushed by Big Lips and Triangle Eyes, whose Elite Four-level Pokémon overwhelmed Heracross. Flygon arrived and struck down three attackers, prompting the men to send out more Pokémon.

• Fearow and Swellow attacked Eichi, who dodged their dive and sent Heracross to fight them.
• Big Lips and Triangle Eyes released Gothitelle and Mawile, and their coordinated attacks left Heracross seriously injured.
• The four attackers surrounded Eichi, but Light Cones interrupted them and a fast-moving ally knocked Gothitelle away.
• Flygon emerged from the forest and used Dragon Breath to defeat Fearow, Swellow, and Mawile.
• Big Lips and Triangle Eyes recognized Flygon as a serious threat and released eight more Pokémon between them.

Eichi’s Flygon, Golisopod, and Heracross overwhelmed the attackers’ Pokémon, leaving Sausage Mouth and Triangle Eyes scrambling for help. Takiyama released five more Pokémon, and two figures darted out from the forest behind them.

• Sausage Mouth and Triangle Eyes sent eight Pokémon to attack Eichi, but Flygon’s Hyper Beam knocked several down and forced the men to dodge.
• Golisopod defeated Breloom and Dugtrio, with Dugtrio crashing into Ariados and knocking it out as well.
• Heracross defeated Mightyena after their collision, then pummeled it against a tree.
• Sausage Mouth and Triangle Eyes ordered their remaining Pokémon to attack, while Flygon’s strength left only five of their Pokémon able to battle.
• Sausage Mouth called for Takiyama’s help, and Takiyama released his other five Pokémon before two figures emerged from the forest.

Eichi's Pokémon killed Sausage Lips and Triangle Eyes, leaving Takiyama to flee as Eichi ordered the remaining Pokémon defeated. Takiyama escaped for the moment, but Eichi believed he was doomed to die later, while Gothitelle ran from the battle.

• Beedrill killed Sausage Lips with its Twin Needles, while Scizor broke Triangle Eyes' neck.
• Takiyama ordered Tropius to carry him away and abandoned the Pokémon fighting below.
• Beedrill struck Takiyama's right arm with Poison Sting as he fled, and Eichi let him escape because he expected him to die later.
• Eichi ordered Beedrill, Scizor, Heracross, Golisopod, and Flygon to finish off the enemy Pokémon.
• Flygon, Heracross, Golisopod, and Scizor attacked Zangoose, Mightyena, Mawile, and Torkoal, while Gothitelle fled after seeing the others fall.

After Eichi defeated the two men, he buried them and their Pokémon before leaving. Takiyama escaped to a Pokémon Center, while several days later Takiji and Yamada Rina worried over his disappearance.

• Beedrill defeated Gothitelle, and Eichi confirmed that the Pokémon belonging to the two men had all died.
• Eichi and his Pokémon buried the fallen Pokémon with their masters, then Eichi left on foot after burying his wrecked bicycle.
• Tropius carried Takiyama to a Pokémon Center, where Takiyama realized he could not remember his home phone number and hurried back outside.
• Several days later, Takiji tried calling without success and worried that something had happened to Takiyama and his escorts.
• Yamada Rina confronted Takiji about Takiyama's lack of news, and Takiji blamed her for sending him into danger.

Takiyama returned home traumatized after Eichi killed the two experts sent after him, and Takiji learned that his son had been poisoned. Eichi revealed that the poison was his carefully prepared trap, designed to kill Takiyama once the doctors finished purging the other toxins.

• Takiyama came home exhausted and told Takiji and Yamada Rina that the two men Takiji sent were dead.
• After hearing Takiyama's account, Takiji resolved to eliminate Eichi and told his son to rest.
• Takiyama's condition worsened, and doctors diagnosed him with poison that would take at least half a year to purge.
• Takiji brought Takiyama home for treatment and cursed Eichi as his son screamed through the painful purifications.
• Eichi rode his new bicycle, released his six Pokémon for lunch, and explained that his poison would kill Takiyama when the doctors finished removing the other toxins.

Eichi battled several Trainers at a grassland gathering, then shared a meal with Tian Yu before continuing on. Three men ambushed him in a forest to steal his Pokémon, but Eichi's Pokémon struck down their attackers, leaving the men stunned.

• Eichi's Armaldo defeated three Trainers, including Tian Yu, at the battle area.
• Eichi cooked noodles and shared a meal with Tian Yu, who praised his strength and cooking.
• Eichi left the area and noticed three men secretly following him.
• The men fired capture nets at Eichi, then sent out their Gym Leader-level Shiftry, Mightyena, and Breloom to attack him.
• Eichi released a Pokémon that knocked all three attackers to the ground, shocking the men.

Eichi killed six men and their Pokémon after they tried to rob and attack him, then left the area. In a distant region, Teacher Jiang Ben arrived with his assistants and met Professor Da Teng and Mei Lan at a research facility.

• The pompadoured man pretended to apologize, then pulled a knife and attacked Eichi, but Beedrill pierced him with its Twin Needles.
• Eichi ordered Beedrill to kill the other two men and their three Pokémon, and Beedrill struck them down with Light Cones.
• Eichi buried the six bodies, packed his belongings, and left the area.
• A group of criminals arrived, uncovered the bodies with a Dugtrio, and realized Xiao Wulang and his companions had been killed by Eichi.
• Teacher Jiang Ben arrived by aircraft with two assistants in a distant region, where Professor Da Teng and Mei Lan greeted them and led them through a Pokémon-filled garden to a research building.

Teacher Jiang Ben and his assistants examined the Unova Region’s Bug-type Pokémon before Da Teng led them to the garden. Meanwhile, Eichi chased Latios through a storm on Flygon, and two Trainers watched the pursuit from below.

• Teacher Jiang Ben studied the Bug-type Pokémon displayed in the laboratory, and his assistants agreed that many had impressive potential.
• Da Teng invited the professors to meet the Pokémon, and Mei Lan took them to their accommodations before leading them to the garden.
• Eichi reflected on a week of battles and Armaldo’s growth as he rode through the forest.
• Eichi spotted Latios under darkening clouds, mounted Flygon, and pursued it through the sky despite thunder and heavy rain.
• Two Trainers in the forest saw Latios and watched Flygon chase after it.

Eichi chased Latios through a storm but stopped after Latios warned him off with a powerful attack. Seeking shelter from the rain, he found an eerie castle and met a group of travelers, including a silver-haired girl.

• A girl mistook Eichi on Flygon for a powerful Trainer chasing Latios.
• Eichi examined Latios and saw its Champion-level power before Latios fired an Energy Ball at Flygon.
• Eichi ordered Flygon to dodge, then ended the pursuit when Latios flew away.
• Lightning struck near Flygon, scorching its wing, and Eichi flew to a nearby castle to escape the storm.
• Eichi entered the castle, changed into dry clothes, and ate while sheltering with other travelers.
• Xiao Yi invited Eichi to sit with the group, but a silver-haired girl called Xiao Yi back.

Eichi took shelter from a storm in a castle, where Xiao Yi brought him soup from his sister. At a Unova research institute, Jiang Ben learned that Da Teng had summoned him to study Volcarona, and he asked whether the institute had one.

• Xiao Yi delivered his sister’s soup to Eichi, who thanked him and learned the boy’s name.
• Jiang Ben explored the institute’s garden, observed its Bug-type Pokémon, and recorded notes about Venipede.
• Da Teng showed Jiang Ben and the others a mural depicting Volcarona and described legends about its power and role as a source of light.
• Da Teng explained that Volcarona was no longer mysterious but remained exceptionally powerful, and that Unova Champion Mr. Adeku used one as his ace.
• Jiang Ben expressed his admiration for Volcarona and asked Da Teng whether the institute had one.

Jiang Ben examined a stone Pokémon Egg whose life force was fading and agreed to study how to save it. Meanwhile, Eichi prepared for bed in the gloomy castle, where he sensed something strange as night fell.

• Da Teng led Mei Lan and Jiang Ben into a secure laboratory and showed them two Volcarona Eggs, one of which had become a gray stone Egg.
• Da Teng explained that an ancient Volcarona had entrusted Mei Lan with its two Eggs, and that one had lost the substance preserving its vitality.
• Jiang Ben warned that saving the stone Egg would be difficult but possible, then asked Da Teng to bring up its data so he could begin investigating.
• Xiao Yi talked with Eichi until his sister took him back to their tent for bed.
• Eichi fed his Pokémon, set up his own tent, and surrounded it with a Bug Force barrier before sleeping.
• As the rain and lightning continued outside, the castle grew colder and eerily quiet while everyone slept.

Banette, Froslass, and Gengar attacked the campers and drained a man's life force, but Misdreavus interrupted them and Eichi joined the fight. The Ghost-type Pokémon struck back, and the chapter ended as Misdreavus's shadow stretched toward Banette while it threatened an uncle.

• Banette, Froslass, and Gengar drained the sleeping man's life force until Misdreavus attacked them with Shadow Ball and woke him and the other campers.
• Banette and Froslass destroyed the hall's lights, plunging the group into darkness as the three Ghost Pokémon prepared to attack everyone.
• Eichi rushed into the main hall, saw the Ghost Pokémon attacking, and sent out Beedrill.
• Beedrill blocked Froslass's Shadow Ball, and another Froslass struck the attacking Pokémon with Ice Beam.
• Banette fired a Shadow Ball at an uncle, and Misdreavus's shadow stretched toward it.

Eichi and the surviving trainers faced Banette, Froslass, and Gengar after the Ghost-types overwhelmed their Pokémon. Eichi sent out Golisopod to join Beedrill, and the chapter ended as Golisopod countered Banette’s Shadow Ball and appeared in front of it.

• A newcomer illuminated the hall, revealing Misdreavus down and a blond young man whose life energy had been drained.
• The group sent more than twenty Pokémon against Banette, Froslass, and Gengar, but Gengar’s Thunder and the others’ Shadow Balls quickly defeated nearly all of them.
• Xiao Yi emerged from the tent and ran to his sister, who ordered her Froslass to use Blizzard against the opposing Froslass.
• Eichi released Golisopod and ordered it and Beedrill to attack the Ghost-types.
• Golisopod kicked Banette’s Shadow Ball back into it, then vanished and reappeared in front of Banette.

Eichi and his Pokémon defeated the Ghost Trio, while Misdreavus’s actions convinced the survivors not to attack it. The girl revealed Misdreavus’s tragic past, leaving the group saddened by its loss.

• Golisopod and Beedrill defeated Banette and Gengar, then Beedrill struck Froslass into rubble as the girl fought her own Froslass.
• The survivors attacked and killed the incapacitated Ghost Trio, whose bodies vanished into fragments.
• The uncle, the girl, and Eichi persuaded everyone that Misdreavus had opposed the Ghost Trio and saved the uncle.
• The girl recounted how Misdreavus had lost its young human companion and stayed in the castle to remain beside her grave.
• Xiao Yi said that Misdreavus was pitiful.

Eichi discovered that Misdreavus was dying from old injuries worsened by Gengar and the other Pokémon, and realized a Dark Stone might save it. The stone triggered Misdreavus's evolution into a healthy Mismagius, whose level rose to Early Gym Leader.

• Eichi examined Misdreavus and explained that it was beyond saving with a Potion after years of injuries and being drained by Gengar and the other Pokémon.
• Xiao Yi, his sister, and the others begged Eichi to find a way to save Misdreavus, and he agreed to try.
• Eichi sensed an Intermediate Dark Stone in the girl's backpack and asked her to bring it to Misdreavus.
• Xiao Yi retrieved the Dark Stone, and Eichi placed it against Misdreavus's head.
• Misdreavus evolved into Mismagius, its injuries healed, and its level reached Early Gym Leader.