Chapter Summaries

Eichi’s first battle showcased Armaldo’s strength as it defeated the Sturdy Man’s three Pokémon in succession. After securing the win, Eichi recalled Armaldo and left the Battle Arena as the next group prepared to compete.

• Armaldo shrugged off Vileplume’s leaf attack and defeated it with Rock Tomb.
• Armaldo withstood Jolteon’s Thunderbolt, then used Rock Tomb twice to defeat Jolteon.
• Armaldo endured Primeape’s Karate Chop, countered with Water Gun, and finished it with Rock Tomb.
• The referee declared Eichi of Class One the winner, and Eichi recalled Armaldo and left the Battle Arena.

Eichi won his third-round match easily, while Tetsu and the other top contenders also secured selection slots. Ramo advanced through a lucky draw and chose to challenge Xin Tai, but he fell behind immediately because his Pokémon were lower-level.

• After the second round, fourteen contestants remained, and the third round began that afternoon.
• Eichi, Xiao Ye, and Tetsu headed to their assigned arenas as the top four were matched against lower-ranked opponents.
• Eichi defeated his opponent's Arcanine with Heracross, and Tetsu narrowly beat Okawa.
• Eichi, Sato, Kona, Ishida, Xiao Ye, Matsumoto, and Tetsu secured slots, leaving seven contestants to compete for the final three.
• Ramo drew a bye, then chose to challenge Xin Tai instead of Xiao Se; Xin Tai grew furious, and Ramo fell behind as his Pokémon were lower-level.

Ramo defeated Xin Tai in the 3rd Grade Selection Match, earned a spot, and celebrated with the other qualifiers at a dinner hosted by Director Liu. The chapter ended with a bespectacled 6th Grade student compiling detailed profiles of Eichi and the other competitors.

• Ramo wore down Xin Tai's patience, lured him into a mistake, and defeated him, leaving Xin Tai humiliated and abruptly leaving the Battle Arena.
• Eichi, Tetsu, and Xiao Ye praised Ramo, and the ten students who earned spots gathered at the VIP Stand for congratulations and a group photograph.
• Director Liu treated the qualifiers to dinner, announced that each would receive 1,000 credits, and encouraged them to compete in the upcoming school-wide selection and Five School League.
• A bespectacled 6th Grade student returned to his dormitory and updated a notebook containing a detailed profile of Eichi before turning to Sato's profile.

Eichi intervened when 6th Grade student Da Tao bullied Ramo after a skateboard collision. Eichi demanded that Da Tao apologize, and the confrontation ended with Eichi threatening to stop him from leaving if he refused.

• Da Tao collided with Ramo while riding a skateboard, then blamed Ramo and demanded an apology.
• Ramo argued back after Da Tao invoked his rank as eighth in 6th Grade and insisted that juniors had to obey seniors.
• Da Tao berated Ramo and waited for him to apologize, while the nearby students were too intimidated to intervene.
• Eichi stepped out of the crowd, confronted Da Tao, and asked Ramo what had happened.
• Eichi called Da Tao shameless and lacking ability, then declared that he would not let him leave unless he apologized to Ramo.

Eichi forced Da Tao to apologize for bullying Ramo, but Da Tao swore revenge and called Kong Fei. As academy students prepared for the schoolwide selection, Director Chui Shi decided to seek outside help to improve his grade’s chances, while Kong Fei received a late-night call from a director.

• Eichi used his Bug Force and the crowd’s support to make Da Tao apologize to Ramo, then warned Ramo to be cautious.
• Da Tao left in anger, vowed to take revenge on Eichi, and called Kong Fei to report what had happened.
• Eichi attended intensive training with Teacher Mo Xige, whose Pokémon proved no match for Beedrill and the other top students.
• Yuri trained Lapras at the Attribute Training Room and assured Director Chui Shi that she would secure a spot in the schoolwide selection.
• Director Chui Shi worried that his grade would perform poorly in the selection and decided to seek help from outside the academy.
• Kong Fei finally answered a call from a director, who greeted him with a deep voice.

Eichi reviewed information on likely Five School League competitors while Sato spoke with his sister Mei about the competition and his recent progress. The chapter left Sato heading to the Training Room, focused on the possibility of battling Mei, when he encountered Eichi.

• Kong Fei dismissed Director Tong Sheng's concerns about the Five School League and declared that he would take first place, prompting Tong Sheng to angrily strike his desk.
• Tetsu gave Eichi competitor profiles, including those of top 6th Grade students Kong Fei, Xue Jia, and Locke, whose Pokémon had all reached Gym Leader level.
• Sato video-called Mei, who praised his improvement and said she hoped to battle Eichi and see Sato's progress at the Five School League.
• After Mei ended the call, Sato headed for the Training Room, eager at the thought of battling his sister, and met Eichi on the way.

Eichi tested the new Gravity Wind Speed Room with Beedrill and Golisopod, then noticed that the stone egg in his nutrient container was close to hatching. Meanwhile, freshman Adong sensed tension at Silver Academy as rumors spread that the top-ranked student had gone into the wilderness with the grade Director.

• Eichi and Beedrill tested the Gravity Room at seven times gravity and pushed the wind training up to Storm mode, which knocked Beedrill unconscious briefly.
• Eichi invited his other Pokémon to try the new equipment, and Golisopod volunteered to train under gravity and wind pressure.
• Eichi reviewed his Pokémon's levels and considered using the school-wide Selection Match to train his team further.
• Eichi examined the stone egg and sensed that the life inside it would be born soon.
• Adong, an ordinary Silver Academy freshman, noticed the tense atmosphere and heard that the class's first-place student was training in the wilderness with the grade Director.

Eichi and the other students gathered at the Battle Hall for Silver Academy’s Selection Match, where twenty spots in the Five School League were at stake. After the rules and opening speeches, the first-round matchups appeared on the screen.

• Adong recalled Eichi’s strength and wondered how he could become as powerful as him.
• Eichi and Tetsu arrived at the Battle Hall, where Director Liu led the students to their seats.
• Da Tao pointed Eichi out to Kong Fei, who told his companions to teach Eichi a lesson if they faced him, but A Yuan noted that top-ranked students would not meet in the early rounds.
• Teacher Xiao Lin explained the Selection Match rules, including the byes and the three-on-three first round.
• Director Liu and the Vice Principal addressed the contestants, and the Vice Principal officially opened the Selection Match.
• The large screen drew lots and displayed the thirty-five first-round battles.

Eichi and the other students learned their opponents and competed in the Selection Match, while the 6th Grade students dominated their battles and mocked their opponents. The matches continued, and the leaders grew displeased with the seniors’ behavior.

• Eichi’s 1st Grade opponent despaired at drawing him, while Tetsu lamented that he had been matched with an eleventh-ranked 6th Grade senior.
• The matches began across six Battle Arenas, and Kona quickly defeated her opponent.
• Eichi defeated his nervous but determined opponent, praised his effort, and later encouraged Ramo to work toward earning a spot.
• The 6th Grade students crushed most of their opponents, and Kong Fei and his companions openly mocked the younger students.
• The leaders frowned at the 6th Grade students’ behavior, and Director Tong Sheng inwardly fumed as Xiao Se and Sato discussed the seniors.

After the first round left 35 students in the selection, Eichi advanced directly while the remaining third graders were matched against sixth graders. The second round began, and Yuri faced a sixth grader as Eichi watched, hoping she would earn the first victory over one of them.

• Teacher Xiao Lin returned after losing to a sixth-grade senior, and Eichi’s group discussed using the seniors’ overconfidence to their advantage.
• The first round ended with 35 students advancing, including all 20 sixth graders and eight third graders.
• Eichi was randomly selected to advance directly to the next round, while the remaining third graders were matched against sixth graders.
• Eichi encouraged Ramo to fight Da Tao and promised to challenge Da Tao if he bullied or humiliated him.
• After a 20-minute rest, the second round began, and A Mi headed to his arena as the contestants took their places.
• Yuri sent out Lapras against a sixth grader’s Tangela, and both Pokémon began their Gym Leader-level battle with Vine Whip and Ice Beam.

Yuri used Lapras to defeat Tangela with Absolute Zero, then traded Lapras for her opponent’s Pidgeot with Perish Song. She entered the third battle with her ace Milotic uninjured, while both sides had reached their last Pokémon and her opponent’s main Pokémon was already worn down.

• Yuri turned the Rock Field into an icy battlefield, then used Lapras to freeze Tangela with Absolute Zero.
• Lapras thawed Tangela after it was declared unable to battle, and Yuri’s opponent sent out Pidgeot for the second battle.
• Yuri had her exhausted Lapras use Perish Song, causing both Lapras and Pidgeot to lose their ability to battle.
• Yuri sent out her second Pokémon for the third battle as Eichi watched her strong battling ability.
• Both sides reached their last Pokémon, with Yuri’s uninjured Milotic facing her opponent’s main Pokémon, which had lost more than half its stamina.

Yuri, Aze, and Sato defeated 6th-grade opponents in the Selection Match, while A Mi lost and the first day of competition ended. Eichi grew wary of Da Tao’s apparent plans to cause trouble for Ramo before their matches the next day.

• Yuri’s Milotic defeated Ursaring, making Yuri the first student to defeat a 6th-grade senior and drawing cheers from the students and praise from the VIP Stand.
• Aze defeated his 6th-grade opponent, and Sato’s Electivire beat Gyarados, leaving the 6th-grade students stunned as three of them lost.
• A Mi lost to the 6th-grade student ranked sixth, and students comforted her after she returned.
• Director Liu ended the day’s Selection Match and told the competitors to rest before continuing the next day.
• Da Tao gave Ramo a seemingly friendly but threatening look, and Eichi reassured Ramo that he would be there.
• Eichi suspected Da Tao was preparing trouble and resolved to stay alert the next day.

Students discussed the Whole-School Selection Match results as the competition resumed, and Matsumoto faced a 6th-grade opponent in a tense battle. Four students secretly skipped class to watch, while Matsumoto and his opponent reached their final Pokémon.

• Students learned that Yuri and Sato had earned spots, while Eichi had drawn a bye and still needed to challenge for one.
• Director Liu resumed the Whole-School Selection Match, and Ishida, Matsumoto, and Xiao Se went to their assigned battlefields.
• Matsumoto faced the Ash-faced Boy, a 6th-grade student ranked seventeenth, as the battles began.
• Four students sneaked into the Battle Hall and watched from the spectator stands.
• Matsumoto and his opponent sent out Magmortar and Machamp for a decisive exchange of Fire Blast and Karate Chop.

Matsumoto defeated Student XX, and another 5th Grade senior won a spot as the 6th Grade students grew uneasy. Da Tao began battling Ramo, and Eichi discovered that Da Tao's Hypno was secretly affecting Ramo's Pokémon.

• Matsumoto's Magmortar defeated Machamp, giving Matsumoto the victory after Student XX lost all six Pokémon.
• Another 5th Grade senior won, while the 6th Grade students—especially those in the bottom ten—grew nervous.
• Da Tao and 3rd Grade student Ramo were called to Battle Arena Number One, where Ramo's Pokémon faced Da Tao's much stronger team.
• After Ramo lost his first four Pokémon, Eichi used the Bug King Eye and felt a strange energy interfere with his mind.
• Eichi realized Da Tao was using Hypno to affect Ramo's Pokémon, and Ramo's Donphan suddenly collapsed, weak and dizzy.

Da Tao used Hypno and Gengar to torture Ramo’s Pokémon during their battle, drawing disgust from the spectators before the referee declared Fearow unable to continue. Teacher Xiao Lin then discovered that Da Tao had used a difficult-to-detect move combining intimidation and Hypnosis, leaving Ramo and Eichi to learn the extent of the cruelty.

• After recalling his fifth Pokémon, Ramo sent out his elite-level Fearow, while Eichi suspected Da Tao’s attacks were unusually malicious.
• Da Tao had Hypno repeatedly control Fearow’s body and slam it to the ground, while he admitted he wanted revenge on Ramo.
• The spectators condemned Da Tao, and the referee intervened after Fearow lost its ability to battle, declaring Hypno the winner.
• Ramo rushed Fearow to the medical area, where Eichi and Teacher Xiao Lin joined him and investigated its injuries.
• Teacher Xiao Lin found that Da Tao had used a difficult-to-detect move combining intimidation and Hypnosis to torture Ramo’s Pokémon.

After Da Tao deliberately harmed Ramo’s Pokémon, Eichi challenged him in the next round of the Whole-School Selection Match. Their battle began with Armaldo and Pinsir clashing, and Pinsir forced Armaldo onto the defensive.

• Ramo became furious when Teacher Xiao Lin explained how Da Tao had harmed his Pokémon, and Teacher Xiao Lin promised to help remove the effect.
• Ramo, Eichi, and Teacher Xiao Lin told their classmates what had happened, while Da Tao ignored the contemptuous looks and Kong Fei praised him.
• The second round ended with seventeen students securing spots, including five from 3rd Grade, and Director Liu announced that Eichi would choose his opponent.
• Eichi chose Da Tao, then sent out Armaldo against Da Tao’s Pinsir in Battle Arena Number Three.
• Armaldo’s Rock Blast was cut apart by Pinsir’s Cross Cut, and Pinsir’s strength then staggered Armaldo during their close-range clash.

Eichi’s Armaldo defeated Da Tao’s Pinsir, leaving the crowd stunned by the Elite Class Pokémon’s victory over a Gym Leader-level opponent. Da Tao sent out Arbok, and Eichi recalled Armaldo and brought out Scizor to continue the battle.

• Pinsir attacked Armaldo with Guillotine, but Armaldo used Earthquake to knock Pinsir unconscious.
• Armaldo hardened its defenses, then countered Pinsir’s Double Team and aerial Guillotine with Earthquake and Flash Cannon.
• Eichi ordered Rock Tomb, and the boulder struck Pinsir; the referee declared Armaldo the winner.
• Da Tao recalled Pinsir and claimed he had not been serious, but Eichi said he only had three Pokémon.
• Da Tao sent out Arbok, and Eichi recalled Armaldo and brought out Scizor.

Eichi's Scizor overwhelmed Da Tao's Arbok and then defeated his Feraligatr, leaving three of Da Tao's Pokémon out of the battle. Da Tao recalled Feraligatr as he faced his next decision.

• Da Tao ordered Arbok to use Fire Fang, but Scizor knocked it unconscious with a rapid series of Bullet Punches.
• Scizor continued battering Arbok before smashing it into the ground, and the referee declared Scizor the winner.
• Da Tao sent out Feraligatr and ordered it to attack Scizor with Water Cannon.
• Scizor dodged Feraligatr's second Water Cannon, then countered with Bullet Punch, Pin Missile, and a Swords Dance-boosted Iron Head.
• Scizor sent Feraligatr crashing into a crater, and the referee's display showed three of Da Tao's Pokémon defeated.

Eichi’s Scizor defeated Da Tao’s Muk despite being poisoned during the battle. Scizor was sent for urgent treatment, and the referee then ruled that it had lost its ability to battle.

• Da Tao sent out Muk, whose stench overwhelmed the spectators and officials.
• Muk poisoned Scizor with Poison Gas, but Scizor struck back with a Fire Pillar and then defeated Muk with Cross Chop.
• The referee declared Muk unable to battle, giving Scizor the win.
• Eichi handed Scizor’s Heavy Ball to a medical staff member for treatment, and Director Liu approved.
• After the staff member said Scizor could still battle, the referee announced that Scizor had lost its ability to battle.

Eichi sent Golisopod to battle Da Tao’s Froslass, which overwhelmed it with a mind-disrupting fusion move and a barrage of Shadow Balls. As smoke filled the arena and Ramo worried that Golisopod had fallen, Tetsu appeared beside him.

• Da Tao sent out Froslass, and Eichi answered with Golisopod as their battle began.
• Golisopod outpaced Froslass in close combat and hit it with Pin Missile.
• Froslass used Double Team, then a fusion of Hypnosis, Quiver Dance, and intimidation to disorient Golisopod.
• Da Tao ordered Froslass to bombard the helpless Golisopod with Shadow Balls, filling the arena with smoke.
• Ramo and the others feared Golisopod had been defeated, and Tetsu arrived beside Ramo.