Chapter Summaries

Sato led the attack against Team Rocket and fought Chakra, one of the Three Beasts, while Honchkrow helped overwhelm the enemy forces. After Houndoom and Hydreigon defeated Chakra’s Forretress and Scizor, Chakra fled on Skarmory.

• Sato praised Honchkrow and sent it back into the battle, where it swept through Team Rocket’s forces.
• Lt. Surge was badly injured after his Magneton and Raichu were defeated, forcing him to withdraw.
• Sato challenged Chakra, and Hydreigon trapped Forretress in a Flame Cage before detonating it with Blast Burn.
• Houndoom defeated Chakra’s Scizor with Fire Fang and threw it aside.
• Chakra sent out Magnezone and Skarmory, then escaped on Skarmory as his forces began to retreat.

Sato captured Team Rocket commander Chakra and helped the Pokémon League take over Base A-12, then gave the Water Mirage Orb to Zoroark. After the Underground Forces placed a bounty on him, the League restricted him to Vermilion City, where an intellectual woman arrived to see him.

• Sato trapped Chakra, seized his Poké Balls, and brought him back to the battlefield, prompting the remaining Team Rocket members to surrender.
• The Pokémon League took over Base A-12, and Ralts found a Water Mirage Orb that Sato gave to Zoroark to absorb.
• News of Sato's victory spread, and the Underground Forces hired Ghost Ship and Sting Hall to assassinate him.
• Damalanchi warned Sato to stay in Vermilion City and arranged protection for him and his companions in Dark Night Town.
• Nurse Joy restricted Sato to the Pokémon Center, and an intellectual woman arrived there to meet him.

Lorelei protected Sato as the Pokémon League prepared to use him as bait against the Underground Forces, but an assassination attempt triggered a City Battle across Vermilion City. As Lt. Surge fought to regain the League’s trust, a Silver Rank Killer headed for the Pokémon Center, where Sato spotted him.

• Lorelei moved into Sato’s suite and explained that the League planned to use him as bait while she secretly protected him.
• After several failed assassination attempts, an undisguised killer attacked Sato, and Zoroark, Drapion, and Gengar fought the killer’s Scyther and Crobat.
• The Pokémon League and the Underground Forces clashed across Vermilion City, while Lt. Surge led Gym personnel against the attackers to prove his loyalty and usefulness.
• The Underground Forces’ commander ordered Ghost Ship to send a Silver Rank Killer to stop Lt. Surge, and the killer flew toward the Pokémon Center on Pidgeot.
• After defeating his attacker, Sato sensed another enemy approaching and recognized the Silver Rank Killer.

During the battle in Vermilion City, Sato watched Lt. Surge get wounded by Dead Fish Eyes Master before intervening to free him. Sato pursued Master into the forest, where Master found Crobat returning with a note tied to its foot.

• Lt. Surge arrived at the Pokemon Center and attacked the Underground Forces with Magnezone and Electivire, rallying local Trainers.
• Dead Fish Eyes Master wounded Lt. Surge with a stealth attack, then used Crobat to strike again while Lt. Surge continued fighting.
• Vines trapped Lt. Surge, and Sato cut them with Honchkrow’s Air Slash before confronting Master.
• Sato sent Zoroark after Master, then pursued him through the air on Honchkrow as Master fled on Fearow.
• Master escaped into the forest near Vermilion City, and Crobat returned to him unsteadily with a note tied beneath its foot.

Sato crushed the Flying-type Pokémon surrounding him and returned to the Pokémon Center, where the Underground Forces debated how to respond. Reynold sent Ronda to attack, and Sato was caught between Machamp and Kangaskhan as another assailant struck from behind.

• Sato summoned Hydreigon, whose Draco Meteor and follow-up attacks devastated the Flying-type Pokémon surrounding him.
• The Underground Forces commander demanded that Ghost Ship send Gold Rank Killers after Sato, but its representative refused.
• After other factions hesitated, Reynold threatened to change the spoils agreement and ordered Ronda to fight.
• Ronda's warning persuaded the Underground Forces to send reinforcements into Vermilion City.
• Ronda attacked Sato at the Pokémon Center with Machamp and Kangaskhan, but Gengar and Zoroark restrained them with Psychic-type moves.
• As Sato retreated, an unknown attacker reached out from behind and chopped toward the back of his neck.

Sato dodged Ronda’s ambush and fought him off while his Pokémon battled Ronda’s team. Drapion powered up with Acupressure and overwhelmed Golduck, leaving Ronda unable to turn the fight around.

• Sato dodged Ronda’s Karate Chop and avoided his rapid punches before driving him back with a Leg Whip.
• Sato ordered Drapion to attack Ronda, who sent out Golduck as Drapion broke free from its opponents.
• Drapion’s Acupressure boosts let it seize Golduck and shock it with Thunder Fang while Sato had Zoroark and Gengar prepare to disrupt Ronda’s other Pokémon.
• Golduck escaped Drapion’s grasp and attacked with Water Pulse and Waterfall, but Drapion caught it again and struck with Sucker Punch.
• Sato ordered Drapion to use Poison Fang and Thunder Fang together, and Ronda watched as Golduck proved unable to hurt it.

Sato helped suppress the Underground Forces in Vermilion City, then rushed to the command center to assist Lorelei in containing the remaining leaders. He joined the battle with his strongest Pokémon as the fight approached its conclusion.

• Drapion defeated Golduck and broke through to the Pseudo-Elite Four Level while Sato battled Ronda, who refused to surrender even after League reinforcements surrounded him.
• Lorelei called Sato to support the battle at 309 Yonghua Road, where Little Ming, Si'nan, and Sosuke were struggling against a veteran trainer's Typhlosion, Meganium, and Feraligatr.
• Sato left Hydreigon to assist the three trainers and flew toward the battlefield's center, where Lorelei had trapped Underground Forces representatives inside an ice prison.
• Lorelei asked Sato to help capture the remaining opponents, and he sent out Gardevoir, Zoroark, Gengar, Tyranitar, and Weavile.
• Gardevoir slowed the enemy Pokémon with Psychic energy, Gengar weakened their fighting spirit, Tyranitar attacked with Sharp Stone blades, and Zoroark and Weavile prepared to strike after using Swords Dance.

Sato helped Lorelei defeat and capture the Underground Forces in Vermilion City, then received a reward from President Damalanchi at Pokémon League headquarters. The reward was a badge granting entry to the Top-tier Mimicry Space, which could improve Pokémon talent.

• Sato's coordinated Pokémon attacks helped Lorelei overwhelm the Underground Forces, and Lorelei asked him to buy her five seconds.
• Lorelei's Cloyster used Ice Crush to freeze nearly eighty percent of the fleeing enemies, who were later taken into custody.
• Lorelei gave Sato her vacation address, and the Pokémon League's victory brought Vermilion City's battle to an end.
• President Damalanchi summoned Sato to headquarters, where Sato said goodbye to Little Ming and the others before flying to Indigo Plateau.
• President Damalanchi rewarded Sato with a Poké Ball-shaped badge that granted entry to the Top-tier Mimicry Space, which could enhance Pokémon talent.

Sato entered Origin Forest, a Top-tier Mimicry Space hidden in the Indigo Plateau, and discovered that its abundant Origin Energy could enhance Pokémon talent. After absorbing the energy, Zoroark became stronger and its already Champion-level talent increased slightly.

• Sato arrived at Origin Forest with two Pokémon League trainers, then passed security checks and watched instructions about the forest’s dangers and entry limits.
• Sato entered through a tree hole and saw that Origin Forest was home to many powerful Pokémon, including numerous Pseudo-Elite Four-level Pokémon.
• Origin Forest’s Attribute-less Origin Energy stirred Sato’s Dark Power, and he absorbed the energy around him.
• Sato infused Zoroark with energy resembling Dark-type Origin, and Zoroark felt stronger but could not identify how.
• Sato sensed Zoroark’s emotional feedback and confirmed that its Champion-level talent had increased slightly.

Sato discovered that Dark Power let him help his Pokemon absorb Origin Energy and improve their talents, then began moving through Origin Forest to find areas with greater concentrations. After Tyranitar defeated Ampharos, Sato prepared to infuse Gardevoir with Origin Energy, while Gardevoir closed his eyes and waited.

• Sato released his seven Pokemon and urged them to sense and absorb the Origin Energy around them; Gardevoir, Gengar, Honchkrow, Sharpedo, Hydreigon, and Tyranitar eventually managed to do so.
• Sato noticed that the Origin Energy was recovering from elsewhere and challenged a nearby Pseudo-Elite Four High-Level Ampharos to a one-on-one battle.
• Tyranitar rushed ahead, defeated Ampharos with Stone Edge, and returned to Sato for praise.
• Sato found that Origin Energy density varied by location and decided to keep moving through Origin Forest with his Pokemon.
• Sato called Gardevoir over and told him to relax and absorb Origin Energy, but Gardevoir closed his eyes and blushed.

Sato and his Pokémon explored Origin Forest, using Dark Power to accelerate their absorption of Origin Energy and improve their talents. After half a month, Sharpedo reached Champion-level Dark talent, and Sato led the group into battle against a herd of Girafarig.

• Sato infused Gardevoir with Origin Energy, and she said her growth bottleneck was beginning to loosen.
• Hydreigon charged three Pinsir and defeated them with Little Left and Little Three, while Sato's group continued harvesting Origin Energy.
• Sato followed a strict daily training routine in Origin Forest, and Sharpedo's Dark talent rose from Elite Four level to Champion level over half a month.
• Sato chose a herd of Girafarig as a tougher target and had Gengar use Mean Look to prevent them from fleeing.
• Sato ordered his Pokémon to attack the Girafarig herd, assigning targets and coordinating their assaults while Tyranitar focused on finishing blows.

Sato led his partners deeper into Origin Forest to help Gardevoir break through, where they encountered an Elite Four Beginner Typhlosion. Gardevoir and Typhlosion traded attacks until Gardevoir used Trick Room, turning the speed advantage against Typhlosion.

• Sato decided to take his partners deeper into Origin Forest despite Gardevoir's objections, hoping stronger opponents would help it break through.
• Gardevoir detected an approaching Elite Four-level Pokemon, and Sato prepared to support it in battle.
• Typhlosion rushed in, and Gardevoir used Attract before attacking it with Psychic.
• Typhlosion broke free with Throat Chop and countered Gardevoir's Teleport and Shadow Sneak with Swift, Flame Charge, and Blast Burn.
• Sato ordered Gardevoir to use Trick Room, making Typhlosion slower than Gardevoir.

Sato defeated Typhlosion with Gardevoir under Trick Room, then searched its underground lair for treasure. The search uncovered an Earth Rock Heart for Houndoom, while Typhlosion was left ignored and aggrieved.

• Gardevoir defeated Typhlosion under Trick Room, and the defeated Pokémon fled after pleading for mercy.
• Sato sent Honchkrow after Typhlosion, then followed Gengar and Gardevoir through the caves toward its lair.
• Gardevoir buried an Aron, and Gengar accidentally uncovered it again while demonstrating that the rock layer below was half a meter thick.
• Sato sent out Tyranitar, which used Sand Tomb to break through the ground and collapse into Typhlosion's lair.
• Tyranitar found an Earth Rock Heart, which Sato recognized as a valuable Fire-type treasure for Houndoom.
• Sato ignored the tearful Typhlosion and urged Tyranitar to keep searching for more treasures.

Sato and his Pokémon entered a frozen area ruled by an Elite Four-level Ice Ninetales, where Zoroark fought it after Sato amplified Zoroark’s power with Dark Power. Zoroark unleashed a powerful Dark Burst that swallowed Ice Ninetales, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Sato left Typhlosion’s territory with the Earth Rock Heart and continued into a snowy region, where Gardevoir said its bottleneck had loosened.
• Sato sent out Zoroark and Sharpedo in the freezing weather, and Sharpedo spotted Ice Ninetales circling them.
• Sato ordered Zoroark to use Dark Burst and Sharpedo to use Rock Tomb, but Zoroark’s attack melted the ice covering Ice Ninetales’s territory and angered it.
• Zoroark fought Ice Ninetales at close range and wounded it, but Ice Ninetales unleashed Blizzard and blasted Zoroark away.
• Sato used Dark Power Amplification to raise Zoroark to Intermediate Elite Four level, and Zoroark’s Dark Burst swallowed Ice Ninetales.

Sato and Zoroark defeated Ice Ninetales by exploiting Illusions and the Water Mirage Orb rather than fighting head-on. Afterward, Zoroark advanced to Pseudo-Elite Four Peak, the point where he had stopped in Sato’s previous life.

• Zoroark provoked Ice Ninetales, then used Illusions and Sucker Punch to ambush him after the Blizzard buried a decoy in the snow.
• Zoroark launched an explosive Dark Burst Ball while the real Zoroark escaped with U-turn, leaving Ice Ninetales injured and concealed in the snow.
• Sato located Ice Ninetales with Dark Power - Energy Detection and ordered a Flamethrower to flush him out.
• Zoroark used Dark Burst again and defeated Ice Ninetales without engaging in a head-on fight.
• Sato withdrew his Dark Power enhancement, and Zoroark broke through to Pseudo-Elite Four Peak.

Sato left Ice Ninetales behind with its Top-grade Ice Stone and traveled deeper into Origin Forest with Gardevoir, where they met the enormous Totem Bellossom. Bellossom challenged Gardevoir to a battle, and Gardevoir used Encore to make her repeat Sunny Day.

• Sato took Ice Ninetales's Top-grade Ice Stone and left without inviting it to join him.
• Sato and Gardevoir continued deeper into Origin Forest, attracting the attention of the forest's lord, a two-meter-tall Bellossom.
• Bellossom invited Sato to challenge her, and he accepted before following her to a grassy battlefield.
• Gardevoir began the battle with Teleport and Calm Mind while Bellossom used Sunny Day to activate Chlorophyll.
• Gardevoir used Future Sight, then Encore forced Bellossom to repeat Sunny Day as she waited for Gardevoir's praise.

Gardevoir decisively defeated Bellossom, which gave it a dead leaf that would keep wild Pokémon in the forest from attacking, and Gardevoir told Sato its bottleneck had loosened further. Later, Sato and Tyranitar camped in the desert, where a large swarm of Anorith surrounded them.

• Gardevoir knocked Bellossom down with repeated Psychic attacks and finished it with Future Sight.
• Bellossom accepted its defeat, gave Gardevoir a dead leaf for safe passage through the forest, and returned to the forest with its little brothers.
• Gardevoir told Sato that its bottleneck had loosened, and Sato set out with his Pokémon to find another opponent.
• Sato and Tyranitar crossed the desert without encountering a challenging opponent, then made camp beside several boulders at nightfall.
• Anorith emerged from the sand and stones and surrounded Sato and Tyranitar, leaving Sato puzzled about why the water-dwelling Pokémon were in the desert.

Sato and his Pokémon fought off waves of Anorith and an Armaldo while being dragged into a gigantic hourglass that blocked their escape attempts. After learning from a hypnotized Anorith that a vast space and independent ecosystem lay beneath the desert, Sato decided they might as well descend and explore.

• Tyranitar battled the Anorith and then fought an Armaldo with its upgraded Stone Edge.
• Sato realized the sand around them was sinking and that they stood inside a gigantic hourglass.
• Gengar revealed that an Anti-Air Domain prevented flight, while Gardevoir's Teleport and the group's other escape attempts also failed.
• Gardevoir used the Nightmare Orb to hypnotize an Anorith and learned that a vast ecosystem lay beneath the desert, ruled by powerful Pokémon.
• Sato decided to descend into the space below and explore.

Sato and his Pokémon descended into the desert’s lower level, where Tyranitar found a passage leading to a Baltoy and its powerful protector. The chapter ended with an Elite Four-level Claydol teleporting away from Tyranitar’s Crunch alongside the crying Baltoy.

• Sato used Tyranitar and Gengar to descend through the sand into the cave below the desert.
• Tyranitar found a wall of Smooth Rock, then led Sato down a passage.
• Tyranitar drew out a Baltoy and knocked it down with a weakened Stone Edge, causing it to cry.
• A Claydol appeared and fired Hyper Beam at Sato, but Gengar blocked the attack with Protect.
• Sato ordered Tyranitar to use Crunch, but the Elite Four-level Claydol teleported away with Baltoy.

Sato and Tyranitar fought Claydol in the desert cave, but the battle drew three more Elite Four Pokémon that worked together to protect and heal one another. Sato’s team focused on Cradily, whose Curse and Recover kept it standing as the fight continued.

• Tyranitar countered Claydol’s Earth Power, endured its Ice Beam attacks, and used Parting Shot to stun it before landing Crunch.
• The cave shook, and Rhyperior, Cradily, and Armaldo appeared beside Claydol, prompting Sato to send out Hydreigon, Sharpedo, and Zoroark.
• Sato ordered his Pokémon to attack Claydol and Armaldo, but Rhyperior blocked Tyranitar while Armaldo used Protect to shield its allies.
• Cradily used Pain Split to heal Claydol, then recovered its own lost stamina, prompting Sato to direct Zoroark and Sharpedo to attack it.
• Cradily endured Focus Blast and Ice Fang by using Curse, then followed with Recover.