Chapter Summaries

Mark celebrated the Chief Battle with his Pokémon in the forest after capturing the Amakusa Company group and their machines. When Cai Chen woke and Mark knocked him unconscious again, Mark sensed a kind of Forest Power unlike Clear Stream Power in him.

• Mark brought the bound delinquents and two restriction machines into the forest, then prepared to allocate his Stat Points there.
• Butterfree delivered Amnesia Potion and an enhancement medicine from Third Uncle, while Mark discussed how to handle the captured criminals and Cofagrigus’s master, Bo Ning.
• Mark arrived at Clear Stream Lake and celebrated the Chief Battle with his Pokémon as Cai Chen began to wake.
• Cai Chen remembered his failed plot against Mark, but Mark punched him unconscious again.
• Mark sensed a type of Forest Power in Cai Chen that differed from Clear Stream Power.

Mark discovered that emotions could affect grass-type abilities, explaining why he could not resonate with Caterpie, and found five mysterious Amakusa Seeds. After Cai Chen attacked him and Mark killed and revived him, Mark questioned him about the seeds, but Cai Chen only cried.

• Mark realized his Clear Stream Power was not influenced by emotions and considered trying ability resonance with Wimpod instead.
• Mark took five Amakusa Seeds from Cai Chen and returned to celebrate the Chief Battle victory with his Pokémon.
• Cai Chen woke, summoned Tangrowth, and attacked Mark, who defeated it and broke Cai Chen’s arms.
• Mark snapped Cai Chen’s neck, then revived him and explained that he intended to punish him before giving him an amnesia potion.
• Mark asked Cai Chen about the Amakusa Seeds and their effects, but Cai Chen cried without answering until Mark removed the plants from his mouth.

Mark postponed allocating stat points to punish the Amakusa Company members, train his Pokémon, and study the Amakusa Seed. Meanwhile, Wimpod searched for courage, overheard someone discussing a plan to harm Mark, and suddenly found itself in the Stat Point Dream World.

• Mark forced the captured Amakusa Company members and their Pokémon into Combat Training, helping Jirachi, Butterfree, and Bulbasaur gain new insights.
• Cai Chen told Mark that the Amakusa Seed enhanced physical fitness and Grass-type affinity but could also foster loyalty to the Amakusa Company.
• Wimpod questioned Koffing, Slowpoke, and Squirtle about courage and conviction, then watched Aya train Charizard, Gyarados, and Raichu.
• Wimpod got lost in the water pipes and overheard a tall man discussing the Thunderclap Plan and Mark, so it trembled but confronted him anyway.
• The man ignored Wimpod and shut the door, after which Wimpod became dizzy and found itself in the Stat Point Dream World.

Dean Cao warned Old Man Qian that several forces were plotting in Hack City, while Li Seventeen revealed that the Thunderclap Gang's boss was trapped at Pika Power Plant and that Du Wei was targeting Mark to get Zapdos. In the Stat Point Dream World, Wimpod tried to reach the plant to help Mark but became trapped in an endless city, until Mark appeared and stopped it.

• Dean Cao told Old Man Qian that the Hia Royal Family's Special Operations Team and other forces were active in Hack City's East Suburbs, and warned him to keep Mark away.
• Li Seventeen visited Old Man Qian and asked for help rescuing Lei Meng, revealing that Lei Meng was imprisoned at Pika Power Plant and Du Wei was scheming to obtain Zapdos.
• Roger finished recounting the information in an eastern Hack City warehouse, then fled after Wimpod appeared.
• Wimpod decided to find Pika Power Plant and help Mark, but its Dream World's endless city prevented it from reaching the plant.
• Mark appeared beside the exhausted Wimpod, stroked its head, and asked why it was so anxious.

Mark sensed Wimpod in the Stat Point Dream World and calmed it, but Wimpod instead spent a month discovering its conviction was to fulfill Mark’s expectations. It escaped the Dream World, infiltrated Pika Power Plant, and confronted a dangerous purple-haired man, though it did not know what to do next.

• Mark discovered he could send information to Wimpod through the Stat Point Dream World and soothed its panic.
• Wimpod searched its memories for a month and realized its conviction was to be a tool that blindly fulfilled Mark’s expectations.
• Wimpod’s Dream World shattered, and it returned to the warehouse with new resolve despite still being afraid.
• Wimpod rose into the clouds, followed the wind to Pika Power Plant, and infiltrated the facility as fighting broke out.
• Wimpod overheard the purple-haired man discussing Du Wei, Zapdos’s summoning device, and captured attackers, then challenged him for threatening Mark.

Sid prepared for Zapdos to be summoned while Du Wei watched from a hidden chamber, intending to harvest Zapdos’s lightning rather than capture it. Wimpod found John’s imprisoned Pokémon, and Zapdos’s arrival began filling Pika Power Plant with violent electricity and crushing pressure.

• Sid ordered Wimpod taken to its master and investigated, then hurried to the summoning device after learning Zapdos could appear at any moment.
• Du Wei revealed that Lei Meng’s Flotos bloodline enabled the summoning device and prepared Jolteon to collect Zapdos’s lightning.
• Wimpod realized the affairs officer had lied about finding Mark, slipped away, and discovered Electivire and two Magnezone imprisoned.
• Wimpod and Electivire worried about Mark, Caterpie, and Jirachi, then heard a powerful bird cry as thunderclouds gathered above Pika Power Plant.
• Violent electric charges filled the power plant, and a heavy pressure descended over Wimpod, Electivire, and the Magnezone.

Wimpod evolved into Golisopod while trying to protect Mark from an enraged Zapdos, then lured the Legendary Pokémon away from Hack City. After nearly three days of ravenous hunger, Mark met the injured Golisopod, who told him what had happened and presented him with a Fighting-type Pokémon Egg.

• Electivire escaped its cage with the Magnezone as Zapdos attacked the power plant and threw down Tyranitar, Snorlax, and two captured men.
• Dean Cao, Gym Leader Zhao, and Pei Chun saw Zapdos’s attack trigger Hack City’s disaster warning and began preparing to evacuate residents.
• After imagining Zapdos hurting Mark, Wimpod evolved into Golisopod and attacked the Legendary Pokémon, then fled east to draw it away from the city.
• Mark remained unaware of the attack and spent nearly three days eating after allocating points.
• Golisopod arrived at Clear Stream Lake, told Mark it had lured away an enemy seeking to harm him, and gave him a Fighting-type Pokémon Egg.

Mark and Jirachi treated Golisopod after it returned from a battle so badly injured that its aura was fading, while Mark examined the powerful Fighting-type Pokemon Egg it had brought back. He also reflected on Bulbasaur’s successful Gigantamax breakthrough and Butterfree’s failed attempt to perfect Telekinesis after 353 years.

• Golisopod’s arm and lower-body joints shattered, and it collapsed after returning to Mark; Mark and Jirachi realized its aura was fading after a battle against a powerful enemy.
• Mark, Jirachi, and Butterfree used several healing moves on Golisopod, and its body began recovering, though Mark expected it would take about half a month to heal fully.
• Mark examined the Fighting-type Pokemon Egg and sensed a powerful, somewhat violent Pokemon inside, leading him to wonder if it was an exceptionally talented Quasi-Legendary Pokemon.
• Mark noticed Bulbasaur had begun eating Dynamax Band Ore after successfully integrating Gigantamax into Growth, allowing it to Gigantamax beyond the Chaotic Area with limited power and use.
• Mark recalled that Butterfree had trained Telekinesis for 353 years but still failed to reach Return to Simplicity.

Mark recalled the gains and losses from his centuries-long attempt to reach Return to Simplicity, then learned that Golisopod had brought back an egg caught between Zapdos and Moltres. The egg hatched into a Fighting-type Zapdos, which immediately attacked Mark.

• Mark described how Butterfree and Caterpie failed to achieve Return to Simplicity but developed their abilities during the long dream, while he gained insights into Miao Miao Mountain's Longevity Technique.
• Mark continued his work at Clear Stream Lake and used Spirit Master power, Aura power, and Forest's Power to provide prenatal education to Golisopod's Fighting-type Pokemon Egg.
• Golisopod woke and told Mark that it had taken the Egg from a battlefield where a yellow bird and a red bird—later identified as Zapdos and Moltres—were fighting.
• Golisopod explained that the birds returned to their respective flocks in a strange space, and Mark questioned why they had fought over the Egg.
• The Egg hatched into a black-clawed, red-feathered Fighting-type Zapdos, which sprang at Mark to test his strength.

Mark discovered that Little Zapdos could use lightning despite being a Fighting-type, and explained that it was the offspring of a yellow Zapdos and a red Zapdos. Little Zapdos chose to stay with Mark and was caught in a Pokeball.

• Mark fought Little Zapdos and noticed its rapid learning, battle instinct, and inability to release its lightning.
• After hearing Golisopod recount its encounter with the yellow and red birds, Mark said the yellow Zapdos likely had not meant to attack him and that Golisopod had not needed to fight it.
• Mark used Multi-Magnemite to charge Little Zapdos with electricity, allowing it to release red lightning and coat its feet in it.
• Mark explained that Little Zapdos was the child of the yellow Zapdos and the red Zapdos, who had entrusted their egg to Golisopod.
• Jirachi translated Little Zapdos's choice to stay with Mark, grow stronger, and defeat every Zapdos, and Mark caught it in a Pokeball.

Mark confirmed that Little Zapdos was an undiscovered Fighting-type Pokemon and reviewed how his Pokemon had grown after investing two Points. He left the next evolution cycle approaching and wondered whether Caterpie would evolve into Kakuna.

• Mark scanned Little Zapdos and confirmed that Fighting-type Zapdos had not yet been discovered by humans.
• Jirachi showed Little Zapdos how to play games, but Little Zapdos lost interest and imitated Bulbasaur’s Vine Whip practice.
• Mark checked Golisopod’s information and found that it had gained Mind Leap and an Aura-based Activated State after evolving.
• Mark reviewed Caterpie, Butterfree, and Bulbasaur’s updated information and concluded that investing two Points had brought good results but divided his focus.
• Mark decided to invest one Point at a time and planned for Vikavolt to be next, followed by Caterpie’s evolution.
• Mark watched Caterpie eating and suspected it would not evolve into Kakuna in the usual way.

Mark studied branching evolutions for Caterpie and found a theory that could help Vikavolt fly faster. He and Bulbasaur entered Miao Miao Mountain after Bulbasaur Sage successfully built its entrance, where Jirachi met the tiny Sage.

• Mark borrowed books on branching evolutions and studied Hosen Billis's theories while searching for clues about Caterpie's possible evolution.
• Mark found a theory on magnetic field curvature interference and had Vikavolt study mathematics to help it apply the concept to flight.
• Mark suddenly understood how to construct Miao Miao Mountain's entrance and used Bulbasaur Sage's mark, Clear Stream Power, and the Longevity Technique to help build it.
• Bulbasaur Sage completed the entrance after about half an hour, and Mark entered Miao Miao Mountain with Bulbasaur.
• Bulbasaur Sage welcomed Mark, but Jirachi blocked its leap and introduced itself by showing off its hands and fingers.

Mark discovered that electromagnetic signals could pass through Miao Miao Mountain’s entrance and that Bulbasaur Sage could mature and purify an Amakusa Seed. Bulbasaur Sage sensed a sorrowful connection between the seed and a Leafeon, prompting Mark to consider visiting the Amakusa Company’s headquarters sooner.

• Jirachi demonstrated that game consoles could receive a weak signal near Miao Miao Mountain’s entrance, and Mark realized electromagnetic waves could pass through.
• Jirachi and Bulbasaur Sage became friends, played a game together, and learned they could create arms to operate the console.
• Mark asked Bulbasaur Sage to examine an Amakusa Seed, and Bulbasaur Sage removed its harmful power while enlarging it into its true form.
• Bulbasaur Sage sensed a Sorrowful Aura linking the Amakusa Seed to a Pokémon, and Mark identified the Pokémon as Leafeon after showing it pictures.
• Jirachi asked Mark to help save the Leafeon, and Mark agreed to move up his plan to visit the Amakusa Company headquarters.

Mark handled the preparations for rescuing Leafeon and joined his Pokémon in eating Amakusa Seeds. He became a Grass-type Special Ability User, while the rescue of Leafeon remained scheduled for nine days later.

• Mark scheduled the operation to rescue Leafeon from Amakusa Company headquarters for nine days later and spent the intervening days handling the Academy Cup registration, Clear Stream Village’s annual event, and Clear Stream Gym’s opening ceremony.
• Jirachi photographed Little Zapdos, whose provisional registration name was Single-Headed Dodrio (Mutant), and Mark gathered his Pokémon to eat the purified Amakusa Seeds.
• Mark ate an Amakusa Seed and used Calm Mind to strengthen his connection to the grass-type power transforming his body.
• Mark opened his eyes and summoned a green flame, becoming a Grass-type Special Ability User.

Mark awakened a Grass-type special ability after consuming an enhanced Amakusa Seed, while Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur. After resting, Mark traveled to Magnetic Origin Mountain with John and Cai Ergou, intending to investigate the Thunderclap Gang and the nearby Amakusa Company.

• Mark learned that Amakusa Seeds modestly strengthened Caterpie and Butterfree, while Jirachi’s seeds helped restore its weakened condition and increase its daily Small Wishes.
• Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur, whose size and potential increased after absorbing power from Clear Stream Forest and Miao Miao Mountain.
• Mark rested with his Pokemon, then set out west toward Magnetic Origin Mountain to obtain Magnet Pokemon for Multi-Magnemite and approach Yin Green Valley.
• Mark arrived at Magnetic Origin Mountain with John and Cai Ergou, who had regained their memories after drinking Amnesia Potion.
• John reported that the hidden sentries were missing, and Mark sent him to investigate while he rode Vikavolt toward Yin Green Valley with Cai Ergou.

Mark found the Amakusa Company headquarters abandoned after its president, Denier, died and the company collapsed. He learned that the Amakusa Seed and the company’s drinks had affected members’ minds, then set off with Cai Ergou to investigate the Experiment Area, where Leafeon’s Sorrowful Aura seemed to come from.

• Mark explored the empty headquarters, found a dead Amakusa Company member, and let Caterpie keep two Pokeballs it had found.
• Cai Ergou discovered that Denier was dead and began feeling anger toward him and disgust toward the Amakusa Company, which he linked to the Amakusa Seed.
• Mark caught a young Amakusa Company member trying to flee with supplies, and the youth begged Cai Ergou to take him along.
• The youth explained that Denier had died attacking the Thunderclap Gang’s headquarters, after which the Amakusa Company broke apart due to the Amakusa Seed’s side effects.
• Cai Ergou told Mark about the seed’s effects and the foul stench, and Mark concluded that the company’s drinks also affected members’ minds.
• Mark told Cai Ergou to bring the young man to Clear Stream Village and headed with him toward the Experiment Area to investigate the Sorrowful Aura.

Mark and Cai Ergou entered the Amakusa Company’s Experiment Area and found Leafeon being used to grow Amakusa Seeds. After Mark told Leafeon that its owner Corinne had died over twenty years ago, he rescued and treated it, leaving it asleep but stable.

• Mark removed the Experiment Area’s identification machine, and Cai Ergou explained that Mark was the Clear Stream Gym’s Vice Gym Leader before they entered.
• Mark and Cai Ergou found dead researchers and several Pokemon gathered around Dr. Hamdi’s corpse.
• Mark had Caterpie and Golisopod break through a wall, revealing Leafeon fused into a steel-and-vine plant that produced Amakusa Seeds.
• Cai Ergou recalled that Corinne had died more than twenty years earlier, causing Leafeon to begin withering as it realized the truth.
• Mark freed Leafeon from the cultivation tank and used Jirachi, Butterfree, and his own abilities to stabilize it until it fell asleep.

Leafeon woke after Mark and Jirachi revived it, learned that its master Corinne was long dead, and followed Mark to the room where she had lived. There, Leafeon saw a recorded message from Corinne, while Mark discovered three books written by Hosen Billis.

• Leafeon woke in tears, and Jirachi discovered that its tears made plants grow beyond their natural limits.
• Leafeon found Dr. Hamdi’s body and remembered how he had brought it snacks and told it stories about Corinne.
• Mark asked Leafeon to lead him to Corinne’s former home, and Leafeon guided him to a cluttered storage room.
• An emerald recording of Witch Colleen appeared and told Leafeon to leave, live happily, and make her a tombstone if it could.
• Mark found Evolution Mystery, The Magic of Sea Water, and The Witch’s Forest, all written by Hosen Billis.

Mark rescued Leafeon from the Amakusa Company and recovered its master's Witch Hat before clearing out the abandoned base. He gathered nearly twenty thousand Magnet Pokemon and supplies, then led them safely across the Maple Mountain Range to Clear Stream Forest.

• Jirachi comforted Leafeon but criticized its late master, prompting Leafeon to defend her and Mark to tell Jirachi to stop teasing it.
• Leafeon found its master's tattered Witch Hat, and Jirachi repaired it as an apology.
• Mark released Pokemon to gather useful supplies and burn the human and Pokemon corpses in the Amakusa Company base.
• John reported that Magnetic Origin Mountain had been abandoned and brought back an unconscious Ilan Principality intelligence agent.
• Mark and John retrieved nearly twenty thousand Magnet Pokemon from Magnetic Origin Mountain, and Mark's Pokemon loaded the Amakusa Company's useful equipment and supplies onto them.
• After three days and nights, Mark led the Magnet Pokemon and supplies across the Maple Mountain Range to Clear Stream Forest.

Leafeon wandered around Clear Stream Village, where it escaped an attempted capture and overheard people discussing Mark’s new nickname and his Pokémon. After accidentally revealing that Mark had a stronger Pokémon than Caterpie, Leafeon fled and decided to return to Butterfree at Clear Stream Lake.

• Leafeon wandered into the village and watched a shopkeeper make a drink before a young man tried to capture it.
• Cai Ergou stopped the capture attempt and warned the two men not to target Pokémon from Clear Stream Gym again.
• Leafeon heard villagers discuss Mark’s ranking, his nickname “Mechanical Freak,” and theories about Caterpie’s strength and possible Rayquaza genes.
• Leafeon interrupted the conversation to correct the senior, then froze and turned itself and its tag into leaves to escape questioning.
• Leafeon carried the magazine to Clear Stream Gym, then headed back toward Clear Stream Lake and Fallen Sky Mountain to speak with Butterfree.