Chapter Summaries

Mark returned to Clear Stream Village after eleven days away, bringing a huge group of wild Caterpie and startling Old Man Qian. Old Man Qian questioned how Mark had gathered them as Mark explained that he and Caterpie had been training in the forest.

• Old Man Qian reflected on Clear Stream Village’s new Pokemon Center plans and worried that Mark had been missing for eleven days.
• Caterpie arrived at Old Man Qian’s courtyard and tried to show him that it had learned to count backward and write numbers.
• Mark entered with dozens of wild Caterpie, leaving Old Man Qian stunned by the size of the group.
• Mark apologized for staying away and said he and Caterpie had undergone special training in the forest.
• Old Man Qian estimated that Mark had brought over a hundred Caterpie and asked how he had gathered them.

Mark brought over a hundred Caterpie to Clear Stream Village’s breeding base and explained their arrival to Old Man Qian, who agreed to buy them. After Mark revealed his Wiki Berries, Old Man Qian warned him to keep the tree secret and offered to use the berries to arrange an Electroweb Move Tutor for Caterpie.

• Mark told Old Man Qian that he had found a group of Caterpie in the forest and brought them back, while concealing the Caterpie Territory.
• Old Man Qian fed the wary Caterpie and offered Mark 62 yuan for each one, valuing the group at nearly seven thousand yuan.
• Caterpie demonstrated its improved String Shot, and Old Man Qian suggested it live at the breeding base, but Mark reassured it he would not leave it there alone.
• Mark gave Old Man Qian two Wiki Berries and explained that his Caterpie had eaten some.
• Old Man Qian told Mark to keep the Wiki Berry tree secret and said the berries could pay for an Electroweb Move Tutor for Caterpie.
• Old Man Qian decided to transport the Caterpie to the breeding base that night before they ate his Moon Chrysanthemum Seedlings.

Mark studied the Maple Mountain Range and learned about Fallen Sky Mountain’s legend of Jirachi while investigating signs that Ekans activity had increased near Clear Stream Village. Caterpie sensed danger toward its territory, and Mark discovered its Run Away ability might be awakening as a second ability.

• Mark examined the map and learned the locations of nearby habitats, including the Ekans Habitat and a cave populated by Zubat, Geodude, and Diglett.
• Mark read the legend that Jirachi had ended an ancient Pokemon Tide and fallen asleep beneath Fallen Sky Mountain.
• Mark noticed Ekans had appeared more often near the Caterpie Territory and wondered whether something had happened in their habitat.
• Caterpie trembled, sensed danger toward the northwest, and warned Mark not to go to the Caterpie Territory.
• Mark checked Caterpie’s Spirit Control Panel and saw its Perception fluctuate while Run Away flashed, suggesting a second ability was awakening.

Mark and Caterpie set out for Caterpie Territory after suspecting that changes in the Ekans Habitat had caused danger nearby. On the way, they found growing numbers of Ekans and a fleeing group of Caterpie, learning that many Ekans had attacked as if they had gone mad.

• Mark calmed Caterpie after its Run Away Ability awakened, and Caterpie decided it wanted a Pokeball and to become stronger.
• Mark explained that Caterpie Territory and the Ekans Habitat had lost their buffer zone after a Nidoking was driven away, and he chose to return to the territory instead of visiting the Tomato Garden.
• Mark left Uncle Qian Three an apologetic note, and he and Caterpie set out toward Caterpie Territory.
• Mark and Caterpie encountered Ekans increasingly often on the road, but the alarmed Ekans they caught refused to answer their questions.
• A few kilometers from Caterpie Territory, Mark and Caterpie encountered hundreds of fleeing Caterpie led by a Leader's Guard.
• After Caterpie subdued the Leader's Guard, it revealed that many Ekans had attacked as if they had gone mad, prompting the Caterpie to flee.

Mark and Caterpie returned to Caterpie Territory and found it overrun by Ekans, with more than a hundred Caterpie dead. Mark realized an Arbok-led group was expanding its territory and rushed toward the danger, where he found a giant Arbok facing a powerful Butterfree that might be the Caterpie Leader.

• Mark and Caterpie saw aggressive Ekans driving Caterpie and Rattata from their habitats, and Caterpie sensed danger to the north.
• At Caterpie Territory, Caterpie knocked out more than twenty Ekans while Mark found the area littered with Caterpie corpses.
• Mark deduced that a new Ekans leader was expanding its territory and driving the Caterpie Group away, so he and Caterpie headed toward the danger.
• Mark and Caterpie reached the battlefield, where a nearly four-meter Arbok led a group of snakes against a giant Butterfree.
• Mark recognized Butterfree's Quiver Dance and wondered whether it was the Caterpie Leader.

Mark agreed to help Butterfree evacuate the panicked Caterpie, but his Caterpie insisted on fighting the invading Ekans and Arbok to train. After testing his own ability to survive the Arbok Leader’s attacks, Mark released Caterpie from its Pokeball and prepared to supervise its combat while staying near the battlefield’s edge.

• Butterfree used Stun Spore, Supersonic, and Gust to hold back the Ekans, but the Arbok Leader froze her with Glare and damaged her wings with Sludge Bomb.
• Butterfly contacted Mark and Caterpie through Telekinesis, asked them to lead the Caterpie Group to safety, and said she would hold off the snakes.
• Caterpie refused to abandon its territory and asked Mark for a chance to train against the Ekans and Arbok.
• Mark tested his limits by striking the Arbok Leader, enduring its Glare and Bite, and escaping after finding that his Poison Resistance reduced the venom’s effects.
• Mark returned to Caterpie, used its Pokeball to demonstrate a way to retrieve it if it was badly injured, then agreed to let it fight while he watched from the battlefield’s edge.

Mark and Caterpie entered the battle against Arbok Leader to gain combat experience, and Mark guided Caterpie through their Heart-to-Heart connection. Caterpie struck Arbok Leader's weak point but was caught in its Sludge Bomb's poison, and a cool sensation surged through Caterpie as it struggled to continue fighting.

• Mark told Butterfree that he was a Pokemon Breeder, not a Trainer, and that he and Caterpie were fighting for combat training as well as to help the Caterpie escape.
• Caterpie's Tackle Five-Shot Barrage struck Arbok Leader, but Arbok Leader used Glare to interrupt the combo and left Caterpie shaken by the move's backlash.
• Mark and Caterpie used Heart-to-Heart to plan a strategy, choosing Instant Strike to get behind Arbok Leader and Adamant Penetrating Strike to hit its suspected seven-inch spot.
• Caterpie dodged Arbok Leader's Bite, then took advantage of its rage to strike its weak point and briefly knock it down.
• Arbok Leader unleashed Sludge Bomb, poisoning Caterpie and the nearby Ekans; as Caterpie tried to gather strength, a cool sensation surged through its body.

Mark’s Caterpie recovered from poison and gained a stronger Heart-to-Heart connection with Mark while continuing to fight the Arbok Leader. As the Caterpie began rallying around the battle, Mark realized his Pokémon might be becoming their new leader.

• Caterpie used Shield Dust to clear the poison and ease the backlash from its interrupted attack, and Mark noticed Heart-to-Heart had appeared on both their panels.
• Caterpie kept attacking the Arbok Leader, whose wild area attacks damaged the surrounding Arbok and Ekans and gave Butterfree a chance to lead the Caterpie Group away.
• Mark rescued several dozen lost Caterpie, including the Forehead-Spotted Caterpie, and returned them to the fleeing group.
• Caterpie’s repeated attacks encouraged the watching Caterpie, who began stopping or running back instead of following Butterfree.
• Butterfree told Mark the Caterpie would no longer follow it, and Mark wondered whether his Caterpie had become their new leader.
• A breeze carried a maple leaf past Mark as the Caterpie began gathering toward the center of the battlefield.

Caterpie's exhausted body was suddenly restored during its duel with the Arbok Leader, allowing it and Butterfree to help the Caterpie Group overwhelm the enemy. The Arbok Leader died, the Ekans Group fled, and Mark noticed that Caterpie's Spirit Control Panel had gained the special ability Caterpie King.

• The Caterpies used coordinated tactics to attack the Ekans Group while Caterpie struggled to withstand the Arbok Leader's Sludge Bombs.
• Caterpie's strength and warm current suddenly returned, and Butterfree struck the Arbok Leader with Air Cutter.
• Caterpie attacked the Arbok Leader's seven-inch spot as the Caterpies swarmed it, keeping it from fighting back effectively.
• Caterpie charged up Power-Up Tackle and struck the Arbok Leader with a meteor-like blow, leaving it near death.
• The Caterpie Group overwhelmed and killed the Arbok Leader, and the remaining Ekans fled.
• Mark saw that Caterpie's Spirit Control Panel now listed the special ability Caterpie King.

After defeating the Arbok Leader, Mark’s Caterpie reclaimed and expanded its territory, and Mark discovered the Caterpie King ability. As the Caterpie mourned their fallen, Caterpie performed a mysterious dance that neither Mark nor Butterfree recognized.

• Mark opened Caterpie King and learned that it increased all Five-Dimensional Potential and raised Caterpie’s body size limit while the Caterpie believed it was their king.
• Mark caught up with Caterpie, and the Caterpie Group drove the fleeing Ekans away, reclaimed their home, and expanded their territory by marking it with foul liquid.
• Mark led the Caterpie in gathering and burning the Caterpie and Ekans corpses, then told the Caterpie to bury their own dead and return the Ekans’ ashes to their habitat.
• Caterpie and the other Caterpie enthusiastically agreed with Mark, and Caterpie began an unfamiliar, graceful dance beside the bonfire.
• Mark wondered if the dance was Quiver Dance, but Butterfree and Mark both said they had never seen it before.

Mark and Caterpie heard a beautiful melody through Heart-to-Heart and danced, gaining powers blessed by Clear Stream Forest. Mark tested his new healing energy on Butterfree’s damaged wing.

• Caterpie told Mark that an inaudible melody had made her move, so they used Heart-to-Heart to let him hear it.
• Mark and Caterpie danced together, reliving memories from their time in the forest before their thoughts drifted along Clear Stream.
• Mark discovered that he had gained Clear Stream Power, while Caterpie gained Clear Stream Forest’s Blessing and Self-Regeneration.
• Mark examined the new abilities and concluded that reburying Pokémon corpses had prompted Clear Stream Forest to bless them.
• Mark gathered green energy in his palm and aimed it at Butterfree’s damaged wing.

Mark healed Butterfree’s wings with Clear Stream Power and explained that Caterpie’s new power could only regenerate its own injuries. Caterpie discovered it had become the Caterpie Group’s leader, though it struggled to believe it.

• Mark used Clear Stream Power to heal half of Butterfree’s wings and explained that the power came from Clear Stream Forest.
• Caterpie injured its forehead against a rock, then used Self-Regeneration to heal itself and excitedly celebrated.
• Mark healed Butterfree’s other wing, using about two-fifths of his Clear Stream Power.
• Butterfree examined Mark’s power and Caterpie’s Self-Regeneration with Telekinesis but found no clear explanation for their nature.
• Caterpie realized that Butterfree’s evolution had left the leader position vacant, and Mark confirmed that Caterpie had become the Caterpie Group’s leader.

Mark explained how Arbok’s territorial expansion had disrupted his plans and decided to attend Hack Pokemon Academy while commuting from Clear Stream Forest. He and Caterpie discovered that Caterpie King made the local Caterpie feel closer to their king and reluctant to attack, raising a problem for Caterpie’s Combat Training.

• Mark told Caterpie he had planned to train in the clan’s territory and eventually help it succeed the Caterpie Leader, but Arbok’s expansion changed those plans.
• Mark chose Hack Pokemon Academy over Riel Pokemon Academy so he and Caterpie could keep training in Clear Stream Forest between classes, though they lacked suitable transportation.
• Mark considered possible Flying Pokemon for the commute, ruled out several because they were rare or natural enemies of Bug-type Pokemon, and planned to ask Uncle Qian Three for advice.
• Mark explained that Caterpie’s new hunger likely came from its increased potential and that its bond as Caterpie King let it command the clan and passively teach them tactics.
• Caterpie ordered nearby Caterpie to attack it, but they hesitated, leaving Caterpie wondering how it could continue Combat Training.

Mark decided to improve Caterpie’s Run Away ability after considering how the point might help in combat and potentially raise its perception. The point allocation began, while an appended study-guide passage shifted to Chen Xuan.

• Mark reassured Caterpie that they could train against the Beedrill Group or Spearow Group, and Caterpie admitted it was afraid of the Spearow.
• Mark reviewed Caterpie’s Trainer Panel and ruled out allocating a point to its potential, special abilities, or Tackle.
• Mark chose Run Away because it could improve Caterpie’s awareness and might increase its perception potential at lower cost.
• Mark asked Butterfree to keep watch, got Caterpie’s agreement, and allocated the point to Run Away.
• A study guide presented absurd Trainer exam questions, and Chen Xuan closed it.

Mark trained Caterpie to strengthen and control his Run Away Ability, while their memories and companions repeatedly vanished around them. After years of practice, Caterpie learned to sense and dodge even tiny hazards, and Mark woke beside the bonfires realizing the point-allocation Dream World had lasted only an instant.

• Mark explained that Caterpie could develop Run Away by improving its sensitivity and overcoming its instinct to flee, then began training it alongside nearby Caterpie.
• Mark used rocks to train the blindfolded Caterpie, while a Wimpod hatched from an egg and gradually became accustomed to the outside.
• Over months and years, Mark reduced the stones’ size, but Caterpie remained unable to sense anything under a pound until they continued their grueling training.
• Nine years later, Caterpie’s Run Away Ability strengthened enough for him to detect and dodge pebbles, twigs, and leaves, and Mark and Caterpie celebrated before a rumbling sound interrupted them.
• Mark and Caterpie woke beside the bonfires with Butterfree and the Caterpie, learned they had only been asleep for an instant, and hurried to eat.

After a successful point allocation, Mark and Caterpie emerged from the Dream World with Caterpie greatly strengthened and its Run Away trait enhanced into Run Away (Mind's Eye). Mark realized the training had only partly succeeded because they had forgotten to overcome the trait's fear and unease, and he considered how to prepare his other Pokémon for future training.

• Mark and Caterpie ate for two hours after waking, while the other Caterpie ate much less and soon stopped training in the Dream World.
• Mark concluded that the other Caterpie and Wimpod had left the Dream World because their willpower or bonds were too weak to persist.
• Caterpie grew to about 1.3 meters, developed vivid emerald coloring and ridged antennae, and dodged a fruit without looking.
• Mark checked the Trainer Panel and saw that Caterpie had gained Run Away (Mind's Eye), alongside its other abilities and skills.
• Mark examined the Mind's Eye information and realized that he and Caterpie had forgotten to train away Run Away's fear and unease.

Mark reviewed the gains from the enhanced Dream World, including Caterpie’s improved perception potential and growth, then learned Butterfree planned to fly south to find a mate. As Butterfree prepared to leave at daybreak, Mark began offering it the Mind’s Eye Training Method as a parting gift.

• Mark reflected on the failed training plan and discovered Caterpie’s Experience Bar had reached 17% while its perception potential had risen from D to C-.
• Mark and Butterfree buried the Caterpies’ ashes, and Caterpie finished eating, reaching 21% experience and growing to about 1.45 meters long.
• Caterpie proudly showed Mark and Butterfree its arithmetic practice, and Mark explained that Butterfree could handle calculations into the thousands.
• Butterfree told Mark it would fly south at daybreak to find a mate, and Mark wished it well despite wanting it to help train Caterpie.
• Mark offered Butterfree the Mind’s Eye Training Method to help it potentially awaken its former Run Away Ability.

Mark taught Butterfree the Mind's Eye Training Method and a dance that might help cultivate Clear Stream Power before she flew south for the Sea of Flowers. Three days later, Wimpod hatched, and Butterfree returned after deciding that Mark's Caterpie was the mate she wanted.

• Mark taught Butterfree the Mind's Eye Training Method and showed her how Caterpie used it to dodge attacks, even blindfolded and with his antennae bound.
• Mark demonstrated the forest dance that might cultivate Clear Stream Power and Self-Regeneration, then shared his insights so Butterfree could adapt it.
• Butterfree flew south, while Mark and Caterpie began teaching the Caterpie Group to remain calm and carry on without the Bug King nearby.
• Three days later, the Caterpie Group had settled, and Wimpod hatched and hid inside Mark's clothes.
• Butterfree returned after deciding that Mark's Caterpie was the finest mate she could find.

Mark welcomed Butterfree back to the Caterpie Territory and learned that the Kakuna needed more shade, while Caterpie sensed something unusual in Butterfree’s demeanor. Mark then examined the newly hatched Wimpod and realized its Run Away Ability caused intense panic, leaving him considering a problem with the frightened Pokémon.

• Mark led Butterfree to the relocated Kakuna, and Butterfree explained that they were uncomfortable because the site had too much sunlight.
• Mark planned to use silk and foliage to provide more shade for the Kakuna.
• Butterfree asked Caterpie for permission to stay in the territory, and Caterpie agreed.
• Butterfree asked when Caterpie planned to evolve, and Caterpie sensed that Butterfree reacted with unexplained sadness.
• Mark checked Wimpod’s Spirit Control Panel and found that it had Run Away (Quick Feet), which made it panic and flee uncontrollably.
• Mark pulled Wimpod from his clothes, causing it to tremble and cry in terror, and realized there was a problem.

Mark considered how to train the timid Wimpod and decided to seek advice and research ways to build its confidence. Butterfree joined the Caterpie Group’s combat training, and Mark also planned to ask about obtaining a Flying Pokemon when he returned to the village.

• Mark realized Butterfree had fallen for Caterpie, but chose to let their relationship develop naturally.
• Caterpie suggested that Wimpod train hard alongside them, while Butterfree worried that the timid Pokemon would dislike training.
• Mark explained that Wimpod needed strength to survive and that training gave Pokemon more choices when facing danger.
• Butterfree asked to join combat training and offered to guide Wimpod with Telekinesis, but Mark warned that this could make Wimpod dependent on her.
• Mark captured the unconscious Wimpod in its Pokeball and decided to return to the village to consult Uncle Qian Three, check the Pokemon Index, and ask about getting a Flying Pokemon.