Chapter Summaries

After Clear Stream Gym's qualification review, Mark continued his daily routine while preparing for Jirachi's final day awake. Jirachi made its wish, and Mark became Wish Star's Envoy, gaining the means to awaken it through a ritual.

• Gao Qiu approved Clear Stream Gym's qualification, and Uncle Qian Three began organizing its construction.
• Mark maintained his meditation, Caterpie's feeding, village tree-planting, and Uncle Qian Three's Nature Dance practice as Jirachi's seventh day approached.
• Jirachi grew anxious on its final day awake and asked Mark to make its wish before noon.
• Mark explained that he preferred the first Wish Plan, but Jirachi chose the second so its Dormant Cocoon could remain closer to him.
• Mark refined the wish so he would become Wish Star's Envoy and awaken Jirachi through an Awakening Ritual, then Jirachi sent the Wish Tag into the sky.
• The wish took effect, and Wish Star's Envoy appeared in Mark's Spirit Control Panel.

Mark learned that the Wish Tags were key to the Awakening Ritual and attempted to awaken Jirachi after it fell asleep. The ritual finally reached Jirachi through Mark’s power, and Jirachi made a wish to wake up and play longer.

• Mark realized that he had become the Wish Star’s Envoy and that Jirachi’s Wish Tags were essential to awakening it.
• Jirachi gave Mark more than a hundred Wish Tags before falling asleep in his arms and disappearing at noon.
• Mark found Jirachi’s Dormant Cocoon inside a large stone near Fallen Sky Mountain’s mountaintop and began the Awakening Ritual with a Wish Tag, Jirachi’s game console, and a prayer.
• After the ritual failed for more than two hours, Mark used the Wish Star’s Envoy power to enter Jirachi’s inner world.
• Jirachi noticed Mark offering the Wish Tag and wished to wake up to play for a few more days, then began asking for longer periods.

Jirachi awakened with ninety-five days to stay awake, though its wish-granting power had greatly diminished. Mark began Combat Training with Jirachi, whose weakened strength overwhelmed Caterpie, Butterfree, Vikavolt, and Mark.

• The Dormant Cocoon transformed into Crystal and shattered, and Jirachi woke up beside Mark.
• Jirachi said it could stay awake for ninety-five days but could use Small Wish only three or four times a day and could no longer force a Great Wish.
• Mark explained why he valued strength and invited Jirachi to train with him and his Pokemon.
• Caterpie fought Jirachi at full strength, but Jirachi stopped its attack with one hand and blasted it with Destructive Beams.
• Mark joined Butterfree and Vikavolt in a sneak attack, but Jirachi defeated Mark and all his Pokemon within two minutes.

Mark returned to Clear Stream Village with Jirachi and reassured her that he did not blame her for injuring him during Combat Training. At the Pokemon Center, he learned that Aya’s teacher was sending experimental equipment to the Rom Federation and warned Aya against transferring there, while Aya offered to help him with the Hack Pokemon Academy Entrance Exam.

• Mark and Jirachi returned to Clear Stream Village, where Bug Catchers greeted Mark respectfully as the Gym’s Vice Gym Leader.
• Mark comforted Jirachi over the injury she had caused during Combat Training and thanked her for helping him improve.
• Mark found Aya overseeing the shipment of her teacher’s experimental equipment from the Pokemon Center to the Rom Federation.
• Aya told Mark that her teacher had offered her a place at Hodgson Pokemon Academy, but she was still deciding whether to leave Xia.
• Mark warned Aya that she would be better off staying in Xia, and Aya offered to help him prepare for the Hack Pokemon Academy Entrance Exam.

Mark returned with Jirachi, who had been awakened again through a loophole in its wish rules, and learned that Zhao Meisha was preparing to move her experiments to the Rom Federation. After helping incorporate Clear Stream Village into Clear Stream Forest and beginning construction on Clear Stream Gym, Mark headed to Hack City with three days left before Hack Pokemon Academy's registration deadline.

• Old Man Qian was surprised to find Jirachi awake and learned that Mark had used a wish-rule loophole to awaken it again.
• Mark told Old Man Qian that Zhao Meisha had moved experimental equipment and might be leaving for the Rom Federation, where she was recruiting Aya.
• Old Man Qian continued planting trees and dancing Nature Dance with Mark until Clear Stream Village became part of Clear Stream Forest, then began building Clear Stream Gym.
• Mark's Spirit Control Panel resumed working, Caterpie's appetite returned to normal, and Vikavolt appeared as his sixth Spirit after Jirachi.
• With three days remaining before Hack Pokemon Academy's registration deadline, Mark rode the Vikavolt Aircraft toward Hack City.

Mark registered for the Hack Pokemon Academy entrance exam and audited a lecture on colony-type and aggregate-type Pokemon. Inspired by an unusual Exeggcute, he began considering new evolutionary forms for his Duo Magnemite.

• Mark arrived in Hack City, where Hamil invited him to join the academy’s struggling Speedflying Club to train Vikavolt.
• Mark completed registration, learned the exam schedule, and received an Admission Ticket confirming he was eligible to apply.
• Mark explored the open campus and sat in on a lecture about colony-type and aggregate-type Pokemon.
• The lecturer presented an Exeggcute that had grown beyond the usual six eggs, forming a single whole from thirteen.
• Mark wondered whether his Duo Magnemite could evolve into a Quad Magnemite, an Octa Magnemite, or an even larger form.

Mark toured Hack Pokemon Academy, learned how its credit system and Elite Student status worked, and decided to commute there for classes before enrolling. After thirteen days of study and training, Hack Pokemon Academy's Entrance Exam began.

• Mark explored Hack Pokemon Academy's training facilities and library, finding that some venues and books were restricted to Elite Students.
• Hamil explained that students needed 450 credits to become Elite Students and described ways to earn credits, including Gym challenges and the Baby Cup.
• Mark and Hamil discussed their shared love of flying races, and Mark learned that the Baby Cup used only the Pokemon students received at enrollment.
• After helping two freshmen with Flying Pokemon, Mark returned to Clear Stream Village and began commuting to Hack Pokemon Academy for classes.
• For thirteen days, Mark attended classes by day and trained in Clear Stream Forest at night while helping Uncle Qian Three practice Nature Dance.
• Hack Pokemon Academy's Entrance Exam began.

Mark took the entrance exam for Hack Pokemon Academy, then went to Professor Tao’s Experiment Base to help with brainwave-control research. Professor Tao offered him 80 Credits, but an urgent call and email interrupted before Mark could explain that he was not yet enrolled.

• Mark arrived at Hack Pokemon Academy with Jirachi hidden in his backpack, and Jirachi returned to its Pokeball after Mark warned it not to draw attention.
• Mark completed the entrance exam without difficulty and handed in his paper early.
• Mark entered the Experiment Base with Professor Tao’s assistant card and joined Zhang Qing, Wang Lei, and Professor Tao in the lab.
• Mark used the brainwave equipment to communicate with and control Tentacruel’s tentacles during the experiment.
• Professor Tao praised Mark and offered to apply for 80 Credits, but an urgent call and email interrupted their conversation.

Mark helped Professor Tao grade Entrance Exam papers and discovered that the outstanding paper he was considering was Mark’s own. After Mark explained that he had not enrolled yet and demonstrated his brainwave control of Duo Magnemite, Professor Tao was left stunned.

• Professor Tao brought in more than eight hundred Entrance Exam papers and had Mark, Zhang Qing, and Wang Lei help grade them.
• Professor Tao found Mark’s unusually strong paper and cut it open to check the candidate’s name, believing Mark had taken the exam for someone else.
• Mark clarified that he had taken the exam himself and had only been auditing classes while using the assistant card Professor Tao had given him.
• Mark explained that he had attended Professor Tao’s classes to learn brainwave control for training Duo Magnemite.
• Mark demonstrated how the Brainwave Control Device let him direct Duo Magnemite’s movements and Thunder Shock, leaving Professor Tao speechless.

Mark demonstrated how the Brainwave Control Device could control Magnemite, then Professor Tao decided to help him qualify for a Trainer major and pursue a double major in research. The chapter left Professor Tao rushing off to arrange Mark’s admission while Mark prepared to take the entrance exam.

• Mark explained that he could control Magnemite through direct brainwave contact, and Duo Magnemite’s Thunder Shock made his control of another Magnemite smoother.
• Professor Tao tried the device himself and managed to move Magnemite, though his control was delayed and unstable.
• Mark suggested testing the device with Lightning-type Special Ability Users and Psychic Pokémon, while Professor Tao explained the difficulties of finding suitable testers.
• Professor Tao, Zhang Qing, and Wang Lei urged Mark to choose the researcher major, but Mark insisted that he wanted to become a Trainer.
• Professor Tao found that an Honorary Trainer qualification could meet the requirements for a double major and decided to arrange Mark’s qualification exam and Trainer-major admission.

At the Pokemon Affinity Exam, Gu Mingcai tried to make Mark’s test difficult by assigning him an exceptionally violent Ekans, but Mark quickly controlled it and completed every command. Gu Mingcai gave him a perfect score, wondering why he had needed to cheat when he was so capable.

• Gu Mingcai explained the Ekans command test and privately noted that Zhou Youyou and Mark had to pass despite their connections.
• Gu Mingcai assigned Mark an exceptionally violent Ekans, hoping to make him uneasy during the test.
• Mark told Gu Mingcai that his Ekans had learned all ten commands, then caught it when it attacked her.
• Mark demonstrated the commands, helping the Ekans tie itself into a knot before it completed all ten tasks.
• Gu Mingcai awarded Mark 100 points and deleted a recording of the incident from an examinee’s Pokemon Index.

After reflecting on her assumptions about Mark, Gu Mingcai recognized his wild Pokemon training skill as Master-level and went looking for him, but he had already left the exam venue. During the Wilderness Survival Exam, Mark headed west through the forest and returned to Hack Pokemon Academy within hours.

• Gu Mingcai found a forum post exposing her identity and appearance, then realized she had been judging Mark as an ordinary student despite his exceptional training skills.
• Gu Mingcai went to find Mark at Physical Fitness Test Venue No. 13, but learned he had finished every subject above the full-score standard and left early.
• Hack Pokemon Academy began its Wilderness Survival Exam, requiring candidates to leave their belongings and Pokemon behind and escape the forest reserve within two days.
• Mark ignored the other candidates' discussion, entered the forest, and headed west.
• Mark left the forest before 11:00 a.m. and returned to Hack Pokemon Academy by bus at around 1:00 p.m.

Mark completed the Wilderness Survival Exam so quickly that examiners reported him missing, then returned to Professor Tao with a bag of Sweet Orans. Dean Cao reviewed Mark’s recording and learned he was a strong contender for first place in the entrance exam.

• Professor Tao learned that Mark’s GPS signal had disappeared and that examiners had launched a search for him.
• Mark returned to the laboratory, explained that he had escaped the forest and taken buses back to the academy, and shared Sweet Orans with Professor Tao, Wang Lei, and Zhang Qing.
• Dean Cao received Mark’s exam recording and watched his rapid first-person run through the forest.
• Dean Cao stopped watching after three minutes because the recording made him dizzy.

Dean Cao reviewed Mark’s entrance exam footage, recognized him as Professor Tao’s gifted student, and decided to offer him a Pokemon Egg and send him to Miao Miao Mountain. The chapter ended as Lu Xiaoya arrived at the dean’s office with her Raichu.

• Dean Cao watched Mark’s exam footage and learned he had full marks in physical fitness and Pokemon affinity, plus ninety-nine in Pokemon knowledge.
• Dean Cao realized this Mark was Professor Tao’s research-minded student and compared his potential to Battle Heavenly King Ah Meng, who had once defeated him and later died.
• Dean Cao decided to give Mark a Bulbasaur Pokemon Egg, then changed the offer to a Charmander Pokemon Egg and planned for him to take Bulbasaur to Miao Miao Mountain after school began.
• Gu Dan reported that Mark had a Duo Magnemite, a well-raised Vikavolt, and a gigantic Caterpie, while Dean Cao said he would not need more footage to judge Mark’s potential.
• Dean Cao arranged for Yan Yong to receive a Charizard Valley token, then asked Gu Dan to bring in Lu Xiaoya, who arrived with her Raichu.

Dean Cao told Aya that her teacher, Zhao Meisha, had betrayed the Hia Kingdom and warned her that she was caught between Zhao Meisha and the Hia Royal Family. As Aya began to grasp the danger and her connection to Aura and Charizard, she broke down crying in the dean’s office.

• Dean Cao explained that investigators had secretly searched the Pokemon Center and taken Zhao Meisha’s experimental records, and he ordered Aya to stay at Hack Pokemon Academy.
• Dean Cao told Aya that Zhao Meisha was wanted for betraying the Hia Kingdom, gave her an Aura Cultivation Manual, and revealed that Zhao Meisha had taught her Aura Power without explaining what it was.
• Dean Cao suggested Charizard might truly belong to Aya, and Charizard indicated it would choose to stay with and protect her.
• Aya asked Dean Cao to help Mark get admitted to Hack Pokemon Academy, then began crying uncontrollably in the dean’s office.

Mark tested the Brainwave Control Device on Magikarp and Magnemite, then helped Professor Tao build a feedback system and proposed using the device to train two ordinary Magikarp into Gyarados. The work was interrupted when Assistant Gu Dan brought a crying Aya to the laboratory to find Mark.

• Mark controlled two Magikarp to swim and eat, then tested whether he could use the device to make Duo Magnemite absorb electricity.
• Mark suggested adding a feedback system that would return the Pokemon’s sensations to the controller, and Professor Tao helped him build and integrate a simple device.
• Mark proposed testing assisted training on the two Magikarp and trying to evolve them into Gyarados to support Professor Tao’s paper.
• Assistant Gu Dan entered with a tearful Aya and Raichu, explaining that he had brought her to see Mark.
• Aya approached Mark, and he noticed two Elite Student badges on her jacket.

Mark explained why he and the village chief had hidden Zhao Meisha’s suspected plan to use Aya for flesh-and-blood modification, and Aya broke down after realizing the evidence supported his theory. At Hack Pokemon Academy, she received a Squirtle while Mark was promised a Bulbasaur, then helped test the Brainwave Control Device by directing Magikarp with her Aura Power.

• Aya showed Mark her Elite Badge and asked whether he had known Zhao Meisha intended her harm, and Mark confirmed that he and the village chief had kept their suspicions from her to protect her.
• Mark explained that Zhao Meisha may have planned to use Aya’s body to obtain Aura Power, citing her blood tests and research materials on flesh-and-blood modification; Aya realized the evidence and began crying harder.
• Aya’s Aura Cultivation Manual and Pokeball fell from her pocket, and Mark picked them up as a Squirtle emerged and comforted her.
• Gu Dan welcomed Mark to Hack Pokemon Academy, offered him a Bulbasaur egg and a custom Pokeball, and Mark chose to collect them the next day.
• Mark asked Aya to help test the Brainwave Control Device, and she successfully controlled Magikarp with Splash before trying to incorporate her Aura Power into the control.

After watching Aya use Aura Power, Mark realized he could not wield it like she could but might learn Aura Sphere by sensing and gathering his own aura. He agreed to help Squirtle learn Aura Sphere, hoping to use its progress as a guide for his own training.

• Mark sensed his own aura after observing Aya and reading the Aura Cultivation Manual, and saw a way to combine it with his Transforming Strength.
• Mark considered teaching Aura Sphere and Transforming Strength to Wimpod, which he believed had the best potential among his Pokemon.
• Aya stopped using the Brainwave Control Device, and Magikarp still followed her hand signals after repeated Aura Power training.
• Mark explained that Magikarp had developed a conditioned reflex and that the interaction might have brought its brainwaves closer to Aya's.
• Aya tried to use the Brainwave Control Device to train Squirtle, but Squirtle resisted, so Mark offered to help it learn Aura Sphere another way.

Mark trained Aura Sphere with Jirachi and began to condense aura himself, though he remained far from mastering the technique. After George reported ambushing Zhao Meisha, Mark found her letter proposing cooperation with Uncle Qian Three and offering Mega Stones and Key Stones.

• Mark had Jirachi fire Aura Spheres at him so he could sense his aura, then formed a brief, unstable orb of light in his palm.
• Mark checked that his Spirit Master experience had reached 72% and planned future training around Wimpod's Transforming Strength and Butterfree's Telekinesis.
• George and Gengar arrived injured after ambushing Zhao Meisha near the Pokemon Center and fleeing when her Zoroark exposed them.
• Mark returned to Clear Stream Village with George but found neither Zhao Meisha nor the Special Investigation Bureau's Black-Clad Men.
• Mark found Zhao Meisha's letter at Uncle Qian Three's home, where she offered to cooperate and left two Mega Stones and matching Key Stones as a trade proposal.

Mark and Uncle Qian Three rejected Zhao Meisha’s offer after realizing her Mega Stones and Key Stones were unusable and the deal could expose them to coercion. Jirachi discovered it could potentially make specific stones with Small Wishes, while Uncle Qian Three reported Zhao Meisha’s letter and handed the evidence to the Special Investigation Bureau.

• Jirachi and Caterpie urged Mark not to accept Zhao Meisha’s deal, and Mark said he would refuse it and return the stones she had left behind.
• Mark explained that Zhao Meisha’s stones were genuine but had no matching Pokémon, making them unusable, and that keeping them could let her threaten or report him and Uncle Qian Three.
• Jirachi explained how it could use Small Wishes to find, visit, and recreate specific Mega Stones and Key Stones, but Mark told it to wait until it was stronger.
• Mark woke Uncle Qian Three and showed him Zhao Meisha’s letter, and Uncle Qian Three agreed with Mark’s decision to reject the deal.
• Uncle Qian Three called the Xia’s Special Investigation Bureau, and when a Black-Clad Man arrived, he handed over Zhao Meisha’s letter, Mega Stone, and Key Stone.