Chapter Summaries

Akesato arrived in Hokkaido for his first Special Grade mission and met the Jujutsu Chain’s Grand Witch of the Celestial Court, who had expected Satoru Gojo. The Grand Witch challenged him to a Pokémon battle, and Gardevoir effortlessly defeated her enormous brown bear, Softie.

• The Jujutsu Chain’s Grand Witch of the Celestial Court greeted Akesato at the airport and complained that Satoru Gojo had not come.
• The Grand Witch introduced her brown bear, Softie, and challenged Akesato to choose one of his Pokémon to fight it.
• Softie selected Gardevoir, the tallest Pokémon in Akesato’s group, and prepared to battle her.
• Gardevoir lifted Softie into the air and repeatedly flipped him until he collapsed, without moving a finger.
• Gardevoir bowed after winning, then returned to Akesato, who praised her and patted her head.

Akesato visited the Ainu Bear Witches’ mountain stronghold, where the Big Witch tested his Pokémon and welcomed him as a potential ally. The arrival of her younger sister and mention of a Wishing Well left Akesato wondering whether a wish-granting anomaly was connected to Jirachi.

• The Big Witch tested Akesato’s strength, accepted him after his Pokémon defeated her bear, and kicked him for being too tall.
• The Big Witch led Akesato into the Ainu stronghold, where witches and bears greeted them with a chorus of howls.
• Swablu tried to sing, but Servine took her microphone, and Gardevoir stopped their argument from turning into a fight.
• The Big Witch offered to introduce Akesato to her younger sisters, but he stepped away and shielded Gardevoir from the offer.
• The Big Witch’s younger sister arrived, traded jokes and punches with her, and reminded her to ask Akesato about the Wishing Well.
• Akesato wondered whether the Wishing Well was connected to Jirachi.

Akesato investigated the Wishing Well on the Bear Witches’ sacred mountain, where wishes had begun manifesting after strange tremors. As Gardevoir parted the water, Akesato spotted what looked like Unown symbols beneath the surface.

• Hie and Yuzuki told Akesato that the Wishing Well had appeared after tremors near Sapporo and that wishes made at the sacred mountain had begun coming true.
• Hie explained that Yuzuki’s wish had summoned a shadowy monster, which vanished only after Yuzuki wished for it to disappear.
• Akesato and his Pokémon reached the Wishing Well and sensed an unusual energy that seemed connected to Pokémon.
• Akesato asked Gardevoir to use Psychic to part the water while Darkrai and the other Pokémon prepared to fight.
• Swablu spotted strange writing several meters below the surface, and Akesato recognized it as possibly being Unown.

Akesato and Gardevoir investigated the Unown at the Wishing Well, but the Unown trapped him in a dark world and separated him from his Pokémon. Akesato used his Z-Ring to reach out to his Pokémon, whose responses brought light back to the world.

• Akesato considered how Unown might connect Pokémon, Jujutsu, and the powers of the sorcerers.
• The Unown on the Wishing Well walls activated Mystery Power before Gardevoir could Teleport Akesato away.
• Akesato woke in a desolate, lightless world and found that his senses and mental power could not reach beyond it.
• Akesato called for Gardevoir and his other Pokémon but received no answer, so he used his Z-Ring to seek their presence.
• Akesato's Pokémon answered through the Z-Ring, and their calls guided him as the darkness faded into daylight.

Akesato was trapped in a battle with an Entei created by the Unown and struggled against its powerful flames, healing, and scorching blood. As the fight continued, he sensed that his own Pokémon had arrived nearby.

• Akesato recognized the imposing Entei as an Unown-created Pokémon and tried to speak to it.
• Entei attacked Akesato with powerful fire moves, forcing him to dodge and heal himself with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Akesato analyzed Entei's attacks, tested its defenses with cursed energy sword aura, then struck it with a charged sword slash.
• Entei's burning blood melted part of Akesato's sword, and its fiery vapor quickly healed its wounds.
• Akesato endured Entei's renewed attack and sensed his own Pokémon nearby.

Akesato and Servine escaped Entei’s Fire Blast with a Black Flash and reached Gardevoir and Swablu, who had Suicune trapped. The chapter left Suicune pinned down by Gardevoir’s Psychic net while Swablu disrupted her with Sing.

• Servine rescued Akesato from Entei and attacked before he grabbed her and fled with her through the forest.
• Entei pursued them and unleashed Fire Blast, but Akesato used Black Flash to tear open a path through the flames.
• Servine told Akesato that Gardevoir and Swablu had encountered a blue Legendary Beast ahead, and he raced toward them.
• Akesato arrived to find Gardevoir and Swablu overpowering Suicune with Psychic, Sing, and Servine’s Leech Seed.
• Gardevoir tightened her Psychic net around Suicune, leaving her unable to escape.

Akesato tried to capture Suicune while Entei arrived and attacked his Pokémon, forcing the group into battle. After Akesato was nearly hurt protecting Servine, her determination to defend him triggered her evolution into Serperior, who continued restraining Suicune.

• Akesato attempted to talk with Suicune, but Entei charged in and attacked Swablu and Gardevoir.
• Akesato ordered Gardevoir and Swablu to fight Entei while Servine restrained Suicune with Leech Seed, Giga Drain, Vine Whip, Growth, and Bind.
• Suicune used Extrasensory and Roar to disrupt the battle, then attacked Akesato with water moves and prepared Sheer Cold.
• Servine remembered Akesato protecting her from Entei's Fire Blast and resolved to protect him in return.
• Servine evolved into Serperior, grew large enough to coil around Suicune, and declared that Suicune was hers to capture.

Akesato persuaded Suicune, Entei, and Raikou to stop fighting and agreed to follow Suicune to learn what had happened at the sacred mountain. Suicune led him back to the Wishing Well and lifted its water, revealing an underwater cavern.

• Akesato’s team restrained the three Legendary Beasts, but Suicune realized that Akesato had only been pretending to threaten them.
• After the Legendary Beasts discussed the situation, Suicune contacted Akesato with Extrasensory and offered to take him somewhere with answers.
• Serperior released Suicune, and Akesato rode on his back while Gardevoir and Darkrai freed Entei and Raikou.
• Dratini sensed an unclean presence near her in Tokyo, warned Feebas to hide, and alerted nearby Pokémon to be careful.
• Suicune carried Akesato and the others to the Wishing Well, then raised its water to reveal an underwater cavern.

Akesato followed the Unown into an ancient underwater cave after they revealed that they had transformed into Suicune, Entei, and Raikou to guide him there. He explored the cave and found projections showing the Legendary Beasts interacting with ancient Ainu people, but he still had no answers about the cave or the Unown’s message.

• Suicune, Entei, and Raikou reverted to Unown and guided Akesato into the cave, where a pink Unown called him and the others “Chosen Children.”
• The cave entrance vanished behind Akesato, and he stopped Darkrai from attacking the barrier before setting out to explore.
• Akesato followed the cave’s marked passages and examined its strange mixture of ancient structures and advanced projection technology.
• Akesato found projections depicting Entei triggering a volcano, Raikou summoning lightning, and Suicune rescuing a girl among people dressed in Ainu clothing.
• Akesato wondered whether the Legendary Beasts or Ho-Oh had been worshipped by the ancient Ainu people.

Akesato explored the underwater facility and concluded that it had been a shelter rather than a research institute. Voltorb’s discovery of stored Pokéblocks suggested the facility had once supported a community surrounded by Unown.

• Akesato considered whether the Ainu people's mysterious powers and the Bear Witches' lineage might have been influenced by Pokémon and the Unown.
• Akesato explored the facility and found cramped living quarters, human furnishings, and little evidence of the advanced technology he had first expected.
• Voltorb raced past Akesato, and he noticed green powder around its mouth and followed it to a damaged box.
• Akesato identified the green crystals in a concealed case as Pokéblocks, a valuable food that affected Pokémon's energy and abilities.
• Akesato connected the stored energy blocks, cramped quarters, Unown, and monitoring equipment and concluded the underwater facility was a shelter.

Akesato’s group reached the shelter’s central area and discovered its advanced technology, including Poké Ball production equipment and a display of the civilization’s achievements. They found the crystal key that served as the shelter’s highest command, leaving Akesato poised to access its core.

• Akesato warned Voltorb not to eat unknown substances without having them tested for poison, then continued the expedition.
• Gardevoir accidentally destroyed the shelter director’s deteriorated diary, and Akesato comforted her.
• Akesato, Gardevoir, and Darkrai explored the central area and identified a Berry Blender, data equipment, and Pokémon communication and evolution machinery.
• Akesato discovered Poké Ball production equipment and a display case containing many kinds of Poké Balls, Pokéblocks, honors, and a group photograph.
• Akesato found metal blocks and a crystal key at the bottom of the display case, identifying them as the highest command for controlling the shelter.

Akesato used Gardevoir and Porygon to activate the shelter’s central console and decipher a recording from its director. The recording’s final message repeated “Live on” and “Embers,” leaving Akesato with the shelter’s cryptic warning.

• Akesato had Gardevoir remove the sealed crystal key from the display case without exposing it to air.
• Akesato summoned Porygon, which found the key’s interface on a console.
• Gardevoir held the crystal over the console, activating lights and machinery throughout the control room.
• A projection of the shelter’s elderly director appeared, but Akesato could not understand his language.
• Akesato asked Porygon to translate the recording, and the director’s message resolved into fragments about a meteorite, destruction, preservation, and a divine realm.
• The recording ended with the words “Live on” and “Embers” repeating.

Akesato realized the shelter had failed to preserve the humans and Pokémon inside, and that Unown themselves had sustained the ruins as a world. As the shelter collapsed and Unown vanished, a stone tablet remained as the last trace of their legacy.

• Akesato concluded that the underground shelter had been built to protect civilization from a meteorite, but its occupants had eventually perished when supplies ran out.
• Unown thanked Akesato and said goodbye, then the shelter began to collapse around him and his Pokémon.
• Akesato ordered his Pokémon to form an evacuation wedge and called Porygon away from the console, but Porygon insisted it was still downloading data.
• Akesato saw falling debris decompose into particles containing Unown eyes, and learned that touching the fragments only caused them to disintegrate faster.
• Akesato realized the shelter itself was a world created by Unown and watched it fade away, leaving behind a stone tablet.

Akesato escaped the collapsed shelter with an Arceus stone slab and discovered that time inside had moved far more slowly than in the outside world. He returned to a vanished Wishing Well and Waterdrop Cavern, then saw a final message from Masamichi Yaga.

• Akesato recognized the slab as an Arceus stone slab, confirmed it repelled Psychic Power, and found the pink Unown on it still alive but asleep.
• The shelter collapsed, returning Akesato and the Pokémon to the mountain, where the water, Wishing Well, and Waterdrop Cavern had vanished.
• Akesato put away the stone slab and planned to have Jujutsu Chain measure the spirit field and figure out how to report what had happened.
• Akesato checked his phone and discovered that December 24 had arrived, even though he had experienced only about half a day in the shelter.
• Akesato considered searching for more ancient Pokémon ruins, then saw that his final phone notification was a message from Masamichi Yaga.

Akesato learned that Suguru Geto had timed the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to exploit his absence and draw him away from Yuta Okkotsu. Before returning to protect his allies, Akesato sent Porygon to the Tokyo Branch, where it evolved twice and pledged to help.

• Akesato read Masamichi Yaga’s summons and Satoru Gojo’s messages about Suguru Geto’s planned attack on December 24.
• Akesato reasoned that Geto had waited until he was away to draw him and Gojo from Yuta, though he believed the Gojo faction could still withstand the attack.
• Akesato considered the thousands of Cursed Spirits an opportunity to strengthen his Pokémon, while worrying that enemies might target his young allies and friends amid the chaos.
• Akesato sent Porygon back to the Tokyo Branch and told it to report any trouble, promising that its older Pokémon companions would support it.
• Porygon absorbed data from the central console, evolved into Porygon2, then evolved again into Porygon-Z and promised not to disappoint Akesato.

Akesato abandoned his plan to return unnoticed after Porygon-2 alerted every connected phone, then had the Pokémon choose Poké Balls for the journey. As he prepared to ride Darkrai, Swablu evolved into Altaria so she could carry him through the skies.

• Porygon-2 sent a message to every connected phone announcing that Akesato would return soon, ruining his plan to enter the village quietly.
• Akesato told Gardevoir to let the Pokémon choose Poké Balls, and they each entered their chosen ball voluntarily.
• Gardevoir chose a Great Ball and took the display case into its storage space as she entered.
• Akesato prepared to travel on Darkrai, but Swablu came out of her Heal Ball and insisted she could carry him.
• Swablu evolved into Altaria, spreading her broader wings and calling out to Akesato.

After Altaria carried Akesato over the Bear Witch village, Hie learned that the sacred mountain’s spiritual field had vanished and decided to investigate while sending Yuzuki to Tokyo to answer the Jujutsu Alliance’s call. Akesato and Altaria flew west toward the setting sun, unaware of the village’s reaction.

• Altaria sang Blue Bird as she carried Akesato over the sacred mountain and the Bear Witch village.
• Yuzuki and Hie spotted Akesato, and Hie received monitoring results confirming that the mountain’s spiritual field had disappeared.
• Hie ordered the Bear Witches to prepare to enter the mountain and sent Yuzuki to Tokyo to assist the Jujutsu Alliance on behalf of the Jujutsu Chain.
• Hie recalled a prophecy about sleeping gods and suspected that Akesato had gained something from the sacred mountain.
• Akesato and Altaria sped west, chasing the setting sun toward Tokyo.

Suguru Geto unleashed the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons across Shinjuku, and Satoru Gojo’s first attack failed to disperse the gathered curses. Gojo removed his blindfold and began summoning Digimon and expanding his domain.

• As night fell, Suguru Geto’s Imaginary Cursed Spirits and countless other curses covered Shinjuku in a demonic cloud and turned the district into a ghostly domain.
• Ijichi reported that the curse concentration was rising and that more than a thousand Cursed Spirits were present, while Masamichi Yaga and Satoru Gojo reacted to Geto’s hidden preparations.
• Shoko Ieiri drank Miltank’s milk, and Akemi ordered the barrier team to deploy barriers as the curses arrived.
• Satoru Gojo used Cursed Technique Reversal: Red to blast apart the curse clouds, but they quickly gathered again.
• Satoru Gojo removed his blindfold, called for Digimon, and began Domain Expansion: Infinite Void.

Satoru Gojo used Porygon-2 to analyze the enemy forces and rushed to Takashimaya Times Square, where he confronted Nanako and another girl before Miguel intervened with the Black Rope. Gojo prepared to fight Miguel while a small creature blocked the girls’ escape.

• Satoru Gojo used his miniature Infinite Void to send data to Porygon-2, which analyzed it with the barrier team and helped locate the enemy’s main forces.
• Satoru Gojo reached Takashimaya Times Square and defeated a massive worm Cursed Spirit with a Finger Gun.
• Satoru Gojo discovered Nanako and another girl hiding nearby and moved to capture them.
• Miguel struck Satoru Gojo with the Black Rope, disrupted his Cursed Technique, and shielded the girls while telling them to flee.
• Satoru Gojo recovered and challenged Miguel to a fight, while a small creature blocked the girls’ path.

Porygon-2 fought Nanako and Mimiko while Satoru Gojo battled Miguel, then used Nanako’s phone to gather intelligence for Akesato. Akesato dispatched allies to track the fleeing girls and prepare for Suguru Geto’s moves, before receiving news that something had happened in Kyoto.

• Nanako trapped Porygon-2 in a photograph, but it escaped the phone and paralyzed her with Electric Shock.
• Mimiko tried to strangle Porygon-2, which separated its head from its body and drove both girls away with Illusion Ray.
• Satoru Gojo kicked Miguel through a wall, then learned from Ari that Nanako and Mimiko were Suguru Geto’s adopted daughters.
• Akesato ordered Porygon-2 to trail Nanako and Mimiko while using Nanako’s phone to identify contacts and locate people through the satellite network.
• Akesato assigned Maki, Panda, Mei Mei, and Nanami to respond to possible threats, then learned that Suguru Geto’s signal was blocked and received a message about an incident in Kyoto.