Chapter Summaries

Su Hao faced Lance’s overwhelming strength at Mt. Moon Plaza and rejected his offer to join Team Rocket. As Lance’s Pokémon attacked, Su Hao activated a Z-Crystal with Incineroar, leaving the battle poised for a counterattack.

• Lance escaped the plane with Crobat and Gengar, then demanded that Su Hao surrender Diancie and his other Pokémon.
• Su Hao coordinated his four Pokémon to attack Lance and defend against Gengar and Crobat while trying to hold out for Drake.
• Gengar’s Shadow Ball severely injured Incineroar, and Su Hao healed it with Tokiwa Power.
• Lance offered Su Hao a place in Team Rocket and promised him a future position among the Four Executives, but Su Hao refused.
• Lance ordered Crobat to attack, sending Su Hao’s other three Pokémon flying as they bought time for Incineroar to recover.
• Su Hao tapped the Z-Crystal on his wristband and crossed his wrists with Incineroar, beginning a Z-Move.

Su Hao unleashed Incineroar’s Inferno Overdrive against Lance, defeating Crobat but exhausting himself and his Pokémon. As Lance prepared to finish them off, Daigo arrived and promised Su Hao would live to oppose Team Rocket.

• Su Hao and Incineroar combined their strength to unleash Inferno Overdrive at Lance.
• Gengar met the attack with a full-power Shadow Ball, and the explosion devastated Mt. Moon Plaza while the Clefairy clan protected Su Hao’s group.
• Crobat was defeated, but Su Hao and his Pokémon were left exhausted, while Lance and Gengar remained ready to fight.
• Lance had Gengar break the Clefairy clan’s barrier and advanced on Su Hao as they awaited Drake’s arrival.
• Su Hao sensed a silver meteor approaching and vowed to bring down Team Rocket before Daigo arrived to protect him.

Daigo and Drake arrived to rescue Su Hao and defeat Lance, allowing the authorities to arrest the Team Rocket members. While Su Hao treated the injured Clefairy, Drake recognized his Tokiwa Power and Daigo suggested Su Hao might be the suitable Trainer Drake had come to find.

• Daigo arrived and his Metagross defeated Lance's Gengar with Meteor Mash.
• Lance tried to escape, but Drake and Dragonite arrived and pinned him down.
• Officer Jenny's unit arrested Lance and twenty Team Rocket members, and found wreckage from a crashed aircraft with no other survivors.
• Su Hao treated the injured Clefairy with his recovering Tokiwa Power, which Drake recognized.
• Daigo reminded Drake that he had come to Kanto seeking a suitable Trainer and suggested Su Hao was right before him.

After Team Rocket’s defeat, Su Hao received thanks from Lance and learned he would be rewarded by the Pokémon League. Steven then asked to see all of Su Hao’s Pokémon.

• Su Hao recognized Nika, and the officers released him after Su Hao and Steven vouched for him.
• Lance thanked Su Hao for stopping Team Rocket and said the League would arrange a reward if Su Hao stayed in Cerulean City for up to a week.
• Steven and Lance assured Su Hao he would still have time to attend the festival in Olden City, with Lance offering Dragonite as transport if needed.
• Su Hao examined Lance’s Dragonite and Steven’s Metagross and agreed to stay for the reward.
• After Lance escorted the captured Team Rocket members away, Steven asked Su Hao to release all of his Pokémon for him to see.

Daigo-san entrusted his Shiny Beldum to Su Hao after deciding that Su Hao was a worthy Trainer, and Su Hao accepted the Pokémon and its special Memorial Ball. Daigo-san then left the Kanto region, while Beldum began meeting Su Hao’s team.

• Daigo-san admired Diancie and, after hearing Su Hao describe Pokémon as companions, friends, and family, decided to entrust Beldum to him.
• Daigo-san released his Shiny Beldum, which quickly warmed to Su Hao and enjoyed being petted.
• Daigo-san explained that Beldum had been rejected by the several hundred Beldum raised at his home because of its different color, then gave Su Hao a Devon Corporation Memorial Ball and a Beldum-raising notebook.
• Daigo-san departed on Skarmory after saying he had finished his business in Kanto.
• Beldum greeted Su Hao’s Pokémon, while Incineroar worried that the newcomer’s evolution would become a formidable rival.

Su Hao assessed Beldum’s moves and tested its Iron Head at a Cerulean City training center, then realized Beldum’s talent for magnetism could complement its future Psychic-powered flight. He left wanting to develop both abilities.

• Su Hao stayed in Cerulean City and rented a private training room to examine Beldum.
• Su Hao checked Beldum’s data and found that it knew Take Down, Iron Defense, Psycho Cut, and Iron Head.
• Su Hao ordered Beldum to use Iron Head on a sturdy metal target, but Beldum bounced off without damaging it.
• Su Hao noticed Beldum’s strong control over magnetism and decided to develop both its magnetic and Psychic abilities.

Su Hao taught Beldum to use magnetism to improve its launch speed and attack power, then trained his Pokémon for three days. He brought Riolu, Beldum, and Eevee to Cerulean Cave so Riolu could gain battle experience and attempt to reach Elite Level.

• Su Hao stopped Beldum's repeated Tackles and urged it to think of a solution to the target it could not hurt.
• Su Hao explained how Beldum could use magnetic repulsion to launch itself faster and strengthen its attacks.
• Su Hao doubled the team's physical training intensity and joined in, while letting Eevee take it easy.
• After three days, Su Hao entered Cerulean Cave with Riolu, Beldum, and Eevee, intending to help Riolu pursue a breakthrough to Elite Level.
• Su Hao reasoned that the Mewtwo from Mewtwo Strikes Back would not appear in Cerulean Cave.

Su Hao and Riolu fought through a large Zubat flock in Cerulean Cave before Incineroar defeated its Professional Level Golbat leader. Afterward, Su Hao used Wave Power to scout the cave and discovered that a rock wall a hundred meters away was fake.

• Su Hao and Riolu fled from a flock of Zubat and Golbat, with Riolu knocking down many of them as they ran.
• Su Hao recalled the exhausted Riolu and sent out Incineroar, whose Snarl stunned many of the Zubat.
• Incineroar broke through the Golbat flock’s attacks and defeated its Professional Level leader with Flare Blitz.
• Su Hao praised Incineroar, spared the fallen Pokémon, and spread his Aura to search the cave.
• Su Hao’s Aura revealed that a rock wall a hundred meters away was fake.

Su Hao and Incineroar discovered that Aura could let them pass through a disguised rock wall into a high-tech facility. Inside, they found Pokémon suspended in green liquid in transparent containers, and Su Hao wondered if the facility was conducting experiments on them.

• Su Hao found that Aura passed through a strange rock wall while ordinary objects could not, and Incineroar suggested wrapping objects in Aura.
• Su Hao wrapped chopsticks in Aura and successfully pushed them through the rock wall.
• A pair of deep violet eyes noticed that the defenses around a temporary site had been breached, and their owner vanished.
• Su Hao and Incineroar covered themselves in Aura and entered the hidden space behind the rock wall.
• Su Hao and Incineroar found a high-tech passage and discovered Pokémon suspended in green liquid inside transparent containers.

Su Hao discovered Mewtwo’s cloned Pokémon in a hidden space inside Cerulean Cave and realized Mewtwo was likely nearby. Mewtwo confronted him but believed he meant no harm, then asked how he had bypassed its Illusion Barrier.

• Su Hao recognized the unusual Pokémon in the containers as Mewtwo’s clones, including Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise, and urged Incineroar to leave.
• Mewtwo appeared at the doorway, restrained Incineroar with Psychic power, and questioned Su Hao.
• Su Hao nervously claimed he had only come to look around, and Mewtwo said it could sense that he was not lying or hostile.
• Mewtwo put Incineroar in its Luxury Ball and asked how Su Hao had entered the concealed space.
• Su Hao explained that he had used Aura to detect and pass through Mewtwo’s Illusion Barrier, surprising Mewtwo.

Su Hao convinced Mewtwo that he came from another world and asked it to treat an Eevee suffering from Genetic Collapse. The Eevee appeared healthy, and Mewtwo urgently pressed Su Hao to explain how he had healed it with Life Energy.

• Mewtwo hid its chamber from Aura detection and let Su Hao leave, but Su Hao stopped it to speak.
• Su Hao revealed that he knew about Mewtwo's origins and New Island, prompting Mewtwo to suspect he was from Team Rocket.
• Su Hao denied working for Team Rocket and claimed he came from another world where Mewtwo's story had been recorded.
• Su Hao asked whether Mewtwo could treat an Eevee suffering from Genetic Collapse caused by mixed Pokémon genes.
• Mewtwo urged Su Hao to release the Eevee, then was shocked to see it healthy and grabbed Su Hao to ask how he had created Life Energy to heal it.

Su Hao asked Mewtwo to treat Eevee, whose genes had been destroyed by Gene Deletion, and Mewtwo devised a plan using Life Energy to restore them. The first condition was met, but Eevee’s recovery would also require evolution, so Mewtwo asked which Type Eevee wanted to become.

• Mewtwo examined Eevee and determined that its original genes had perished along with the foreign genes, causing its Gene Deletion.
• Mewtwo told Su Hao it could repair Eevee’s missing gene fragments if Su Hao could provide Life Energy.
• Su Hao condensed Life Energy using Wave Power and Tokiwa Power, and Mewtwo confirmed it met the treatment’s first condition.
• Mewtwo explained that it would restore Eevee’s genes using its cloning technology, then trigger evolution to complete the recovery.
• Mewtwo asked Su Hao to decide what Type Eevee intended to evolve into.

Su Hao explained Eevee’s available evolutions, and Eevee chose Leafeon so it could fight and protect him. Mewtwo agreed to treat Eevee for at least half a month, and Su Hao asked why the cloned Pokémon had left Clear Pond.

• Mewtwo explained that Eevee could not evolve through Friendship during treatment, leaving five Evolution Stone forms as options.
• Su Hao showed Eevee the five forms and described their traits, and Eevee chose Leafeon after remembering its life in nature.
• Su Hao respected Eevee’s choice and asked Mewtwo how long treatment would take.
• Mewtwo said the treatment would take at least half a month, and Su Hao agreed.
• Su Hao noticed the cloned Pokémon sleeping nearby and asked Mewtwo why they were there instead of at Clear Pond.

Su Hao explained to Mewtwo that Dragonair carried Giratina’s power and enough Life Energy to revive a Dragapult, then invited Mewtwo to witness Dragonair’s final evolution. The group gathered in an isolated wilderness near Cerulean City as Dragonair prepared to evolve.

• Mewtwo asked Su Hao to provide Life Energy for two hundred cloned Pokémon, and Su Hao readily agreed.
• Su Hao showed Mewtwo the Life Energy within Dragonair and explained that Dragonair used it as dessert.
• Su Hao told Mewtwo that Giratina had saved Dragonair and left power to revive one of the three Dragapult Pokémon Eggs when Dragonair evolved.
• Mewtwo accepted Su Hao’s help after learning that creating Life Energy caused him no harmful side effects.
• Su Hao invited Mewtwo to watch Dragonair’s final evolution, and Mewtwo made an Illusionary Space near Cerulean City to contain the disturbance.

Dragonair used the Life Energy and Giratina’s power it had accumulated to evolve into Dragapult. After witnessing the evolution and assessing Su Hao’s team, Mewtwo was left protecting the others from Giratina’s immense pressure as Dragapult emerged at Mid Professional Level.

• Su Hao prepared to record Dragonair’s evolution while Mewtwo waited to treat Eevee and the others watched.
• Dragonair absorbed the remaining Life Energy and the Power Seed left by Giratina began to sprout.
• Mewtwo sensed the aura of a god and reflected on the exceptional potential and divine connections of Su Hao’s Pokémon.
• A Shadow Cocoon surrounded Dragonair and Dragapult, and Mewtwo formed Mental Barriers to protect the Pokémon from Giratina’s pressure.
• Dragonair evolved into Dragapult, whose accumulated energy carried it straight to Mid Professional Level.

After Dragapult completed its evolution, Su Hao returned to Cerulean Cave with his Pokémon and continued producing Life Energy while they grew stronger. Drake then met Su Hao in Cerulean City and told him the Pokémon League had approved his reward: he could choose one item from the Alliance Treasury on Cerulean Plateau.

• Dragapult showed off its strength after evolving, and Su Hao praised it while his other Pokémon reacted to its new form.
• Su Hao and his Pokémon teleported back to Cerulean Cave with Mewtwo, while an unknown presence later sensed the aura of its own power at their former location.
• Su Hao reviewed his team's progress, including Riolu's breakthrough to Elite Level and Beldum's approaching evolution, and left Beldum with Mewtwo for a promised surprise.
• Drake met Su Hao outside the Pokémon Center in Cerulean City and led him to a quiet alley to avoid being recognized by fans.
• Drake told Su Hao that the Pokémon League had approved his reward and that Su Hao could choose one reward from the Alliance Treasury on Cerulean Plateau.

Su Hao visited the Cerulean Alliance Treasury with Lance to choose a rare reward, hoping to find a Grass-type treasure for Eevee. He discovered Virizion's broken horn, which held powerful Grass-type energy and the potential to reveal Sword Intent.

• Lance escorted Su Hao through the Alliance Headquarters' security checks and into the treasury's separate dimension.
• Lance showed Su Hao the treasury's rare items, including treasures connected to Legendary Pokémon, but Su Hao passed on the Legendary Birds' offerings.
• Su Hao decided to look for a Grass-type treasure because Eevee had chosen to evolve into Leafeon.
• Lance introduced a broken horn from the Unova Region, and Su Hao recognized it as Virizion's horn and checked its properties with the system.

Su Hao chose Virizion’s Broken Horn as his reward, then returned to Cerulean Cave to help Mewtwo produce Life Energy for Eevee. Mewtwo showed him a Shiny Beldum bearing a genetic pattern and began explaining how it could repay Su Hao.

• Su Hao chose Virizion’s Broken Horn for his Eevee, which he planned to evolve into Leafeon, and Drake sealed it in a case that concealed its aura.
• Drake returned Su Hao to Cerulean City, where Su Hao accepted the League’s investment and resolved to repay it by destroying a Team Rocket branch if he returned to the Pokémon world.
• Su Hao returned to Cerulean Cave and asked Mewtwo about Eevee, which was resting in a Life Energy solution while its cloned genes developed.
• Su Hao drained his stamina, Tokiwa Power, and Wave Power to produce more Life Energy for Eevee.
• Mewtwo took Su Hao to see a Shiny Beldum submerged in a chamber with a dark purple genetic pattern on its body.

Mewtwo revealed that it had implanted its Destruction Gene into Beldum, and Su Hao learned the gene would not cause side effects when properly extracted. After completing Mewtwo’s commission, Su Hao watched Beldum evolve into Metang and checked its data.

• Mewtwo explained that it had implanted its Destruction Gene into Beldum and assured Su Hao that it would cause no side effects when properly extracted.
• Su Hao completed his work creating the final cluster of Life Energy, finishing Mewtwo’s commission as the cloned Pokémon awaited awakening.
• Beldum broke through to Normal Level and evolved by splitting into two individuals that merged through magnetism.
• Mewtwo revealed that its floating camera had recorded Metang’s evolution for Su Hao to send to Daigo.
• Su Hao checked Metang’s data and found it was an Early Normal Level Steel- and Psychic-type Pokémon with Clear Body.

Su Hao watched Mewtwo test Metang’s new strength after its evolution and its fusion with the Destruction Gene. Mewtwo judged the fusion a success, while Su Hao began wondering whether Mewtwo could undergo Mega Evolution.

• Su Hao admired Metang’s four newly learned moves and thanked Mewtwo for helping it fuse with the Destruction Gene.
• Mewtwo used Teleport to take Su Hao and Metang to a deserted mountain range for a test.
• Metang charged Mewtwo with Bullet Punch, but Mewtwo stopped the attack with its raised hand and praised Metang’s strength.
• Metang used Confusion to crush a tree trunk into splinters, revealing the destructive power of its Mental Power.
• Mewtwo said Metang had fused perfectly and might someday master Psychic Break, then explained that it had only glimpsed the Destruction Gene’s potential.
• Su Hao wondered whether Mewtwo’s undiscovered potential was Mega Evolution, imagining Mewtwo X and Mewtwo Y.