Chapter Summaries

Su Hao met with International Police agent Meimei to share what he knew about the New Moon Cult. Meimei discovered that the cult had contacted every talented contestant from forty-eight Alliances, while its followers’ mysterious “beautiful dreams” appeared to bind them and erase their individuality.

• Su Hao introduced himself to Meimei and recognized that the disguised agent was using Ditto.
• Su Hao told Meimei that New Moon Cult members had tried to recruit him and four other contestants.
• Meimei hacked Tokyo’s street cameras and found that the cult had contacted 240 talented individuals from forty-eight Alliances.
• Meimei explained that cult members changed their behavior for the better but suppressed their individuality in pursuit of beautiful dreams.
• Meimei questioned what kind of dream could make people surrender their nature, comparing the effect to mind control or addictive drugs.

Su Hao informed Meimei about the New Moon Cult’s likely plans, prompting the International Police to consider intervening before the youth competition. The competition began beneath Mount Fuji, where alliance leaders watched the teams enter Aokigahara Forest as a rare New Moon Night approached.

• Meimei told Su Hao that the International Police considered his intelligence valuable and suspected the New Moon Cult might act during the competition.
• Su Hao ended the meeting, and Meimei staged a suggestive-looking exit that left Su Hao embarrassed as he fled the café.
• The next two days passed without any visible moves from the New Moon Cult or the R Institute, and the competition began.
• Alliance Champions and Elite Four members gathered in a high-tech facility to watch drone footage of Aokigahara Forest.
• Liao Xingchen recalled the Zarude tribe’s secret history and kept Marshadow in Su Hao’s shadow to protect the Divine Land Alliance team.
• Kim Linzhu asked Ito Ryuzaki about the approaching New Moon Night, and he said it would coincide with the competition’s fiercest contests.

The Divine Land Alliance team landed safely in Aokigahara Forest and began exploring with Su Hao’s Aura guiding them. Meanwhile, Tachibana Mahiru’s Sakura Nation Alliance team headed toward the Zarude tribe, planning to use arranged wild Pokémon to incapacitate other contestants.

• Su Hao scanned the area after the Divine Land Alliance team landed and confirmed there were no nearby rival teams or powerful wild Pokémon.
• Xiao Zijian, Bai Linglong, Jin Lin, and Cheng Liming released Pokémon to guard and scout while keeping the rest in reserve.
• Su Hao assigned Cycloze to handle wild Pokémon below Professional Level and said he would use other Pokémon against rival teams.
• The Divine Land Alliance team formed a stable formation and began exploring Aokigahara Forest.
• Tachibana Mahiru led the Sakura Nation Alliance team toward the Zarude tribe, intending to exploit Pokémon there against other contestants.

Su Hao led the Divine Land Alliance team through Aokigahara Forest, discussing rival teams and heading toward the forest’s center. Along the way, Cycloze easily defeated powerful wild Pokémon with brute strength, leaving Bai Linglong and the others stunned.

• Jin Lin reported that no teams had fought yet, and Bai Linglong identified the South Korean, Indian, Goryeo, and Sakura Nation alliances as threats to watch.
• Cheng Liming judged that the boundary would likely shrink toward the forest’s center, so Su Hao directed the team to head there early.
• Cycloze defeated a Heracross with a punch after an hour in which it had already beaten more than a dozen Elite Level wild Pokémon without using moves.
• Bai Linglong recalled that her clan had considered Cycloze a crippled Dragon-type and questioned their assessment after seeing its strength.
• Su Hao gave Cycloze an Oran Berry, noting that it had become eager to fight since consuming the Terastal Crystal.

Tachibana Mahiru’s team received a Zarude escort after meeting the scar-faced Zarude Leader, whose brutal rule worried Tachibana. Meanwhile, Su Hao’s team encountered a wild Grass-type Pokémon, and Su Hao planned to recruit it rather than fight.

• Tachibana Mahiru presented the Vine token to the Zarude tribe and asked the scar-faced Zarude Leader for assistance.
• The Zarude Leader ordered Tachibana Mahiru to choose a Zarude below Champion Level to accompany his team for three days and help hunt other humans.
• Tachibana Mahiru selected a Late Elite Four Level Zarude, then said he would report the tribe’s increasingly brutal behavior to Champion Ito.
• Su Hao detected a Mid Gym Level Grass-type Pokémon near a mountain and stopped his team.
• Su Hao refused to let his teammates fight, intending to use his Tokiwa Power to gain the Pokémon’s goodwill and enlist its help.

Su Hao approached the Gym Level Gogoat chief alone and used his Forest's Blessing and Blessing of the World Tree to win its trust without a fight. The Gogoat submitted to him, leaving the watching League officials stunned and questioning Liao Xingchen about Su Hao.

• Su Hao left his teammates with Cycloze and approached the Gogoat chief, while Xiao Zijian, Jin Lin, and Bai Linglong watched anxiously.
• Su Hao climbed to the Gogoat's ledge and raised his hand, activating an emerald glow from his blessings.
• The Gogoat sensed Su Hao's affinity with nature and its bloodline stirred, then pressed its head against his palm in submission.
• Kim Linzhu and the other League officials reacted in disbelief, and Kim Linzhu asked Liao Xingchen what was unusual about Su Hao.

Su Hao changed his plans and set out to build a wild Pokémon army in Aokigahara Forest, while Meimei prepared to infiltrate the New Moon Cult in Tokyo. Su Hao’s team stopped to eat in Gogoat’s territory, and Meimei was ready to face the cult’s initial indoctrination.

• Su Hao confirmed that Tokiwa Power and the World Tree's blessing worked especially well on Grass-type Pokémon, so he rode Gogoat toward the heart of Aokigahara Forest to recruit wild Pokémon.
• Marshadow wondered where Su Hao had obtained the World Tree's blessing and doubted that Liao Xingchen could match Su Hao once Diancie grew stronger.
• Cycloze briefly sensed something in Su Hao and Gogoat’s shadow, startling Marshadow before Cycloze dismissed the feeling as a mistake.
• Su Hao returned to his teammates, announced that their plan had changed, and made their first objective a hearty lunch in Gogoat’s territory.
• Meimei adopted the identity of Ito Kazuya and visited the New Moon Cult Headquarters after receiving a Milotic-powered earpiece designed to block Mental Power control.
• Meimei planned to pass the cult’s initial indoctrination and uncover its secrets while Su Hao focused on rescuing Articuno.

Meimei infiltrated the New Moon Cult and discovered that its initiation ceremony used mental-control fluctuations to make new members loyal. Meanwhile, Su Hao’s team rested with a Gogoat herd and planned to recruit Grass-type Pokémon into an army.

• Meimei identified mental-control fluctuations in the New Moon Cult’s crescent moon and pendants, then resisted the initiation ceremony with Milotic’s singing.
• Meimei passed the ceremony, received preaching duties in Tokyo, and was assigned to an ordinary-looking ramen shop owner who was a cult protector.
• On the first day of the Selection Tournament, Su Hao’s team reached the Gogoat herd’s territory and rested there instead of continuing onward.
• Su Hao learned about nearby wild Pokémon and planned to use the Gogoat herd’s Grassy Terrain to support a Grass Pokémon Army.
• Bai Linglong and Cheng Liming returned from hunting and gathering, then marveled at the enormous capacity of Su Hao’s Space Backpack.

While the teams remained scattered across Aokigahara Forest, Su Hao made Perfect Quality Advanced Grass-type Energy Cubes and prepared to seek out wild Pokémon for more fighting strength. He left Dragapult and Milotic to guard the base, then rode away on a Gogoat, leaving Xiao Zijian to realize Su Hao had tricked him.

• Kim Linzhu spotted the Divine Land Alliance team barbecuing instead of cautiously exploring the forest.
• Su Hao made twenty Perfect Quality Advanced Grass-type Energy Cubes, shocking Jin Lin with their quality.
• Su Hao gave Jin Lin six Energy Cubes to share with her Grass-type Pokémon and fed one to the Gogoat leader.
• Su Hao left Dragapult and Milotic behind to guard the base while he rode a Gogoat toward Arboliva and Sableye's territory.
• After Su Hao disappeared, Cheng Liming alluded to the middle school text 'The Back,' and Xiao Zijian realized Su Hao had set him up.

Su Hao rode with Gogoat to subdue Pokémon in Qingmuyuan Forest Sea, recruiting Arboliva before attempting to use Tokiwa Power on the far stronger Sableye. His first attempt failed, leaving Sableye wary and still at large.

• Gogoat carried Su Hao to Arboliva’s territory, where they overcame its ranged attacks and Su Hao used his two-piece set to win it over.
• Su Hao, Gogoat, and Arboliva traveled toward Sableye’s territory, with Su Hao preparing Energy Cubes in case his Tokiwa Power could not affect the Elite Four Level Pokémon.
• Sableye’s speed and attacks overwhelmed Gogoat and Arboliva, but Su Hao used Aura to spot a brief pause after its attacks.
• Gogoat trapped Sableye with Grass Knot, letting Su Hao touch its mask with Tokiwa Power, but Sableye shook off the effect and escaped through the trees.

Su Hao defeated the Elite Four Level Sableye with Diancie, while the drone recording the battle was destroyed. Ito Ryuzaki revealed that he was secretly helping an infiltrated International Police officer investigate the New Moon Cult and feared its Plan "Tsukuyomi" would endanger the world.

• Khadanbaatar mocked Liao Xingchen after Su Hao failed to win Sableye over, but Su Hao sent out Diancie and ordered Dazzling Gleam.
• Diancie's attack defeated Sableye and devastated the surrounding forest, while the blast also destroyed the drone and cut off the broadcast.
• Liao Xingchen offered to compensate Ito Ryuzaki for the drone, and he and other leaders suspected the Sakura Nation Alliance team had a secret weapon.
• Ito Ryuzaki called an ally and ordered the Shinsengumi to help an infiltrated International Police officer gather decisive evidence against the New Moon Cult.
• Ito Ryuzaki reflected that the cult had seized control of half the Sakura Nation Alliance's upper ranks and resolved that Plan "Tsukuyomi" must be stopped.

Milotic and Dragapult defeated four of Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming’s Main Force Pokémon, while Su Hao returned with an unusually clingy Elite Four Level Sableye. After checking the competition standings, the team decided to recruit more Pokémon and move toward the central area.

• Milotic defeated Heracross with Blizzard, and Dragapult knocked Cheng Liming’s Nidoking out with Dragon Rush.
• Su Hao returned to find Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming’s teams battered after four of their Main Force Pokémon lost to Milotic and Dragapult.
• An Elite Four Level Sableye clung to Su Hao, and he explained that it had joined the team after Diancie defeated it and he won it over.
• Su Hao treated the defeated Pokémon and scolded Xiao Zijian and Cheng Liming for recklessly weakening their team during the competition.
• Jin Lin reported that the Bengal Alliance led with 100 points, followed by the Indian Alliance at 80 and the South Korean Alliance at 70, while the Sakura Nation Alliance remained at 50.
• Su Hao decided to gather more Grass-type Pokémon and advance toward the central area.

Su Hao used his coordinated wild Pokémon army to ambush the Georgia Alliance team, overwhelming them in a battle that lasted less than three minutes. The wild Pokémon took the defeated teammates’ point bracelets but left Mara’s, prompting her to suspect that someone from a team was directing them.

• Su Hao’s companions discussed how his Grass-type army combined support Pokémon with three Elite Four-level fighters, then hid when Sableye arrived.
• Mara led the Georgia Alliance team into Mega Sceptile’s territory and found Mega Sceptile, Sableye, and Torterra waiting in ambush.
• Su Hao activated Grassy Terrain Domain and coordinated the wild Pokémon’s attack with Aura.
• Mega Sceptile, Sableye, Torterra, and the other Grass-type Pokémon defeated the Georgia Alliance in under three minutes.
• The wild Pokémon took four teammates’ point bracelets but left Mara’s, leading her to wonder whether a team member had ordered the attack.

Liao Xingchen suspected something was wrong in Tokyo while Ito Ryuzaki learned that the New Moon Cult had advanced its Tsukuyomi plan to the following night. The chapter left the Georgia Alliance team’s account of its attack doubted by the Goryeo Alliance team.

• Liao Xingchen realized Su Hao could use Tokiwa Power to command wild Pokémon and worried about the strange atmosphere across Tokyo.
• Ito Ryuzaki met with Mikazuki Hibiki, who confirmed that the New Moon Cult had moved up its plan to spread beautiful dreams throughout Tokyo.
• Mikazuki Hibiki told Ito Ryuzaki that the Tsukuyomi plan would begin on the night of the new moon, and Ito vowed to gather allies and free Cresselia.
• The Georgia Alliance team described its attack to the Goryeo Alliance team, but the Goryeo Alliance members questioned their story because no team had gained forty points during that time.

Su Hao and his companions continued their plan to disguise themselves among teams opposing the wild Pokémon controller as the Resisters Alliances formed across Aokigahara Forest. At the same time, the Sakura Nation Alliance prepared to move, and Meimei received orders to return to New Moon Cult Headquarters for the start of its grand plan.

• Su Hao confirmed that his team would keep the points wristbands instead of transferring their points, then planned to attack another team and infiltrate the alliances as opponents of the controller.
• News of the wild Grass-type Pokémon army spread through Aokigahara Forest, prompting teams to form Resisters Alliances led by the strongest Pokémon League teams.
• The alliance leaders' negotiations ended badly after someone deliberately provoked conflict, and the teams concluded that the mastermind might be hiding among them.
• Tachibana Mahiru learned that Zarude could rally wild Pokémon and prepared the Sakura Nation Alliance to begin hunting teams.
• Meimei received a message from his superior ordering him to return to New Moon Cult Headquarters because the grand plan had begun.

Su Hao and Jin Lin planned their next moves while hiding the Divine Land Alliance’s score wristbands, and learned that the Sakura Nation Alliance had appeared and attacked the Chishima Alliance with wild Pokémon. Su Hao left to investigate how the Sakura team was commanding them, while Jin Lin stayed behind to guard the camp.

• Jin Lin reviewed the alliance map and considered blaming the hidden mastermind’s wild Pokémon attacks on the Sakura Nation Alliance.
• Bai Linglong returned from scouting and reported that the Sakura Nation Alliance had attacked the Resisters Alliance led by the Chishima Alliance using wild Pokémon.
• Bai Linglong said the Sakura team’s mixed wild Pokémon fought without coordination, unlike Su Hao’s Grass-type army.
• Su Hao decided to approach the battle alone and investigate how the Sakura Nation Alliance was directing the wild Pokémon.
• Su Hao told Jin Lin to shelter in the nearby cave if danger arose and to stay at camp after Cheng Liming and Xiao Zijian returned.

Su Hao discovered the Sakura Nation Alliance using Zarude to drive a beast tide against the Chishima Alliance and helped its sole survivor escape to warn the other teams. The Sakura Nation Alliance seized the lead in the Selection Tournament, while the survivor’s report stirred the four Resisters Alliances.

• The Chishima Alliance captain realized the Sakura Nation Alliance was behind the beast tide and ordered his team to help one member escape and alert the other alliances.
• Su Hao reached the battlefield unseen, identified Zarude and its Jungle Heal, and recognized that the Chishima Alliance was trying to send out a survivor.
• Su Hao sent Dragapult to blast open an escape route with Triple Dragon Pulse, allowing the Chishima Alliance survivor to flee.
• Tachibana Mahiru realized someone had interfered but remained confident that Zarude’s forces could overwhelm any rival team.
• At five in the afternoon on the second day, the Sakura Nation Alliance crushed the Resisters Alliance, gained 390 points, and took the lead.
• The escaped Chishima Alliance member spread word of Zarude and the Sakura Nation Alliance’s power, stirring the four Resisters Alliances.

Mei Mei infiltrated the New Moon Cult’s headquarters with Kawasaki Nara and discovered its laboratory and the identity of its bishop. Meanwhile, Su Hao arranged for the Resisters Alliance to attack the Sakura Nation Alliance camp, where Tachibana Mahiru could not reach Ito Ryuzaki and noticed Aoi Erina was missing.

• Mei Mei arrived early for Kawasaki Nara’s invitation and followed him through a secluded route into the New Moon Cult headquarters.
• Mei Mei entered a cutting-edge laboratory and then a packed auditorium, where he saw politicians, prominent figures, and Elite Four Level Trainers.
• Mei Mei read the nameplate identifying Aoi Sawaki as the New Moon Cult’s bishop and the Ninth Seat of the New Star Organization.
• Su Hao reported that the Resisters Alliance had agreed to deploy its full force against the Sakura Nation Alliance camp.
• Tachibana Mahiru repeatedly tried to contact Ito Ryuzaki without success and wondered where Aoi Erina had gone.

Tachibana Mahiru learned that every surviving Pokémon League team had joined forces to attack her forces, while Meimei discovered the New Moon Cult’s plans and decided to seek a signal to warn Interpol. Meanwhile, Ito Ryuzaki and Mikazuki Hibiki infiltrated New Moon Cult Headquarters to rescue Cresselia, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Atobe Sousuke warned Tachibana Mahiru that every surviving Pokémon League team was attacking together, and she ordered Senior Zarude to mobilize wild Pokémon against them.
• Meimei realized he could not send a report from the research facility and resolved to leave the compound to find a signal for contacting Interpol Headquarters.
• Meimei recalled that Aoi Sawaki had revealed the New Star Organization’s ties to the New Moon Cult and explained that Full Moon was carrying out the Tsukuyomi plan ahead of schedule.
• Ito Ryuzaki and Mikazuki Hibiki waited until after midnight to infiltrate New Moon Cult Headquarters and decided to prioritize freeing Cresselia over capturing a departing cultist.
• Ito Ryuzaki and Mikazuki Hibiki slipped through the opened door and entered the headquarters unseen.

Ito Ryuzaki and Mitsurugi Hibiki infiltrated the New Moon Cult headquarters to find proof that Cresselia was being restrained, but Mitsurugi had betrayed them and Cresselia put the intruders to sleep. Meimei also fell under its dream-inducing power, while Full Moon and Aoi Sawaki prepared to spread dreams across Tokyo and seize control of the Sakura Nation Alliance.

• Ito Ryuzaki and Mitsurugi Hibiki reached Cresselia's laboratory, expecting to gather evidence and summon Senior Cicada Ninja.
• Aoi Sawaki and Full Moon revealed themselves, and Ito Ryuzaki realized Mitsurugi had not activated the signal-jammer destroyer and had joined the cult.
• Full Moon stirred Cresselia, whose waves of beautiful dreams overwhelmed Ito Ryuzaki and left him asleep.
• Meimei tried to send evidence from the headquarters' outskirts, but Cresselia's power made her and Milotic collapse into sleep.
• Full Moon warned Aoi Sawaki that his plan to capture Zarude in Aokigahara Forest could not fail, and he said he had arranged for someone to leave a Wedge there.
• Full Moon planned to use the Wedge on New Moon Night to spread dreams across Tokyo, enslave its humans and Pokémon, and take over the Sakura Nation Alliance.