Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai played a friendly battle with the orphanage children, then accepted Skinny’s challenge after Skinny mocked him. Yu Hai’s Poliwhirl defeated Skinny’s Poliwhirl in one blow, and Yu Hai left money and supplies for treatment before departing to retrieve his pendant and revise his Pokémon training plans.

• Yu Hai battled a boy’s Bellsprout with Spinarak and helped the boy break free from String Shot before Spinarak quickly won.
• Skinny rejected Yu Hai’s offer to teach him how to train Poliwhirl and challenged him, but Yu Hai initially refused and prepared to leave.
• After Skinny called him a coward, Yu Hai sent out his Poliwhirl to fight Skinny’s Poliwhirl.
• Yu Hai’s Poliwhirl combined Waterfall and Megaton Kick to knock Skinny’s Poliwhirl through the gate and into a tree, leaving it unconscious.
• Yu Hai left premium Energy Cubes and ten thousand League Coins for Poliwhirl’s treatment, then departed as Skinny took Poliwhirl to the Pokémon Center.

Yu Hai collected a concealed Mystic Water wrist guard for Poliwhirl and reviewed his Pokémon’s progress, setting training plans for Poliwhirl and Kingler. He began reviewing Rhyhorn’s panel, leaving his analysis unfinished.

• Yu Hai collected a Sharpedo pendant and a cut-resistant wrist guard from the old craftsman, embedded Poliwhirl’s Mystic Water in it, and paid the remaining fifteen thousand League Coins.
• Yu Hai checked Poliwhirl’s Proficiency Panel and planned training centered on Waterfall, Humidity Sensing, and combination moves, along with learning stronger moves.
• Yu Hai checked Kingler’s progress and planned to strengthen his claws and shell while teaching him Agility, Iron Defense, and Swords Dance.
• Yu Hai called Poliwhirl, Kingler, and Rhyhorn his three mainstays and began reviewing Rhyhorn’s Proficiency Panel.
• Yu Hai noted that Rhyhorn’s level had risen only slightly and that his Rock Head and Reckless proficiencies had improved through headbutting trees.

Yu Hai assessed his Pokémon and assigned training plans tailored to their strengths, while also considering his own training and the resources he would need to grow stronger. He ended by preparing to gather the Pokémon and explain their plans individually.

• Yu Hai planned Rhyhorn's training around charging, stomping, and practicing fang moves while eating.
• Yu Hai set Pelipper's priorities as improving Drizzle, Rain Dance, and Tailwind, and decided she needed to learn U-turn.
• Yu Hai kept Butterfree focused on Confusion and assigned Spinarak accuracy practice, while weighing Slowpoke's possible evolutions for the future.
• Yu Hai decided to exercise and study beginner Pokémon breeding, but rejected making Energy Cubes by hand in favor of buying a production machine.
• Yu Hai concluded that he needed to make money and grow stronger, then prepared to call over the Pokémon and assign their training plans.

Yu Hai arranged training for Poliwhirl, Kingler, and Rhyhorn, then discovered Pelipper could use Rain Dance and gave it a plan to improve the move. The Pokémon continued training at home as Pelipper began practicing how to summon and control rain.

• Yu Hai built a bottle-filled training area and had Poliwhirl practice Humidity Sensing and dodging, with Magikarp and Wishiwashi using Water Gun to keep the bottles swinging.
• Yu Hai told Kingler to run laps while holding up its claws to build speed and work toward learning Agility.
• Yu Hai had Rhyhorn run laps using Rock Polish and promised it a Mineral Lure Ball after a hundred laps; Rhyhorn completed the laps and ate the frozen treat before cooling off in the pool.
• Yu Hai asked Pelipper to use Rain Dance, and Pelipper summoned a small patch of clouds that brought brief light rain over the house.
• Yu Hai instructed Pelipper to practice Rain Dance until it could summon rain at any time and control its intensity.

Yu Hai organized training for his Pokémon and hired Breeder Keiko to massage several of them after their workout. Farfetch'd began to accept its place in the group but remained reluctant to trust Yu Hai or Keiko, leaving Yu Hai to persuade it to accept treatment.

• Yu Hai had Pelipper retry Rain Dance, then assigned Butterfree and Slowpoke to practice Confusion together and set training for the other Pokémon.
• Farfetch'd, left without a training plan, began running on its own while Yu Hai focused on building his stamina.
• Yu Hai called the Pokémon back for dinner, and Farfetch'd quietly ate with the family, feeling valued and no longer hating Yu Hai as much.
• Yu Hai hired Breeder Keiko and her Meowth to massage Poliwhirl, Pelipper, Butterfree, and Farfetch'd after training.
• Keiko massaged Poliwhirl until it fell asleep while Yu Hai brushed Rhyhorn and Kingler, but Farfetch'd refused to let Keiko touch it.

Yu Hai tested Farfetch'd's growing trust, then took Poliwhirl, Kingler, and Rhyhorn into the coastal forest for nighttime training. After comparing their power, he discovered that Rhyhorn's Double-Edge became far more destructive when it charged from a distance, and he considered how to teach it Thousand-Horsepower.

• Slowpoke dragged Farfetch'd to Keiko for a massage, and Farfetch'd quietly enjoyed it before falling asleep.
• Yu Hai took Poliwhirl, Kingler, and Rhyhorn to train in the coastal forest after eight in the evening.
• Poliwhirl snapped a thick tree with one punch, so Yu Hai moved the training deeper into the forest.
• Rhyhorn's Double-Edge barely cracked a tree at first, but a long charge after using Rock Polish let it smash through a trunk and break another tree.
• Yu Hai concluded that Rhyhorn's speed and impact point affected its power, then considered teaching it the Ground-type move Thousand-Horsepower.

Yu Hai reflected on Poliwhirl’s sudden transformation and planned further training for Poliwhirl and Rhyhorn, while preparing to give the Caterpie he caught to the Orphanage. After returning home, he totaled his spending and realized his savings had fallen to just under 450,000.

• Yu Hai told Poliwhirl to hide his full power from others and continue practicing his punches, kicks, Ice Punch, and Waterfall.
• Yu Hai considered how Poliwhirl could control Waterfall’s explosive burst at different distances and planned to develop Rhyhorn’s Thousand-Horsepower and Rock Climb.
• Yu Hai checked Kingler’s progress and decided to adjust Rhyhorn’s training while keeping Poliwhirl and Kingler on their existing plans.
• Yu Hai checked the Caterpie’s potential and decided to give her to the children at the Orphanage the next day.
• Yu Hai returned to the rented house, washed up, and went to sleep with Slowpoke after the Pokémon finished training.
• Yu Hai calculated that his spending had reduced his balance from 1,011,000 to 449,000.

After Xiao Ying’s defeat by Yu Hai, the Old Man from the Tavern persuaded his grandson to consider learning from the trainer by appealing to his desire to grow stronger and discover how his parents died. Xiao Ying accepted the supplies and money his grandfather left him and returned to the Orphanage, while the old man went back to the tavern.

• The Old Man from the Tavern found Xiao Ying outside the Pokémon Center and tried to make peace after Yu Hai had beaten him.
• The old man told Xiao Ying that he would explain how his parents died once Xiao Ying became strong enough, stirring his grandson’s resolve to improve.
• The old man described Yu Hai’s strength and falsely claimed he had already arranged for Yu Hai to teach Xiao Ying.
• Xiao Ying went inside to check on Poliwhirl, then found a box of premium Energy Cubes and one hundred thousand League Coins left by his grandfather.
• Xiao Ying accepted the supplies and took a taxi back to the Orphanage, while the old man watched before returning to his tavern.

Yu Hai returned to the Orphanage with food, cooked a barbecue for the children, and gave Xiao Nai a Caterpie with supplies and advice on raising it. After Old Director revealed that Yu Hai had secretly given Xiao Ying money and Energy Cubes, Xiao Ying hurried after Yu Hai toward the shore.

• Yu Hai bought meat, fruit, vegetables, and barbecue equipment, then prepared a meal for the children at the Orphanage.
• Yu Hai gave Xiao Nai a Caterpie, Energy Cubes, and snacks, and taught her how to raise it until it evolved into Butterfree.
• Xiao Nai accepted Caterpie as her partner and argued with another boy when he dismissed Caterpie as weak.
• Yu Hai said goodbye to Old Director and left the Orphanage, planning to visit once more the next day.
• Old Director told Xiao Ying that Yu Hai had given him money and Energy Cubes, then urged him to catch up with Yu Hai.
• Xiao Ying collected his backpack, called Poliwhirl, and rushed toward the shore after Yu Hai.

Yu Hai caught the skinny boy following him and agreed to teach him Pokémon training in exchange for tuition. After examining the boy’s Poliwhirl and Breloom, Yu Hai said their Pokémon were talented but had been trained poorly and prepared to show him how to raise them.

• Yu Hai returned to his seaside villa and started morning training for his Pokémon while he ran laps.
• Yu Hai found the skinny boy cornered by his Pokémon, then let him into the courtyard and gave him Potion Spray to treat Poliwhirl and Breloom.
• The skinny boy asked whether their agreement still stood, and Yu Hai set tuition at one million League Coins; the boy paid one hundred thousand and accepted a debt of nine hundred thousand.
• Yu Hai inspected the Proficiency Panels of the skinny boy’s newly evolved Poliwhirl and Breloom and considered training strategies for both.
• Yu Hai told the skinny boy that his Pokémon had good Potential but that his training was terrible, then offered to demonstrate how to raise them.

Yu Hai demonstrated advanced Water Gun accuracy to Xiao Ying and began training him and his Pokémon at the seaside villa. Xiao Ying chose to focus on improving Poliwhirl’s aim, then rested and joined the afternoon training, where Yu Hai wondered whether he might be the Xiao Ying from an anime he remembered.

• Yu Hai showed Xiao Ying how Poliwhirl, Pelipper, Kingler, Magikarp, and Wishiwashi could hit moving targets with Water Gun, leaving Xiao Ying and his Poliwhirl stunned.
• Yu Hai explained prediction to Xiao Ying’s Poliwhirl, but Xiao Ying chose to practice Water Gun accuracy instead of learning the Orphanage’s combination technique.
• Xiao Ying began jogging and trained Poliwhirl and Breloom before joining Yu Hai for a home-cooked lunch; they napped afterward.
• During afternoon training, Yu Hai gave Xiao Ying materials to make moving targets while Poliwhirl trained Humidity Sensing and the other Pokémon practiced their routines.
• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying that Poliwhirl’s bottle-dodging exercise trained evasion, then asked whether he planned to specialize in Fighting-type Pokémon; Xiao Ying said he was unsure because his grandfather had given him his Pokémon.

Yu Hai tested a Thousand-Horsepower TM, then took the Poliwhirl out for nighttime training with Xiao Ying. As Xiao Ying began training alongside them and asked how to become a qualified Trainer, Yu Hai explained the importance of understanding and bonding with Pokémon, leaving Xiao Ying reflecting on Trainers who abandoned their partners.

• Yu Hai had Xiao Ying buy a Thousand-Horsepower TM, watched its five-minute lesson, and decided Rhyhorn could learn the move after improving its fitness and mastering Rock Polish and Rock Climb.
• After dinner, Yu Hai headed to the seaside forest with his three Poliwhirl, and Xiao Ying asked to join his nighttime training.
• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying to have Poliwhirl learn combination techniques from his Poliwhirl and explained Breloom's Poison Heal and Effect Spore Abilities.
• Xiao Ying sent Breloom running by the beach and asked Yu Hai how to become a qualified Trainer.
• Yu Hai said Trainers should understand their Pokémon, build bonds with them, and train and grow alongside them; Xiao Ying agreed that Trainers who abandoned Pokémon did not deserve the title.

Yu Hai warned Xiao Ying about the realities of being a Trainer and taught him that Pokémon were not to blame for losing battles. Xiao Ying returned to the Orphanage determined to train his Pokémon and learn from Yu Hai.

• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying that Trainers should take responsibility for their Pokémon, and Xiao Ying realized his own lack of training had caused his past failures.
• Yu Hai explained that becoming stronger meant challenging powerful Trainers and seeing beyond the limits of one's understanding, then invited Xiao Ying to train at his villa.
• Xiao Ying returned late to the Orphanage, where Old Director asked what had happened and heard about Yu Hai's lessons.
• Old Director urged Xiao Ying to learn from Yu Hai, and Xiao Ying went to bed with Poliwhirl and Breloom after remembering that training awaited him the next day.

Yu Hai discovered that someone was following him and returned to his villa, while Tian Da learned his location and planned to ambush him. The chapter ended with Tian Da ordering his subordinate to kidnap a child from the orphanage as leverage before they attacked Yu Hai.

• Spinarak warned Yu Hai that a human and three Pokémon were following him, and Yu Hai suspected the Strong Man was behind it.
• Yu Hai returned to the villa, fed his Pokémon, and had Spinarak guard the area with webs.
• The Strong Man learned that Yu Hai rented a villa in West City and traveled with ten Pokémon, but his subordinate dismissed most of them as weak.
• The Strong Man agreed to ambush Yu Hai while he trained in the forest and ordered his subordinate to kidnap an orphanage child to force Yu Hai to surrender.
• After his subordinate left, the Strong Man returned to the hospital and silently vowed to avenge his brother.

Yu Hai made a final visit to the Orphanage, gave the children food, advice, and money for their Pokémon, then left to avoid bringing danger to them. He returned to his villa with Xiao Ying and resumed training, while warning Xiao Ying to keep his home and their connection secret.

• Yu Hai brought groceries to the Orphanage, where the children prepared and shared a barbecue with him and Old Director.
• Yu Hai examined the boys’ Bellsprout and Oddish, offered each boy basic care advice, and gave Old Director twenty thousand League Coins to buy Grass-type Energy Cubes.
• Yu Hai told Old Director that his Black Market troubles made future visits unsafe, then thanked him for arranging Yu Hai’s identity records and said goodbye to the children.
• Xiao Nai tearfully asked whether Yu Hai would return, but Yu Hai left without answering and told Xiao Ying not to reveal where he lived or mention him to the Orphanage children.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying returned to the villa, trained their Pokémon, and then continued their daily routine.

Yu Hai discovered that two kidnappers had taken a child from the Orphanage as a hostage in the Forest, and he arranged for Spinarak to bring Butterfree and Pelipper to help rescue the child. Before acting, he questioned Xiao Ying about how he would respond to a trainer who escaped justice, leaving Xiao Ying struggling with Yu Hai’s answer that revenge could become the only justice.

• Yu Hai cared for the Pokémon Egg and discussed its possible Normal-type species with Xiao Ying.
• Yu Hai prepared for a likely attack, sent Spinarak to scout the Forest, and learned that two kidnappers held a child hostage alongside five Pokémon.
• Yu Hai ordered Spinarak to return for Butterfree and Pelipper, who would put the kidnappers and their Pokémon to sleep and try to rescue the child.
• Yu Hai tested Xiao Ying’s views on confronting trainers who harmed Pokémon and avoided punishment.
• Xiao Ying could not decide what to do if a murderer escaped justice, and Yu Hai told him that pure revenge could become the only justice.

Yu Hai brought Xiao Ying into the forest to rescue children kidnapped from the Orphanage, preparing him to fight without hesitation. After Butterfree and Spinarak freed Xiao Nai and disrupted the kidnappers’ ambush, Yu Hai and Xiao Ying launched a surprise Pokémon battle that was still unfolding.

• Yu Hai persuaded Xiao Ying that revenge could be justified when justice failed, then gave him the Folding Knife and warned him to fight decisively.
• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying that kidnappers had taken children from the Orphanage and that they were going to rescue them; Xiao Ying blamed himself for leading the kidnappers to Yu Hai and vowed to save the children.
• Tian Da and his subordinate waited in the forest with Xiao Nai as bait, but Butterfree’s Sleep Powder exposed their position and Spinarak rescued the girl.
• Yu Hai’s Poliwhirl attacked the kidnappers’ Pokémon, and Yu Hai ordered Rhyhorn, Kingler, and Poliwhirl to target their opponents, especially Breloom.
• Xiao Ying released his Pokémon to fight the subordinate, leaving both sides’ battles underway as Yu Hai’s plan focused on exploiting Breloom’s weakness to Ice Punch.

Yu Hai and his Pokémon defeated the strong man's team and killed him after he tried to attack Yu Hai directly. After treating Poliwhirl's injuries, Yu Hai sent his remaining Pokémon to help Xiao Ying, whose situation was still unresolved.

• Poliwhirl knocked Breloom unconscious, while Rhyhorn and Kingler held Primeape and Machoke at bay as Yu Hai's Pokémon surrounded the strong man.
• The strong man tried to flee, but Yu Hai's Pokémon blocked his routes, and Poliwhirl fought Primeape one-on-one while the others kept the enemy Pokémon occupied.
• The strong man released Beedrill and rushed at Yu Hai, but Yu Hai cut his calf with a dagger and ordered Butterfree and Pelipper to attack him.
• The strong man fled while Butterfree's Sleep Powder weakened him, then tripped over a tree root and died; Pelipper confirmed his death and brought his body back.
• Kingler knocked Machoke unconscious, Poliwhirl defeated Primeape, and Yu Hai treated Poliwhirl's injuries before sending his remaining Pokémon to help Xiao Ying.

After defeating the kidnappers, Yu Hai and Xiao Ying searched them, disposed of their bodies and evidence, and returned to the villa with Xiao Nai. Yu Hai left to deal with the strong man's brother, while Xiao Ying took Xiao Nai to the Orphanage determined to become stronger.

• Yu Hai searched the strong man's body, and he and Xiao Ying treated their Pokémon before Xiao Ying killed the bound accomplice with Yu Hai's knife.
• Yu Hai gave Xiao Ying the accomplice's Primeape as spoils, and Xiao Ying found more than a hundred thousand League Coins on the man's body.
• Yu Hai and the others burned the kidnappers' belongings, buried their bodies, and cleaned the forest; Yu Hai resolved to deal with the strong man's brother.
• Yu Hai brought the unconscious Xiao Nai back to the villa, where he and Xiao Ying washed up and cared for their injured Pokémon.
• Yu Hai left on Pelipper to handle the remaining loose end, while Xiao Ying carried Xiao Nai to the Orphanage and vowed to train harder.

Yu Hai sold four Pokémon, abducted and killed the strong man who had threatened him, and brought his injured Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. Xiao Ying returned Xiao Nai safely to the Orphanage, then went to the same Pokémon Center, where he found Yu Hai waiting.

• Yu Hai sold Primeape, Machoke, and two Oddish to the Old Man from the Tavern for seven million League Coin and received a note with the strong man's hospital address.
• Yu Hai used Butterfree's Sleep Powder to incapacitate the strong man, stole his Machop, and carried him to a forest, where he killed and buried him with Kingler's help.
• At the Pokémon Center, Yu Hai overheard trainers discussing Lucario and a Lucario Egg that had sold for over a hundred million League Coin, then gave six Poké Balls to Nurse Joy for treatment.
• Xiao Ying brought Xiao Nai back to the Orphanage and told the old director that he and Yu Hai had rescued her from kidnappers.
• Xiao Ying went to the Pokémon Center to treat his Pokémon, found Yu Hai in the waiting area, and asked why he was there.