Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai prepared to leave Hasa Island for the Orange Islands, booked a first-class ticket for the next morning, and stocked up on supplies with Xiao Ying. While Yu Hai missed his Youth Trainer Competition match, Taro was declared the winner by forfeit, leaving the spectators furious and Taro bitter.

• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying he would leave for the Orange Islands and gave him the villa key so he could stay and train there.
• Yu Hai asked the old man for passage to Little Orange Island and booked a first-class ticket for the following morning after learning that day’s ship had already departed.
• Xiao Ying told his grandfather he would stay on Hasa Island and planned to face Yu Hai at the regional tournament; the old man prepared a bottle of treasured wine as a gift for Yu Hai.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying bought food and wilderness gear before returning to Sailor Bar for lunch.
• Yu Hai failed to appear for his Youth Trainer Competition match, and the referee declared Taro the winner after the five-minute deadline.
• The crowd protested the forfeiture and demanded refunds, while Taro resented winning without getting to battle Yu Hai.

Yu Hai spent his last day in Kinnow City with Xiao Ying after withdrawing from the competition, then visited Keiko’s massage parlor before leaving the next morning. Learning Yu Hai was leaving, A Ren hurried to the Electric-type Club to pursue a plan involving Xiao Ying’s Electabuzz, and Yu Hai suspected he had gone to report them.

• A Ren and other spectators left the venue after Yu Hai withdrew, while Erlang and Jiro fled to avoid their angry big brother.
• At the Sailor Bar, Yu Hai accepted boat tickets and a bottle of old wine from the Old Man, then rested and watched television with Xiao Ying and their Pokémon.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying went out shopping, wandered through the quiet battlefields and Department Store, then visited Keiko’s massage parlor for their Poliwhirl.
• Keiko and A Ren learned Yu Hai would leave Kinnow City the next morning, and Yu Hai offered to battle Taro another time.
• A Ren hurried to the Electric-type Club after realizing he had little time to obtain Xiao Ying’s Electabuzz, and Yu Hai wondered whether he had gone to report them.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying were ambushed by A Ren and his accomplices, then fled over the sea as the attackers pursued them. Officer Jenny investigated the alley while two Black-Clad Men removed a body from the morgue, and the author noted that Xiao Ying would return by ship rather than travel with the protagonist.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying left the massage parlor, but A Ren ambushed them in the alley and a Jolteon struck Yu Hai with Body Slam.
• Ditto's Protect shielded Yu Hai, Pelipper rescued Xiao Ying, and Poliwhirl broke Fearow's wing before Yu Hai and Xiao Ying escaped together.
• Three pursuers chased them toward the coast, blocked their return to the city, and forced them to flee over the sea; Yu Hai fell asleep from his injuries.
• Officer Jenny found evidence of a Pokémon battle in the alley, but Keiko could not provide useful details, so Officer Jenny withdrew.
• Two Black-Clad Men decided to take a body from the morgue and leave rather than investigate the nearby battle.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying hid aboard a luxury cruise ship while fleeing A Ren and two other pursuers, and Yu Hai treated his severe back wound before planning their next move. The pursuers also boarded the ship, were discovered by its Sailors, and searchers approached the storage room where the pair were hiding.

• Pelipper carried Yu Hai and Xiao Ying to a cruise ship, where they landed unseen as Xiao Ying's exhausted Pelipper could barely keep flying.
• Yu Hai had Xiao Ying disinfect and dress his badly injured back, then the pair found food and hid in a storage room near the kitchen.
• Yu Hai explained that A Ren had targeted Xiao Ying's Electabuzz and discussed how little they knew about their three pursuers, while Xiao Ying struggled with the betrayal.
• Yu Hai released Poliwhirl and Kingler to eat and reassured Xiao Ying that the ship's bustle would make them difficult to track by scent.
• A Ren and the other two pursuers landed on the cruise ship, but Sailors spotted them and began searching for them.
• Yu Hai realized the pursuers had been discovered, and he had Spinarak web the storage-room door as Sailors opened it to search inside.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying staged a fake murder to make the ship’s Sailors hunt A Ren’s group, but their frightened witness identified A Ren as the killer. The Captain ordered a thorough search of the cruise ship for all three intruders.

• A Sailor briefly checked the storeroom, allowing Yu Hai and Xiao Ying to stay hidden, and later a couple entered; Yu Hai and Xiao Ying subdued them with Spinarak.
• Yu Hai decided to use the Sailors to disrupt A Ren’s group, and he and Xiao Ying planned to stage an attack on the couple that would draw the Captain’s attention.
• After dark, Yu Hai and Xiao Ying disguised themselves as Sailors, used Ditto to make Yu Hai look like A Ren, and staged the man’s apparent murder before throwing him overboard.
• The woman escaped and reported the apparent murder, then identified A Ren from a photograph as the culprit after encountering him by chance.
• The Captain confirmed that a chef was missing and that blood had been found by the railing, then ordered the Sailors to search the ship for A Ren’s group.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying lured A Ren's group into a nightclub, where the Captain captured them, then tried to escape the Sailors searching for them. After their disguises failed and they were surrounded in a corridor, they had nowhere left to run.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying used Xiao Ying as bait to draw A Ren's group into the nightclub, where the Sailors captured them under the Captain's command.
• A Ren realized Yu Hai and Xiao Ying had framed his group, but he concealed their true objective from the Captain and was taken to the cells with his companions.
• The Captain ordered the Sailors to find Xiao Ying, and Yu Hai and Xiao Ying fled their storeroom hiding place after a Sailor discovered them.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying used Ditto to disguise themselves, but a Sailor questioned them about their tickets, and Yu Hai knocked him unconscious with a hand chop.
• Tourists recognized Yu Hai and Xiao Ying as the boys being sought, prompting the Sailors to surround them; the two became trapped between Sailors at both ends of a corridor.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying hid from the Sailors in a cabin after seizing the Red-haired Girl’s Poké Balls and restraining her, then escaped when pirates attacked the cruise ship. Amid the chaos, they reached the prison level and incapacitated the guard, preparing to deal with A Ren and the other three pursuers.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying hid in the Red-haired Girl’s cabin, restrained her, and waited while Sailors searched the ship.
• The Red-haired Girl pretended to be an angry, safe passenger when a Sailor knocked, and Yu Hai later freed her before leaving with Xiao Ying as the pirates attacked.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying learned that A Ren and the other three were held in cells at the bottom of the ship and changed into Sailor uniforms to reach them.
• Xiao Ying distracted the prison guard while Yu Hai knocked him unconscious, and the two locked him in a cell and took the keys.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying killed A Ren and his companions, escaped the pirate attack, and flew east in search of an island. The Captain later found the men’s belongings and accepted that their deaths would go uninvestigated, while the Red-haired Girl vowed to take revenge on Yu Hai.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying questioned A Ren, who begged them to spare Keiko, then watched as Toxic killed him and his two companions.
• Xiao Ying resolved to find out whether Keiko had been involved, and he and Yu Hai carried the bodies to the deck and had Pelipper throw them into the sea.
• Pirates spotted Yu Hai and Xiao Ying, but they used bombs to cover their escape and flew away from the cruise ship.
• Yu Hai consulted a map and compass, then directed Pelipper to fly east and find an island while the exhausted pair searched for somewhere to rest.
• The Red-haired Girl saw them leave, vowed to get revenge on Yu Hai, and thanked Blastoise for protecting her.
• After the Pirates were defeated, the Captain learned A Ren and his companions were missing and decided to keep their abandoned Pokémon and valuables.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying rested on an unfamiliar island, where Yu Hai told Xiao Ying he would have to return home while they discussed how to handle Psychic-type opponents. As Yu Hai considered finding a Gengar, a battle-scarred Scyther challenged them, and Xiao Ying stepped forward to fight it with Poliwhirl.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying camped in the forest, rested through the day, and prepared dinner after waking in the evening.
• Yu Hai told Xiao Ying he would send him home by passenger ship, and Xiao Ying accepted that he needed to grow stronger before traveling alone.
• Yu Hai warned Xiao Ying to avoid powerful opponents and explained that Dark-type Pokémon of comparable strength could counter Psychic-types.
• Yu Hai considered catching a Gengar or another Dark-type Pokémon while Xiao Ying studied the options in his Pokédex book.
• A scarred Scyther emerged from the grass and challenged the Trainers, so Xiao Ying stepped forward with Poliwhirl to accept its challenge.

Yu Hai’s Poliwhirl defeated a powerful Scyther in a hard-fought battle, and Yu Hai treated both Pokémon afterward. Scyther left without being caught, while Yu Hai prepared to head into town and look for information about Ghost-type Pokémon.

• Xiao Ying’s Poliwhirl was overwhelmed by Scyther, so Yu Hai sent out his own Poliwhirl to intervene.
• Yu Hai’s Poliwhirl slowed Scyther with Mud Shot and pursued it into the forest with Ice Punch, while Spinarak and Butterfree went to watch the battle.
• Yu Hai checked Poliwhirl’s Proficiency Panel and reviewed its recent growth while waiting at camp.
• Butterfree returned carrying an unconscious Scyther, and Poliwhirl soon limped back with only superficial injuries.
• Yu Hai treated Poliwhirl and Scyther, but Scyther left after waking; Yu Hai explained that it would need to recognize him before he could catch it.
• Yu Hai noted haunted places and the Pokémon Center as possible sources of Ghost-type Pokémon and information, then recorded his finances and went to sleep.

Yu Hai and Xiao Ying reached Makote Island, learned that the harbor boats were unsuitable for traveling to Hasa Island, and planned to continue to Little Orange Island instead. While waiting at the Pokémon Center, Yu Hai found a mission to investigate strange laughter in a seaside castle and accepted it after testing whether Ditto could use Foresight.

• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying flew to Makote Island, identified their location, and found no trustworthy boat to Hasa Island.
• Yu Hai explained the danger of the suspicious boat offers, and he and Xiao Ying planned to stay at the Pokémon Center and travel to Little Orange Island the next day.
• Yu Hai noticed Makote Island was holding a Bug-Catching Contest and a Bug-type Pokémon exchange event, then reserved beds for himself and Xiao Ying.
• Yu Hai found a mission to investigate a seaside castle where a girl's laughter was heard at midnight and suspected the owner wanted a Ghost-type Pokémon caught.
• Yu Hai had Ditto transform into Machop and use Foresight, then accepted the castle investigation mission.

Yu Hai accepted a mission to investigate a castle haunted by Ghost-type Pokémon and toured it with A Ling, whose family was set to sell the property. He encountered signs that a Ghost-type Pokémon was following them, and the chapter left him resting with A Ling on the castle balcony after their tour.

• Yu Hai accepted the Castle Investigation mission despite Nurse Joy warning that trainers who entered the castle came out weakened, then bought Life Energy Cubes for Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Yu Hai visited Madam Suzuki and met her granddaughter A Ling, who accompanied him to the castle and revealed that her father wanted to sell it.
• A Ling led Yu Hai through the castle garden and halls, where he left a Life Energy Cube that a fast-moving Ghost-type Pokémon picked up.
• Yu Hai and A Ling toured the rooms, and he heard laughter and glimpsed a Black Shadow following them through the castle.
• After exploring for more than two hours, Yu Hai and A Ling rested and ate lunch on a sunny balcony.

Yu Hai visited the castle with A Ling, sensed a dangerous group of Ghost-type Pokémon in its basement, and decided to return at night to discuss a possible trade. Back at the Pokémon Center, he collected Poliwhirl and Toxicroak, supervised their training, and left Poliwhirl and Scyther in Nurse Joy’s care after their rematch.

• Yu Hai discussed A Ling’s home, her work, and her interest in becoming a Trainer while considering ways she could profit from the castle.
• A Ling led Yu Hai to the basement, but he turned back when the cold and his instincts warned him of dangerous Ghost-type Pokémon; A Ling left Energy Cubes for the crimson eyes below.
• Yu Hai returned to the Pokémon Center, collected Poliwhirl and Toxicroak, and trained Toxicroak while Poliwhirl battled Scyther in the forest.
• Butterfree carried the defeated Scyther out of the forest, and Yu Hai took it and Poliwhirl to Nurse Joy for treatment.

Yu Hai agreed to stay on Makote Island so Xiao Ying could enter the Bug-Catching Contest, then pursued his plan to help A Ling save her castle by turning it into a Haunted House Castle Hotel. A Ling listened to his proposal but doubted she could run the hotel alone.

• Xiao Ying told Yu Hai he had earned money battling Bug-type trainers and asked to stay for the Bug-Catching Contest, which Yu Hai allowed.
• Yu Hai learned about the Bug-type Pokémon exchange meet and reminded Xiao Ying that their rooms were booked at the Pokémon Center.
• Yu Hai took Poliwhirl to A Ling's flower shop and invited her to talk privately about the castle.
• Yu Hai proposed operating the castle as a haunted hotel to attract tourists, but A Ling worried she could not manage it without dozens of people.

Yu Hai helped A Ling devise a plan to turn her seaside castle into a Pokémon Haunted House Hotel, then asked her to help him catch a Gastly. A Ling brought him to the castle, where its many Ghost-type residents gathered and two Gastly were invited to meet him.

• Yu Hai suggested using Pokémon to run the castle hotel and promoting trial stays through missions and souvenir Badges at the Pokémon Center.
• A Ling excitedly embraced Yu Hai over his ideas, then blushed when she realized what she had done.
• Yu Hai asked A Ling to help him catch a Gastly, and Mismagius confirmed that Gastly lived in the castle.
• A Ling led Yu Hai to the dark castle, where more than a dozen Ghost-type Pokémon appeared and Mismagius explained that Yu Hai was their guest.
• A Ling told Yu Hai that the castle had two Gastly, and he asked to examine them in Poké Balls before choosing one.
• A Ling asked Mismagius to find out whether the two Gastly were willing to be caught.

Yu Hai tried to catch Gastly at A Ling’s castle, rejected two with low Potential, then caught a special Gastly that could evolve into Haunter and devolve at will. He left with Gastly and discussed hotel plans with A Ling through the night, and the next morning she came to see him again.

• Yu Hai offered Energy Cubes to the castle’s Ghost-type Pokémon, and the two Gastly agreed to enter Poké Balls, but he released them after finding their Potential was only 19% and 23%.
• A third Gastly appeared and joined Yu Hai after he discovered its Potential was 27%; it revealed that it could transform into Haunter and then devolve back into Gastly.
• Yu Hai caught the Gastly after confirming it would not drain his life force, and he noticed its Potential had risen while its Level had fallen after evolving and devolving.
• Yu Hai told A Ling that they were even, then answered her questions about turning the castle into a hotel as they talked late into the night.
• Yu Hai returned to the Pokémon Center and slept; after Xiao Ying woke him and left, A Ling came to his door the next morning.

Yu Hai accompanied A Ling into the forest to catch Pokémon for her castle after she asked for his help. He selected a promising Caterpie and Weedle for her, leaving A Ling impressed by his knowledge and intrigued by his mysterious abilities.

• A Ling accidentally saw Yu Hai in his underwear, then invited him to lunch to thank him for his guidance.
• On the way to the restaurant, A Ling spaced out and nearly walked into a tree while Mismagius laughed at her.
• Over lunch, A Ling asked Yu Hai to help her catch Pokémon because she was afraid to enter the forest alone.
• Yu Hai took A Ling into the forest and had her catch Pokémon while he checked their potential, releasing those that were unsuitable.
• Yu Hai selected a Caterpie with fifty-one Potential and a Weedle with forty-eight Potential for A Ling, who wondered whether he was a Breeder.

Yu Hai let A Ling catch Water-type Pokémon and helped her catch a Heracross before facing the Scyther that had challenged Poliwhirl. He invited Scyther to join him if it lost their final battle, and Poliwhirl gained the upper hand, leaving Scyther frozen before its Ice Punch.

• Yu Hai let A Ling try catching Pokémon at the forest lake and secretly sent Kingler to protect her; she caught a Lotad, an Azurill, and a Wooper.
• A Ling helped Yu Hai treat his back wound, then caught a Heracross that had followed her for the flower-nectar pastry in her pocket.
• As they returned to town, Yu Hai sent A Ling home and told Scyther that they were leaving the island, inviting it to join him if it lost their final battle.
• Yu Hai commanded Poliwhirl to slow Scyther with Mud Shot, and Poliwhirl struck Scyther with Ice Punch after Scyther cut through its tree-trunk cover.
• Poliwhirl knocked Scyther into a tree and stopped another Ice Punch just before its nose, leaving Scyther too frightened to move.

Yu Hai captured the Scyther colony’s next leader and learned about Xiao Ying’s Bug-Catching Contest catches before settling in for the evening. Gastly then drank Toxicroak’s venom and drifted around the room as if drunk.

• Yu Hai defeated and captured the scarred Scyther, whose strong potential and wide move pool impressed him.
• Xiao Ying showed Yu Hai the three Bug-type Pokémon he had chosen from the contest: a promising Heracross, another Heracross, and a Pineco.
• Xiao Ying told Yu Hai that the lantern festival and exchange meet would begin at eight, and that he had informed his grandfather about A Ren.
• Yu Hai returned to his room, released Toxicroak to expel poison, and let Gastly out to eat Life Energy Cubes.
• Gastly tasted Toxicroak’s venom, drank the venom from its body and the jar, then swayed through the room in a drunken haze.

Yu Hai attended the trade fair and acquired a Scyther to trade for a golden Shelmet, his first true Shiny Pokémon. He returned to the waiting youngster with the Scyther, ready to complete the exchange.

• Yu Hai locked the drunken Gastly in its Poké Ball, then rested before heading to the evening trade fair with Xiao Ying.
• Yu Hai and Xiao Ying recalled their Poliwhirl after other trainers tried to trade for them, then went their separate ways through the fair.
• Yu Hai found a golden Shelmet and learned from its owner that the Pokémon came from another region and that the youngster wanted a Scyther for it.
• Yu Hai bought a Scyther for two and a half million after learning that Scyther were expensive and hearing about the Black Ship's Black Market.
• Yu Hai returned to the grass where the youngster was waiting, carrying the Scyther he intended to trade for Shelmet.