Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai and Luo Yan staged an attack on Aron to earn his trust and bring him onto the Black Ship. After Aron recovered, he agreed to become Luo Yan’s subordinate, while the plan moved toward its final stage to obtain Larvitar.

• Luo Yan joined the Black Ship as a boatswain and began gaining Aron's confidence by warning him about the harsh conditions aboard the other ships.
• Yu Hai ambushed Aron in the forest, knocked out his Pokémon, and pretended to fight Luo Yan, who rescued Aron and brought him back to the Black Ship.
• Luo Yan treated Aron and his Pokémon, denied wanting Larvitar, and asked Aron to join him because he needed help seeking revenge.
• Aron gradually trusted Luo Yan as he brought food and ore during Aron's recovery, then agreed to become a sailor under Luo Yan.
• After Aron and his Pokémon had mostly recovered, Gengar notified Yu Hai that it was time to complete the plan, and Luo Yan eagerly awaited obtaining Larvitar.

Yu Hai and Luo Yan staged Aron's escape from the Black Ship, then confronted him on Mikan Island to complete the plan and secure Larvitar. After the Black Ship's captain and two subordinates tracked them to shore, Yu Hai defused their suspicions, and the group left for the ship while Luo Yan led Aron into the forest.

• Yu Hai finalized the plan to lure Aron off the Black Ship using smoke, Pelipper, and Luo Ke's illusions, while disguising Electivire for the operation.
• Yu Hai blocked Aron aboard the ship as Luo Yan used smoke and illusions to help Pelipper carry him toward Mikan Island.
• Yu Hai caught up with Aron on the island and attacked his Pokémon; Larvitar was knocked unconscious, and Aron was badly wounded.
• Luo Yan arrived with Swampert, claimed he had been delayed by an accomplice, and led Aron into the forest for the final handoff.
• Yu Hai faced the three pursuers on the beach and convinced them to leave without a confrontation after one accidentally revealed that their leader was the captain.
• Yu Hai had Gengar erase the traces on the beach and then headed toward the forest.

Luo Yan and Yu Hai staged Aron's death and used a wanted criminal as a scapegoat so Larvitar would transfer its trust to Luo Yan and be rid of its hatred. Larvitar mourned Aron but began life with Luo Yan, while Yu Hai reflected on the cost of their deception and prepared to meet Brock.

• The Black Ship Captain ordered his men to conceal the corridor fire and leave Luo Yan alone.
• Aron entrusted Larvitar and his other Pokémon to Luo Yan before dying from blood loss in the forest.
• Larvitar killed the hypnotized Black-Clad Man, then Scizor and the others knocked Larvitar out and eliminated Aron’s remaining Pokémon.
• Yu Hai and Luo Yan buried Aron, the scapegoat, and the Pokémon, then Yu Hai let Luo Yan keep Larvitar and accepted his pledge of loyalty.
• Larvitar woke at the cabin, learned Aron was gone, and drank soup while Luo Yan promised to make Aron a gravestone.
• Yu Hai spoke with Luo Ke, who said she would not sympathize with humans other than her master, while Yu Hai mentioned that Brock was kind-hearted.

Yu Hai and Ash reunited at Mikan Gym, where Ash won the Sakura Badge from Ada before they headed toward Citrus Island for the Orange Tournament. Yu Hai sailed ahead with Dunmei's family while Ash and his friends waited for a later ship, and the chapter ended as Yu Hai and Dunmei arrived on Citrus Island.

• Yu Hai arrived at Mikan Gym and invited Ash, Xiao Xia, and Chikenn to share breakfast before their trip to Citrus Island.
• Ash decided to challenge Mikan Gym for the Sakura Badge, and Ada accepted a two-on-two battle against him.
• Ash's Snorlax defeated Ada's Blastoise and Hitmonlee, earning Ash the Sakura Badge.
• Yu Hai and Dunmei's family gave Ash, Xiao Xia, and Chikenn a ride to the harbor, but Ash's group had to wait for a later ship because tickets were sold out.
• Yu Hai spoke with Dunmei's Father about Ash's close relationship with Professor Oak, then watched Pokémon battles with Dunmei until their ship reached Citrus Island.

Yu Hai and the MikanGym team arrived on Citrus Island for the Orange Islands tournament, where reporters and rival Gym representatives gathered around them. As the contestants met and sized one another up, Ash and several familiar faces arrived, and Dunmei learned that Xiao Qian was Champion Kikuko’s granddaughter.

• Dunmei's Father introduced Dunmei, Ada, and Yu Hai to reporters at Citrus Island's harbor, and Yu Hai said he aimed to win before leaving the interview.
• Dunmei's Father reunited with Liuli outside Competitor Village while Dunmei's Mother reacted jealously, and Yu Hai greeted Hao Er, Xiao Shun, A Yi, A Dan, and other arriving contestants.
• A Yi dismissed Hao Er and challenged Yu Hai's standing, while A Dan greeted Yu Hai and said he hoped to meet him in the tournament.
• Drake arrived and headed toward Dunmei's Father, and Ash, Brock, Professor Oak, Ash's Mom, and Gary joined the gathering.
• Ai ran to Yu Hai, who greeted Blaine, Ai's Mother, and Xiao Qian; Dunmei questioned Yu Hai about Xiao Qian until he explained that she was Champion Kikuko's granddaughter.

Yu Hai and the other Trainers gathered with League officials and Gym families at Competitor Village before Sabrina arrived, unnerving the crowd with her powerful Confusion and interest in Hao Er. After she joined the banquet, Yu Hai reunited with friends and used his connection to Xiao Ying, Shiba’s disciple, to strengthen his standing among the Gym Leaders.

• Dunmei, Xiao Qian, Xiao Xia, and the elders mingled while the group compared Ash and Hao Er’s striking resemblance.
• The Cerulean Sisters arrived to check on Xiao Xia, and Shiba came with Xiao Ying to join the gathering at Competitor Village.
• Sabrina arrived with her father, assessed the young Trainers, and considered influencing Hao Er for Team Rocket before accepting Drake’s invitation to the banquet.
• After Sabrina entered Competitor Village, Yu Hai took Ai to her mother and joined Brock, Xiao Dan, and A Yi for drinks.
• Taro toasted Yu Hai and asked to face him in a proper match, then left with his brothers to grill food apart from the main gathering.
• Yu Hai spoke with Xiao Ying and revealed his brotherly connection to Shiba’s disciple, prompting the other Gym Leaders to treat him more warmly.

After the dinner, Yu Hai discussed Luo Ke’s plan to win Brock’s affection, then returned to the inn with Dunmei and Ada. He hypnotized Ada before falling asleep, still wondering when the assassin would strike.

• Yu Hai told Luo Ke to help Brock with daily tasks before revealing herself as the goddess of his dreams.
• Ash and Chikenn tried to carry the drunken Brock back, but dropped him several times while Xiao Xia scolded them.
• Dunmei supported the drunken Yu Hai back to their room, where Ada interrupted his attempt to get closer to her.
• Yu Hai hypnotized Ada and fell asleep, wondering when the assassin would target Dunmei’s Father.

Yu Hai, Ada, and Dunmei arrived at Citrus Stadium for the Orange Tournament’s opening ceremony, which announced the rules and stages of the competition. Dunmei revealed that she had collected their participation Badges but withheld Yu Hai and Ada’s, leaving them to win Badges through Preliminary Round battles.

• Dunmei woke Yu Hai and urged him and Ada to hurry to Citrus Stadium for the opening ceremony.
• Yu Hai, Ada, and Dunmei flew to the stadium, where host Lillian officially opened the Orange Tournament and explained its stages.
• After the ceremony, Yu Hai and Ada prepared to collect their participation Badges, but Dunmei revealed she had registered them and kept their Badges because they had slept in.
• Dunmei took her own Badges away, telling Yu Hai and Ada to win Badges themselves, while the tournament rules required each Trainer to record four wins at official battlefields to qualify.

Yu Hai entered the Orange Tournament Preliminary Round and won his first match with Magmar before facing a masked trainer whose Elite-level Ekans overwhelmed Tauros. He sent out Rhydon, and the Masked Man, acting on orders from Team Rocket's higher-ups, recognized that he had not yet revealed his full strength.

• Yu Hai watched Ai win her Preliminary Round match, then entered a battlefield and defeated a trainer's Victreebel and Magneton with Magmar, earning his first competition Badge.
• After Yu Hai's victory discouraged challengers, a hooded Masked Man stepped forward and faced him with an Ekans against Tauros.
• Gengar warned Yu Hai that Ekans was unusually strong and seemed troubled, and Yu Hai recalled Tauros after Ekans broke through its Stomp and charged in with Poison Fang.
• Yu Hai sent out Rhydon to face Ekans, whose frenzy eased when it felt Rhydon's intimidating roar.
• The Masked Man recognized Rhydon and secretly concluded that Yu Hai had not yet reached the Elite Four, as Team Rocket's higher-ups had ordered him to draw out Yu Hai's Pokémon.

Yu Hai defeated Storm in a Preliminary Round match, revealing the strength of his Rhydon and earning another participation Badge. Storm reported to TrovitaGym that Yu Hai was powerful and might have a connection to the Black Market, while the middle-aged man considered how the League’s tournament was pressuring Gyms to choose sides.

• The Masked Man recalled Ekans after forcing Yu Hai to send out Rhydon, then gave Yu Hai a participation Badge and ended their match.
• Storm faced Yu Hai in a two-on-two match, and Ludicolo defeated Cloyster with Leech Seed and Solar Beam.
• Storm sent out an Elite-level Gyarados, but Yu Hai recalled Ludicolo and used Rhydon to overpower Gyarados with Rock- and Electric-type attacks.
• Storm conceded, gave Yu Hai a participation Badge, and told A Yi's Second Uncle that Rhydon was near Elite Four level and Yu Hai might have a Black Market past.
• A Yi's Second Uncle weighed whether Yu Hai’s suspected history could be used against him and reflected that the League was pressuring Orange Islands Gyms to choose sides.

Yu Hai arranged for Brock to rescue Ninetales Luo Ke by staging an attack during the festival, and Brock took her to the Pokémon Center for treatment. After Nurse Joy treated Luo Ke, she heard someone thank her, leaving Luo Ke's secret ability to speak undiscovered.

• Yu Hai collected four competition Badges, while Dunmei had five and Ada had one, and Dunmei's Father warned them that Trainers were targeting Gym juniors.
• Yu Hai slept through the afternoon, then joined Dunmei at the festival and slipped away after spotting Ash and Brock's group.
• Yu Hai used Luo Ke's Telepathy to lure Brock into an alley, where he staged a masked attack and Luo Ke was injured and poisoned.
• Brock protected Luo Ke from Yu Hai, then captured her in a Poké Ball and rushed her to the Pokémon Center with Ash and the others.
• Nurse Joy treated Luo Ke's poison and wound, and Luo Ke thanked her after Nurse Joy left the emergency room.

Brock rescued Ninetales, who called herself Luo Ke and used Telepathy to communicate with him, and decided to help her find her trainer. Yu Hai reassured Luo Ke through Gengar while planning to investigate who had targeted him during the Preliminary Round.

• Luo Ke told Brock she had been held in an iron cage, escaped, and had been chased by the Black-Clad Men; Brock read her name from the tag around her neck.
• Brock comforted Luo Ke and placed her in a Poké Ball, promising to help find her trainer, while Ash discovered that she could speak through Telepathy.
• Yu Hai returned to Dunmei and her family, then encountered Brock and the others on their way back from the Pokémon Center.
• Yu Hai told Gengar to advise Luo Ke to keep pretending she had forgotten her trainer-related memories and let her decide how to handle them later.
• Yu Hai reviewed the attacks against him and planned to gather Xiao Ming, Shingo, and Xiao Ying to learn why Storm had targeted him.

Yu Hai gathered Xiao Ying, Xiao Ming, and Shingo to compare contestant information and assess the Orange Tournament’s strongest competitors. Shingo’s briefing revealed the formidable field, including Drake, Sabrina, and Xiao Qian, while Yu Hai’s group prepared for the battles ahead.

• Yu Hai introduced Xiao Ying to Xiao Ming as his younger brother and one of their trusted allies, but said Xiao Ying did not yet know about Spider.
• Shingo arrived, introduced himself as the Red Flash’s heir, and added Xiao Ying’s information to his database.
• Yu Hai asked Xiao Ming and Shingo to verify their contestant data and present the tournament’s opponents.
• Shingo identified Drake as the strongest contestant, citing his Senior Elite Dragonite and other Elite Four-level Pokémon.
• Shingo described other local experts and warned that Sabrina could empower Psychic Pokémon with her Confusion, while Xiao Qian used a Perish Song strategy that had only failed against Yu Hai.

Yu Hai gave Xiao Ying an Elite Four-level Spirit Cloth, allowing his Dusclops to evolve into Dusknoir, then prepared his Pokémon for the upcoming competition. He also learned more about Team Rocket’s plans and arranged for A Ping’s younger sister, Xiao Mai, to be moved to Cinnabar Gym for protection.

• Yu Hai stopped Shingo’s contestant briefing when it reached A Ping, then considered what might persuade Shingo to join Spider.
• Yu Hai learned that Xiao Ying had caught a Dusclops in the Kanto Ruins and gave him an Elite Four-level Spirit Cloth, which evolved it into Dusknoir.
• Yu Hai returned to the Competitor Village and equipped his main and support Pokémon with items as he prepared for the Group Stage and Elite Four Preliminaries.
• Yu Hai received A Ping’s note explaining Team Rocket’s mission to observe contestants and recruit Orange Islands Trainers, and learned that another undercover agent had tested him during the Preliminary Round.
• Yu Hai arranged for A Ping’s younger sister, Xiao Mai, to befriend Ai and be taken to Cinnabar Gym, where Blaine and Xiao Feng could protect her; A Ping agreed to begin the plan.

Yu Hai defeated Little Fatty in the Rock Field Group Stage match, then joined Dunmei and her family to watch Ada win his own match. The group celebrated Ada’s advancement, with Yu Hai beginning to join in Dunmei’s family plans.

• Yu Hai, Ada, and Dunmei drew their Group Stage matches: Yu Hai and Ada were assigned to the Rock Field, while Dunmei was assigned to the Grass Field.
• Yu Hai faced Little Fatty and defeated his Kingler, Quagsire, and Lotad with Ludicolo, Farfetch'd, and Rhydon.
• After Dunmei won her match, Yu Hai joined her family to watch Ada battle a Veteran Trainer; Ada won with Slowking.
• Ada celebrated his victory with Yu Hai and his parents, and Dunmei’s Mother offered to cook a meal while Yu Hai suggested they buy things they liked too.

Yu Hai defeated the Masked Girl in the Grass Field Group Stage, then watched Ai win her own match and reunited with his friends. The Masked Girl’s televised battle exposed her to the gangsters pursuing her, who ordered her captured so they could uncover her family’s secret.

• Yu Hai drew the Masked Girl as his opponent, denied knowing her, and learned she had eliminated Guita the previous day.
• Yu Hai used Ninetales to defeat the Masked Girl’s Skarmory, then used Blastoise to eliminate her Fearow and Butterfree and win the match.
• Yu Hai went to the Rock Field and watched Ai overwhelm A Yi's Sister to advance in the tournament.
• Yu Hai congratulated Ai, spoke with Blaine and Professor Oak, and greeted his friends, including Xiao Qian.
• The Masked Girl left the arena, and the gangsters pursuing her saw her televised battle and ordered men to capture her and discover her family’s secret.

Ash defeated Gary in the Rock Field Group Stage, while Yu Hai and Dunmei also advanced. After Ada was abducted, Yu Hai tracked down the kidnappers using Gengar and Lucario, and was closing in on the person who might have ordered the attack.

• Ash's Pikachu defeated Gary's Blastoise, winning their battle and earning Ash the group's victory.
• Ash and Gary agreed to meet again at the Johto Region tournament, while Yu Hai congratulated Ash and later watched Dunmei win her match.
• After Ada went alone to watch the matches, Yu Hai had Gengar follow him and waited for signs that the people targeting him would act.
• Yu Hai found Ada and a masked young man unconscious in a restroom, questioned the young man, and used Lucario to track the scent on the money.
• Yu Hai hid Ada and the masked young man in a hotel room, then followed a suspicious man who had handled the money.
• Gengar knocked the suspicious man unconscious, and Yu Hai prepared to hypnotize him and ask whether he was the mastermind.

Yu Hai staged Ada’s assault and arranged for Officer Jenny to arrest the assassins, then helped provoke Dunmei’s Father into investigating the Team Rocket plot in Kanto. The chapter left Dunmei’s Father heading to Kanto while Yu Hai waited for information that could expose and eliminate the remaining conspirators.

• Yu Hai interrogated a Team Rocket undercover agent and learned that an Elite Four member had ordered Ada’s assassination through Eldest Cousin's Family.
• Yu Hai staged a beating, weakened the suspects and their Pokémon, then lured Officer Jenny into the alley, where she arrested the two men.
• Dunmei's Father learned the prisoners had tried to assassinate Ada, but they were nearly poisoned in custody; the cook who delivered their food was later found dead.
• Yu Hai falsified Ada’s examination report to make his injuries seem catastrophic, while Dunmei's Father and Grandpa Dunmei decided to act against the people behind the plot.
• Dunmei's Father traveled to Kanto with Slowking, and Yu Hai returned to his single room, waiting for A Ping’s investigation to expose the remaining conspirators.

Yu Hai accompanied Dunmei to check on Ada, then drew Erlang as his opponent for the Group Stage’s Ice Field. As their match began, Yu Hai prepared to battle while Dunmei watched from the sidelines.

• Yu Hai visited Ada at the Pokémon Center, where Dunmei’s mother urged Dunmei to compete and Yu Hai promised to protect her.
• Yu Hai overheard Officer Jenny ordering witnesses protected and wondered whether an attempt to silence them had failed; Grandpa Dunmei watched Yu Hai and Dunmei leave and trusted Yu Hai to keep her safe.
• Yu Hai drew Erlang as his opponent on the Ice Field, while Dunmei drew an unfamiliar trainer and used Ada’s Pokédex to draw Ash for him.
• Yu Hai watched Ai defeat Xiao Mai and saw Xiao Ying defeat Jiro before Xiao Ying escaped a crowd of admirers with Whale Fatty and his playmate.
• Yu Hai and Dunmei entered the Ice Field contestants’ passage, and the announcer introduced Yu Hai and Erlang before their three-Pokémon match began.

Yu Hai battled Erlang in the Group Stage, using Ludicolo and Ninetales to defeat Erlang’s Venusaur before facing his second Pokémon, Swampert. The match continued with Ninetales under threat from Swampert as Yu Hai opened with Solar Beam.

• Yu Hai sent out Ludicolo against Erlang’s Venusaur, and Ludicolo used Rain Dance and Blizzard to gain the weather advantage.
• Erlang’s Venusaur brought out Sunny Day, poisoned Ludicolo, and forced Yu Hai to recall it after Ludicolo used Rest.
• Yu Hai sent out Ninetales, which defeated the weakened Venusaur with repeated Fire-type attacks.
• During the field-replacement break, Dunmei asked Yu Hai why he was not using his strongest Pokémon, and he said he was saving them for the Knockout Stage.
• Erlang sent out Swampert, and Yu Hai ordered Ninetales to use Solar Beam; Erlang quickly told Swampert to use Protect.