Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai prepared for his toughest Knockout Stage battle while Dunmei urged him not to push himself and showed him how much she appreciated his efforts for the Gym. After Yu Hai and Dunmei left for breakfast, their relationship became the subject of gossip among Ash’s group and Team Rocket, whose argument over Meowth’s secret eavesdropping quickly ended in reconciliation.

• Yu Hai considered how to face an opponent with three Elite-class Pokémon, including a Pseudo-Legendary, while Dunmei comforted him and hugged him in his room.
• Dunmei spotted Ash, Xiao Xia, and Chikenn outside the room and hurried downstairs, while Yu Hai followed her to breakfast.
• Brock was stunned to learn that Ash, Xiao Xia, and Chikenn already knew Yu Hai and Dunmei were a couple.
• Musashi and Jiro confronted Meowth after discovering he had been secretly listening to Yu Hai and Dunmei at night.
• Meowth complained about being overworked, accepted Jiro’s golden bottle cap, and made peace with the team before they went to raise funds to catch Pikachu.

Yu Hai confronted Brother Storm in the Citrus Stadium knockout round, provoking him into opening with his strongest Pokémon, Tyranitar. Poliwrath dodged Tyranitar’s Hyper Beam and struck back with a super-effective Focus Punch, leaving their clash unresolved as smoke covered the field.

• Yu Hai learned from Da Shi that Brother Storm was Luo Yan’s former rival, A Yan’s fiancé, and a trainer with several Elite-class Pokémon.
• Yu Hai interrupted the match to demand that Brother Storm surrender, provoking him into a furious outburst before the referee restarted the battle.
• Yu Hai sent out Poliwrath while Brother Storm chose Tyranitar, and Poliwrath signaled that it could handle the fight on its own.
• Tyranitar fired Hyper Beam, but Poliwrath evaded it while the stadium’s energy barrier protected the spectators.
• Poliwrath hit Tyranitar in the face with a four-times-super-effective Focus Punch, then attacked again as Tyranitar countered with Thunder Fang.
• Poliwrath coated its fist in frost and collided with Tyranitar’s Thunder Fang, while smoke and dust obscured the result.

Yu Hai’s Poliwrath defeated Brother Storm’s Tyranitar despite the Sandstorm and earned the crowd’s cheers before being recalled with an injured arm. Yu Hai then sent out Electivire against Gyarados, and the chapter ended as Electivire prepared a Thunder Punch after using Motor Drive to boost its speed with repeated lightning strikes.

• Poliwrath evaded Tyranitar’s attacks through the Sandstorm, using Ice Armor and Aura sensing to land punches and Drain Punches until Tyranitar could no longer battle.
• The crowd cheered Poliwrath’s victory over Tyranitar, and Yu Hai praised it before recalling it with its right arm injured.
• Brother Storm sent out Gyarados, and Yu Hai answered with Electivire, whose late entry let it avoid Intimidate.
• Electivire and Gyarados’s Earthquakes canceled each other out, then Electivire summoned rain and used its Dynamite Stick to channel lightning into the ground.
• Yu Hai had Thunder strike Electivire repeatedly to activate Motor Drive, maximizing its speed boosts before ordering it to use Thunder Punch.

Yu Hai’s Electivire defeated Gyarados before losing to Swampert, and Ludicolo then traded knockouts with the badly injured Swampert. At halftime, all three of Brother Storm’s Elite-class Pokémon had been eliminated, leaving Yu Hai with the advantage unless his opponent revealed another Elite-class Pokémon.

• Electivire pinned Gyarados and struck it with repeated Thunder until it fainted, eliminating Brother Storm’s second Elite-class Pokémon.
• Brother Storm sent out Swampert, which battled Electivire at close range in a cramped pit and outlasted it after both Pokémon were badly injured.
• Yu Hai sent out Ludicolo against the weakened Swampert, whose Torrent Ability activated as Ludicolo’s Solar Beam cleared the rain.
• Swampert and Ludicolo fired Hyper Beam and Solar Beam at each other, collapsing the Rock Field and knocking both Pokémon out.
• The referee called a five-minute halftime break after both contestants had lost three Pokémon, and Yu Hai noted his advantage unless Brother Storm could field another Elite-class Pokémon.

A Yan secretly gave Brother Storm an Elite-class Pokémon while Yu Hai’s victory over Gyarados and Swampert impressed spectators and rival Gyms. As Yu Hai’s connections and strength drew attention, Sabrina and Team Rocket marked him as a growing threat while Sakaki ordered her to pursue an Elite Four position as part of Team Rocket’s infiltration of the Orange Islands.

• A Yan kissed Brother Storm and secretly handed him a Poké Ball containing an Elite-class Pokémon from her family.
• Ash, Gary, Chikenn, Brock, Professor Oak, and Xiao Xia discussed Electivire’s unusual traits and the scars on Yu Hai’s Lucario as Team Rocket’s trio slipped away from them.
• Liuli considered how MikanGym could recruit Yu Hai and restrict Xiao Shun’s growth, while rival Gym representatives judged Yu Hai’s injured Pokémon as a limit on his tournament prospects.
• Lance, Lorelei, Shiba, Koga, and Kazuki discussed Yu Hai’s talent, powerful connections, and potential threat to Team Rocket’s plans.
• Sabrina watched Yu Hai at Citrus Stadium, sent his battle data to Team Rocket, and received Sakaki’s order to reach the top eight and become an Elite Four insider for Team Rocket’s infiltration.

Yu Hai’s match resumed after the intermission, and his Gyarados quickly defeated Brother Storm’s Kingdra. Across several regions, friends and rivals watched the battle, while Sakaki discovered Yu Hai’s Electivire was linked to a Team Rocket experiment and wondered why Yu Hai was absent from his future.

• Xiao Ying, Taro, Shingo, Dunmei’s family, Luo Yan, Da Shi, Yanbo, Xiao Feng, Raisu, and others watched Yu Hai’s dominant first half and reacted to his strength.
• A Xiang, frustrated that his Pokémon had not reached Elite Four level, found a wanted poster offering a Dragon-type Pseudo-Legendary and headed toward the Underground Black Market.
• Raisu left to train with Garchomp rather than watch the second half, determined to reach the Elite Four threshold before the Sinnoh tournament.
• Manba confirmed that Yu Hai’s Electivire was the experimental subject from Team Rocket’s Lake of Rage base, and Sakaki wondered why Yu Hai did not exist in his future.
• Yu Hai and Brother Storm resumed their six-on-six match on the Rock Field, sending out Gyarados and Kingdra.
• Gyarados overwhelmed Kingdra with Dragon-type moves and knocked it out with Dragon Tail, taking the first win of the second half.

Yu Hai used Gyarados to defeat Brother Storm’s Milotic, then sent out Forretress against Kingdra. Forretress fainted after using Sturdy, Rest, and Counter to deal a powerful final blow, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Yu Hai had Gyarados disperse the rain clouds, then defeat Milotic with Thunder and Hyper Beam.
• Yu Hai recalled Gyarados and sent out Forretress as Brother Storm sent out Kingdra.
• Forretress spread Toxic Spikes while dodging Kingdra’s attacks, poisoning Kingdra as Brother Storm used Rain Dance to boost its speed.
• Kingdra recovered from Forretress’s repeated Rollout strikes, then charged with Giga Impact after Brother Storm ordered it to freeze the field.
• Forretress used Rest and Counter, survived Kingdra’s Giga Impact through its Sturdy Ability, and struck Kingdra with a powerful reflected attack before fainting.

Yu Hai used Gyarados to wear down Kingdra, then sent out Umbreon to transfer poison to it with Synchronize before switching in Poliwrath. The final Elite-class battle began with both Pokémon ready to fight, leaving the match's outcome undecided.

• Yu Hai sent Gyarados against Kingdra, which used Rest inside the tornado to recover from its poison.
• Gyarados rampaged with Dragon Scale and battered Kingdra before both Pokémon traded Hyper Beams; Kingdra eventually subdued Gyarados.
• Yu Hai sent out Umbreon, which poisoned itself and used Synchronize to poison Kingdra again.
• Yu Hai used Umbreon's Rest to cure its own poison, recalled it before Kingdra's Draco Meteor landed, and sent in Poliwrath.
• Poliwrath entered the field to face the weakened, poisoned Kingdra in the final Elite-class battle.

Yu Hai defeated Brother Storm after Poliwrath and Kingdra both collapsed, securing a place in the tournament’s top eight and learning that Drake would be his next opponent. As Yu Hai rested with his recovering Pokémon, Brother Storm was ordered to return, while Old Drunkard celebrated both grandsons reaching the top eight.

• Poliwrath wore Kingdra down while dodging its attacks, then collapsed after Kingdra’s confusion sent it into a wild rampage.
• Kingdra fell before attacking the sleeping Umbreon, and Yu Hai was declared the winner and advanced to the top eight.
• Brother Storm planned to kill Yu Hai, but the Captain of the Black Ship ordered him to return, so he left with Storm.
• Nurse Joy found that five of Yu Hai’s Pokémon had to withdraw from the tournament, leaving him with a depleted lineup against Drake.
• Dunmei brought Yu Hai food and stayed with him while he rested; they later learned from the television that Drake was his next opponent.
• At a villa on Hasa Island, Old Drunkard received congratulations after both his grandsons reached the top eight.

Yu Hai conceded his quarterfinal match against Drake, choosing to protect his remaining Pokémon rather than fight a battle he could not win. Before the match, he learned from Xiao Qian that her grandmother’s expedition had encountered a sleeping Pokémon whose ominous presence suggested it was Darkrai, and he left planning to ask Blaine for more information.

• Xiao Dan defeated Xiao Ying after sending out an Elite-class Pokémon, and Sabrina defeated Xiao Qian after countering her Perish Song strategy with Telepathy.
• Yu Hai stopped Xiao Qian in the contestant passage and asked about the Pokémon she and her grandmother encountered in the Ruins near Pallet Town.
• Xiao Qian said the expedition had found a powerful sleeping Pokémon that nearly escaped, and that Gengar had felt afraid of its ominous aura.
• Yu Hai thanked Xiao Qian, promised to treat her to a meal, and hurried to his match against Drake.
• Yu Hai conceded without releasing a Pokémon, explaining that his remaining team could not defeat Drake’s Ditto and he did not want his Pokémon injured.
• Dunmei accepted Yu Hai’s decision and said she understood that his conversation with Xiao Qian concerned something important, but she rejected his joke about having three people together.

Yu Hai was taken to the police station as a possible witness in the investigation of a noble family’s destruction and Madman’s disappearance. Under hypnosis, he denied knowing Madman’s whereabouts or details of Ada’s attempted assassination, leaving the investigators without evidence tying him to the case.

• Rumors that Yu Hai’s Orange Tournament match had been rigged spread, but Grandpa Dunmei and the others trusted him and stayed with Ada at the Pokémon Center.
• Officer Jenny brought Yu Hai to the police station to assist with an investigation, alarming Dunmei and her family.
• An International Police officer questioned Yu Hai about Madman and said a noble family in Kanto had been wiped out.
• Officer Jenny used Drowzee to hypnotize Yu Hai, while Gengar secretly broke the hypnosis.
• Yu Hai denied knowing Madman’s whereabouts, the assassin who targeted Ada, or Grandpa Dunmei’s Slowking, and the officer asked which organization Yu Hai was an undercover agent for.

Yu Hai used the mistaken belief that he was a League undercover agent to force the investigators to release him, while Grandpa Dunmei and Dunmei's Father discussed Ada's defeat and the family's next steps. Dunmei's Father remained in hiding as the League considered evidence against the family's Kanto cousins.

• Yu Hai let the investigators believe he had revealed a League undercover identity, so the middle-aged man and Officer Jenny released him and destroyed the recording that could expose it.
• Grandpa Dunmei met Dunmei's Father in an alley and heard how A Dai had been badly injured after confronting Team Rocket's Champion-class leader.
• Grandpa Dunmei told Dunmei's Father that Xiao Hai had been arrested and suggested submitting evidence that their Kanto cousins had joined Team Rocket.
• Dunmei's Father agreed to stay hidden while the situation settled and learned that Xiao Mei had been eliminated from the competition and Xiao Hai had placed seventh.
• Dunmei's Father gave up on Ada inheriting the Gym after learning that Ada remained unconscious and might never recover.

Yu Hai refused to leave the police station after the League’s International Police officer hypnotically interrogated him, and Grandpa Dunmei turned the incident into a public scandal. Lance arranged an apology and began discussing compensation with Grandpa Dunmei, while Yu Hai stayed inside watching the Orange Tournament semifinals.

• Yu Hai watched the Orange Tournament semifinals on television and refused to leave the police station despite Grandpa Dunmei’s arrival.
• Grandpa Dunmei confronted Officer Jenny after learning that an International Police officer had used hypnotic interrogation on Yu Hai.
• Grandpa Dunmei made a scene at the station, drawing Drake, Lance, and Chairman Damalanchi into the dispute.
• Lance arranged for the International Police officer to apologize to Grandpa Dunmei and Yu Hai, and the officer chose not to reveal Yu Hai’s undercover identity.
• Lance took Grandpa Dunmei aside to discuss compensation and repair the League’s relationship with MikanGym.

Yu Hai and Grandpa Dunmei left the police station after Grandpa Dunmei arranged to clear Yu Hai's name, and Yu Hai returned to the Pokémon Center. After Yu Hai had Gengar lift Ada's hypnosis, Ada awoke during dinner, reuniting with his family.

• Grandpa Dunmei signaled that he had settled matters with Lance, and he and Yu Hai left the police station while a black-robed figure watched from an alley.
• At the Pokémon Center, Yu Hai reunited with Dunmei and secretly used Gengar to lift the hypnosis keeping Ada unconscious.
• Yu Hai watched the semifinal matches, and Xiao Dan defeated A Yi before Sabrina defeated Drake.
• Grandpa Dunmei returned for dinner, and Ada woke up and asked what everyone was eating.
• Dunmei's Father rushed into the hospital room and embraced Ada.

Ada recovered and joined Yu Hai and Dunmei's family to watch the Orange Tournament finals, where Drake defeated Xiao Dan to become Champion. Yu Hai returned to MikanGym with plans to prepare his Water-type team for the Elite Four Tournament and handle several outstanding matters.

• Ada woke from his long unconsciousness, recovered enough to leave the Pokémon Center, and asked Yu Hai to coach him.
• Yu Hai and Dunmei's family watched Drake defeat Xiao Dan in the Orange Tournament final, with Dragonite taking down three of Xiao Dan's Pokémon before Rhydon defeated it.
• A Yi conceded the playoff match to Sabrina, giving her third place in the tournament.
• Yu Hai planned to prepare six Water-type Pokémon for the Elite Four Tournament and asked A Ping to list the remaining Noble Case fugitives.
• Yu Hai arranged for Xiao Ming to help Xiao Mai return to Cinnabar Gym with Blaine, and planned to take Blastoise fishing at sea.

Yu Hai skipped the Closing Ceremony, arranged a group photo with his Pokémon, and spent the evening shopping and taking pictures with Dunmei. As the Orange Tournament ended, Xiao Ming’s mission to deliver Xiao Mai to Blaine succeeded, while Yu Hai still had not figured out how to recruit Shingo.

• Yu Hai told Xiao Ming to help with a nighttime operation to bring Xiao Mai to Blaine, while A Ping was to stand by in case anything went wrong.
• Yu Hai gathered twenty-five Pokémon for a group photo, and they posed together in a studio before he bought rewards for them.
• Yu Hai watched the award ceremony on television, then met Dunmei, who gave him an engraved Citrus Stadium souvenir commemorating their seventh-place finish.
• Dunmei joined Yu Hai at the photo studio, where she took pictures with her Pokémon and with him before they went shopping for dinner.
• A Ping reported that Xiao Mai had safely been taken in by Blaine and that he was starting a Team Rocket mission to recruit tournament competitors.
• Yu Hai and Dunmei returned to the Competitor Village after midnight, ready to leave for Mikan Island the next day, while Yu Hai remained unsure how to recruit Shingo.

After the Orange Islands tournament, Yu Hai said goodbye to his friends and rivals, prepared for the Elite Four Tournament, and left Citrus Island with Dunmei. He warned Xiao Shun that Sabrina was a Team Rocket undercover executive, while Shingo considered traveling to Hoenn and Blaine agreed to train Yu Hai’s Rhydon and Magmar.

• Yu Hai secretly told Xiao Shun that Sabrina was a Team Rocket undercover executive and warned him not to involve Hao Er or take risks.
• A Yi and Xiao Dan said goodbye to Yu Hai and looked ahead to competing for Elite Four positions, while Xiao Ying vowed to prepare under Teacher Shiba and agreed to join Yu Hai in future activities.
• Shingo considered traveling to Hoenn after losing to Yu Hai, and Ash and his friends departed for Pallet Town as Luo Ke thanked Yu Hai through Telepathy.
• Blaine left with Ai and the newly adopted Xiao Mai; Yu Hai gave the girls Evolution Stones and handed Blaine his Rhydon and Magmar to train.
• Yu Hai noticed Sabrina leaving with Hao Er, then departed Citrus Island with Dunmei and her family aboard a passenger ship bound for Mikan Island.

Yu Hai helped Lucario use Calm Mind to manage his inherited Inner Focus and insomnia, then guided Poliwrath and Ninetales in meditation before resting at the Lakeside Cabin. Meanwhile, Shingo was cornered at a cliff on Penggan Island by two Team Rocket colleagues seeking his Elite-class Scizor and red Shiny inheritance.

• Yu Hai stopped the injured Poliwrath and other Pokémon from training in the rain, then noticed Lucario's worsening insomnia and explained that he needed to tame his Inner Focus rather than resist it.
• Yu Hai asked Slowking to guide Lucario into Calm Mind, and the two floated briefly before Lucario fell into a peaceful sleep on the sofa.
• Yu Hai encouraged Poliwrath and Ninetales to practice Calm Mind and sense Aura, then settled down for a nap with Umbreon in his arms.
• The Masked Man and A Ping pursued Shingo across islands and into Penggan Island's primeval forest, hoping to claim his Scizor and red Shiny inheritance for Team Rocket points.
• A Ping reached the cliffside and found Shingo facing the two pursuers with nowhere left to retreat.

A Ping betrayed the Masked Man and saved Shingo during a deadly Explosion, then led him into the forest to reveal the reason. Meanwhile, Luo Yan defeated the Black-Clad Man pursuing Guita and a girl near Jinggan Island, and Guita brought her to Luo Yan’s villa.

• A Ping stabbed the Masked Man, then protected Shingo and his Pokémon from the Masked Man’s Weezing using Explosion; the blast destroyed the cliffside, but Victreebel rescued them.
• A Ping invited Shingo to follow him into the forest, and Shingo agreed despite his doubts; A Ping later found the unconscious Elite-class Weezing and claimed it.
• Guita shielded the girl as they fled to the waters near Jinggan Island, then sent Luo Yan a distress signal.
• Luo Yan fought and killed the Black-Clad Man near Jinggan Island, after which Guita brought the girl to Luo Yan’s villa.

On a rainy day in the Orange Islands, Yu Hai arranged a team-building event on Jinggan Island while his Pokémon trained and he studied what determined their breakthroughs to the Elite Four. He compared three Pokémon’s breakthrough samples and began estimating how long Weezing, Scizor, and Forretress would need with lower-grade Elite-class energy.

• Yu Hai read A Ping’s message, then invited Luo Yan, Xiao Ying, Xiao Feng, A Ping, and the others to a team-building event on Jinggan Island the following night.
• Yu Hai roasted food over Charizard’s tail flame and spoke with Dunmei, who complained about Old Man’s special training and asked Yu Hai to take him out after the rain stopped.
• Lucario and several of Yu Hai’s Pokémon practiced Calm Mind while Toxicroak refined toxins; Yu Hai recalled that Golurk was digesting stored energy and worried about the missing Zapdos.
• Yu Hai recorded breakthrough data for Gengar, Electivire, and Poliwrath, then classified energy by grade and strength as he considered how energy quality affected breakthrough time.
• Yu Hai noted that Weezing, Scizor, and Forretress were using Elite-class materials, a lower grade than Poliwrath’s energy, and began estimating their breakthrough timelines.