Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai and Dunmei spent the night at the Deserted Island, where Yu Hai reunited with the Rhyhorn herd and Fearow Flock and told Dunmei how he had once survived there. After Yu Hai’s Pokémon uncovered an intruder’s reconnaissance, he prepared for a possible attack, while Brother Storm and his men planned to raid the island at dawn.

• Yu Hai fed the Rhyhorn herd and Fearow Flock, then told Dunmei that he had been stranded on the island and caught several of his Pokémon there.
• Dunmei asked Yu Hai if she could travel with him, but he said her parents would have to agree, and she fell asleep beside him.
• A stalker sent Raticate and Ekans to investigate Yu Hai’s camp, but Spinarak and Golbat caught and released them, and Gengar alerted Yu Hai to the intruders.
• Yu Hai learned that the approaching Pokémon likely belonged to humans, arranged for Slowking to evacuate Dunmei if a battle began, and prepared his camp to stay alert.
• Brother Storm and his men arrived at Great Poni Island and decided to attack at dawn, when Yu Hai would be most exhausted.

Brother Storm and his allies attacked Yu Hai’s camp with four Elite-class Hyper Beams, believing they had killed him, while Yu Hai escaped through a tunnel into an underground river. The attack brought the island’s Pokémon to the scene, and as Brother Storm prepared to flee, the ground began to shake violently.

• Brother Storm and another attacker launched four Elite-class Hyper Beams at Yu Hai and Dunmei, but Slowking teleported Dunmei and Pikachu away while Yu Hai escaped underground with Umbreon.
• The second mate poisoned the tracker with Tentacruel, took his belongings, and then headed toward the island’s center after Slowking teleported away with Dunmei.
• The Fearow Leader and Rhydon Leader gathered their Elite-class Pokémon and flew or marched toward the blast site while keeping their young Pokémon behind.
• Three Fearow attacked Brother Storm and the First Mate, damaging their Flying-type Pokémon, and Brother Storm released Slowbro to help them escape with Teleport.
• As Brother Storm recalled Tyranitar, Swampert, and Gyarados, the ground began shaking violently beneath them.

Yu Hai’s ambush trapped Brother Storm and his crew, but Brother Storm escaped with Slowbro and abandoned his Pokémon and subordinates. Yu Hai’s forces defeated the remaining men and Pokémon, then collected the spoils, though the four captured Elite Four-level Pokémon had disappointing potential.

• Rhydon blocked the Poké Ball beams as Electivire attacked Swampert and the two Gyarados, while Yu Hai’s Pokémon surrounded Brother Storm and the First Mate.
• Slowbro teleported Brother Storm away, leaving Swampert and Gyarados behind; Gengar caught the Poké Balls Brother Storm dropped.
• The First Mate learned that Brother Storm had fled, and the Second Mate arrived with news that a girl had gone to seek reinforcements from the Mikan Gym Leader.
• Gengar broke the wings of the Second Mate’s Flying-type Pokémon, while Yu Hai’s forces defeated the three Elite Four-level Pokémon and captured both mates.
• Yu Hai gathered the spoils and examined four captured Elite Four-level Pokémon, finding their potential low apart from Brother Storm’s Swampert.

After surviving Brother Storm’s raid on Great Poni Island, Yu Hai questioned the captured crew and began arranging the aftermath while Dunmei’s Father confirmed that Dunmei had returned safely. Yu Hai spared the First Mate after learning he had a daughter, but killed the second mate and prepared to use the surviving man as an informant against Brother Storm.

• Yu Hai assessed the captured Elite-class Pokémon, secured them, and began searching the First Mate’s and second mate’s bags for valuables.
• Dunmei’s Slowking brought her unconscious to the Gym and told Dunmei’s Father that Yu Hai had stayed behind to fight the attackers with help from the Great Poni Island Overlords.
• Dunmei’s Father called Yu Hai, confirmed he was safe, and arranged for Slowking to watch Dunmei until she could protect herself.
• Yu Hai demanded the First Mate’s bank card password; the man revealed his daughter’s address and asked Yu Hai to spare her, so Yu Hai knocked him unconscious instead of killing him.
• Gengar hypnotized the second mate, who revealed little about the Black Ship before Yu Hai had him killed and buried with the fallen Pokémon.
• Yu Hai recruited the Oddish colony to restore the damaged area, treated his Pokémon’s injuries, and went to sleep as dawn approached.

Yu Hai left Great Poni Island without Fearow after the Fearow Leader stopped him from leaving with his Pokémon, but he sent Fearow a backpack of Energy Cubes and promised to return. As he flew toward Big City with the First Mate, the First Mate recalled his painful life and feared for his daughter, whom Yu Hai had threatened to harm if he kept talking.

• Yu Hai prepared to leave Great Poni Island, and Iron Hānhān eagerly rushed away from the Rhydon herd to join him.
• Pelipper returned without Fearow, so Yu Hai packed Fearow’s favorite Energy Cubes and sent Pidgeotto to deliver them with a farewell message.
• The Fearow Leader’s Elite-class companions restrained Fearow as he tried to pursue Yu Hai, and the Leader accepted the Energy Cubes with regret.
• Yu Hai left the island with Pelipper, Umbreon, and the First Mate, heading for Big City to meet the First Mate’s daughter.
• The First Mate woke in the air and pleaded with Yu Hai not to hurt his daughter, but Yu Hai threatened him into silence.
• The First Mate reflected on his failed marriage, his daughter’s illness, and how he joined Brother Storm’s Cargo Ship before he accepted that he might die.

Yu Hai brought A Long to his home to verify his story, but they discovered that Xiao Yu had been taken. A Long and his uncle fled with Yu Hai, while Storm arrived too late and found the apartment already ransacked.

• Yu Hai disguised himself and brought A Long to his apartment, where they learned that Xiao Yu had been taken and A Long's uncle had been beaten.
• A Long suspected Brother Storm's people had taken Xiao Yu, but Yu Hai's questions led him to suspect his ex-wife instead.
• Yu Hai warned A Long that his enemies might target his family, so A Long packed their belongings and left with his uncle and Yu Hai.
• Storm arrived at A Long's apartment, broke in, and searched for resources after finding the family gone.
• Storm left without caring about Xiao Yu, and a thief later looted the apartment.

Yu Hai infiltrated the wealthy villa while searching for A Long’s daughter, Xiao Yu, and discovered her being held in the backyard by her mother’s abusive husband. The chapter left Xiao Yu and her mother in danger as Yu Hai listened to their confrontation.

• A Long tried to force his way into the villa, was beaten by the guards, and kowtowed to Yu Hai for help finding Xiao Yu before passing out.
• Yu Hai refused to help A Long, ordered Toxicroak to guard him and Old Man, and entered the villa to search for Xiao Yu.
• Yu Hai used Gengar to hypnotize the guards and reach the backyard, where he overheard Xiao Yu’s mother arguing with her husband.
• The husband struck Xiao Yu’s mother with a photo frame and threatened to torture Xiao Yu after discovering her past with A Long.
• Xiao Yu’s mother recalled how her family had forced her into a Marriage Alliance and separated her from A Long, and she hoped he would come rescue their daughter.

Yu Hai gave A Long Pokémon and power in exchange for the lives of his wife and daughter, then A Long attacked and killed his ex-wife’s husband at the birthday banquet. The mother and daughter were rescued, while A Long’s fate remained uncertain as the banquet erupted into chaos.

• The man released Dire Wolves to attack Xiao Yu, while Yu Hai secretly had Gengar protect her and brought the weakened A Long to witness the danger.
• Yu Hai offered A Long power in exchange for his wife and daughter’s lives, and A Long accepted so he could save them and take revenge.
• Yu Hai gave A Long three Poké Balls and revealed that Gengar was protecting the mother and daughter; A Long headed for the banquet hall to confront his enemy.
• Gengar killed the Dire Wolves, and Golbat carried the mother and daughter away to meet Toxicroak.
• A Long stabbed his ex-wife’s husband repeatedly at the birthday banquet, and the man died as security guards rushed toward A Long.

A Long carried out his revenge at a banquet, killing his former wife's husband and the man's family before escaping with Yu Hai and his reunited family. Officer Jenny investigated the massacre, uncovered the family's illegal dealings, and ordered a wanted notice for A Long and a wider investigation.

• Gengar released A Long's Pokémon, and Gyarados, Swampert, and Magnezone devastated the banquet hall as guests and guards fled.
• A Long pursued his former wife's husband's family and used Sharpedo to destroy their car, killing its occupants, while Yu Hai later urged him not to dwell on what he had done.
• Yu Hai told A Long that the family had dealt in prohibited goods for the Black Ship, then helped him escape with Sharpedo and leave the scene in a stolen car.
• A Long reunited with his daughter and ex-wife, and Yu Hai led them to a shady inn and then a legitimate hotel to hide and recover.
• Officer Jenny's investigation identified A Long as the killer and revealed his painful past, including his parents' deaths in the line of duty and the theft of his university place.
• Officer Jenny found ledgers exposing decades of illegal transactions involving prominent families, ordered a wanted notice for A Long, and directed officers to freeze assets and investigate those named in the records.

Yu Hai arranged a discreet yacht pickup for A Long’s wanted family and planned to hide A Long’s ex-wife and daughter near Cinnabar Gym by giving them new identities and jobs. He met Xiao Yu and offered her a gift, then found her Feebas’s Poké Ball and took out a pink scale.

• Yu Hai told Luo Yan to gather the Spider members and rent a yacht to collect A Long’s family at sea outside Big City.
• Luo Yan disguised himself with Ditto, rented a yacht at Penggan Island Harbor, and set out toward Big City.
• Yu Hai saw the League’s highest-level wanted notice for A Long and decided to keep A Long’s family under his supervision by arranging work for his ex-wife at the Hot Spring Inn and sending Xiao Yu to Cinnabar Gym.
• After A Long and his family woke, Yu Hai met them and asked Xiao Yu to call him Brother Hai instead of Uncle Hai.
• Yu Hai offered Xiao Yu a gift, picked up her Feebas’s Poké Ball, and pulled a pink scale from his backpack.

Yu Hai arranged new identities and a safer future for A Long’s family, then took them aboard Luo Yan’s yacht bound for Jinggan Island. A Long and Luo Yan recognized each other from an old street battle, and A Long began to feel hopeful about joining Yu Hai’s group.

• Yu Hai gave Xiao Yu a Feebas and a Prism Scale, then told A Long that his family would receive new identities and that A Long would work for him.
• Yu Hai arranged for Xiao Yu to attend the Cinnabar Gym and for A Long’s wife to learn the Hot Spring Inn’s operations, then ordered them to leave the hotel quickly.
• Yu Hai and his Pokémon guided A Long’s family through the alleys to Luo Yan’s yacht, where Luo Yan took them toward Jinggan Island.
• Luo Yan recognized A Long as a former street-battle rival whose Elite-class Gyarados had defeated his Rhydon years earlier.
• A Long explained that he still had only one Elite-class Pokémon, Gyarados, after spending his earnings on his daughter, while Luo Yan reassured him that Yu Hai was a good person to follow.

Yu Hai gathered his team and A Long at the villa to plan an ambush on the Black Ship’s Cargo Ship at the Fruit Seven Islands. After the group prepared, they set sail across the Orange Islands, leaving A Long’s family behind as they headed toward the operation.

• Yu Hai brought A Long to the villa, where he introduced him to the gathered members and had him map the Cargo Ship’s route and explain its defenses and likely reinforcements.
• Luo Yan shared intelligence about Storm and the Black Ships, while A Long revealed that the Cargo Ship had suffered heavy losses and was unlikely to receive support before returning to Big City.
• Yu Hai ordered the group to prepare for departure and said they would scout the Cargo Ship before attacking; Shingo recorded intelligence and planned contingencies.
• Yu Hai returned A Long’s Poké Balls, and A Long treated his injured Gyarados before resolving to build strength and wealth for his family.
• A Long quietly instructed the old man and left his sleeping wife and daughter, while his wife woke and watched him go in tears.
• The thirteen members gathered on the yacht and sailed toward the Fruit Seven Islands through worsening rain and lightning.

Brother Storm prepared to return to Big City after his failed attempt to kill Yu Hai, unaware that the League, Team Rocket, and another faction had taken an interest in his freighter. Gym Leader Xiao Dan discovered human trafficking and other illegal cargo aboard and waited for the League to arrange a strike near Starchy Island.

• Brother Storm regretted losing two Elite-class Pokémon and planned to strengthen his reserves before facing Captain Big Brother’s judgment.
• League investigator Gym Leader Xiao Dan secretly boarded Brother Storm’s freighter, while two Team Rocket agents also slipped aboard to recruit him with a Pseudo-Legendary offer.
• Lord Di ordered his submarine to head toward a storm eye after his technician detected traces of the Sea God there.
• Gym Leader Xiao Dan searched the freighter and found caged Wild Pokémon, women and children, prohibited goods, weapons, and Pokémon remains.
• Gym Leader Xiao Dan reported the evidence to his superior, who ordered him to keep monitoring the freighter until the League could ambush it near Starchy Island.

Brother Storm negotiated with Yamato and Kosaburo to join Team Rocket in exchange for protection, Dragon-type Pseudo-Legendary resources, and help killing Yu Hai. Their agreement was interrupted when a sailor reported that the cargo ship was under attack and intruders had been discovered.

• Brother Storm confronted Yamato and Kosaburo after they entered his cabin and identified themselves as Team Rocket members.
• Yamato offered Brother Storm a Pseudo-Legendary, and he considered joining Team Rocket despite his loyalty to Captain Big Brother.
• Brother Storm demanded protection to leave the Orange Islands, Dragon-type training resources, and help eliminating Yu Hai in exchange for joining Team Rocket.
• Yamato reported his conditions to Manba, who accepted them and asked Brother Storm to help Team Rocket infiltrate Big City.
• Brother Storm agreed to cooperate with Team Rocket, but a sailor interrupted their handshake to report an attack and discovered intruders aboard the ship.

Lord Di led the Ocean Team in an attack on Brother Storm’s cargo ship while pursuing the Sea God in the eye of the storm. As Brother Storm prepared to fight back, unexpected applause sounded from above the tense crowd.

• Lord Di ordered his submarine to surface and sent his pirates to invade the cargo ship, where they battled the third mate and the Sailors.
• A sailor warned Brother Storm that the pirates were overpowering the crew, and Brother Storm sent Yamato and his companion away before joining the fight.
• Brother Storm arrived on deck with Slowbro, which drove back the weaker pirates but could not overcome Sharpedo’s resistance.
• Brother Storm identified the attackers as the Ocean Team, and Lord Di threatened to sink the ship and kill everyone aboard to conceal the team’s plans.
• Brother Storm refused to surrender, and applause suddenly rang out above the opposing groups as they prepared to fight.

Yu Hai and his Spider group confronted Brother Storm’s crew aboard the Cargo Ship, driving the Ocean Team away while preparing to seize the ship. As reinforcements and hidden observers converged, Gengar detected a spatial fluctuation from an attempted long-range Teleport.

• Yu Hai appeared on the Cargo Ship’s Bridge with the numbered Black-Clad Men and their Elite-class Pokémon, intimidating the Ocean Team and the ship’s crew.
• Yu Hai taunted Ocean Team officer Di and focused his group’s attention on Brother Storm, while the Third Mate secretly sent a distress signal to the Black Ship.
• Gym Leader Xiao Dan realized the situation had spiraled beyond his plan and decided to request League reinforcements, while Yamato and Kosaburo prepared to leave and report to Team Rocket.
• Yu Hai told Di’s Ocean Team they could leave, and Di withdrew his people from the Cargo Ship.
• Gengar emerged from Yu Hai’s shadow and detected a spatial fluctuation on deck; Yu Hai ordered it to use Shadow Ball to stop the long-range Teleport.

Xiao Dan emerged to stop the Spider Pirates from attacking while League reinforcements arrived, but the arrival of a black-robed man and his Drowzee revealed that the ship’s enemies had their own reinforcements. As battles erupted and the black-robed man tried to escape, Brother Storm fought to protect the cargo, though he realized he might have to abandon the ship.

• Gengar hurled two Shadow Balls toward the spatial distortion, but Brother Storm’s Slowbro and a hidden Elite-class Scyther blocked them.
• Xiao Dan emerged from the darkness, asked Spider to pause until reinforcements arrived, and formally placed Brother Storm and his crew under arrest.
• A black-robed man and an Elite-class Drowzee appeared through the stabilized spatial fluctuation, and Yu Hai recognized them as a threat.
• Yu Hai ordered the Spider members to seize the Captain while Gengar used Mean Look against Drowzee, and a battle broke out across the cargo ship.
• The black-robed man tried to leave with Drowzee, but Brother Storm refused to abandon the cargo and sent Pokémon to block the advancing enemies.
• Tyranitar tore up the deck to obstruct Gengar’s Mean Look, while Gyarados taunted Gengar into fighting and Brother Storm realized he might have to flee without the cargo.

Yu Hai's Spider group defeated Brother Storm's forces aboard the Cargo Ship, but Brother Storm escaped as Ocean Team tried to capture Lugia at the storm's eye. With the ship's bombs defused, Yu Hai led his crew to search the cargo hold while Xiao Dan fought to stop the submarine from taking Lugia.

• Brother Storm prepared to flee as Yu Hai's Gengar failed to trap his Slowbro, but explosions at the storm's eye revealed Lugia and Ocean Team's capture attempt.
• Xiao Dan sent out Fearow and Scyther and flew toward Lugia, while Ocean Team subdued Lugia with sound waves and a Capture Net.
• Brother Storm used Slowbro's Teleport to escape with the Third Mate, and the black-robed man fled into the sea after buying them time.
• Yu Hai ordered Gengar and the Spider members to find and dispose of the Cargo Ship's bombs, while A Long confirmed that the bombs and dangerous explosives had been removed.
• Team Rocket's Yamato and Kosaburo donned diving gear and slipped into the sea, while Yu Hai searched the cabins and then led his group toward the cargo hold.
• Timed bombs exploded harmlessly underwater as Yu Hai's group hurried to collect cargo before League enforcement ships arrived, while Xiao Dan and Di continued battling over Lugia.

Yu Hai and the others searched the freighter, taking ordinary supplies and selecting unmarked Wild Pokémon Cubs with promising Potential. As Yu Hai watched the battle between Ocean Team and the League, the Silver Feather in his backpack began to glow.

• Yu Hai and the group left contraband, captive Pokémon, and League-marked Starters untouched while choosing materials and checking unmarked Cubs.
• A Ping, Mei Qi, and A Long each received a Charmander, while Xiao Ming took a Marshtomp.
• Mei Qi received an Altaria and a Trapinch, Guita took a Trapinch, and Yu Hai gave A Long a promising Vibrava.
• The group selected other Pokémon Cubs, including Slakoth and Munchlax, while Luo Yan and Yu Hai chose none.
• Yu Hai sent Gengar to pack legitimate cargo as he watched the battle at sea and saw that the submarine had taken Sea God Lugia underwater.
• The Silver Feather in Yu Hai's backpack began to glow while he watched the battle.

Yu Hai rescued Lugia from the Ocean Team, then prepared to escape as League reinforcements arrived. He recognized the newcomer, Kazuki, as a Team Rocket undercover agent and confronted him while his companions fled.

• Lugia emerged from the sea and collapsed on the cargo ship, where Yu Hai’s group fought off the Ocean Team and removed Lugia’s restraints.
• Lugia flew away after recovering, leaving Yu Hai a Silver Feather before he ordered his group to retreat from an approaching League ship.
• Gengar sensed another teleportation, and its Shadow Balls blasted Kazuki and his injured Slowbro through the cargo ship’s deck as they arrived.
• Yu Hai identified Kazuki as a Psychic Elite Four member, signaled Luo Yan and the others to escape, and accused Kazuki of secretly serving Team Rocket.