Chapter Summaries

Yu Hai kidnapped Little Fatty to learn about becoming a League-certified Rookie Trainer and obtaining fake papers. Little Fatty pointed him toward a shady bar at the port, and Yu Hai took five thousand League Coins before letting him go.

• Little Fatty left the Pokémon Center with Kingler and Wooper, and Yu Hai followed him to a quiet stretch of road.
• Yu Hai forced Little Fatty into an alley and had Spinarak bind him while he questioned him about the island, Pokémon, and Trainer registration.
• Little Fatty explained that Rookie Trainers needed to be at least ten, have a Pokémon, money, points, and an adult to accompany them, but he did not know how many points were required or where to get fake papers.
• Yu Hai released Little Fatty, who remembered that the Midnight Bar at the port might sell fake papers.
• Yu Hai took five thousand League Coins from Little Fatty, who thanked him and left; Yu Hai was left baffled by the boy’s cheerful reaction.

Yu Hai learned the six requirements for League-certified Rookie Trainers and realized his lack of a legal identity made certification difficult. After deciding to seek money and information through the Black Market, he returned to the wilderness and settled in for the night.

• Little Fatty told his parents Yu Hai had robbed him, and Fat Dad decided to look for the culprit himself later.
• Yu Hai robbed several people, escaped Kinnow City when he heard police sirens, and learned the six requirements for becoming a Rookie Trainer.
• Yu Hai realized he met only two requirements and planned to buy a legal identity, earn Contribution Points, and pay a Veteran Trainer to guarantee him.
• Yu Hai returned to the forest with Pelipper, set up camp, and assigned Spinarak and Poliwhirl to keep watch.
• Yu Hai planned to visit the Midnight Bar to find Black Market contacts and sell the Spirit Hunter's inheritance, then went to sleep while Poliwhirl worried that he could not help him.

Yu Hai spent the day resting and training his Pokémon before heading to Hasa Port at night to find Midnight Bar and investigate its fake identification. After a greedy old man led him through the alleys, Yu Hai entered the crowded bar and sat at the counter, where the old man was waiting for him.

• Yu Hai assigned Spinarak, Kingler, and Poliwhirl guard duty, fed his Pokémon, and spent the afternoon fishing while Poliwhirl and Kingler sparred with Farfetch'd.
• Yu Hai prepared Voltorb, Gyarados, and a fake bomb as safeguards before riding Pelipper with Spinarak to Hasa Port after dark.
• Yu Hai paid a skinny old fisherman one thousand League Coins to lead him to Midnight Bar, while refusing to answer the old man's questions about himself.
• The old man led Yu Hai through winding port alleys to a hidden wooden entrance, then revealed a flashing Midnight Bar sign outside the door.
• Yu Hai entered the packed, smoky bar and sat at the counter, where the old man was mixing drinks and beckoning him over.

Yu Hai confronted the Captain at Midnight Bar after the old man tried to overcharge him for fake documents, then forced him to agree to arrange a League-system Orphanage ID card for five thousand League Coins. The Captain agreed to the deal, and Yu Hai gave his name and age before asking if there was anything else to settle.

• Yu Hai asked the Captain for fake documents and rejected his initial price of fifty thousand League Coins.
• When the Captain and the drinkers threatened him, Yu Hai used his Pokémon and a fake bomb to make them back down.
• Yu Hai pretended to activate the bomb, and the Captain surrendered and offered to arrange the documents for five thousand League Coins.
• The Captain asked when Yu Hai wanted the documents, and Yu Hai said he would collect them later under the name Yu Hai, age fifteen.
• The Captain wrote down Yu Hai's details and asked whether he had any other business.

Yu Hai forced the bar’s old man to reveal the entrance to the Underground Black Market, then dealt with a strong man who challenged him before entering the market. He arrived at its underground plaza and planned to meet the old man again the next day to pursue identification.

• Yu Hai made the old man agree to take him to the Underground Black Market, then confronted the drinkers who had mocked him.
• A strong man challenged Yu Hai to a Pokémon battle, and Poliwhirl struck Mankey and his trainer through the bar’s brick wall.
• Yu Hai took Mankey and the strong man’s possessions, but the old man paid him one hundred thousand League Coins to spare the man’s life.
• Yu Hai followed the old man to the hidden passage only after Spinarak checked it and Poliwhirl went ahead to scout.
• Yu Hai emerged in the Black Market’s underground plaza, where the old man told him to follow the signs and proposed meeting again at the bar the next day.

After Yu Hai left the tavern, the old man planned to secure payment and arrange Yu Hai’s identity while warning others not to provoke him. Yu Hai explored the underground Black Market, resolved to learn its prices before trading, and left for the outskirts of Kinnow City with Poliwhirl eager to win fame beside him.

• The old man closed the tavern, told the waitresses to warn customers about Yu Hai, and decided to seek payment from Strong Man’s brother while arranging a repair for the damaged wall.
• Yu Hai watched Machoke defeat Hitmonlee, and Poliwhirl became determined to stand in the arena with Yu Hai and earn the crowd’s cheers.
• Yu Hai toured the Black Market’s arenas and shops, noting its Pokémon, supplies, Evolution Stones, Energy Cubes, and training knowledge while deciding to study prices before selling the Spirit Hunter’s Pokémon.
• Yu Hai left the Black Market through a concealed alley exit, released Pelipper, recalled Poliwhirl, and flew toward the outskirts of Kinnow City.

Tian Da paid the Old Man from the Tavern at Midnight Bar for information about Yu Hai, but the old man gave him only vague details and warned him not to pursue Yu Hai. Unaware of the conversation, Yu Hai waited out the rain and then flew toward the harbor to check whether the old man had arranged an ambush before retrieving his fake identification.

• Tian Da paid the old man his brother’s three-hundred-thousand-League-Coin bar tab and two hundred thousand more for information about Yu Hai.
• The old man told Tian Da Yu Hai’s likely fake name, age, and vague appearance, while withholding details about his Pokémon and advising Tian Da not to provoke him.
• Tian Da left to visit his injured brother, and the old man pocketed the money after giving him information unlikely to identify Yu Hai.
• Yu Hai spent the rainy day resting at his tent with his Pokémon, unaware that the old man had sold him out.
• After the rain stopped, Yu Hai rode Pelipper toward the harbor streetlamp to check for an ambush before retrieving his fake identification.

Yu Hai waited at the harbor and met the skinny kid sent by the Old Man from the Tavern to deliver a fake ID. He received the ID and instructions for making it usable, leaving his next step as printing a photo and checking whether the League system recognized it.

• Yu Hai watched the harbor for the Old Man from the Tavern, then spotted a skinny kid waiting beneath a streetlamp and sent Pelipper to check for an ambush.
• Yu Hai approached the kid and identified himself, and the kid told him the item was tied to the streetlamp.
• The skinny kid admired Yu Hai's Poliwhirl and asked how it had grown so strong, and Yu Hai told him to let it eat more before leaving with the bag.
• Yu Hai found a photo-less ID card and a note explaining its fee, the address for printing a photo, and the Orphanage listed as his home address.
• Yu Hai decided to print a one-inch photo and test whether the ID card was in the League system before paying the fee.

Yu Hai obtained a League-registered fake ID and tested it successfully at an expensive hotel, then went out to check prices for Pokémon supplies. As he left the hotel, Officer Jenny approached him because he resembled a suspect in a string of muggings.

• Yu Hai visited a hidden ID maker sent by the Old Man Captain and received a fake ID without the bespectacled old man seeing his face.
• Yu Hai used the ID to rent a standard room for six thousand League Coin, confirming that the hotel accepted it.
• Yu Hai showered, left Poliwhirl and Spinarak in the room, and set out to compare prices for Pokémon-related goods.
• Officer Jenny spotted Yu Hai outside the hotel and drove toward him with a Growlithe because he resembled a reported robber.

Yu Hai talked Officer Jenny into believing he was a mistreated orphan, and she let him leave despite suspecting he was the Black-Clad Man robber. He learned that his ID had been entered into the League system and headed to the Pokémon Center with Poliwhirl to register as a Rookie Trainer.

• Officer Jenny stopped Yu Hai, checked his ID, and grew suspicious when the system showed it had only been entered the day before and had no Trainer registration record.
• Yu Hai pretended to be a lonely orphan who could not afford to register his Pokémon, and Officer Jenny softened as he cried and described his plans to help the children at the orphanage.
• Officer Jenny let Yu Hai go and reminded him to register his Pokémon at the Pokémon Center before taking them onto the streets.
• Yu Hai called Poliwhirl to the Pokémon Center, pleased that Officer Jenny had not recognized him as the robber.
• Yu Hai realized that the ID could become genuine if he visited the listed orphanage and established a connection with its director, then planned to register as an uncertified Rookie Trainer.

Yu Hai registered Poliwhirl, Spinarak, and Pelipper at the Kinnow City Pokémon Center, then headed to the Department Store to investigate prices. He planned to sell the Spirit Hunter’s belongings before paying for a comprehensive examination of his Pokémon.

• Yu Hai waited in line at the Pokémon Center and registered himself and his three Pokémon with Nurse Joy.
• Nurse Joy offered physical examinations, but Yu Hai left without arranging one after other Trainers urged him to move along.
• Yu Hai decided to sell the Spirit Hunter’s belongings before returning to the Pokémon Center for examinations.
• Yu Hai released Spinarak onto his shoulder and entered the Department Store to browse Pokémon-related goods and check prices.

Yu Hai bought a black Space Backpack and charms for Poliwhirl and Butterfree, then searched the Department Store for a Stab-proof Vest. He found an outdoor supplies shop, where he saw a range of camping gear and tools.

• Yu Hai compared Space Backpack prices and bought a black, one-hundred-cubic-meter backpack for sixteen thousand League Coins.
• Yu Hai persuaded the saleswoman to let him choose two charms, taking Poliwhirl and Butterfree as gifts.
• Yu Hai bought new clothes, but lost interest when he learned they were ordinary and not stab-proof.
• Yu Hai followed a saleswoman's directions to an outdoor supplies shop that sold Stab-proof Vests and camping equipment.

Yu Hai bought stab-proof clothing and gloves from a white-bearded shopkeeper after repeatedly testing the goods and bargaining over the prices. With his purchases stored in his Space Backpack, he left the outdoor supplies store and headed for the Department Store’s second floor to look for Spirit food.

• Yu Hai asked the white-bearded shopkeeper for black stab-proof clothing and used his dagger to test a genuine set before agreeing to buy it.
• Yu Hai bargained the price of six repaired pieces of stab-proof clothing down to 63,000 League Coin, then tested the additional shirt and shorts before accepting them.
• Yu Hai requested a stab-proof backpack and gloves, declined the backpack, and bought the gloves for 2,500 League Coin.
• Yu Hai left the outdoor supplies store, finished browsing the first floor, and prepared to visit the second floor for Spirit food.

Yu Hai visited the department store’s second floor to check Pokémon food prices and bought one box of medium-purity Bug-type Energy Cubes, Moomoo Milk, and ordinary milk for his Pokémon to try. After finding Pokémon food too expensive to buy freely, he left the second floor and saw Poké Balls on the third.

• Yu Hai entered a Pokémon food store with Spinarak and asked to see Bug-type Energy Cubes.
• The salesgirl explained the premium, medium-purity, and low-purity Energy Cubes and their prices, and Yu Hai decided the medium-purity ones offered the best value.
• Yu Hai bought one box of medium-purity Emerald Green Energy Cubes and one bottle each of Moomoo Milk and ordinary milk for 2,600 League Coins.
• Yu Hai toured the second floor, concluded that Pokémon food would need to be carefully budgeted, and headed upstairs.
• Yu Hai reached the third floor and saw Poké Balls, realizing it was likely devoted to Pokémon items.

Yu Hai shopped for Poké Balls and supplies, then inspected Water Stones to assess what Poliwhirl would need for its eventual evolution. He left the Evolution Stone shop without buying one and entered a TM shop, determined to find a top-grade Water Stone when the time came.

• Yu Hai bought a Dive Ball, a Net Ball, and a Heal Ball for twelve thousand League Coins.
• Yu Hai browsed a Potion shop but left without buying anything because he already had plenty of medicine.
• Yu Hai inspected two Water Stones priced at two million and five million League Coins and used his panel to find that their purities were only 17.52 and 47.72 percent.
• Yu Hai decided Poliwhirl would only evolve with a top-grade Water Stone, since its final evolution was crucial to its chances of breaking through to the Elite Four.
• Yu Hai left the Evolution Stone shop and entered a TM shop.

Yu Hai explored the Department Store’s TM and item shops, learning about training services, Mystic Water prices, and the quality of Water Stones. After deciding he would pursue the best Evolution Stone for Poliwhirl rather than settle for “good enough,” he headed to the fourth-floor Breeding House to look for an incubator and promising Pokémon Cubs.

• Yu Hai learned that TMs cost one thousand League Coins, while on-site move instruction cost at least ten thousand, and browsed beginner Pokémon training books.
• Yu Hai compared rookie and elite Mystic Waters and discovered they cost 1.5 million and 3.5 million League Coins respectively.
• The item shop owner pitched his Water Stones as cheaper and more honest than the neighboring shop’s, but Yu Hai checked their purity himself and found them inferior to the neighboring stones.
• The owner warned Yu Hai that genuine high-end Evolution Stones cost tens of millions and were quickly bought by wealthy customers.
• Yu Hai resolved to seek the best Evolution Stone for Poliwhirl before lowering his standards, then went toward the fourth-floor Breeding House to buy an incubator and check Pokémon Cubs’ potential.

Yu Hai toured the Grass-type and Water-type Breeding Houses, checking the Pokémon Cubs’ Potentials and comparing them with their prices. He reflected on the value of his own Pokémon and kept their strength secret before entering the Electric-type Breeding House.

• Yu Hai examined Pokémon Eggs and Cubs in the Grass-type Breeding House, finding ordinary Cubs overpriced and higher-Potential Cubs increasingly expensive across three habitats.
• Yu Hai visited the Water-type Breeding House and noted which species were popular, while learning that Feebas and Magikarp were treated as ornamental fish.
• Yu Hai considered how his Kingler’s fifty-nine Potential could make it worth millions, then decided to hide his Pokémon’s talent to avoid attracting unwanted attention.
• Yu Hai entered the Electric-type Breeding House after the chapter’s note clarified that Veteran Class strength equaled Gym Leader-level strength, though the title could also reflect seniority.

Yu Hai toured the Electric-, Fighting-, Flying-, Normal-, and Bug-type Breeding Houses and compared their Pokémon, prices, and popularity. After visiting all seven stores, he sat down to sort through what he had learned and ranked the local Pokémon prices, with Electric- and Fighting-types at the top.

• Yu Hai left the Electric-type Breeding House after noting its high prices and the popularity of Pokémon such as Pichu, Electabuzz, Mareep, and Raichu.
• Yu Hai toured the Fighting-type Breeding House, where combat competitions drove up prices, and considered which powerful Fighting-types had yet to reach the city.
• Yu Hai visited the Flying-type Breeding House and observed that many customers bought Flying-types for transportation while others preferred Togepi as a pet.
• Yu Hai surveyed the Normal-type Breeding House and noted that cute Pokémon such as Eevee and Meowth cost more than several battle-focused species.
• Yu Hai visited the Bug-type Breeding House, decided he would eventually catch a Scyther, and then rested after completing his tour of all seven stores.
• Yu Hai sorted the prices he had observed and ranked Electric- and Fighting-types as most expensive, followed by Grass-, Bug-, and Normal-types, then Water- and Flying-types.

Yu Hai learned why Starters were scarce and tightly controlled by the League, then bought an incubator for the Pokémon Egg he carried. He left the Department Store planning to return to the hotel before visiting the Black Market, while the egg’s identity remained unknown.

• Yu Hai noticed that Breeding Houses had no adult Pokémon or Starters and reasoned that the League controlled Starter breeding and distribution.
• Yu Hai considered why Starters were difficult to steal or sell, concluding that stolen Pokémon were risky to handle and that the League likely tolerated the Black Market for its own reasons.
• Yu Hai decided not to search for Pokémon Eggs because he could not identify their species from the panel and planned to buy an incubator before visiting the Black Market.
• Yu Hai bought a yellow incubator for a thousand League Coins and left the Department Store.
• Yu Hai worried that the Pokémon Egg in his hand was still getting worse after he poked open its little eyes.

Yu Hai left the Department Store reflecting on Pokémon Breeding Houses, Dragon-types, and possible future purchases, then returned to his hotel. He planned to sort his new purchases and the items he would take to the Black Market.

• Yu Hai considered how ordinary Trainers bought Pokémon Cubs from Breeding Houses and how costly high-quality Pokémon could be.
• Yu Hai thought about the abuses involved in Pokémon boarding and why many types were not raised or sold as beginner Pokémon.
• Yu Hai reflected on the power and rarity of Dragon-types, including Magikarp and Horsea, and hoped to find a Horsea with high Potential.
• Yu Hai checked local hotel prices, complained about how expensive the tourist city was, and returned to room 8012.
• Yu Hai prepared to sort his purchases and the items he planned to take to the Black Market.