Chapter Summaries

Jing He taught the Battle Department students by defeating Kukui’s Dragonite with Lapras and a Perish Song strategy. After the battle, he explained how the tactic could work outside a one-on-one fight and left the lecture hall to greet Gastly and Ice Vulpix.

• Jing He and Kukui appeared as guest instructors, drawing a crowd of excited students to the tactics lesson.
• Kukui sent out Dragonite, while Jing He chose Lapras; Dragonite dodged Lapras’s Ice Beam with Extreme Speed and recovered with Leftovers.
• Kukui attacked with Thunder Punch and Outrage, but Lapras used Perish Song, Rest, Sleep Talk, and Protect to outlast Dragonite.
• Dragonite lost its will to battle, and Du Fu declared Jing He the winner.
• Jing He told the students Lapras could use Whirlpool or Block to keep Perish Song’s effect from ending when an opponent switched Pokémon.
• Gastly received a friend request from someone called Earth King, which Jing He declined before wiping his hand on Ice Vulpix.

Sabrina told Sakaki that her and Kadabra’s psychic powers had improved after advice from the online psychologist Jing Zhong Zhi He, prompting Sakaki to suspect a connection between Jing He and Mewtwo. After Jing He defeated Kukui with a Perish Song strategy, he asked Kukui to help investigate possible Pokémon poaching in Alola; the chapter ended with a student reporting that Gastly had started fighting another Pokémon.

• Sabrina told Sakaki that Jing Zhong Zhi He had helped improve her and Kadabra’s psychic powers, and Sakaki asked Mato to contact him.
• Mato tried to message Jing Zhong Zhi He, but Jing He rejected the request because it lacked details about the symptoms.
• Jing He explained his Perish Song strategy to Kukui, who invited him to teach at a future Pokémon Academy in Alola.
• Jing He told Kukui about Vulpix’s situation, and Kukui promised to investigate possible poaching in Alola.
• A student told Jing He that Gastly had started fighting another Pokémon as videos of Jing He’s battle with Kukui spread online.

Lorelei and Wataru watched Jing He’s Perish Song battle and reacted to its strategy. At Canalave Pokémon Academy, Jing He discovered Gastly had fought Vigoroth over milk, while Ice Vulpix intervened; he then caught Gastly hiding stolen items just as a powerful cry sounded from the woods.

• Lyra showed Lorelei a video of Jing He using Perish Song against the Royal Masked Man, and Lorelei analyzed the strategy before Lyra noted her upcoming match against him.
• Clair gave Wataru a video of Jing He’s battle, and Wataru watched it with Dragonite before turning toward the newly evolved Pokémon.
• Jing He followed a student to the woods and found Gastly confronting two Vigoroth while Ice Vulpix watched nearby.
• Gastly used Toxic Mist and Toxic against one Vigoroth, and Ice Vulpix blasted both Vigoroth away with Psychic to protect Gastly.
• Jing He caught Gastly trying to hide a Sitrus Berry and made it disgorge berries, accessories, pens, and shed Vigoroth claws.
• A deep, imposing cry sounded from within the woods.

Jing He dealt with Gastly and Vulpix’s trouble at the academy, gave online advice to a Trainer struggling to bond with a powerful Pokémon, and continued training his team. At the autumn school festival, Gastly began glowing after seeing a knight’s suit of armor, leaving Jing He worried it was about to evolve.

• Gastly explained that it had fought Vigoroth after they stole berries from Oddish and attacked Vulpix, so Jing He punished it by banning its phone for the night and ordered it to return berries to the Oddish.
• Jing He trained Vulpix to control its psychic power, then noticed Gastly secretly trying to use its phone to make Vulpix watch Minccino Adventures.
• Jing He advised Bird Falling on the Ground to build a friendship with their powerful Pokémon, while Mato and Sakaki discussed investigating and potentially recruiting Jing He.
• Over the following days, Vulpix improved its abilities and Gastly grew more solid as Jing He took them to Battle Restaurants in Canalave City under the name Wu Da.
• At the autumn school festival, Gastly admired a knight’s suit of armor, and its body suddenly erupted in dazzling white light.

Gastly evolved into Haunter during the school festival, and Jing He toured the festivities with Haunter and Ice Vulpix. At the battle area, Steven Stone revealed that the Tower Climbing Competition’s grand prize was a set of Attribute Gemstones, catching Haunter’s interest.

• Gastly evolved into Haunter, whose stronger Lick paralyzed Jing He until he ate a Cheri Berry.
• Haunter wanted to wear the knight outfit, but got stuck inside its helmet and emerged with only part of the armor on.
• Jing He toured the school festival with Haunter and Ice Vulpix, who wore a Christmas outfit.
• Jing He greeted Nurse Joy at the battle area, where she asked whether he planned to compete.
• Steven Stone joined Jing He and explained that the Tower Climbing Competition’s final prize was a set of Attribute Gemstones, prompting Haunter to consider entering.

Jing He entered the Climbing Tower Area to test Haunter’s strength after its evolution. Haunter defeated Beedrill and Kingler in succession, raising its floor count to two and eagerly demanding more battles.

• Jing He chose the Climbing Tower Area to test Haunter and checked its new moves, including Shadow Punch.
• Xing Ya began the challenge by sending out Beedrill, which Haunter defeated with Hypnosis and Hex.
• Xing Ya sent out Kingler, but Haunter slipped into its shadow, poisoned it with Toxic Mist, and finished it with Hex.
• Haunter advanced the tower count to two and called for more opponents.

Jing He and Haunter continued their Climbing Tower streak, defeating Hypno and Gyarados to reach ten consecutive victories. Haunter celebrated its achievement as the crowd watched in astonishment.

• Roxanne and Flannery joined the crowd and saw that Jing He and Haunter had reached eight consecutive victories.
• Jing He checked Haunter's condition, and Haunter eagerly chose to face Xing Ya's ninth Pokémon.
• Hypno used Hypnosis, but Haunter won the contest and knocked Hypno out, bringing the tally to nine.
• Xing Ya sent out Gyarados, and Jing He used Haunter's Substitute, Toxic, and Hex tactics to defeat it.
• Haunter reached ten consecutive victories and proudly celebrated before the crowd.

Jing He ended Haunter’s academy tower challenge after claiming the top prize, then spent the festival with Haunter and Ice Vulpix. Back home, he watched battle news and received a Pokémon-care question from a new contact whose Jynx was obsessed with its reflection.

• Jing He stopped Haunter from continuing the tower challenge, deciding the stronger floors posed too much risk, and Xing Ya awarded him sixteen Attribute Gemstones.
• A video of Jing He and Haunter’s one-versus-ten run spread across the campus network, inspiring a new school of thought called Jing Fan Style.
• Jing He took Haunter and Ice Vulpix around the academy festival, visiting eateries and attractions before returning home.
• Jing He watched footage of Wataru battling Lorelei and saw Dragonite and Lapras take each other out.
• Forever Eighteen asked Jing He how to handle an overconfident Pokémon, then sent him a photo of Jynx admiring itself in a mirror and applying lipstick.

Jing He helped Lorelei redirect her narcissistic Jynx’s attention from its appearance toward training by showing it a picture of Ice Vulpix. After advising Lorelei to praise Jynx’s effort, Jing He woke to a delivery just as he was preparing to visit the electronics district.

• Jing He suggested hiding Jynx’s mirrors and using food to distract it, but a video showed Jynx ignoring an Energy Cube and using a puddle to admire itself.
• Jing He showed Lorelei a picture of Ice Vulpix and advised her to tell Jynx that hardworking Pokémon were cute; Jynx began lifting tiny dumbbells.
• Lorelei and Lyra discussed how to thank Jing He, and Lyra suggested giving him Ice-type training advice; Lorelei cracked her tablet when Lyra brought up Wataru.
• Jing He woke early, planned to look for a secondhand Berry Blender, and heard a delivery carrier announce a package downstairs.

Jing He received a Nasty Plot Technical Machine and a VIP ticket to an exhibition competition from Wataru, then went shopping for a Berry Blender in Canalave City. The electronics mall suffered a sudden power outage, and Jing He noticed that several shops restored power using their Electric-type Pokémon.

• Haunter opened the package from Wataru, and Jing He found a Nasty Plot Technical Machine and a VIP ticket to the Youth Performance Competition in Sootopolis City.
• Jing He asked Haunter to study Nasty Plot with Ice Vulpix, and Haunter confidently promised it would succeed.
• Jing He set aside the invitation and took Haunter and Ice Vulpix to an electronics mall to look for a Berry Blender.
• A salesperson showed Jing He the secondhand Berry Blenders and handed him a flyer for an Electabuzz Cup Trainer Tournament.
• The mall's lights went out, then returned after the salesperson asked an Ampharos to restore the shop's power, prompting Jing He to wonder why the commercial district had lost electricity.

Jing He and Officer Jenny investigated explosions and power failures in Electronics City with help from Denji, the Gym Leader of Sunyshore City. Denji began repairing the damaged electrical box as Jing He wondered whether Denji had grown tired of battling.

• Jing He learned that Electronics City had suffered frequent power outages, then ran outside with Haunter and Ice Vulpix after explosions rocked the area.
• Officer Jenny told Jing He that the blasts might be connected to the power failures and introduced Denji, who had arrived to investigate.
• Denji identified conflicting currents in an electrical box and suspected an Electric-type Pokémon had overloaded it by storing electricity.
• Jing He and Officer Jenny agreed to restore power while considering whether a rampaging Electric-type Pokémon was responsible.
• Denji took his equipment to repair the electrical box, and Jing He wondered if Denji was growing tired of battling.

Jing He and the officers investigated an electrical outage with Denji, whose Pikachu grew concerned that Denji had lost his enthusiasm for battling. In the park, Denji’s attacks failed to draw a response from the Pokémon hiding in the woods, and Jing He recognized a Vikavolt and four Charger Bugs before stepping in.

• Jing He encouraged Vulpix to chill the officers’ drinks, helping it practice control and grow more confident.
• Haunter befriended Denji’s Pikachu with food, learned that Pikachu was troubled by Denji’s reluctance to battle, and offered Jing He as a Pokémon psychologist for its Trainer.
• Denji returned after repairing the electrical box and reported bite marks on its wires, while Officer Jenny said the station was searching for an Electric-type Pokémon.
• Officer Jenny took the group to a park, where Pikachu spotted a hidden Pokémon and Denji commanded Luxray and Pikachu to attack, but their electric moves vanished without a response.
• Jing He identified the hidden Pokémon as a Vikavolt accompanied by four Charger Bugs and stepped forward to handle them.

Jing He and Haunter defeated a berserk Vikavolt powered by four Charger Bugs during the investigation into Electronics City’s blackouts. After Officer Jenny’s team secured the scene, Denji recognized Jing He as Volkner’s teacher, leaving Jing He surprised that Volkner had learned his Substitute, Protect, and Toxic strategy.

• Vikavolt burst from the forest and attacked Haunter with a powerful Discharge, revealing four Charger Bugs clinging to its legs.
• Jing He sent Haunter after Vikavolt, and Haunter used Toxic before dodging a wave of electricity.
• Haunter swayed a Hypnosis Ring, causing the Charger Bugs to fall off, then struck Vikavolt with Hex and blocked its Thunderbolt with Protect.
• Haunter hypnotized the weakened Vikavolt, which crashed to the ground as Officer Jenny’s team extinguished fires and secured the area.
• Denji recognized Jing He as the teacher who had taught Volkner Substitute, Protect, and Toxic, surprising Jing He.

Jing He learned that Pokémon Hunters and smuggling were tied to the Pokémon Rampage Incident, then bought a Berry Blender and attempted to make Energy Cubes. His first batch tasted so bad that he and his Pokémon spat them out, ending the chapter with laughter at Vulpix’s apparent bad influence from Haunter.

• Officer Jenny told Jing He that the Alola Pokémon investigation involved Pokémon Hunters, smuggling, and the Pokémon Rampage Incident, and said she would contact him when the Vikavolt and Charger Bugs woke up.
• Denji left with Pikachu and Luxray after the incident, while Jing He considered how to rekindle Denji’s interest in battling.
• Jing He bought a new Berry Blender using a voucher passed to him by Haunter after Denji discarded it.
• Jing He made Cheri Berry Energy Cubes, but he, Haunter, and Vulpix spat them out after tasting the awful batch.

Jing He finally made a delicious batch of Energy Cubes with Haunter and Vulpix, then considered how to build Ice Vulpix’s confidence in its first battle. He discovered Haunter had been browsing Pokémon egg-group information and received a message from Eevee Eating Cabbage about finishing exams.

• Jing He perfected his Energy Cube recipe, and Haunter and Vulpix eagerly shared the successful batch with him.
• Jing He decided he would train Ice Vulpix for battles and wondered how to make its first fight challenging enough to build confidence.
• Jing He checked Haunter’s phone and found searches about Minccino hatching and Haunter egg groups, then chose to respect Haunter’s privacy.
• Eevee Eating Cabbage messaged Jing He to say the exams were finally over, and Jing He wished them luck on the college entrance exams.

Jing He learned that Eevee Eating Cabbage had caught Spiritomb and agreed to examine it after receiving an advance consultation fee. The next morning, Steven Stone urgently asked Jing He to come to the Granite Cave construction site.

• Jing He recognized the Pokémon in Eevee Eating Cabbage's photo as Spiritomb and identified its cracked stone as an Odd Keystone.
• Eevee Eating Cabbage asked Jing He to examine Spiritomb, and Jing He requested videos before offering an assessment.
• Eevee Eating Cabbage transferred Jing He 100,000 League Credits and said Spiritomb was unsettled around her other Pokémon.
• Jing He finished making Energy Cubes, wondered whether Eevee Eating Cabbage had a Gible, and showed Spiritomb's photo to Haunter.
• Steven Stone called Jing He the next morning and said a helicopter was waiting to take him to the Granite Cave construction site.

Jing He and Steven found wild Pokémon occupying the Granite Cave construction site, and Jing He agreed to settle the dispute through a battle between Breloom and Ice Vulpix. Ice Vulpix defeated Breloom with repeated Psychic attacks, leaving Jing He to call off the battle as Vulpix wondered if that was all.

• Steven explained that Devon Corporation had resumed Granite Cave construction while trying to reduce environmental damage, but wild Pokémon had occupied the site.
• Jing He suggested relocating the Pokémon to an ecological zone, and Steven said Chairman Stone was already preparing one.
• Breloom challenged Ice Vulpix to a battle, and Jing He accepted so they could continue communicating with the wild Pokémon.
• Ice Vulpix distracted Breloom with Baby-Doll Eyes, froze it with Icy Wind, and then struck it repeatedly with Psychic.
• Jing He stopped the battle after Breloom lost its ability to fight, while Ice Vulpix looked back in confusion.

Jing He helped Steven Stone persuade wild Pokémon to consider moving to Devon Corporation’s ecological zone and learned about an upcoming Pokémon World Championship Youth Cup Exhibition Match. Later, Cynthia’s Feebas began evolving after growing more confident, leaving Jing He wondering whether he would lose his financial backer.

• Jing He fed Energy Cubes to Vulpix, Haunter, Metang, Lairon, and the wild Pokémon, and Steven Stone asked whether he had made them himself.
• Jing He used Hypnosis to show Breloom and the other wild Pokémon their possible new home, and they agreed to visit Devon Corporation’s ecological zone.
• Steven Stone gave Jing He an invitation to an Exhibition Match connected to the planned Pokémon World Championship Tournament Youth Cup and offered him a helicopter on standby.
• Jing He received a video from Eevee Eating Cabbage showing Feebas acting lively and advised putting it back in its original pond.
• Cynthia returned Feebas to its pond, where it saw her and began to evolve, and Jing He worried he might lose his financial backer.

Cynthia's Feebas evolved into Milotic, and Professor Rowan concluded that its confidence may have helped it evolve naturally. After examining Milotic, Rowan contacted Jing He to ask about his work with Pokémon psychology.

• Feebas evolved into Milotic as Cynthia and her Pokémon watched, and Cynthia photographed the transformation.
• Jing He reassured Vulpix about its future evolution, ignored Haunter's demand for the same reassurance, and posted photos of Milotic and Steven Stone's Pokémon online.
• Professor Rowan examined Milotic and found its readings exceptionally good, then explained that naturally evolved Milotic showed stronger self-awareness than those evolved with a Prism Scale.
• Rowan wondered whether confidence had triggered Feebas's evolution and asked Cynthia for Jing He's contact information.
• Jing He received Rowan's call and suspected that Cynthia had once again claimed not to be Cynthia.

Jing He received a large payment from Professor Rowan for the Sleep Aid Audio and considered buying an Ice Stone for Vulpix. He joked with Haunter about evolution, but both Pokémon cunningly pretended to learn Nasty Plot to earn a feast, leaving Jing He wary of their demands for Technical Machines.

• Professor Rowan asked Jing He to help put twenty Feebas to sleep for research and decided to pay him the remaining League funding after Cynthia reminded him Jing He was not his assistant.
• Cynthia said she and Yukinari would apply for researcher status for Jing He, and Professor Rowan asked whether she was going to Sootopolis City for the Youth Performance Competition.
• Jing He received 1,200,000 League Credit and realized other people might pay for his Sleep Aid Audio, then considered buying an Ice Stone for Vulpix.
• Jing He tricked Haunter into thinking it needed to eat a Clefairy to evolve, then promised Haunter and Vulpix a feast to stop Haunter from flipping the table.
• Haunter and Vulpix used Nasty Plot and secretly schemed to get a feast, while Jing He pretended they had only just learned the skill and fled when they demanded Technical Machines.