Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan tried to make Energy Cubes from Berries with Magnemite’s Psychic Power, but the first batch became frozen pulp instead. Eevee helped him realize that spinning gathered the Berry energy at the center, leaving Fang Yuan with a more difficult extraction and purification process to solve.

• Fang Yuan returned from class eager to test Energy Cube production, after Zhuang Xin promised to help Eevee learn new moves, including Shadow Ball.
• Fang Yuan used a mixer and liquid nitrogen while Magnemite controlled the Berry pulp, but the result was an unappealing frozen lump that Eevee refused to eat.
• Fang Yuan had Magnemite practice shaping pulp into cubes and concluded that cooling alone could not produce Energy Cubes.
• Eevee sensed that spinning drew Berry energy toward the mixer’s center and showed Fang Yuan how the energy dispersed when the machine stopped.
• Fang Yuan told Magnemite to extract the energy-rich core instantly, but repeated attempts failed as Magnemite tired and the pulp still contained impurities.

Fang Yuan set aside Energy Cube production while Magnemite continued training Awakening Power, and he inspected Eevee’s improved strength before planning a balanced training routine. He brought Eevee to the Public Training Ground to develop its limbs and tail and build a strong foundation for its eventual evolution.

• Fang Yuan taught Magnemite to use Psychic Power to quickly shape and compress sand as training for Awakening Power and Energy Cube production.
• Eevee tried to avoid getting assigned training, but Fang Yuan checked its progress and saw that its tail had grown stronger.
• Fang Yuan bought more berries and took Eevee to the Public Training Ground for another session.
• Fang Yuan planned to use Return to train Eevee’s limbs and tail regularly, complementing its stronger torso and head.
• Eevee yawned at Fang Yuan’s explanation, and Fang Yuan decided it would be easier to persuade Eevee by simply telling it to train.

The school team candidates were assigned to five teams for a sudden Team Battle Assessment, and captain Fang Yuan told his unfamiliar teammates to avoid interfering with one another while supporting Eevee. He planned to use Eevee to quickly knock out a nearby opponent and turn the battle in their favor.

• The school announced that the twenty-five candidates would take part in a Team Battle Assessment, with Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le appointed as separate team captains.
• Fang Yuan was assigned Zhang Huanyu, Li Meng, Jiang Lili, and Miao Ran as teammates.
• Fang Yuan argued that the teams had too little time to coordinate, so they should focus on performing well individually and avoiding mistakes.
• Fang Yuan instructed his teammates to cover Eevee with ranged attacks while Eevee quickly eliminated the nearest opposing Pokémon.
• Jiang Lili questioned whether Eevee could really knock out an opponent in one move.

Fang Yuan’s team used a direct attack to defeat Zhou Xueyao’s team in the first team battle assessment, with Eevee taking down Doduo almost immediately. After seeing Eevee’s explosive improvement, Director Wu and Teacher Bai Ning discussed keeping Fang Yuan out of future team training until the official team was chosen.

• Fang Yuan persuaded his teammates to use cover and a direct assault, confident that Eevee could overwhelm their opponents.
• Fang Yuan’s team was paired against Zhou Xueyao’s team, and the teachers noticed he had positioned himself at the edge to attack quickly.
• At the referee’s signal, Fang Yuan’s teammates blocked the opposing Pokémon with long-range moves while Eevee raced toward Doduo.
• Eevee outran Doduo and defeated it in one strike, allowing Fang Yuan’s team to take control and win the battle.
• Teacher Bai Ning and Director Wu agreed that Fang Yuan should skip future team training until the official members were selected, so he could join them for coordination practice.

After Eevee's intensive training, Fang Yuan took it to the Pokémon Center, where Yang Han noticed its Iron Tail practice and gave Fang Yuan Medicinal Cream to help it master Steel-type Energy. Yang Han promised to seek a way for Eevee to learn Shadow Ball, leaving Fang Yuan grateful for the support he had received in Flat City.

• Fang Yuan's team won both Sudden Assessment battles, and Liu Le asked Fang Yuan whether he had thought of him as a pig teammate.
• Fang Yuan trained Eevee with the Payback Training Method and concluded that Eevee needed to improve its mastery of the Payback Move to keep making progress.
• After Eevee received treatment at the Pokémon Center, it struck at a hand reaching for it, and Fang Yuan recognized the man as Yang Han.
• Yang Han brought Fang Yuan to a collection room and gave him Medicinal Cream for Eevee's tail, explaining that it could help Eevee master Steel-type Energy for Iron Tail.
• Yang Han said he would try to find a way for Eevee to learn Shadow Ball, and Fang Yuan thanked him.

Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le were assigned to collect venom from a Beedrill colony, and Fang Yuan planned to avoid fighting the swarm directly. Eevee unexpectedly demonstrated Substitute, giving Fang Yuan a way to lure the Beedrill away as they prepared to carry out the mission.

• Fang Yuan applied Yang Han's medicinal cream to Eevee's tail while practicing Iron Tail.
• Zhuang Xin sent Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, and Liu Le to collect venom from trees in a habitat occupied by around twenty Beedrill.
• Zhuang Xin told Wang Dahu she wanted the group, especially Fang Yuan, to experience setbacks, while Rangers followed to protect them.
• Fang Yuan's group traveled toward the Beedrill habitat and discussed luring the swarm away instead of confronting it head-on.
• Eevee created a Substitute for the first time, and Fang Yuan realized it could use the copy to draw away the Beedrill.

Fang Yuan’s Eevee used its newly mastered Substitute to help the group secure Beedrill venom, overcoming Zhuang Xin’s training challenge. Afterward, Fang Yuan worried that their success would make future missions harder and asked Lin Jing and Liu Le to strengthen their Pokémon.

• Fang Yuan determined that Eevee had learned Substitute through its Payback training but still could not control its original body and Substitute at the same time.
• Fang Yuan planned for Eevee’s Substitute to lure away the Beedrill while Growlithe and Snorlax guarded Eevee’s original body.
• Zhuang Xin learned that the group had taken the venom without trouble because Eevee’s Substitute had drawn away the Beedrill.
• Liu Le treated Fang Yuan and Lin Jing to a meal after their successful mission, and Fang Yuan warned them not to grow complacent.
• Fang Yuan asked Lin Jing whether Growlithe could learn Flamethrower within a week and asked Liu Le about Snorlax’s training.

Fang Yuan’s article about Eevee’s Anticipation Ability caught the attention of Pokémon Home editor Niu Zhiyuan and researcher Xu Qingmu. Xu began verifying the discovery and sent his student Wen Siyu to contact Fang Yuan in Flat City.

• Liu Le told Fang Yuan that Snorlax was nearing mastery of Rest and Sleep Talk after hypnosis sessions, while practicing Body Slam and Rollout.
• Niu Zhiyuan reviewed Fang Yuan’s article on Eevee’s unknown ability and forwarded it for professional review.
• Xu Qingmu read the article and considered how Anticipation might explain Eevee’s fear of danger and help it develop combat awareness.
• Xu Qingmu revisited his old Eevee research, decided to study another group of Eevee, and called Wen Siyu.
• Xu Qingmu instructed Wen Siyu to go to Flat City and contact Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan learned that his paper on Anticipation had passed another review and met Intern Researcher Wen Siyu, who came on Professor Xu Qingmu’s behalf to discuss verifying the Ability. The chapter ended with Wen Siyu asking Fang Yuan to help with the verification.

• Fang Yuan reviewed his finances and calculated that his remaining savings, the paper payment, and available support should cover his final year of high school.
• Fang Yuan woke Eevee with Magnemite’s Thunder Shock and prepared to take them out for special training.
• Wen Siyu called Fang Yuan about his paper, but he initially mistook her for a scammer and joked that he was Patrick Star.
• Fang Yuan met Wen Siyu at Pingcheng Building’s Entrance E and introduced her to Eevee.
• Wen Siyu told Fang Yuan she hoped he would assist with verifying Anticipation.

Fang Yuan’s paper on Eevee’s Anticipation passed review, though its payment was still pending. At the Trainer Association, Zhuang Xin offered Eevee Shadow Ball and a choice of another move, and Fang Yuan selected Reflect.

• Fang Yuan told Wen Siyu he researched Eevee to help Trainers understand that timid Pokémon were not flawed, while Eevee privately doubted his explanation.
• Wen Siyu estimated the paper could earn between one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, and Fang Yuan learned that payment would come after publication approval.
• During the National Day holiday, Fang Yuan’s paper passed all three review rounds and received a publication date, but its payment was still awaiting approval.
• Fang Yuan told Wen Siyu he planned to research Big Fierce Magikarp’s Rattled Ability next.
• Yang Han and Zhuang Xin gave Fang Yuan a method for teaching Eevee Shadow Ball and let him choose another move from the Trainer Association’s manuals.
• Fang Yuan chose Reflect, despite Zhuang Xin warning that learning both it and Shadow Ball could take Eevee several months.

Fang Yuan chose Reflect for Eevee and Magnemite to develop their Psychic Power, then learned the move would require substantial resources. Yang Han offered him a chance to earn more resources by taking part in an inter-school exchange with Wutong Tree City First High School, and Fang Yuan asked whether sweeping their opponents would secure what he needed.

• Fang Yuan explained why Reflect could help Eevee train its mental strength and improve Magnemite's Psychic Power.
• Zhuang Xin worried that Eevee would struggle to learn Reflect and Shadow Ball at the same time, but Yang Han encouraged Fang Yuan to trust his choice.
• Yang Han gave Fang Yuan a Shadow Ball Move Manual and explained that learning the move required costly resources.
• Yang Han revealed plans for a friendly exchange between Peaceful City students and students from Wutong Tree City First High School.
• Fang Yuan asked whether sweeping the opposing students would earn resources for Shadow Ball and Reflect.

Fang Yuan prepared Eevee for an interschool exchange against Wutong Tree City First High School, hoping to prove himself and earn resources to learn Shadow Ball and Reflect. As Peaceful City First High School arrived in Wuzhou, the rival students recognized that the challengers had come.

• Fang Yuan explained that Eevee had learned Iron Tail and improved its physical abilities and Return through training.
• Yang Han agreed to apply for resources for Shadow Ball and Reflect if Fang Yuan performed well in the exchange.
• Fang Yuan planned to train Eevee in Counter Shield, Quick Attack, Double Team, and Substitute before the match.
• Lin Jing and Liu Le prepared their Pokémon for the exchange and worried about their moves and readiness.
• Peaceful City First High School's bus entered Wuzhou First High School, where the rival Rookie Trainers awaited the challengers.

Peaceful City First High School’s students visited Wuzhou First High School, where student rivalries flared before the schools agreed to settle matters with an Arena Tournament. Yue Chenfei was chosen to represent Peaceful City first, and the exchange battle was about to begin.

• Fang Yuan, Lin Jing, Liu Le, and the other selected students arrived at Wuzhou First High School, where Zhao Yan welcomed them and the visitors chose between touring campus and observing classes.
• Fang Yuan released Eevee during the campus tour, while Liu Jingjing and another student tried to learn what Pokémon the visitors would use in the exchange battle.
• Yang Han and Zhao Yan discussed their schools’ chances over tea and anticipated that the students would provoke one another before the battle.
• Students from Wuzhou First High School taunted Peaceful City First High School’s team at the gymnasium, angering Yue Chenfei and prompting Director Wu to tell him to prove himself in battle.
• Yang Han and Zhao Yan agreed to an Arena Tournament format in which each winner stayed on the field until defeated, and Director Wu and Teacher Bai Ning selected Yue Chenfei to go first.

Peaceful City First High School faced Wuzhou First High School in an exchange battle, and Yue Chenfei and Zhou Xueyao both lost to Cheng Mingzhe’s Rhyhorn. Fang Yuan stopped Liu Le from stepping up and volunteered to battle next.

• After Zhao Yan persuaded the School Leaders to skip the lengthy proceedings, the exchange battle began with Yue Chenfei facing Cheng Mingzhe.
• Cheng Mingzhe’s Rhyhorn blasted through Murkrow’s Haze with Dragon Pulse and defeated it, giving Wuzhou First High School the first win.
• Zhou Xueyao sent out Bulbasaur and tried to exploit Rhyhorn’s recovery after Dragon Pulse, but Stomping Tantrum disrupted Vine Whip and Rock Throw defeated Bulbasaur.
• After Peaceful City First High School suffered two straight losses, Liu Le tried to take the field, but Fang Yuan stopped him and volunteered to battle.

Fang Yuan sent Eevee to face Cheng Mingzhe after Peaceful City First High School fell behind, and Eevee decisively defeated Rhyhorn with its speed and Iron Tail. The victory left Wuzhou First High School’s remaining top competitors as the likely challengers to Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan volunteered to battle after Yue Chenfei and Zhou Xueyao lost, and Yang Han agreed that Lin Jing and Liu Le were less suited to face Cheng Mingzhe.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee took the field, where Wuzhou First High School’s spectators mocked Eevee’s appearance and doubted its ability.
• Fang Yuan challenged Cheng Mingzhe to compare Rhyhorn’s Stomping Tantrum with Eevee’s Quick Attack, and Eevee swiftly dodged the attack with a practiced leap.
• Eevee struck Rhyhorn with three Iron Tails, knocking it out and stunning the venue.
• Zhao Yan asked Feng Ziming, Tang Kexin, Wang You, and Bai Qi which of them would face Fang Yuan, recognizing Eevee as Peaceful City First High School’s trump card.

Fang Yuan and Eevee continued their school battle, defeating Tang Kexin’s Swablu and Wang You’s Duskull despite appearing exhausted. Eevee’s victory over Duskull left the contest continuing with Peaceful City First High School ahead.

• Tang Kexin sent out Swablu, but Eevee used Rotating Sand Attack to weigh down its wings and defeat it with a charged strike.
• A Wuzhou First High School teacher recognized Fang Yuan as the Little Phoenix King Cup champion and warned Zhao Yan about Eevee’s strength.
• Zhao Yan believed Eevee was tiring after two battles, so Wang You entered with Duskull and planned to wear it down using Disable and Will-O-Wisp.
• Wang You’s Duskull immobilized Eevee’s Substitute instead of its real body, exposing its position.
• Eevee appeared behind Duskull, struck it with Bite and Iron Tail, and left Zhao Yan stunned.

Fang Yuan and Eevee faced Wuzhou First High School’s captain, Bai Qi, and defeated his Magmar with a powerful Third Stage Return. The gymnasium fell silent as Fang Yuan asked who would challenge Eevee next.

• After Wang You lost, Zhao Yan sent Bai Qi to face Fang Yuan and Eevee.
• Bai Qi released Magmar, which attacked Eevee with a Fire Vortex that covered nearly half the field.
• Fang Yuan ordered Eevee to attack head-on, and Eevee used Quick Attack and Take Down to break through the Fire Vortex.
• Eevee struck Magmar so hard that it flew into the protective wall, leaving a fissure.
• Fang Yuan asked who would be the next opponent and claimed Eevee had only a little stamina left.

Fang Yuan and Eevee continued their streak in the exchange tournament, defeating five opponents before Eevee finally collapsed after a draw. Yang Han offered Fang Yuan a reward, and Fang Yuan asked whether he could obtain permission to capture a second Pokémon early.

• Zhao Yan asked Yang Han to stop the tournament, offering him a Water Stone to persuade Fang Yuan to step down.
• Fang Yuan told Yang Han that Eevee had little stamina left, and Yang Han urged him to withdraw after the next match.
• Eevee drew against a Wuzhou First High School girl before collapsing, ending Fang Yuan's run after five victories.
• Yang Han sent Jiang Liang into the tournament and took Fang Yuan toward the infirmary, offering him an additional reward.
• Fang Yuan asked Yang Han whether the Peaceful City Trainer Association could grant him early permission to capture a second Pokémon.

After Fang Yuan’s performance secured Flat City First High School’s victory, Yang Han discussed his request with Zhuang Xin. Back home, Fang Yuan began planning Psychic Power training for Eevee and Magnemite to help them learn Reflect and improve Awakening Power.

• Fang Yuan told Yang Han he had a reason for requesting an official status for Magnemite, but Yang Han postponed the discussion until they returned.
• Fang Yuan and Eevee’s victories left Wuzhou First High School with only average students, making the remaining exchange battles more even.
• Yang Han told Zhuang Xin that Fang Yuan had defeated five members of Wuzhou First High School’s main lineup, then shared his request with her.
• Fang Yuan returned home and studied the Reflect Move Manual, which described three methods for training Psychic Power.
• Fang Yuan decided Eevee would train Psychic Power by memorizing shows and practicing Calm Mind, while Magnemite would continue exhaustion training and Calm Mind.

After the exchange battle, Fang Yuan resumed school with more freedom to train his Pokémon, then saw his paper on Eevee’s Anticipation Ability published in Pokémon Home. The article drew attention from researchers, teachers, reporters, and Trainers, while Teacher Li and Xiao Shuang began connecting the author to Fang Yuan.

• Teacher Bai Ning let Fang Yuan arrange his training during class and offered him guidance battles.
• Fang Yuan focused Eevee’s training on Shadow Ball, Reflect, and Payback while Magnemite continued its usual routine.
• Pokémon Home published Fang Yuan’s paper on Eevee’s Anticipation Ability, and the issue became a sales success.
• Researcher Xu Qingmu regretted that Fang Yuan had not clearly accepted his offer to mentor him at Southern River University.
• Teacher Wang Xin and Teacher Li noticed the paper’s author shared Fang Yuan’s name and suspected it was the student they knew.
• Xiao Shuang recognized the connection to her earlier interview with Fang Yuan and decided to turn the discovery into major news.