Chapter Summaries

Yan Yang met Doctor Jiachengxue at the Pokémon Center, where the Professor answered Trainers’ questions and recited a Pokémon senryū. Doctor Jiachengxue then revealed that he had seen what looked like Entei near Mt. Moon, but a news report about Entei in Johto the previous day cast doubt on the sighting.

• Doctor Jiachengxue arrived at the Pokémon Center to rest, and Yan Yang recognized him as a renowned Professor.
• A young Trainer asked Doctor Jiachengxue for an autograph, and the Professor encouraged him to become an outstanding Trainer.
• Doctor Jiachengxue answered Trainers’ questions and recited a senryū about a Charmander changing after it evolved.
• Doctor Jiachengxue said he had seen an orange-red figure he believed was Entei near Mt. Moon, prompting a Trainer to rush out in search of it.
• A Trainer found a news report saying Entei had appeared in Johto the previous day, and the Pokémon Center’s visitors questioned whether the Mt. Moon sighting was possible.

Yan Yang recognized Doctor Jiachengxue’s unusual stone as the Ground Slate and tried to find a way to get it. To gain the Professor’s trust, he asked to study Pokémon under him, and Jiachengxue agreed to test him with questions before deciding whether to take him along.

• Doctor Jiachengxue wondered how Entei could have traveled such a vast distance and lamented that Legendary Pokémon were so difficult to study.
• A boy took his despairing Meowth to look for Entei and challenge it to a battle.
• Doctor Jiachengxue revealed that phone signals had vanished at dusk and showed the group a strange tile-shaped stone he had found while investigating Clefairy on Mt. Moon.
• Yan Yang identified the stone as the Ground Slate but decided he could not simply take it from the Professor.
• Yan Yang asked Doctor Jiachengxue to teach him about Pokémon, and Jiachengxue agreed to stay and question him before deciding whether to take him along.

Doctor Jiachengxue offered Yan Yang a chance to learn from him and tested his Pokémon knowledge by asking him to summon a Pokémon. Yan Yang brought out Houndoom, impressing the Professor and attracting the attention of nearby Trainers.

• Doctor Jiachengxue decided to test Yan Yang’s fundamentals before letting him learn at his research institute.
• Yan Yang considered accepting the Professor’s offer and decided studying with him could be useful, while Entei suggested trading something else for the slate.
• Doctor Jiachengxue noticed a Poké Ball move and asked Yan Yang to release a Pokémon for questioning.
• Yan Yang summoned Houndoom, and Doctor Jiachengxue judged it to be a powerful, well-raised Pokémon.
• Nearby Trainers noticed Houndoom’s strength, considered challenging Yan Yang, and waited while the Professor prepared his questions.

Yan Yang answered Doctor Jiachengxue’s questions about Houndoom and showed how deeply he valued his Pokémon. After passing the Professor’s test, he was invited to visit the research institute.

• Yan Yang correctly explained how Houndoom packs chose their leaders, impressing Doctor Jiachengxue and the nearby rookie Trainers.
• Yan Yang recited a senryu portraying his Houndoom as a kind-hearted wanderer, and Houndoom affectionately licked him.
• Yan Yang explained that the senryu described his own Houndoom, and Doctor Jiachengxue praised their bond.
• Yan Yang declared that he would never abandon any of his Pokémon and would sacrifice himself rather than leave his family behind.
• Doctor Jiachengxue told Yan Yang that he had passed and would accompany him to the research institute.

Yan Yang left with Doctor Jiachengxue, who brought him along to fly back on Dragonite. Armorouge emerged and seized Yan Yang instead, then raced Dragonite through the sky as Doctor Jiachengxue watched.

• Yan Yang left the Pokémon Center with Doctor Jiachengxue, while the other Trainers discovered that their phone signal had returned.
• Yan Yang wondered whether to pursue research, and Doctor Jiachengxue encouraged him to learn about it and consider becoming a scholar.
• Doctor Jiachengxue summoned his powerful Dragonite and offered to let her carry Yan Yang as they flew back.
• Armorouge burst out of his Poké Ball, glared at Dragonite, and picked Yan Yang up before taking off.
• Dragonite carried Doctor Jiachengxue after them, and Armorouge repeatedly sped up to challenge her while Yan Yang clung on in fear.

Yan Yang explored Doctor Jiachengxue's research institute and trained with Armorouge, which revealed a mysterious Fire-type move. Yan Yang suspected it was Hidden Power, while the chapter ended with a riddle about a Pokémon.

• Doctor Jiachengxue brought Yan Yang to his research institute in New Bark Town and went to make records.
• Yan Yang greeted the institute's Pokémon, then released his own team and invited Armorouge to train.
• Yan Yang asked Pyroar not to damage the institute and offered Entei a chance to come out, but Entei refused from its Luxury Ball.
• Armorouge showed Yan Yang a Fire-type attack that was missing from its listed moves, and Yan Yang guessed it was Hidden Power.
• The chapter posed clues asking readers to identify a Pokémon with an Ice weakness, early utility, edible parts, and a connection to Ash's Sceptile.

Yan Yang’s Pokémon training was interrupted when Doctor Jiachengxue arrived and eagerly investigated his unusual Pokémon. Jiachengxue offered to teach Yan Yang research during his stay, while Yan Yang kept Entei’s identity secret and declined to release him.

• Armorouge asked Yan Yang to help him understand Hidden Power, and Yan Yang agreed.
• Doctor Jiachengxue approached Armorouge and was punched into the air, then quickly got back up and brushed himself off.
• Jiachengxue examined Lycanroc, but she guarded Cosmog and refused to let him touch it.
• Jiachengxue learned Yan Yang could communicate with Pokémon and invited him to continue research after graduation.
• Yan Yang told Jiachengxue the Pokémon in his Luxury Ball disliked people and was dangerous, so he would not release him.

With communication still cut off, Yan Yang worried that Silvally was alone at home, while Silvally’s fear that Yan Yang had abandoned him drove him to wreck the house and enter dormancy. Meanwhile, Wu Ji learned that his plan to steal Slowpoke during the festival had failed, and he continued searching for the signal-blocking device.

• Yan Yang realized he could not contact Wang Yan or check on Silvally, and worried about what might happen while he was away.
• Silvally woke from a nightmare in which Yan Yang rejected him, grew increasingly anxious when Yan Yang did not return, and feared he had been abandoned.
• Silvally lost control, damaged much of the house, then crawled beneath the living-room table with their photo album and entered dormancy for three weeks.
• In Kanto, Wu Ji questioned a subordinate who had failed to find the switch for the device that had disrupted the Mechanical Guards.
• Wu Ji recalled how he had planned to exploit the Slowpoke Festival to steal nearly one hundred Slowpoke, but earlier setbacks and the failed operation had left his scheme in trouble.

Former chairman Wu Ji struggled to meet a delivery deadline and planned to steal Slowpoke from Doctor Jiachengxue’s laboratory. Qing Mu called to ask him to find Yan Yang, then considered helping Wu Ji obtain Pokémon for the raid.

• Wu Ji realized that his seized assets and missing signal-blocking controller had left him short of goods and resources.
• Wu Ji considered stealing Slowpoke from Doctor Jiachengxue’s lightly guarded laboratory, but worried about the professor’s unknown Pokémon strength.
• Qing Mu called Wu Ji and asked him to find a Johto boy named Yan Yang, but Wu Ji could not locate the boy in his saved League records.
• Wu Ji asked Qing Mu to lend him enhanced Pokémon for a robbery, and Qing Mu questioned whether Wu Ji planned to target a protected area.

Qing Mu refused to lend Wu Ji Pokémon and confronted Wang Ba, who threatened to expose Qing Mu for secretly dumping the organization’s medicine. Wang Ba visited with a new drug, and Qing Mu drank it himself before Wang Ba explained its effects and proposed cooperation.

• Qing Mu decided not to lend Wu Ji Pokémon and wondered where Yan Yang had gone.
• Wang Ba called Qing Mu and threatened to report that he had secretly poured away the organization’s medicine unless his Pokémon tested a new drug.
• Wang Ba entered Qing Mu’s home and reflected Raichu’s Electro Ball and a Shadow Ball, revealing that Pokémon could not harm him but that he could not possess Pokémon himself.
• Qing Mu drank the dark green medicine himself, and Wang Ba explained that it strengthened Pokémon and made them more obedient and aggressive without taking away their awareness.
• Wang Ba said the medicine’s effects gradually faded and that a kindhearted person could help Pokémon regain clarity.

Qing Mu tested Wang Ba’s medicine and saw that it could strengthen Pokémon while helping them recover their gentleness when Qing Mu showed them goodwill. Convinced by the results, Qing Mu agreed to help Wang Ba dismantle the organization, and they discussed protecting Yan Yang and other matters.

• Qing Mu gave the medicine to his Pokémon and watched their ferocity fade when he touched them.
• Wang Ba asked Qing Mu to join him in dismantling the organization, and Qing Mu agreed to cooperate while keeping his own limits.
• Qing Mu told Wang Ba to lend a hand to Wu Ji in his territory.
• Qing Mu asked about the organization’s boss and Mewtwo, and Wang Ba dismissed their situation as an unfinishable transaction.
• Qing Mu revealed he wanted to secretly protect Yan Yang, and Wang Ba said he had the same idea.

During a week at the research institute, Yan Yang studied Pokémon, befriended the institute’s Pokémon, and guarded Cosmog from curious researchers. With no signal and no way to return, he waited while Doctor Jiachengxue investigated the mysterious plates and decided to keep the Rock Plate hidden for now.

• Yan Yang followed Doctor Jiachengxue around the institute, recorded Pokémon observations, and earned the respect of the three assistants for his research and his ability to communicate with Pokémon.
• The researchers became fascinated with Cosmog and secretly observed it, while Yan Yang refused to let them examine his Pokémon directly.
• Yan Yang befriended the institute’s Pokémon and tried to bond with Bulbasaur, whom he hoped might become his starter Pokémon someday.
• Yan Yang released Entei so he could run freely, then discovered that his phone still had no signal and worried about Silvally while he waited to return.
• Doctor Jiachengxue researched the plates and their Type energy, and Yan Yang decided not to reveal the Rock Plate until closer to the time he could leave.

With Entei away, Armorouge secretly arranged for Pyroar to distract Houndoom so he could spend time alone with Yan Yang. During their Hidden Power training, Armorouge pretended to fail so Yan Yang would keep guiding him, while Yan Yang believed they were making progress together.

• Pyroar agreed to Armorouge's promise that he could spend time with Yan Yang if he helped hold Houndoom back.
• Lycanroc and Cosmog lounged and ate while Yan Yang and Armorouge went to a remote place to train Hidden Power.
• Armorouge deliberately failed to use Hidden Power, and Yan Yang reassured him and suggested trying another approach.
• Armorouge asked Yan Yang to demonstrate his control of flames, and Yan Yang showed off by shaping a fireball.
• Armorouge admired Yan Yang instead of studying his technique, then nodded as Yan Yang encouraged him to believe in himself.

Yan Yang helped Armorouge train a Fire-type move while Pyroar stalled Houndoom to secure time alone with his Trainer. Houndoom realized Armorouge had tricked Pyroar and went to look for Yan Yang, while Trainers gathered on Mt. Moon to watch Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos battle.

• Armorouge failed to learn the move again and burned his abdomen, but Yan Yang found he was barely injured and encouraged him not to give up.
• Armorouge asked Yan Yang to let him experience his flames, and they began another stage of training together.
• Pyroar deliberately slowed his duel with Houndoom so Armorouge could spend time with Yan Yang before Pyroar got his own turn.
• Houndoom tricked Pyroar into revealing Armorouge's plan, learned he had been fooled, and set off to find Armorouge and Yan Yang.
• Trainers on Mt. Moon watched Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos clash in the sky after arriving in hopes of seeing Entei.

Articuno sensed its feather near Yan Yang and led Zapdos and Moltres to seek revenge on Entei and the human. Meanwhile, Entei found Raikou, told him about Yan Yang’s situation and upcoming trial, and agreed to take him to see his nephew briefly.

• Articuno sensed the aura of its feather nearby and persuaded Zapdos and Moltres to join it in confronting Entei and Yan Yang.
• The three Legendary Birds left Mt. Moon, while the trainers dispersed disappointed that they had missed their chance to meet the Pokémon.
• Entei tracked down Raikou, who was resting after helping Electric-type Pokémon recharge.
• Entei told Raikou that Yan Yang was stranded in the region and would soon face the Brave of the Rainbow trial.
• Entei asked Raikou to check Silvally in Azalea Town, then agreed to secretly take him to see Yan Yang for a short visit.

Yan Yang and Armorouge experimented with combining their flames during training, and Armorouge unexpectedly awakened a powerful new fire ability. The chapter ended with Yan Yang safe behind Protect while Armorouge was badly scorched by the unleashed power.

• Lycanroc put Cosmog to sleep, then set off to find Yan Yang and the other Pokémon.
• Yan Yang engulfed Armorouge in flames as Armorouge tried and failed to fuse Yan Yang’s fire with his own awakened fire.
• Armorouge falsely claimed Yan Yang’s flames had injured him, but Yan Yang’s healing ability revealed the lie.
• Yan Yang and Armorouge tried a new training exercise, embracing as their flames burned around them.
• The two flames intertwined, allowing Armorouge to strengthen his fire power and unleash an unexpectedly powerful attack.
• Armorouge used Protect to shield Yan Yang from the attack, but the blast scorched Armorouge’s body.

Yan Yang and Armorouge practiced Fire-type moves and became temporarily closer before the Legendary Birds found them. Articuno attacked Yan Yang, and Armorouge flew up to confront him while Houndoom and the other Pokémon were left facing Moltres and Zapdos.

• Yan Yang realized that using Hidden Power had briefly blended his and Armorouge's flames and strengthened the move.
• Houndoom and Pyroar found Yan Yang and Armorouge together, and Pyroar attacked Armorouge with Eruption.
• Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos appeared after tracking the glowing feathers in Yan Yang's backpack.
• Articuno attacked Yan Yang with a freezing chill, and Armorouge shielded him while Pyroar was frozen and recalled into his Poké Ball.
• Armorouge flew up to challenge Articuno as Houndoom and Yan Yang remained below with Moltres and Zapdos nearby.

Armorouge fought Articuno in the sky to keep it away from Yan Yang, enduring severe injuries while Yan Yang watched helplessly from the ground. Armorouge retrieved the backpack and threw it to Yan Yang, but he remained in the air as Articuno began to take him more seriously.

• Armorouge faced Articuno despite their overwhelming difference in strength, while Houndoom kept Yan Yang from approaching the battle.
• Articuno surrounded Armorouge with freezing wind and ice attacks, freezing his arm and then impaling it with ice spikes.
• Yan Yang shouted for Armorouge to return as Armorouge continued dodging and tried to reach the backpack.
• Armorouge grabbed the backpack and flung it to Yan Yang, but Articuno tore away much of his scales and damaged his cape.
• Armorouge struggled to steady himself in the air, and Articuno wondered why he still refused to flee.

Yan Yang joined Armorouge in his battle against Articuno, using the burned feather to draw its attention and healing Armorouge as they escaped. Armorouge fled with Yan Yang to protect him, hoping to hold out until Entei arrived, while worrying that he could not evolve to become strong enough.

• Yan Yang recovered from the cold, saw Armorouge’s injuries, and Teleported beneath Articuno to challenge it.
• Armorouge attacked Articuno to draw its focus away from Yan Yang, but Articuno’s ice blades and freezing domain left him increasingly weakened.
• Moltres and Zapdos beat Houndoom down when he tried to help, so Yan Yang recalled him into his Poké Ball.
• Yan Yang burned Articuno’s feather, provoking it to dive at him, and Armorouge rescued him before the attack landed.
• Yan Yang healed and strengthened Armorouge, who carried him away in a strategic retreat while Articuno pursued them.
• Armorouge hoped Entei would arrive and wondered why he had not evolved, fearing he was too weak to protect Yan Yang.

Doctor Jiachengxue investigated a distant surge of cold energy while Armorouge tried to protect the unconscious Yan Yang from Articuno. Armorouge hid Yan Yang in an underground cave, badly injured and missing his left arm and flight cape, as Articuno searched the forest above.

• Doctor Jiachengxue detected intense energy fluctuations near a sudden temperature drop and set out to investigate, riding Dragonite to the site.
• Entei sensed that Yan Yang was in danger and ran toward the source of the cold, with Raikou struggling to keep up.
• Articuno struck Armorouge in midair, tearing his cape and sending him crashing into the forest with Yan Yang.
• Armorouge knocked Yan Yang unconscious to stop him from wasting his healing power, then tore off his frozen, useless left arm.
• Armorouge carried Yan Yang through the forest and hid him in an underground cave while Articuno searched overhead.