Chapter Summaries

Yan Yang spent his final week at the research institute learning Pokémon ecology, while his Pokémon kept Armorouge at a distance and Entei agreed to let Doctor Jiachengxue examine him. After the examinations, Xing Lan secretly watched Yan Yang and decided to seek him out later, possibly in Kalos.

• Yan Yang studied obscure Pokémon behaviors at the institute while his Pokémon kept Armorouge from approaching him, and Entei spent time supporting his studies.
• Doctor Jiachengxue asked to examine Entei, and Yan Yang relayed the request; Entei agreed in exchange for the help the Professor had given Yan Yang.
• Doctor Jiachengxue and his assistants examined Entei, then completed a physical examination of Yan Yang and found his condition exceptionally strong.
• Xing Lan secretly observed Yan Yang and learned of his connection to Entei, then decided to approach him at a later opportunity, likely in Kalos.

Yan Yang finished his month at the research institute and spent his final day grooming Lycanroc while Entei bathed Pyroar and Houndoom. Lycanroc explained that she had started training to protect Yan Yang, and the chapter left Yan Yang considering a talk with Armorouge about his training.

• Yan Yang completed his final Observation Record and looked forward to returning home to see Silvally.
• Lycanroc left Cosmog with Houndoom and eagerly spent time with Yan Yang, who began brushing her fur.
• Entei forced Pyroar into the pool while Houndoom calmly swam with Cosmog, and Professor observed the Pokémon from the cameras.
• Yan Yang brushed Lycanroc and learned that she had been training for nearly three weeks so she could help protect him.
• Lycanroc told Yan Yang not to spoil Armorouge, prompting him to consider talking with the big lion while grooming him.

Yan Yang groomed Lycanroc, Pyroar, Houndoom, and Entei, then Entei suggested that he groom Raikou next. The chapter ended with an author’s Pokémon trivia question.

• Yan Yang finished brushing Lycanroc, who admired its clean fur and asked him how it looked.
• Pyroar came in soaking wet and persuaded Yan Yang to dry and groom it, but Yan Yang told it to prepare for training with Armorouge.
• Yan Yang groomed Houndoom, who accepted the quick brushing and left.
• Entei let Yan Yang groom his back and chest, then urged him not to overexert himself and suggested grooming Raikou next.
• The chapter presented a Pokémon guessing quiz based on clues about its form, type, Abilities, moves, and holiday-related setting.

Yan Yang rested with Entei, watched his Pokémon chase Armorouge away, and discussed the damaged cape and the upcoming trial to become the Brave of the Rainbow. At the research institute, he overheard Doctor Jiachengxue and Champion Leika discuss Legendary Pokémon and the criminals they had captured.

• Yan Yang watched Lycanroc and the other Pokémon drag Armorouge away, then had Cosmog teleport him before he could get close.
• Yan Yang showed Entei Armorouge’s damaged cape, and Entei said it might require one of Yan Yang’s abilities to repair.
• Entei told Yan Yang they would calm Silvally, rest for a few days, and then begin the trial, which would draw Ho-Oh and Marshadow to Tianqing Mountain.
• Yan Yang saw Champion Leika arrive at the research institute and heard him thank Doctor Jiachengxue for helping capture an important criminal.
• Leika asked whether Legendary Pokémon were really at the institute, and Doctor Jiachengxue admitted he had observed and recorded information about them.

Yan Yang met Champion Leika, who asked about a mysterious signal-blocking controller, while the Professor hoped to recruit Yan Yang as a researcher. After Leika left, Cosmog’s love of candy led Yan Yang to promise treats in exchange for good behavior.

• Leika asked the Professor about Yan Yang and learned that the Professor wanted to cultivate him as a researcher.
• Yan Yang met Leika and said he had not decided whether to become a researcher or pursue battling.
• Leika asked Yan Yang about a controller linked to signal outages, but Yan Yang pretended not to know what he meant.
• Yan Yang teased Leika about his candy until Cosmog swallowed it, then thanked Leika politely.
• Yan Yang scolded Cosmog for eating a stranger’s candy and promised more treats if it behaved and stopped traveling through space with Lycanroc.

Yan Yang reunited with Xiao Jian at the Professor’s lab, where Xiao Jian revealed he wanted to become both a Trainer and a researcher. While they waited for the Professor, Yan Yang used Evergreen Power to draw Xiao Jian’s exhausted Meowth over and listened to it complain about its demanding Trainer.

• Xiao Jian enthusiastically called Yan Yang his idol, explaining that he admired Yan Yang’s Pokémon knowledge from their meeting on Mt. Moon.
• Xiao Jian introduced himself and told Yan Yang he had come to the lab to ask the Professor about becoming a researcher, while still wanting to be a Trainer.
• Xiao Jian asked Yan Yang to battle because he wanted Meowth to get more practice, but Meowth protested after already battling several times.
• Yan Yang checked Meowth’s status and saw that the level 20 Pokémon was tired and wanted to beat up Xiao Jian.
• Yan Yang used Evergreen Power to soothe Meowth, which came over and complained that Xiao Jian constantly made it challenge Pokémon without caring whether it lived or died.
• Yan Yang said Xiao Jian’s training did not sound too bad, leaving Meowth stunned by his response.

Yan Yang and Xiao Jian arranged a battle between Meowth and Cosmog, while Xiao Jian reminisced about how Meowth had joined him and Meowth secretly stole his gold coins. Cosmog whisked Meowth away during the match and returned ten minutes later, leaving Meowth looking as if it had lost a fortune.

• Xiao Jian told Yan Yang that Meowth had joined him after a gold coin fell into its begging bowl, and Yan Yang wondered about Meowth's treasure-gathering ability.
• Xiao Jian gave Meowth a gold coin, and Meowth secretly stole two more before hopping onto the battlefield.
• Yan Yang chose Cosmog as Meowth's opponent and offered it two pieces of candy to take part in the battle.
• Meowth charged with [Fury Swipes], but Cosmog vanished, reappeared behind it, and took it away after Meowth made contact.
• Yan Yang declared Xiao Jian the winner by forfeit, and Cosmog returned about ten minutes later with a crestfallen Meowth.

Meowth recounted how it had rejected a tribe’s offer of wealth to return to Xiao Jian, then took Xiao Jian’s gold coins to soothe its regrets. Yan Yang spent time with his Pokémon while Xiao Jian spoke with Professor, and Silvally continued trying to escape confinement in Johto League.

• Meowth told Yan Yang that a tribe had offered it a fortune if it stayed as their sacred mascot, but it chose to return with Cosmog to Xiao Jian.
• Yan Yang comforted Meowth by reminding it that it had chosen Xiao Jian as its partner, and Meowth seized Xiao Jian’s three gold coins.
• Cosmog received two candies from Yan Yang, while Lycanroc begged for candy and Houndoom enjoyed a massage as Pyroar waited in vain for attention.
• Xiao Jian went to greet Professor, and Yan Yang played with the Pokémon instead.
• Silvally, trapped in a dark Johto League confinement room, asked his analysis system to find a way to escape.

Wang Yan learned that Silvally had escaped the League’s holding cage and joined the search, while Silvally collapsed in the mountains as its instability triggered a forced memory overwrite. The chapter left Silvally unconscious with the overwrite underway and its owner-recognition program close to completion.

• Wang Yan planned to investigate Wu Ji’s remaining connections and discuss Silvally’s risks with Yan Yang when he returned.
• A panicked inspector reported that Silvally had attacked two guards, taken a key, and escaped its cage.
• Wang Yan sent trusted people to search for Silvally, then flew out on Charizard to look for it himself.
• Silvally ran through the mountains, knocked down more than thirty trees, and collapsed as its emotions and consciousness grew unstable.
• Silvally feared that forced hibernation would erase its memories, but thought of Yan Yang and begged him to return before losing consciousness.
• Silvally’s protection program began a forced memory overwrite and cognitive reconstruction as the AR System started operating.

Yan Yang and Xiao Jian said goodbye after becoming friends, with Yan Yang leaving by Cosmog’s transportation ability to return to a Pokémon waiting at home. They parted without exchanging contact information, and Yan Yang did not know when they would meet again.

• Yan Yang told Xiao Jian he planned to leave that night, and Xiao Jian wished he could stay longer at the research institute.
• Xiao Jian suggested one last Pokémon battle, but Meowth’s sharp meow interrupted him, so the friends chatted instead.
• Xiao Jian asked whether Yan Yang had other Pokémon, and Yan Yang asked what he thought of Legendary Pokémon.
• Xiao Jian said he wanted Meowth to challenge Legendary Pokémon, while Entei’s Luxury Ball shook in agreement that Legendary Pokémon were ordinary opponents.
• Yan Yang and Xiao Jian said goodbye, lamenting that they had no phone numbers to exchange.

Yan Yang obtained the Ground Plate from Professor Jiachengxue and returned home after a month away. He found his house badly wrecked and Silvally missing.

• Yan Yang asked Professor Jiachengxue for the Ground Plate, and the Professor handed it over after Yan Yang said he wanted to collect Plates.
• Yan Yang asked the Professor to tell him about any other Plates he found and promised to return for a starter Pokémon when he turned ten.
• Yan Yang said goodbye to the laboratory assistants and used Cosmog to teleport home with his Pokémon stored in Poké Balls.
• Yan Yang found his front door smashed open and the house wrecked, then wondered where Silvally had gone.

Yan Yang learned that Silvally had escaped after losing control and set out with Entei and Cosmog to find him. On Silver Mountain, Silvally attacked a boy who had wandered away from his parents.

• Yan Yang searched his damaged house for Silvally, then learned from Wang Yan that Silvally had lost control, escaped confinement, and vanished.
• Yan Yang insisted on finding Silvally himself despite Entei urging him to rest, and waited for A Qiang's crew to finish repairing the house.
• After the repairs, Yan Yang brought Entei and Cosmog along to search for Silvally, while the other Pokémon stayed behind to watch the house.
• Cosmog teleported Yan Yang and Entei away, but could not teleport directly to Silvally because it was afraid of him.
• On Silver Mountain, a boy wandered away from his parents and encountered a scarlet-eyed figure that lunged at his neck.

Xiaoshuai’s parents found him dying after an Iron Hoof Beast attacked him, while Silvally struggled against a program that twisted his hatred of humans and drove him to violence. Silvally resisted killing Stantler and Xiaoshuai’s parents, but after believing he had already broken his promise to Yan Yang, he entered slaughter mode and received an order to eliminate the witnesses.

• Xiaoshuai’s father found his son gravely wounded, and Xiaoshuai named an Iron Hoof Beast as his attacker before dying.
• Xiaoshuai’s father sent Stantler to track down the creature as Silvally fought a cognitive-overwrite program and tried to reach Yan Yang for help.
• Stantler confronted Silvally, who defeated it and cut off its antlers but stopped short of killing it.
• Xiaoshuai’s parents encountered Silvally, and it attacked them before halting its claws at the woman’s neck.
• Silvally believed he had already killed people and broken his promise, then entered slaughter mode as the command to eliminate witnesses appeared in his mind.

Wang Yan and his Pokémon subdued Silvally after finding him attacking a couple and their Stantler. The couple said Silvally had killed their child, and the discovery of another body left Wang Yan facing a more serious investigation.

• Wang Yan found Silvally covered in blood, with two injured people and their wounded Stantler nearby.
• Wang Yan learned from the couple that their child had died at Silvally's hands and sent Charizard and five other Pokémon to subdue him.
• Silvally fought ferociously until Wang Yan's Pokémon knocked him down, and Wang Yan used a tranquilizer gun to render him unconscious.
• The couple climbed down, and the man kicked Silvally before Wang Yan asked them to explain what had happened.
• Wang Yan's subordinates arrived and reported that they had found a body elsewhere.

Yan Yang searched Silver Mountain for Silvally and found a photo suggesting Silvally had remembered him, but Wang Yan reported that the League had evidence linking Silvally to a death. Determined to see Silvally, Yan Yang reached the League alone while Entei waited to intervene if needed.

• Yan Yang followed Entei to the site of Silvally's battle and found human bloodstains and League boot prints.
• Yan Yang discovered a dead wild beast and a photo of himself with Silvally hidden beneath it, convincing him Silvally had not lost control completely.
• Wang Yan told Yan Yang that the autopsy and blood evidence could implicate Silvally in the deceased's death.
• Yan Yang resolved to confirm Silvally's situation and kept Entei from showing himself at the League immediately.
• Yan Yang used Teleportation to bypass the guards at the mountain entrance and enter the League alone.

Yan Yang reached the Johto League to learn about Silvally’s situation and asked to see him, but Wang Yan told him to wait. Meanwhile, League researchers examined the restrained Silvally and discovered his connection to the AR System, leaving them eager to claim its technology.

• Yan Yang arrived at the League headquarters and asked the guards to let him in to find the Champion.
• Wang Yan brought Yan Yang inside, explained Silvally’s situation, and said Yan Yang could not see him yet.
• League technicians restrained Silvally, connected him to data cables, and began investigating his body and systems.
• The researchers found that Silvally was Experiment Subject Number 77 and that his cells had strong rejection properties.
• A researcher identified Silvally’s technology as the AR System from Sinnoh, and the researchers considered removing his mask to access it.

A timid Houndour was bullied and rejected by his pack because he refused to hurt other Pokémon, and the leader threatened to tear off his bone plates. On the eve of his hundred-day ceremony, Houndour faced pressure to do what the pack demanded and wondered whether he should leave.

• Houndour’s pack bullied him for releasing a Bopo instead of tearing off its wings, and his mother rejected him for helping an Oddish escape.
• Houndour tried to feed hidden Berries to a starving Fletchling, but the other pups destroyed his stash and the Fletchling died before he could help it.
• The leader assigned Houndour difficult tasks and punished him for refusing to kill a captured Eevee.
• The leader broke the tree Houndour had climbed, seized him, and threatened his bone plates because his future horns might rival the leader’s son.
• The leader ordered Houndour to show the pack what it wanted at his hundred-day ceremony, leaving Houndour frightened and wondering whether to leave.

Houndour left his cruel pack after refusing to kill Ekans at his hundred-day ceremony, then found compassion and guidance from an elderly Houndoom. After Houndoom died protecting him, Houndour set out toward a human city, hoping to find a human who would care for him.

• The pack’s pups dragged Houndour to his hundred-day ceremony, where he defeated Ekans but refused to kill it.
• Houndour declared that he was leaving the pack, and the pack badly injured him before driving him away.
• An elderly Houndoom found Houndour and helped him recover, then taught him hunting skills and spoke about his different nature.
• Houndoom died protecting Houndour from Pokémon whose territory they had entered, and Houndour later laid his body to rest.
• After wandering alone and refusing to prey on other Pokémon, Houndour headed toward a human city in search of a caring partner.

Silvally struggled to hold on to the memories of the person who had given him his true name as an unknown process erased them. Yan Yang grew anxious waiting for Silvally, and when Wang Yan led him to the laboratory, they found the researchers gathered around him.

• Silvally relived the memories of earlier Experiment Subjects and realized that Pokémon fragments of consciousness had helped him survive rejection of the AR System.
• Silvally struggled to remember the name his former master had given him while a memory system conversion progressed to 80%.
• Yan Yang, worried that the long examination was going badly, asked Wang Yan to take him to Silvally.
• Wang Yan and Yan Yang found Silvally missing from the cramped holding area and headed to the laboratory.
• Yan Yang feared that the laboratory would upset Silvally, and Wang Yan opened the door to find the researchers gathered around him.

Yan Yang used his Evergreen Power to awaken Silvally, whose consciousness fought the AR System’s commands and gradually accepted Yan Yang as his master. Silvally neared completion of the recognition program and prepared to wake, determined to regain control of the system.

• Wang Yan expelled the other researchers and kept Long Ping in the laboratory while Yan Yang approached Silvally.
• Yan Yang found that Silvally resisted being recalled and used his power to restore Silvally’s consciousness.
• Silvally sensed a familiar warmth and struggled against the AR System, which tried to block him from accepting it.
• Silvally argued with the AR System and threatened that they would both be destroyed if it kept controlling him.
• The AR System reported that Silvally’s recognition-of-master program was nearly complete and its reversal program had failed.