Chapter Summaries

Yan Yang spent the evening relaxing with his Pokémon in the dorm, confident Bu Xiang would not return, until Bu Xiang unexpectedly walked in and discovered most of them. Bu Xiang recognized several Pokémon and reacted with shock, leaving Yan Yang awkwardly exposed.

• Yan Yang cared for Turtwig after its victory and let his Pokémon roam around the dorm while Bu Xiang was away.
• Lycanroc passed through the wall into the neighboring dorm, then tried and failed to pass through Yan Yang before hugging him.
• Yan Yang reassured Silvally and invited Houndoom to join the others, while Entei and Silvally stayed alert for anyone approaching.
• Entei and Silvally returned to their Poké Balls when they heard someone at the door, but Bu Xiang entered before Yan Yang could recall the other Pokémon.
• Yan Yang hid the sleeping Cosmog, leaving Pyroar, Houndoom, Lycanroc, and Turtwig visible as Bu Xiang stared in surprise and identified several of them.

Bu Xiang revealed that his new Pokémon was Riolu, who recognized Yan Yang and initially refused to stay with her Trainer because she resented his bad luck and their difficult start. Yan Yang persuaded her to give Bu Xiang a chance, then learned that strange floating dolls had been frightening people around the city at night.

• Bu Xiang introduced his newly caught Riolu, and she recognized Yan Yang as an old friend before running to him.
• Riolu told Yan Yang that she had chosen Bu Xiang because their auras were compatible, but complained that she had gone hungry and suffered repeated misfortunes with him.
• Yan Yang urged Riolu to face difficulties with Bu Xiang as partners, and she returned to her Trainer with a softer attitude.
• Bu Xiang thanked Yan Yang, promised to take Riolu out for a meal, and warned him that floating dolls had been frightening people at night.
• After Bu Xiang and Riolu left, Yan Yang suspected that Ghost-type Pokémon were behind the sightings.

Banette reunited with Mismagius and Gengar after breaking free, and the three ghosts went looking for someone to prank. They captured Bu Xiang and Riolu on their walk home, leaving Bu Xiang furious and unable to move as Gengar mocked him.

• Banette reflected on his freedom and the revenge tricks he had played on people who had abandoned their toys.
• Mismagius and Gengar found Banette, and the three ghosts decided to look for someone to prank together.
• Banette, Gengar, and Mismagius spotted Bu Xiang and Riolu walking home late at night.
• Gengar trapped Bu Xiang and Riolu with ghostly illusions and an invisible force.
• Gengar taunted Bu Xiang by claiming Riolu hated him and refusing to give the Pokémon back, while Bu Xiang threatened to fight.

Bu Xiang found Riolu after Gengar’s torment and awakened a powerful aura that bonded the two of them. Banette, conflicted about his resentment and longing for companionship, decided to begin his revenge after resting for a week.

• Banette envied the bond between Bu Xiang and Riolu, but Mismagius reminded him to focus on punishing those who abandoned toys.
• Gengar released Bu Xiang and told him Riolu was hidden nearby, so Bu Xiang searched the alley despite his exhaustion.
• Bu Xiang found the unconscious Riolu and comforted it, causing a powerful aura to emerge and their bond to resonate.
• Bu Xiang collapsed from exhaustion, and Riolu stayed beside him to keep watch.
• Banette learned that Bu Xiang and Riolu were safe, transformed into Entei, and chose to rest for one week before beginning his revenge.

Yan Yang visited the Pokémon Club with Turtwig and learned that Armorouge had become a highly valued coach there. The chapter ended with Armorouge switching from a fierce instructor to a gentle companion as soon as he noticed Yan Yang.

• Turtwig reached level 13 and mastered Razor Leaf after two weeks of training.
• Yan Yang brought Turtwig to the Pokémon Club and asked the attendant where Armorouge was.
• The attendant explained that Armorouge coached Pokémon in the internal training grounds and received resources, wages, and other benefits from the club.
• Yan Yang entered the training grounds and heard Armorouge sternly scolding the Pokémon he coached.
• Armorouge noticed Yan Yang, hurried over, and insisted that he was usually gentle despite the trainees' disbelief.

Yan Yang had Silvally teach Turtwig [Grass Pledge] while considering the pair as future partners, but Turtwig struggled to learn the move during her first training session. The chapter left her discouraged but reassured that she could keep practicing after resting.

• Yan Yang took Turtwig to the club’s private training room and asked Silvally to teach her [Grass Pledge].
• Silvally demonstrated the move and explained its principles while Turtwig tried to shape her Grass-type energy into it.
• Yan Yang considered pairing Turtwig and Silvally, hoping they would learn to coordinate and that Turtwig might help soften Silvally’s aloofness.
• Turtwig repeatedly produced [Razor Leaf] instead of [Grass Pledge] and failed to learn the move after more than two hours of practice.
• Yan Yang ended the training session and comforted the disappointed Turtwig, telling her to rest and give herself more time.

Yan Yang helped Silvally and Turtwig grow closer while Turtwig struggled to learn Grass Pledge. Just as she began to lose hope, she mastered the move and combined it with Silvally’s Water Pledge to create a wetland effect.

• Yan Yang placed Turtwig on Silvally’s head and encouraged them to cooperate and become closer.
• Silvally gradually tolerated Turtwig’s questions and enthusiastic encouragement, and their relationship improved over the weekend.
• As Turtwig grew discouraged over failing to learn Grass Pledge, Silvally comforted her and offered to keep helping her.
• Turtwig climbed onto Silvally’s back and suddenly unleashed Grass Pledge, while Silvally used Water Pledge to create a wetland effect that seemed to last longer than usual.

Yan Yang spent a quiet school day with Turtwig and learned that a mysterious ghost in Goldenrod City was terrifying children by taking the form of their lost toys. Ruan Zhu had witnessed the haunting, and one pale classmate seemed personally frightened by the story.

• Yan Yang and his classmates admired Turtwig, and Ruan Zhu and Agate realized it was Shiny.
• Yan Yang refused Rich Bro's attempt to acquire Turtwig and warned him not to target his Pokémon.
• Yan Yang overheard classmates discussing a ghost in Goldenrod City that used lost or broken toys to frighten children, leaving many victims unconscious.
• Ruan Zhu said he had seen a blurry shadow and heard it ask, “Why did you abandon me?”
• After the class bell rang, a pale boy trembled at the haunting story, then composed himself and began listening to the lesson.

Yan Yang learned that Bu Xiang and Riolu had grown closer after Ghost Pokémon attacked Bu Xiang on his way home from work. Elsewhere, Master Hu remained imprisoned and planned to rely on Yan Yang to help him end the source of his suffering.

• Bu Xiang told Yan Yang that his relationship with Riolu had improved, and Yan Yang shared Pokémon food with the hungry Riolu.
• Bu Xiang explained that Ghost Pokémon had blocked him on his way home from work at four in the morning, and Yan Yang considered whether to intervene.
• Yan Yang asked Riolu about Master Hu, but Riolu had not seen him since the Wooden Cabin closed.
• Master Hu awoke in captivity in a hidden region and sensed that Yan Yang had tried to contact him through the Premier Ball.
• Master Hu planned to ask Yan Yang for help confronting the enormous thing he blamed for his tragedies and completing his final mission.

Yan Yang discussed Bu Xiang’s work and the Ghost Pokémon’s pranks, then learned from Wang Yan that an Entei had appeared in Goldenrod City and might be tied to the hauntings. Believing the Entei could be Substitute, Yan Yang was overwhelmed by the urge to find it and hear the truth.

• Bu Xiang admitted he still needed to work late, and Yan Yang cautioned him about the Ghost Pokémon.
• After Bu Xiang left, Yan Yang and Entei considered whether to intervene in the Ghost Pokémon’s revenge and suspected Banette might be directing it.
• Wang Yan called Yan Yang and confirmed that a contact had seen Entei in Goldenrod City, where it seemed connected to the recent hauntings.
• Yan Yang became excited and believed the Entei in Goldenrod City was Substitute, resolving to find it and seek an answer.

Banette resolved to fulfill a deeply hateful resentment by killing the person who had abused the toy, then transformed into Entei and flew toward the target’s school. Meanwhile, Yan Yang and the real Entei searched the city for Substitute Entei without finding him, and Entei carried the exhausted Yan Yang back to campus.

• Banette counted the resentments whose wishes remained and heard the most hateful one demand that he kill its former abuser.
• Banette promised to repay the abuser’s cruelty with blood, accepting that he might regret the decision afterward.
• Banette transformed into Entei and headed toward a newly built school where the resentment’s target lived.
• Yan Yang rode with the real Entei through the night, searching for Substitute Entei while wondering why he had joined the Ghost Pokémon’s destruction.
• After the search turned up nothing, Entei sensed Yan Yang’s exhaustion and carried him back to school so he could sleep.

Zhen Chusheng was attacked in his dorm by the ruined doll he had destroyed, which tried to strangle him with its body. He escaped into the corridor, but a mocking voice warned that no one could hear him.

• Zhen Chusheng lay awake, fearing the ghostly creature rumored to target people who had abandoned toys.
• A power outage plunged his dorm into darkness, and his ruined doll crawled out of a storage box and accused him of destroying it.
• The doll’s arm burst into sharp scraps and wrapped around Zhen Chusheng’s neck, while his Poké Ball was nowhere to be found.
• Zhen Chusheng found enough strength to break free and flee into the corridor, screaming for help.
• The broken doll arm began to take Banette’s shape, and a cold voice told Zhen Chusheng that no one would hear him.

Yan Yang and his Pokémon found Banette attacking Zhen Chusheng in the school dormitory stairwell. Yan Yang stopped Banette from killing Zhen Chusheng, but Banette remained determined to finish him off.

• Entei sensed an ominous presence around the dormitories, and Yan Yang sent Houndoom and Lycanroc to search for the Ghost Pokémon.
• Zhen Chusheng fled through the dormitory, but Banette trapped him in the stairwell and strangled him with its cloth arm.
• Yan Yang and his Pokémon broke through Banette's illusions and found Zhen Chusheng unconscious and near death.
• Banette refused Yan Yang's attempt to reason with it and lunged at Zhen Chusheng again.
• Houndoom moved in front of Zhen Chusheng and roared at Banette.

Banette regained control of his body and encountered Yan Yang, whose face and name stirred memories of the person he believed had abandoned him. As Banette suffered a sudden headache, he attacked Yan Yang, leaving their attempt to talk unresolved.

• Banette reclaimed control from the resentful doll and recognized Lycanroc as a Pokémon he had met before.
• Yan Yang tried to persuade Banette to stop targeting Zhen Chusheng and offered to make amends for the harm done to him.
• Banette felt an intense familiarity with Yan Yang, and Entei's use of the name Little Sun made him suspect Yan Yang was connected to the person in his memories.
• Banette was struck by a severe headache, and Lycanroc told Yan Yang that Banette was her friend.
• When Yan Yang approached to help, Entei warned him, and Banette attacked with Shadow Claw; Yan Yang dodged in time.

Yan Yang recognized Banette as Substitute after Banette transformed into Entei, while Banette confirmed that Yan Yang had abandoned him and reacted with deep hatred. Their reunion left Yan Yang wondering whether Substitute could ever forgive him.

• Yan Yang offered to soothe Banette’s headache, but Banette’s resentments urged him to fight or flee.
• Banette transformed into Entei, stunning the real Entei and the others with how convincing the disguise was.
• Yan Yang recognized Banette as Substitute and asked whether he had returned.
• Banette realized Yan Yang was the person who had abandoned him and rejected his apparent grief as hypocrisy.
• Yan Yang wondered whether Substitute remembered being abandoned and feared they could never return to how they were before.

Yan Yang tried to speak with Banette, his former Substitute, as Banette struggled to uncover the truth of its abandonment while the resentments inside it fought to control its body. Entei calmed the resentments with Sacred Fire, leaving Banette safe but convinced that it had been abandoned as a worthless toy.

• Entei recognized Banette as Yan Yang's former Substitute and accepted its place in Yan Yang's life, while remaining wary of its hatred.
• Yan Yang asked Banette to talk, and Banette sought answers about its past despite its lingering resentment toward him.
• The resentments inside Banette tried to seize control when it wanted to learn the truth, accusing it of weakness for not hating Yan Yang.
• Yan Yang approached Banette with Evergreen Power, but the resentments rejected him and attacked him.
• Entei surrounded Banette with controlled Sacred Fire, forcing the resentments to retreat without burning them away.
• Banette compared Entei's power with its own weakness and wondered if Yan Yang had abandoned it because it was only a worthless toy.

Yan Yang tried to comfort Banette and learn the truth about their past, but Banette resisted speaking with him. Lycanroc told Banette that he had once been Yan Yang’s beloved guardian and had left him, leaving Banette confused about who had abandoned whom.

• Entei’s Sacred Fire subdued Banette’s hostility, and Yan Yang tried to soothe him with Evergreen Power, but Banette resisted when Yan Yang tried to reach his inner pain.
• Banette refused to talk with Yan Yang, so Lycanroc offered to speak with him privately while Entei and Houndoom stayed with Yan Yang.
• Houndoom drew Yan Yang’s attention to the unconscious Zhen Chusheng, whose breathing was weak but stable, and Yan Yang considered how the broken doll’s abuse had fueled its hatred.
• Lycanroc told Banette that Entei had created him to protect Yan Yang and that Yan Yang had loved and played with him before Banette suddenly left.
• Banette rejected Lycanroc’s account and suspected she had been bribed by Yan Yang to deceive him.

Key Plot Points

• Banette's memories are challenged, causing internal conflict.
• Banette decides to cling to its resentment and takes Lycanroc as revenge against Yan Yang.
• Gengar and Mismagius assist Banette in abducting Lycanroc.
• Entei and Houndoom are left behind, with Entei vowing to rescue Lycanroc.

Character Developments

• Banette's resolve strengthens, leading it to take drastic actions.
• Yan Yang is shocked and distressed by Lycanroc's abduction.
• Entei remains calm and strategic, prioritizing Yan Yang's well-being and planning to rescue Lycanroc later.

Significant Themes

• Resentment and its role in Banette's existence and actions.
• The consequences of clinging to past hurts and misunderstandings.
• The protective bond between Yan Yang and his Pokémon.

Character Interactions

• Banette's cold interaction with Lycanroc before her abduction.
• Yan Yang's distress at Lycanroc's abduction, showing his deep bond with her.
• Entei's protective stance towards Yan Yang and his strategic planning with Houndoom.

Yan Yang planned to sneak out to find Banette and Lycanroc after Entei forbade him from going, while Banette and its companions escaped to an abandoned garbage station. The chapter ended with Banette watching over the sleeping Lycanroc as night faded.

• Entei took Yan Yang back to the dorm and ordered him to sleep, saying he would find Banette and Lycanroc himself.
• Yan Yang decided to sneak out and searched online for advice on mending a friendship, but found the results useless.
• Yan Yang persuaded Houndoom to help him, then woke Cosmog and told him Lycanroc had been captured.
• Cosmog teleported Yan Yang away, with Houndoom inside his Poké Ball, to pursue Lycanroc.
• Gengar spat Lycanroc out near an abandoned garbage station, while Mismagius checked her and Banette watched over her.

Banette captured Lycanroc and asked her to leave Yan Yang and stay with the ghosts, while Mismagius warned Banette that the resentments inside him could overwhelm him. Lycanroc refused to abandon Yan Yang, and Banette reaffirmed that he would never become his companion, though he struggled with his desire for warmth and connection.

• Lycanroc woke in the ghosts’ territory and argued with Gengar after it frightened her.
• Mismagius learned Banette had taken Lycanroc because Yan Yang was the Trainer who had abandoned him, then listened as Banette explained his past.
• Mismagius warned Banette that the resentments inside him could rebel unless he suppressed them or fulfilled their final wishes.
• Banette asked Lycanroc to leave Yan Yang and live with the ghosts, but she refused and said she and Yan Yang were family.
• Lycanroc invited Banette to become one of Yan Yang’s Pokémon, but Banette refused and stopped her from saying more about the Substitute.