Recaps

Roy gave Agatha a Key Stone and explained his Flutter Mane’s Bond Evolution, while Agatha shared details about the Mega Evolution announcement. Agatha left Drake believing Meteor Village held more Key Stones, and hid from others that Roy still had three.

• Roy gave Agatha a Key Stone he said he found with Steven in Meteor Cave, then revealed he had three more and let her keep one.
• Agatha told Roy that Kalos had announced thirty-five Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution, then questioned him about Flutter Mane’s form and learned it could be sustained by his Ghost Power without side effects.
• Agatha told Roy that Professor Oak wanted to see him when they returned to Kanto.
• Agatha hinted to Drake and the Jenny family head that Roy had found the Key Stone in Meteor Village, leading Drake to plan a trip there after the Edge Cup.
• The Jenny family head offered to trade resources for more Key Stones, but Agatha claimed Roy had only found one and concealed that he still had three.

Roy and Steven advanced to the Edge Cup championship, where Steven revealed his ability to Mega Evolve Aggron. Steven disrupted Roy’s Baton Pass strategy with Sandstorm, leaving their final battle underway.

• Steven's Metagross defeated Winona's Noctowl, and Roy won his remaining matches without using Bond Evolution again.
• Roy and Steven both won their semifinal matches and advanced to the championship on the Edge Cup's fourteenth day.
• Steven Mega Evolved Aggron, revealing the Key Stone on his pin to the spectators.
• Roy ordered Drakloak to use Dragon Dance, but Steven had Mega Aggron create a Sandstorm to interrupt Roy's Baton Pass strategy.

Roy’s Drakloak struggled against Steven’s Mega Aggron before passing a Dragon Dance boost to Annihilape. Steven’s sudden weakness forced a pause, and after the battle resumed, Annihilape defeated his Shiny Metagross; Steven then sent out Armaldo.

• Drakloak harassed Mega Aggron with Fire Blast but struggled against its defenses and the Sandstorm, so Roy used Baton Pass to send out Annihilape with a Dragon Dance boost.
• Steven suddenly weakened while trying to stop the switch, and Mega Aggron reverted to Aggron as Roy held Annihilape back until Steven recovered.
• Steven recalled Aggron and sent out his Shiny Metagross to face Roy’s Annihilape.
• Annihilape’s Rage Fist grew stronger through repeated clashes, and it defeated Metagross with a final exchange against Meteor Mash.
• Steven recalled Metagross and sent out Armaldo.

Roy defeated Steven to win the Edge Cup championship, then helped the exhausted Steven off the platform. At the awards ceremony, Roy chose to challenge Drake, Hoenn’s Dragon-type Elite Four member, instead of taking Evolution Stones.

• Annihilape defeated Steven’s Aggron with a final Rage Fist, making Roy the Edge Cup champion.
• Roy helped the exhausted Steven down from the command platform and took him to the preparation room, where Joy gave Steven an Energy Potion.
• After the third-place match, Damaranch presented Roy with the championship trophy and explained his prize options.
• Roy chose to challenge Drake, Hoenn’s Dragon-type Elite Four member, instead of taking the Evolution Stones.

After winning the Edge Cup, Roy passed up a set of high-grade Evolution Stones and challenged Elite Four Drake instead. Drake accepted, and the arena was cleared for their battle as he prepared to face Roy with a Pokémon other than his ace Salamence.

• Roy chose to challenge Elite Four Drake rather than take the Evolution Stones, surprising Damaranch and the crowd.
• Spectators, judges, and officials reacted to Roy's challenge, while Agatha and Drake recognized his courage.
• Drake solemnly accepted Roy's challenge, and event staff cleared the arena for their battle.
• Steven encouraged Roy before returning to the preparation room.
• Drake arrived at the command platform on his Salamence, then recalled it because he intended to guide Roy rather than use his ace.

Roy battled Drake’s level 80 Flygon with his Bond-Evolved Flutter Mane, impressing the crowd despite losing to the level gap. After the exhibition, Chairman Damaranch took Roy to collect his championship prize on islands near Ever Grande City.

• Drake sent out Flygon for a 1v1 exhibition against Roy, who answered the crowd’s cheers by using Bond Evolution to transform Misdreavus into Flutter Mane.
• Flutter Mane used Booster Energy and Dazzling Gleam to deal notable damage to Flygon, though Drake defeated Roy.
• Drake praised Roy’s performance and invited him to visit his ship, while Roy told Agatha he would choose her over Drake if both offered to train him.
• Damaranch escorted Roy to the award ceremony, leaving Agatha behind because regional Elite Four members could not accompany him.
• Damaranch summoned Corviknight, and he and Roy departed by carriage for the islands near Ever Grande City.

Roy visited the Hoenn League’s Pokémon breeding island, found no Ghost-type Pokémon he wanted, and followed Damaranch to the League warehouse. After the warehouse’s security alarm went off, Damaranch explained the mistake and told Roy to return Snorunt to its Poké Ball.

• Roy saw Zapdos guarding the islands and learned that the High-level Elite Four Pokémon protected the Hoenn League’s breeding grounds and warehouse.
• Damaranch showed Roy the breeding island’s habitats and Pokémon colonies, including a Beginner King Venusaur with Leader’s Aura.
• Roy asked Damaranch about Ghost-type Pokémon, but the island had none for him, so he chose to visit the League warehouse instead.
• Damaranch led Roy to a hidden elevator inside a tree, which took them down into the underground warehouse guarded by powerful Trainers and Pokémon.
• Snorunt touched an infrared beam and triggered the warehouse alarm, so Damaranch explained the accident to the guards and told Roy to return Snorunt to its Poké Ball.

Roy chose an ancient artifact made of three black spheres from the Pokémon League warehouse, believing it could summon Ancient Gengar. After Agatha learned what he had picked, she decided they would leave Ever Grande City that night, but Roy found Lei Ye waiting outside his room.

• Roy searched the Pokémon League warehouse but passed over Venusaurite and the other items that caught his eye.
• Roy recognized a relic of three black spheres as the object that had summoned Ancient Gengar and chose it as his reward.
• Damaranch gave Roy the artifact, and Roy excitedly showed it to Agatha when they returned to Ever Grande City.
• Agatha told Roy they had to leave that night to avoid researchers who would ask about Bond Evolution, and Roy agreed to go.
• Roy discovered Lei Ye waiting outside his hotel room.

After taking the official champion photos with his Ghost-type Pokémon, Roy prepared to leave Hoenn with Agatha and said goodbye to his friends. He sailed toward Lilycove City with plans to return to Kanto, while Steven challenged him to battle again when they next met.

• Lei Ye found Roy at the hotel and took him back to the arena for the required championship photos.
• Roy posed with his seven Pokémon and trophy, using Palossand’s interior so the photographer could fit the whole team in the shot.
• At the harbor, Steven gave Wallace a Key Stone, and Roy told Wallace that Starmie could Mega Evolve.
• Second Kiku reminded Roy of his promise to win a hundred consecutive Advanced Division battles and offered to take him to challenge Alder in Unova afterward.
• Ziyu invited Roy to visit Blueberry Academy, and Roy agreed to bring his Reverse Plusle.
• Roy and Agatha boarded a ship for Lilycove City, while Steven called out a challenge for their next battle.

Roy and Agatha arrived in Lilycove City amid a deadly Pokémon crisis, where Bug-type Pokémon were swarming into the city. After Officer Jenny Liya explained the danger, Agatha agreed to help stop the insect tide, and the three headed for the main battlefield.

• Roy and Agatha reached Lilycove City late at night and learned from a newspaper that a Pokémon riot in the outskirts had killed dozens.
• A group of Combee attacked at the port, but Gengar quickly knocked them away.
• Officer Jenny Liya told Roy that Bug-type Pokémon were gathering and rioting across Lilycove City, while a hunter codenamed X had also appeared.
• Officer Jenny Liya recognized Agatha as a Kanto Elite Four member and asked her to help fight the insect tide.
• Agatha agreed to help, and she, Roy, and Officer Jenny Liya hurried toward the main battlefield.

Officer Jenny Liya led Roy and his companions to Lilycove City’s outskirts, where Agatha’s Gengar halted the bug swarm’s vanguard but could not make it retreat. Roy joined the battle against a Beedrill colony threatening the city and identified its scarred leader, which seemed familiar to him and Lampent.

• Officer Jenny Liya led over a hundred Pokémon Trainers in confronting the massive bug swarm, whose Ariados trapped a Trainer and his Charizard in webs.
• Agatha’s Gengar rescued the trapped Trainer and unleashed its Elite Four-level pressure, stopping the swarm’s advance without driving it away.
• Agatha recognized that the organized swarm would not retreat and worried that exterminating tens of thousands of Pokémon could spark lasting conflict with Lilycove City.
• Roy accompanied Officer Jenny Liya to a flank where coordinated Beedrill attacks were pushing Pokémon League Trainers toward defeat, then sent his Pokémon to help while searching for the leader.
• Roy spotted a scarred, level-38 Beedrill directing the attacks, and both Roy and Lampent found it familiar.

Roy’s Pokémon battled the Beedrill swarm until Lampent recognized the leader as a Weedle Roy had rescued two years earlier. Roy and Beedrill recognized each other, halting the battle while Officer Jenny Liya remained unsure what had happened.

• A Beedrill swarm overwhelmed nearby Trainers’ Pokémon, and Roy sent Flutter Mane, Dusclops, and Annihilape into battle to turn the tide.
• Dusclops used Gravity to ground the Beedrill while Annihilape fought them, and Flutter Mane rushed toward the Beedrill leader with a massive Shadow Ball.
• Lampent recognized the leader as the Weedle Roy had once rescued, and Roy ordered Flutter Mane not to kill him.
• Roy called out to Beedrill, who recognized him and stopped his swarm from attacking; Roy also had the Trainers stop fighting.

Roy learned that Beedrill’s colony had joined the Bug Tide after taking revenge on Bug Catchers and being caught on its way back to the forest. Beedrill explained that the Bug Tide had begun after a human riding a three-headed Pokémon stole Vespiquen’s future queen’s Egg, and the search for the thief had drawn Bug-type Pokémon toward Lilycove City.

• Beedrill told Roy that it had killed the Bug Catcher who had once captured it with an electric collar, and Roy accepted its revenge.
• Beedrill explained that its colony had been caught on the outskirts of Lilycove City while returning to the forest after hunting Bug Catchers.
• Beedrill revealed that a human riding a three-headed Pokémon had broken into the Combee nest and stolen the Egg meant to become the colony’s future queen.
• Vespiquen mobilized the Combee and offered unlimited access to Sweet Honey to Pokémon that helped recover the Egg.
• An Ariados smelled Sweet Honey in Lilycove City, and a Butterfree reported seeing the three-headed Pokémon there, drawing more Bug-type Pokémon into the search for Hunter X.
• Beedrill said it did not know why the Primeape and Ursaring groups had joined the Beast Tide.

Roy learned that Hunter X had stolen Vespiquen’s Pokémon Egg and provoked the Bug-type swarm around Lilycove City. He set out with Beedrill to meet Vespiquen and calm the swarm before helping Officer Jenny Liya arrest Hunter X, as Joy and Chansey arrived at the peaceful frontline.

• Officer Jenny Liya learned that Roy’s battlefield was the only place where the Bug-type swarm had stopped fighting.
• Roy deduced that Hunter X had stolen Vespiquen’s Pokémon Egg and caused the swarm to attack Lilycove City.
• Roy told Officer Jenny Liya that Vespiquen’s missing successor had triggered the crisis, and she confirmed that the Combee clan usually traded peacefully with the city.
• Roy proposed meeting Vespiquen to calm her and the swarm, then returning to Lilycove City to arrest Hunter X.
• Beedrill agreed to lead Roy to Vespiquen, and Roy set off despite Officer Jenny Liya’s concerns.
• Joy and Chansey arrived to treat injured Pokémon, and Chansey recognized Roy as the frontline remained peaceful.

Roy escorted Beedrill and his injured swarm to Nurse Joy for treatment, then followed Beedrill into the forest with Officer Jenny Liya. As Roy gently treated Beedrill’s old wounds and asked whether becoming the swarm’s leader had been difficult, Beedrill froze, moved by Roy’s concern.

• Roy asked Nurse Joy to treat the injured Beedrill and left Drakloak behind to protect her.
• Roy and Officer Jenny Liya followed Beedrill into the forest, escorted by hundreds of Beedrill.
• Roy chatted with Beedrill through Lampent as Beedrill proudly described leading a large swarm near Lilycove City.
• Roy noticed Beedrill’s scars, treated his wounds, and asked whether he had suffered to become stronger.
• Beedrill recalled evolving alone and fighting to establish his own territory, then became overwhelmed by Roy’s concern.

Roy negotiated with Vespiquen to halt the bug swarm in exchange for retrieving her stolen Pokémon Egg. Vespiquen agreed to withdraw to Route 121 until dawn and escorted Roy and Officer Jenny Liya through the swarm so he could pursue Hunter X.

• Roy and Officer Jenny Liya reached Vespiquen at the center of the bug swarm, where Beedrill explained Roy’s offer on his behalf.
• Roy warned Vespiquen that Agatha and her Gengar could stop the swarm, then offered to recover the stolen Pokémon Egg if Vespiquen withdrew to Route 121.
• Vespiquen agreed to the terms but set a deadline of first light before she would lead the swarm in an attack.
• Vespiquen described the thief as a short purple-haired man with a three-headed Dragon-type Pokémon and gave Roy a black wristband Hunter X had left behind.
• Vespiquen cleared a path through the swarm and accompanied Roy and Officer Jenny Liya as they set off.

Agatha faced the bug swarm as its leader, Vespiquen, emerged with Roy and Officer Jenny Liya, revealing that Roy had gained her cooperation. Vespiquen ordered the swarm to retreat, but it stopped at the edge of Route 121, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• A Lilycove City reporter asked Agatha about the bug swarm as her cameraman filmed the confrontation.
• Vespiquen emerged from the swarm, and Agatha decided not to attack her because the colony could become uncontrollable without its leader.
• Roy and Officer Jenny Liya appeared beside Vespiquen, who cleared a path for them through the swarm.
• Vespiquen asked Roy through Mind Communication to keep his promise, and Roy returned to Agatha's side with Officer Jenny Liya.
• Vespiquen ordered the bug swarm to retreat, but it stopped at the edge of Route 121 with her at its front.

Roy explained the bug swarm’s unrest and Hunter X’s plan to Agatha, then joined Officer Jenny Liya in tracking Hunter X through Lilycove City. They found his trail leading to the League Police Bureau, where Hunter X was about to attack before a one-eyed, bandaged Pokémon stopped him.

• Agatha scolded Roy for taking Officer Jenny into the bug swarm alone, then released him after he explained Vespiquen’s offer and Hunter X’s plan.
• Roy and Officer Jenny Liya used Vespiquen’s bracelet to help Arcanine track Hunter X’s scent toward downtown Lilycove City.
• Hunter X arrived above the empty League Police Bureau, pleased that his bug swarm scheme had distracted the police and helped him obtain a Pokémon Egg.
• Hunter X ordered Hydreigon to attack the League Police Bureau with Flamethrower, but a force of Gravity stopped it as a one-eyed, bandaged creature appeared behind him.

Roy and Officer Jenny Liya fought Hunter X after he attacked the League Police Bureau, and Roy’s staged defeat let Flutter Mane strike Hydreigon with a powerful Dazzling Gleam. The chapter ended with Annihilape knocking out Hydreigon while Snorunt pelted it with ice.

• Officer Jenny Liya confronted Hunter X, who sent Muk and Houndoom to attack her and Arcanine while he battled Roy’s Flutter Mane with Hydreigon.
• Roy revealed himself and had Flutter Mane exchange attacks with Hydreigon, then pretend to be knocked out by Dragon Pulse.
• Hunter X ordered Hydreigon to finish Flutter Mane with Dragon Rush, but she countered with a boosted Dazzling Gleam that blasted Hydreigon and injured Hunter X.
• Flutter Mane struck Hydreigon with another Dazzling Gleam, sending it crashing to the ground with Hunter X falling from its back.
• Annihilape, Lampent, and Snorunt attacked Hydreigon, and Annihilape’s Ice Punch knocked it unconscious.

Roy defeated Hunter X and his Pokémon, then recovered the Combee Egg Vespiquen wanted. He and Officer Jenny Liya headed back to Lilycove City with the battle over.

• Roy stopped Hunter X's hidden attack, broke his arms, and killed him with Ghost Power after Hunter X refused to reveal who employed Hunter J.
• Hydreigon tried to escape, but Misdreavus (Flutter Mane) finished it with Dazzling Gleam.
• Officer Jenny Liya checked on Roy after her Arcanine and Dusclops defeated Muk and Houndoom.
• Roy opened Hunter X's Spatial Bracelet and found the yellow-striped Combee Egg, which had Individual Values of 19.
• Officer Jenny Liya urged Roy to return before midnight, and they set off.

Roy returned Vespiquen's Pokémon Egg just as Agatha and Poppy were about to attack the Bug Tide, preventing a battle. Vespiquen welcomed Roy as a guest of her hive and rewarded him with nearly a hundred jars of valuable Sweet Honey.

• Vespiquen grew restless as Roy failed to return, and the Bug Tide became increasingly agitated.
• Poppy arrived with Glalie, and she and Agatha prepared to destroy the Bug Tide if Roy did not come back.
• Roy raced in on Arcanine and gave Vespiquen her unharmed Pokémon Egg.
• Vespiquen joyfully reclaimed her child, and the Combee celebrated its return.
• Vespiquen thanked Roy, welcomed him as a guest of the hive, and gave him nearly a hundred jars of Sweet Honey.

After Lilycove City’s crisis ended, Roy shared Vespiquen’s Sweet Honey and said goodbye to the Beedrill colony. Lilycove City residents watching the broadcast recognized him as the Edge Cup champion.

• Vespiquen promised Roy he could visit her colony for honey, and Roy shared a taste of the Sweet Honey with Snorunt, Gengar, Glalie, and the other Trainers.
• Poppy praised Roy’s Snorunt, and Roy said he planned to evolve her into a Froslass and specialize in one type like Agatha.
• Vespiquen led the Bug Tide into the forest for a celebration, while Roy gave the Beedrill colony about thirty jars of honey in thanks for Beedrill’s help.
• Joy and Chansey returned with the treated Beedrill, and Roy stroked Beedrill’s scar before the leader and his colony departed.
• A Lilycove City TV reporter filmed Roy’s farewell to Beedrill, and viewers recognized him as the Edge Cup champion who had returned Vespiquen’s Pokémon Egg.

After the Bug Tide retreated, Roy went to the other battlefield and found the Primeape tribe still confronting the Pokémon Trainers. Annihilape defeated the tribe’s leader without being harmed, and the leader gave up.

• Roy followed Officer Jenny Liya to the other battlefield, where the Ursaring had already left to seek Sweet Honey at the forest festival.
• Roy found fewer than a hundred Primeape remaining, and their leader hesitated over whether to retreat into the forest.
• The Primeape leader recognized something familiar in Annihilape and challenged him to a fight.
• The Primeape leader’s attacks passed harmlessly through Annihilape, who sent him flying with a restrained Rage Fist.
• After the other Primeape helped him rise, the leader accepted that he could not win and gave up.

Annihilape gained the Primeape tribe’s Leader’s Aura after defeating its leader, but he and Roy refused to leave him behind to rule. Roy arranged for the former leader to keep managing the tribe, then learned that poachers had driven the tribe to join the Bug Tide.

• The Primeape leader and his tribe bowed to Annihilape, transferring the Leader’s Aura to him.
• Roy discovered the new Held Item on Annihilape’s system panel and realized the tribe wanted Annihilape as its leader.
• Annihilape and Roy refused to have Annihilape stay with the tribe, though Roy saw value in the tribe’s future stat bonus.
• Roy told Annihilape to let the former Primeape leader continue managing the tribe, and Annihilape gave the leader that order.
• The former leader explained that poachers had repeatedly tried to capture the tribe, prompting them to join the Bug Tide for protection.

Roy arranged for the Primeape tribe to leave its vulnerable territory on the edge of Lilycove Forest and settle between the Beedrill and Combee tribes, with help from Officer Jenny Liya and the Rangers. Annihilape intimidated the relocated tribe into behaving, leaving Roy with three powerful tribes connected to him around Lilycove City.

• Roy decided the Primeape tribe should relocate near the Beedrill and Combee tribes, and he asked Officer Jenny Liya to help protect them from poachers.
• Officer Jenny Liya agreed to monitor Lilycove Forest's outskirts and establish Ranger posts, then Roy brought the tribe to Vespiquen and Beedrill.
• Beedrill offered part of its territory, and Vespiquen agreed to let the Primeape tribe settle there after Roy addressed her concerns about their temper.
• The former Primeape leader and the tribe approved of their new home, and Annihilape shattered a boulder to warn them not to cause trouble.
• Annihilape told the former Primeape leader to seek help from the Rangers, and the Combee and Beedrill helped the tribe complete its move.