Recaps

Roy visited a Pokémon Exchange Conference and found Headband Guy offering his injured Primeape for trade. Roy scanned Primeape and discovered that its Individual Values were steadily draining because of old injuries.

• Roy entered the League-organized Pokémon Exchange Conference, hoping to trade away Stunky.
• Roy saw a Magikarp seller exaggerate his Pokémon’s potential, while Roy’s scan showed the Magikarp had very low Individual Values.
• Roy recognized Headband Guy from the Pokémon Contest and saw him offering his caged Primeape for a Veteran-level Pokémon or a Starter.
• Headband Guy blamed Primeape for losing battles and ignored the role his own poor commands had played.
• Roy scanned Primeape and found it was level 29, had several old injuries, and was steadily losing Individual Values.

Roy tried to trade his level-thirty-seven Stunky for Headband Guy’s injured Primeape, but Headband Guy demanded Roy’s Leaf Stone as well. Roy walked away and later advertised Stunky to the trading crowd, drawing competing offers as Headband Guy watched his bargaining position collapse.

• Roy noticed Primeape’s numerous injuries and approached Headband Guy about trading for it.
• Headband Guy demanded two hundred thousand Poké Dollars for Primeape, then insisted Roy include his Leaf Stone with the Stunky trade.
• Roy refused Headband Guy’s terms and left, while Headband Guy waited for him to return.
• As the trading event neared its close, Roy returned and announced that his Stunky was about to reach Gym Leader level.
• Traders crowded around Roy with offers, and Headband Guy grew unsettled as they competed for Stunky.

Roy used a planted bidder to pressure Headband Guy into trading Primeape and 5,000 Pokémon Dollars for Stunky, then left the trading convention with his prize. Magikarp Uncle collected his 800-Pokémon-Dollar payment and gave Roy a fishing rod.

• Headband Guy regretted passing up Roy’s offer and agreed to add 5,000 Pokémon Dollars and cover the inspection fees after Roy raised the price.
• Roy and Headband Guy inspected Stunky, then privately exchanged Stunky for Primeape and 5,000 Pokémon Dollars.
• Headband Guy left believing he had gained a Gym Leader-level Pokémon, while Roy noted that Stunky being about to break through did not guarantee it would.
• Magikarp Uncle revealed he had acted as Roy’s plant and accepted 800 Pokémon Dollars for helping provoke Headband Guy.
• Magikarp Uncle gave Roy his fishing rod, and Roy rode away from the trading convention.

Roy took Primeape, whom he had traded for, to a Pokémon Center for treatment and learned that Primeape’s severe hidden injuries required an expensive Blissey egg. When Roy lacked enough money, he offered a genuine Leaf Stone as payment.

• Roy released Primeape and introduced himself as his new Trainer, then discovered Primeape collapsed from untreated leg injuries.
• Roy brought Primeape to a nearby Pokémon Center, where Miss Joy found extensive hidden injuries and signs that he had gone without food.
• Miss Joy scolded Roy until he explained that he had only just traded for Primeape at the trading convention.
• Miss Joy said Primeape needed an egg from a Blissey to heal his hidden injuries, at a cost of about 130,000 Pokémon Dollars.
• Roy offered Miss Joy a genuine Leaf Stone as payment for Primeape’s treatment.

Roy offered his Leaf Stone and all his money to pay for Primeape’s treatment, moving Miss Joy to reconsider the strict payment rules she had followed. She collected his valuables and went to submit an application to treat Primeape.

• Miss Joy recognized Roy from the Rookie Cup and asked whether he really wanted to trade his Leaf Stone for Blissey’s egg to help Primeape.
• Roy offered the Leaf Stone and all his available money, totaling 53,882 Poké Dollars, to cover Primeape’s treatment.
• Miss Joy remembered how she had once saved a Sentret that was later exploited in illegal battles, and how that experience had made her follow the Joy family’s payment rules.
• Chansey offered Roy 500 Poké Dollars from its snack money, and Miss Joy decided to challenge the rules to help Primeape.
• Miss Joy took Roy’s Leaf Stone, Poké Dollars, and ID Card, then went to submit an application.

Roy used a Leaf Stone to pay for a Blissey Egg that healed Primeape’s hidden injuries. After Primeape recovered, Roy and Miss Joy learned that Delibird had delivered the egg, and Primeape eagerly ate the shell.

• Chansey healed Primeape’s external wounds, and Roy comforted him as he waited for the Joy family’s decision.
• Miss Joy arranged for Roy to use a Leaf Stone to cover the cost, and the Joy family sent Delibird with a Blissey Egg and ointment.
• Delibird used Teleport to enter the Pokémon Center and handed the goods to Miss Joy.
• Miss Joy explained how to open the egg, and Primeape drank its contents, healing his accumulated injuries.
• Miss Joy told Primeape that the eggshell was edible, and Roy tried a small piece before letting Primeape keep the rest.

Miss Joy treated Primeape’s hidden injuries, and Primeape recovered enough to reach level 33. Roy left the Pokémon Center with medicine and care instructions, while Miss Joy and Chansey each received one of his coins.

• Roy read the Pokémon Center’s mission board and received Moomoo Milk from Chansey.
• Miss Joy treated Primeape’s injuries, and Primeape’s level rose from 29 to 33.
• Miss Joy returned Roy’s ID Card and the remaining money, gave him supplements and Pokéblocks, and explained Primeape’s aftercare.
• Miss Joy told Roy to call her Sister Yanan, asked whether he regretted something, and accepted one of his coins; Roy gave another to Chansey.
• Miss Joy congratulated Primeape on finding a good master and offered to add her IQ so Roy could contact her with questions.

Roy brought the injured Primeape home and welcomed him into his Pokémon team, where Primeape found safety and a sense of belonging. As Roy settled in for the night, he remembered he still needed to give Teacher Lina her signed photo.

• Roy carried Primeape home on his bicycle and brought him back to his rundown apartment after the tournament.
• Roy introduced Primeape to Litwick and Duskull, then reassured Misdreavus that she could become his Pokémon too.
• Litwick explained that Roy could communicate directly with Pokémon, leaving Primeape wishing he could speak with Roy as well.
• Roy built Primeape a hammock, gave him Pokéblocks, and settled down with his Pokémon for the night.
• Roy uploaded a photo of Litwick to IQ and recalled that he had not yet given Teacher Lina her signed photo.

Roy spent his Popularity Points on four Technical Machines and upgraded Extreme Ghost Power to level two, then discovered he needed a special device to teach Pokémon their moves. After Wallace explained where to find one, Roy planned to check the Battle Training Grounds the next day.

• Roy bought Flamethrower, Protect, Trick Room, and Skill Swap, then spent his remaining 20,000 Popularity Points to raise Extreme Ghost Power to level two.
• Roy tried to teach Duskull Rest by pressing a Technical Machine against its forehead, but Duskull fell asleep instead.
• Roy called Wallace at two thirty in the morning and asked how to use a Technical Machine.
• Wallace told Roy that Pokémon needed to be placed in a Technical Machine Device and said one might be at the Battle Training Grounds.
• Roy remembered seeing a device there and decided to look for it the next day.

Roy checked on Primeape as it recovered, then returned to Rustboro Academy, where his Rookie Cup performance earned him attention and Popularity Points. He gave Lina Mary's signed photo and his bronze trophy, learned he would receive 10,000 Poké Dollars, and went back to class while Lina admired the photo.

• Roy found Primeape's injuries had healed enough that it planned to recuperate in the cabin, and he asked Misdreavus to look after it.
• Fujino told Roy about being beaten by Roxanne and frightened by Misdreavus, then discovered Roy had won third place in the Rookie Cup.
• Intermediate Coordination Class members praised Roy and Litwick, earning Roy 1000 Popularity Points for changing their perception of Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Roy broke another cafeteria eating record by finishing ten steamed buns and a huge bowl of ramen in ten minutes.
• Roy gave Lina Mary's signed photo and his bronze trophy, and Lina said the Academy would award him 10,000 Poké Dollars.

Roy learned how to use the academy's Technical Machine Device and successfully taught Duskull the sleep move. After discovering that the system's Technical Machines might have a suspiciously high success rate, he decided he needed to obtain a portable device.

• Roy failed to operate the Technical Machine Device and asked Roxanne for help after she and Guimi spotted him.
• Roxanne explained that the machine required a 500 Poké Dollar payment, and Roy paid to use it.
• Roy used a Technical Machine to teach Duskull the sleep move, and Roxanne explained that Technical Machines could fail and were single-use.
• Roy suspected the system's Technical Machines had a one-hundred-percent success rate and decided he needed a portable Technical Machine Device.
• After Roy left, Guimi wondered why Roxanne had become so interested in him.

Roy followed Misdreavus into her cave and discovered the remains of several people along with an incomplete Ghost Soul Slate. When the Slate flooded him with energy and hallucinations, the Giratina Scale interrupted it, leaving Roy conscious and the Slate's mystery unresolved.

• Roy fed Primeape, then played a fighting tournament video to keep him occupied before following Misdreavus to her cave.
• Roy found human remains, a broken ID Card belonging to a Gym apprentice, and a Spatial Bracelet among the skeletons.
• Misdreavus revealed she had found the bodies in her home and did not know how they had died.
• Roy discovered an incomplete Ghost Soul Slate that began absorbing his Ghost Power and sending energy and hallucinations into his mind.
• Litwick and Misdreavus failed to stop the Slate, but Roy's Giratina Scale struck him and cut off the energy transfer.

Roy discovered that the Ghost Soul Slate triggered Misdreavus’s transformation into Flutter Mane, and a Spirit World Dusknoir captured her. Roy followed them through a rift into the Spirit World, where Dusknoir sensed a familiar aura coming from him.

• Roy found an ancient parchment describing the slates of Hisui and learned that Misdreavus wanted to bring the Ghost Soul Slate to his home.
• When Roy lifted the slate, Misdreavus transformed into Level 59 Flutter Mane, and the two struggled for control of her body.
• A powerful Dusknoir emerged from a rift, knocked Flutter Mane unconscious, and carried her toward the Spirit World.
• Roy jumped into the closing rift after Flutter Mane and landed in the Spirit World as Dusknoir prepared to destroy her.
• Dusknoir stopped and sensed a familiar aura coming from Roy.

Roy summoned Giratina to save Flutter Mane from Dusknoir in the Spirit World, and the two gods began fighting. Giratina’s Shadow Ball overpowered Dusknoir’s Shadow Punch, while Roy took Litwick and the exhausted Flutter Mane to safety.

• Dusknoir pinned Roy and Flutter Mane down with the Spirit World’s power and warned Roy to leave.
• Roy used Giratina’s Scale and summoned Giratina into the Spirit World.
• Roy asked Giratina to save Flutter Mane, but Dusknoir refused to let her go.
• Giratina and Dusknoir began fighting, and Roy dragged Litwick and Flutter Mane away from the battle.
• Giratina’s Shadow Ball pushed back Dusknoir’s Spirit World-enhanced Shadow Punch.

After Giratina confronted Roy over the stolen Scale, Roy proved that his Ghost Power could strengthen Ghost-type moves. Intrigued by the ability, Giratina asked Roy to subdue it and was caught in a Luxury Ball.

• Giratina defeated Dusknoir in their energy clashes, then stopped fighting and watched Dusknoir leave the Spirit World.
• Giratina confronted Roy about the Scale, which had been taken from it while it slept, but Roy could not call on the system to explain.
• Roy told Giratina that mysterious energy had given him the Scale and his ability to enhance Ghost-type moves, then used his Ghost Power to strengthen Flutter Mane's Shadow Ball by two percent.
• Giratina believed Roy's ability was real and asked whether it could receive the enhancement if it became his Pokémon.
• Roy threw a Luxury Ball at Giratina, which entered without resisting, and the ball captured it.

Roy tested his Ghost Power boost on Giratina, who nearly damaged the Spirit World before repairing it. Giratina returned to the Distortion World after cleansing the Ghost Soul Slate and giving Roy a scale to summon it again.

• Giratina left Roy's Luxury Ball and demanded that Roy empower it with Ghost Power.
• Roy's energy strengthened Giratina's moves, and its Shadow Ball cracked the Spirit World's boundary and ground.
• Dusknoir confronted Giratina, who promised to stop attacking and repaired the damage before Dusknoir left.
• Giratina told Roy to grow stronger and summon it again, then examined the Ghost Soul Slate, erased the Grudge inside it, and let Roy keep it.
• Giratina gave Roy one of its scales and returned to the Distortion World through a Space-Time Rift.

Roy returned from the Spirit World with Misdreavus, while Giratina remained free inside a cracked Luxury Ball. After Dialga and Palkia briefly investigated Giratina’s aura, Roy discovered that Primeape might have learned Drain Punch by watching a battle video.

• Roy returned to the cave with Misdreavus, who acknowledged him as her Trainer and reached level 35, while Giratina’s cracked Luxury Ball remained inactive.
• Rayquaza noticed two more spacetime rifts above Rustboro Academy, and Dialga and Palkia emerged to investigate Giratina’s aura before returning to their respective spaces.
• Roy buried the cave’s skeletons and took four Spatial Bracelets from them before heading back to his cabin.
• Roy introduced Misdreavus to Primeape and Duskull, then noticed that Drain Punch had appeared on Primeape’s System Panel.
• Litwick explained that Primeape had studied Machamp’s Drain Punch in a tournament video, and Roy praised Primeape for possibly learning the move.

Roy confirmed that the system’s Technical Machines taught moves with a 100% success rate, then tested Litwick’s Protect and Duskull’s Trick Room outside the academy. He recorded their effects and limitations, while deciding he would need to buy a portable Technical Machine Device.

• Roy entered the Battle Training Grounds at night and confirmed that Duskull successfully learned Trick Room and the other moves from the Technical Machines.
• Roy concluded the Technical Machines had a 100% success rate and decided he needed to spend 2.5 million on a portable device.
• Roy tested Litwick’s Protect, which formed a barrier that nearly drained Litwick’s energy and broke after two punches.
• Roy tested Duskull’s Trick Room, where Misdreavus became slow and Duskull became fast until the room vanished after about twenty minutes.
• Roy recorded the moves’ duration, effects, and Pokémon sensations in his notebook.

Roy tested Duskull’s Skill Swap with Primeape and confirmed that the Ability exchange lasted about ten minutes. Litwick used Protect more effectively on its second attempt, but Roy discovered that its Flamethrower was being interrupted despite restoring its Ghost Power.

• Roy had Duskull use Skill Swap on Primeape, exchanging Primeape’s Defiant for Duskull’s Levitate and making Primeape float until Roy caught him.
• About ten minutes later, the Abilities switched back, and Primeape imagined an aerial attack that Roy compared to a palm strike falling from the heavens.
• Litwick reported that it could use Protect again, and Roy found that its stronger barrier withstood his punch and one Shadow Ball from Misdreavus.
• Roy asked Litwick to use Flamethrower, but the attack stopped before it could fire, and a second attempt also failed after Roy restored Litwick’s Ghost Power.
• Roy formed an uncertain guess about why Litwick’s Flamethrower kept getting interrupted.

Roy’s dwindling popularity forced him to keep battling students at the Academy, raising his Ghost-type Pokémon’s levels. Agatha arrived at Rustboro Academy to teach Roy, leaving the class stunned and inviting him to meet her after class.

• Roy continued challenging intermediate-class students with Litwick and Duskull, whose levels rose to 32 and 31.
• Lina told Class One that Kanto Elite Four member Agatha was coming to visit.
• Agatha entered the classroom, sensed Roy’s strong Ghost Power, and praised him as hardworking before telling him to meet her in the head of instruction’s office after class.
• Roy went back to sleep at his desk, shocking his classmates, while Lina ordered them to return to reviewing their lessons.
• The Mediterranean Director welcomed Agatha to Rustboro Academy and learned that she would teach Roy under the Academy’s name.

Agatha met Roy at Rustboro Academy and revealed that she had come to take him as her disciple, having already secured Mt. Pyre's elders' approval. Roy accepted a letter from Phoebe, but the chapter ended before he answered Agatha's offer.

• Mediterranean Director warmly greeted Roy, and Roy prompted him to promise a 20,000 Poké Dollar student aid grant.
• Agatha dismissed Mediterranean Director so she could speak with Roy alone.
• Gengar greeted Roy and eagerly swallowed the Ghost Power he offered.
• Agatha revealed that Gengar had reported Roy killing an attacker in the forest and that she had come to make him her disciple.
• Agatha told Roy that Mt. Pyre's elders had agreed and gave him a letter from Phoebe.
• Roy read Phoebe's childish letter, tucked it away, and faced Agatha's question about his decision.

Roy became Agatha's disciple and received a Perfect Quality Dusk Stone. Agatha inspected his Pokémon and questioned his choice of Primeape, while Roy privately considered its potential to evolve into Annihilape.

• Roy knelt and asked Agatha to accept him as her disciple, and she agreed before giving him a Perfect Quality Dusk Stone.
• Roy showed Agatha his Litwick and led her to his shabby house, where she recognized the lingering Ghost-type energy.
• Roy summoned Duskull, Misdreavus, and his bandaged Primeape for Agatha to inspect.
• Agatha questioned why Roy had chosen a common Fighting-type Primeape, but Roy insisted it was his partner, raising Primeape's Affection.
• Roy considered whether Primeape could evolve into the Ghost- and Fighting-type Annihilape and calculated the power its Rage Fist might reach.

Agatha explained that Roy’s Litwick could not sustain Flamethrower because Roy had been supplying it only with Ghost Power, leaving it short of Fire-type energy. Roy realized he had been judging Pokémon by game mechanics instead of the realities of their strength and energy, and Agatha left him to think through the lesson.

• Agatha asked Roy about his training difficulties, and he showed her Litwick’s Flamethrower repeatedly failing before release.
• Agatha called Roy exceptionally lucky because Litwick had learned Flamethrower despite having little Fire-type energy.
• Agatha had Roy place his hand over Litwick’s flame and discovered that it was cool because Litwick was burning Ghost-type energy rather than fire.
• Agatha explained that Pokémon moves consumed bodily energy and that Litwick needed Fire-type energy, which Roy had not replenished with his Ghost Power.
• Agatha asked Roy to compare the attacks and poison effects of an Elite Four-level Arbok and a newly evolved Weedle against an Elite Four-level Charizard.
• Roy realized that he had relied too heavily on game mechanics and that Litwick’s lack of Fire-type energy had weakened its attacks.

Agatha explained how Pokémon could learn moves of other types and showed Roy a custom Pokéblock made for Gengar. Roy learned why Ghost-type Pokéblocks were rare and expensive, and recognized that Agatha’s block was tailored to replenish Gengar’s Ice-type energy.

• Agatha explained that replenishing energy of a move’s type could increase a Pokémon’s chances of learning that move, while she remained puzzled by Litwick’s Flamethrower.
• Roy asked how to replenish Litwick’s Fire-type energy, and Agatha showed him a Pokéblock before stopping him from touching it barehanded.
• Agatha explained that the purple Pokéblock was made for Gengar and contained poisonous substances, and Roy realized Ghost-type Pokéblocks were not sold on the market.
• Agatha described Pokéblock grades and explained that custom Pokéblocks required a trusted Top-level Breeder, rare materials, and considerable expense.
• Roy noticed ice crystals on the Pokéblock and inferred that it was designed to replenish Gengar’s Ice-type energy.

Roy learned from Agatha that Pokémon Breeding was essential to raising strong Pokémon, and she gave him a handbook of her Ghost- and Poison-type knowledge. Agatha began planning Roy’s training, assigning him twenty-five more books to memorize and arranging for him to leave the dilapidated warehouse.

• Roy asked Agatha to appraise Miss Joy’s Pokéblocks, and she judged them to be Intermediate Breeder quality and worth about 30,000 Poké Dollars.
• Agatha told Roy she could make Fire-type Pokéblocks for Litwick and explained that Breeding and training were inseparable.
• Agatha gave Roy her handwritten handbook on raising Ghost- and Poison-type Pokémon after knocking him for dismissing Breeding knowledge.
• Roy asked about Pokémon research, and Agatha reconsidered her stance before deciding to train him to surpass Dr. Oak.
• Agatha told Roy to stop attending classes, gave him twenty-five handbooks to memorize within a month, and sent a message about the rundown warehouse where he lived.