Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze and his friends celebrated over hot pot, discussed Tang Yunqin’s Ribbon and Sylveon’s evolution, and arranged for Mo Qiancheng to pick out a Pokémon Egg. At home, Mewtwo declined Lu Ze’s invitation to the research institute and quietly enjoyed the trust he had earned by training Lu Ze’s Pokémon.

• Wen Mengyu spotted Lu Ze’s group but could not remember where she had seen them, so she went to eat with Pachirisu.
• Mo Qiancheng welcomed Lu Ze, Sui Yan, Tang Yunqin, and Wang Hechuan to a hot pot meal, while Ji Qianyi admired Tang Yunqin’s Ribbon.
• Tang Yunqin explained the Ribbon competition, and Lu Ze described the conditions for Eevee to evolve into Sylveon.
• Ji Qianyi asked Lu Ze to help choose an Eevee Pokémon Egg, and Mo Qiancheng agreed to pay for the meal.
• Lu Ze said he would work at the research institute to calculate data for the game, while the others made plans and went home.
• Mewtwo refused to accompany Lu Ze the next day, then reflected happily on training Charizard, Crawdaunt, and the other Pokémon and gaining their trust.

Lu Ze went to the research institute with Victini while Mewtwo took the other Pokémon to a temple fair and tournament. Mewtwo entered his first match with Zorua disguised as Lu Ze and Dratini riding on his head, then sent out Sirfetch'd to face Glalie.

• Lu Ze learned that the research institute had collected most Pokémon data and that Lunar New Year work paid triple overtime.
• Victini accompanied Lu Ze to the institute, while Mewtwo led the other Pokémon to the temple fair and Dratini revealed she had pretended to sleep to join them.
• Snorlax stayed behind and went with Bewear to visit Patterned Snorlax, hoping to tell him about the strong Slaking he had met.
• Mewtwo watched the lively human and Pokémon crowds before entering the tournament venue with Dratini and Zorua disguised as Lu Ze.
• Mewtwo began his first match by sending out Sirfetch'd against his opponent's Glalie.

Mewtwo won his morning preliminary matches with ease while Snorlax and Bewear traveled to a forest to search for Mewtwo’s hidden friends. Lu Ze prepared to leave with Mo Qiancheng and Ji Qianyi, and Victini happily accepted a cupcake after accidentally pulling out some of Lu Ze’s hair.

• Mewtwo used Electivire, Crawdaunt, and Sirfetch'd to defeat three preliminary opponents, with Sirfetch'd knocking out Liepard, Flareon, and Rhyperior.
• Snorlax and Bewear rode the subway to the outskirts and followed Mewtwo’s map into a forest to search for his hidden friends.
• Mo Qiancheng arrived at Lu Ze’s office and startled Victini awake, causing her to pull several strands of Lu Ze’s hair.
• Lu Ze blamed Mo Qiancheng for startling Victini, and Mo Qiancheng agreed to be more careful after Lu Ze threatened to tell Zhuge Ziyu.
• Mo Qiancheng gave Victini a cupcake, and she tucked Lu Ze’s hair back into place before eating it.

Lu Ze, Ji Qianyi, and Mo Qiancheng visited the Breeding Garden so Ji Qianyi could consider adopting an Eevee, while Lu Ze heard how Rayquaza had accidentally ended a fight between Zapdos and Moltres. At the garden, Lu Ze’s familiar Eevee pair approached him for food, and Ji Qianyi began considering which Eevee to choose.

• Lu Ze asked whether Ji Qianyi and Mo Qiancheng wanted to buy a Pokémon Egg or adopt a Pokémon, and they decided to look at both options.
• Lu Ze and Mo Qiancheng discussed Zapdos and Moltres fighting until Articuno turned back after encountering Rayquaza, whose arrival made the two birds stop fighting and return home.
• Ji Qianyi petted a sunbathing Eevee, which sprang up and snarled at her.
• Lu Ze recognized the companion Eevee that called him “husband” and fed her and little Eevee to stop her from saying it again.
• Ji Qianyi looked over the Eevee in the garden and considered whether to choose one there.

Lu Ze helped Ji Qianyi choose an Eevee Pokémon Egg while Mo Qiancheng asked about Steel-type Eevee evolutions and matching Pokémon for himself and Ji Qianyi. The search ended with Lu Ze suggesting the legendary Zacian, but Mo Qiancheng dismissed it as impossible to find.

• Lu Ze said goodbye to the Eevee, and the three Pokémon shared food and basked in the sun.
• Lu Ze began checking Eevee Pokémon Egg information for Ji Qianyi while Mo Qiancheng asked whether Eevee had a Steel-type evolution.
• Lu Ze said he had not researched Eevee's other evolutions, so Mo Qiancheng decided not to get an Eevee.
• Lu Ze suggested Mawile and Klefki as Steel- and Fairy-type Pokémon that could suit Mo Qiancheng and Ji Qianyi as a pair.
• Lu Ze named Zacian and explained that its Crowned Sword form was both Fairy and Steel type.
• Mo Qiancheng gave up on finding Zacian, noting that it had disappeared after the Napoleonic Wars.

Lu Ze chose a female Eevee Pokémon Egg for Ji Qianyi, while Mo Qiancheng prepared to buy it as a gift for her. The chapter ended with Xiao Jiang offering them a forty-percent discount and playfully flirting with Lu Ze.

• Mo Qiancheng asked Lu Ze which Pokémon could serve as a couple’s Pokémon, and Lu Ze named Magearna, the Steel- and Fairy-type lord of Mechanical City.
• Lu Ze selected a female Eevee Pokémon Egg with Orange aptitude, the Anticipation ability, and the inherited moves Yawn, Wish, and Detect.
• Mo Qiancheng explained that he planned to pay for the egg from his private stash as a gift for Ji Qianyi and hoped she would replenish his hidden savings.
• Lu Ze introduced Mo Qiancheng to cashier Xiao Jiang and asked her to find a discount for the Eevee Pokémon Egg.
• Xiao Jiang offered the highest available discount, forty percent off, and teased Lu Ze despite his warning about her boyfriend.

Mo Qiancheng’s hopes of getting money from Ji Qianyi were dashed while Lu Ze returned to his research. Meanwhile, Snorlax tracked down the patterned Pokémon after following Gengar and offered food to Patterned Big Sis and Patterned Snorlax.

• Mo Qiancheng paid for the discounted purchase, but Ji Qianyi left with the Pokémon Egg without giving him any money.
• Lu Ze returned to the laboratory, while Ji Qianyi considered how else she could make it up to Mo Qiancheng.
• Snorlax searched for the patterned Pokémon, noticed Gengar hiding nearby, and followed him to a cliffside gathering place.
• Gengar spotted Snorlax and attacked with a Shadow Ball, but Bewear broke it and revealed Snorlax’s hiding place.
• Snorlax greeted Patterned Big Sis and Patterned Snorlax, explained that Mewtwo had given him a map, and offered them his food and a Special Energy Cube.

Snorlax brought food to the starving patterned Pokémon and learned that winter scarcity had left them struggling to survive. It began planning to bring them somewhere safe and well supplied, but realized their move would require Mewtwo’s and Lu Ze’s approval.

• Snorlax and the patterned Pokémon shared food, while patterned Crobat waited for the others to eat and explained the forest’s winter shortages.
• Crobat asked to share some food with Boss Nidoking’s clan in gratitude for their help, and Gengar delivered it.
• Snorlax suggested that the patterned Pokémon go to Lord Mewtwo, but patterned Snorlax refused because they had promised to be self-reliant.
• After hearing about their circumstances, Snorlax realized that Mewtwo would need to approve their departure and Lu Ze would need to provide a place for them to live.
• When the patterned Snorlax worried that Snorlax could not bring food every day, Snorlax hinted that it wanted to take them all away.

Snorlax spent the afternoon with the patterned Pokémon and decided he wanted to bring them out, while Lu Ze and Victini worked on a LEGO Eevee. Mewtwo and the others kept training at a Pokémon Center, where Mewtwo learned he needed money to rent a room.

• Snorlax and Patterned Snorlax began a wrestling match, but Snorlax stopped when he saw Patterned Snorlax was tired and not well fed.
• Snorlax played with the patterned Pokémon, resolved to bring them out, and later headed home with Bewear.
• Lu Ze invited Victini to return the next day after they built part of a LEGO Eevee together.
• Mewtwo, Crobat, Charizard, and the others trained in a rented Pokémon Center room using Lu Ze's identity and money.
• Mewtwo resented Lu Ze for assigning him a task and complained that he had no money.

Lu Ze cooked dinner while his family and Pokémon returned home, and Snorlax carried a sleeping Victini upstairs. As Lu Ze set the table, he remained unaware that his Pokémon had joined Zorua and Mewtwo in secretly plotting against him.

• Lu Ze found the house empty, sent Victini to wait on the couch, and began cooking dinner.
• Victini searched for Dratini’s television remote, fell asleep on the couch, and Snorlax carried it upstairs to rest in its palm.
• Lu Xingguo, Liu Xiangjun, Lu Ba, Lu Ma, and the others returned home, and Lu Ze finished preparing dinner.
• Mewtwo told Lu Ma that the day had gone well, and Lu Ze sent everyone to wash up before eating.
• Lu Ze discovered Victini asleep upstairs, asked Dratini to fetch it and Snorlax, and set out the bowls and chopsticks without knowing his Pokémon were plotting against him.

Snorlax told Lu Ze and Mewtwo that the patterned Pokémon were starving, prompting Mewtwo to rush off to help them. Deoxys intercepted Mewtwo and persuaded him to return after saying Lu Ze had a solution.

• Snorlax explained that the patterned Pokémon had been hungry for a long time and were growing thin, so Mewtwo teleported away.
• Lu Ze asked Deoxys to stop Mewtwo, while Lu Xingguo and Lu Ba worried about where Mewtwo had gone.
• Lu Ze proposed registering the patterned Pokémon for research into their unusual appearances, and Lu Xingguo said he could apply through the research institute.
• Deoxys caught up with Mewtwo and told him Lu Ze had a way to solve the patterned Pokémon's problem.
• Mewtwo agreed to return with Deoxys after reflecting that he could not afford to care for the copied Pokémon, especially the hungry Snorlax.

Lu Ze arranged for Mewtwo to become a researcher and for Mewtwo’s Patterned Pokémon to live in the research institute’s Breeding Garden under Lu Ze’s name. After Zhuge Ziyu approved the arrangements, he told Lu Ze that something had happened to Latios.

• Lu Ze offered to house Mewtwo’s Patterned Pokémon in the Breeding Garden and register them under his name, and Mewtwo agreed.
• Mewtwo asked Lu Ze for a wristband and learned that he could earn money by becoming a researcher; he agreed to go to the research institute the next morning.
• Lu Ze and Snorlax planned how to transport the Patterned Pokémon, and Lu Ze arranged to speak with Zhuge Ziyu.
• Lu Ze brought Mewtwo and his Pokémon to the research institute, where Zhuge Ziyu approved Mewtwo’s researcher position and promised to arrange the Patterned Pokémon registrations.
• Zhuge Ziyu told Lu Ze that something had happened to Latios, though he said there was no need to worry too much.

Zhuge Ziyu told Lu Ze that Rayquaza had taken his frustration out on Latios, who was recovering at the Pokémon Center with Latias caring for him. Mewtwo and Zhuge Ziyu reached the forest to bring the starving Patterned Pokémon to a new home, where Patterned Snorlax quietly asked whether they would really never go hungry again.

• Zhuge Ziyu explained that Rayquaza had struck Latios after the Legendary birds repeatedly stopped fighting whenever Rayquaza arrived.
• Zhuge Ziyu arranged a convoy, and Lu Ze sent Snorlax and Mewtwo along to help bring the Patterned Pokémon away.
• Mewtwo, Zhuge Ziyu, Dratini, and Snorlax traveled to the forest, where the Patterned Pokémon welcomed Mewtwo.
• Mewtwo told Crobat that he had come to take the Patterned Pokémon away, and Crobat eagerly agreed.
• Snorlax joined Patterned Snorlax as he prepared to leave, and Patterned Snorlax asked whether he would really never go hungry again.

Lu Ze discovered that Mo Qiancheng’s mysterious black bell could summon Shadow Lugia and restore its sanity, leaving him worried about the Pokémon’s condition and origins. Meanwhile, Snorlax and Mewtwo brought the Patterned Pokémon to their new home at the research institute.

• Patterned Crobat gave the food Snorlax had brought to the Nidoking family, and Snorlax reassured her that she would have enough to eat.
• Snorlax and Patterned Snorlax loaded the remaining belongings, then traveled with the Patterned Pokémon to the research institute.
• Mo Qiancheng gave Lu Ze a black bell he called the Dark Bell, which his earlier attempts to shake had failed to activate.
• Lu Ze used the system to learn that the Dark Bell could summon Shadow Lugia and restore its sanity, then locked it in his office safe.
• Snorlax and Dratini guided the Patterned Pokémon into their new home, where Mewtwo said he would be working.

Mewtwo became an official employee under Lu Ze, arranged a salary account and smartwatch, and chose to work beside him. The Patterned Pokémon settled into the Breeding Garden, where they played with the resident Pokémon as a fresh commotion broke out.

• Mewtwo received his work badge from Zhuge Ziyu and learned that he would earn a salary and a share of the project profits under Lu Ze.
• Mewtwo teleported to Lu Ze's office, where Lu Ze arranged a smartwatch and salary card for him.
• Mewtwo decided to work beside Lu Ze rather than spend time with the others.
• Snorlax and Dratini helped the Patterned Pokémon settle in, and the Eevee family and Espeon joined them for snacks and play.
• Milotic Dad got struck by his wife again while the patterned Milotic and Primarina laughed from the shore.
• A Patterned Pokémon kicked another Pokémon flying and shouted about it getting tattoos and joining the mob.

Mother Electivire mistook a Patterned Electivire for her son and beat him before Snorlax and the other Patterned Pokémon explained the confusion. Lu Ze and Mewtwo finished work and headed home, while Victini remained baffled that Dratini’s help had slowed their LEGO building.

• Mother Electivire mistook Patterned Electivire for her son and punched him.
• Snorlax and the other Patterned Pokémon explained that Patterned Electivire was their companion, not Electivire’s son.
• Snorlax called Electivire, and Mother Electivire confirmed the mistake before apologizing and offering to help Patterned Electivire in the future.
• Lu Ze stopped working when his alarm rang, and Mewtwo finished up a minute later.
• Lu Ze took Victini and Dratini home, while Victini wondered why they had made so little progress on the LEGO set.

Lu Ze lent Mewtwo money before Mewtwo went to compete in the temple fair finals, while Snorlax kept his promise to visit the research institute. At the venue, Fugui and Sui Yan mistook Mewtwo’s disguise for Lu Ze, leaving Mewtwo with a headache.

• Lu Ze gave Mewtwo a day off and lent him money to use with his watch.
• Mewtwo checked that the Patterned Pokémon had settled into the Breeding Garden, while Snorlax said goodbye to the Patterned Snorlax.
• The next morning, Mewtwo and Dratini went to the temple fair finals, while Lu Ze took Victini and Snorlax to the research institute.
• Fugui spotted Mewtwo disguised as Lu Ze and rushed over, then Sui Yan recognized the disguise and asked why Lu Ze had come after saying he would not compete.

Sui Yan and Fugui learned that Mewtwo had made Zorua disguise herself as Lu Ze, while Fugui remained confused about whether his memories of New Island were a dream. Fugui won his temple fair battle, and Zorua began battling a JK girl’s Persian with Sirfetch'd.

• Mewtwo explained to Sui Yan and Fugui why he had asked Zorua to transform into Lu Ze, while Fugui wondered why he remembered events from a dream so clearly.
• Fugui defeated his opponent’s Pyroar, Rhyhorn, and Scyther with Tyranitar and won his temple fair match.
• Sui Yan watched the contestants and worried that Mewtwo, whom he knew had a criminal record, might compete if he lost.
• Zorua, disguised as Lu Ze, entered the next match with Sirfetch'd against a JK girl and her Persian.
• Sirfetch'd struck Persian with First Impression, then blocked Persian’s Slash with its shield.

Mewtwo’s side defeated the JK girl after Sirfetch'd beat Girafarig and Crawdaunt swiftly knocked out Flareon, prompting her to surrender. Back at home, Victini finished building a Lego Eevee with Lu Ze and began working on a Lego Charizard.

• Sirfetch'd endured Girafarig’s Psychic attack, struck it with Throat Chop, and defeated it with a barrage of leek strikes.
• Lu Ze recalled Sirfetch'd and sent out Crawdaunt, which knocked out Flareon with Aqua Jet and Crabhammer.
• The JK girl surrendered, and the referee declared Crawdaunt the winner.
• Fugui wondered whether his Tyranitar could withstand two of Crawdaunt’s Crabhammer attacks.
• Victini completed the Lego Eevee, and Lu Ze praised him and promised him a chicken drumstick.
• Lu Ze helped Victini open a Lego Charizard set, and they began sorting its pieces beside the completed Lego Eevee.

Sui Yan battled a muscular Fighting-type Trainer at the temple fair tournament, using Torkoal to counter his opponent’s close-range attacks and wear down his team. Torkoal defeated Hitmonlee and Primeape, then rested after taking Hariyama’s attacks as the battle continued.

• Sui Yan sent out Torkoal against the muscular man's Hitmonlee and used Smog to poison it.
• Torkoal defeated Hitmonlee with Stone Edge and Earthquake after evading its attacks.
• The muscular man sent out Primeape, but Torkoal countered its Earthquake and poisoned it with Smog.
• Primeape used Outrage, but Torkoal's Iron Defense let it withstand the attack before Body Press knocked Primeape out.
• The muscular man sent out Hariyama, which struck Torkoal with Fake Out and Dynamic Punch, and Sui Yan ordered Torkoal to use Rest.