Recaps

Wallace praised Xinhai’s coordination skills and offered to train him if he ever pursued Coordinator work, but Xinhai reaffirmed that he wanted to grow stronger alongside his partners. Back at the Pokémon Center, Xinhai cared for his team, trained, and turned his attention to improving Feebas’s strength.

• Wallace admired Xinhai’s natural coordination and said he had the potential to become a top Coordinator.
• Xinhai told Wallace he had no plans to become a Coordinator, and Wallace offered to help if he changed his mind.
• Xinhai returned to the Pokémon Center, released his partners, and watched Gardevoir heal Blaziken’s injuries with Life Dew.
• Xinhai prepared lunch for his partners, and several of them helped him clean up afterward.
• Xinhai practiced Tai Chi and decided to keep building his strength before attempting to break through the Three Gates.
• Xinhai looked at Feebas in its basin and considered how to improve its strength.

Xinhai realized Feebas’s training progress had slowed and, after learning how strongly it wanted to evolve, decided to prepare an evolution attempt. He planned to obtain a Beginner Water-type Aptitude Potion and rent a Water-type Training Room, leaving Feebas excitedly training as the preparations began.

• Xinhai worried Feebas’s Beauty might not meet the requirement for evolution and asked whether it wanted to evolve.
• Feebas eagerly agreed, and Xinhai promised they would try despite his concern about its Beauty.
• Xinhai told his gathered Pokémon he would exchange Metal Coat Ingots for League Points and arrange an Aptitude Potion and Water-type Training Room.
• Xinhai reviewed the League Mission Hall’s potion prices and found that his remaining quota allowed him to afford only the general Beginner Water-type Aptitude Potion.
• Xinhai planned for Feebas to evolve in two days while Feebas continued training in its basin.

Xinhai sold Metal Coat Ingots for League Points and exchanged them for a Water-type Aptitude Potion for Feebas. He and Eevee headed back to the Pokémon Center, planning to help Feebas evolve in two days.

• Xinhai sold four Metal Coat Ingots for 8,000 League Points at the Fortree City League Mission Hall.
• Xinhai used 5,000 points to order a Water-type Aptitude Potion for delivery to his room at the Pokémon Center.
• Xinhai told Eevee the potion would arrive the next day and that Feebas would evolve in a rented training room the day after.
• Xinhai and Eevee left the Mission Hall and headed back to the Pokémon Center to tell Feebas the good news.

Xinhai reassured Feebas that its Aptitude Potion had been secured and promised it could evolve soon. The League package arrived the next day, and Xinhai confirmed the Water-type Beginner Aptitude Potion was inside, leaving Feebas to await its evolution.

• Xinhai told Feebas the potion would arrive the next day and that they would go to the training room for its evolution afterward.
• Feebas's partners congratulated it, and Xinhai promised everyone extra food to celebrate.
• A League staff member delivered an encrypted package to Xinhai and verified his identity before handing it over.
• Xinhai opened the case and checked the sealed tube of Water-type Beginner Aptitude Potion.
• Xinhai told Feebas it could evolve the next day, and Feebas eagerly agreed.

Xinhai took Feebas to a training facility in Fortree City and used an Aptitude Potion and several special items to help her evolve. Feebas began transforming amid Evolution Light, while Water and Dragon energy combined within her new form.

• Xinhai brought his partners to a high-end training facility and released Feebas into its pool.
• Xinhai gave Feebas an Aptitude Potion, then laid out a Prism Scale, Dragon Scale, Premium Water Stone, and Dawn Stone.
• Feebas touched the Prism Scale, and Evolution Light appeared, confirming that her Beauty was sufficient for evolution.
• Feebas touched the Dawn Stone and swallowed the Premium Water Stone, filling the pool with multicolored and then deep blue light as her body transformed.
• Feebas caught the Dragon Scale, which dissolved into Dragon type energy and fused with the Water type energy in her evolving body.

Feebas completed her evolution into Milotic in Xinhai’s training room. Xinhai welcomed his transformed partner, and the other Pokémon gathered around to greet her.

• Feebas’s body and aura grew as she transformed, while Xinhai and the Pokémon watched.
• The light faded, revealing Milotic, who swam toward Xinhai.
• Xinhai removed his sunglasses, congratulated Milotic, and embraced her.
• Eevee, Charmander, and Axew each touched Milotic’s scales as she lowered her head to them.
• Milotic looked over her companions and smiled at her reunited Pokémon family.

After evolving, Milotic discovered its increased strength and practiced adapting to its new body while Xinhai and his Pokémon trained nearby. Milotic then asked Xinhai to help test its new moves, and he prepared an energy target.

• Xinhai checked Milotic's Pokédex data and saw that it had reached Level 37, learned several moves, and gained the Competitive ability.
• Xinhai reassured Milotic and told it to take time to adapt to its new body before beginning formal training.
• Milotic practiced swimming, turning, jumping, and other movements while Xinhai's other Pokémon trained under Blaziken, Gardevoir, and Eevee.
• After a little over an hour, Milotic indicated that it wanted to test the power of its new moves.
• Xinhai understood Milotic's request and adjusted an energy target for the test.

Xinhai tested Milotic’s strength after its evolution and trained with his partners in Fortree City. Linoone unexpectedly learned Extreme Speed, and Eevee began trying to master the move through Copycat.

• Xinhai tested Milotic’s Aqua Tail, Hidden Power: Water, Hydro Pump, and Dragon Pulse, and praised its exceptional power.
• Over the next two days, Xinhai helped Milotic adapt to its new body and gave enhancement potions to his other Pokémon.
• Krokorok remained at level 39, close to Elite level, while Xinhai planned to help it break through later with a Type Crystal and an Evolution Stone.
• During speed drills, Linoone suddenly crossed nearly fifty meters in an instant, and Xinhai recognized that it had learned Extreme Speed.
• Eevee used Copycat to reproduce Linoone’s Extreme Speed and began practicing until it could learn the move for itself.

Xinhai trained Eevee to learn Extreme Speed while Blaziken experimented with using the Fire of Belief to activate Blaze at will. Blaziken briefly triggered the power, and Charmander continued training to synchronize Flame Charge with Speed Boost.

• Eevee repeatedly copied Linoone's Extreme Speed and gradually learned to perform the move on its own, though its success remained inconsistent.
• Blaziken trained with Fire-type moves while temporarily using Charmander's Blaze Ability, then tried to trigger the power through its Fire of Belief.
• Blaziken's Fire Punch briefly unleashed a powerful Blaze-enhanced attack that scored 289 on the energy target, but Blaziken said it had only touched the state for an instant.
• Charmander ran laps while using Flame Charge and used Speed Boost's steady acceleration to calibrate its uneven move rhythm.

Xinhai and his Pokémon finished two days of training and preparations in Fortree City before setting out for Lilycove City. Charmander continued struggling to master Flame Charge, while the team left Fortree and began traveling along Route 120.

• Charmander used Speed Boost to practice Flame Charge, coming close to completing the boost but failing again near the end of its run.
• Xinhai returned to the Pokémon Center, bathed and massaged his Pokémon, then told them the next part of his story about Orange Liuxiang and the collapse of Flower Fruit Mountain's seventh level.
• After two days of training and sorting supplies, Xinhai prepared his team to leave Fortree City; Eevee had improved its use of Extreme Speed, and Milotic had adapted to its evolved body.
• Xinhai led his companions out of Fortree City and onto Route 120 toward Lilycove City, leaving Gardevoir, Eevee, Linoone, Charmander, and Axew outside their Poké Balls.

Xinhai and his Pokémon crossed Route 120’s tall-grass maze, where they encountered a wary Poochyena that fled rather than fight. They reached Rainy Wetland and stopped to rest before entering the middle section of the route.

• Xinhai warned Charmander and Axew away from Bellflowers, then led the group into the tall-grass maze.
• Xinhai’s group encountered a Poochyena, which fled after sensing their strength.
• Xinhai and his Pokémon defeated several weak wild Pokémon as they traveled deeper into the grass.
• Xinhai identified the marsh ahead as Rainy Wetland and told Krokorok to watch for dangerous ground.
• Linoone checked the pond water, and Xinhai let the group rest and gave them water and Pokéblocks.

Flint reported to his father, former Pewter Gym Leader Wu Shan, that the League had postponed Kalos's integration while arranging regional exchanges for young Trainers. They also discussed Team Rocket sightings at Mt. Moon and resolved to keep watch as the reason for their presence remained unclear.

• Flint told Wu Shan that the League had delayed Kalos's integration because Fairy types threatened Dragon-type Trainers and could shift the League's balance of power.
• Flint explained that the League had proposed allowing regional Trainers to visit Kalos and sending Kalos's young Trainers to other regions for exchange and study.
• Flint asked whether Brock should use Pewter Gym's recommendation slot, but Wu Shan insisted Brock needed more training first.
• Flint asked why the Gym had fewer disciples, and Wu Shan revealed that he had sent some to investigate reports of Team Rocket at Mt. Moon.
• Flint and Wu Shan discussed Team Rocket's growing influence and the danger of approaching the Giant Moon Stone, then Wu Shan ordered Flint to keep watch.

Xinhai and his Pokémon investigated sounds of fighting in the wetlands and discovered two rangers guarding four captured poachers. They also learned an Elite-level Swellow had been watching them from the sky, leaving the group facing an unknown observer as they reached the clearing.

• Eevee and the other Pokémon ate by the pond until Linoone and Eevee detected fighting deeper in the wetlands.
• Xinhai brought out Mightyena and Blaziken and led his partners toward the disturbance, recalling Charmander and Axew.
• As they followed signs of battle, Gardevoir sensed an Elite-level Swellow circling above and warned Xinhai that they were being watched.
• Xinhai and his Pokémon reached a battle-scarred clearing and found two rangers with Quagsire, Mightyena, and Shiftry guarding four people bound by energy suppression devices.
• Xinhai recognized the bound people as poachers.

Xinhai encountered two rangers who had captured four well-equipped poachers, then met their captain after he returned from pursuing the escaped leader. He continued east toward Lilycove City with a warning that the fugitive might still be nearby.

• Xinhai approached the battle scene and let Old Zhou and Little Chen verify his identity before they explained they had captured four poachers.
• Little Chen warned Xinhai that poachers in the area had been targeting trainers and using specialized equipment to restrain Pokémon.
• Captain Gao arrived with five other rangers and reported that the poacher leader had escaped by using a swarm of Beedrill.
• Captain Gao warned Xinhai to watch for the escaped poacher on the road to Lilycove City, and Xinhai left the battlefield with his partners.

After escaping the rangers, Night Wolf reached the poachers’ underground hideout and reported his losses to Sister Qing. She told him to rest and said his captured team members and lost Pokémon would soon be replaced, then headed toward the command center.

• Night Wolf used a Pidgey call to meet a middle-aged contact, who led him through a disorienting jungle path to a concealed cave entrance.
• Night Wolf entered the underground hideout, passed its supply and living areas, and headed toward the command center.
• Night Wolf encountered Sister Qing and told her the rangers had captured all four of his team members and that he had lost three Pokémon.
• Sister Qing told Night Wolf to rest and said his team members and Pokémon would soon be replaced, then continued toward the deepest part of the hideout.

Sister Qing learned that the losses among the poachers had been used to draw the rangers’ attention away before a coordinated operation at two o’clock. Meanwhile, Xinhai and his Pokémon set up camp by a stream as the evening settled over the forest.

• Sister Qing reported that Night Wolf’s team had lost four members to a rangers’ ambush.
• The woman in charge ordered the poachers to act simultaneously at two o’clock and told Sister Qing to wait with her people at a marked location.
• Sister Qing realized the captured groups had been expendable probes meant to expose the rangers’ movements and distract them from a blank area on the map.
• The woman planned to personally target the forest conflict zone and said it would soon be hers.
• Xinhai chose a streamside clearing for camp, while Eevee explored, Blaziken practiced Calm Mind, Krokorok trained with an iron jar, and Gardevoir helped Xinhai prepare camp.

Xinhai’s Pokémon played and gathered food around camp while Linoone and Mightyena patrolled the perimeter. As night fell, Xinhai served dinner to his companions and told them a story by the campfire.

• Eevee raced past Charmander and Axew, escaping their coordinated attempt to catch it.
• Weedle climbed a tree and used Poison Sting to knock down a Berry, then succeeded in catching another one.
• Linoone and Mightyena returned from patrolling the camp and reported that everything was normal.
• Xinhai praised Weedle for picking a Berry and served porridge to his companions, including Milotic and Golem.
• Xinhai and his companions ate dinner as night fell, then he stroked Weedle and finished telling them the day’s story by the campfire.

Xinhai and his Pokémon slept at their camp while rangers patrolled the surrounding forest. An experienced ranger grew uneasy when the night passed without the poachers who had repeatedly appeared in the area, but the patrol ended without any confirmed abnormalities.

• Xinhai settled Eevee and Axew into their nests while Gardevoir and Blaziken meditated and Mightyena and Krokorok kept watch.
• An old ranger and his young apprentice patrolled B3 Area and reported that it was clear.
• The old ranger noticed that the forest was unusually quiet and learned that no patrol area had reported any abnormalities.
• The old ranger and his apprentice finished their patrol and returned to camp for the shift change.
• Before heading into the dormitory, the old ranger surveyed the silent forest and remained uneasy.

Giovanni agreed to lead Team Rocket’s operation at Mt. Moon in three days after receiving a feather from Ho-Oh from a powerful League official. The official planned to use the ensuing crackdown to restrain Giovanni and expand the League’s influence into Kalos, but cautioned that the Kanto League’s power was formidable.

• A League official showed Giovanni a feather said to have fallen from Ho-Oh, and Giovanni agreed to act at Mt. Moon in three days.
• Giovanni told Matori that the operation to obtain the Giant Moon Stone Shard was ready and assigned Ariana to command, with Matori assisting.
• The official’s butler warned that Team Rocket had grown too powerful, and the official admitted that Giovanni was dangerous but useful.
• The official planned for the League to crack down on underground groups and support Team Night and Team Gold to keep Giovanni in check.
• The butler celebrated the chance to absorb Kalos’s local forces, but the official warned that the Kanto League’s power made the plan more complicated.

After an alarm reported poachers in multiple locations, the exhausted old ranger and his young trainee rushed out with the other rangers to defend their assigned areas. Xinhai’s Pokémon detected fighting and tremors nearby, so he quickly packed up camp and prepared to leave.

• The old ranger woke to an alarm announcing that poachers had been spotted in multiple locations and urged the young ranger to stay calm.
• The old ranger and the young ranger joined the rangers assembling in the courtyard, then rode out toward B3 Area.
• Mightyena and Krokorok sensed fighting and tremors in several directions, waking Xinhai and his Pokémon.
• Gardevoir relayed what the Pokémon had detected, and Xinhai ordered everyone to pack the camp and leave.
• Xinhai and Gardevoir folded the tent while Xinhai recalled Weedle, Charmander, and Axew into their Poké Balls.

Xinhai headed toward a distant battle and found two Altaria fighting poachers who had stolen their eggs. The poachers’ attack left the Altaria and their Pokémon badly injured, while rangers arrived as the egg thief tried to escape.

• Xinhai packed up camp and led his companions toward the sound of an explosion.
• Several poachers and their Pokémon attacked two Altaria, who fought back despite their injuries and the poachers’ superior numbers.
• A buzz-cut poacher placed the Altaria’s two eggs in his Spatial Backpack, prompting the parents to unleash a fused Dragon Pulse at him.
• The Dragon Pulse incapacitated several Pokémon, but the buzz-cut man survived behind his Crawdaunt, which collapsed from its injuries.
• Two rangers arrived and confronted the poachers, and the buzz-cut man recalled his Ursaring and fled.

Two rangers rescued the Altaria’s stolen eggs and drove off the poachers. They pursued the fleeing criminals, and Ninjask returned to the female ranger after apparently taking care of them.

• Ninjask killed the fleeing buzz-cut poacher and caught the Spatial Backpack containing the Altaria Eggs.
• The poachers attacked the Altaria, but the rangers’ Stantler and Tangrowth shielded them while Ninjask countered the strikes.
• The poachers fled in four directions as the female ranger returned the eggs to the female Altaria, and the Altaria escaped into the night.
• The rangers mounted their Stantler and followed Swellow toward a fleeing target while Ninjask pursued ahead.
• Ninjask rejoined the female ranger with blood on its foreclaws, and the rangers exchanged delighted looks.

Two rangers pursued a poacher into an Elite-level Ursaring’s territory, where he used Houndoom’s Snarl to provoke the Pokémon and escape. Ursaring roared from the forest, and the rangers faced the danger of its response.

• The rangers reported that two poachers were dead and learned that support would arrive in five minutes, but their pursuit had entered Ursaring’s territory.
• The fleeing poacher urged Dodrio onward while Swellow harried Fearow and the rangers’ Stantler closed in.
• Ninjask caught up to the poacher, but Houndoom used Fire Spin to force it aside.
• The poacher ordered Houndoom to use Snarl, exposing and injuring Ninjask while drawing Ursaring’s attention.
• Ursaring roared from deep in the forest, furious that its territory had been disturbed.

A terrified poacher and his Pokémon faced a rampaging Ursaring in the forest, and the beast killed the poacher and Dodrio after knocking Houndoom aside. As Ursaring turned on two retreating Rangers, Blaziken intervened, provoking Ursaring into firing Hyper Beam at it.

• Ursaring's roar sent the forest's Pokémon fleeing, and the poacher struggled to make Dodrio run.
• Ursaring charged the poacher, blocked his escape, and struck Houndoom with Hammer Arm after Houndoom used Flamethrower.
• The two Rangers quietly began retreating on their Stantler while Ursaring faced the poacher and Dodrio.
• Ursaring crushed the poacher and Dodrio in a crater, then turned toward the fleeing Rangers.
• Blaziken hit Ursaring with a Vacuum Wave and provoked it from a tree, prompting Ursaring to fire Hyper Beam.

Xinhai and his Pokémon arrived as Blaziken faced Ursaring, and he persuaded the territorial Pokémon to return to its nest without further fighting. He then met Captain Gao and the rangers, who began verifying his identity.

• Blaziken dodged Ursaring's Hyper Beam and Cross Chop as the two Pokémon fought in a ruined clearing.
• Xinhai arrived with his Pokémon and told Ursaring they would leave, prompting Ursaring to lower its claws and return to its nest.
• The rangers reported to Captain Gao that a Trainer's Blaziken had fought Ursaring and that both sides had withdrawn.
• Xinhai emerged from the woods, apologized to Captain Gao for the disturbance, and handed over his Pokédex for an identity check.