Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao woke in the Pokémon world with every Pokémon, including the Legendary Pokémon, bound to him and tried to hide his overwhelming power. After choosing Charmander at Professor Oak’s Laboratory, he discovered Ho-Oh had followed him and triggered an alarm.

• Lin Hao learned that Ho-Oh and the other Legendary Pokémon considered him their master, then ordered them to return to system space so he could live quietly.
• May took Lin Hao to Professor Oak’s Laboratory to receive a starter Pokémon, and Lin Hao picked up a bewildered Pikachu to pose as his partner.
• Professor Oak offered Lin Hao Charmander or Bulbasaur after Gary took Squirtle, and Lin Hao chose Charmander without hesitation.
• An alarm detected a Legendary Pokémon nearby, and Professor Oak identified Ho-Oh’s energy signature.
• Lin Hao spotted Ho-Oh hiding behind his shadow and ordered him to tuck away his wings and sweep the floor.

Lin Hao tried to conceal Pikachu’s overwhelming power after receiving it from Professor Oak, but it defeated Team Rocket’s Arbok with a single lightning strike. Red challenged Lin Hao to a battle, and Lin Hao’s Pikachu easily beat Red’s Pikachu despite being told to hold back.

• Lin Hao hid Ho-Oh’s feather and told Professor Oak that Pikachu was an ordinary Pokémon he had found by the roadside.
• Team Rocket demanded Lin Hao and May hand over their new Pokémon, but Pikachu instantly knocked out Arbok with a massive lightning strike.
• Lin Hao brushed off May’s questions and continued toward the woods, while May followed and claimed she had the right to investigate him.
• Lin Hao met Red fishing by the river, but Red insisted on battling after noticing Pikachu’s strength.
• Lin Hao told Pikachu to use minimal power, but its Thunderbolt defeated Red’s Pikachu, leaving Red questioning whether it was ordinary.

Lin Hao rushed to Mt. Moon after learning Deoxys had been found by Steven, the Hoenn Champion, and claimed the Legendary Pokémon as his pet. As Lin Hao tried to leave with Deoxys, Ho-Oh arrived with a meteorite, making Steven question his claim that he was ordinary.

• Lin Hao denied hiding his strength to Red, then hurried to Viridian City with May, who vowed to uncover his secret.
• Lin Hao learned that Deoxys had stayed at Mt. Moon and been surrounded by Steven and his Metagross, so he set off to retrieve Deoxys.
• Lin Hao climbed past the cordon and stopped Metagross from striking Deoxys, then told Steven that Deoxys was his pet, Big Red.
• Deoxys nuzzled Lin Hao and followed him, but Steven blocked their way and demanded to know who Lin Hao was.
• Ho-Oh appeared and dropped a meteorite beside Steven, prompting Steven to challenge Lin Hao's claim that he was ordinary.

Lin Hao nearly exposed Ho-Oh when the Legendary Pokémon sneaked out to sunbathe, then ordered him back into the system space. After Professor Oak asked Lin Hao to deliver a package to Viridian Forest, Ho-Oh sensed a powerful, frenzied Legendary Pokémon there with a grudge against Groudon.

• Lin Hao hurried back from Mt. Moon with Deoxys and May, dismissing a Trainer's questions about the Legendary Pokémon on the mountain.
• Ho-Oh's feather showed from beneath Lin Hao's cap, but Lin Hao made it shrink and hide before the Trainer could identify it.
• Lin Hao reprimanded Ho-Oh at the inn and sent him back into the system space, threatening to lock him up with Groudon if he sneaked out again.
• Professor Oak asked Lin Hao to deliver an important package to the Viridian Forest Research Station, and Lin Hao agreed after the Full Pokédex detected a disturbance nearby.
• Ho-Oh told Lin Hao that a powerful, frenzied Legendary Pokémon was running wild in Viridian Forest and likely held a grudge against Groudon.

Lin Hao set out for Viridian Forest with May to deliver Professor Oak’s sealed package and encountered signs of rampaging Pokémon. When a blood-eyed Gyarados attacked, Charmander tried to protect Lin Hao but was knocked down, and Tyranitar offered to intervene as Gyarados lunged again.

• Professor Oak warned Lin Hao that Trainers had gone missing in Viridian Forest and told him to deliver the sealed package personally to the research station.
• May insisted on accompanying Lin Hao, and they entered the forest with Pikachu and the ailing Charmander.
• Lin Hao and May found a crying Jynx who was too frightened to pass the fork, so Lin Hao went ahead alone.
• Lin Hao found Gyarados scales and claw marks, then used the system to learn that a rampaging Gyarados was about 200 meters away.
• Gyarados attacked Lin Hao, and Charmander shielded him with a burst of fire before being struck into a tree.
• As Gyarados lunged again, Lin Hao silently called Ho-Oh but refused to reveal it, and Tyranitar offered to handle the fight.

Tyranitar rescued Lin Hao and May by blasting Gyarados into the sky, while Lin Hao tried to conceal Tyranitar’s identity from May and Professor Oak. After Charmander struggled with its failure to protect Lin Hao, it began glowing as if it were about to evolve.

• Tyranitar emerged from the ground and swatted Gyarados into the sky with a single claw swipe.
• Lin Hao ordered Tyranitar back into the system space, then denied to May that the Pokémon had come from his shadow.
• Professor Oak warned Lin Hao about an earthquake and powerful energy reading in Viridian Forest, and Lin Hao claimed he had encountered a wild Tyranitar.
• Lin Hao found Charmander injured beneath a tree and treated it with a Potion.
• Charmander pushed Lin Hao away, forced itself to stand, and began shining with white light.

Charmeleon evolved after failing to protect Lin Hao from Gyarados, and Lin Hao reassured it that he trusted it to watch his back. May and Lin Hao continued through Viridian Forest and stumbled upon Team Rocket capturing Caterpie, where Meowth recognized Lin Hao and reacted with fear.

• Charmeleon evolved and brooded over its failure to protect Lin Hao during the fight with Gyarados.
• Lin Hao comforted Charmeleon, praised its courage, and told it he was counting on it to watch his back.
• May blushed after witnessing Lin Hao's sincerity, and she and Lin Hao continued deeper into Viridian Forest.
• May heard suspicious voices and rushed ahead, finding Jessie, James, and Meowth capturing Caterpie for Team Rocket.
• Meowth saw Lin Hao and recoiled as its instincts made its fur stand on end.

Lin Hao and May delivered Professor Oak’s package to the Viridian Forest research station, where a mysterious Pokémon Egg hatched in a burst of golden light. As an unknown figure emerged and the system warned of law interference, Lin Hao realized he could not simply walk away.

• Meowth sensed the legendary beings surrounding Lin Hao, collapsed in terror, and Jessie and James froze when Lin Hao passed them before fleeing with Meowth.
• Lin Hao and May reached the Viridian Forest research station with the package, which began shaking and heating up.
• Researcher Ake opened the package and found a Pokémon Egg with unknown energy and golden patterns, while Lin Hao’s system detected mythical fluctuations and an awakening gene chain.
• Ake concluded the egg was responding to Lin Hao and tried to make him stay for tests, but Lin Hao refused and headed for the door.
• The egg cracked and unleashed a shock wave that wrecked the research station as a hazy figure floated out, prompting the system to warn Lin Hao of unknown law interference.

Lin Hao escaped Researcher Ake with May while the mythic Eevee clung to him and called him Daddy. May revealed she was a Kanto League Special Investigator and demanded an explanation from Lin Hao.

• A divine-rune Eevee appeared in the Research Station, attached itself to Lin Hao, and telepathically called him Daddy.
• Lin Hao silenced Ho-Oh, Mewtwo, and Groudon when they threatened to attack or dissect the Eevee.
• Researcher Ake tried to take Lin Hao's blood and genetic samples, so Lin Hao fled with May and Pikachu sealed the station doors.
• Lin Hao and May ran two kilometers before stopping, with the Eevee still cuddling against Lin Hao.
• May showed Lin Hao her Special Investigator ID and asked why the mythic-class mutant Pokémon called him Daddy.

May confronted Lin Hao with evidence linking him to several powerful Pokémon and the League’s mysterious Full Pokédex powerhouse, but he denied everything and continued toward Pewter City. May began following him under orders to keep him under constant surveillance, while Team Rocket decided to stay away.

• May showed Lin Hao the League’s dossier linking him to Big Red, Tyranitar, and Pikachu’s devastating lightning, and demanded that he confess to being the Full Pokédex powerhouse.
• Lin Hao blamed the incidents on bad luck and gave explanations for his Pokémon, while Mewtwo and Ho-Oh mocked his lies from System Space.
• May declared that Lin Hao remained a suspect and said she would observe him around the clock, then followed him toward Pewter City as he set out to earn a Gym Badge.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth overheard the conversation and abandoned their plan to steal Lin Hao’s Pikachu, choosing to flee instead.

Lin Hao battled Brock at the Pewter Gym, and Charmeleon’s hidden power let it evolve into Charizard and defeat Onix. Brock was left stunned and asked what Lin Hao had been feeding his Pokémon.

• Brock challenged Lin Hao to a Gym battle and sent out an unusually large Onix.
• Lin Hao chose Charmeleon despite its disadvantage against Onix’s Rock-type moves.
• Charmeleon dodged Onix’s Rock Throw but was trapped by Bind.
• Lin Hao urged Charmeleon to unleash its power, and Solar Power made its heat melt Onix’s rocky body.
• Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and knocked Onix out with a blue-white Flamethrower.
• Brock stared at the defeated Onix and asked Lin Hao what he had been feeding his Pokémon.

After Lin Hao’s Charizard defeated Brock’s Onix, the gym crowd celebrated Lin Hao as a remarkable rookie, forcing him and May to flee. In an alley, they spotted Team Rocket sneaking into the Pewter Gym backyard, and Lin Hao sent Pikachu to deal with them.

• Charizard’s flames turned parts of Brock’s Onix into crystal, and Brock treated Onix before awarding Lin Hao the Boulder Badge.
• Lin Hao dismissed questions about Charizard’s strength with an excuse about internal heat, while the gym’s apprentices spread news of his victory and took pictures.
• Lin Hao and May fled the gym and the crowd of rookie Trainers, then argued in a back alley about Charizard and Lin Hao’s explanations.
• Lin Hao and May spotted Team Rocket on the Pewter Gym’s backyard wall, apparently planning to steal Pokémon while Onix was injured.
• Lin Hao stopped May from charging at Team Rocket and told Pikachu to go deal with them the “normal” way.

Lin Hao and Pikachu defeated Team Rocket outside the Pewter Gym and drove them away. That night, as Lin Hao camped near Viridian Forest, a purple light emerged from rippling space and revealed a slender figure.

• Jessie and James tried to cut through the Pewter Gym’s electric fence to capture the Crystal Onix, but Lin Hao and May caught them.
• Jessie and James sent Ekans and Koffing against Pikachu, which blasted Ekans into a wall and struck Koffing with a powerful tail swing.
• Lin Hao warned Meowth to tell their boss to leave him alone, and Team Rocket escaped in their hot-air balloon.
• Lin Hao and May camped outside Viridian City because they could not afford an inn.
• Lin Hao noticed the night fall unnaturally silent as space rippled and a purple-lit figure appeared before him.

Lin Hao explained to Mewtwo that he wanted to use his power to avoid work and enjoy a leisurely life, but Mewtwo warned that trouble would find him anyway. Soon after Mewtwo departed, the Runic Eevee reacted to a detected spatial rift, and a huge fissure opened above the campsite.

• Mewtwo questioned why Lin Hao concealed his power and chose to stay beside Charmander instead of ruling the world.
• Lin Hao told Mewtwo that he wanted to laze around rather than take on the burdens of power.
• Mewtwo warned Lin Hao that his conspicuous aura would attract trouble and said it would keep watching him.
• The Runic Eevee cried out as the system warned of a mythical spatial rift, a high-threat target, and a backlash from mythical gene resonance.
• Lin Hao found the Eevee's forehead rune pulsing dark red as an enormous spatial fissure opened above the campsite.

Lin Hao and May fled a spatial rift that Palkia shattered, then reached Cerulean City and went to challenge its Gym. Lin Hao chose Pikachu for the battle, leaving May and Sakura doubtful as the chapter ended.

• Palkia shattered the spatial rift above Lin Hao, and Runic Eevee fell asleep after the red glow on its forehead faded.
• Lin Hao persuaded May to break camp and travel through the night to Cerulean City.
• At breakfast, Lin Hao fed Pikachu a Divine Pokéblock while insisting it was a cheap, artificially colored snack.
• Lin Hao made May pay the Cerulean Gym admission fee before they entered its water ballet venue.
• Lin Hao challenged the Cerulean Sisters, and Sakura agreed to a two-on-two battle with Goldeen.
• Lin Hao sent Pikachu out on a float, prompting May to question whether it could battle effectively.

Lin Hao won the Cerulean Gym battle after Pikachu electrified and nearly boiled the pool with a supposedly ordinary Thunderbolt, earning the Cascade Badge. Outside the Gym, May secretly contacted Lance through the League’s Top-Secret Channel.

• Lin Hao promised Pikachu extra food if it won, and Pikachu sprang up ready to battle.
• Daisy’s Goldeen failed to hurt Pikachu with Water Gun, then charged with Horn Attack.
• Lin Hao ordered Pikachu to use an ordinary Thunderbolt, and Pikachu’s electricity spread across the pool, scorching Goldeen and shattering the Gym’s lights.
• Daisy conceded the battle, and Penny handed Lin Hao the Cascade Badge.
• Lin Hao and May left the Gym to avoid paying for the damage, and May went to a restroom and secretly called Lance.

May reported Lin Hao’s extraordinary Pokémon and powers to Champion Lance, who ordered her to stay close and avoid provoking him. As Lin Hao and May traveled toward Vermilion City, they entered a tunnel beneath Mt. Moon and heard a Pokémon calling for help near a pink glow.

• May told Lance that Lin Hao’s Charizard melted Onix’s rocky shell, his Pikachu boiled a battle pool, and a Runic Eevee had hatched and called him Daddy.
• Lance refused May’s offer to arrest Lin Hao and ordered her to remain beside him, comply with his demands, and retreat if he seemed dangerous.
• May rejoined Lin Hao outside the Cerulean Gym and forced herself to act admiringly while he decided they would travel to Vermilion City for the S.S. Anne’s seafood buffet.
• Lin Hao and May walked through a tunnel beneath Mt. Moon on their way to Vermilion City.
• Lin Hao spotted a pink glow deeper in the tunnel, and May heard a Pokémon calling for help.

May and Lin Hao freed a group of Clefairy from Team Rocket in a Mt. Moon cavern, and the grateful Clefairy gave Lin Hao a valuable Moon Stone. As they left the mountain late at night, Lin Hao noticed someone blocking the road ahead.

• May rushed toward a Pokémon calling for help, and Lin Hao followed her to a cavern where Jessie, James, and Meowth had trapped Clefairy in an electric net.
• Meowth recognized Lin Hao and panicked, prompting Jessie, James, and Meowth to flee and leave their net behind.
• Lin Hao tore open the net, freeing the Clefairy, who crowded around him while May wondered why they trusted him.
• The Clefairy leader offered Lin Hao a top-grade Moon Stone, and Lin Hao passed it to May because he did not want to carry it.
• Lin Hao and May left Mt. Moon, and Lin Hao stopped when he spotted someone blocking the road ahead.

Lin Hao accepted Red’s invitation to travel to Vermilion City aboard the S.S. Anne, while May suspected Lin Hao was far more significant than he claimed. Red warned them to be careful on the ship because people who should not be there were waiting.

• Lin Hao recognized Red on the road, and May was shocked to learn that the legendary trainer was his neighbor and fishing companion.
• Red offered Lin Hao two first-class tickets to the S.S. Anne and said he wanted to be friends with him.
• Red remarked that Lin Hao’s Pikachu had an unreadable aura, while Lin Hao dismissed the observation as the smell of seafood.
• Lin Hao, May, and Red walked to Vermilion City as May recorded her suspicion that Lin Hao was on Red’s level.
• At the harbor, Red warned them to be careful aboard the ship because people who should not be there were present.

Lin Hao boarded the S.S. Anne with May and Red, intent on enjoying its seafood buffet, while Team Rocket discovered he was aboard and abandoned their plan to steal Pokémon. After Xiao Ming challenged Lin Hao to a battle, Lin Hao agreed and headed for the battle deck with Pikachu.

• Lin Hao and May boarded the S.S. Anne and escaped the crowd surrounding Red.
• Lin Hao and Pikachu feasted at the buffet while Jessie, James, and Meowth planned to steal Pokémon aboard the ship.
• Meowth recognized Lin Hao from Viridian Forest, and Team Rocket panicked when the S.S. Anne set sail before they could escape.
• Red joined Lin Hao at the restaurant, where Xiao Ming challenged Red and then provoked Lin Hao into battling.
• Lin Hao accepted Xiao Ming's challenge and took Pikachu to the battle deck.