Chapter Summaries

Chen Shi brought Pheobe home from the Ghost Mystery Realm after using Gengar’s Hypnosis to quiet her. His grandparents agreed to let her stay with them, and Grandpa Chen explained that Mystery Realms were ancient, resource-rich places with unusual Pokémon and concentrated energy.

• Pheobe peppered Chen Shi with questions about the outside world and became eager to catch a Drakloak after learning it was a Dragon- and Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Chen Shi had Gengar use Hypnosis on Pheobe, and her Dusknoir carried her as they followed him down the mountain.
• Chen Shi returned home with the still-sleeping Pheobe and told Grandpa Chen that she had fallen asleep on the way.
• Chen Shi explained that Pheobe had never been outside the Ghost Mystery Realm, and his grandparents agreed to let her stay so they could prepare her for the outside world.
• Chen Shi asked about the strange world inside Mt. Pyre, and Grandpa Chen explained that it was a Mystery Realm rich in energy and resources, like the Ghost Mystery Realm and the Stone family’s Steel Mystery Realm.

Pheobe woke after Chen Shi used Hypnosis on her, then settled into the room the Chen elders had prepared for her. Back in his room, Chen Shi comforted a distraught Togepi, whose trust in him sparked its evolution into Togetic.

• Pheobe woke up, confronted Chen Shi, and heard him claim he had hypnotized her to teach her not to trust people too easily.
• Grandma Chen welcomed Pheobe, and Grandpa Chen told her she could make herself at home while staying with them.
• Chen Shi showed Pheobe her luxurious room, then returned to find Togepi and Shiny Beldum asleep in his room.
• Togepi cried and accused Chen Shi of leaving it behind, so he reassured it that he would never abandon it and had already given away the other Togepi egg.
• Chen Shi gave Togepi a sky-blue potion as it began to evolve, and it emerged from the light as Togetic.

Chen Shi celebrated Togetic’s evolution and discussed Pheobe’s need to grow stronger and protect her Pokémon. Grandpa Chen revealed that the Kanto League would hold the Pokémon World Championships in three months, and Chen Shi and Pheobe were encouraged to enter.

• Chen Shi saw Togetic’s potential rise to Near-Champion, noted her new moves, and watched Beldum reach level 18.
• Chen Shi secured Giratina’s reverse scale in its sealed black box.
• At dinner, Grandpa Chen urged Pheobe to become strong enough to protect herself and her Ghost Pokémon, while Chen Shi tried to explain the danger of others coveting them.
• Grandpa Chen told Chen Shi and Pheobe about the Pokémon World Championships, a tournament for talented competitors under twenty from all major regions, and invited them to participate.
• Chen Shi and Pheobe looked forward to the tournament and its undisclosed prizes.

Cynthia received a package from Chen Shi containing a Pokémon Egg, a Shiny Stone, a Potential Potion, and a letter explaining Togepi’s evolutions and unusual type. After Professor Carolina teased her about the gifts, Cynthia read the letter and laughed, while her Pokémon eavesdropped and were caught.

• Cynthia tried to hide the delivery from Professor Carolina, but Carolina insisted on opening the box.
• Professor Carolina found a Pokémon Egg, a Shiny Stone, and a sky-blue Potential Potion, then teased Cynthia about the gifts.
• Cynthia snatched Chen Shi’s letter from Carolina and read his news about Togepi’s friendship evolution, Togekiss, and its eighteenth type.
• Cynthia learned that Dreepy had evolved into Drakloak and Chen Shi had caught a Shiny Beldum.
• Cynthia laughed over the letter, but Garchomp, Glaceon, Milotic, and Lucario were caught listening outside her door and fled.

Chen Shi planned to document how Onix evolved into Steelix, and his casual explanation stunned his grandparents. The chapter ended with them accepting that he was already a junior researcher known as Severe Indecisiveness.

• Chen Shi decided to write a paper about evolving Onix into Steelix and offered Pheobe 200,000 League Coins to catch an advanced-level Onix in Rusturf Tunnel.
• Chen Shi checked Florges's progress and learned that her Fairy-type energy reserves had grown, though she could still use Disarming Voice only once.
• Chen Shi told Grandpa Chen he needed a Pokémon transfer device and a Metal Coat to record Onix's evolution.
• Chen Shi explained that an Onix holding a Metal Coat could evolve into Steelix through a link trade, surprising both of his grandparents.
• Chen Shi told his grandparents he had already discovered Leafeon and Glaceon and was a junior researcher known as Severe Indecisiveness.
• Grandma Chen accepted Chen Shi's research interests, while Grandpa Chen concluded that some geniuses simply defied reason.

Chen Shi told his grandparents that he had discovered the Fairy type and explained that Fairy-type energy was returning to the world. He proved it by having Florges gather the unfamiliar energy, leaving his grandparents convinced.

• Chen Shi revealed that Togetic and Florges had awakened as Fairy-type Pokémon and described how he had discovered the new type.
• Chen Shi explained that Fairy-type energy had disappeared and was now returning, rather than his Pokéblocks causing the type to awaken.
• Chen Shi argued that Florges and Togepi awakened on the same day despite eating the Pokéblocks for different lengths of time.
• Chen Shi brought his grandparents to Florges, who gathered Fairy-type energy for them to see.
• Chen Shi's grandparents confirmed the energy was unlike the other types and accepted that Florges was a Fairy-type Pokémon.

Chen Shi kept the Fairy type and Mega Evolution plans secret while asking Grandpa Chen about Mega Stones, then went to Mauville City to buy a Metal Coat. After local shops had sold out, he visited an underground black market and found a Lucario Mega Stone.

• Chen Shi told Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen he planned to keep the Fairy type secret until it had fully reawakened, and suggested Mega Evolution could help him earn a Doctor title.
• Grandpa Chen gave Chen Shi three Mega Stones for Charizard X, Mawile, and Aggron, but none were for Pokémon Chen Shi could use.
• Chen Shi learned the family had no Metal Coat and took Grandma Chen's Garchomp to Mauville City to buy one.
• After three shops had sold out of Metal Coats, Chen Shi went to a secluded bar and paid its owner to enter the underground black market.
• Chen Shi bought a Lucario Mega Stone from a black-robed stallholder for one hundred thousand League Coins.

Chen Shi bought a Charmander who had Near-Champion potential but could not breathe fire or evolve, then persuaded him to become his partner. Charmander accepted Chen Shi’s promise to help cure and train him.

• Chen Shi spotted an underdeveloped Charmander in a Black Market cage and agreed to buy him for one million League Coins.
• The stallholder tried to raise the price to two million, so Chen Shi used Garchomp’s aura to intimidate him and left only a hundred coins.
• Garchomp demanded payment for helping at the Black Market, and Chen Shi gave him three bottles of liquor.
• Chen Shi released Charmander in his room and learned that he could not use Fire-type moves.
• Chen Shi promised to cure Charmander and help him grow stronger, and Charmander accepted him as his Trainer.

Chen Shi discovered that Charmander’s Dragon-type energy suppressed its Fire-type energy, preventing it from breathing fire and evolving. After Grandpa Chen assessed Charmander, he explained how it could recover, leaving Charmander determined to get healthy before evolving.

• Chen Shi offered Charmander food, then acknowledged Beldum’s wish to battle and encouraged it to train toward becoming stronger.
• Chen Shi examined Charmander and used his psychic powers, discovering that its excess Dragon-type energy suppressed its Fire-type energy.
• Chen Shi brought Charmander to Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, who confirmed its condition and recognized its exceptional talent.
• Grandpa Chen advised Charmander to use Dragon-type moves to release excess energy, build up its health, and strengthen its Fire-type energy with resources.
• Chen Shi told Charmander to focus on recovering before evolving, and Charmander resolved to get healthy.

Chen Shi asked his grandparents for Fire-type resources for Charmander and shared his Fairy-type Pokéblock formula with Grandma Chen. After Pheobe caught an elite-level Onix, Chen Shi used a transfer machine and a Metal Coat to evolve it into Steelix.

• Chen Shi's grandparents promised him Fire Stones and special Pokéblocks for Charmander, while Grandma Chen began studying his Fairy-type Pokéblock formula.
• Chen Shi gave Grandma Chen one of Florges's Pokéblocks and demonstrated how he made it before she hurried to her laboratory to research it.
• Pheobe returned with an elite-level Onix and asked Chen Shi for money; Chen Shi agreed to pay her later.
• Chen Shi healed Onix with a Potion and Gardevoir's Life Dew, then asked him to cooperate with his evolution.
• Chen Shi put a Metal Coat in Onix's mouth and used a transfer machine to evolve him into Steelix.
• Grandpa Chen expressed amazement at Onix's evolution, and Chen Shi remarked that Pokémon were incredible.

Chen Shi’s paper on Onix evolving into Steelix gained attention from prominent professors and earned his anonymous account Junior Researcher status. At his farm, he considered publishing more research to build influence and secure access to valuable League resources.

• Researchers praised Severe Indecisiveness’s paper explaining how a Link Cable’s magnetic field could trigger Onix’s evolution into Steelix, and the League gave Chen Shi Junior Researcher status.
• Professor Carolina praised the paper, and Cynthia learned that Severe Indecisiveness was Chen Shi and realized his username teased her indecisiveness.
• Chen Shi sneezed at his farm while Togetic fetched ice cream, and Pheobe asked if he had caught a cold.
• Chen Shi wondered how Leafeon and Swampert were doing, assessed the challenges of coordinating his team, and considered publishing more papers to gain influence.
• Chen Shi planned to use knowledge of Mega Evolution and the Fairy type as bargaining chips for legendary-grade resources from the League.

Chen Shi's Pokémon continued training and growing stronger before Pheobe challenged Drakloak to a battle with her newly gym-level Dusknoir. Drakloak countered Dusknoir's strategy and won, leaving Pheobe to surrender and Chen Shi to praise him.

• Florges learned Dazzling Gleam, while Togetic, Drakloak, and Charmander continued training and Metang began training after evolving and drinking Grandpa's Potential Potion.
• Pheobe told Chen Shi that her Dusknoir, Little Spirit, had reached gym level and challenged Drakloak to a battle.
• Chen Shi and Pheobe took Drakloak and Dusknoir to an open space near Salamence's cave to battle.
• Pheobe used Gravity to slow Drakloak, but Drakloak used Phantom Force, Protect, and Astonish to counter Dusknoir's attacks and confuse him.
• Drakloak avoided further damage by retreating into subspace, and Pheobe surrendered before he could continue attacking.
• Drakloak eagerly returned to Chen Shi, who praised him for his performance.

After Pheobe lost a battle against Chen Shi’s Drakloak, Chen Shi advised her to gain experience by traveling, and her grandparents agreed to let her go. Pheobe departed from the Chen Family Farm under Gengar’s secret protection, while Chen Shi asked her to catch him advanced-level Scyther and Sneasel.

• Chen Shi treated Dusknoir after the battle and advised Pheobe to travel and gain more battle experience.
• Chen Shi discussed Pheobe’s proposed trip with Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, and they agreed to let her go.
• Chen Shi arranged for Gengar to secretly protect Pheobe and helped her pack for the journey.
• At the Chen Family Farm entrance, Chen Shi gave Pheobe one million League Coins and asked her to catch advanced-level Scyther and Sneasel.
• After Pheobe departed, Chen Shi told Grandpa Chen that he had discovered evolutions for Scyther and Sneasel through casual research.

Chen Shi trained Charmander, Metang, Florges, and Togetic while reflecting on how content he was with his Pokémon. In Sinnoh, Cynthia welcomed a newly hatched Togepi and discussed Chen Shi’s theory that friendship could trigger evolution, leaving her embarrassed by her grandmother’s teasing about Chen Shi.

• Chen Shi taught Charmander to conserve energy between attacks and encouraged it to practice repeated Embers.
• Chen Shi instructed Metang in Meteor Mash, then checked on Florges and Togetic as they trained.
• Cynthia watched Togepi hatch, cleaned her, and fed her Miltank milk.
• Cynthia told Professor Carolina that Chen Shi believed Togepi and Lucario evolved through friendship, but Carolina questioned how the theory could be proven.
• Professor Carolina teased Cynthia about Chen Shi, and Cynthia denied that they were anything more than ordinary friends before walking away with Togepi.

Steven visited Chen Shi to report that the Stone family had revived the first Fossil Pokémon, an Aerodactyl, using Munna’s dream energy. He also told Chen Shi about the exceptional Pokémon Eggs and valuable items offered at the upcoming Pokémon World Championships, leaving Chen Shi determined to train his Pokémon harder.

• Steven told Chen Shi that the Stone family had revived an Aerodactyl with Munna’s dream energy, crediting Chen Shi’s advice and his father’s support.
• Chen Shi congratulated Steven and reassured him that they were friends, while Steven reflected on the pressure he had faced pursuing the research.
• Steven said the first energy conversion device had exploded, but the researchers had gained experience for another attempt.
• Steven told Chen Shi that the Pokémon World Championships would award each of the top sixteen a Pokémon Egg with at least as much potential as Chen Shi’s Beldum.
• Steven added that competitors could also choose an item from the League’s treasure vault according to their ranking, prompting Chen Shi to resolve to intensify his Pokémon’s training.

Chen Shi and Steven discussed the powerful trainers gathering for the Pokémon World Championships, and Chen Shi asked Steven to arrange a harmless scam to teach Pheobe about the world. They agreed to visit an Elite Four exhibition match and Meteor Falls, and Chen Shi gathered his Pokémon for the trip.

• Chen Shi and Steven discussed prominent trainers from several regions and the hidden talents the Pokémon World Championships would bring together.
• Chen Shi asked Steven to arrange for people to scam Pheobe so she could learn a lesson, and Steven agreed after hearing her guardians had approved.
• Steven invited Chen Shi to watch Sidney face Mura in an Elite Four exhibition match in Lavaridge Town, and Chen Shi agreed to visit Meteor Falls with him.
• Chen Shi went to Back Mountain and invited Dreepy and Leafeon to gain battle experience, while Salamence helped gather the Pokémon.
• Swampert and Empoleon left their young Swampert behind, and Leafeon rushed into Chen Shi's arms when she saw him.

Chen Shi and Steven traveled to Meteor Falls to search for stones, where Togetic’s random pointing led them to a top-grade Moon Stone. They continued their search after Steven’s detector finally found something.

• Chen Shi told his grandparents he planned to visit Meteor Falls for training and prepared his Pokémon, asking Gardevoir to watch Florges’s garden.
• Chen Shi rode Skarmory with Steven, and they headed straight to Meteor Falls to dig for stones.
• Chen Shi and Steven passed the waterfall and continued into the depths, where Steven used Devon Corporation equipment and Aggron to search for minerals.
• Chen Shi asked Togetic to point toward a place to search, and Steven’s detector sounded when he scanned the spot she chose at random.
• Aggron dug up a top-grade Moon Stone, and Steven reconsidered the usefulness of his detector.

Chen Shi discovered that Steven had found an Aggronite while digging in Meteor Falls and asked him to set aside any similar stones they found. A visitor arrived at the Chen family farm while Chen Shi was away, then hurried off after learning where he had gone.

• Steven spent the day digging in Meteor Falls while Chen Shi took his Pokémon out to battle.
• That night, Steven showed Chen Shi the stones he had found, and Chen Shi recognized one as an Aggronite.
• Steven said Aggron had picked up the Aggronite and agreed to set aside similar stones for Chen Shi.
• Chen Shi planned to keep searching Meteor Falls for Mega Stones and told Steven to get some sleep before their next day of digging.
• A visitor came to the Chen family farm, learned Chen Shi was away at an Elite King exhibition match, and hurried off as the two elderly people exchanged knowing smiles.

Chen Shi and Drakloak discovered a Dreepy fossil in Meteor Falls, and Chen Shi promised to have it revived. He planned to give the revived Dreepy to Pheobe.

• Steven woke Chen Shi early and rushed ahead to dig for rocks.
• Drakloak sensed something in a rock wall that made him feel deeply sad, so Chen Shi asked Swampert to dig there.
• Drakloak uncovered a Dreepy fossil and mourned the dead Pokémon it belonged to.
• Chen Shi told Drakloak that fossil revival could bring Dreepy back, and Drakloak happily entrusted the fossil to him.
• Chen Shi planned to take the fossil to Steven's family for revival and give the revived Dreepy to Pheobe.

Chen Shi and Steven discovered Team Magma members searching Meteor Falls for a meteorite and forced one to reveal their mission and the strength of their group. Yoshino identified Firetree as the leader and gave Chen Shi a map to their nearby base.

• Chen Shi suggested that Steven consider catching Mawile after Steven found a Mawile Mega Stone and a high-grade Moon Stone.
• Chen Shi and Steven encountered two Team Magma members, including Yoshino, who had dug into Steven's tunnel while searching for a meteorite.
• Chen Shi and Steven captured the intruders and took their Poké Balls before questioning them.
• When Yoshino refused to answer, Chen Shi ordered Leafeon to cut off his companion's foot, terrifying Yoshino into cooperating.
• Yoshino revealed that Firetree led the search with three advanced-level members and more than ten intermediate-level members, and offered Chen Shi a map to their nearby base.