Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian took a Pokémon exam and finished most of the questions while wondering why Su Han kept watching him. After the exam, Su Han learned his name and why he had been covered in dirt, but Cheng Tian left with Bai Yun before she could spend more time with him.

• Cheng Tian answered the Pokémon exam, struggled with an odd pursuit problem, and calculated Mawile's physical attack after Mega Evolution.
• Cheng Tian mistook Su Han's glances for an attempt to copy his answers, while she watched him because she found him adorable.
• After the papers were collected, Su Han asked Cheng Tian's name, and he thanked her for helping him earlier.
• Cheng Tian told Su Han he had been dirty because he went into the wild to catch a Pokémon by himself.
• Bai Yun called Cheng Tian from the doorway, and he left with his friend while Su Han wondered whether he had any interest in her.

Cheng Tian, Bai Yun, and Lin Lin attended the afternoon battle assessment, where Su Han joined them in the stands. Bai Yun won his match with Chimchar, whose relentless punches knocked out Elekid.

• Cheng Tian denied Bai Yun and Lin Lin's teasing about Su Han, then joined them at the stadium to eat popcorn and drink soda.
• Su Han sat beside Cheng Tian, and the teacher explained the battle assessment rules before calling the first competitors.
• A Bunnelby defeated a Poochyena with Dig and Pound, while Cheng Tian and his friends watched from the stands.
• Bai Yun took the field with Chimchar against an opponent's Elekid and opened with Focus Energy and Work Up.
• Chimchar countered Elekid's attacks with Fire Punch and Thunder Punch, then knocked it out with a final Fire Punch.
• Cheng Tian compared Chimchar's relentless punching to DIO.

Lin Lin forgot her Poké Ball before her match, then found Pachirisu asleep in her hat and defeated her opponent’s Psyduck. Cheng Tian recognized Pachirisu’s newly learned moves as the start of his path toward becoming a White Demon.

• Bai Yun finished Chimchar’s treatment and realized Lin Lin had gone onto the field without her Poké Ball.
• Bai Yun tossed Lin Lin her Poké Ball, but her first attempt to summon Pachirisu failed because Pachirisu was sleeping in her hat.
• Pachirisu dodged Psyduck’s Water Gun with Charge and struck it with Thunder Shock, but Psyduck trapped him with Confusion and damaged him.
• Pachirisu used Protect to block Confusion and Water Gun, then counterattacked with Quick Attack.
• Lin Lin had Pachirisu draw Psybeam with Follow Me and block it with Protect before Thunder Shock knocked Psyduck out.
• Cheng Tian noted that Pachirisu had learned Protect and Follow Me and could become a White Demon through speed training.

Cheng Tian’s Froakie defeated Chu Jiaojiao’s Smoochum after overcoming her distracting flirting and revealing unusual moves. The Principal and Director Yan took notice of Cheng Tian, while the tournament continued.

• Cheng Tian faced Chu Jiaojiao, whose Smoochum unnerved Froakie and disrupted its attacks with Copycat, Forewarn, and Powder Snow.
• Froakie broke free from the ice with Water Pulse and used its practiced Rasengan Water Pulse to damage Smoochum.
• Cheng Tian ordered Froakie to use Mind Reader, allowing its Cut to hit Smoochum and win the match.
• The Principal and Director Yan noticed Froakie’s unfamiliar Mind Reader and decided to watch Cheng Tian more closely.
• Chu Jiaojiao introduced herself and teased Cheng Tian before the teacher sent him off to have Froakie treated.

Su Han entered a school Pokémon match with her level 15 Sylveon, Xianxian, and defeated her opponent’s Scraggy without taking a hit. Cheng Tian recognized Xianxian’s unusually strong stats and hidden Pixilate Ability, and Su Han left the battlefield after her victory.

• Su Han was called to battle while Cheng Tian and his friends discussed her.
• Su Han sent out Sylveon, startling Cheng Tian, who used his system to inspect Xianxian’s high level, Pixilate Ability, and extensive moveset.
• Su Han ordered Xianxian to use Baby-Doll Eyes, lowering Scraggy’s Attack before it attacked with Venoshock.
• Xianxian dodged Venoshock, then struck Scraggy with Quick Attack and Swift, which Pixilate converted into Fairy-type attacks.
• Xianxian finished Scraggy with Draining Kiss, and Su Han was declared the winner.
• Su Han praised Xianxian, recalled her, and left the battlefield.

Cheng Tian and his friends passed the second round of the Pokémon exam, and the results placed him in Class 1 alongside Bai Yun, Lin Lin, and top-ranked Su Han. After oversleeping and arriving late on the first day, Cheng Tian entered the classroom and was greeted by Su Han.

• Bai Yun's Chimchar, Su Han's Sylveon, Lin Lin's Pachirisu, and Cheng Tian's Froakie each won their second-round battles.
• Cheng Tian walked home with Froakie, while Su Han spotted them from her car and took a photo.
• Cheng Tian's parents celebrated his exam performance and gave him money to raise Froakie.
• Cheng Tian learned that he ranked twenty-eighth, Bai Yun ranked twenty-fifth, Lin Lin ranked thirty-seventh, and Su Han ranked first.
• Su Han spoke with her father, Su Mulin, who told Huang Haifeng that he had returned to Bingzhou to retire and spend time with Qianqian.
• Cheng Tian overslept, arrived late at school, found he had been assigned to Pokémon Class 1, and heard Su Han greet him.

Cheng Tian sat beside Su Han on his first day of Pokémon Studies class, where homeroom teacher Sun Yanling introduced the lessons and group system. A brief accidental touch with Su Han led to a misunderstanding when Sun caught Cheng Tian crouching beside her desk, and Su Han had to explain what happened.

• Bai Yun and Lin Lin arranged for Cheng Tian to sit beside Su Han, and Su Han shared bread with him before class.
• Sun Yanling reprimanded Cheng Tian for being noisy, introduced herself as the homeroom teacher, and explained the course schedule and weekly group points.
• Cheng Tian became interested in the combination of Trick Room and Power Trick while Sun taught about Pokémon support roles.
• Su Han created a group chat for herself, Cheng Tian, Bai Yun, and Lin Lin, and Cheng Tian accepted her friend request during class.
• Su Han lent Cheng Tian correction tape; when their fingertips brushed, he dropped it and crouched to retrieve it near her feet.
• Sun Yanling shouted at Cheng Tian, but Su Han explained that he was only picking up her correction tape.

Cheng Tian bought Froakie a Whirlpool TM after seeing him struggle to imitate a Water Formation Wall, then learned Rain Dance TMs were restricted by the Pokémon League. After arranging to train Froakie once the TM arrived, Cheng Tian went to afternoon PE with Lin Lin and Bai Yun.

• Cheng Tian watched Froakie try to imitate Water Formation Wall and promised to help him learn the move.
• Cheng Tian purchased a Whirlpool TM online for 6,700 yuan, then found no Rain Dance TMs available for sale.
• Cheng Tian learned from My Wife Miku that weather-move TMs were rare and monopolized by the Pokémon League.
• Cheng Tian saw that the Whirlpool TM parcel had been collected and decided to rent a training room after school.
• Cheng Tian brought Mizone for Su Han, bantered with Lin Lin and Bai Yun, and headed with them toward the field for PE.

Cheng Tian and his classmates endured a punishing first PE class under teacher Zhou Rongchang, who used Trevenant to chase stragglers during a five-lap run. Afterward, Cheng Tian shared drinks with Su Han and the others and had Froakie cool them down with Water Gun.

• Zhou Rongchang introduced himself as the class's PE and practical battle teacher and appointed Bai Yun temporary sports representative.
• Bai Yun led the class on a five-lap run while Zhou Rongchang sent Trevenant to chase students who slowed down.
• Trevenant caught and tied up four girls and two boys before Zhou Rongchang ordered it to release them.
• Cheng Tian, Bai Yun, Su Han, and Lin Lin rested together in the shade, and Cheng Tian gave Su Han a bottle of Mizone in return for her toast.
• Cheng Tian released Froakie, which sprayed Water Gun into the air to cool the group down.

Chimchar developed a Fighting-type technique inspired by JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, while Froakie and Sylveon grew close during an afternoon outside. The chapter left Froakie flustered by Sylveon's affection as Cheng Tian suspected it had fallen for Sylveon.

• Cheng Tian and the others released their Pokémon, and Chimchar avoided playing with the younger Pokémon to practice Bulk Up.
• Bai Yun explained that Chimchar had combined Focus Energy and Bulk Up after watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, creating a brown Fighting-type aura.
• Sylveon approached Froakie and played with the foam around its neck, while Froakie blushed and let it.
• When a soccer ball flew toward Sylveon, Froakie kicked it away and fell to the ground.
• Sylveon lifted Froakie with its ribbons, then led it to Cheng Tian and kissed it, leaving Froakie embarrassed and Cheng Tian satisfied.

Teacher Zhou challenged the students to defeat virtual Pokémon with type advantages over their own, and Cheng Tian and Su Han became the first students to pass. The weeklong challenge continued for the rest of the class, who were told to train hard before the subject’s final assessment.

• Teacher Zhou introduced a weeklong practical battle challenge against opponents with type advantages, and Wu Qian failed after Wooper’s Damp blocked Geodude’s Self-Destruct.
• Cheng Tian defeated a virtual Manectric with Froakie by avoiding close-range attacks when possible, interrupting its moves, and finishing it with a strengthened Water Pulse.
• Su Han used Sylveon’s Yawn to put Grimer to sleep, then defeated it with repeated Bite attacks.
• Teacher Zhou praised Cheng Tian and Su Han as the first students to pass, while the remaining students lost their battles.
• Teacher Zhou dismissed the class and urged the students who had failed to train and overcome their opponents within the week.

Cheng Tian helped Froakie learn Whirlpool and taught it how to use the move for both defense and offense. After intensive practice, they left the Training Room with all five thousand tennis balls scattered across the floor.

• Cheng Tian used a Whirlpool TM at the Pokémon Center, and Froakie learned the move on its first try.
• Cheng Tian rented a Training Room, where Froakie practiced Whirlpool until it mastered the move.
• Cheng Tian showed Froakie how to use Whirlpool to trap opponents and shield itself from attacks, explaining that the technique could help it use Water Prison Technique.
• Cheng Tian had Froakie train with the tennis ball machine until the balls filled the Training Room floor, then recalled Froakie and left with the startled attendant.

Cheng Tian discovered that claiming his first quest reward unlocked a backlog of quests, then earned a free meal by winning a Pokémon battle at a noodle shop. While exploring the food street afterward, he ran into Su Han, who recognized him and reacted with a scream.

• Cheng Tian claimed the completed First Partner quest, unlocked several quests, and found rewards for evolving Froakie and catching a second Pokémon.
• Cheng Tian went out for lunch, dismissed several girls asking for his contact information, and chose a noodle shop advertising free meals for battle victories.
• Cheng Tian and Froakie defeated a staff member's Beedrill, earning a free meal and raising Froakie's level to fourteen.
• Cheng Tian stayed in the air-conditioned restaurant until Froakie finished eating, then wandered through the food street.
• Su Han visited the food street and bumped into Cheng Tian while eating stinky tofu; she recognized him and screamed.

Cheng Tian met Su Han on the food street, where she used a photo of them together to make him promise not to reveal that she had bought stinky tofu. They explored the shopping center together, and Su Han grew upset when a shop assistant mistook them for a couple before they continued sampling food.

• Cheng Tian ran into Su Han with stinky tofu, and she took a photo that she threatened to post unless he kept her purchase secret.
• Su Han asked Cheng Tian to show her around the food street, and they bought milk tea before heading to the shopping center.
• A sales assistant called Su Han Cheng Tian’s girlfriend, and Cheng Tian denied they were a couple, leaving Su Han angry and confused about her feelings.
• Su Han and Cheng Tian bought fish balls and wandered through the mall, with Cheng Tian eating most of the food she sampled and left over.
• Cheng Tian said he was too full to keep walking, so Su Han suggested they rest on nearby chairs.

Cheng Tian and Su Han spent the day together at the mall, where she gave him a necklace and later twisted her ankle, so he carried her to her driver. When Cheng Tian returned home, his parents mistook the necklace and his outing with Su Han for signs of a romance.

• Cheng Tian and Su Han talked about how Bingzhou felt warmer and more welcoming than Magic City, and agreed they were friends.
• Su Han and Cheng Tian played games and browsed accessories at the mall, where Su Han bought Cheng Tian a black cross necklace as a friendship gift.
• Su Han stumbled into Cheng Tian while they were throwing away their milk tea, then fell and twisted her ankle after stepping on a dropped cup.
• Cheng Tian carried Su Han to Food Street, where Uncle Wang took her home and privately decided to report the incident to her family.
• Cheng Tian returned home wearing Su Han's necklace, and his parents assumed he was dating her.

Cheng Tian finished his homework at home before his father called and asked him to bring an urgently needed contract and ID card to the mine on the outskirts. Cheng Tian delivered the documents and headed toward the factory with his father.

• Cheng Tian woke early, ate breakfast with his mother, and completed his Pokémon Studies homework while Froakie and Yamper watched Naruto.
• Cheng Tian's father called and asked him to find a contract and his ID card in the bedroom and bring them to the mine.
• Cheng Tian hurried to the Mining Bureau by taxi with the documents, leaving Yamper at home and recalling Froakie.
• Cheng Tian's father met him at the guard booth, confirmed the contract was correct, and walked with him toward the factory.

Cheng Tian visited his father’s mine, where Uncle Ma rescued him from a blasting accident and showed him how people and Pokémon worked. Meanwhile, Cheng Tian’s father signed a technology-for-equity agreement with Mayor Su, and Cheng Tian encountered a mysterious Pokémon pushing a case of water.

• Cheng Tian left his father’s office with Froakie to explore the mine and was nearly caught in a blast before Uncle Ma pulled him to safety.
• Uncle Ma recognized Cheng Tian as Old Cheng’s son, called his father, and agreed to show him around the mine.
• Cheng Tian’s father signed an agreement with Mayor Su for the municipal government to invest technology in the mining company in exchange for equity.
• Uncle Ma explained the mine’s work, including its Dugtrio locating mineral veins and wild Machamp volunteering to mine.
• Cheng Tian noticed a small Pokémon, identified as Roly, emerge from behind a case of mineral water.

Cheng Tian met an Aron who brought water to the Machamp at the mine, and Uncle Ma explained how the badly injured Pokémon had arrived there. Aron had lost his parents to territorial rivals, but the mine workers and Machamp had cared for him, and he had grown close to them.

• Aron brought water to the thirsty Machamp and offered bottles to Uncle Ma and Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Tian learned Aron had the Hidden Ability Heavy Metal and unusually strong potential.
• Uncle Ma recalled finding Aron badly injured at the mine after a heavy rain and taking him to a Pokémon Center for treatment.
• The doctor suspected Aron's parents had been killed by Pokémon fighting over territory, and Aron confirmed the loss through his reaction.
• Uncle Ma said Aron gradually recovered with the Machamp's help and now brought them water after work.

Cheng Tian befriended a wild Aron and decided he wanted to catch it, but a sudden mine collapse left Machamp trapped underground. He joined Aron and the Machamp in clearing the rubble as rescue workers arrived.

• Cheng Tian fed Aron and let it play with Froakie, then told Uncle Ma he wanted to catch Aron.
• Cheng Tian's father arrived and said the mine's investment deal had been settled, but Froakie suddenly tackled Aron aside as the mine began collapsing.
• The Machamp leader rescued Froakie and Aron, and the Machamp used Protect to shield everyone from falling rocks and dust.
• Aron tried to return to the mine to save the Machamp trapped inside, so Cheng Tian ran with Aron and Froakie toward the collapse despite his father's and Uncle Ma's objections.
• Aron sensed the buried mine entrance, and Cheng Tian, the Machamp, his father, and Uncle Ma began clearing rubble as rescue workers arrived with an excavator.

Cheng Tian entered the collapsed mine with Froakie and Aron to find the trapped Machamp, despite his father's fears. After rescuing the injured Pokémon, he escaped a second collapse with them and emerged safely with the group.

• Cheng Tian and the mine workers cleared rocks until they opened a narrow passage, and Cheng Tian volunteered to search the mine for the Machamp.
• Cheng Tian entered the tunnel with Froakie and Aron, then was knocked unconscious and injured when a wooden support beam fell while he protected Aron.
• Cheng Tian treated his shoulder and continued through the mine until Aron sensed movement and led him to the trapped Machamp.
• Cheng Tian treated the three injured Machamp and guided the group back toward the entrance.
• The tunnel began collapsing as Cheng Tian neared the exit, but the Machamp used Protect to shield Cheng Tian, Froakie, and Aron, and they emerged safely.