Chapter Summaries

Su Bai sought a steady income while earning and randomizing Gym Badges, then agreed to help his new student Ming Tai keep the Caterpie he had registered for a Pokémon Trainer entrance exam. The chapter ended with the system assigning Su Bai a mission to persuade Ming Tai’s mother to let him raise Caterpie.

• Su Bai realized the cost of feeding Pikachu and Growlithe meant he needed a reliable source of income.
• Su Bai repeatedly challenged the Golden Source Gym, defeated He Zhiguo, and randomized his Badges into items and a Singing Mastery skill.
• Wu Zhong praised Su Bai for repeatedly challenging the Golden Source Gym, raised his pay, and gave him three Liberation Badges.
• Su Bai met his new student Ming Tai and learned that Ming Tai had registered a Caterpie for his Trainer entrance exam despite his family wanting him to choose a Dragon-type Pokémon.
• The system tasked Su Bai with persuading Ming Tai’s mother to let Ming Tai raise Caterpie, offering ten randomization attempts and a large sum of legal money as the reward.

Su Bai tried to secure the chance to train Ming Tai after discovering Caterpie’s potential, but Huang Mu challenged his qualifications. Su Bai accepted a battle to decide who would teach Ming Tai and faced Huang Mu’s Seismitoad with Pikachu.

• Su Bai examined Ming Tai’s Caterpie and explained how its Compound Eyes could make Butterfree an effective battler.
• Ming Tai chose Su Bai as his teacher, but Huang Mu arrived and argued that Su Bai was unqualified.
• Su Bai received a system task to defeat Huang Mu and earn the right to teach Ming Tai, so he proposed a battle.
• Su Bai and Huang Mu went to the battlefield, where Su Bai sent out Pikachu and Huang Mu chose his Seismitoad.
• Huang Mu offered to settle the match with one Pokémon each, and Su Bai laughed that he had remembered something funny.

Su Bai defeated Huang Mu’s Seismitoad, secured a tutoring agreement, and taught his students before heading to the Health Cup advancement matches. The first match ended with Jangmo-o still unharmed after blocking Slaking’s Hyper Beam.

• Su Bai’s Pikachu defeated Huang Mu’s Seismitoad, and Ming Tai’s mother offered Su Bai an admission guarantee agreement with a one-hundred-thousand advance and further compensation if Ming Tai entered J University.
• The system rewarded Su Bai with accumulated draws and a Giga Drain TM, and he later taught a high-school senior how to train her Ducklett.
• Su Bai collected his pay, went home to rest, and arrived at the main stadium the next morning for his advancement match against Zhou Mo.
• He Liang’s Jangmo-o defeated Bai Ze’s Vigoroth with Brick Break, leaving the school directors concerned about the strength of Bai Ze’s team.
• He Liang sent out Slaking and ordered Hyper Beam, but Jangmo-o used Protect and remained unharmed.

After He Liang lost to Bai Ze, Su Bai entered the tournament battle against Zhou Mo and used Pikachu to defeat Gible. He turned the battlefield into a shallow pool and electrified the water, leaving Milotic unconscious and securing his advance with Pikachu alone.

• Bai Ze defeated He Liang's Slaking with Jangmo-o, and Su Bai received a mission to advance using only Pikachu before Bai Ze sent out a second Pokémon.
• Su Bai began battling Zhou Mo, whose Gible used Sandstorm and Dig, but Pikachu's Surf and Iron Tail defeated it.
• Zhou Mo sent out Milotic, and the two Pokémon's repeated Surfs transformed the battlefield into a shallow pool.
• Su Bai ordered Pikachu to unleash Thunderbolt across the water, electrocuting Milotic until it fainted.

Su Bai advanced to the Health Cup semifinals and negotiated for rewards from J University while preparing to face Ru Meng. The afternoon semifinal between Bai Ze and Zi Shang began with Zi Shang defeating Bai Ze’s Jangmo-o, forcing Bai Ze to send out Hakamo-o.

• Su Bai learned that he would face Coordinator student Ru Meng in the semifinals and accepted a System mission to defeat him in a contest battle.
• Su Bai persuaded Qi Shijun to award him ten credits but failed to secure a Protect TM before winning the championship.
• Director Li delivered Su Bai’s Thunder Fang TM and confirmed credits for his Gym Badges, while explaining that the Golden Source Gym Badge earned only five credits.
• Su Bai exchanged a Skill Disc for a System TM and taught Growlithe Thunder Fang instantly.
• Zi Shang’s Azumarill defeated Bai Ze’s Jangmo-o, so Bai Ze sent out Hakamo-o.

Su Bai defeated Ru Meng to reach the Health Cup finals, where he faced Bai Ze and his Dragon-type Pokémon. Growlithe and Jangmo-o traded attacks, and the chapter ended with Pikachu entering the battle and pretending that Jangmo-o’s Brick Break had badly hurt it.

• Hakamo-o defeated Zi Shang’s Azumarill and Staryu, sending Bai Ze to the finals.
• Su Bai defeated Ru Meng’s Combusken and Voltorb with Pikachu and Growlithe, then asked Ru Meng to judge his Contest Battle skills.
• Su Bai’s system rewarded him with a new Berry Blender, and his cumulative randomization count rose to 80.
• Su Bai and Bai Ze began the Health Cup final as the crowd cheered for Su Bai, who sent out Growlithe against Bai Ze’s Jangmo-o.
• Growlithe and Jangmo-o exchanged boosted attacks until Su Bai recalled Growlithe and sent out Pikachu, which pretended to be badly hurt by Brick Break.

Su Bai defeated Bai Ze to win the Health Cup, collected his prizes, and spent the night gaming with fellow competitors. On his walk home, he encountered the crafty Gengar that had been haunting J City.

• Su Bai used Pikachu to defeat Bai Ze's Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o, winning the Health Cup.
• Su Bai received a Devon Scope, a Devon Good Fishing Rod, and a top-grade Thunder Stone, then joined Bai Ze, Zi Shang, and Zhang Zhi for an all-night gaming session.
• Qi Shijun warned Su Bai that a powerful Gengar was roaming J City and told him to stay indoors until dawn.
• Su Bai left for home before sunrise with Growlithe and Pikachu, but they sensed something strange in an alley.
• Su Bai put on the Devon Scope and saw Gengar, who panicked when Su Bai called it a ghost before realizing that it was the ghost.

Su Bai persuaded a wanted Gengar to become his Pokémon by teaching him new ways to scare people and agreeing to set limits. He used Chosen Lucky One randomization on Gengar, which emerged purple and white, leaving Su Bai to see whether the change would make him unrecognizable.

• Su Bai offered Gengar premium Pokéblocks and asked him to become his Pokémon, but Gengar initially refused because he feared the trouble his wanted status would cause.
• Su Bai brought Gengar home and taught him frightening urban legends and horror stories from his previous life.
• Gengar agreed to stay after learning Su Bai’s scares, and accepted rules against frightening vulnerable people, harming anyone, or scaring people whenever he pleased.
• Gengar entered the Black Market Ball, and Su Bai chose him as the target for Chosen Lucky One randomization instead of Growlithe.
• Su Bai asked the system to make Gengar unrecognizable to others, and Gengar emerged from his ball purple and white.

After evolving into a shiny Gengar with Huge Power, Old Ghost tested his new physical moves, and Su Bai taught him Giga Drain. Su Bai sent Gengar to frighten Old Gao, who suffered elaborate nightmares while Gengar spared his family but drained their Herdier.

• Su Bai checked Gengar’s new stats and moves, discovered his Huge Power ability, and taught him Giga Drain.
• Su Bai called Old Gao to get his address, then showed Gengar a photo and told him to scare Old Gao without harming vulnerable family members.
• Su Bai visited Old Gao with fruit, listened to his smug remarks, and left while Gengar stayed behind.
• Gengar used Hypnosis and Confuse Ray to give Old Gao nightmares about his family and a series of shocking revelations.
• Old Gao’s Herdier sensed something was wrong and barked, so Gengar nearly drained it with Giga Drain.
• Su Bai spoke with Cynthia and reflected that he had chosen Old Gao because scaring people suited Gengar and the Golden Source Gym was too risky.

Su Bai began the semester by choosing the breeding major and learned that Old Gao had resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown. He skipped class to attend Professor Carolina’s lecture, where he confronted a student making lewd remarks about Cynthia.

• Gengar kept sneaking out at night, while Su Bai used his daily random draws and gave Ming Tai’s Caterpie practice until it evolved into Metapod.
• Old Gao resigned and checked into a neurological hospital after his nightmares caused a breakdown; Su Bai learned that Old Gao had spread rumors about him.
• Su Bai chose the breeding major, applied to live off campus, and began classes at J University.
• Cynthia told Su Bai that her grandmother, Professor Carolina, would give a lecture on Sinnoh history, and Su Bai arranged to attend.
• At the lecture, Su Bai argued with a student who made lewd comments about Cynthia, then watched Professor Carolina take the stage.

Su Bai attended Professor Carolina’s lecture on Sinnoh’s space-time mythology and helped Wang Dalin with his notes while He Yuan tried to report him for skipping class. When Professor Carolina asked the hall to recap her lecture, Su Bai raised his hand and prepared to answer.

• Su Bai took notes on Professor Carolina’s lecture about Sinnoh’s space-time dragons and translated between Sinnoh and Dragon Nation languages.
• Wang Dalin asked Su Bai to sell him the notes, and Su Bai agreed after explaining that the symbols were Unown.
• He Yuan confronted Su Bai for attending the observation major’s lecture and threatened to report him, but Wang Dalin defended him.
• Su Bai told Wang Dalin he had already obtained leave, then Professor Carolina returned to the stage and asked the students to recap her lecture.
• He Yuan mistakenly stood up when Professor Carolina called on a student, but Professor Carolina clarified that she meant Su Bai.
• Su Bai stood, greeted Professor Carolina in Sinnoh, and prepared to answer her question.

Su Bai impressed Professor Carolina by accurately summarizing her lecture and interpreting Sinnoh, then accepted her offer to become her intern assistant next year if he could earn credits. In the VIP Lounge, Carolina noticed Gengar hiding in Su Bai’s shadow and discreetly warned him that she could see it, but most people could not.

• Su Bai correctly summarized Professor Carolina’s lecture about Dialga and Palkia and translated the Sinnoh passage, impressing the audience.
• Professor Carolina asked Su Bai to interpret the rest of her lecture, then invited him to the VIP Lounge afterward.
• Qi Shijun questioned Director Li about Su Bai attending the lecture, then implied she would become vice president.
• Professor Carolina offered Su Bai an internship as her assistant at her planned Dragon Nation research institute, and Su Bai asked whether he would receive credits.
• Su Bai asked Professor Carolina about Cynthia, and Carolina spotted Gengar hiding in his shadow and warned him that she could see Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Qi Shijun and Director Li entered the VIP Lounge and thanked Professor Carolina for giving the lecture.

Su Bai relied on Professor Carolina’s protection to get Qi Shijun to provide the Skill Discs he wanted, while Carolina encouraged him to grow strong enough to stand beside Cynthia. After leaving the VIP Lounge, Su Bai found Wang Dalin waiting near the teaching building.

• Qi Shijun thanked Professor Carolina for agreeing to lecture at J University, and Carolina urged him to make sure his students took Pokémon mythology seriously.
• Su Bai asked Qi Shijun for his promised rewards, and Carolina intervened when Qi Shijun accused him of making up promises for extra Skill Discs and academic credits.
• Carolina gave Su Bai a Spell Tag for Gengar and encouraged Su Bai to grow stronger so he could support Cynthia if she ever faced trouble.
• Qi Shijun returned with the Substitute and Toxic Skill Discs and promised to obtain a Protect Skill Disc for Su Bai in a few days.
• Su Bai said goodbye to Professor Carolina, left the VIP Lounge, and spotted Wang Dalin waiting by the teaching building entrance.

Su Bai forced Wang Dalin to battle him, but spared Wang Dalin’s Togepi and agreed to become his roommate. While holding Togepi at dinner, Su Bai activated his daily draw and received a Z-Ring, leaving him reconsidering his plans to live off campus.

• Wang Dalin thanked Su Bai for helping him impress senior girls, and Su Bai insisted they battle at the court.
• Pikachu knocked out Wang Dalin’s Drowzee with Thunderbolt, but Su Bai called off the battle when Wang Dalin sent out Togepi.
• Wang Dalin invited Su Bai to dinner and asked to room with him; Su Bai agreed despite planning to live off campus.
• Su Bai held Togepi and used his daily random draw, which awarded him a Z-Ring.

Su Bai offered to help Wang Dalin raise Togepi and spoke with Cynthia, who told him Professor Carolina had secured him a research assistant position and invited him to visit Sinnoh. After making premium Pokéblocks for Cynthia, Su Bai gave them to Professor Carolina, who planned to introduce him to Professor Rowan and hinted that the connection could help him obtain a starter Pokémon.

• Su Bai offered to help Wang Dalin raise Togepi, then went home with Pikachu and Growlithe.
• Cynthia told Su Bai that Professor Carolina had made him the first assistant at her Dragon Nation research institute, earning him direct admission to Celadon University's archaeology department.
• Cynthia invited Su Bai to visit Sinnoh, and he agreed to come during his break.
• Su Bai made several hundred premium Pokéblocks overnight and fed some to his Pokémon.
• Su Bai gave the Pokéblocks to Professor Carolina, who promised to introduce him to Professor Rowan and advised him to make a good impression.

Su Bai gave Wang Dalin intermediate-grade Pokéblocks for Togepi and learned about J University's varsity team before signing up for its Open Selection. Captain Hua Silai offered him a chance to earn a regular spot by defeating four Pokémon with only Pikachu.

• Su Bai gave Wang Dalin a batch of intermediate-grade Pokéblocks for Togepi and charged only for the Berries and labor.
• Su Bai read Director Li's notice about the varsity team and learned its duties, roster, and battle lineups.
• Su Bai went to the gymnasium and signed up for the Open Selection, where Director Li told him he had to last ten minutes against two examiners to advance.
• Hua Silai stopped the exam and challenged Su Bai to defeat four Pokémon with Pikachu, promising him a regular team spot if he succeeded.

Su Bai refused Hua Silai’s proposal to become a full member until he learned that competing more would earn him more credits, then agreed to an assessment. He quickly defeated Number Five’s first two Pokémon, leaving the challenge against the second senior to continue.

• Hua Silai tried to recruit Su Bai as a full member and offered him a chance at the starting lineup, but Su Bai refused because he only wanted to join the team.
• Director Li explained that starters and full members had more opportunities to compete and earn credits, so Su Bai eagerly agreed to prove himself in an assessment.
• Su Bai faced two university team seniors on the training field while students, including Wang Dalin, watched.
• Number Five sent out Pelipper, but Pikachu knocked it out with Thunderbolt.
• Number Five’s Golduck used its Swift Swim Ability in the rain, but Pikachu slowed it with Grass Knot and finished it with Thunderbolt in under a minute.

Su Bai defeated two school-team upperclassmen, accepted an Electric Gem from Hua Silai, and received a call from Devon Corporation asking to buy back his Thunder Stone. The call ended without a deal, and the chapter revealed that the request came from Steven Stone, the Hoenn Champion and Devon Corporation heir.

• Su Bai defeated Upperclassman Number Six's Hippopotas and Graveler, then left after Xue Ya tried to invite him to visit her Vulpix.
• Hua Silai gave Su Bai an Electric Gem as a welcome gift for joining the school team.
• Su Bai randomized the Electric Gem, raising his [Sing] skill from proficient to expert.
• A Devon Corporation representative called Su Bai and offered to buy back his Thunder Stone, but Su Bai refused to sell it.
• The representative told his cousin, Steven Stone, that Su Bai would not sell the Thunder Stone, and Steven accepted the news with disappointment.

Su Bai prepared food that Glameow eagerly ate, despite its days-long refusal to eat and signs of illness. After he passed the practical lesson, Glameow suddenly shrieked and fled the classroom.

• Steven heard Su Bai praise his Thunder Stone and decided to visit him himself rather than investigate him.
• Su Bai bought a Drain Punch Technical Machine for Gengar and went to bed before school.
• In a practical lesson, Su Bai noticed Glameow’s unusual appearance and made it Pokémon food from Berries, herbs, flour, and protein powder.
• Glameow devoured Su Bai’s food, and the teacher let him leave after he passed the lesson.
• Glameow shrieked, broke free from the teacher, and ran out of the classroom.

Su Bai helped Glameow recover from indigestion and was hired to care for the Pokémon Department’s Pokémon in exchange for leftover Berries and credits. At the university’s Pokémon Day Care, he met a charming Eevee, only to learn that someone had already reserved it.

• Su Bai identified Glameow’s overfull stomach and treated it with Pokémon food made from Berries and herbs, earning the breeding instructor’s praise.
• The breeding instructor offered Su Bai a job caring for the Pokémon Department’s Pokémon, and Su Bai accepted in exchange for leftover Berries and five monthly credits.
• Su Bai received permission to bring Pikachu and Growlithe to eat lunch with the Pokémon and went with Pikachu to the university’s Pokémon Day Care.
• Su Bai met the Day Care’s friendly Pokémon, including a Rillaboom, Altaria, and an Eevee.
• Su Bai and Pikachu became smitten with Eevee, but the breeding instructor told Su Bai that someone had already reserved it.