Chapter Summaries

Xin Mu waited at the airport with his Pokémon after a typhoon delayed flights to Paldea, and he explored the terminal with Sylveon. The airport eventually announced a special Salamence Airlines flight, leaving Xin Mu and the other passengers preparing to board.

• Xin Mu saw that his flight to Paldea was delayed because Typhoon Lugia threatened the region.
• Xin Mu let Sylveon out and took it around the airport while other passengers waited and complained.
• Sylveon tried mint candy and overcame its fear of the escalator with Meownei's help.
• Meownei spotted Squirtle entertaining nearby Pokémon and likely coaxing food from them.
• Xin Mu returned to the lounge, where stranded trainers played a Pokémon card game while they waited.
• The airport announced a special Salamence Airlines flight would depart in thirty minutes and told passengers to prepare to board.

Xin Mu flew with his Pokémon to White Cloud, where Meownei found a Gym that held eating contests and Squirtle eagerly imagined challenging it. The plane landed at Donghuang White Cloud Airport, and the passengers were told to return their Pokémon to their Poké Balls.

• After the plane leveled out, Lucario, Torracat, and Sylveon came out of their Poké Balls, and a flight attendant checked Xin Mu’s six Badges.
• Squirtle emerged when the attendant offered food, and Meownei tossed him off her legs before he wedged himself onto the armrest.
• The attendant brought food for Xin Mu’s Pokémon, and Squirtle ate four portions while Sylveon watched the scenery and sampled the meal with her feelers.
• Meownei read about White Cloud’s Gym, which held eating contests and raised a Snorlax, and Squirtle calculated that competing would be worthwhile.
• The plane arrived at Donghuang White Cloud Airport, and the announcement instructed passengers to return their Pokémon to their Poké Balls.

Xin Mu explored the city with Meownei and their Pokémon after arriving for the tournament, while Sylveon took the lead during a nighttime walk. When a wild snake Pokémon emerged from the grass, Sylveon used her soothing power to approach it before slamming it into the ground.

• Xin Mu landed with his group after their flight was delayed by a typhoon that suddenly changed course.
• Xin Mu checked into the hotel, informed Old Liu and the others, and went out into the city with Meownei and their Pokémon.
• Meownei showed Lucario a photo of Riolu from their previous trip, bringing back memories of their earlier city walk.
• Sylveon admired the illuminated Slim Waist, but the lights went out for the night before they got closer.
• Sylveon noticed a snake Pokémon in the grass and used her soothing wave to approach it before wrapping it in her feelers and slamming it into the ground.

Xin Mu and his Pokémon crossed a park where groups of Ekans lurked, then encountered two beetle Pokémon fighting over a disturbed nap. The chapter left Sylveon settling in to watch Heracross and Pinsir battle.

• Sylveon defeated an Ekans, but Meownei and Lucario discovered more Ekans hiding in the grass and urged everyone to leave.
• Lucario revealed several lurking Ekans, and Sylveon became wary when she realized they faced a group rather than a lone opponent.
• Xin Mu and the others found a warning about Ekans at the park’s main entrance and continued along a tree-lined sidewalk.
• A sleeping Heracross fell from a tree, narrowly missed Lucario, and landed on Pinsir beneath it.
• Heracross and Pinsir began fighting, and Sylveon settled nearby to watch.

Xin Mu took his Pokémon to a busy teahouse, where Squirtle ordered a variety of dishes and sampled the local cuisine. The group enjoyed the food, though Squirtle was frustrated by the tiny portions and left the neighboring Snorlax’s enormous meals looking tempting.

• Xin Mu brought Sylveon and the other Pokémon to a crowded teahouse, where he struggled to read the menu and understand the local dialect.
• Squirtle proposed ordering everything, and Xin Mu settled on a mix of dim sum and larger dishes after considering the portions.
• Squirtle complained about the small servings, prompting Corviknight to smack him with a wing when it thought he was mocking birds.
• Squirtle divided the dishes among the group, then claimed a whole pot of seafood congee as his own portion.
• Meownei fed Torracat while Sylveon learned to use utensils, and passing Munchlax servers looked disappointed at Squirtle’s spotless plates.

After dinner, Xin Mu and his Pokémon headed back toward their hotel, but Meownei rented a car and encountered Cyclizar riders racing through the streets. Officer Jenny joined them and asked Xin Mu and Meownei to help catch the riders, leaving them in pursuit.

• The Munchlax clearing tables were puzzled by how clean Xin Mu's plates were, and Xin Mu paid the bill before Squirtle and Corviknight returned to their Poké Balls.
• Meownei noticed they had walked far from the hotel, rented a car-share vehicle, and invited Xin Mu to get in.
• A group of Cyclizar riders sped through the streets, ignoring a red light and disturbing the neighborhood.
• Officer Jenny climbed into Xin Mu's car and asked them to help catch the riders after her motorcycle got a flat tire.
• With Xin Mu's agreement, Meownei sped after the Cyclizar while Officer Jenny contacted colleagues to block the route ahead.

After helping Officer Jenny catch a group of street riders, Xin Mu and his Pokémon returned to the hotel, where they rested and spent the next morning together. Their quiet routine ended when they discovered water flooding their room from a broken sprinkler in the neighboring room.

• Xin Mu and his companions helped Officer Jenny corner a group of street riders, and she began investigating where their many Cyclizar had come from.
• Xin Mu returned to the hotel late, and he, Squirtle, and Sylveon settled in to sleep.
• The delayed School Team members arrived the next day, and Xin Mu woke late with a stiff neck that Squirtle massaged away.
• Squirtle put on sunglasses and pretended to be a blind masseur, while Meownei suspected he had hidden his massage skills to avoid being asked to use them.
• Meownei helped Sylveon wash and dry her fur after she woke with grime from the carpet.
• Xin Mu and Meownei found their room flooded and traced the water to a neighbor who had broken a fire sprinkler by hanging heavy clothes from it.

After a hotel sprinkler accident forced Xin Mu and his Pokémon to change rooms, they prepared to challenge the local Gym, which offered an eating contest Squirtle had eagerly been saving his appetite for. Xin Mu led the group to the Gym, though its tavern-like appearance left Squirtle focused on the food.

• The hotel moved Xin Mu and his companions to another room after a sprinkler caused water damage.
• Xin Mu found Lucario training at the gym and told her they had changed rooms because of a leak.
• Squirtle explained that he had skipped breakfast to save room for the Gym's eating challenge.
• Xin Mu and the others left after an undercooked restaurant meal was returned, then followed the map to the Gym.
• Squirtle mistook the Gym's sign and lanterns for those of a tavern and hoped its chefs were skilled.

Xin Mu discovered that the White Cloud Gym was a restaurant-filled ship, and Squirtle grew furious when it learned the Eating Contest was canceled. In its Gym battle against Leilu’s Vigoroth, Squirtle struck back after dodging an attack.

• Xin Mu and his Pokémon explored the White Cloud Gym, a large ship whose Gym Leader also ran restaurants and buffets.
• Squirtle learned that challengers would skip the Eating Contest and insisted on battling to vent its frustration.
• Leilu sent out Vigoroth first, and Xin Mu chose Squirtle for the opening match.
• Squirtle used Rain Dance to soak the arena, then dodged Vigoroth’s Slash with Withdraw.
• Squirtle countered with Skull Bash, slamming into Vigoroth as it prepared to attack again.

Squirtle defeated Vigoroth and faced Leilu’s Slaking, whose Thunder forced Squirtle to use Dig to evade. Squirtle attacked while Slaking rested, but Slaking struck back with Counter as it regained the ability to act.

• Squirtle used Wave Crash to defeat Vigoroth, then refused Xin Mu’s offer to withdraw from the match.
• Leilu sent out Slaking, who lay on the field and chewed grass while Squirtle grew resentful.
• Squirtle fired Hydro Pump at Slaking, who answered with Thunder in the rain.
• Xin Mu warned Squirtle through Aura, and Squirtle used Dig to evade Thunder before bursting from the ground to attack Slaking.
• Squirtle repeatedly struck Slaking with Ice Punch as the rain stopped, then retreated when Xin Mu judged Slaking’s rest was nearly over.
• Slaking acted sooner than Xin Mu expected and hit Squirtle with Counter, turning the damage it had endured into a counterattack.

Xin Mu's exhausted Squirtle defeated Slaking through a drawn-out battle but refused to withdraw against Snorlax and was eventually replaced by Lucario. Lucario gained the upper hand with his speed and Aura Sphere, but Leilu's Snorlax used Sleep Talk while asleep to launch a sudden counterattack.

• Slaking caught Squirtle off guard with Counter before Ice Punch froze it, but Squirtle later wore it down with ranged attacks and evasive moves.
• Squirtle refused Meownei's suggestion to switch out and kept fighting Snorlax until Body Slam crushed the tunnels and exhausted him.
• Lucario took over and used Aura Sphere and Extreme Speed to evade Snorlax's attacks while steadily damaging it.
• Leilu had Snorlax use Amnesia and Rest, then Sleep Talk made it spring up and surprise Lucario with an unusually agile attack.

Lucario faced Leilu's Snorlax, which used Rest and Sleep Talk to attack unpredictably and recover its stamina. After Snorlax healed itself again, Lucario Mega Evolved and knocked it unconscious, winning the match.

• Snorlax fell asleep with Rest, recovered its injuries, and attacked Lucario through Sleep Talk.
• Lucario dodged Snorlax's attacks as it used moves including Crunch, Body Slam, Heavy Slam, and Hyper Beam.
• At Xin Mu's command, Lucario struck Snorlax's chin with Low Kick and interrupted its Hyper Beam, causing Snorlax to wake briefly before using Rest again.
• Xin Mu ordered Lucario to Mega Evolve, use Swords Dance twice, and attack with Close Combat followed by Low Kick.
• Lucario blasted Snorlax out of the battlefield, and the referee declared Lucario the winner.

After winning the Gym battle, Xin Mu and his Pokémon used a buffet voucher at the Cloudsea Restaurant, where Squirtle challenged the Gym’s Snorlax to an eating contest. Squirtle lost but befriended Snorlax and asked about its ability to fight while sleeping.

• Leilu awarded Xin Mu the White Cloud Badge and a buffet voucher for the Cloudsea Restaurant.
• Xin Mu and his Pokémon went to the restaurant, where Squirtle spotted the Snorlax that had defeated him in battle.
• Squirtle challenged Snorlax to an eating contest, and the two competed over ramen, meat, and dessert as diners gathered to watch.
• Squirtle ate until he could not continue, while Snorlax gently patted his head.
• Squirtle vowed to challenge Snorlax again after evolving and asked how it trained to fight while sleeping.
• Snorlax finished eating, spoke with Squirtle, and fell asleep at the restaurant.

Xin Mu and his team enjoyed the White Cloud Gym’s cruise, competed in the Snorlax Cup, and returned home after a team outing. Sylveon discovered that a Pokémon egg had appeared in a new room while she was away.

• Squirtle asked to learn Sleep Talk from Snorlax, and Meownei warned him not to use the lessons as an excuse to laze around and eat.
• Xin Mu and his companions spent another day aboard the pleasure boat before returning to their hotel.
• Xin Mu prepared for the White Cloud Snorlax Cup, where Meownei served as the School Team’s safety net and helped them defend their title despite some teamwork flaws.
• The team celebrated with a nearby outing, then returned to school, while Xin Mu went home with local specialties.
• Sylveon returned home and found a new room containing weeds, leaves, and a Pokémon egg.

Sylveon returned home to find that her Umbreon parents’ egg was about to hatch, and decided to remain Xin Mu’s Pokémon so she could travel with him. The egg hatched into a timid male Eevee, whom Sylveon and her parents brought out to meet Xin Mu.

• Sylveon found her parents’ Pokémon Egg and sensed that it was close to hatching.
• Xin Mu offered Sylveon her Poké Ball, but she returned it to him and chose to stay his Pokémon.
• Sylveon agreed to keep traveling with Xin Mu and sensed that the egg was hatching.
• The egg hatched into a male Eevee, who clung to Sylveon’s tail.
• Sylveon checked with her Umbreon parents, and the family brought the newborn Eevee out into the Backyard to meet Xin Mu.

Baby Eevee met the neighbors before the Eevee family took the little one to explore the mountain, while Meownei and Squirtle discussed the Oddish and their routines. Later, Meownei arranged a new test for Squirtle’s supposed training technique by bringing home Gengar.

• Squirtle startled Baby Eevee at the fence, and Sylveon caught the little one before Xin Mu offered a candy with the family’s approval.
• The Eevee family headed to the mountain, and Meownei observed that the Oddish population had barely changed despite their nightly ritual.
• At dawn, Squirtle watched “Approaching Science” until Lucario took the remote to watch the Fighting Tournament, and Meownei teased Squirtle about sleeping after losing the Snorlax Eating Contest.
• Squirtle defended his “Training Sleep-Snorlax Fist” and showed off a sign he had printed using Xin Mu’s Student ID.
• Xin Mu returned home with Gengar, whom Meownei had recruited with three boxes of Poké Puffs to test Squirtle’s technique.

Meownei had Gengar investigate Squirtle’s training by entering his dream, where Gengar found only an endless food fantasy. After Meownei prompted Squirtle to use Sleep Talk, he bit through Lucario’s Aura staff with unusual strength, and Lucario later brought back a stone marked with Squirtle’s teeth.

• Squirtle demonstrated Rest by falling asleep almost instantly, and Meownei asked Gengar to check what he was doing in his dreams.
• Gengar entered Squirtle’s dream and found him feasting in a world made of sweets and food.
• Meownei told the sleeping Squirtle to use Sleep Talk while Lucario formed an Aura staff to test him.
• Squirtle activated Sleep Talk and used Bite to shatter Lucario’s Aura staff, then instinctively used Lick as well.
• Gengar emerged from Squirtle’s shadow, reported that Squirtle had attacked him in the dream, collected Poké Puffs as payment, and left.
• After Squirtle woke, Lucario went to the Hot Spring in the Backyard and returned with a stone bearing a row of tooth marks.

Lucario investigated tooth marks on a stone in Xin Mu’s Backyard and suspected Squirtle had bitten it. She set a cake trap to test him, leaving Squirtle with an unexpected object between his teeth.

• Lucario found semicircular tooth marks on a stone and ruled out Regirock as the culprit.
• Lucario questioned Squirtle through Aura, and his attempt to pretend he was asleep made her more suspicious.
• Lucario baked a Sitrus Berry cake with Xin Mu’s help, sizing it to test Squirtle’s bite marks.
• Squirtle snatched the cake and divided it with a chopstick, but felt something strange when he bit down.
• Squirtle saw Lucario holding an Aura-shaped object bearing tooth marks as he prepared to inspect his mouth.

Lucario confirmed that the Backyard had no new visitors, and Squirtle received teething biscuits after his powerful Bite raised concerns. As summer vacation approached, Xin Mu attended the White Cloud Snorlax Cup awards ceremony and brought home the team’s prizes, including a book on Snorlax’s Rest technique.

• Lucario compared Squirtle’s tooth marks in aura gel with the marks on stone, confirming that the Backyard had no new visitors.
• Xin Mu received Lü Ming’s message that summer activities had been delayed for two weeks and Jia Qiong’s notice about the Snorlax Cup awards ceremony.
• Xin Mu attended the evening ceremony, accepted the championship prizes, and returned home with a sack of supplies and books.
• Meownei admired the prize money, while Squirtle found a book about Snorlax’s Sleep Philosophy and asked Xin Mu to read it to him.

Xin Mu tried reading Snorlax's Sleep Philosophy to Squirtle, who fell asleep almost immediately and claimed he had been practicing the Rest move. After the others lost interest in the book and settled into their evening routines, Sylveon kept Baby Eevee away from unsafe air-conditioner water.

• Xin Mu read from Snorlax's Sleep Philosophy, but Squirtle fell asleep before finishing the first page.
• Xin Mu woke Squirtle, who blamed the book and claimed he had been testing its hidden techniques for Rest.
• Xin Mu called Meownei, Lucario, and Sylveon to help test the book, but Squirtle fell asleep again and the others showed little interest.
• Meownei chose books about plants and cat fur, while Lucario and Xin Mu went to exercise.
• Sylveon dragged Baby Eevee away from the air-conditioner water he wanted to drink and left the rest of the problem to their parents.