Chapter Summaries

After earning the Striaton Gym Badge, Ruoling and Shixue discovered Team Plasma searching the Dreamyard for Munna and Dream Mist, then decided to keep an eye on them. Ruoling spent the rest of the day battling Trainers and, after Little Leaf defeated a Lillipup, became determined to find one; the chapter ends with her facing a familiar opponent whose Pidove withstands Quick Attack.

• Cress awarded Ruoling the Striaton Gym Badge, and Shixue clarified to the Gym Leaders that Ruoling was a girl.
• Ruoling and Shixue followed Team Plasma to the Dreamyard, where Grunt A said they needed to find Munna to obtain Dream Mist.
• Team Plasma spotted the girls, but Little Eevee used Shadow Ball to cover their escape.
• Ruoling and Shixue agreed not to ignore Team Plasma's plan, while an eavesdropping green-eyed figure listened nearby.
• Ruoling battled a crowd of Trainers at the Pokémon Center, and Little Leaf defeated a Lillipup with Razor Leaf.
• Ruoling faced another challenger, and Little Leaf's Quick Attack failed to knock out the opponent's Pidove.

After N warned Ruoling to watch out for Plasma, Little Eevee told her to keep Shixue on guard around N. Ruoling then dreamed of a child being abandoned and attacked by her parents, escaped pursuers in a rain-soaked alley, and woke just before a gunshot; the chapter ended when she called Lou-chan and Paul answered.

• Ruoling defeated N’s Pidove, and N whispered that she should watch out for Plasma.
• Little Eevee told Ruoling to warn Shixue to stay on guard around N, and Ruoling relayed the warning before going to sleep.
• Ruoling dreamed of a child being abandoned by her parents, returning home, and facing their attempt to kill her.
• Ruoling dreamed of fleeing pursuers in a storm and being shot, then woke just before the bullet hit.
• Ruoling hurried to the phone and called Lou-chan, but Paul answered instead.

Ruoling called Lou to tell her she had begun traveling, and Lou encouraged her after discovering Ruoling had decided to challenge the League. After the call, N questioned Ruoling about her friend, and she left the Pokémon Center with Shixue rather than answer him.

• Ruoling told Paul she was looking for Lou and mentioned that she and Little Eevee had offended Ash's Pikachu.
• Lou joined the call, showed Ruoling her bandaged hand, and heard that Ruoling had grown taller.
• Ruoling joked with Lou and Little Eevee, then revealed her badge case and said she planned to challenge the League.
• Lou ended the call after reminding Ruoling to stay safe and asking her to say hello to Ash and her Pokémon.
• N asked Ruoling about Lou, but Ruoling avoided answering and left the Pokémon Center with Shixue.

After finding an abandoned Pichu, the narrator reluctantly took it in and tried to care for it, then set out with her old classmate Lok Lam to bring it to a Pokémon Center. Their trip was interrupted when a bloodied elderly man collapsed and a woman holding a Skitty screamed as her neck sealed her fate.

• The narrator witnessed a Gyarados attack on a passenger ship and later presented insulating Poké Ball material at a work meeting.
• The narrator found an abandoned Pichu outside her apartment, and her brother brought it home despite her objections.
• Her brother left the narrator to care for Pichu while he was away, and the narrator checked the official Pokédex for its care instructions.
• Pichu’s tail began shedding fur and it unleashed electricity, so the narrator put it in a carrier and headed for the Pokémon Center.
• The narrator met her old classmate Lok Lam and walked with her toward the Pokémon Center.
• A bloodied elderly man collapsed across the street, and a woman holding a Skitty screamed as her neck sealed her fate.

You recalls how a childhood Swablu named Qixi was badly hurt by classmates and fled after You rejected it in fear, leaving You wary of Pokémon. The memory ends with You finding a feverish Swablu and rushing it to the Pokémon Center, while the present-day You searches for the missing Dratini at home.

• You learns that a childhood Swablu named Qixi had been attacked by classmates trying to pull out its head feather, and Qixi retaliated with Fury Attack.
• You tells the bloodied Qixi not to come near, and Qixi flies away heartbroken.
• You brings a feverish Swablu to Doctor Gao, who treats it and teaches You how to approach Pokémon safely.
• You takes Swablu home, and You's mother softens after seeing its clean, fluffy feathers.
• You recalls first meeting Swablu waiting for an owner and finding it trembling and feverish the next day.
• You scoops up the feverish Swablu and rushes it to the Pokémon Center.

The narrator recalled finding three boys provoking a Beedrill hive, then risking her life with Xiao Chao, Chikorita, and Dratini to rescue them. After the incident, she brought the Pokémon to safety and agreed to befriend Chikorita and Dratini, while her brother investigated a fatal factory fire and asked about the boy’s death.

• The narrator’s brother showed her a report about an arson that killed two men and asked about the child who had died in the woods.
• The narrator recounted that three boys had disturbed a Beedrill hive, causing one boy to be stung and a swarm of wild Pokémon to attack them.
• The narrator ordered Xiao Chao to use Thunder and helped the boys escape while Chikorita used Sleep Powder to stop the Pokémon.
• The narrator carried the boys and Pichu out of the woods with Chikorita and Dratini, then took them to the hospital and police station.
• Doctor Gao examined the Pokémon, and the narrator invited Chikorita and Dratini to be friends with her and Xiao Chao.

You struggled with her fear of Pokémon while caring for Pichu, whom she named Xiao Chao, and eventually caught it during a Pokémon Center emergency. The chapter left her holding Pichu’s Poké Ball after it helped stop a rampaging Darmanitan.

• You and Yu Shan found oil-covered Dratini and Chikorita in the woods, but Xiao Chao wanted You to take them in, and she recalled it instead.
• You returned to work with Xiao Chao, admitted to using a company sample Poké Ball without permission, and watched it play with the office Pokémon.
• You recalled Doctor Gao’s advice to try catching Pichu as Darmanitan rampaged through the Pokémon Center and battered Xiao Chao.
• You threw a Poké Ball at Xiao Chao and successfully caught it, then retrieved the ball while Lok Lam distracted Darmanitan with Metronome.
• You released Pichu and remained anxious about the Pokémon inside the Poké Ball.

The narrator learned that Pichu was an exceptionally powerful Level 52 Pokémon whose fur loss might be linked to its condition, while memories of Swablu continued to unsettle her. After meeting government trainer Lei Zhen and confirming his Swablu was Tanabata, she headed to the Trainer Center with Xiao Chao, who resisted going inside.

• Doctor Gao examined Pichu, found it had reached Lv.52 without evolving, and prescribed rest and medicine for its thinning tail fur.
• The narrator recalled how Pichu used Thunder Shock to defeat Zubat during an attack, then collapsed and was taken to the Pokémon Center.
• Near the factory district, the narrator encountered a government trainer whose Swablu had a bald patch and learned that he was investigating a Pokémon suspected of starting fires.
• The trainer, Lei Zhen, showed the narrator Tanabata’s worn blue ribbon, and they exchanged contact details and arranged to meet that evening.
• On the way to the Trainer Center, Xiao Chao refused to go inside, so the narrator recalled it into its Poké Ball and continued alone.

You reunited with Tanabata at the Trainer Center, where A Zhen offered to let you take Swablu if you proved yourself in a three-on-three battle. After days of punishing training with your brother and father, You worried that your fear of Pokémon and poor battling skills would keep Tanabata from joining you.

• A Zhen told You that he wanted someone else to care for Swablu, who disliked him because he had prevented its evolution and wanted to find a former owner.
• A Zhen released Tanabata, and You apologized for what had happened ten years earlier; Tanabata showed that the old affection between them remained.
• A Zhen agreed to hand Tanabata over if You defeated him in a battle, and they scheduled a three-on-three match for a week later.
• You told your brother about the challenge, and he enlisted their father to train You and the Pokémon through battles at the Pokémon Center.
• You suffered repeated defeats during training and wondered whether Tanabata should return to someone who still struggled to touch Pokémon.

Li You trained with Xiao Chao and faced Lei Zhen in a three-Pokémon battle, hoping to earn Tanabata's and A Zhen's approval. Little Agatha defeated Honchkrow but fell asleep against Butterfree, and Hagu's enraged counterattack left Butterfree trapped in a Twister as the chapter ended.

• Li You promised Hagu a room of its own after learning it wanted peace from Xiao Chao and Little Agatha's noisy nights.
• Li You practiced battling with Xiao Chao under her brother's guidance, while her brother argued with A Zhen at the Trainer Center.
• Li You sent Little Agatha against A Zhen's Honchkrow, used Sleep Powder and an Antidote, and won the first round with Body Slam.
• A Zhen sent out Butterfree, which put Little Agatha to sleep with Sleep Powder and forced Li You to recall it after a Silver Wind attack.
• Li You sent out Hagu, which dodged Butterfree's Psybeam, was blown into a wall by Gust, then flew into a rage and trapped Butterfree in a Twister before Li You ordered Dragon Rage.

You overcame her hesitation to defeat Ah Zhen with Xiao Chao, then learned that Xiao Chao had once belonged to Jia Xi, who had named him Stro. Jia Xi revealed that doctors had given conflicting explanations for why Stro had not evolved, leaving their past unresolved.

• Ah Zhen’s Swablu defeated Little Agatha, but Xiao Chao overcame poison and beat Tanabata with You’s help, winning the battle for You.
• Jia Xi arrived and reunited happily with Xiao Chao, explaining that he had once been his partner and owner.
• You asked whether Xiao Chao could evolve, and Jia Xi was surprised that he had not known of any such problem.
• Jia Xi recalled taking Stro to different doctors, who offered conflicting explanations about his delayed evolution, and reassured him that evolution was not important.

Jia Xi recounted how Stro’s inability to evolve made him feel rejected, leading him to leave the Trainer Center and eventually become Xiao Chao. After You reunited Xiao Chao with Tanabata, Xiao Chao ran off in the market, and You realized she had been overlooking his need for attention as she searched for him.

• Jia Xi and Stro helped save their team from falling containers, but Stro ran away after hearing the trainers discuss how he might be stronger if he evolved.
• Jia Xi told You that he had let Stro leave the team after Stro felt unaccepted, and You realized this was how Xiao Chao had come to live with her family.
• You collected Tanabata’s departure paperwork, reunited Tanabata with Xiao Chao, and Jia Xi suggested You might make a good trainer.
• You took Tanabata and Xiao Chao to the market for new accessories, but Xiao Chao disappeared into the crowd.
• You searched the market and realized she had been taking Xiao Chao’s affection and attention-seeking for granted, then heard a bell as an old woman offered to sell a Soothing Bell.

You bought Soothing Bells for her Pokémon at the flea market, then stumbled upon a Pokémon meat shop where Houndoom killed the seller before fleeing. The next day, she accompanied Father to the hospital and was roped into performing for patients with her Pokémon.

• You bought six Soothing Bells and received a seventh as a gift, tying one around Xiao Chao's neck.
• You discovered a shop selling Pokémon meat and Houndoom horns; Houndoom killed the seller and fled when Tanabata and Xiao Chao confronted it.
• A Zhen arrived and identified Houndoom as the Pokémon linked to the factory fire in the Serial Arson Case.
• You went with Father to the hospital, where she met Uncle Wang, the founder and executive director of Pet Doctor.
• Uncle Wang introduced You as a performer, and she used Hagu, Xiao Chao, Little Agatha, and Tanabata to create a twister that scattered electrified leaf powder for the patients.

Li You remembered how Uncle Wang had tried to help her overcome her fear of Pokémon, then faced the hospital’s nightly haunting with Xiao Chao and Little Eevee. After surviving moving chairs and a terrifying mirror, she was rescued from a flood by Vaporeon, while the ghost’s identity remained unknown.

• Li You recalled meeting Uncle Wang at the hospital, where he introduced her to his Eevees and offered to treat her fear of Pokémon.
• Uncle Wang warned Li You that ghosts had been appearing at the hospital every night, and she went with Xiao Chao to find her father.
• Li You and Xiao Chao encountered a mountain of moving chairs in the dark corridor, and Espeon—formerly Little Eevee—rescued them.
• In the restroom, Li You saw a reflection wielding a scalpel, and Xiao Chao’s electricity revealed a crying girl in a hospital gown inside the mirror.
• A torrent of water flooded the restroom, and Vaporeon appeared on the sink as Li You thanked it.

Gloria uncovered that Haunter had not caused the hospital hauntings; a surgeon had staged them to cover up his drunken operation that killed Lin Ziling. In the hospital ward, Uncle Wang began Gloria’s final treatment by telling her to face her fear of children and touch Pokémon, and she recalled how Little Eevee once helped her recover her lost wallet.

• Little Eevee led Gloria to Lin Ziling’s death registration, and Dad explained that a drunken surgeon had fatally injured her during an operation before the hospital covered up the truth.
• Lin Ziling’s ghost appeared again, and Gloria followed Xiao Chao and Little Eevee to a bloodied surgeon lying among scalpels.
• Haunter told Gloria through the computer that the surgeon had staged the hauntings and planned to blame Haunter for Lin Ziling’s death.
• The next day, Uncle Wang told Gloria the surgeon had survived and revealed that he had encouraged the children to say Swablu feathers brought happiness as part of her final treatment.
• Gloria remembered that Little Eevee had once returned her missing wallet from the cafeteria, where children had been fighting over it.

Gloria rescued Tanabata from children who were hurting it, then confronted her fear that she could not protect her Pokémon and caught Little Eevee. After taking Little Eevee home and learning her brother was investigating disturbing reports about Pokémon, Gloria followed him to a mall fire, where he identified someone as the culprit.

• Gloria rushed to the Children's Ward and freed Tanabata from children pinning it down, then told them Pokémon felt pain and fear.
• Gloria remembered rescuing Little Eevee from being scalded and realized she had feared being unable to protect Pokémon; Xiao Chao put a Soothing Bell on Little Eevee, and Gloria caught it.
• Gloria brought Little Eevee home, where it bit her brother; he told her he was investigating reports of Pokémon disappearances, burn deaths, and black-market trade.
• Gloria and her brother went shopping for Little Eevee, but an alarm announced a fire at the mall and her brother ran toward it.
• At the mall's food court, Gloria encountered roaring flames, and her brother released Sneasel after pointing out the culprit.

Xunzhe rescued a data card from Houndoom and revealed evidence that powerful officials and trainers were involved in Pokémon organ trafficking and other crimes. He warned that the ring planned a mass Pokémon hunt in the city within a month, leaving his companions to confront the threat and the question of how Pokémon might respond to humans.

• Xunzhe, his sibling, Jia Xi, and A Zhen fought Houndoom and its Pokémon reinforcements in a burning mall, but Xunzhe ordered Sneasel to let Houndoom escape with the data card.
• A Zhen attacked Xunzhe for releasing Houndoom, but Xunzhe promised to reveal the truth and led the group to his company the next day.
• Xunzhe showed them confidential files linking officials and trainers to Pokémon organ trafficking, murder, arson, and other crimes; Jia Xi later received a message from Xunzhe saying he had deleted Jia Xi's information.
• Xunzhe revealed that the trafficking ring planned to gather at the docks in a month and hunt Pokémon on a massive scale, using staged attacks and false claims of public safety to justify confiscating them.
• Xunzhe asked what Pokémon would do if they hated humans.

A woman followed clues from her brother Li Xunzhe’s call to the New World Research Institute, where she found his injured Sneasel and fought through the facility with Jia Xi’s help. She reached the Data Database and met Xunzhe’s colleague Yuan and Jingwen, realizing her brother had been planning something with a network of associates.

• The woman learned that New World had ordered a hundred million Poké Balls, and Li Xunzhe warned her the company might be preparing for a hunt.
• After hearing a Pokémon attack during her call with Li Xunzhe, the woman found Jia Xi and asked him to take her to New World’s research institute.
• The woman found Li Xunzhe’s injured Sneasel and faced the Houndoom from the mall fire, while Jia Xi and Luxray were attacked before a voice ordered Houndoom to stop.
• Jia Xi stayed behind to fight the flock of Noctowl with his Electric-type Pokémon, while the woman followed A Lu into the institute.
• The woman reached the Data Database with A Lu and met Yuan and Jingwen, who were working inside.

Yuan explained that Xunzhe and his colleagues were preparing to stop a criminal organization and asked whether New World might help them if they rescued a hostage. Meanwhile, Ash discovered that he had crossed into a world with Pokémon and began learning how Pokémon shaped its society before a teacher’s Farfetch'd woke him in class.

• Yuan told the narrator that Xunzhe and his colleagues had joined forces after learning about the criminal organization, then showed reports indicating that New World CEO Liu Yun had disappeared the day after meeting the Pokémon Training Bureau director.
• Yuan asked whether New World might help them if they rescued a hostage, while the narrator wondered who now led the company.
• Ash woke in the infirmary, drank water brought by Furret, and realized that the world around him had Pokémon.
• Ash secretly researched the world and learned that Pokémon ownership and careers were regulated, while Pokémon students had advantages in professional fields.
• Ash considered pursuing Pokémon training alongside his Applied Chinese studies, then was jolted awake in history class by the teacher’s Farfetch'd.

Ash flew from Taoyuan to Taipei for an awards ceremony, then reflected on his final month of high school and his plans to become a Pokémon Trainer. At home, his older sister Ash returned with a Beldum Egg as a graduation gift, and Ash accepted it after worrying she needed the Pokémon more than he did.

• Ash took a Beldum Egg from an Incubator and flew to Taipei on Talonflame after Wei Yue urged him not to miss the awards ceremony.
• Ash explained that he had chosen Applied Chinese to avoid academic pressure and focus on becoming a Pokémon Trainer after graduation.
• Ash returned home and greeted his older sister, Ash, who gave him a Beldum Egg for his upcoming graduation.
• Ash initially refused the Egg because he thought Ash needed a Metagross to strengthen her team, but accepted it after she said she wanted him to grow faster.
• Ash congratulated Ash on winning the individual championship and finishing second in the team event at the Intercollegiate Battle Tournament, then saw her six Pokémon.