Recaps

Tong Hua reached the Old Schoolhouse rooftop, found the Capture Styler, and used it to confront the Ghost Pokémon who had been staging the Courage Test. The chapter ended as Tong Hua arrived to rescue Mu Mu, who was being frightened and teased in a dormitory.

• Tong Hua and Hattrem pretended to be frightened as they climbed through the Old Schoolhouse, while the Ghost Pokémon secretly watched them.
• Tong Hua found the Capture Styler beneath a mark on the rooftop and put it on his wrist when the Ghost Pokémon appeared and shut the door.
• Mu Mu woke in a clean dormitory room and was frightened and paralyzed by the Misdreavus and Gastly tormenting him.
• Tong Hua appeared in the doorway with the Capture Styler glowing pale blue as Mu Mu called for help.

Tong Hua and Mu Mu captured the Ghost Pokémon in a mysterious Old Schoolhouse that the other students insisted they had never visited, then learned that a Phantom Hotel had vanished from the forest. The next morning, Tong Hua trained with Riolu and Grovyle and gave them recovery potions.

• Tong Hua used his Aura and Capture Styler to capture the Ghost Pokémon tormenting Mu Mu in the Old Schoolhouse.
• Tong Hua and Mu Mu returned to find that the students had left student IDs at the school’s actual Old Schoolhouse and had never seen them arrive there.
• Two Indeedee revealed themselves as caretakers of the Phantom Hotel, wondered how the visitors had seen it, and watched it disappear.
• On the second morning of Summer Camp, Tong Hua joined Riolu and Grovyle’s training and gave them Blue Recovery Potions that quickly restored their stamina and healed their scrapes.
• Tong Hua, Riolu, and Grovyle walked together to the teaching building for breakfast.

Tong Hua gave Mu Mu a stamina-restoring potion before Teacher Anli assigned the class a Pokémon research project. While exploring campus for a topic, Tong Hua searched for the vanished Old Schoolhouse and then got interrupted while spying on Lümei and Huangyao; he and Mu Mu headed to the Library to work on their report.

• Tong Hua gave Mu Mu a Homemade Recovery Potion, which quickly eased his fatigue, before Teacher Anli caught Mu Mu inattentive and ordered him to the office after class.
• Teacher Anli announced that the class ranked second in credits and assigned groups of up to four students a Pokémon research report due by eight that night.
• Tong Hua left with Riolu and Grovyle, then searched for the Old Schoolhouse but found no trace of it where he remembered it standing.
• Tong Hua and Riolu spotted Lümei and Huangyao holding hands in a grove and secretly watched them until Mu Mu arrived and interrupted their moment.
• Mu Mu told Tong Hua that Teacher Anli had let him go after half an hour, and Tong Hua agreed to research with him at the Library.

Tong Hua researched Galar Region legends and discovered that Hattrem had appeared in a century-old photograph with an unnamed witch. Hattrem revealed the photograph showed her own past, but Mu Mu interrupted before Tong Hua could ask more, leading him to another intriguing discovery in the library.

• Tong Hua, Mu Mu, Riolu, Grovyle, and Hattrem searched the library for Pokémon-related books.
• Tong Hua found an old book on Galar mythology and read about witches who lived in Glimwood Tangle with Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Tong Hua recognized Hattrem in a photograph captioned as an unnamed witch's Hatterene, taken in year 12 of the League Calendar.
• Hattrem identified the badge in the photograph as her family's emblem and explained that a younger family member had interviewed and photographed her over a hundred years earlier.
• Mu Mu excitedly called Tong Hua over to see something interesting, and Tong Hua followed him.

Tong Hua and Mu Mu investigated the legend of a red-haired witch and her Hatterene for a school report, tracing a crest in an old photograph to the Wanda family. Their research suggested the witch inherited the family’s spatial magic, while Hattrem silently recognized the magic circle they found.

• Tong Hua and Mu Mu watched Lümei and Huangyao’s awkward romantic moment before a noise from Mu Mu interrupted it.
• Tong Hua chose the red-haired witch and her Hatterene as their report topic and proposed identifying the family crest in an old photograph.
• Tong Hua and Mu Mu found the crest in a book and identified it as belonging to the Wanda family.
• Tong Hua read that the Wanda family used spatial magic to save the Galar Kingdom’s capital from the Kalos Region’s Ultimate Weapon.
• Hattrem studied the magic circle, while Tong Hua concluded that the red-haired witch was likely the Wanda family’s last inheritor of its magical expertise.

Tong Hua battled Hattrem to experience her magic firsthand for his research report, using the Leather Grimoire to absorb and record her attacks. The fight escalated until Riolu and Grovyle stopped them, leaving Mu Mu stunned by Tong Hua’s abilities.

• Tong Hua proposed battling Hattrem to gather firsthand data for his research report, and she eagerly agreed.
• Hattrem opened with Dazzling Gleam, which the Grimoire absorbed, then unleashed a rain of magical arrows that Tong Hua countered with Protect.
• Hattrem used spatial magic that strained the Grimoire and forced Tong Hua to draw on his aura to hold his defense.
• Tong Hua combined the recorded Dazzling Gleam and magical arrows into a counterattack that pierced Hattrem’s shield and blasted a crater behind her.
• Riolu and Grovyle stopped the battle before it drew attention, while Mu Mu wondered whether Tong Hua was really human.

Tong Hua finished a Hatterene research journal with Mu Mu and the Pokémon, then unlocked Socketing while practicing Alchemy. He wondered whether a Shiny Stone could substitute for a magic crystal and decided to test it on the Leather Grimoire.

• Tong Hua explained how the Leather Grimoire copied Pokémon moves to Mu Mu on their way back to the Library.
• Tong Hua and Mu Mu, Riolu, and Grovyle completed an illustrated Hatterene Magic Research Journal, which Mu Mu took to submit.
• Purrloin and the two Celebi lounged on the ranch roof while the kitchen Pokémon kept Happy Dessert House running, and Green Celebi learned that Vespiquen was returning with six new Combee.
• Tong Hua reached Alchemist level 10 and unlocked Socketing, then discovered a socket in the Leather Grimoire.
• Tong Hua decided to try fitting a Shiny Stone into the Grimoire as a substitute for a magic crystal.

Tong Hua shaped a Shiny Stone into a gem and set it into the Leather Grimoire, improving its power and capacity while giving it controllable light. On the way back to the Dormitory, the Grimoire began showing a glowing arrow toward a seaside cliff.

• Tong Hua hand-cut the Shiny Stone into a hexagonal Type I gem while Riolu, Grovyle, and Hattrem watched.
• Tong Hua set the gem into the Leather Grimoire, causing its pages to glow and improving its effects and capacity.
• The Grimoire's light flashed intensely, startling Tong Hua and the three Pokémon, before Tong Hua learned to control its brightness and range.
• Tong Hua found that the Grimoire could illuminate the path as he walked back toward the Dormitory.
• Near the teaching building, the Grimoire's light flickered and formed an arrow pointing down a narrow path toward a seaside cliff.

Tong Hua discovered that the Type I Shiny Stone had added a permanent pattern to his Grimoire containing Morning Sun and Moonlight. On the final day of Summer Camp, he received a postcard from Lucario, Dusknoir, and Sableye in Alola, then began the Pokémon Triathlon with his companions.

• Tong Hua followed the Grimoire's arrow to a cliff, where the sunset and Lapras inspired a new glowing pattern on the Grimoire.
• Tong Hua realized the pattern permanently recorded both Morning Sun and Moonlight without using pages, and wondered whether it could hold other light-related moves.
• Delibird delivered a postcard from Lucario, Dusknoir, and Sableye, who had reached Akala Island in Alola and planned to visit a festival near Akala Volcano.
• Tong Hua told Riolu and Grovyle that they would plan an Alola trip after Summer Camp, while he considered expanding the Ranch and selling potions.
• Tong Hua, Mu Mu, Riolu, Grovyle, and Hattrem joined the students for the final Summer Camp test, the Pokémon Triathlon, as the starting pistol sounded.

Tong Hua and his Pokémon raced through the triathlon’s woodland and lake sections, using teamwork to surge ahead of the other competitors. After they overtook Mu Mu’s Sharpedo, the watching teachers praised Tong Hua’s talent, though one teacher suspected something was unusual about the boat.

• Ms. Anli watched the students start the triathlon and worried about their safety as the teachers monitored them by drone.
• Tong Hua charged into the lead pack with Riolu, Grovyle, and Hattrem, then used Grovyle and Riolu to speed through the woodland course.
• Tong Hua and his Pokémon chose a small wooden boat for the lake crossing and rowed together in a fast, steady rhythm.
• Tong Hua’s boat overtook the other competitors and passed Mu Mu riding a Sharpedo, leaving Mu Mu and his Pokémon stunned.
• The teachers marveled at Tong Hua’s performance, while one teacher noticed that the boat seemed to glow pink.

Tong Hua and his Pokémon raced through the final stages of the school competition, climbing a sheer rock face and catching up to students riding Flying-type Pokémon. The finish line came into view as Tong Hua launched into a final sprint.

• Tong Hua reached shore first, and Hattrem tacitly admitted she had used magic to speed up their boat.
• Tong Hua and his Pokémon arrived at the rock-climbing stage, where he refused to rent a Pokémon from the school.
• Riolu used Aura to identify safe handholds while Tong Hua and Grovyle climbed rapidly with Hattrem clinging to Tong Hua.
• Tong Hua reached the summit and saw other students descending on Pidgeot and Staraptor.
• Tong Hua had Grovyle use Vine Whip as a zip line, and the team raced downhill to catch the leaders.
• Tong Hua and his Pokémon launched into a final sprint as the finish line came into view.

Tong Hua won the final triathlon event and helped Class A take the Summer Camp’s overall credit title. After graduation, he spent all his credits on ten Evolution Stones and invited Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao to visit Fairy Tale Ranch.

• Tong Hua sprinted past the other students and crossed the finish line first, while Mu Mu finished tenth and recovered with Tong Hua’s potion and snacks.
• Principal Ramo praised the students for completing the triathlon, awarded their credits, and declared the Summer Camp over.
• Tong Hua redeemed all his credits for ten kinds of Evolution Stones, while Mu Mu chose Pokémon supplies and Lümei and Huangyao chose Capture Styler modules.
• Tong Hua, Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao agreed to spend their monthly break together at Fairy Tale Ranch and set off for home.

The Pokémon at Happy Dessert House prepared a welcome-home surprise for Tong Hua, making a cake and decorating the shop together. Tong Hua arrived with Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao, and the chapter ended with him thanking the Pokémon and saying he was home.

• Ruby, Caramel, and Rainbow argued over how to decorate Tong Hua's welcome-home cake until Steenee, Delibird, and Dolliv helped them reconcile.
• Minccino organized the preparations while the Pokémon made the cake and decorated Happy Dessert House.
• Minccino heard Tong Hua approaching and helped the Pokémon hide so they could surprise him.
• Tong Hua arrived with Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao, then entered the decorated shop and found the cake but no Pokémon in sight.
• The Pokémon revealed themselves, and Tong Hua thanked them and told them he was home.

Tong Hua reunited with his Pokémon, welcomed Hattrem into the family, and planned to expand the ranch after learning Vespiquen had brought back more Combee. After sharing stories of his school trip, he gave Minccino a Shiny Stone, and Minccino evolved into Cinccino.

• Hattrem emerged from Tong Hua's hood and joined the ranch Pokémon, then used hail to punish Steenee for teasing her age.
• Tong Hua learned that Vespiquen had brought more than a dozen Combee to the ranch and planned to visit Sunshine Ranch the next day to bring back more companions.
• Tong Hua cooked a meal for Mu Mu, Lümei, Huangyao, and the ranch Pokémon, then recounted his three-day school trip and Class A's first-place finish.
• Tong Hua gave Minccino a Shiny Stone, and Minccino evolved into Cinccino.

Tong Hua welcomed Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao to his new home after Cinccino evolved, and the group settled in for the night. A noisy scene with Cinccino disrupted their sleep before Tong Hua’s Capture Styler suddenly began beeping.

• Tong Hua cuddled Cinccino and reflected on the valuable oil his evolved coat produced as Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao marveled at seeing evolution.
• Tong Hua showed Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao around his glass-walled home and offered them guest rooms for the night.
• The Pokémon settled into their usual routines, while Hattrem tearfully hoped to regain her human form and return home.
• Cinccino kicked Tong Hua in his sleep, and Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao watched the chaos before Purrloin left the bed for the sofa.
• Tong Hua returned Cinccino to the bed and settled down again, but the Capture Styler in his bedside cabinet began beeping.

Tong Hua followed a mysterious call and was led through sudden fog to the Phantom Hotel, where a figure waited at the entrance. He approached cautiously with his Pokémon, preparing to discover who had summoned him.

• Tong Hua received a garbled call on the Capture Styler and decided to investigate the caller’s reference to a hotel.
• Tong Hua left the ranch with Cinccino, two Celebi, Hattrem, and the Leather Grimoire.
• The Capture Styler rang again, and a young woman asked Tong Hua to hurry to the hotel or leave something at its front desk before the call cut off.
• A thick fog enveloped Tong Hua and his Pokémon, and they followed a faint light to a sign welcoming visitors to the Phantom Hotel.
• Tong Hua saw a Victorian-style hotel beyond the sign, and Hattrem spotted a figure waving at the entrance.
• Tong Hua approached the figure cautiously and saw that it was two Pokémon.

Tong Hua and his companions visited the Phantom Hotel, where the Indeedee siblings explained that it could appear in different places and outside normal time. The group learned they would return to their departure moment, leaving them astonished by the hotel’s power.

• Butler and Lanny welcomed Tong Hua and his Pokémon to the Phantom Hotel and offered Hattrem and Cinccino candy that seemed to draw energy from their joy.
• Lanny explained that the hotel’s decor changed to match the place where it appeared, and Butler said it was in trial operation and usually served invited guests.
• Butler confirmed that Tong Hua had entered the hotel during the Courage Test, though the siblings did not know why it had appeared in the Old Schoolhouse.
• Tong Hua examined the guest register, noticed an entry from the Hisui Region over a thousand years in the past, and recorded his own departure details.
• Butler explained that the Phantom Hotel existed outside normal time and would return guests to the exact second they had left, astonishing Hattrem and the Celebi.

Tong Hua registered at the Phantom Hotel and learned that its remaining service time could take him to destinations through time and space. He and his Pokémon arrived at Akala Island, where a familiar Lucario appeared.

• Tong Hua handed the Capture Styler to the Indeedee siblings and learned that the hotel would keep it safe, while a golden hourglass marked his complimentary stay.
• The Indeedee siblings explained the hotel's travel service and assured Tong Hua that safeguards prevented guests from changing history.
• Tong Hua requested a trip to Akala Island, and the Indeedee siblings took him and his Pokémon to the hotel's control room.
• The Indeedee siblings operated the console and transported the group through time and space to Alola.
• Tong Hua and his Pokémon stepped out at Hau'oli Resort, and Tong Hua imagined using the hotel to gather rare alchemy materials.
• A familiar voice called to Tong Hua, who turned and saw Lucario.

Tong Hua reunited with Lucario and Dusknoir on Akala and learned they were collecting volcanic minerals for Colress. He gave his Pokémon companions Luxury Balls and planned to return to Fairy Tale Ranch, promising to bring the others to visit soon.

• Tong Hua met Lucario and Dusknoir on the beach and introduced them to Hattrem, who had recently joined the group.
• Lucario and Dusknoir explained that they had taken a mineral-gathering job from Colress near Wela Volcano Park.
• Tong Hua warned Lucario and Dusknoir that Colress might be dangerous, but they said he had behaved normally during their few days working together.
• Tong Hua bought Luxury Balls and offered them to Lucario, Dusknoir, the Sableye, and Hattrem; Hattrem entered one and seemed more affectionate after coming out.
• Tong Hua promised to replace Cinccino and Grotle's Poké Balls with Luxury Balls and told Lucario he would return to the ranch, then bring everyone back for a visit.

Tong Hua returned to Fairy Tale Ranch after spending the night at the Phantom Hotel with his Pokémon, bringing back a connection door and Luxury Balls. After sharing breakfast and arranging for his guests to tour the ranch, he left to visit Sunshine Ranch while Purrloin vowed to get revenge on the sleeping Cinccino.

• Tong Hua and his Pokémon watched the Spacetime Passage before returning to Fairy Tale Ranch as morning arrived.
• Lanny and Butler left a wooden door in the pasture as a permanent connection to the Phantom Hotel.
• Tong Hua returned home with Cinccino asleep in his arms, and Grotle gently asked him to bring back new seeds next time.
• Tong Hua made breakfast and stored the ranch Pokémon in Luxury Balls.
• Tong Hua asked Steenee, Dolliv, and Purrloin to show Mu Mu, Lümei, and Huangyao around the ranch, warning them to stay away from the door.
• Purrloin blamed Cinccino for keeping her awake and vowed to torment him that night.

Tong Hua brought new Pokémon to Fairy Tale Ranch, including two Wooloo named Mimi and Fluffy, and helped them settle in. He welcomed the Wooloo by shearing them, leaving Hattrem delighted to collect their wool.

• Tong Hua returned to the ranch with two Smoliv, two Nacli, two Milcery, and a male and female Wooloo named Mimi and Fluffy.
• Tong Hua introduced the Milcery and Nacli to their ranch companions, while the Miltank eagerly licked salt grains from the Nacli.
• Tong Hua found Lümei and Huangyao kissing in the Pokémon Cottage, and they awkwardly claimed they had fallen off the slide.
• Tong Hua gathered the ranch Pokémon and used Electric Shears to trim Mimi and Fluffy’s wool.
• Hattrem collected the shorn wool after Tong Hua promised she could have it.

Tong Hua finished preparing the weekly dessert orders, then moved his alchemy equipment to the basement of his new house. He set up a dedicated Alchemy Workshop at Fairy Tale Ranch and planned to record future alchemy ideas there.

• Tong Hua sheared Fluffy, collected the wool, and saw Senior Brother Mu Mu tending crops with Grotle, Steenee, and the others.
• Tong Hua made the week's dessert orders himself, while the Alcremie assisted and Delibird prepared to deliver them.
• Tong Hua imagined expanding Delibird deliveries with shaved ice and ice cream sundaes during the coming hot season, then wrote down the idea.
• Hattrem reminded Tong Hua that he had promised to work on alchemy, so he moved the equipment with her to the new house's basement.
• Tong Hua arranged the equipment in a bright basement room and named it Fairy Tale Ranch's Alchemy Workshop.

Tong Hua began studying alchemy with Hattrem but caused an explosion by mixing materials carelessly. Meanwhile, Huangyao and Lümei discussed their future after graduation and left together for Tong Hua's Dessert Shop.

• Tong Hua set up his Alchemy Workshop and asked Hattrem to teach him the basics of brewing a potion that could turn him human.
• Mu Mu questioned Lümei and Huangyao after they accidentally broke a Miltank's straw bed, and the arrival of Steenee and Dolliv distracted him.
• Huangyao worried that graduation might separate him from Lümei, but Lümei reassured him that they could find a way to stay together and invited him to get dessert.
• Tong Hua added incompatible ingredients to a Crucible while trying to make lanolin, causing a small explosion that left the workshop intact.
• Hattrem scolded Tong Hua for treating alchemy like hot pot, and Tong Hua realized that experimenting without recipes had opened a new world for him.

Tong Hua discovered that his failed Alchemy had produced Lanolin Soap and decided to try making a Panacea. Hattrem taught him to use her Memory Palace to study pharmacology, and he began preparing the ingredients more carefully.

• Tong Hua found Lanolin Soap in the scorched Crucible and celebrated his first successful Alchemy, while Hattrem criticized his careless methods.
• Tong Hua started making a Panacea with Pecha Berries and Chesto Berries, but Hattrem stopped him before he could mix them without checking their compatibility.
• Hattrem showed Tong Hua her Memory Palace and directed him to a book on basic pharmacology.
• Tong Hua noticed a concealed door in the Memory Palace, but Hattrem panicked and ordered him not to snoop.
• Tong Hua returned with Fundamentals of Pharmacology, learned to remove the Berry pits, and carefully began preparing the ingredients for another attempt.

Tong Hua combined six Berry extracts and used Water Pulse to create a colorless potion with unknown effects. Hattrem tested it with enchanted paper, which turned silver for healing before beginning to change again.

• Tong Hua extracted Pecha Berry essence and separated the sleep-curing ingredient from Chesto Berries using Moomoo Milk.
• Despite Hattrem's warnings, Tong Hua mixed the Pecha, Chesto, Cheri, Razz, Lum, and Persim Berry ingredients in one crucible.
• Tong Hua used Water Pulse from the Leather Grimoire as a catalyst, producing a clear, fragrant potion that his Profession Panel identified as unidentified.
• Tong Hua considered tasting the potion himself, but Hattrem enchanted kitchen paper and told him to test a drop on it.
• The enchanted paper turned silver, indicating the potion could cure status conditions, then began changing color again.