Chapter Summaries

Tong Hua and Mu Mu searched the desert for the mission’s hidden oasis, while the Pokémon at Fairy Tale Ranch prepared birthday gifts for Tong Hua. Tong Hua found an underground oasis and ancient ruins, and led the others inside to discover the mission’s real objective.

• Tong Hua and Mu Mu reached the desert’s deepest point, where they found only a vast stretch of quicksand.
• Tong Hua used his Gardener skill to detect a path beneath the quicksand, then entered it with Riolu; Grovyle, Purrloin, and Mu Mu followed.
• Tong Hua and his companions emerged in a glowing underground oasis filled with ancient trees and spring water.
• Tong Hua led Mu Mu and the Pokémon through the oasis to ancient stone ruins, which he identified as the likely focus of the mission.
• At Fairy Tale Ranch, Minccino, Alcremie, Celebi, and the other Pokémon began preparing a birthday cake and surprise gifts for Tong Hua.
• Vespiquen sent three male Combee to recruit more members and expand the colony so they could make Sweet Honey for Tong Hua’s birthday.

Tong Hua led Mu Mu and their Pokémon through a hidden underground maze and found the Shiny Stone reward. Their escape left Jia Busi stunned, while other students continued to get lost in the labyrinth.

• In the control room, Jia Busi bragged that students would not clear his underground maze, while Qing An monitored their progress.
• Tong Hua focused on his Environmental Detection map and led Riolu, Grovyle, Mu Mu, and the others through the maze without triggering traps.
• The group reached the ruins' central altar, where Tong Hua and Riolu found a Shiny Stone beside a mural of Volcarona.
• Tong Hua spotted a hidden door behind the altar and declared the mission complete.
• Jia Busi was shocked that Tong Hua's group cleared the maze on their first attempt, but cheered himself up when more students entered and became lost.

Tong Hua spent the evening studying alchemy with Hattrem, who showed him how to heat a potion with precise Mystical Fire. At Fairy Tale Ranch, Steenee, Dolliv, and Purrloin returned to help the Pokémon make a cake after their attempts had failed.

• Steenee, Dolliv, and Purrloin reluctantly left Tong Hua, while Hattrem stayed with him to help him study alchemy.
• Tong Hua asked Riolu and Grovyle to take the bored children in the dormitory out to play, then set up his alchemy equipment with Hattrem.
• Tong Hua struggled to brew a healing potion without an open flame, and Hattrem used Mystical Fire to heat the test tube with precise control.
• Tong Hua recognized that exploring what he did not know was an alchemist's first step toward maturity.
• At Fairy Tale Ranch, Minccino, Delibird, the three Milcery, and Green Celebi failed to bake a cake, so Steenee, Dolliv, and Purrloin joined them to help.

The Pokémon prepared a cake as a surprise for Tong Hua’s upcoming birthday while Tong Hua successfully brewed a D-quality Recovery Potion and planned to develop a potion that could turn Hattrem human again. After repeated interruptions at the dormitory, Tong Hua opened the door to find Lümei and Huangyao.

• Steenee coordinated the Pokémon as they baked and decorated their first cake from scratch for Tong Hua’s birthday.
• Tong Hua and Hattrem used Celebi’s Life Dew, Moomoo Milk, and Fairy-type shard crystals to brew a D-quality Recovery Potion.
• Tong Hua discussed alchemy with Hattrem and proposed gathering ingredients to make a Fantasia Potion that could change her race, gender, and appearance.
• Tong Hua hid Hattrem when Riolu and Grovyle returned with the children, then waited until after midnight to resume brewing.
• After hearing another knock, Tong Hua sensed who was outside, opened the door, and found Lümei and Huangyao.

Tong Hua joined a school test of courage and explored the supposedly repaired Old Schoolhouse with Hattrem and the frightened Mu Mu. When Mu Mu vanished inside, Tong Hua sensed a huge surge of Aura as the building suddenly became bright as day.

• Tong Hua agreed to join the test of courage, where students had to retrieve an object hidden in the Old Schoolhouse.
• Tong Hua and Hattrem set out with Mu Mu, who admitted he had joined because he wanted to make friends despite being afraid of the dark.
• Hattrem greeted several wild Duskull and Drifloon, and the Ghost-type Pokémon followed the group toward the Old Schoolhouse.
• Tong Hua, Hattrem, and Mu Mu entered the decaying building, which seemed far more neglected than the students had been told.
• Tong Hua realized Mu Mu had disappeared, then heard a bell-like cry and sensed a powerful surge of Aura as the Old Schoolhouse became bright as day.

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.