Chapter Summaries

Gary and Lorelei prepared an ambush to catch Latios on Chong Island, using the Infinite Flute to lure it into a carefully arranged trap. Latios arrived to find itself surrounded, and Gary called off negotiations as his Pokémon closed in.

• Lorelei defeated Robert’s Milotic, and Robert gave her the villa keys before leaving to catch a Lapras in Johto.
• Gary showed Lorelei the Pokémon he had chosen to help capture Latios and explained that he planned to save his Master Ball for Lugia.
• Gary and Lorelei traveled to Chong Island at night, where Gary assembled six Pokémon and instructed Eevee to hunt for an opening.
• Gary used the Infinite Flute to summon Latios, but the flute cracked and dissolved after Latios appeared.
• Latios saw Gary’s Pokémon surrounding it, rejected his Pokéblocks, and recoiled as Gary declared that negotiations had failed.

Gary and his companions captured Latios, healed it, and prepared to challenge Lugia in Seafloor Cavern. Guided by the Silver Wing, they reached the Sea God Ritual shrine maidens, where Gary faced his first opponent, Espeon.

• Gary and his Pokémon defeated Latios, and he caught it in a Commemorative Ball.
• Gary used the Viridian Force to restore Latios, then recruited it for the coming Lugia raid.
• Gary warned Marshadow not to interfere, and Marshadow guided the group into Seafloor Cavern with the Silver Wing.
• Gary and Lorelei encountered five shrine maidens performing the Sea God Ritual, and the lead maiden named Espeon as Gary’s first opponent.

Gary and his Pokémon completed the sea shrine maidens’ prerequisite challenge, then summoned Lugia and convinced it to accept a battle against all nineteen of them. The Lugia raid began with Gary’s team charging forward.

• Urshifu defeated the five sea shrine maidens’ Pokémon in succession, completing the prerequisite quest.
• Gary used the Silver Wing while the shrine maidens chanted before the Clear Bells, summoning Lugia from behind the waterfall.
• Lugia questioned Gary’s plan to catch it with a group, and Gary argued that the strong should fear no challenge or rules.
• Lugia embraced the challenge as the Sea God, and Gary ordered his Pokémon to begin the raid.

Gary and his Pokémon battled Lugia in the Deep Sea Cave, using a coordinated attack to weaken the Sea God and create an opening for the Master Ball. Celebi’s Space-Time Rift let Gary capture Lugia, while the Sea God’s divine authority departed to seek a new heir.

• Lugia’s attacks quickly knocked Venusaur and Armarouge out, while its speed and defenses overwhelmed Gary’s team.
• Scizor struck Lugia’s back and injured its right wing, allowing Gary’s Pokémon to launch a coordinated assault.
• Latios and Electivire drove Lugia into the pool, but Lugia recovered, defeated Latios, and trapped Gary’s Pokémon in its Divine Domain.
• Gary revealed Aerodactyl and sent it diving at Lugia while Celebi unleashed Space-Time Rift, briefly stunning the Sea God.
• Gary threw a Master Ball and captured Lugia as its divine authority left the cavern.

Gary and Lorelei enjoyed a seaside vacation on Chong Island while training their Pokémon and caring for a Lugia family. They planned to move Mother Lugia and her daughter to the Sevii Islands, where Lorelei could protect them from poachers and a scheming local boy.

• Gary prepared a seafood feast at the campsite while Lorelei swam with Dewgong and Red Gyarados.
• Lugia brought Mother Lugia and Little Lugia from the deep sea to join Gary and Lorelei, and the group agreed that the mother and daughter would later live in the Sevii Islands.
• Gary comforted Armarouge after Electivire overwhelmed him in training and decided to find Electivire a different opponent.
• Gary warned Latios not to imitate him and discussed alternating between the campsite and the Silver Rock Island villa with Lorelei.
• Gary had previously warned Little Lugia about the local bald boy's motives, and Little Lugia drove the boy away with a Hydro Pump.

Gary arranged afternoon training for his Pokémon, pairing Eevee-chan with Armarouge for defense practice. Eevee-chan reflected Armarouge’s charged Armor Cannon back at him and launched him across the island, leaving Gary stunned by her new counter.

• Gary doubled the training load for the team, except for Eevee-chan, and assigned Pokémon to spar in pairs.
• Gary paired Eevee-chan with Armarouge, telling her to defend while Armarouge attacked.
• Armarouge activated Weak Armor and fired a charged Armor Cannon at Eevee-chan.
• Eevee-chan added another shield and reflected the Armor Cannon back, blasting Armarouge across the island.
• Gary marveled at Eevee-chan’s full counter, and she smiled at having learned another way to cheat.

Gary was barred from the Whirl Islands Sea God Cup after bringing Lugia’s Master Ball to registration, then reunited with Ritchie and invited him to stay at Lorelei’s villa. When Ritchie revealed he might skip the Silver Conference because he lacked Badges and felt his team was too weak, Gary proposed a six-on-six battle to find out what was wrong.

• Gary tried to enter the Sea God Cup, but the staff rejected Lugia from the competition.
• Gary met Ritchie at the tournament and invited him to join him and Lorelei at the Silver Rock Island villa.
• Ritchie admired Gary’s team and admitted he might not enter the Silver Conference because he lacked Badges and felt unprepared.
• Gary invited Ritchie to a six-on-six battle, and Ritchie accepted.
• Gary and Ritchie left for the Pokémon Center so Gary could transfer Pokémon before their battle.

Gary battled Ritchie on Silver Rock Island and discovered that Ritchie’s team had fallen behind because he had spent his limited resources raising Pupitar. Gary offered to help him find a place to train and earn resources, then called Scott to recommend Ritchie for a top-tier contract.

• Gary’s Nidoking, Arcanine, Scizor, Charizard, and Electivire defeated Ritchie’s first five Pokémon, and Gary ended the match in a draw when Ritchie revealed his level-fifty-four Pupitar.
• Ritchie told Gary that he had invested nearly all his resources in raising Larvitar, leaving his other Pokémon neglected and his team struggling to win battles.
• Gary promised to find Ritchie a place where he could train and earn resources, and challenged him to settle their rivalry at a future regional conference.
• Ritchie thanked Gary for giving him a way forward, and Gary called Scott to recommend him for a top-tier contract.

Gary returned to Goldenrod City with Ritchie, whose Pokémon had grown stronger while training under Gary. Gary and Scott visited their expanding Battle Club network, where Scott hinted that an arrogant young sparring partner needed to be dealt with.

• Gary returned to Goldenrod City with Ritchie after Lorelei went back to Indigo Plateau for a meeting.
• Ritchie's Pokémon grew stronger through Gary's food and Eevee-chan's training, and Taillow and Charmeleon evolved into Swellow and Charizard.
• Gary bought dolls from the Team Rocket Trio's successful Children's Day stall and gave Ritchie a Pikachu doll for Sparky.
• Scott arrived in his sports car and invited Gary and Ritchie to visit the Battle Club, in which Gary held a twenty-percent stake.
• Gary explained the Battle Club's training and sparring services to Ritchie as they drove to a club location.
• Scott revealed that a talented young sparring partner was acting arrogantly, and Gary agreed to confront him.

Gary and Scott toured the new Battle Club in Goldenrod City, where Gary drove off troublesome Trainers and confronted the club’s unruly S-rank sparring Trainer, Yuto Dai'er. Dai'er challenged Gary to a Pokémon Battle, agreeing to follow the club’s rules and accept a lower contract rank if she lost.

• Scott showed Gary and Ritchie the Battle Club, which had been built in the former Goldenrod City Game Corner.
• Gary met the club’s sparring Trainers and watched Dai'er kick Scott and object to being treated as an escort.
• When local Trainers threatened Gary, he used Eevee’s Moonblast to defeat their Pokémon and ordered them to roll out of the club.
• Gary told Dai'er to apologize for disrupting the club, then fired her when she refused; she accused him of favoring Ritchie’s contract.
• Dai'er challenged Gary to a battle, and they agreed that if she lost, she would follow club rules and have her contract lowered by one rank.

Gary Oak defeated Yuto Dai'er in their practice match at the Goldenrod City Battle Club, using Tyranitar to overwhelm her first two Pokémon and leaving her in tears. He then arranged for Ritchie to join the club as a sparring partner before returning to his villa to prepare for the Silver Conference.

• Gary Oak began a three-Pokémon practice match against Yuto Dai'er, who chose to send out her Pokémon second.
• Gary's Tyranitar paralyzed Dai'er's Azumarill and knocked it out with Thunder Punch.
• Tyranitar trapped Dai'er's Meganium, interrupted its Solar Beam, and defeated it with Fire Fang.
• Gary berated Dai'er for failing to respond to Tyranitar's unexpected tactics, and she left the battlefield, giving Gary the win.
• Gary asked Scott to hire Ritchie as a sparring partner under an S-rank contract, then returned to his villa to cultivate his mind before the Silver Conference.

As the Silver Conference approached, Gary trained his Pokémon at the Goldenrod City Club and handled updates to Pokémon Blue while W requested leave. At Rainbow University, Erika suggested Gary as an exchange teacher, and Principal Monet began considering how to persuade him.

• Gary watched Eevee and Venusaur spar at the Goldenrod City Club, then praised both Pokémon after they ended the training session.
• Nidoqueen sent Nidoking crashing into a fence during training, while Hitmonlee and Cradily avoided their own practice; Gary reminded Hitmonlee that he would compete at the Silver Conference.
• Yuto Dai'er delivered Gary’s phone in her self-designed maid uniform, and W reported strong Pokémon Blue sales and player complaints about Lance and Giovanni.
• Gary told W to lower Lance’s team levels but leave Giovanni’s hidden mission unchanged, then learned that W was taking leave and Kahili would cover her duties.
• Erika told Principal Monet that she wanted the honorary professor to serve as Rainbow University’s exchange teacher, and Monet considered how to persuade his student.

Gary prepared for his Silver Conference opening performance and planned to use Moltres for the stage effects. After Lorelei located a Moltres near Mt. Silver, Gary decided to set out the next day.

• Gary turned down the Radio Tower’s offer to stay and accepted invitations to perform at the Silver Conference and take part in a Contest exhibition match against Wallace.
• Gary reviewed Wallace’s request for a live song and Contest Battle, while his Pokémon band rehearsed nearby.
• Ash said he had earned all his Badges and was walking toward Silver Town, and Gary teased him about defeating Clair after Ash admitted he had used Charizard.
• Gary chose the song “Phoenix: Nirvana” for the opening performance and decided Moltres would provide the stage effects.
• Lorelei told Gary she had found a Moltres in a hidden cave at the foot of Mt. Silver, and Gary said he would leave the next day to meet her.

Tobias headed to Newmoon Island to claim Darkrai’s authority over nightmares, while Gary and Lorelei went to Mt. Silver to capture Moltres. Gary released Lugia, who was eager to settle old scores with the Fire-type legendary Pokémon.

• Tobias remembered his grandfather’s dying request and flew toward Newmoon Island with Latias, Shaymin, and Lucario.
• Gary and Lorelei reached Moltres’s cavern at Mt. Silver, where Moltres demanded that they leave.
• Gary released Lugia, and Moltres recognized the former Sea God’s divine power.
• Gary gave Lugia permission to attack, and Lugia prepared to strike Moltres with Hydro Pump.

Gary woke to a system quest urging him to compete in the Silver Conference, then prepared for the tournament while chatting with Ash and the others. As the conference approached, Lance and Wallace discussed Gary’s strength, leaving Wallace curious but wary about challenging him.

• The system announced a Silver Conference quest, and Gary got up after hearing about its rare rewards.
• Gary checked that Ash and his friends had reached Silver Town, then told them he and Wallace would prepare for the opening performance.
• Tyson mentioned that his junior, also named Tyson, would compete, and Gary said he would take him seriously if they met.
• Eevee led Gary’s second-string Pokémon out to train while Gengar prepared supplies and Decidueye emerged from Gary’s shadow looking for food.
• Lance told Wallace that Gary could reasonably challenge him after winning a championship, and Wallace wondered why such a strong Trainer would enter a regional tournament.

Alder admitted he could not defeat Caitlin, who had abandoned her Elite Four duties to travel to Johto and see Young Master Mao. At Silver Stadium, Young Master Mao’s fiery rehearsal performance impressed Wallace, whose intense interest sent Young Master Mao fleeing.

• Alder told Marshal that Caitlin had left for Johto and admitted he could not beat her, while Marshal worried that Alder had grown weaker with age.
• Caitlin flew to Johto with Gothitelle after seeing Lorelei give Young Master Mao water in behind-the-scenes footage.
• Young Master Mao and his Pokémon Band rehearsed the Johto League theme song, summoning Moltres to blaze above the Sacred Fire Altar.
• Wallace praised the performance and proposed discussing Pokémon Contests by candlelight, but Young Master Mao declined and ran away.
• Young Master Mao slowed down after fleeing and blamed Steven for not warning him about Wallace’s intensity.

At the Silver Conference venue, Gary prepared the Team Rocket Trio to sell commemorative merchandise and reviewed the tournament format. After meeting a hungry novice contestant named Xiaohui, he bought her a crêpe and explained that registered competitors received free food and lodging, leaving her delighted by the news.

• Gary assigned the Team Rocket Trio to sell Wallace-themed clothing and commemorative badges at his stall.
• Gary bought Eevee a crêpe, then reviewed the Silver Conference qualifiers and tournament stages.
• Gary accidentally hit Xiaohui with a tossed tissue and discovered she was a contestant who had been saving her money to feed her companions.
• Gary gave Xiaohui a crêpe, discarded her dusty half rice cracker, and offered to explain tournament basics on the way to register.
• Gary told Xiaohui that registered contestants received free food and lodging, and she eagerly focused on that benefit.

Gary introduced Xiaohui, a Trainer carrying her impoverished village’s hopes, to Pokémon League Chairman Damaranch after they registered for the Silver Conference. Caitlin caused a public scene, and Gary ended the chapter learning that Damaranch had arranged for him to skip the preliminaries.

• Gary learned that pollution had devastated Xiaohui’s Dingxiang Village and that she hoped to place in the Silver Conference so the League would help its people.
• Gary and Xiaohui registered for the competition, then found Caitlin floating with balloons she had taken from Damaranch.
• Caitlin returned the balloons and clung to Gary in front of a crowd, while Damaranch joked about Gary’s supposed romances.
• Gary introduced Xiaohui to Damaranch, and she fainted when she learned he was the League Chairman; Caitlin caught her with her psychic power.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock joined the group’s banter, and Damaranch asked Lorelei to give Gary a bye in the preliminaries.

Gary learned about the Charity Peak Tournament, a September event raising money for sick children, and decided to try to enter so he could help Xiaohui’s village. Oleana said he could represent Kanto if he won the Silver Conference, leaving Gary and Caitlin to go check the preliminary groups.

• Gary told Damaranch about Xiaohui’s village, and Damaranch promised to send Lt. Surge to investigate and arrange help or compensation.
• Caitlin told Gary she had skipped the Champion League and agreed to enter the Charity Peak Tournament in September.
• After hearing that tournament proceeds could help villages in participating regions, Gary decided to enter for the sake of Xiaohui and her village.
• The system unlocked a mission requiring Gary to enter the Charity Peak Tournament and finish in the top four, with additional rewards for winning first place.
• Caitlin called Oleana, who said Gary could represent Kanto if he won the Silver Conference.
• Gary and Caitlin left to check the preliminary groups for the Silver Conference.

Gary and Caitlin arrived at the Silver Conference, where Gary learned his preliminary opponents and met Ash and Tyson before an opening-night ambush. After Caitlin and Gary subdued the attacker, Gary performed the conference theme song as the Silver Conference's opening ceremony began.

• Gary found that he was in Preliminary Group A with a ninja boy and a girl holding a teddy bear.
• Gary and Caitlin met Ash, Misty, Brock, and Tyson, who praised Gary and asked him for an autograph.
• Gary and Caitlin caught Asuo trying to attack Gary, and Asuo introduced himself as one of Gary's preliminary opponents.
• Gary and Caitlin entered the stadium backstage as the opening ceremony began, while broadcasters and viewers watched across the region.
• Gary performed the Silver Conference theme song with the Pokémon Band as the audience sang and lit up the stadium.