Chapter Summaries

Giovanni and Beedrill slaughtered the Pokémon and boys trapped in the training ground, leaving Max and Machop as the last survivors. Max sacrificed himself to save Machop, and Giovanni vowed to keep going for him and remain undefeated.

• Giovanni ordered Beedrill to attack, and Beedrill killed the Pokémon and boys who fought or tried to flee.
• Beedrill spared Max and Machop until Giovanni called it back, leaving Max to face Giovanni with his wounded Machop.
• Max told Giovanni about his family, his younger brother, and his wish for Machop to survive.
• Max recalled Machop, gave its Poké Ball to Giovanni, and stabbed himself with a dagger.
• Giovanni caught Machop's Poké Ball and vowed to keep going for Max and become undefeated.

After winning the selection’s third stage, Giovanni was taken by Miyamoto to meet Giovanni Rika, where Aidos’s arrival sparked a brief confrontation. Giovanni addressed Giovanni Rika as his mother, and she invited everyone to sit.

• Miyamoto praised Giovanni’s Beedrill, and Giovanni entrusted the Machop Poké Ball to her for Axin.
• Miyamoto ordered Houndoom to burn the human corpses, while Giovanni encouraged Beedrill to grow stronger.
• Team Rocket members, including Axin, collected the remains as Miyamoto led Giovanni away to meet the boss.
• Miyamoto told Giovanni he was the first winner and asked who he thought would win next; Giovanni predicted Yadu.
• Miyamoto and Giovanni encountered Aidos outside Giovanni Rika’s room, where Aidos challenged Giovanni and Miyamoto confronted him.
• Giovanni entered the room, called Giovanni Rika “Mother,” and she invited everyone to sit.

Giovanni Rika discussed Giovanni’s abilities, rewarded him with a promised Poison-type treasure, and outlined his place in Team Rocket’s succession struggle. She set Aidos as his chief threat and said the fourth selection stage would give him time to grow; Giovanni then encountered A Rui and Yadu, who had returned with Miyamoto and Aidos.

• Giovanni Rika recognized Giovanni’s Viridian Force and suggested he study a psychic’s training manual to develop it further.
• Giovanni requested a Poison-type treasure for Nidoran♂, and Giovanni Rika agreed to provide one.
• Giovanni described a plan to strengthen Team Rocket and infiltrate the Pokémon League, and Giovanni Rika approved while warning him about Aidos.
• Giovanni Rika said Miyamoto would keep Aidos in check and told Giovanni the fourth selection stage would give him time to grow.
• Giovanni met Miyamoto, Aidos, A Rui, and Yadu as he left, and he realized Yadu had killed Yalan.
• Axin waited outside Giovanni’s room with a Pokémon and greeted him when he returned.

Giovanni accepted Max’s grieving Machop and urged him to grow strong enough to fulfill Max’s last wish. As Machop and Beedrill trained and leveled up, Nidoran♂ grew jealous of their progress.

• Axin delivered Machop to Giovanni, who restrained him and told him he could honor Max by becoming strong and fighting Max’s younger brother in a duel.
• Machop agreed to live on and fulfill Max’s wish, and Giovanni let Beedrill release him.
• Giovanni brought out Nidoran♂ and teased him about battling Beedrill or Machop, frightening him into acting submissively.
• Giovanni visited Doctor Liangmu, who praised Beedrill’s aptitude.
• At the training grounds, Nidoran♂ reached level 13, Machop reached level 17, and Beedrill reached level 19, leaving Nidoran♂ resentful of their progress.

Giovanni received a Team Rocket mission to capture a hundred Tauros and joined Little Pig Johnny’s squad. After using a Gym-level Poison-type stinger to strengthen Nidoran♂ and his other Pokémon, he set out with the squad, quietly noting someone nearby before they departed.

• A Team Rocket member told Giovanni he would join a squad mission in a week and delivered a Gym-level venomous stinger.
• Giovanni gave the stinger to Nidoran♂, which gained a level; over the next few days it gained another level, learned Fury Attack, and improved its potential.
• Beedrill reached the intermediate level and learned Focus Energy, while Machop also gained a level with Giovanni’s help.
• Little Pig Johnny arrived and told Giovanni the squad’s objective was to capture a hundred Tauros.
• Giovanni met Johnny’s five squad members, including Axin, received a mask, and departed with them after glancing toward someone nearby.

Team Rocket launched a nighttime operation to capture Tauros in the Safari Zone, but the herd charged at Giovanni and Johnny as a Ranger realized something was wrong. A Ranger sent Pidgeot to alert the Fuchsia Gym and rushed toward the herd.

• Johnny led Giovanni and five Team Rocket members to the Safari Zone and assigned the teams their approach routes.
• Giovanni released Nidoran♂ and warned him not to run, then told him he might need to use his treasure.
• Johnny and Giovanni approached a Tauros herd of at least 150, and its leader charged them with the herd.
• Axin worried that Giovanni was in danger and hurried toward him, while Sam said Johnny would protect him.
• A middle-aged Ranger noticed the Tauros herd behaving strangely, sent Pidgeot to the Fuchsia Gym, and ran toward the herd with Slowpoke.

At the Safari Zone, Giovanni realized Johnny was trying to use a Tauros stampede to kill him and launched a counterattack. Meanwhile, Aye headed to the Safari Zone after receiving news of Pokémon Hunters, while Archie and Koga followed against his orders.

• Pidgeot delivered a letter from Baoba to Koga, who brought it to Aye and Archie during their training.
• Aye learned that Pokémon Hunters had entered the Safari Zone and left the Gym in Koga and Archie's care.
• Archie ignored Aye's instructions and went after him, forcing Koga to follow for fear of being blamed if Archie got hurt.
• Johnny ordered his Pokémon to use weak attacks on the Tauros herd, enraging it while he edged away from Giovanni.
• Giovanni had Nidoran♂ attack Johnny's Beedrill, then commanded his own Beedrill to suppress it with its full aura.

Giovanni used a Gym-level Poison Point to draw the Tauros herd into Johnny, then escaped with Axin while Johnny survived the stampede. Giovanni killed Sam to prevent him from becoming an uncertain factor, and Johnny pursued Giovanni and Axin in a rage.

• Giovanni’s Beedrill suppressed Johnny’s Beedrill as the Poison Point drew the Tauros herd into a charge, letting Giovanni escape while Johnny was engulfed.
• Dugtrio brought Johnny out from underground; Johnny had lost four Pokémon but survived and ordered Axin and Sam to stop Giovanni.
• Johnny demanded Beedrill for himself, while Axin revealed his loyalty to Giovanni and Sam tried to surrender.
• Giovanni ordered Axin to kill Sam, and Beedrill pierced Sam through the chest as Axin’s Pokémon killed Sam’s Pokémon.
• Giovanni and Axin fled by air, and Johnny released more Pokémon and chased after them.

Baoba caught the Team Rocket members poaching Pokémon in the Safari Zone, while Giovanni and Axin fled toward Fuchsia City and encountered its Gym Leader. The Gym Leader’s Crobat overwhelmed their Pokémon, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The three Team Rocket Official Members attacked the Tauros and tried to capture them, drawing Baoba’s attention.
• Baoba used Slowpoke to defeat Grimer, then directed Slowpoke and the awakened Tauros to attack the Team Rocket members.
• Slowpoke pointed Baoba toward Giovanni and Axin, but Baoba stayed behind and identified their direction as Fuchsia City.
• Giovanni sensed a powerful presence ahead, realized Fuchsia City’s Gym Leader was approaching, and decided to use Johnny as a distraction.
• Giovanni and Axin landed as the Gym Leader arrived on Crobat, which unleashed Air Slashes that shattered Arbok and Golbat’s Protect barriers and knocked them out.

Aye killed Johnny after stopping a poaching group in the Safari Zone, while Venomoth pursued Giovanni and Axin. Baoba and Slowpoke reported that five people were now nearby, including two who had come from Fuchsia City.

• Aye released his Gym-level Venomoth, prompting Giovanni and Axin to surrender before fleeing when he said they would pay in blood.
• Johnny abandoned his Pokémon and tried to escape, but Aye's Crobat killed the Pokémon and drained Johnny until he died.
• Baoba told Aye that enraged Tauros had killed three people on his side, while the other Tauros were mostly safe.
• Baoba's Slowpoke reported five people in the direction Giovanni and Axin had fled, including two who had arrived from Fuchsia City.