Chapter Summaries

Tetsuya shared lunch with Captain Stern, who revealed a hidden passage out of Water Route 126 and explained Wallace’s connection to the People of Sootopolis. Stern also reconsidered Tetsuya’s offer to become honorary captain of the Wave Breaker, and Tetsuya left him Enishi Tatsuya’s contact information.

• Captain Stern told Tetsuya how the timid Wingull Little Pi had become his companion, and Tetsuya invited Stern to share lunch with him and his Pokémon.
• Tetsuya asked about the waters near Sootopolis City, and Captain Stern described a concealed underwater passage from Water Route 126 to the northern part of Water Route 124.
• Captain Stern explained that the People of Sootopolis protected Sky Pillar and suggested Tetsuya ask Wallace, their only remaining member, for further help.
• Empoleon and Little Pi became friendly, and Tetsuya again invited Stern to become the honorary captain of the Wave Breaker.
• Captain Stern considered returning to the sea with Little Pi, while Tetsuya left him Enishi Tatsuya’s contact information.

Tetsuya returned to Slateport City during the Pokémon Contest festivities and learned that Wallace might attend the Grand Festival. He then entered the Battle Tent, where the manager welcomed him after discovering he was an Elite Four Level Trainer.

• Tetsuya asked Miss Joy about Slateport City's Grand Festival and learned its format and entry requirements.
• Tetsuya called Steven, who said Wallace planned to attend but was distracted by an argument with Winona; Steven hung up when Tetsuya teased him about Roxanne.
• Tetsuya collected his Pokémon and left the Pokémon Center as other Trainers recognized and discussed him.
• Tetsuya entered Slateport City's Battle Tent and asked to participate, prompting the staff member to call the person in charge after seeing his Trainer level.
• The Battle Tent manager arrived, greeted Tetsuya warmly, and called the Yuantian Group and Tetsuya old friends.

Tetsuya agreed to let the Yuantian Group record his Battle Tent battles in exchange for compensation, then selected three temporary Pokémon and entered the arena to face three veteran Trainers. The chapter ended as his first battle against Junichi Hisada began, with Tetsuya sending out Vigoroth against Beautifly.

• Yoshihiko Enishi asked Tetsuya to let the Yuantian Group record his Battle Tent battles, and Tetsuya agreed to discuss compensation.
• Tetsuya told Yoshihiko that Captain Stern was likely to accept an offer to become the Wave Breaker's honorary captain.
• Tetsuya inspected six level-30 Pokémon and chose Vigoroth, Breloom, and Mightyena for the challenge.
• The Battle Tent introduced Tetsuya to a packed crowd, then presented Junichi Hisada, Soichi Hiraoka, and Mina Goda as his opponents.
• Tetsuya chose Junichi Hisada for the first battle, and Hisada sent out Beautifly while Tetsuya sent out Vigoroth.

Tetsuya defeated Junichi Hisada’s Beautifly with Vigoroth, then won two more battles with Breloom and Cacturne. After three quick victories, the audience was left stunned.

• Tetsuya’s Vigoroth blocked Beautifly’s Poison Sting with Rock Slide, then used Encore to trap it into Mega Drain and finish it with repeated Rock Slide attacks.
• Tetsuya recalled Vigoroth and chose Soichi Hiraoka as his next opponent, then sent out Breloom against Hiraoka’s Sandslash.
• Breloom struck Sandslash with Mach Punch, drained its stamina with Leech Seed while it was underground, and defeated it with Force Palm when it emerged.
• Tetsuya’s Cacturne defeated Mina Goda’s Mightyena, giving him three victories in less than ten minutes and leaving the audience stunned.

Tetsuya crushed the Battle Tent challengers, chose an Ancient Nautical Chart as a reward, and connected it to suspicious places tied to Mr. Fuji and Blaine. Two days later, he joined Captain Stern’s team aboard a submarine bound for the Seabed Cave, where his hidden power kept nearby Pokémon from attacking.

• Tetsuya defeated the Battle Tent challengers and selected two Power Anklets and an Ancient Nautical Chart as his rewards.
• Tetsuya recognized the chart’s island pattern from Team Rocket’s research base in Viridian Forest and an enlarged map in Lavender Town’s Pokémon House, and suspected a connection to Doctor Fuji and Blaine.
• Tetsuya gave the Power Anklets to Gible and Dreepy, then decided to investigate the chart after returning.
• Tetsuya met Asakawa Chinatsu and Captain Stern’s Exploration Team at Stern Shipyard and boarded the submarine Abyssal Sea 1 for a nighttime trip toward the Seabed Cave.
• Solans Takao noticed that nearby Pokémon were unusually calm, while Tetsuya’s hidden water drop pattern quietly kept them from attacking the submarine.

Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao entered the Seabed Cave and found a trove of Water Stones guarded by Cloyster. After the Cloyster attacked, Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu’s Pokémon defeated them, leaving the team able to investigate further.

• Solans Takao ordered the Exploration Team to conceal Abyssal Sea 1 and widen the Seabed Cave entrance.
• Tetsuya outlined a route through the cave, and he, Solans Takao, and Asakawa Chinatsu entered with their Pokémon.
• The group found dozens of Water Stones in Cave Number Two and realized the cave was a Cloyster nest.
• The Cloyster attacked, and Vaporeon and Empoleon defended the group and counterattacked.
• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu’s Pokémon defeated the Cloyster, while Solans Takao recognized the value of having Elite Four Level Trainers with them.

Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao collected Water Stones and Cloyster spikes before exploring deeper underwater caves. They discovered an unusual Basculin-like fossil that came to life after they left, and the chapter ended as the Treasure Detector revealed more than a dozen possible treasures or Pokémon nearby.

• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu harvested seventy valuable Cloyster spikes while Solans Takao collected fourteen Water Stones.
• The trio encountered and defeated a group of Chinchou as they traveled through a dark underwater tunnel.
• They reached an air-filled cavern and Tetsuya identified fossils there as Basculin, including one specimen that seemed unlike any known Pokémon.
• After the trio moved on, the strange Basculin-like fossil swam out of the rock and disappeared beneath the water.
• Tetsuya noticed a splash near a corroded shipwreck, and Solans Takao used the Treasure Detector to find more than a dozen possible treasure or Pokémon signals.

Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao explored a sunken ship after preparing for Ghost-type Pokémon, and discovered that a powerful Dhelmise was hiding inside. When Dhelmise fled after they attacked, Tetsuya realized other Pokémon were likely concealed in the wreck and that it had become their hunting ground.

• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu prepared their Pokémon for a possible encounter with Ghost-type Pokémon near the sunken ship.
• Tetsuya used Ampharos's Flash to illuminate the cave, but the Pokémon inside did not emerge.
• Tetsuya synchronized his Psychic power with Gallade's and struck the ship, while Asakawa Chinatsu ordered Bellossom to attack its barrier with Vine Whip.
• Tetsuya used Blaziken's Flamethrower on the ship's wheel, forcing a Dhelmise to reveal itself.
• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu attacked Dhelmise with Blaziken and Sceptile, but it fled after their clash.
• Tetsuya concluded that other Pokémon were hiding inside the wreck and had turned it into their hunting ground.

Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu explored the flooded wreck, where they discovered Skrelp and Dragalge hunting alongside Dhelmise. After defeating the Skrelp and forcing the Dragalge out, they faced two Elite Four Level Pokémon and prepared to fight.

• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu sent Solans Takao to wait safely outside before entering the wreck.
• The pair descended into the flooded lower deck, where a Skrelp ambushed Asakawa Chinatsu and Sceptile struck it with Leaf Blade.
• Tetsuya had Ampharos use Thunderbolt to defeat eight camouflaged Skrelp while Gallade protected the Trainers with Confusion.
• Asakawa Chinatsu ordered Sceptile to use Dragon Breath, revealing three Quasi-Elite Four Dragalge and driving them back.
• An Elite Four Level Dragalge emerged beside Dhelmise, and Tetsuya assigned Dhelmise to himself while Asakawa Chinatsu took Dragalge.

Tetsuya captured an Elite Four-level Dhelmise and sent it, along with more than a dozen Skrelp, to Professor Oak’s lab. After Asakawa Chinatsu caught Dragalge and the pair looted the wreck, Solans Takao called them for urgent help.

• Tetsuya ordered Ampharos to overpower Dhelmise, which he captured with a Great Ball after a five-minute battle.
• Tetsuya captured the nearby Skrelp and used Bill’s Pokémon Teleportation System to send them and Dhelmise to Oak Research Lab.
• Professor Oak examined Dhelmise while it cowered from a Champion-level Dragonite.
• Asakawa Chinatsu defeated Dragalge with Sceptile, caught it, and had Bellossom heal her injured partner.
• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu searched the sunken ship for valuables, but most had corroded away.
• Solans Takao shouted through their earpieces and ordered Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu to come help him.

Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao regrouped aboard a shipwreck as a school of strange Ghost-type Fish Pokemon surrounded them. After searching the wreck for the item that might have drawn the Pokemon, they chose to fight when the school advanced, leaving the shipwreck’s secret undiscovered.

• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu found the shipwreck surrounded by red and white Unknown Fish Pokemon, which initially did not attack them.
• Solans Takao fought his way to the shipwreck with Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu supporting him, and the three observed the Fish Pokemon’s abilities and combat behavior.
• Tetsuya theorized that the Fish Pokemon were connected to Basculin, while Asakawa Chinatsu’s test with Roserade showed that they attacked Pokemon leaving the wreck.
• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu searched the items recovered from the shipwreck but found no apparent cause, and Tetsuya suspected the triggering object was hidden in a Psychic-blocking container.
• As the Fish Pokemon closed in, Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao agreed to fight, and their Pokemon unleashed attacks against the advancing school.

Tetsuya and his companions fought off a school of hostile Ghost-type Fish Pokemon in a sunken ship and found a mysterious green pill. Team Aqua's SSS arrived to seize it, leaving Tetsuya facing Quan, Chao, and Di.

• Team Aqua's Chao, Quan, and Di waited outside the cave while Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao battled the Fish Pokemon inside.
• Tetsuya's Pokemon held off the attackers, and he sensed their resentment before the school finally retreated into the dark seawater.
• Tetsuya led the others through the sunken ship to search for clues, and he found a corroded box containing a small green pill.
• Chao, Quan, and Di confronted the group and demanded the pill, while Quan offered to pay Solans Takao double for it.
• Tetsuya rejected Quan's offer and questioned whether Team Aqua's promise was worth anything.

Team Aqua’s Executives attacked Tetsuya and his allies in an underground ocean cavern, prompting a chaotic battle between their Elite Four-level Pokémon. Tetsuya’s team gained the upper hand, but the fight against Quan, Di, and Chao continued.

• Quan rejected Tetsuya’s refusal to cooperate and ordered Chao and Di to attack.
• Asakawa Chinatsu challenged Chao while Tetsuya faced Quan and Di’s Pokémon.
• Gallade intercepted Di’s Ninjask, and Blaziken tried to take on the opposing team alone.
• Gigalith shielded Ampharos and struck the Water-type Pokémon with Solar Beam, disrupting their attack.
• Pidgeot and Blaziken held back several opponents while Togekiss battered Cloyster and then unleashed a barrage of Air Slashes.

Tetsuya and his allies overwhelmed Team Aqua’s executives, then used Ampharos’s attack to escape a collapsing cave. They spent five days looting the Seabed Cave and reached the entrance to its final chamber.

• Togekiss’s Air Slash barrage battered the battlefield and left the Team Aqua trio and their Pokémon disoriented.
• Blaziken used Blast Burn to defeat four enemy Pokémon, and Gallade took down Di’s Ninjask.
• Tetsuya threatened the remaining executives and had Ampharos unleash a massive Zap Cannon, collapsing the cave as Quan, Chao, and Di fled.
• Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao survived the cave-in behind Gallade’s Psychic barrier and regrouped in another underwater cave.
• The trio spent five days exploring and looting the Seabed Cave, defeating wild Pokémon they encountered along the way.
• Tetsuya swam into the entrance of the final cave.

Tetsuya, Asakawa Chinatsu, and Solans Takao explored an undersea volcano, where Tetsuya sensed Groudon sleeping beneath the magma. After a sudden disturbance sent them fleeing, they encountered Team Aqua leader Archie at the exit and prepared to fight.

• Asakawa Chinatsu, Tetsuya, and Solans Takao explored the undersea volcano and found only scattered energy readings, while Tetsuya sensed Groudon beneath the magma.
• The trio returned to the seawater, and Groudon briefly woke, stirred the magma, then rolled over and fell asleep again.
• The resulting disturbance made the seawater seem close to boiling, so the three Trainers and their Pokemon hurried toward the entrance.
• Tetsuya sensed Archie waiting outside, and he and Asakawa Chinatsu went to confront the Team Aqua leader while Solans Takao stayed hidden.
• Archie questioned why Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu were sabotaging Team Aqua and defended his plan to expand the ocean; Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu rejected his ideals and prepared to fight.

After Team Aqua stole Abyssal Sea 1’s power source, Tetsuya and his companions returned safely to Slateport City with a valuable haul. The next day, Tetsuya watched the Pokémon Contest and met Wallace, who said Steven had mentioned him.

• Archie tried to recruit Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu into Team Aqua, then swam away when they refused.
• Tetsuya found the submarine crew unconscious but safe, and they learned Team Aqua had stolen Abyssal Sea 1’s energy source.
• Solans Takao ordered Abyssal Sea 1 to return using its backup power, while the team inventoried their loot and calculated its value.
• Tetsuya and Asakawa Chinatsu returned to Slateport City and went to sleep after disembarking.
• Tetsuya attended the Pokémon Contest, watched several Coordinators perform, and found their displays unimpressive.
• Wallace approached Tetsuya, discussed the Contest, and said Steven had mentioned him several times.

Tetsuya met Wallace and arranged a public battle with him for the next morning, hoping to challenge Serperior with Wallace’s Milotic. After settling payment for his share of the recovered goods, Tetsuya began training Serperior for the contest-like battle and called Professor Oak to ask for Oak Nanami’s advice.

• Wallace joked with Tetsuya about Steven’s opinion of him and discussed Team Aqua’s attempt to recruit him.
• Wallace invited Tetsuya to try Pokémon Contests, and Tetsuya agreed to consider it if his Pokémon were interested.
• Tetsuya asked Wallace for a one-on-one battle with Milotic to challenge Serperior, and Wallace scheduled an elegant exhibition match for the next morning.
• Tetsuya arranged to receive one-third of his share from Captain Stern in Alliance Coins, with the price of the Mysterious Pearls deducted.
• Tetsuya began intensive training with Serperior but struggled to make its moves look artistic, so he called Professor Oak and asked to speak with Oak Nanami.

Tetsuya sought Nanami’s advice on preparing Serperior for a Pokémon Contest Exhibition Match against Wallace and learned that he needed a carefully planned performance style. After identifying a possible direction, he left for Slateport City’s market and returned in high spirits, leaving his next move unclear.

• Tetsuya called Nanami and asked how Serperior could show its charm in a Contest Battle against Wallace’s Milotic.
• Nanami advised Tetsuya to choose a small set of practiced moves and build a performance theme around Serperior, while warning that Wallace could overwhelm him.
• Professor Rowan identified the unfamiliar Pokémon Tetsuya had seen as Basculegion and asked him to photograph their habitat and catch some for study later.
• Tetsuya asked Serperior what style suited it, but its confident displays during practice gave him a headache.
• Tetsuya thought of a possible solution, went to Slateport City’s market, and returned empty-handed but in better spirits.

Tetsuya planned combat styles for Serperior and commissioned Bill to create Poke Ball stickers with flashy entrance effects, hoping to launch them at the Slateport City Contest Spectacular. The next morning, Wallace introduced Tetsuya for a special battle performance before the stunned, cheering audience.

• Tetsuya proposed several move combinations for Serperior, and she chose one and began training while he called Bill to make stickers.
• Bill created eight possible sticker effects, and Tetsuya tested them on Serperior's Poke Ball before assigning her entrance training.
• At the Contest Spectacular, Wallace appeared with Milotic and announced that he would perform a Contest Battle with Tetsuya.
• The audience reacted with excitement to Wallace's announcement, while Tetsuya had already taken the stage.

Tetsuya and Serperior faced Wallace and Milotic in an Exhibition Contest Battle, briefly taking a strong lead with a graceful combination of moves. Wallace turned the match around with Milotic’s healing, charm, and Phantom Waterfall, defeating Serperior before the two met for a meal.

• Tetsuya and Wallace sent out Serperior and Milotic, and Serperior’s sticker-enhanced entrance cost Wallace points.
• Tetsuya combined Leaf Tornado, Energy Ball, Dragon Tail, Sweet Scent, Attract, and Magical Leaf into a showy attack that left Wallace with only a fraction of Tetsuya’s points.
• Wallace used Life Dew and Aqua Ring to heal Milotic and turn Serperior’s incoming leaves into part of Milotic’s display.
• Milotic charmed Serperior and used Phantom Waterfall, knocking Serperior out and reducing Tetsuya’s points to zero.
• Wallace won the Exhibition Match, and afterward he and Tetsuya shared a meal in a private dining room.