Author's Note:
Before we continue, just a quick shout to say that I updated the previous "Under the Silver Moon" side story with the fight scene that was originally supposed to be at the end. I'm still not 100% on the fight just yet, but you'll be able to get a good idea of what I intended....
2025-05-16 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
For the regular tier members. Could you do me a favor and hop down into the comments below to let me know if you were able to receive the notification for this post and what it looks like?
This is the first time that I'm doing a tiered release like this and I can't tell...
2025-05-13 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
So remember how I said that I only had 5 side stories written?
Well, I ended up writing a sixth one over the weekend and I might have a seventh one in mind.
I don't want to delay the start of Part Three too much, so there might be an extra chapter released in the ...
2025-05-13 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's note:
The first of the side stories will be released this Tuesday and the second one on Friday.
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Updated cover art with title that I put in using GIMP. Thanks again to Winter Sage for the incredible work on the background art.
And I'm ashmed to admit that it's ...
2025-05-11 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's note:
The following is the first two pages of Chapter 161, just to give you guys a preview and to frame the context of the cover art.
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Chapter 161
Nina shut her eyes and allowed the misty rain to wash over her, revelling in the sound of the whistl...
2025-05-09 11:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
So Part Two is finally done with. That was a rough ride huh?
I mentioned this in the afterword, but I wasn't very happy with Part Two for a variety of reasons.
But well, instead of getting all hung up on it. I decided to just move on.
Part Three will be bett...
2025-05-08 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
I decided to release these last two chapters of Part Two together since chapter 159 feels quite transitory.
Make sure to read the afterword at the end and thank you for sticking with me up to this point!
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Chapter 159: End of Part Two...
2025-05-07 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158
“... devastation of the Indigo Village, believed to have been caused by Koga, the now former-member of the Elite Four. The Pokemon League is still refusing to comment on whether the incident is linked to the destruction of the Yamaguchi Group and th...
2025-05-06 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157: Lance Blackthorn
Lance burst into the skies on the back of his Dragonite. He spared a glance below at the wreckage of the conference room he left behind. At the onset of the ruckus, a series of barriers had emerged to shield the innocent occupants from t...
2025-05-05 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: Interlude
“Haha! AHAHAHAHA!!!”
Noboru cackled madly at the pain being inflicted upon him. What’s a few split fingernails to a man like him!
The head of the Yamaguchi family sneered at the woman who was responsible for his ...
2025-05-04 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155: Lilian II
“ESSS! ESSSS!!!”
Lillian hurriedly returned Sapphire to her Pokeball as she rushed to press down on Nina’s Espeon who was crying in distress.
“If you go in right now, you’re going to get hurt!” The girl exc...
2025-05-03 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154
An intense heat washed over the harbor, completely sapping the moisture out of the air. It was a good thing that a storm had just rolled through, otherwise, Nina could easily see a more arid environment being set on fire.
“T-that abominatio...
2025-05-02 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153
Nina groaned as she rolled her incredibly sore shoulders. Flying such a long distance while being clutched like a sack of potatoes by her erratic Golbat was not a pleasant experience. Midway through, Nina had half a mind to sit on Brucey’s unhinged jaw ...
2025-05-01 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152: Lilian
Lilian Blackthorn hated skulking around like this, but it couldn't be helped. They needed proof beyond doubt of the Yamaguchi Group's misdeeds and couldn't strike until the time was right.
She and her team were now in the border...
2025-04-30 11:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Another chapter will be releasing tomorrow.
We'll be doing daily releases until we hit Chapter 160
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Chapter 151
“There’s a new batch of shipment coming in tonight,” said Purple Shadow, who was hunched over a ship...
2025-04-29 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
So this chapter takes place after Chapter 144. It's basically the battle between Fuyumi and Nina that I skipped over originally that I said I would come back to.
I decided to release it now since I figured it would give some context to Fuyumi's behavior in the upcoming ...
2025-04-27 11:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
There's going to be a bonus chapter released after this as well. So don't miss out on it. I wanted to release it now since it helps to frame the mindset of one of the characters going into Chapter 151.
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Chapter 150
No...
2025-04-27 11:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149
There was just something so very satisfying about a slot machine. Each hefty pull of the lever brought with it a rush of dopamine; the catchy tunes, the clanking of gears, the tinkling rain of metal beads, and the celebratory music everytime Nina got matc...
2025-04-25 11:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148
Noburo Yamaguchi came from humble beginnings. Starting from a lowly janitor, the man went on to establish his own cleaning company. A ploy that inadvertently turned out to be a genius move as cleaners were largely ignored by the people around them and had...
2025-04-24 11:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147
Game Corners were technically not casinos. In fact, the entire industry itself, under the guise of the law, was not considered gambling either. Because, in a similar vein to the pachinko machines of Nina’s past life, there were no monetary prizes to be ...
2025-04-22 11:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146
“Welcome, Lady Blackthorn. It is an honor to be graced by your presence once again.”
“Venerable Wiseman, I see you are well.” Lilian returned the greeting with a curt nod.
The affable looking old man with a ca...
2025-04-20 11:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
Happy Easter for those of you who celebrate it.
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Chapter 145
“For what it’s worth, we never intended to look down on you and Lady Espy.” Mash assured, before letting out a helpless sigh, the most emotion that Nina had ...
2025-04-18 11:01:22 +0000 UTC View Postsleepy...
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Chapter 144
“So how do you want to do this?”
Nina walked up to the arena to face Mash on the other end. “Keep in mind that I have other matches after this.” She continued.
In fact, Fuyumi had ch...
2025-04-17 11:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
You guys will probably have noticed that I'm doing a double chapter release on RR and SH today, but not here.
Don't worry, I'm not snubbing Patreon. The public will get two chapters today but receive the next chapter on Sunday.
However, you guys will still get the...
2025-04-15 11:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 142
“What do you think, Kerry? Will this be a problem?”
During Sir Clodington’s Evolution process, the Dragon Scale earring he was wearing fused with his skin for whatever reason, forming a teardrop shaped bump on his forehead. Worried that...
2025-04-13 11:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
So this side story is supposed to take place after the end of Part Two, but you can really interject it anywhere and it would fit in just fine.
I should have already editted out all the spoilers... I think.
Anyways, thank you all once again for your generous suppo...
2025-04-12 11:17:07 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note:
There will be a side story release for the Coffee Tier members tomorrow. Truly I write better while sleep deprived
And just a heads up, next week's release may or may not be irregular. This whole tariff situation is making my life very difficult and I might just need so...
2025-04-11 11:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
Urgh... My insomnia is back. The past few days have sent my mind into overdrive and I'm having trouble shutting down.
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Chapter 140
Second round for Nina was against a representative from the Verdant Orchid itself. And while ...
2025-04-10 11:05:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 139
Sixteen schools and representatives from each five years. Yes, trainer schools only had five years of curriculum to account for the sabbatical that they afford their students as compared to the more standard six years of general schools and vocational sch...
2025-04-08 10:57:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 138
“Welcome to the Verdant Orchid, my name is Erika, chairwoman of this humble academy.”
The gathered students clapped at the introduction, some even yelled out fervently at the sight of their idol.
Erika was the very definition...
2025-04-06 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post