Pink Slip (Japanese:VSメラルバVSMerlarva), titledVS Larvesta in theShogakukan Asia translation, is the 541st chapter of thePokémon Adventures manga, and the 17th chapter of theBlack 2 & White 2 arc.
It is subtitledLarvesta (Japanese:ピンク・スリップPink Slip) in theVIZ Media translation andPink Slip in the Shogakukan Asia translation.
Plot
Roused awake by his students,Cheren comes to at theMarine Tube alongsideRoxie. A new figure shows up, revealed to beBenga and hisVolcarona andGabite, having brought along firewood to help everyone warm up. Cheren and the students finally recognize Benga as a student at the Pokémon Trainer School who was suspended for picking a fight and starting a highly destructive Pokémon battle againstHugh,Leo, andBlake on the first day of school.Marlon shows up, advising Benga against starting fires in the tunnel, and Cheren recognizes that Marlon was recently appointed as theGym Leader ofHumilau City; in return, Marlon points out that Cheren is in a much better state compared to theirprevious encounter. Benga adds that he had been living with Marlon during his suspension until a day prior, and returned to school to find it deserted as the students had gone to visitCastelia City. Just before he reached the harbor, Benga witnessed thePlasma Frigate attack Castelia City with its freeze ray, and rescued Cheren and his classmates with Marlon's help upon recognizing them. Marlon confirms Benga's story and admits that they've been trying to gather people to mount a resistance, but haven't been able to reach anyone else save forIris. As Cheren and the others realize that Whitley, Blake, Leo and Hugh are missing,Rood's subordinateTeam Plasma Grunts and adisguisedZorua show up to help everyone warm up.Yuki,Maya, andYuko wonder if Hugh's accusation ofWhitley is true, but reason that she wouldn't be here helping them if she was truly a bad person. Marlon asks Roxie and Cheren to help them in the resistance, but Cheren insists on confirming the safety of Blake and the others first.
InAspertia City,Looker anxiously looks for theMagician, finding the enigmatic man having packed his belongings and equipment, and is about to depart. Looker points out that he's lost track of Blake and thus considered asking the Magician for help, but the Magician explains that Blake has been fired from theInternational Police for various actions: namely giving the Magician illegal access to the police's classified database, retrievingGenesect from police storage without permission, and asking the Magician to create additional Drives to use with Genesect'sTechno Blast, including a Burn Drive that Blake took with him before it could be safely completed. The Magician adds that the International Police have located his base of operations and he is thus also on the run, but informs Looker that Blake was last sighted at the sea near Castelia, and the Pokémon he'd left behind to fight theShadow Triad have all been defeated at thePokémon World Tournament construction site. At the site, the Shadow Triad look over Blake's defeated team and decide to regroup with the Plasma Frigate atUndella Town.
AtFennel's laboratory, theProfessorsJuniper listen to a radio broadcast, confirming thatLentimas Town has also been attacked and frozen over. With 70% of Unova frozen, Cedric assesses that based on what he heard fromDrayden,Team Plasma has likely gained full control overKyurem. He adds that Drayden hasn't been able to contact any of the other Gym Leaders, including Marlon, Roxie and Cheren. The news bringsBianca to tears as she admits she would be completely devastated if she lost Cheren afterBlack, untilAmanita shows up to inform the group that Fennel has had a breakthrough. Having studiedDream Mist for two years and collaborating withProfessor Burnet, Fennel believes she has located thePokémon Dream World and identified a connection between it and theLight Stone, meaning that Black is still alive. She adds that theEntralink in the middle ofUnova is the place with the strongest connection to the Dream World, and she's already askedWhite to go there.
Over the phone, White confirms that she's reached the Entralink. Falling to her knees, she picks up the Light Stone and hugs it tightly, only to flinch asN andZekrom arrive from overhead.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see thehistory page.
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Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- The first part of this chapter was released on August 29, 2017. The second part was released on September 22, 2017.
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