IL021

Battle to the Top: Climbing Spectre Tower! is the twenty-first chapter in the series. It was first published on 26th June, 2020.

Plot
Able to see Spectre Tower in the distance, Flame is excited to challenge the wild Pokémon. Flame wastes no time in entering the tower once they arrive outside. Meanwhile, Selina admires a statue of an unknown Pokémon outside.

Inside, Flame finds that it is tighter than he thought it would be. Selina tells Flame to take the left set of stairs, and they arrive on the first floor with three rows of slabs. Flame is confused that there are not any wild Pokémon visible. Selina blows a whistle, but Flame hears no sound. Flame has to stop himself from laughing, but heeds Selina's advice anyway and releases his Pokémon. The wild Ghost-type Pokémon then appear, appearing excited. Selina explains that the Ghost-types are so excited because they do not get loads of visitors, since only those in Whistltree know about Spectre Tower. Flame. Selina challenges Flame to beat her to the top; she is going the opposite way up the stairs to challenge the tower.

A wild Gastly comes forward and challenges Flame's Pokémon to a battle. Eevee and Litten step forward to answer the challenge and start arguing. Flame asks Oriota if he wants to battle. Oriota is unsure, but Flame convinces Oriota to battle by telling him his flock will be proud of him the stronger he is when he returns to them. Oriota flaps his wings and lands in front of Eevee and Litten, to their surprise. Flame tells them that Oriota is battling instead of them. Litten and Eevee do as asked, although they still glare at each other.

On a higher floor, Flame ducks away from wild Ghost-types and gives commands to Litten, Oriota, and Eevee.

Humans:

 * Flame
 * Selina

Pokémon:

 * Unknown (statue)
 * Flame's Eevee
 * Flame's Litten
 * Flame's Oriota
 * Various Ghost-type Pokémon (wild)
 * Gastly (wild)
 * Shuppet (wild)
 * Pumpkaboo (wild)
 * Spirikrush (wild)
 * Selina's Eevee
 * Duskull (wild)
 * Yamask (wild)
 * Selina's Drifloon
 * Selina's Rowlet
 * Banette (wild)

Key Events

 * Flame and Selina arrive at Spectre Tower.
 * Selina pays homage to the Pokémon statue outside of Spectre Tower.
 * Flame and Selina enter and challenge Spectre Tower.
 * Flame's Oriota is revealed to know . ..
 * Selina's Drifloon is revealed to know Weather Ball.
 * Flame's Eevee learns and is revealed to know Shadow Ball.

Trivia

 * The chapter's planned release was on 24th June, 2020, but it was delayed until the 25th and then the 26th. The chapter was also originally going to include the contents of IL022, but the decision was made by UKEagleclaw to let the final scene of the Spectre Tower training arc be its own chapter instead.
 * All of Flame's and Selina's known Pokémon appear in this chapter.