Chapter Summaries

After arriving in the Pokémon world, Jing He began adjusting his Pokémon psychology research and offered advice to an anonymous online visitor about battling and bonding with Pokémon. He realized the visitor was a Pokémon, who left after saying it would try talking to someone.

• Jing He reviewed a paper about Pokémon personalities and ability performance while settling into his new life as a Pokémon Psychology instructor.
• Jing He read about Wataru joining the Kanto League Investigation Department and considered the risks of becoming a Trainer.
• Jing He revised his research direction toward the connection between Pokémon personalities and ability stats.
• A user named "Who Am I" asked Jing He what Pokémon battles meant, and he advised the user to find an answer together with their Pokémon and spend time together outside battle.
• The user said a Pokémon enjoyed the superiority that power brought and promised to try talking to "that person," revealing to Jing He that the visitor was a Pokémon.

Dr. Solanus visited Jing He after two nights of nightmares, and Jing He later hypnotized him to help him sleep. After Jing He left, a strange shadowy being emerged from Solanus and followed him, curious about his hypnosis.

• Dr. Solanus asked Jing He for coffee and explained that he had been unable to sleep because of repeated nightmares since an archaeological expedition.
• Dr. Solanus declined Jing He's offer to help him rest and returned to his office to finish his lesson plans.
• After falling asleep in his consulting room, Jing He woke at dusk to find Dr. Solanus asking for help.
• Jing He hypnotized Dr. Solanus on the sofa, and Solanus soon fell asleep.
• After Jing He left, a reddish glow appeared on Solanus's chest, black threads formed a pair of eyes, and the being slipped through the door to follow Jing He.

Jing He researched the Pokémon world before falling asleep and being drawn into a nightmare by Gastly. He summoned Giratina in the dream, breaking the illusion and waking to find Gastly terrified of him.

• Jing He browsed information about Pokémon history and League policies at home before falling asleep on the sofa.
• Gastly entered Jing He's room and used its powers to pull him into a graveyard dream filled with Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Jing He overcame his initial fear and wondered why Giratina was absent from the dream.
• Jing He imagined Giratina, which appeared in the clouds and frightened the Ghost-type Pokémon, while Gastly shrank beneath its roar.
• The dream shattered, and a distant Giratina briefly wondered if it had experienced a remote login before resuming its watch.
• Jing He woke beside Gastly, and Gastly shrieked and fled from him in terror.

Jing He caught the Gastly that had caused his nightmare, then began building a friendly relationship with it over instant noodles. Gastly warmed to Jing He, though Jing still did not learn why it had come to his home.

• Jing He realized Gastly had caused his dream and tricked it into a Poké Ball by pretending Giratina was there.
• Gastly became furious when Jing He released it, so he repeatedly returned it to the Poké Ball until it calmed down.
• Jing He offered Gastly instant noodles, and Gastly eagerly ate them with a fork.
• Jing He introduced himself and asked Gastly why it had come to his home, but Gastly did not answer.
• Gastly licked Jing He's cheek, and Jing asked whether it had brushed its teeth.

Jing He discovered that Gastly had been trapped in a stone for an unknown length of time and helped it learn to control its poisonous saliva. After welcoming Gastly as family and beginning to assess its abilities at work, Jing He was asked to replace Professor Sorans at new student registration.

• Jing He realized Gastly might be thousands of years old and had no memories of its past.
• Gastly accidentally poisoned Jing He with its saliva, then eased his symptoms by licking him again before getting carried away and covering him in saliva.
• Jing He told Gastly they were friends, partners, and family, and the two slipped on foam and fell together on the balcony as dawn broke.
• Jing He brought Gastly to the consulting room, offered it coffee, and started a document to record its moves after it recoiled from the bitter taste.
• Ayako came looking for Professor Sorans to help with new student registration, and she asked Jing He to fill in for him.

Jing He registered Steven Stone and Roxanne as freshmen, then returned to the counseling room and discovered Gastly had damaged his computer. Steven came back to ask whether Jing He knew Professor Solanus.

• Jing He handled freshman registration and recognized Steven Stone, a future Hoenn Champion and Devon Corporation heir.
• Roxanne introduced herself as Steven's cousin and praised Jing He for earning perfect marks in Pokémon Theory Knowledge.
• Jing He returned to the counseling room, where Gastly revealed its moves and status information through illusory text.
• Jing He found smoke rising from his computer tower and realized Gastly had damaged it.
• Steven returned and asked Jing He whether he knew Professor Solanus.

Steven visited Jing He to ask about Dr. Solanus, who had been missing for a day, and sought help for his Shiny Metang’s strange behavior. Jing He identified Metang’s low confidence as a result of isolation and learned that Steven had found Dr. Solanus.

• Steven visited Jing He’s consulting room after waiting an hour for Dr. Solanus, and Jing He told him the doctor had been missing all day.
• Steven called for help finding Dr. Solanus, then asked Jing He to examine his Metang, which seemed absent-minded despite being physically healthy.
• Jing He asked Metang to use Confusion and saw that it was dejected and lacked confidence.
• Steven explained that Metang had come from a group at a mine outside the city three days earlier, and Jing concluded that isolation over its Shiny coloration had caused early-stage autism.
• Steven received a call saying Dr. Solanus had been found and revealed that he had bought several detective agencies to help search.

After Dr. Solanus reported a burglary targeting unusual stones, Jing He suspected the thieves might be connected to Gastly’s stone. He encouraged Steven Stone to balance his responsibilities to Metang and his own ambitions, then continued training Gastly while worrying about its health and the stone’s origins.

• Dr. Solanus told Jing He and Steven Stone that thieves had taken several unusual stones from his home, and Steven reacted with concern.
• Jing He suspected the stolen stones might be connected to the stone containing Gastly, while Dr. Solanus lent him a computer until his application was approved.
• Jing He told Steven Stone that Metang could receive psychological counseling and physiological intervention together, prompting Steven to reconsider how he balanced his duties and goals.
• Jing He asked Gastly about its stone and its health, but Gastly knew nothing about the stone and denied feeling unwell.
• Jing He resumed Gastly’s move training and discussed how to use Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp, and Confuse Ray.

Jing He studied how to raise and train Gastly while Gastly learned Ghost-type battle tactics and secretly consumed something in the kitchen. The next morning, Jing He found the gas meter empty and realized Gastly had used up all the gas.

• Jing He showed Gastly a Ghost-type battle video, then left it to browse more videos while he cooked.
• Gastly watched Agatha explain how Ghost-types should use stealth and sneak attacks, and became startled when Jing He called from behind.
• Jing He fed Gastly dinner and searched a researchers' forum, where he found Professor Oak's paper on training Ghost-type Pokémon.
• While Jing He studied, Gastly secretly went into the kitchen and turned on a switch; later, Jing noticed Gastly seemed fatter and smelled gas on its breath.
• Jing He and Gastly watched a movie together before bed.
• The next morning, Jing found the gas meter empty and confronted Gastly, which tried to deny responsibility.

Jing He realized someone was following him and suspected the theft of Dr. Solanus’s stones might be connected to Team Aqua or Team Magma. Seeking protection and greater strength, he decided to pursue a League Registered Trainer License and began planning Gastly’s training.

• Jing He spotted a distant figure following him and stopped Gastly from chasing after them, choosing to act as if they had noticed nothing.
• Jing He borrowed Dr. Solanus’s computer tower and learned that a missing stone found with Steven Stone might have been a meteorite fragment from Meteor Falls.
• Jing He suspected Team Aqua or Team Magma had searched Dr. Solanus’s home for the stones, though he recognized that the timing did not fit their known activities.
• Jing He told Gastly they needed a League Registered Trainer License to protect themselves and then took it to the academy’s Training Room.
• Jing He outlined a battle strategy focused on Curse and status effects, while Gastly grew wary of his tactics but was eager to train.

Giovanni learned that cooking had stabilized a Pokémon’s chaotic thoughts and assigned it to handle a newly discovered island. Three days later, Jing He trained Gastly, fed it Energy Cubes, and considered learning to make them before encountering Roxanne and Steven Stone.

• A researcher told Giovanni that cooking had improved the Pokémon’s thoughts and emotions, so Giovanni ordered it to handle a newly discovered island.
• Jing He put Gastly through a morning of dodgeball training at Canalave Pokémon Academy and rewarded it with two intermediate Ghost-type Energy Cubes.
• Jing He considered learning to make Energy Cubes himself because they were expensive and Gastly ate more than he expected.
• Jing He left the training building, thinking Gastly needed opportunities for real combat, and ran into Roxanne and Steven Stone.

Jing He examined Roxanne’s unruly Geodude and challenged it to a battle with Gastly. Gastly overwhelmed Geodude, and Jing He told Roxanne to heal it so they could battle again.

• Steven Stone and Roxanne asked Jing He to help with Roxanne’s increasingly disobedient Geodude.
• Roxanne released Geodude at the training hall, where it suddenly charged at Jing He and Gastly stopped it.
• Jing He saw that Geodude was restless and conceited, then accepted its challenge to teach it a lesson.
• Gastly used Mean Look, Curse, Lick, Confuse Ray, Hypnosis, and Will-O-Wisp to defeat Geodude.
• Jing He asked Roxanne to heal Geodude, then said they would battle again.

Jing He used Gastly to defeat Roxanne’s Geodude and help it become more receptive to training, then Gastly’s prank left Jing He poisoned. The chapter ended with Gastly panicking as Jing He’s face turned purple.

• Gastly overwhelmed Geodude with status moves, and Jing He stopped the battle once Geodude had been thoroughly frightened.
• Roxanne comforted Geodude, while Steven and Metang watched Jing He’s unusual training method and battling skill.
• Jing He told Geodude it could still defeat Gastly if it listened to Roxanne, renewing Geodude’s determination.
• Jing He returned to the consultation room with an excited Gastly and warned it not to become overconfident.
• Gastly surprised Jing He by licking him, and Jing He realized the prank had poisoned him.

Jing He used Gastly’s Hypnosis to question a man who had been following him, learning that the man worked for Greater Mauville Holdings and was searching for a stone. After Jing He sent him away with a false report, Gastly gave him a nightmare, and the man woke believing that Devon’s Young Master was the last remaining target.

• Jing He and Gastly noticed a black-raincoated man following them through a rainy alley, so Jing He set a trap and had Gastly use Hypnosis on him.
• Jing He questioned the hypnotized man, who identified himself as Da Hui and said Tsuga Leader had sent him on behalf of Greater Mauville Holdings.
• Da Hui confirmed that his group had been involved in the incident at Dr. Solanus’s home and was searching for a stone.
• Jing He made Da Hui repeat a false claim that Jing He did not have what they sought, then left after gathering the shattered plastic fragments he had planted as a warning.
• After Jing He departed, Gastly gave Da Hui a nightmare; when Da Hui woke, he believed Devon’s Young Master was the group’s last target.

Jing He and Gastly investigated the stone that Greater Mauville Holdings had pursued and discovered a Mega Stone inside it. The discovery explained the stone’s value, while Gastly sensed a strange attraction to it.

• Jing He praised Gastly for its actions and served it spicy ginger noodle soup.
• Jing He wondered why Greater Mauville Holdings wanted Gastly’s stone and decided to crack it open.
• Gastly agreed to let Jing He smash the stone in exchange for five Energy Cubes and one minute in the kitchen.
• Jing He cracked the stone with a hammer, revealing a transparent sphere with red and purple shapes inside.
• Jing He cleaned away the stone layers and identified the sphere as a Mega Stone.

Jing He learned why Greater Mauville Holdings had pursued Gengar’s Mega Stone and prepared to teach Pokémon Psychology at Canalave Pokémon Academy. There, he encountered Shelly, a fellow teacher he recognized as a possible Team Aqua executive.

• Jing He explained Mega Evolution to Gastly, who eagerly resolved to train until it could become Gengar and eventually Mega Gengar.
• Jing He researched Devon Corporation and Greater Mauville Holdings, connected Mega Stones to Infinity Energy, and considered how to prevent the company’s remnants from pursuing him again.
• Jing He called Gastly to resume Hypnosis practice, but Gastly returned from the kitchen having secretly eaten and grown noticeably fatter.
• The next day, Jing He took Gastly to Canalave Pokémon Academy to teach his first Pokémon Psychology class.
• Jing He passed Shelly, a teacher of Oceanic Airflow Studies, and recognized her as a possible Team Aqua executive, resolving to keep his distance.

Jing He taught his first Pokémon Psychology class to a surprisingly prestigious group of students and kept them awake with frightening nightmares. After class, he considered ways to cover his expenses, then discovered an upcoming autumn excursion to Mt. Chimney and Lavaridge Town.

• Steven Stone, Roxanne, and Flannery joined Jing He's Pokémon Psychology class.
• Jing He taught a theory-heavy lecture, and several drowsy students jolted awake after brief nightmares.
• After class, Roxanne and Steven Stone recognized that Jing He had kept everyone from falling asleep, while Flannery complained about the lesson.
• Jing He worried about the cost of raising Gastly and considered opening a psychology clinic.
• A teacher delivered Jing He's teaching arrangements, and he noticed an autumn excursion to Mt. Chimney and Lavaridge Town with no gender separation.

Jing He learned that he would accompany Battle Department First-Year Class One on the Autumn Excursion with Shelly among the instructors, prompting him to worry about Hoenn’s future dangers and train Gastly harder. While counseling an anonymous Pokémon online, he learned that it called itself Mewtwo.

• Jing He saw that he was assigned to the Autumn Excursion with Ayako, Shelly, and Du Fu, and worried about the coming conflicts involving Team Aqua, Team Magma, and Greater Mauville Holdings.
• Jing He resumed Gastly’s training, focusing on the timing of its Will-O-Wisp.
• Jing He researched the requirements for becoming a League Registered Trainer while Gastly watched videos on his phone.
• Who Am I asked Jing He who it was and described another presence that kept appearing in its mind.
• Who Am I told Jing He, “They call me... Mewtwo,” making Jing leap from his chair.

Jing He realized the troubled user in his chat was Mewtwo and used questions about personal preferences and choices to help it consider its identity. His final message failed when Mewtwo went offline, while Team Rocket’s underground laboratory was overwhelmed by countless “Gastly, Gastly” messages.

• Jing He recognized that “Who Am I” was Mewtwo, a newly created Pokémon struggling to understand its existence.
• Jing He asked Mewtwo questions about how preferences, behavior, thoughts, and choices distinguish individuals.
• Mewtwo identified itself through its choice to save a burned Gastly, and Jing He told it that the one answering his questions was its true self.
• Mewtwo went offline before Jing He’s final message could be delivered, and Gastly sneezed saliva onto the computer screen.
• Team Rocket researchers in Viridian City found their network down and their Porygon Firewall incapacitated as “Gastly, Gastly” flooded their screens.

After Jing He’s advice caused Mewtwo’s psychic power to surge and crash Team Rocket’s network, he trained Gastly and went shopping in Canalave City. The chapter ended when Steven Stone used Metang’s Confusion to stop a street robbery and recognized Jing He.

• Mewtwo’s psychic outburst filled Team Rocket’s database with “Gastly Gastly” and paralyzed its network, prompting Sakaki to order an investigation.
• Jing He took the sneezy Gastly to the Training Room, where Gastly accidentally released Toxic Mist before Jing He ended the training and gave it an Energy Cube.
• Jing He took Gastly shopping for food and Energy Cubes, spending three Energy Cubes to keep it relatively calm.
• A masked robber snatched a woman’s bag and tried to flee on a waiting motorcycle with an accomplice.
• Steven Stone ordered Metang to use Confusion, then recognized Jing He as the two exchanged greetings.