Recaps

Chen Yan spent a peaceful day caring for Grandma and playing with the Pokémon in her courtyard after choosing to stay with her when she fell ill. He reflected on his life in the Pokémon world and his photography panel before falling asleep beside Growlithe and Gengar.

• Chen Yan teased Gengar during a game, but Grandma defended Gengar and sent Chen Yan to prepare lunch.
• Chen Yan uploaded an edited Pokémon video to PokéVideo while Grandma sewed and Growlithe played nearby.
• Chen Yan remembered that Grandma had found him unconscious on the beach and taken him in after he had arrived in the Pokémon world.
• Chen Yan recalled staying with Grandma through her illness, sharing Pokémon photos and videos with her until her health improved and she left the hospital.
• Chen Yan checked his panel, which showed 3,821 views and no Pokémon owned, then fell asleep beside Growlithe and Gengar as Grandma hummed to them.

Chen Yan agreed to travel beyond Grandma’s courtyard and photograph Pokémon for her, fulfilling her dream of seeing the world. As summer evening fell, he invited Gengar to come along, and Gengar accepted.

• Chen Yan sat with Grandma after dinner and wondered aloud what Pokémon and places lay beyond the sea.
• Grandma urged Chen Yan to travel, assuring him that a Pokémon she and Grandpa had once cared for would soon return to look after her.
• Grandma told Chen Yan she had left her own journey unfinished and asked him to photograph new Pokémon and send the pictures home.
• Chen Yan promised Grandma he would send her many Pokémon pictures and sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• Chen Yan invited Gengar to travel with him and protect him, and Gengar answered by licking his face in agreement.

Chen Yan prepared to leave for the Sinnoh Region, with Grandmother giving him supplies and Gengar helping store his belongings. After he departed with Gengar, Growlithe missed him briefly before Grandmother cheered it up with a game of fetch.

• Chen Yan met Grandmother’s Dragonite, which had returned to look after her and rudely rejected his greeting.
• Grandmother gave Chen Yan a Pokémon belt, a backpack, supplies, and winter clothes, while Gengar stored the extra gear in its mouth.
• Chen Yan recalled Gengar into a Poké Ball and celebrated catching it before Gengar came back out to pose with him.
• After lunch, Chen Yan said goodbye to Grandmother and asked Growlithe to protect her, then left for the Sinnoh Region with Gengar.
• Growlithe missed Chen Yan and waited with its cloth ball, but Grandmother played fetch with it until it was happy again.

Chen Yan traveled toward Twinleaf Town with Gengar, who carried his backpack and pretended to be a wandering swordsman with Chen Yan’s bamboo staff. The journey activated Chen Yan’s system and gave him photography gear, Poké Balls, and Grandma’s Pokédex, before Gengar accidentally struck him and drew his attention to a very fat Weedle.

• Chen Yan cut bamboo into a staff, and Gengar traded a borrowed half-eaten Berry for the chance to carry Chen Yan’s backpack and wield the staff.
• Chen Yan and Gengar joked around as Gengar dressed like a storybook hero and cut down weeds along the road.
• Chen Yan’s journey system activated and awarded him a Pokémon Camera, a Pokémon Tablet, ten Poké Balls, and Grandma’s Pokédex.
• Gengar accidentally hit Chen Yan’s arm with the bamboo staff while swinging at a weed.
• Chen Yan spotted a fat Weedle, and the system displayed its details and amused, well-fed mood.

Chen Yan and Gengar defeated an oversized Weedle and caught him, welcoming him onto their team. Chen Yan then unlocked the View Count Shop, won an ability to understand Pokémon, and learned how Gengar felt about him.

• Chen Yan and Gengar challenged an oversized Weedle, then tricked him with a Shadow Ball and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Yan caught Weedle in a Poké Ball, apologized for the trick, and invited him to travel with them.
• Chen Yan named Gengar the team's big brother, and Gengar happily agreed to protect Chen Yan and Weedle.
• Chen Yan's capture activated the View Count Shop, and Gengar's gift gave him a ten-pull that included Whispers of the Pokémon.
• Chen Yan tested his new ability by speaking with Gengar and Weedle, and Gengar told him that wherever Chen Yan was, that was home.

Chen Yan traveled toward Twinleaf Town with Gengar and Weedle, choosing to camp outside town for their first night on the road. After Gengar revealed he had packed household appliances and snacks but forgotten their prepared ingredients, a motorcyclist arrived and called out to Chen Yan.

• Chen Yan photographed Pokémon along the road and pointed out Seviper to passing Staraptor, which chased it into the forest.
• Chen Yan refrained from catching more Pokémon, believing he should respect their freedom and take responsibility for any Pokémon he caught.
• Near Twinleaf Town, Chen Yan decided to camp overnight with Gengar and Weedle, then enter town the next day to rest and replenish supplies.
• Gengar unpacked items he had taken from Grandmother's house, including a pot, a power strip, a juicer, and a microwave.
• Chen Yan discovered Gengar had forgotten the prepared ingredients, so they planned to eat Grandmother's snacks and travel rations instead.
• A motorcycle stopped nearby, and someone called out to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan camped near Twinleaf Town with Gengar and his newly caught Weedle when Officer Jenny stopped by and learned he had begun his journey. She arranged to help him obtain a Trainer Card and other documents, then left after reminding him to stay safe.

• Officer Jenny found Chen Yan camping with Gengar and Weedle and learned he planned to travel to Sandgem Town to visit Professor Rowan.
• Chen Yan explained that his grandmother had urged him to leave and take Pokémon photographs, and Officer Jenny promised to look after her and asked him to send her copies.
• Officer Jenny told Chen Yan that Gym challenges required an official Trainer Card and offered to arrange his paperwork.
• Officer Jenny photographed Chen Yan for his documents, asked him to call her the next afternoon in Twinleaf Town, and rode away after giving him safety advice.

Chen Yan fed Weedle Miracle Leaves, browsed the costly View Count shop, and arranged a possible livestream equipment delivery from a fan. That night, Gengar and Weedle accidentally terrified a passing Trainer, who fled claiming Twinleaf Town was haunted.

• Chen Yan found Miracle Leaves in his backpack and gave them to Weedle, which eagerly ate them.
• Chen Yan checked the View Count shop, complained about its prices, and learned he had gained 680 View Count from his latest video.
• Chen Yan called Grandmother, introduced her to Weedle, and promised Growlithe he would return soon.
• Chen Yan replied to a fan asking about livestreams, and the fan promised to send outdoor streaming equipment to Twinleaf Town the next day.
• Gengar stayed outside with Weedle while Chen Yan slept, and a passing Trainer mistook their eerie nighttime sounds for a ghost and ran away.

Chen Yan and Gengar packed up their campsite and traveled to Twinleaf Town, trading playful banter along the way. They entered town and settled into a noodle shop, where Chen Yan ordered breakfast before checking the travel money his grandmother had given him.

• Chen Yan woke at camp, brushed his teeth with Gengar, and recalled the sleeping Weedle.
• Chen Yan and Gengar safely buried the campfire’s charcoal, packed their gear, and left firewood for the next Trainer.
• Gengar carried Chen Yan’s backpack, shared Pecha Berries it had taken from Pachirisu, and demanded an apology after Chen Yan accused it of stealing from Pokémon.
• Chen Yan and Gengar arrived in Twinleaf Town, took a commemorative photo, and chose noodles for breakfast.
• Chen Yan ordered four bowls of noodles at a shop, one for himself and three for Gengar.

Chen Yan discovered that Grandmother had given him three million yuan for his journey, then took Gengar shopping and encouraged him to choose the snacks he liked. After spending 3,798 yuan, Chen Yan realized Grandmother had likely exaggerated travel costs to divert him from asking about her money.

• Chen Yan checked his bank balance, mistook three million yuan for thirty thousand, then called Grandmother to ask about the money.
• Grandmother assured Chen Yan that she had kept plenty of savings and changed the subject to his future wedding before he ended the call.
• Chen Yan took Gengar to a supermarket, where Gengar chose cheap snacks until Chen Yan revealed that his video payment could cover whatever snacks Gengar wanted.
• Gengar happily filled the cart with favorite treats, and Chen Yan wondered why Grandmother had said travel was so expensive.
• Chen Yan concluded that Grandmother had used talk of marriage to distract him, then let Gengar buy whatever he wanted as their shopping bill reached 3,798 yuan.

Chen Yan explored Twinleaf Town with Gengar and Weedle, took a break to edit and post a video, and received an expensive delivery arranged by a fan. The package contained a drone and a Rotom Phone for livestreaming, leaving him stunned by their cost.

• Chen Yan and Gengar explored Twinleaf Town, and Nurse Joy restored Gengar and Weedle’s energy at the Pokémon Center.
• Chen Yan drank Indeedee’s special coffee while editing and posting a video as Gengar and Weedle quietly ate snacks nearby.
• After finishing work, Chen Yan found Gengar pestering Combee and then spent a quiet evening with his Pokémon.
• A delivery worker brought Chen Yan a package ordered by Gholdengo is number one, and Gengar used Weedle’s horn to cut it open.
• Chen Yan discovered the box contained a drone and a Rotom Phone for livestreaming, then exclaimed at their online prices.

Chen Yan received expensive filming equipment and encouragement from Gholdengo Is Number One, then met Officer Jenny to collect travel documents and discuss his trip to Sandgem Town. As he prepared to leave, Gengar overate snacks and Weedle fell into a carb coma, prompting Chen Yan to impose strict food supervision.

• Chen Yan thanked Gholdengo Is Number One for the filming equipment and promised to keep making videos after learning that they helped ease the fan’s workday exhaustion.
• Chen Yan showed Gengar the messages, and the two agreed to keep filming their trip together.
• Officer Jenny gave Chen Yan a bag of certificates, shared a meal with him, warned him to stay safe, and arranged to see him off before his planned visit to Professor Rowan in Sandgem Town.
• Chen Yan discovered that Gengar had eaten nearly half the café’s snacks, then agreed to buy more after Gengar apologized and gave him a massage.
• Chen Yan found Weedle motionless with a leaf in its mouth and checked the Pokédex, which reported that Weedle was in a carb coma.
• Chen Yan decided to strictly monitor both Gengar’s snacks and Weedle’s food.

Chen Yan left Twinleaf Town with Gengar and Weedle after saying goodbye to Officer Jenny, who learned that Gengar and Weedle had caused a supposed roadside ghost sighting. On the road, a Bug Catcher challenged Chen Yan to battle, and Chen Yan accepted.

• Gengar tucked Chen Yan in for the night after telling Weedle an embellished story about Horned Beauty and Ximen Chui Gui.
• Chen Yan woke, washed up, and prepared to leave Twinleaf Town with Gengar and Weedle.
• Officer Jenny joined Chen Yan for breakfast and walked with him out of town, promising to visit his grandmother and asking him to send her Pokémon photos.
• Officer Jenny described a reported roadside ghost, and Chen Yan realized the sighting had been Gengar using Will-O-Wisp while Weedle ate leaves.
• Chen Yan said goodbye to Officer Jenny and continued his journey with Gengar and Weedle.
• A Bug Catcher named Naoki challenged Chen Yan to a battle, and Chen Yan accepted, choosing Gengar.

Chen Yan traveled through the forest with Gengar and Weedle, earning pocket money from Bug Catchers and setting up camp beside a lake. He rigged makeshift fishing rods and gave Gengar the money Gengar had won, leaving them ready to catch fish for dinner.

• Chen Yan beat a Bug Catcher, kept part of the boy’s pocket money, and returned the rest for a future rematch.
• Chen Yan continued through the forest with Gengar and Weedle, tested his drone and Rotom Phone, and allowed Weedle up to ninety leaves a day.
• Chen Yan stopped by a lake, pitched a tent, and used bamboo, Weedle’s tough String Shot, and a wire hook to make fishing rods.
• Gengar knocked away a Raticate that startled Chen Yan while they gathered bamboo for the rods.
• Chen Yan baited the rods with earthworms, cast them into the lake, and gave Gengar the pocket money Gengar had won in battles.

Chen Yan and Gengar tried to make mushroom soup while camping by the lake, but Gengar’s cooking turned it into an inedible disaster and ruined a pot. After dinner, Gengar’s attempts to make amends only made Chen Yan angrier.

• Gengar brought Chen Yan mushrooms, including poisonous ones, and argued that they were safe because Poison-type Pokémon could eat them.
• Chen Yan caught four fish, then let Gengar prepare mushroom soup while he grilled the fish and rested nearby.
• Chen Yan used his Drone to watch Wurmple and Pinsir cuddling in a secluded spot, learning that Pinsir had rescued Wurmple from being eaten.
• Chen Yan found Gengar’s soup full of mush and three bags of salt, but the pot leaked and dumped the entire batch onto the ground.
• Chen Yan forbade Gengar from touching his pots, ate grilled fish, and then grabbed Gengar’s cheeks after Gengar blew ash over him.

Chen Yan spent the morning playing with Gengar, Weedle, and wild Pokémon before encountering a shiny Suicune at the lake. After photographing Suicune and receiving quests to share the images and find the other shiny legendary beasts, he continued toward Sandgem Town.

• Chen Yan learned that Weedle had been acting silent and aloof because Gengar told it that masters behaved that way, and he reassured Weedle it did not need to change.
• Chen Yan, Gengar, and Weedle played dodgeball with wild Pokémon, then shared lunch with them before preparing to leave.
• Gengar retrieved its makeshift fishing rod from the lake as Chen Yan prepared to travel on.
• A shiny Suicune arrived to drink, and Chen Yan asked permission to photograph it and record a greeting for his viewers.
• Chen Yan received quests to share Suicune's photos and find the other two shiny legendary beasts, then set off for Sandgem Town with Gengar and Weedle.

After five days on the trail, Chen Yan and his Pokémon neared Sandgem Town and stopped an Ambipom carrying a stolen research briefcase. Weedle pulled Ambipom from a tree, and Chen Yan recovered the papers before the group continued toward town.

• Chen Yan checked his navigation and told Gengar they would soon reach Sandgem Town, where they could eat and rest.
• Chen Yan found Ambipom rummaging through a briefcase and scattered research papers, then challenged it when it refused to explain where it got them.
• Weedle trapped Ambipom with String Shot and pulled it out of the tree while Gengar took the briefcase.
• Chen Yan gathered the papers, concluded Ambipom had stolen the briefcase, and told Gengar to let it go.
• Chen Yan praised Weedle and promised it extra leaves, while Weedle and Gengar privately discussed how they had tricked Ambipom.

Chen Yan returned Professor Rowan’s briefcase after an Ambipom had stolen it, and Rowan invited him, Gengar, and Weedle to visit his lab. The group reached the lab in Sandgem Town, where Chen Yan paused outside.

• Chen Yan found Professor Rowan searching for his stolen briefcase and returned it after explaining how he and his Pokémon recovered it from an Ambipom.
• Professor Rowan checked the papers, confirmed they were all there, and thanked Chen Yan, Gengar, and Weedle.
• Chen Yan told Rowan he had hoped to visit his lab and explained that he preferred Pokémon to choose to join him rather than be caught.
• Professor Rowan praised Chen Yan’s bond with Gengar and Weedle, then invited the group to his lab for tea.
• Chen Yan and his companions entered Sandgem Town with Rowan and arrived at the lab.

Chen Yan left Professor Rowan’s laboratory to settle into Sandgem Town with Gengar and Weedle, where they bathed, ate, and went for a walk. The chapter ended with Gengar sharing a candied hawthorn skewer with Chen Yan after his pocket money fell short of the restaurant bill.

• Chen Yan exchanged phone numbers with Professor Rowan and arranged to return to the laboratory the next day.
• Chen Yan booked an inn room in Sandgem Town and gave Gengar and Weedle baths before they went out to eat.
• Gengar tried to pay for the meal with his pocket money, but Chen Yan covered the bill when the money was insufficient.
• Gengar bought Chen Yan a candied hawthorn skewer, and Chen Yan persuaded him to share it.

Chen Yan and his Pokémon found a gravely injured Glameow in Sandgem Town and rushed her to the Pokémon Center. She survived treatment, but her damaged paw would leave her with a permanent limp, and Chen Yan stayed to care for her.

• Chen Yan edited and uploaded a video at a café while Gengar and Weedle played nearby.
• Gengar and Weedle chased off Meowth that were bullying an injured Glameow, but she refused their help and collapsed.
• Chen Yan found Glameow and discovered through her Pokédex entry that she hated humans and was close to death.
• Chen Yan had Gengar use Hypnosis to restrain Glameow, and Weedle cushioned her with String Shot before Chen Yan carried her to the Pokémon Center.
• Nurse Joy treated Glameow and told Chen Yan she was out of danger but would walk with a limp; Chen Yan promised to care for her until she was discharged.

Chen Yan used miraculous Gracidea Flower Tea to cure Glameow’s nerve injury and soothe her with a song. After leaving her to rest, he returned to the Pokémon Center and found Nurse Joy trying to keep Glameow from moving.

• Nurse Joy told Chen Yan that Glameow’s untreated paw injuries had damaged some nerves, though she might still learn to run with exercise.
• Chen Yan redeemed Gracidea Flower Tea with his View Count and fed it to Glameow, while Gengar and Weedle shared some too.
• Glameow remembered her mother as she drank the tea, and Chen Yan comforted her by stroking her fur and singing until she calmed down.
• Chen Yan saw that Glameow’s leg ailment had disappeared and left her to sleep under Nurse Joy’s care.
• After washing up and eating with Gengar and Weedle, Chen Yan returned to the Pokémon Center and found Nurse Joy warning Glameow not to move or pull out her IV.

Chen Yan used Gengar to hypnotize and threaten Glameow until she ate, took her medicine, and accepted an IV. He left her in Nurse Joy’s care, warning that he would return if she stopped cooperating.

• Nurse Joy told Chen Yan that Glameow was frightened of humans, severely malnourished, and unwilling to eat or let anyone near her except Chansey.
• Chen Yan entered the ward with food, fed Chansey, and tried to persuade Glameow to eat and accept treatment, but she tried to escape.
• Chen Yan had Gengar use Hypnosis on Glameow and threatened to pluck her fur until she agreed to cooperate.
• Glameow ate as Chansey fed her, then took her medicine and let Nurse Joy hook up her IV.
• Chen Yan warned Glameow he would return if she misbehaved and left the ward with Gengar and Weedle, leaving Nurse Joy to care for her.

Chen Yan visited Glameow at the Pokémon Center, then went to Professor Rowan’s laboratory, where he learned that three borrowed starter Pokémon had escaped. He offered to help search for Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott using his drone.

• Chen Yan brought lunch to Glameow and watched Chansey feed the wary Pokémon.
• Chen Yan left the Pokémon Center to visit Professor Rowan, while Gengar gave Nurse Joy snacks.
• Chen Yan arrived at Professor Rowan’s laboratory and learned that its starter Pokémon had run away.
• Professor Rowan explained that Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott had been borrowed from Professor Juniper for hidden-ability research.
• Chen Yan offered to search with his drone, then connected it to his Rotom Phone and sent it out.

Chen Yan and Professor Rowan searched near Sandgem Town for the missing Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott, then brought them back by having Gengar battle them. Gengar defeated Tepig with Chen Yan’s underwear and knocked out Oshawott by using Weedle as a poisoned sword, leaving Professor Rowan amused and Chen Yan embarrassed.

• Chen Yan and Professor Rowan found Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott in the forest near Sandgem Town.
• Chen Yan waited for Tepig to finish eating before Gengar provoked it into a battle.
• Gengar dodged Tepig’s Tackle with Chen Yan’s red underwear and made Tepig crash into a tree, knocking it out.
• Chen Yan argued with Gengar over the underwear while Professor Rowan recalled Tepig into its Poké Ball.
• Oshawott challenged Chen Yan to a swordsmanship contest, and Gengar faced it using Weedle as a sword.
• Gengar and Weedle poisoned Oshawott with Weedle’s horn, and Professor Rowan recalled Oshawott while laughing.

Chen Yan and Professor Rowan returned to the laboratory with Snivy, whose homesickness for the seaside explained why she had left with Tepig and Oshawott. Professor Rowan invited Chen Yan to assist with the next day’s starter Pokémon distribution, and Chen Yan agreed to arrive at seven in the morning.

• Snivy left the tree and politely joined Chen Yan and Professor Rowan, helping carry Chen Yan’s backpack to Gengar.
• Chen Yan read Snivy’s Pokédex entry and realized she missed the seaside home she had shared with her grandmother.
• Chen Yan guessed that Snivy had run off after hearing that Twinleaf Town was by the sea, and Professor Rowan confirmed that she had been born near the coast.
• Professor Rowan asked Snivy why she had not continued toward Twinleaf Town, but she shook her head and kept watching Chen Yan.
• Professor Rowan invited Chen Yan to help distribute starter Pokémon the next morning, and Chen Yan agreed to arrive at seven.