Chapter Summaries

Tong Hua cycled to Windring Town Base with Delibird to deliver one hundred Poffins, where they reunited with Hitomi and Chuang Yi and met the interns and Captain Taolang. As everyone sampled the treats, an emergency assignment called all Rangers at the base to deploy.

• Tong Hua rode his bicycle to Windring Town Base with Delibird carrying the Poffins.
• Huangyao and Lümei talked with Hitomi, Chuang Yi, and Captain Taolang about their internship and the work of Rangers.
• Tong Hua delivered the Poffins to Hitomi and accepted payment, while Captain Taolang thanked him for the treats.
• Hitomi shared the warm Poffins, and Huangyao and Lümei recognized and praised their familiar flavor.
• The base's support staff received an emergency assignment and ordered all Rangers to deploy immediately.

The Rangers responded to two Gastrodon fighting at Wind-Famous Beach, where Tong Hua spotted Steenee and Smoliv caught in the danger. Tong Hua and Huangyao rushed to the beach while Lümei stayed at the base to coordinate with Huangyao.

• Captain Lang ordered the Rangers to investigate two Gastrodon fighting at Wind-Famous Beach and told Lümei and Huangyao to remain at the base.
• Captain Lang reported that there were no casualties, while the Rangers evacuated tourists and tried to separate the Gastrodon.
• Tong Hua spotted Steenee and Smoliv behind the rocks and hurried to Wind-Famous Beach with Delibird.
• Huangyao slipped out after Tong Hua, and Lümei agreed to coordinate with him through his Capture Styler.
• Earlier that morning, Steenee led the Fairy Tale Exploration Team toward Wind-Circling Forest for an adventure.

Steenee and her companions discovered a hidden cave behind the waterfall and found a suspicious device like the one linked to the Blastoise’s rampage. After Steenee destroyed it, rising water forced them through the cave to a concealed exit by Wind-Famous Beach, where they spotted two bloodshot-eyed Gastrodon.

• Steenee led Smoliv and the two Celebi to the waterfall and discovered a narrow cave behind it.
• The four Pokémon explored the cave and found strangers installing a flashing red device beside an underground lake.
• Steenee used Zen Headbutt to smash the device after the Celebi suspected it was connected to the Blastoise going berserk.
• The underground lake flooded their way back, so Steenee and her companions followed the strangers’ route through the cave.
• The group emerged at a concealed exit near Wind-Famous Beach, where Steenee saw two Gastrodon with bloodshot eyes.

Steenee, Smoliv, the Celebi, and the Rangers tried to stop two mind-controlled Gastrodon from attacking people on the beach, but their efforts could not bring the Pokémon under control. Tong Hua arrived and used his Gardener class to activate Stealth, hoping to sneak up on them and save Steenee and Smoliv.

• Steenee and Smoliv rushed to the beach as the two Gastrodon fought and endangered tourists, while the Celebi's Heal Bell failed to calm them.
• Steenee decided to use Sweet Scent to distract the Gastrodon while the Celebi tried to put them to sleep.
• Captain Huang Lang and the Rangers arrived, evacuated civilians, and attacked the Gastrodon, but the Pokémon turned on them and drove them back with Water Pulse.
• Huang Lang sought a way to approach the Gastrodon and inject sedatives, while Tong Hua arrived with Delibird and insisted on rescuing his Pokémon.
• Tong Hua fashioned a simple stone axe, switched to the Gardener class, and activated Stealth.

Tong Hua and his Pokémon subdued the rampaging Gastrodon and helped the Rangers recover a mysterious device from a coastal cavern. On the way home, he encountered exhausted intern Huangyao delivering supplies while Lümei coordinated work at the busy base.

• Tong Hua used Stealth to approach the Gastrodon and injected one with a tranquilizer, then Steenee completed the dose on the other after Delibird's Present obscured its vision.
• The Rangers thanked Tong Hua, who credited Steenee and Smoliv, while the concealed Celebi restored their strength with Life Dew.
• Tong Hua, Lang, and the Rangers retrieved the damaged Mysterious Device from the coastal cavern, and Tong Hua mentioned Angel Company and Pluck Hall as possible leads.
• Tong Hua left with the Fairy Tale Exploration Team and Delibird, reasoning that the Rangers could handle the larger threat while he protected his ranch and Wind-Circling Forest.
• In Windring Town, Tong Hua found Huangyao burdened with supply deliveries, while Lümei teased him over the communicator and continued handling paperwork at the base.

Tong Hua surveyed Fairy Tale Ranch as his cooking business and farm continued to grow, then decided to expand his Pokémon stock. After lunch, he set out with Orthworm to visit Grandpa Yang, leaving Delibird and Minccino in charge of the shop.

• Tong Hua finished a batch of pastries and noted that his Cook profession was nearing level 24.
• Tong Hua visited the fields, pasture, and pond, greeting Grotle, Vespiquen, Miltank, Nacli, and the ranch’s other Pokémon.
• Tong Hua called Orthworm back with his Red Whistle and decided to buy more Pokémon with his savings, including Miltank and Milcery.
• Tong Hua ate lunch, asked Delibird and Minccino to mind the shop, and left with Orthworm to visit Grandpa Yang.

Tong Hua visited Sunshine Ranch, gave Grandpa Yang Pecha Berry juice that improved his health, and bought three Miltank and three Milcery. Grandpa Yang escorted Tong Hua and the new Pokémon toward Fairy Tale Ranch, where Steenee, Smoliv, Minccino, and Delibird waited to greet them.

• Tong Hua brought Grandpa Yang Pecha Berry juice, which made him sweat out grime and regain the ability to stand straight.
• Grandpa Yang showed Tong Hua three Miltank and three Milcery, and Tong Hua bought them for Fairy Tale Ranch.
• Grandpa Yang prepared a cart for the Miltank and joined Tong Hua on the trip, while Orthworm led the way and the Milcery floated alongside them.
• Near Fairy Tale Ranch, Steenee, Smoliv, Minccino, and Delibird gathered at the gate to welcome the new companions.

Tong Hua welcomed Grandpa Yang and three new Miltank to Fairy Tale Ranch, where Achu struggled to find her place among the newcomers before bonding with them over Nacli’s salt. At Happy Dessert House, three Milcery produced cream in three flavors, and Tong Hua discovered that all three batches were B-Rank.

• Tong Hua showed Grandpa Yang around Fairy Tale Ranch and named the three new Miltank Gloria, Apu, and Xiaoban, while renaming the original Miltank Achu.
• Achu demonstrated the milking machine to the newcomers, but withdrew when Gloria began helping Apu and Xiaoban learn.
• Gloria, Apu, and Xiaoban licked salt from Nacli, then welcomed Achu into the group when she joined them.
• Tong Hua had Steenee and Smoliv use Sweet Scent to help three Milcery produce cream.
• The three Milcery filled pots with cream in three different flavors, and Tong Hua found that each batch was B-Rank.

Tong Hua used the B-Rank cream produced by the Milcery to make new desserts whose special effect helped the Ranch Pokémon get along. Looker and Emma later visited Happy Dessert House and sampled the new treats while continuing their undercover investigation around Windring Town.

• Tong Hua discovered that Steenee and Smoliv’s Sweet Scent had raised the Milcery’s cream to B-Rank and made three kinds of desserts with it.
• Grandpa Yang and the Pokémon sampled the desserts, and the Milcery cream’s Play Nice effect helped the four Miltank grow closer.
• Grandpa Yang left with a packed supply of treats and invited Tong Hua to visit Sunshine Ranch.
• Tong Hua reopened Happy Dessert House, where Looker and Emma arrived undercover and ordered the new chocolate cream puffs and vanilla cookies.
• Looker and Emma praised the desserts as their Espurr sampled a cookie.

Tong Hua arranged to visit Looker and Emma’s new hot spring inn, while Looker remained suspicious of Tong Hua’s connection to several mysterious incidents and returned to investigate the coast. A week later, Tong Hua set out with a group of Pokémon to support the inn’s opening, leaving Grotle and the others in charge of the ranch.

• Looker told Tong Hua that he and Emma were preparing to open Kitty Hot Spring Inn, and Tong Hua planned a trip there with his Pokémon.
• After leaving Fairy Tale Ranch, Looker removed his disguise and explained to Emma that Tong Hua’s involvement in past incidents made him a person of interest; they headed to the coastline to search for clues.
• Kitty Hot Spring Inn opened on April 8, and Tong Hua arranged to close Happy Dessert House temporarily for a two-day trip.
• Tong Hua left Fairy Tale Ranch in Grotle’s care and set out with Steenee, Smoliv, Minccino, Delibird, Nacli, three Milcery, and two Celebi.
• Tong Hua and the Pokémon headed toward Chicory Village to deliver treats, with Delibird carrying the delivery bag.

Tong Hua and his Pokémon set out for a two-day hot spring trip, meeting Jessica and then Feng on the way to Windring Town. Feng joined them with Glameow, and the group reached town together before noon.

• Tong Hua and his Pokémon delivered treats to Sunshine Ranch, where they ran into Jessica, who mentioned that a friend was visiting the new Hot Spring Inn.
• The group strolled beneath cherry blossoms, enjoying the scenery as Minccino brought Tong Hua a flowering branch.
• Tong Hua met Feng and Glameow on the road, learned they were also heading to the hot springs, and invited them to travel together.
• Glameow befriended Nacli and Minccino while Tong Hua managed his Pokémon's eager bids for praise.
• Tong Hua, Feng, and their Pokémon continued to Windring Town and arrived before noon.

Tong Hua and Feng took their Pokémon to an expensive restaurant in Windring Town, where Feng teased Tong Hua and he secretly packed food for two hungry Celebi. Back at Fairy Tale Ranch, Orthworm remembered his life with Yang and joined Grotle and the Miltank in their shared resolve to protect the ranch.

• Tong Hua treated Feng and their Pokémon to a lavish meal at Flavor Quest, where the Pokémon eagerly shared the food.
• Feng joked that they seemed like newlyweds taking their children to a restaurant, embarrassing Tong Hua and prompting Minccino and Steenee to cling to him protectively.
• Tong Hua and Feng headed for the hot spring inn with takeout dishes secretly ordered for the two Celebi.
• At Fairy Tale Ranch, Orthworm recalled joining Yang decades earlier and agreed to support Fairy Tale Ranch as he had once supported Sunshine Ranch.
• Grotle brought Orthworm a Berry, and Achu and the other Miltank joined them to share fruit and look after one another.

Tong Hua and Skyla stopped by a stream on their way to a hot spring inn, where most of the Pokémon fell asleep and Skyla went fishing with Steenee. Skyla challenged Tong Hua to a fishing contest with the loser serving the winner for a day, and Tong Hua began the contest confident that his Fisher skill would give him the advantage.

• Tong Hua and Skyla took a break beside a stream after their Pokémon grew drowsy and fell asleep.
• Skyla fished with Steenee, caught a crucian carp, and explained how she liked to cook it.
• Tong Hua woke, found Steenee fishing with Skyla, and accepted her challenge to a fishing contest with three requests for the winner.
• Tong Hua set up his tackle and activated Fish Eagle Eye, confident that his skill would help him win.

Tong Hua and Feng arrived at the Kitty Hot Spring Inn, where they had to share its last room and waited for their chance to use the hot springs. Tong Hua went to cook the fish from their contest and ran into Xiang Shi and Mu Mu in the garden kitchen.

• Feng won the fishing contest, and Tong Hua agreed to fulfill three requests as the loser.
• Looker and Emma welcomed Tong Hua, Feng, and their Pokémon to the inn and showed them to its last available room.
• Tong Hua and Feng agreed to sleep on opposite sides of the room while their Pokémon watched cartoons.
• Feng asked Tong Hua to cook their catch as one of her requests, but Emma directed him to the outdoor kitchen because the inn's kitchen was busy.
• Tong Hua found Xiang Shi and Mu Mu using the grill, and Mu Mu urged him to prompt Xiang Shi to retell his story about a lucrative furniture order.

Tong Hua cooked scallion-grilled crucian carp at the hot spring inn, shared some with visiting children, and returned with regional Senbei for Feng and the Pokémon. After teasing Feng about mixed bathing, he left with the Pokémon to soak in the hot springs before dinner.

• Tong Hua praised Xiang Shi’s success, accepted a ten-thousand-League-Coin note, and paid Mu Mu 5,000 League Coins to use the outdoor kitchen.
• Tong Hua grilled crucian carp, prepared boneless pieces for the visiting children, and exchanged stories with their parents from Fallarbor Town.
• Tong Hua returned to Feng with the fish and Senbei, and Feng and the Pokémon enjoyed the food.
• Tong Hua teased Feng by suggesting mixed bathing, and she blushed and threw pillows at him after realizing he meant bathing with Pokémon.
• Emma told them the private hot spring booking had ended, and Feng left with Glameow while Tong Hua decided to soak with the Pokémon before dinner.

Tong Hua and his Pokémon relaxed in the hot springs while Feng and the others soaked in the women’s bath. Steenee and Minccino secretly tried to peek through the bamboo partition, but their mischief went undiscovered.

• Tong Hua sent Steenee and Smoliv to the women’s bath and took Minccino and Delibird to the men’s bath.
• Tong Hua and his Pokémon rinsed off and enjoyed the open-air hot spring as Feng warned them not to peek.
• Steenee crept to the bamboo partition and made a small hole with Magical Leaf while Smoliv was caught up in her plan.
• Steenee and Minccino spotted each other through the hole, and Minccino plugged it with his tail, startling Steenee into falling into the water.
• Tong Hua and Feng heard the commotion, but Steenee and Minccino concealed their peeking and avoided being caught.

Tong Hua and Feng relaxed at an inn in Almia, then shared a quiet moment under a meteor shower before heading to the activity room. Feng challenged Tong Hua to Pokémon Table Tennis, where she and Glameow had the advantage over his inexperienced team.

• Tong Hua and Feng soaked in the hot springs, shared chocolate milk, and ate dinner with their Pokémon.
• Feng admired Almia’s starry night sky with Tong Hua, and they watched a small meteor shower and made wishes.
• Feng urged Tong Hua to join her at the activity room, where several Pokémon played in a supervised area.
• Feng and Glameow challenged Tong Hua to Pokémon Table Tennis, revealing that they had plenty of experience.
• Tong Hua realized none of his Pokémon knew how to hold a paddle, leaving him unsure how to face Feng and Glameow.

Tong Hua and Feng helped Xiang Shi search for his missing wallet and discovered that a Purrloin had stolen it. The inn staff and guests began searching for the Pokémon, which reappeared with the kitchen keys as Tong Hua and Minccino tracked its path.

• Tong Hua lost another table tennis match to Feng and Glameow before Xiang Shi and Mu Mu arrived looking for Xiang Shi's missing wallet.
• Tong Hua and Feng helped search the recreation room, then joined Xiang Shi and Mu Mu at the front desk when they found nothing.
• Looker showed surveillance footage revealing that Xiang Shi had dropped his wallet beneath a bench and a blue Purrloin had carried it away.
• Looker and Emma identified the Purrloin as an unregistered Pokémon still inside the inn, and Looker warned guests to secure their valuables.
• Tong Hua and Feng split up to help search, while Minccino found blue fur near the courtyard hot spring.
• The Purrloin appeared again, trotting down a hallway with the inn's kitchen keys.

Tong Hua and the inn’s guests caught the Shiny Purrloin responsible for the thefts, and she returned the stolen belongings and apologized. She then attached herself to Tong Hua, leaving Minccino annoyed by the new arrival.

• Purrloin evaded the inn’s Pokémon, stole food from the kitchen, and escaped through a window.
• Tong Hua and Feng devised a food-based trap, and Tong Hua caught Purrloin when she came to investigate the meal.
• Purrloin stopped struggling when the hidden Celebi revealed their presence, then fled the room and returned with the stolen belongings and uneaten food.
• The guests accepted Purrloin’s apology, and she leaped onto Tong Hua’s shoulder and refused to let go.
• Minccino protested as Purrloin smugly pressed herself against Tong Hua.

Tong Hua decided to keep Purrloin, and the Pokémon made peace with her after she apologized and shared Berries. As everyone settled down for the night, two hidden Celebi slipped into the closet, leaving the room poised for a restless night.

• Tong Hua decided to keep Purrloin despite Steenee and Minccino's objections.
• Purrloin apologized to Steenee and Minccino with Berries, and Tong Hua had the four Pokémon each give her a light tap to settle the kitchen dispute.
• Emma and Looker stopped the surveillance, deleted the recordings, and planned to use the inn as a base for their undercover investigation.
• Tong Hua and Feng prepared to sleep while the Pokémon fought over bedding, then chose places to sleep together.
• Two Celebi quietly slipped into the closet after the room fell silent.