Chapter Summaries

Before leaving for Johto, Gary battled Ash and defeated Charizard with Golduck, urging Ash to keep improving. Gary departed for his radio job in Goldenrod City while Ash vowed to beat him next time.

• Gary arranged for Archer to go ahead to Johto and keep watch on Lance.
• Ash arrived with Misty and Brock, and Gary led them to the backyard for a one-on-one battle before his departure.
• Ash sent out Charizard, while Gary chose Golduck, who stopped Charizard from taking flight with Psychic.
• Golduck blocked Charizard's Flamethrower, struck him with Rock-type Hidden Power, and slammed him into the ground to win.
• Gary encouraged Ash to keep moving forward, took his luggage, and left as Ash promised to defeat him next time.

Gary arrived in Johto to help with a program and begin his stay in Goldenrod City, where Lorelei came to pick him up. The system gave him a quest to collect all eight Johto Badges and enter the Johto League.

• Gary gave W Matori’s number to help establish a Rotom Phone branch in Kanto, then suggested a Pokémon-themed auto chess game for the company’s gaming division.
• Gary flew to Goldenrod City, where Gengar ate forty-two in-flight meals before Gary arrived at the airport.
• Mary welcomed Gary on behalf of the production crew, and Janine greeted him with a flying tackle before introducing Whitney, Goldenrod Gym’s Leader.
• Gary received a system quest to collect the eight Johto Badges and enter the Johto League, then agreed to challenge Whitney at her Gym.
• Janine suggested Gary stay at Whitney’s house, but Lorelei arrived to pick him up, and Mary and the others left for the radio station program the next day.
• Gary left the airport with Lorelei, who said she owned a house in Goldenrod City.

Gary arrived in Johto and settled into Lorelei’s villa, where he met her Pokémon and introduced his own traveling team. He planned to enter the Johto League without traveling full-time and began preparing milk tea and dinner as everyone settled in together.

• Raven welcomed Gary to Johto in the group chat, and Professor Oak asked him to collect and deliver three special Pokédexes to promising newcomers.
• Gary rode with Lorelei to her villa while they discussed his recorded song and the possibility of writing a theme song for the Johto League.
• Lorelei introduced Gary to her Pokémon, and Gary won over Dewgong and Dragon-Slaying Clam with his Poffins.
• Gary told Lorelei he would enter the Johto League competition but would collect Badges only when convenient instead of traveling on a full journey.
• Gary released his traveling Pokémon at the villa and started making brown sugar milk tea and egg burgers while the Pokémon mingled.

Gary settled into Lorelei's Goldenrod City villa, cooked dinner for her, and agreed to stay there while working in Johto. After teasing Lorelei at bath time, he planned to report to the Radio Tower the next day and learned Whitney might visit him with Janine.

• Gary's Pokémon played and trained around Lorelei's villa while he prepared glowing mullet roe Benedict egg burgers, which Lorelei enjoyed.
• After dinner, Lorelei gave Gary the villa and car keys, and he accepted the villa key but declined the car because he usually rode Ponyta.
• Gary and Lorelei considered playing a game, then she went to bathe while Gary teased her by peeking through the bathroom curtain before leaving.
• Gary chatted with A Tao, Raven, Ash, and Janine in the group chat, where Janine announced that she would bring Whitney to visit him at the Radio Tower.
• Gary asked for help turning off his bedroom light, but Decidueye beat Gengar to the switch and left Gengar fuming.

Gary visited Goldenrod Radio Tower with Janine and Whitney to begin onboarding as a guest on Mary’s show. After meeting the staff and running into Bill, he offered to treat everyone to dinner, but Whitney led the group astray inside the building.

• Gary saw Raven’s photo of a poacher arrest and suggested a battle tactic pairing Arcanine with Justified and Mightyena that knew Beat Up.
• Gary met Janine and Whitney at the Pokémon Center, and Whitney offered to guide them to the Radio Tower but initially led them the wrong way.
• At the Radio Tower, Gary noticed unusually well-equipped security guards and an unfamiliar bespectacled man in a cape and trench coat.
• Director Tuyuan welcomed Gary, completed his onboarding, and explained that Mary’s show would air on Saturdays and Sundays for about half a year.
• Gary met Mary and Bill after their recording, confirmed he would start on Saturday, and offered to buy the group dinner.
• Whitney suggested a buffet on the building’s twenty-fourth floor, then led everyone into getting lost inside the tower.

Gary agreed to visit Professor Elm, who arranged for him to meet a police inspector interested in Team Rocket. Meanwhile, Lance and Vicious prepared a trap for Giovanni’s son and successor, and Archer remained their prisoner.

• At a buffet in Goldenrod City, Gary heard that Professor Elm had arranged for new Trainers to collect their Pokémon and agreed to visit the next morning.
• After Gary returned home, Professor Elm contacted him and said someone wanted to meet him, but withheld the person’s identity.
• The previous day, Gintoki visited Professor Elm and asked to meet Gary to discuss Team Rocket, while Elm warned him to treat Gary carefully.
• In Team Rocket’s secret base beneath Goldenrod City’s arcade, Lance discussed his plan with Vicious, who demanded Dark Balls in exchange for helping him return to Team Rocket.
• Vicious stomped on the captured Archer and threatened him, while Lance’s men listened to Archer’s screams outside.

Gary traveled with Raven to Professor Elm’s laboratory in New Bark Town, where he met police inspector Sakaki Gintoki. Gintoki confronted Gary over his alleged ties to Team Rocket, and the chapter ended with them preparing to spar.

• Raven arrived at Gary’s mansion, joined him for breakfast, and accompanied him to New Bark Town.
• Gary and Raven raced their Pokémon to Professor Elm’s laboratory, where Gintoki greeted them.
• After Raven went to explore the backyard, Gintoki asked Gary about his connection to Team Rocket and accused him of being an executive.
• Gary denied the accusation, challenged Gintoki to produce evidence, and agreed to spar with him in the backyard.

Gary defeated Gintoki in a no-rules battle using newly gained martial arts skills, then joined Professor Elm to give the three Johto beginners their starter Pokémon. The chapter left Kenta, Marina, and Junichi waiting to learn whether Gary would grant them Pokédexes.

• Gary used the system to gain Aikido Martial Arts Essence before he and Gintoki began their no-rules two-on-two battle.
• Gary and Gintoki sent out their Pokémon, and Gary used martial arts to knock Weavile back while Electivire and Golduck defeated Feraligatr.
• Gary defeated Weavile and struck Gintoki with three kicks, prompting Raven to end the match and Gintoki to leave on a Fearow.
• Professor Elm and Gary returned to the laboratory, where Kenta chose Cyndaquil, Marina chose Totodile, and Junichi chose Chikorita.
• Gary asked the three beginners what Pokémon meant to them and said he would give them Pokédexes only if he was satisfied with their answers.

Gary tested Junichi, Marina, and Kenta on what Pokémon meant to them, then awarded them Pokémon Illustrated Encyclopedias after Kenta proved his answer in battle. The three novices set off on their journeys, and Professor Elm introduced his new assistant Kotone, who was upset that Kenta had already left.

• Junichi said Pokémon were friends and teachers, while Marina called them companions and shared her dream of becoming a Coordinator.
• Kenta challenged Gary to a battle, and Gary’s Gliscor defeated Cyndaquil after Kenta used Smokescreen and Tackle.
• Kenta conceded to protect Cyndaquil and said Pokémon were comrades he could trust with his life.
• Gary gave Junichi, Marina, and Kenta their Pokémon Illustrated Encyclopedias, and the three novices left on their journeys.
• Kotone arrived at Elm's Laboratory with Marill, learned that Kenta had already left, and complained that he had gone without waiting for her.

Gary rescued the badly injured Archer, treated him, and fed him hot pot udon before learning Lance had seized Team Rocket’s Goldenrod arcade branch and betrayed Archer’s team. Gary decided to use Lance’s poaching operation to bring the authorities down on him, and arranged to meet Lance the next day.

• Professor Elm and Professor Oak discussed instant noodles over a video call, and Elm discovered his dinner had gone soggy.
• Gary rode home through Goldenrod City, considered opening a Battle Club, and found Archer badly injured outside his villa.
• Gary treated Archer’s wounds and served him hot pot udon, then heard how Lance had taken over the arcade branch and captured Archer’s squad.
• Gary told Archer to pose as a concerned citizen and accompany him to the arcade, while warning that Team Rocket would reject traitors.
• Gary called Lance and reported the arcade’s secret poaching base, arranging for Lance and two capable people to help raid it the next day.

Gary gathered Lance, Gintoki, Whitney, Raven, and Archer to raid Team Rocket’s base beneath the Goldenrod City Game Corner. He began their operation by storming into the Game Corner and demanding to see its manager.

• Gary fed his Pokémon Dragon Crystal Berry Pokéblocks and prepared breakfast for Archer and the arriving group.
• Lance, Gintoki, Whitney, Raven, and Archer joined Gary, and they ate breakfast together before setting out.
• Gary told Lance and Gintoki to wait outside while he, Whitney, Raven, and Archer went inside to trash the place.
• Gary assigned Raven to show his police credentials and released Togepi as the group approached the Game Corner.
• Gary kicked open the Game Corner doors, demanded its manager, and stood beside Raven as the raid began.

Gary and his companions entered the Goldenrod Game Corner undercover, where Togepi’s luck let them win a fortune in Steel Balls. Team Rocket decided to lure them downstairs and kill them, leaving Gary’s party preparing to leave as Lance and his men set their trap.

• Gary, Whitney, Raven, and Archer entered the Game Corner under the guise of wealthy guests, and Whitney and Gary kept up their act in a private room.
• The manager refused Team Rocket’s squad leader’s plan to fleece the guests, but the manager’s men later tried to intimidate them; Archer kicked one man out, and Raven’s Arcanine pinned another.
• Gary had Togepi play the slot machine, and Togepi hit repeated jackpots that won them hundreds of thousands’ worth of Steel Balls.
• After a waitress reported that Gary wanted to cash out and leave, the manager agreed to lure the group downstairs while the squad leader met Lance in the basement.
• Lance ordered the squad leader to prepare the ambush, and the squad leader left with four Team Rocket underlings.

Gary and Whitney entered a Team Rocket base beneath the Goldenrod City arcade, where Lance’s forces fought back against their raid. Gary confronted Lance and forced him to kneel, but Lance escaped after triggering an Explosion, leaving Gary unharmed.

• Gary persuaded the arcade manager to lead him and his companions to the boss, while Lance tracked their location and prepared to breach the base.
• Raven and Archer defeated the guards at the elevator, then they and Whitney led a one-sided battle against Lance’s low-level Team Rocket recruits.
• Vicious and four elite Rocket members joined the fight, but Lance arrived with Dragonite and Gintoki to overwhelm them, while Vicious fled.
• Gary found Lance preparing to escape, ordered him to kneel, and mocked his ambition to become the Dark Emperor.
• Lance used Weezing’s Explosion to cover his escape, but Golduck’s Psychic Barrier protected Gary from the blast.

After the Goldenrod Game Corner raid, Gary returned home and discovered Wartortle had brought him a Charcadet. Charcadet swore loyalty, evolved into Armarouge using its Celebration Armor, and joined Gary’s Pokémon for a welcoming feast.

• The police secured the Game Corner’s underground warehouse, while Archer received another honorary citizen certificate and Whitney and Raven handled the aftermath.
• Gary went home to bathe as Lance scolded Gintoki for failing to catch Vicious, and the system announced that an encounter card had activated.
• Wartortle returned with Charcadet, which had challenged and lost to Wartortle before agreeing to follow Gary as its liege.
• Gary welcomed Charcadet as family, and the Celebration Armor transformed it into Armarouge, who entered a Poké Ball.
• Gary introduced Armarouge to the other Pokémon and raised a toast at a feast celebrating the new teammate.

Young Master Mao prepared to return to work at the radio station while the group chat joked about the Goldenrod incident and his relationship with Whitney. Gary spoke with Giovanni about Team Rocket’s future and received permission to handle Lance’s squad as he saw fit.

• Young Master Mao got ready for his first radio broadcast after a week off as news coverage discussed the Goldenrod poaching case and the fugitives Lance and Vicious.
• Raven, Whitney, and the others traded stories and teased Whitney about her apparent interest in Young Master Mao, while Chloe resolved to work hard to become his ideal partner.
• Gary and the group joked about Ash’s training and mistaken type matchups before Gary accidentally sent Giovanni a meme.
• Gary told Giovanni that he had let Lance escape to spare the capable Team Rocket members under him, and Giovanni said the Johto branch was being consolidated under Archer.
• Giovanni told Gary to show his R Badge to Lance’s squad and authorized him to deal with anyone who refused to recognize it as he saw fit.

Gary began his new weekly radio show at Goldenrod Radio Tower, introducing Xatu and explaining how its Magic Bounce ability countered status moves and Spikes tactics. At home, Eevee-chan led the other Pokémon out to train while Gary was away.

• Young Master Mao invited his Pokémon to come with him, but only Ponyta accompanied him to Goldenrod City.
• After Gary met Touko in the elevator, Director Tuyuan assigned her to follow a camera operator and discussed Gary's radio work and employee benefits.
• Gary joined Mary in the broadcast booth and began his first episode of Pokémon, I Know.
• Gary drew Xatu at random and explained how Magic Bounce reflected status moves and helped counter entry hazards such as Spikes.

Eevee-chan and Gary’s other Pokémon challenged Whitney’s Goldenrod Gym without a Trainer and won its Badge. Gary realized what they had done, blocked Whitney’s calls, and headed home while Whitney fumed.

• Whitney stopped playing Pokémon Golden Shovel when Xiaomei told her a group of Pokémon had arrived to challenge the Gym.
• Eevee-chan defeated Gym students’ Pokémon, then Togepi announced that the group was officially challenging Whitney for her Badge.
• Whitney agreed to a three-on-three battle, but Eevee-chan and the others beat her team and claimed the Goldenrod Gym’s Badge.
• Togepi told Whitney they would return the next day, and Whitney repeatedly called Gary while he was away recording a show.
• Gary received a Johto Series mission reward, realized Eevee-chan had challenged the Gym, blocked Whitney’s number, and muted her in the group chat.
• Whitney continued venting at the Gym while Gary finished work and considered what to eat for dinner.

After returning home, Gary reunited with Lorelei, whose attempt to cook dinner ended in disaster, and agreed to help reunite a rescued Larvitar with its distressed mother Tyranitar. He planned to head to the Mt. Silver reserve the next day with Lorelei and a ranger.

• Gary encouraged Touko to train her Pokémon and pursue a regional League championship as a goal for becoming a better reporter.
• Gary returned home and found Lorelei serving takeout alongside a burned steak she had tried to cook; they agreed he would teach her to cook.
• Gary and Lorelei fed the inedible steak to Armarouge, who nearly collapsed before Gary revived it with Pecha Berries.
• Lorelei explained that a mother Tyranitar near Mt. Silver was too distressed to recognize her rescued Larvitar, and the Ranger Association asked Gary to help soothe her.
• Gary accepted the mission and the offer of permission to catch one Pokémon in a reserve; Lorelei said she would accompany him the next day.

Gary traveled with Lorelei to Mt. Silver to help return a Larvitar to its mother, but Bugsy challenged his qualifications before the mission could begin. Gary wagered Bugsy’s Badge and then challenged Falkner as well, with Lorelei agreeing to referee their battles.

• Gary rode with Lorelei to Mt. Silver, where Gengar accidentally woke him while trying to hide from Lorelei’s attempted kiss.
• At the Pokémon Center, Bugsy and Falkner waited with a Larvitar that needed help returning to its mother.
• Bugsy criticized the promised Viridian Force Trainer and insisted he would test the newcomer’s abilities.
• Gary arrived, challenged Bugsy to put his Badge on the line, and said Bugsy would be removed from the mission if he lost.
• Gary also challenged Falkner, and Lorelei arranged to referee the battles outside the Pokémon Center.

Gary and Bugsy’s dispute turned into an official Gym Challenge at the Pokémon Center near Mt. Silver. Gary’s Armarouge defeated Bugsy’s Scyther in one attack, leaving the battle unfinished.

• Gary and Bugsy found a crowd gathered around a battle court, where retired police veterans and other experienced trainers watched a match.
• Bugsy commandeered the court and challenged Gary, while veteran officers criticized his behavior and his Scyther’s training.
• Lorelei refereed their two-on-two Single Battle, and Bugsy sent out Scyther while Gary chose his recently caught Armarouge.
• Armarouge used Fire Spin and Reflect to counter Scyther’s attack, activating its Weak Armor ability.
• Gary ordered Flame Charge and Lava Plume, and Armarouge knocked Scyther out before Bugsy could send out his second Pokémon.