Recaps

Fang Yan and Leon brought the Sinnoh and Galarian Legendary Birds together for a tournament to stop the Galarian birds from causing trouble. After the Sinnoh birds won, the Galarian birds agreed to behave for a year and left to train, while Leon began showing Fang Yan around Galar before Raihan arrived to meet them.

• Sinnoh Moltres attacked Galarian Moltres, and the Legendary Birds from both regions broke into a chaotic battle while Fang Yan and Leon watched.
• Fang Yan explained to Leon that he had come with Lugia to resolve the Galarian Legendary Birds' troubles, and Cynthia joined them by video call as Fang Yan pointed out the grounded Galarian Zapdos.
• Galarian Zapdos attacked Fang Yan but was stopped by Ninetales, and Gengar and Lilligant helped overpower the Galarian birds.
• Fang Yan proposed a three-match tournament between the corresponding Legendary Birds, and the Sinnoh birds won all three battles.
• Fang Yan required the Galarian birds to avoid causing trouble for a year and announced the competition would recur every three years; they left to train for a rematch.
• Leon offered to show Fang Yan around Galar, but after getting lost, he revealed that Raihan was arriving on a Flygon to meet them.

Fang Yan visited the Isle of Armor with Leon and Raihan, met Mustard, and shared tea with him. Mustard recognized Fang Yan as the descendant of an old friend from Donghuang and offered to coach his Pokémon, leaving Fang Yan ready to battle him.

• Raihan and Fang Yan found Leon after he got lost, then took him to meet Mustard on the Isle of Armor.
• Fang Yan told Mustard, Honey, Sonia, Leon, and Raihan how he had resolved the Legendary Birds’ conflict by arranging a contest between the Sinnoh and Galar birds.
• Mustard praised Fang Yan’s Pokémon and traded coaching for tea leaves, while Fang Yan promised to send more if he could grow them at his Pokémon Day Care.
• Leon proposed a Gigantamax battle, but Fang Yan explained that he could not Dynamax or Gigantamax, then went to explore the island with his Pokémon.
• Mustard found Fang Yan and offered him pointers, explaining that Fang Yan reminded him of an old friend from Donghuang who had owned a Pokémon Day Care in Sinnoh.
• Fang Yan realized Mustard was talking about Grandaunt and agreed to battle him.

Fang Yan battled Mustard in a coaching match, where Lilligant’s powerful Z-Move covered the Isle of Armor in flowers and defeated Dynamax Mienshao. The battle ended after the explosion damaged the field, leaving Fang Yan to pay for repairs.

• Mustard challenged Fang Yan to a three-on-three coaching battle and sent out Mienshao against Lilligant.
• Lilligant endured Mienshao’s rapid attacks, set up Sunny Day, and struck back with a redirected Solar Beam and other powerful moves.
• Mustard Dynamaxed Mienshao and urged Fang Yan and Lilligant to unleash their greatest power.
• Fang Yan and Lilligant used Bloom Doom, spreading flowers across the Isle of Armor and launching a huge orb at Mienshao.
• Mienshao’s Focus Blast collided with the Z-Move, so Gothitelle compressed the resulting energy and Gengar carried it out to sea, where it exploded.
• Mustard ended the battle after Mienshao fell unconscious, and Fang Yan agreed to pay for the damaged battlefield.

Fang Yan said goodbye to Mustard and received a Psychium Z and a Kubfu Egg, then accepted a Dynamax Band from Sonia and tested it with Dali. After nearly damaging the dojo’s last battlefield while preparing a Z-Move, Fang Yan departed the Isle of Armor with Latias to explore Galar.

• Mustard gave Fang Yan a Psychium Z for Gothitelle and asked him to find a trustworthy Trainer for a Kubfu Egg.
• Fang Yan told Leon that a powerful boy from Sinnoh would eventually become his rival, while Leon explained that Dynamax incidents and his contract with Chairman Rose kept him in Galar.
• Sonia gave Fang Yan a Dynamax Band, and Fang Yan chose Dali to demonstrate Dynamax after learning that multiple Pokémon could use the band.
• Fang Yan and Gothitelle began preparing a Z-Move while Dali was Dynamaxed, but Mustard stopped them to protect the dojo’s last battlefield.
• Fang Yan invited Leon, Raihan, and Sonia to visit his Pokémon Day Care in Sinnoh, then left the Isle of Armor on Latias.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon camped in a Galar forest, where Bea fled from a rampaging Dynamax Vespiquen and was rescued by Dali. Fang Yan then defeated the Vespiquen with Gothitelle’s Shattered Psyche, leaving Bea stunned by his strength.

• Fang Yan set up a comfortable forest camp with Gengar’s supplies, shared mushroom soup with his Pokémon, and went to sleep while Dali stood guard.
• Bea trained in the forest with her Machamp, Machoke, and Machop, then encountered a Dynamax Vespiquen and fled as it attacked her Pokémon.
• Dali blocked Vespiquen’s strike and broke through her Max Guard with a powerful Dynamic Punch, while Gothitelle and Lilligant helped protect Bea.
• Fang Yan woke and recognized Bea, who explained that the wild Vespiquen had chased her through the forest.
• Fang Yan used his Psychic-type Z-Move with Gothitelle to unleash Shattered Psyche and knock out Dynamax Vespiquen.

Fang Yan helped Dynamax Vespiquen calm the violent energy inside her and promised to find a way to restore her, while Bea agreed to check on her. The group fled after Gengar and the others emptied Vespiquen’s hive, leaving her furious at Fang Yan.

• Fang Yan invited Bea to breakfast, then led her and his Pokémon to Dynamax Vespiquen after the meal.
• Dynamax Vespiquen explained that she had absorbed particles from Eternatus and could not control the violent energy that made her rampage.
• Fang Yan had Gothitelle prepare herbal medicine, and Lilligant and Celebi helped soothe Vespiquen’s power so she could stop rampaging.
• Fang Yan asked Vespiquen to move deeper into the forest and asked Bea to visit her while he searched for a way to restore her.
• Gengar, Latias, and Dali emptied Vespiquen’s hive for honey and supplies, then ran as Vespiquen roared that Fang Yan was her sworn enemy.

Fang Yan discovered that Gengar and Latias had taken a huge haul of honey and other treasures from a Dynamax Vespiquen, including a special Max Honey with powerful effects. After sharing a meal made from Max Honey and Max Mushrooms, Fang Yan agreed to let Bea travel with him and train under Dali, and the group set off for Stow-on-Side.

• Fang Yan confronted Gengar and Latias about the stolen goods, learned Gengar had left the Vespiquen only one jar of honey, and found that Gengar had traded the Pokémon Day Care's honey for it.
• Fang Yan tasted the Max Honey and discovered a special batch that carried Vespiquen's feelings and could boost compassion, friendship, mood, and move mastery.
• Fang Yan examined the Max Mushrooms, shared a Big Nugget with Bea, and had Gothitelle prepare Max Mushroom soup with Max Honey for lunch.
• Fang Yan and the Pokémon ate the soup, which could alter Pokémon's Dynamax forms and improve their abilities; the meal also triggered a Gourmet Critical Hit effect for several of Fang Yan's Pokémon.
• Bea asked Fang Yan to train her, and Fang Yan agreed to have Dali coach Bea, Machamp, and the others while they traveled together.
• Dali began training Bea and the others, then led them running toward Stow-on-Side while Fang Yan followed with Ninetales and Gothitelle reminded Gengar to bring the pot.

Fang Yan left Bea’s dojo after helping inspire her training and promising to try to organize a martial arts tournament, then encountered Eternatus in the skies over Galar. After Eternatus fled from the legendary Pokémon gathered around Fang Yan, he headed back to Sinnoh, where Dialga was dragged into the Distortion World and fought Giratina; Fang Yan and Lugia were later pulled into that world as Giratina rushed to deal with them.

• Fang Yan watched Dali train Bea and her Pokémon at the Stow-on-Side dojo, then promised Dali he would try to organize a martial arts tournament in spring.
• Fang Yan left Bea with encouragement to pass her Gym assessment, and Bea agreed to keep training with her Pokémon.
• A storm gathered over Galar, and Fang Yan confronted Eternatus with Mega-Evolved Latias, Gengar, and Gothitelle nearby; Eternatus sensed powerful auras and fled when Fang Yan offered to fight.
• Lugia joined Fang Yan, explained that legendary Pokémon across the regions would unite against Eternatus, and traveled with him toward Sinnoh.
• Dialga emerged beside a lake, where Giratina dragged it into the Distortion World; after they fought, Dialga escaped while Giratina became trapped in a repeating moment.
• Fang Yan and Lugia were pulled into the Distortion World while traveling over a flower field, and Giratina abandoned Ash and the others to approach them and set up illusions.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon were trapped in an illusion in the Distortion World while Giratina pursued Ash and Shaymin, and Cynthia organized Sinnoh’s leaders to contain the rampaging Pokémon around Mt. Coronet. The chapter ended with Ash and Volkner pulled into the Distortion World and Flint and Brock facing an unknown threat at the Gracidea Flower Field.

• Fang Yan found that Giratina had trapped him and his Pokémon in an illusion, and Lugia refused to break through because it could destroy corresponding places in the real world.
• Professor Carolina told Cynthia that Distortion World fluctuations were causing spacetime rifts and wild Pokémon to rampage around Mt. Coronet, so Cynthia called in the Elite Four and nearby Gym Leaders.
• Flint and Volkner met Ash, Brock, and Mugen, learned that Shaymin had escaped the Distortion World, and accompanied the group toward the Gracidea Flower Field.
• Giratina gave Fang Yan a view of events outside the illusion, where Shaymin transformed into its Sky Forme and Fang Yan later welcomed Jessie, James, and Meowth into his makeshift camp.
• A vortex pulled Ash and Volkner into the Distortion World, leaving Brock and Flint behind as the wild Pokémon rampage spread across Mt. Coronet and Cynthia deployed Sinnoh’s defenders.

Fang Yan escaped the illusion and reached the real world, where Zero’s machine had drained Giratina’s power and the enraged Pokémon threatened the region. As Fang Yan joined Ash and the others in the Distortion World to stop Giratina, he Mega Evolved Latias and began a coordinated attack.

• Zero captured Ash’s group and forced Shaymin to use Seed Flare, opening a gateway that let them escape the Distortion World.
• Cynthia and the Sinnoh trainers fought waves of frenzied Pokémon while Zero trapped Giratina in his machine and drained its power.
• Fang Yan broke through the illusion with Lugia, then sent the Team Rocket Trio to watch the screens while he entered the real world.
• Cynthia freed Giratina from Zero’s machine, but Giratina lost control and headed toward Sendoff Spring as an avalanche threatened a town below Mt. Coronet.
• Fang Yan used Shaymin’s Seed Flare to open a gateway, sent Lugia after Giratina, and entered the Distortion World with Ash, Dawn, Brock, Mugen, and Volkner.
• Fang Yan Mega Evolved Latias and joined Lugia and Gengar in attacking Giratina.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon stopped Giratina’s rampage in the Distortion World with Shaymin’s help, then joined Cynthia and the Legendary Pokémon in halting the glacier. After the crisis ended, Fang Yan collapsed in Cynthia’s embrace while Darkrai arrived late.

• Giratina battered Lugia, Mega Latias, and Gengar, but Fang Yan’s team kept fighting until Celebi opened a passage and Shaymin evolved into Sky Forme.
• Shaymin used Seed Flare to absorb the Distortion World’s negative emotions, calm Giratina, and create an exit, while Celebi healed Giratina and Lugia.
• Giratina took Fang Yan and his allies out of the Distortion World, and Fang Yan rode Regigigas back to help stop the glacier.
• Regigigas, Giratina, Lugia, Cynthia, the League members, and the wild Pokémon pushed the glacier back into place, while Giratina later repaired the Distortion World.
• Cynthia embraced the exhausted Fang Yan, and Darkrai arrived to find them together before hiding in Fang Yan’s shadow with Gengar.

After the disaster, Fang Yan and Cynthia said goodbye to the departing Pokémon and returned to their own responsibilities, with Cynthia inviting Fang Yan to meet her grandmother after the Lily of the Valley Conference. Fang Yan came back to the Pokémon Day Care, reunited with its residents, and was confronted by Vespiquen, who smelled another bee on him.

• Shaymin and the two Celebi departed, and Fang Yan and Cynthia thanked them before heading back with the others.
• The Team Rocket Trio revealed they had captured Zero, and Fang Yan and Cynthia arranged for the League to take him away while Gengar delivered the trio food and money.
• Cynthia told Fang Yan her grandmother wanted to meet him, and Fang Yan agreed to visit after the Lily of the Valley Conference and the Day Care's work settled down.
• Ash promised Fang Yan he would become a Pokémon Master, and Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care, where Mrs. Fujino updated him on its business and Shauna accidentally crashed into him.
• Fang Yan visited the green backyard and credited Celebi and Lugia for its recovery, but Vespiquen smelled another bee on him and demanded an explanation.

Fang Yan reunited with Vespiquen at the Pokémon Day Care, where she gave him a bottle of Honey she had spent the winter brewing especially for him. After Fang Yan learned how precious it was and accepted half of it, Vespiquen realized he understood her feelings, and the Pokémon Day Care welcomed her home.

• Fang Yan offered Vespiquen Max Honey, then caught Gengar trying to flee after stealing it, and Vespiquen chased Gengar through the Pokémon Day Care.
• Vespiquen explained that she wanted to improve the sharp-tasting Max Honey, then gave Fang Yan a bottle of Honey she had brewed over 118 days.
• Fang Yan learned that Vespiquen's Honey had extraordinary effects and had been made especially for him, and he was moved by how much the Pokémon cared for him.
• Fang Yan initially returned the precious Honey, but Vespiquen brought back two half-filled bottles so they could share it.
• Fang Yan welcomed Vespiquen home and revealed that he understood the feelings behind her Honey, leaving Vespiquen flustered as the other Pokémon thanked her.

Fang Yan learned that Giratina had given Gengar access to the Distortion World and that Shaymin had gifted him Gracidea seeds and offered to teach his Pokémon. The Shaymin arrived at the Day Care, accidentally opened a passage to the Distortion World with Seed Flare, and settled in the flower beds for the night.

• Fang Yan read that Gengar could travel to the Distortion World and train with Giratina, while Shaymin had given him Gracidea seeds and would teach Lilligant and Roserade.
• Fang Yan tried to open a passage himself, then spoke with Giratina, who explained that Fang Yan could invite it to open one and offered to guide Gengar.
• Unable to sleep, Fang Yan planned with Gengar and the other Pokémon to plant Gracidea flowers and expand the Day Care's grounds.
• Twelve Shaymin arrived at the balcony, thanked Fang Yan for protecting their flower fields, and offered to teach Gengar and another suitable Pokémon their move.
• The lead Shaymin accidentally opened a passage to the Distortion World with Seed Flare, and Fang Yan closed it before the Shaymin went to rest in the flower beds.

As spring arrived, Fang Yan worked with his Pokémon to repair and tidy the Pokémon Day Care. Xiaosi and Mala began their promised journey together after Xiaosi chose Gligar as his partner.

• Fang Yan and Gengar began clearing the backyard, and Gengar repaired the broken mower after discovering its battery was not the problem.
• Fang Yan visited Vespiquen in the hive and offered to help, then suggested planting Gracidea flowers for her at the Day Care.
• Xiaosi woke early to start his journey, and Mala revealed she had returned from the Kalos Region after placing third in its League Conference so they could travel together.
• At the Pokémon Day Care, Fang Yan showed Xiaosi several Pokémon Eggs, but none would hatch soon enough, so he invited the pair to look for a willing Pokémon in the backyard.
• Xiaosi asked Gligar to join him, promising they would grow stronger and protect the people they cared about; Gligar agreed, and Xiaosi caught it.
• Mala and Xiaosi left together, holding hands and renewing their childhood promise to travel together.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care helped Officer Jenny search for the children missing around Twinleaf Town, tracking them to a cave where Drifloon and Drifblim had been holding them. After the children were rescued, Shauna punched a Drifblim that tried to abduct her, leaving Fang Yan to defend her actions to Officer Jenny.

• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan that seventeen children had gone missing in two days and asked him to help search for them.
• Fang Yan sent the Pokémon from the Day Care to search Twinleaf Town while he stayed behind with Shauna; Staraptor and Gothitelle also kept watch and followed a Drifloon to its hideout.
• The Zangoose leader reported finding the children, and Fang Yan called Officer Jenny before heading to the forest with Shauna and the Pokémon.
• Latias confirmed that twelve children were inside the cave, and Officer Jenny and the other officers rescued them.
• Officer Jenny identified the culprits as Drifloon and Drifblim, but one Drifblim tried to carry Shauna away before she punched a hole in it.
• Shauna threatened to hit the Drifblim again, and Fang Yan praised her while Officer Jenny looked to him for an explanation.

Fang Yan and Officer Jenny arranged for local Pokémon to protect Twinleaf Town from Drifloon and discussed recruiting Zangoose to help the police. Shauna then demonstrated startling strength by knocking down Rhyperior and Pinsir, while Zhishi resolved to become stronger.

• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan that the League would find Trainers for the wild Pokémon or release them far from town, and Fang Yan offered the Day Care's Pokémon to help protect children from Drifloon and Drifblim.
• Fang Yan asked Honchkrow, Gliscor, and Staraptor to drive away nearby Drifloon and Drifblim, and they agreed to rally their Pokémon and help.
• Officer Jenny proposed hiring wild Pokémon for police work, and Fang Yan suggested recruiting the Zangoose; Lilligant offered an idea, and Fang Yan and Officer Jenny planned how to persuade them.
• Shauna arrived with Zhishi and showed how she had punched a Drifblim by knocking Rhyperior down with one blow; Ninetales sent Rhyperior flying, and Pinsir was knocked down too.
• Fang Yan treated Rhyperior and Pinsir, and Pinsir insisted he would win Dali's affection; Zhishi stroked her Dratini egg and resolved to get stronger.

Fang Yan organized a second battle between the Zangoose and Seviper clans, which ended with Seviper winning again. He then persuaded the defeated Zangoose to cooperate with Twinleaf Town and help protect its residents in exchange for payment and opportunities to grow stronger.

• The Zangoose and Seviper clans gathered at the Pokémon Day Care for their rematch, with Fang Yan and Officer Jenny ensuring they followed rules against killing and serious injury.
• The clans fought a series of battles, and Seviper defeated the Zangoose leader in the final match after both Pokémon unleashed their strongest attacks.
• After the battle, Fang Yan proposed that the Zangoose help drive away dangerous wild Pokémon and capture criminals, promising payment and chances to face strong opponents.
• Officer Jenny offered the Zangoose access to Twinleaf Town, and the Zangoose leader agreed to try cooperating with them.
• Officer Jenny discussed the arrangement with the Zangoose leader, signed a contract, and escorted the clan back to its territory.

Fang Yan sent Staraptor, Honchkrow, Gothitelle, Latias, and Gengar to help Sandgem Town drive away the Drifloon and Drifblim. After Gengar and Gothitelle accidentally damaged Professor Rowan's laboratory, Fang Yan paid for the repairs, and Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny began considering whether her town could also arrange a partnership with wild Pokémon.

• Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny asked Fang Yan for help after damp weather and Drifloon and Drifblim from other towns overwhelmed the town's defenses.
• Fang Yan sent Staraptor and Honchkrow with flocks of Flying-type Pokémon, along with Gothitelle and Latias, to drive away the Drifloon and Drifblim.
• Gengar joined the battle late and unleashed a powerful Dark Void, prompting Gothitelle to intervene and accidentally blast a hole through Professor Rowan's laboratory.
• Fang Yan paid for the laboratory repairs, while Staraptor and the other Pokémon began patrolling around Sandgem Town.
• Twinleaf Town's Officer Jenny told her cousin about Twinleaf Town's contract with Zangoose, and Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny began considering a similar arrangement.

Fang Yan helped Seviper secure a cooperation agreement with Sandgem Town, where they would help Officer Jenny protect the town. The Seviper left with Officer Jenny, eager to grow stronger and battle Zangoose again.

• Fang Yan learned that Seviper wanted the same chance to train and serve as the Zangoose working with Twinleaf Town.
• Officer Jenny from Sandgem Town proposed that Seviper cooperate with her town, and Fang Yan agreed to arrange it.
• Shauna accidentally knocked out Seviper's leader when it startled her, but the leader eagerly agreed to lead the Seviper to Sandgem Town after waking.
• Fang Yan reviewed the agreement, and Officer Jenny and Seviper signed it with their handprints and tailprints.
• Officer Jenny led the Seviper toward Sandgem Town as Fang Yan warned them to avoid meeting Zangoose and reminded them to return if they needed help.

Officer Jenny asked Fang Yan to help with a Munchlax that had eaten much of the food around Twinleaf Town, and he discovered it had traveled from Sinnoh in search of a place to eat its fill. After Officer Jenny offered Pokémon Eggs for the Day Care, Fang Yan lured Munchlax with Honey and persuaded it to come with him, leaving the Day Care with another big eater to feed.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy found that the sleeping Munchlax had eaten nearby food and frightened off Trainers with its enormous appetite.
• Grandpa Yongchang suggested asking Fang Yan for help, and Fang Yan identified Munchlax as a male with the Thick Fat Ability that had traveled from northern Sinnoh to find food.
• Fang Yan refused to take Munchlax to the Day Care until Officer Jenny offered forty Pokémon Eggs and help obtaining rare Eggs from Professor Rowan.
• Gengar’s Honey woke Munchlax, and Fang Yan offered it food and a home at the Day Care in exchange for work.
• Munchlax eagerly accepted and clung to Fang Yan’s leg, but Fang Yan struggled to lift it before agreeing to take it back.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon at the Day Care enjoyed a sunny day preparing the grounds for planting season and planning a tea-growing area. Meanwhile, Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny and a group of Seviper captured Pokémon Hunters and rescued their captives, leaving Officer Jenny to take recovered Pokémon Eggs to Professor Rowan.

• Munchlax settled in at the Day Care, where Fang Yan and Gengar discovered it ate less than the other Pokémon had expected.
• Fang Yan, the Fujinos, and the Pokémon expanded the planting area, repaired fences, and agreed to try growing tea with Lilligant's help.
• Sandgem Town's Officer Jenny led her colleagues to a Pokémon Hunters' hideout, where the leader planned to capture her Arcanine.
• A scarred Seviper and its group poisoned the Pokémon Hunters, helping Officer Jenny arrest them and uncover the captive Pokémon and Eggs.
• Officer Jenny freed the Pokémon and carried the Eggs toward Professor Rowan's laboratory, hoping to give them to Fang Yan if Professor Rowan approved.

Fang Yan and the residents of the Pokémon Day Care celebrated New Year’s Eve together with festive decorations, food, fireworks, and red envelopes. The chapter ended with Fang Yan watching Cynthia and Shauna set off fireworks, happy with the family they had gathered around him.

• Fang Yan explained New Year’s Eve traditions to Shauna and the Pokémon, and Xia Lan brought the spring couplets he had forgotten to buy.
• Fang Yan and the others decorated the Pokémon Day Care, welcomed Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and Cynthia, then lit firecrackers together.
• Fang Yan sowed seeds, including tea seeds, and Cynthia returned from the League to join the celebration.
• The group shared a New Year’s Eve dinner, took a family photo, and exchanged red envelopes.
• Fang Yan gave Cynthia a red envelope and watched her set off fireworks with Shauna.

Fang Yan celebrated the Spring Festival at the Pokémon Day Care with Cynthia, Shauna, and the Pokémon, then received six Pokémon Eggs from Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny to sell. The chapter ended with friends and neighbors arriving to celebrate with him.

• Shauna wished Fang Yan a prosperous New Year and collected a red envelope from Cynthia before riding Rapidash to Twinleaf Town.
• Fang Yan and Cynthia toured the Day Care’s rapidly growing crops, discussed Shauna’s future journey, and looked forward to the Lily of the Valley League Conference.
• Sandgem Town’s Officer Jenny entrusted Fang Yan with six Pokémon Eggs rescued from Pokémon Hunters, including Eggs belonging to Eevee, Togepi, Happiny, and Riolu.
• Fang Yan checked with Twinleaf Town’s Nurse Joy about selling the Happiny Egg, and she trusted him to find it a suitable Trainer.
• Drake, Grandpa Yongchang, Grandpa Muzhi, and Grandma arrived with gifts and New Year greetings, and Fang Yan welcomed them to the Day Care.

Cynthia returned to the League office after leaving Lucian to handle her work, while Fang Yan visited Vespiquen to see her improved Max Honey. Vespiquen revealed a remarkable talent for making and improving honey, and the chapter ended with Shauna knocking Gengar out with a Rocket Headbutt.

• Cynthia told Fang Yan she had to return to work, then arrived at the League office and found Lucian exhausted from covering for her for several days.
• Cynthia gave Lucian Fang Yan’s New Year gift, then took Flint to the training grounds to test his strength while Aaron stayed behind.
• Fang Yan visited Vespiquen’s hive with Gengar and the others, where Lilligant refused to help them sneak Honey.
• Fang Yan tasted Vespiquen’s improved Max Honey, praised her work, and discovered that she could learn to make and improve Honey without Dynamaxing.
• Vespiquen gave Fang Yan a New Year special edition Honey, and Fang Yan left half the Max Honey in the hive.
• Fang Yan tricked Gengar by calling for Little Shauna, and Shauna charged in and knocked Gengar out with a Rocket Headbutt.