Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan explained Mega Evolution to Ash and encouraged him to pursue strength through his bond with Pokémon rather than relying on battle transformations. After Ash and his friends left, Fang Yan and Cynthia shared a snowy walk and exchanged playful challenges before Cynthia departed wearing a scarf he had made for her.

• Ash asked Fang Yan to battle Cynthia, but Fang Yan refused and explained Mega Evolution to Ash and his friends.
• Brock revealed that he had a Key Stone and planned to Mega Evolve his Steelix after returning to Pewter City, while Misty had already learned Mega Evolution with her Gyarados.
• Fang Yan reminded Ash that Mega Evolution and other battle mechanics were only aids, and Ash vowed to become a Pokémon Master alongside Pikachu.
• Fang Yan told Ash he looked forward to seeing him discover a bond of his own, and Ash promised to defeat Fang Yan and Cynthia someday.
• After Ash and his friends left, Cynthia questioned Fang Yan about how he knew of battle mechanics from other regions, and they teased each other about battling and becoming Champion.
• Fang Yan gave Cynthia a scarf he and Gengar had knitted, and Cynthia left on Garchomp wearing it.

After the Legendary Birds and Lake Guardians rewarded Fang Yan with a Z-Ring and Z-Crystals, he gave the Grass-type crystal to Lilligant and learned that they would need to dance to use a Z-Move. Just as Fang Yan prepared to test it with her, someone called out to him.

• After Cynthia left, Fang Yan decided to keep the Key Stone and Mega Stone, trusting that she would find a Mega Evolution that suited her as she continued forward.
• Fang Yan received a Z-Ring and a Z-Crystal from the Legendary Birds for helping them destroy Team Galactic's base and make peace in Sinnoh.
• The Lake Guardians rewarded Fang Yan with a Grassium Z for helping rescue Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie and stop the battle between Dialga and Palki.
• Fang Yan learned that Z-Moves required a dance, then gave the Grassium Z to Lilligant after Gengar declined it.
• Lilligant thanked Gengar with a kiss on the cheek and kissed Fang Yan as well, while Gengar teased Fang Yan about being jealous.
• As Fang Yan prepared to try a Z-Move with Lilligant, someone called, "Manager."

After encouraging Gary to enter the League Conference, Fang Yan challenged him to test his strength, but Lilligant’s first Bloom Doom proved overwhelmingly powerful. The move knocked out Gary’s entire team and devastated the battlefield, leaving Fang Yan and Gary waiting for Officer Jenny.

• Gary found Fang Yan in Solaceon Town and regretted that he had missed Ash, then reflected on how much stronger he needed to become.
• Fang Yan encouraged Gary to enter the League Conference and compete against strong Trainers such as Ash, Paul, and A Lan.
• Gary agreed to enter and declared that he would beat Ash and the Trainer with Legendary Pokémon, so Fang Yan challenged him to battle Lilligant with his full team.
• Lilligant and Fang Yan performed their synchronized dance and unleashed Bloom Doom, while Gothitelle and Gengar struggled to shield the surrounding area.
• Bloom Doom overwhelmed Gary’s six Pokémon and left a huge crater, so Fang Yan and Gary waited for Officer Jenny to arrive.

After his battle with Gary wrecked the grounds, Fang Yan paid for the repairs and gave Gary two stones meant to help him and Blastoise deepen their bond. Gary left for Lake Valor, while Fang Yan looked forward to the League Conference before Gothitelle dumped him into the snow.

• Officer Jenny from Solaceon Town arrived, learned Fang Yan and Gary had caused the wreckage during a practice battle, and ordered them to pay for repairs and spar at a proper training ground.
• Fang Yan and Gary paid compensation at the town hall, then healed their Pokémon at the Pokémon Center.
• Fang Yan told Gary he had not defeated Lilligant and gave him two stones, explaining they could help Gary and Blastoise when their bond reached another stage.
• Gary put the stones away, said he and Blastoise would work hard, and rode off on Arcanine to deal with something at Lake Valor.
• Fang Yan talked with Ninetales and Gengar about the coming League Conference, but Gothitelle lifted him into the air and planted him headfirst in the snow.

Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care after a tiring night of travel and reunited with his friends and Pokémon. After arranging for others to cover the cottage, he went to sleep at home with his Pokémon.

• Fang Yan reached the Pokémon Day Care at dawn, where Mrs. Fujino welcomed him and his snow-covered Pokémon inside.
• Fang Yan told Mime Jr. and Shauna that new Pokémon friends planned to visit, and both girls grew excited.
• Fang Yan persuaded Gothitelle to rest and arranged for Roserade, Pinsir, Heracross, and others to look after the cottage children.
• Fang Yan left the Pokémon Day Care and cafeteria in Mr. Fujino's care, then returned to his room with Gengar and the others.
• Fang Yan settled down to sleep between Lilligant and Gothitelle as Ninetales curled around them, comforted by being home.

As the unusual snowfall continued around Twinleaf Town, Fang Yan remembered his role as forest ranger and set out to check on the forest Pokémon. He left the Day Care in the Fujinos’ care and entered the forest with his Pokémon, including Vespiquen, who agreed to protect him.

• Fang Yan and the Fujinos discussed the persistent snow and rumors of a giant figure on Mt. Coronet while Mrs. Fujino gave Gengar a scarf.
• Fang Yan remembered he was a forest ranger and decided to inspect the forest for Pokémon affected by the heavy snow.
• Fang Yan left the Pokémon Day Care in Mr. and Mrs. Fujino’s care and headed toward the forest with Gengar, Lilligant, Ninetales, Dali, and Luxray.
• Fang Yan invited Vespiquen to join the group, claiming he would need her protection in the forest.
• Vespiquen reluctantly agreed to accompany Fang Yan, and the group entered the forest.

Fang Yan arrived in the snow-covered forest and learned that a powerful outsider had taken over a winter shelter cave and injured its Pokémon. He defeated the Rhyperior responsible and left it unconscious, restoring the forest Pokémon’s cave to them.

• Fang Yan found a worried Pachirisu, which told him that an outsider had claimed the cave meant for vulnerable forest Pokémon and defeated Seviper, Honchkrow, and Lopunny.
• Fang Yan and Gengar treated the injured Pokémon, and Fang Yan promised Lopunny he would handle the intruder.
• Fang Yan followed Pachirisu to the cave, where Dali shook the entrance until the occupying Rhyperior emerged.
• Fang Yan questioned Rhyperior about taking the cave and hurting the forest Pokémon, but Rhyperior answered that strength was the foundation of everything.
• Fang Yan ordered Dali to attack, and Dali struck Rhyperior with Dynamic Punch until it collapsed unconscious.
• Fang Yan stood over the defeated Rhyperior and asked whether it knew who protected the forest.

Fang Yan found Alcremie in the cave with Rhyperior and negotiated for Rhyperior to work at the nursery to compensate the injured forest Pokémon. After Steelix let Fang Yan's group leave, Fang Yan invited Alcremie to visit the nursery, where it could learn to make desserts; the group then headed home.

• Rhyperior woke up trapped in the rock and, after Lilligant threatened it with an Energy Ball, explained that it had entered the cave to live deeper inside and would return the sunlit area to the forest Pokémon.
• Fang Yan led his group beyond the boundary, where cave Pokémon attacked them until Geodude pointed the way; Rhyperior then appeared with Steelix and Alcremie.
• Steelix ordered Fang Yan to leave and said he was a lot like Ninetales, while Fang Yan promised to bring food as compensation for the cave Pokémon.
• Fang Yan told Rhyperior it had to work at the nursery to repay the forest Pokémon, and Rhyperior agreed after Fang Yan said Alcremie could come too.
• Fang Yan invited Alcremie to visit the nursery and learn dessert-making, and Alcremie agreed after Rhyperior gave its approval.
• Fang Yan assured Lopunny and the other forest Pokémon that he would bring food the next day, then led everyone home with Rhyperior and Alcremie.

Fang Yan and his Pokémon prepared food and medicine for injured Pokémon in the forest, while he left Alcremie with Vespiquen. At the hive, Alcremie tasted Vespiquen’s special honey and found a new source of happiness; Fang Yan continued into the cave to deliver supplies.

• Fang Yan asked Gothitelle, Mime Jr., and Alcremie to prepare portable food and herbal medicine for the forest visit.
• Gothitelle prepared the supplies and planned to have Roserade watch the cottage while it taught Alcremie to make desserts.
• Fang Yan left Alcremie with Vespiquen at the hive before heading into the forest with Gengar and the others.
• Vespiquen explained the hive’s rules to Alcremie and let it taste a special honey made to bring happiness.
• Alcremie enjoyed the honey and seemed to have discovered a dessert of its own.
• Fang Yan reached the cave, checked on Lopunny and the other Pokémon, distributed food, and went deeper inside with the remaining supplies.

Fang Yan visited Steelix in its cave and learned how it had joined Grandaunt’s Pokémon Day Care, stayed with her through its decline, and watched over it after her death. Steelix agreed to keep looking after the Day Care and its Pokémon under Fang Yan’s care.

• Gothitelle used Gravity to drop the Crobat and Golbat from the cave ceiling, and Gengar drew Steelix out of the ground.
• Fang Yan shared food with Steelix and asked about its past at the Pokémon Day Care.
• Steelix recalled how Grandaunt recruited it, how it left when she married, and how it returned after she reopened the Day Care following her divorce.
• Steelix remembered Grandaunt’s death, the Pokémon leaving to follow their own paths, and Ninetales telling it that human bonds were worth the sorrow of parting.
• Fang Yan thanked Steelix for staying with Grandaunt and asked it to look after the Day Care’s Pokémon as their elder.

Fang Yan reassured Alcremie that the Pokémon Day Care was its home and that it could make desserts without fearing rejection. Alcremie embraced its love of baking, made a golden honey cake that delighted everyone, and prepared to share its desserts with customers in Twinleaf Town.

• Fang Yan asked Alcremie whether making desserts made it happy and told it that the Pokémon Day Care was its home.
• Alcremie remembered its hardship and the kindness it had received from its friends, then cried and agreed that the Pokémon Day Care was its family.
• Alcremie made a golden cake with Vespiquen's Honey and Moomoo Milk, and Fang Yan and the other Pokémon praised it.
• Alcremie brought a slice to Rhyperior, who congratulated it, and Fang Yan said customers in Twinleaf Town could try Alcremie's desserts the next day.
• Gengar ate Alcremie's first cake before it could share a bite, then gave Alcremie some of Fang Yan's snacks instead.

Fang Yan discovered that Alcremie's desserts carried beneficial effects and sent Alcremie, Rhyperior, and Gengar to give them to Twinleaf Town residents. Grandpa Muzhi and Grandma enjoyed the desserts, which warmed them and eased their aches, and wished Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care well.

• Fang Yan praised Alcremie's desserts and learned that their ingredients could promote optimism, health, courage, diligence, and happiness.
• Fang Yan arranged for Alcremie to deliver free desserts with Gengar and Rhyperior, while Gothitelle and Roserade went to the cottage.
• Gengar, Rhyperior, and Alcremie brought desserts to Grandpa Muzhi and Grandma, who welcomed the Pokémon and accepted the gift.
• Grandpa Muzhi and Grandma shared the desserts and felt warmth spread through their bodies as their aches eased.
• Grandma and Grandpa Muzhi wished Fang Yan and everyone at the Pokémon Day Care peace and safety.

Fang Yan planned a food delivery service for Twinleaf Town and gained the support of the Pokémon at the Pokémon Day Care. After organizing the service, he received an urgent call from Nurse Joy about an accident at sea.

• Fang Yan considered residents’ requests for food delivery and asked the Pokémon at the Pokémon Day Care whether they would help.
• Gengar, the Machamp, Staraptor, Gogoat, and other Pokémon agreed to make deliveries, while Fang Yan spared Gothitelle and Vespiquen from the extra work.
• Shauna suggested that Golduck and Azumarill could help, and the leaders of both groups readily agreed.
• Fang Yan planned uniforms, menus, online orders, and delivery zones with Mayor Qiyi’s support.
• In the middle of the night, Nurse Joy called Fang Yan and urgently asked him to come because there had been an accident at sea.

Nurse Joy called Fang Yan for help when a Gyarados rampage struck Twinleaf Town’s harbor, leaving a passenger ship wrecked and people stranded in freezing water. Fang Yan and his Pokémon rescued the victims and stopped the fighting, then persuaded the Gyarados to wait while he investigated who had started the conflict.

• Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny coordinated rescues after Gyarados attacked a passenger ship, and Nurse Joy called Fang Yan for help.
• Fang Yan brought Pokémon to the harbor, where they rescued people, warmed and treated survivors, and knocked out Gyarados attacking the rescue boat.
• Fang Yan found Officer Jenny and her team surrounded by Gyarados, rescued them from the icy water, and froze the sea so everyone could escape.
• Fang Yan and his Pokémon struck down the surrounding Gyarados, while Lapras’s mother arrived with her pod to help confront them.
• The leading Gyarados said humans had started the fight, and Fang Yan promised to investigate; the Gyarados agreed to wait and left with their leader.

Fang Yan rescued the passengers from the sunken ship and learned that a trainer had provoked a group of Gyarados, triggering their rampage. After treating the injured Red Gyarados and resolving the conflict, he watched the Gyarados and Lapras return to the nearby waters and headed home with his Pokémon.

• Fang Yan, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and their Pokémon rescued the shipwreck survivors and treated them for injuries and hypothermia.
• Gothitelle brought warm herbal medicine to the ship, and Fang Yan helped administer it before directing the passengers' transfer to the Pokémon Center.
• Fang Yan learned from the Gyarados that a trainer had attacked their injured leader and mocked them, prompting the group to destroy the ship; their later infighting had concerned how to handle the people in the water.
• Fang Yan treated the injured Red Gyarados, while Officer Jenny brought the responsible trainer to apologize and announced that the Sinnoh League had blacklisted him and would notify other Leagues.
• The Red Gyarados accepted the apology and left with its group, while Lapras promised to remain nearby and protect the waters; Fang Yan then headed home with his Pokémon.

After the rescued passengers recovered, Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care with Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy for breakfast and rest. Gothitelle cared for the exhausted Fang Yan, and the chapter ended with the household settling into sleep.

• Nurse Joy told Fang Yan and Officer Jenny that everyone rescued from the water was out of danger, thanks to Ninetales, Gothitelle, and the timely rescue.
• Fang Yan invited Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy to the Pokémon Day Care for breakfast, and Gothitelle hurried back to prepare food for them.
• Fang Yan and the others ate together, and Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy teased him after he accidentally called Gothitelle “Mom.”
• Gothitelle massaged Fang Yan’s shoulders until he fell asleep, then carried him to bed and settled down beside him and Lilligant.
• Fang Yan murmured that he loved everyone most, and Gengar replied that they loved him too.

After waking, Fang Yan joined Gengar, Lilligant, and Gothitelle for Fight the Landlord and repeatedly gave Gengar disastrous advice. The Pokémon got revenge by leaving Fang Yan paralyzed with a pile of Cheri Berries as they went downstairs.

• Fang Yan woke up and removed the paper strips from Gengar’s face before joining the Pokémon’s card game.
• Fang Yan told Gengar to pass with a powerful hand, but Gothitelle played an airplane and won the round.
• Fang Yan urged Gengar to become landlord and play a pair of threes, but Lilligant beat it with four twos.
• Fang Yan told Gengar to break up its airplane, and Gothitelle answered with four aces before Lilligant finished the game.
• Gengar caught Fang Yan trying to leave and paralyzed him, while Gothitelle left Cheri Berries beside him and went downstairs with Lilligant.

Fang Yan learned the League planned to reward him for helping save the ship’s passengers, and he asked Officer Jenny to help obtain Pokémon Eggs and staff for his Day Care. After the group headed to the forest hot spring, Grandaunt’s gift made its water automatically refresh each day.

• Fang Yan and Gengar bickered before everyone ate dinner and gathered in the lounge.
• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan that the League planned to commend and reward him for helping protect passengers from multiple regions.
• Fang Yan gave Officer Jenny a long list of Pokémon Eggs he wanted, and she agreed to ask the League about them and request more staff for Twinleaf Town.
• Fang Yan asked Officer Jenny to obtain Pokémon that could help with cooking, then invited Shauna and her parents to join him and the Pokémon at the forest hot spring.
• Grandaunt’s gift made the hot spring automatically replace its water every day, and Fang Yan led the group there while Snorunt rode on Lapras to enjoy the snow.

Fang Yan prepared the Pokémon Day Care’s delivery service by outfitting Pokémon with branded gear and arranging for them to distribute menus throughout Twinleaf Town. The service was set to launch the next day, and the town’s residents eagerly anticipated it.

• Fang Yan received the custom-printed takeout containers, hats, and backpacks, then dressed the Pokémon as delivery workers.
• Fang Yan confirmed that Xia Lan had set up the delivery app, and Xia Lan offered to buy him a Rotom Phone.
• Fang Yan divided Twinleaf Town into delivery areas and sent the Pokémon out with menus and maps to learn their routes.
• Gengar, Gothitelle, and the other Pokémon delivered menus throughout Twinleaf Town, announcing that the service would begin the next day.
• The residents of Twinleaf Town went to sleep looking forward to the Pokémon Day Care’s food deliveries.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care rushed to fulfill a flood of delivery orders, while their Pokémon couriers sped through Twinleaf Town. The service proved popular, and a visiting Trainer watched the deliveries in disbelief.

• At 9:00, the Rotom Phone announced a flood of orders, sending the Pokémon Day Care into a rush to prepare food and desserts.
• Gothitelle threw Fang Yan into the kitchen when he stood around instead of helping, then frightened a visiting Trainer who saw what happened.
• Psyduck, Azumarill, Golduck, and other Pokémon delivered orders around Twinleaf Town, where customers thanked them and gave them tips.
• At lunchtime, Fang Yan cooked while the Pokémon and Fujino and her husband packed and dispatched more orders.
• A Trainer saw the Pokémon couriers obey traffic signals and deliver food across Twinleaf Town, and wondered how the town's service had become so advanced.