Chapter Summaries

Fang Yan rushed to Twinleaf Town after Nurse Joy reported that feuding groups of Zangoose and Seviper were attacking people and Pokémon. With Cynthia beside him, he arrived at the cordoned-off scene and prepared to intervene.

• Nurse Joy called Fang Yan for help after Zangoose and Seviper began attacking people and Pokémon in Twinleaf Town.
• Fang Yan gathered Gengar, Lilligant, Staravia, and Luxray, and Lilligant chose to join him by entering a Poké Ball.
• Cynthia accompanied Fang Yan while Shauna stayed behind to look after the Pokémon Day Care.
• Fang Yan reached the scene and learned from Officer Jenny that the two Pokémon groups had escalated their clash into a dangerous battle.
• Fang Yan assured Officer Jenny that he could handle the situation and looked up at the sky.

Fang Yan broke up a fight between Zangoose and Seviper with help from his Pokémon and Cynthia, then arranged for the Seviper group to move to the forest by the Pokémon Day Care. He left with Cynthia and the Seviper, while the Zangoose stayed behind and vowed to face them again.

• Officer Jenny recognized Fang Yan and hurried him to the road where Zangoose and Seviper were fighting.
• Fang Yan's Pokémon and Cynthia's Garchomp knocked down the combatants, and Fang Yan got the surviving Pokémon to pause their feud while he was present.
• Officer Jenny took the injured Zangoose and Seviper to the Pokémon Center, and Cynthia left the problem-solving to Fang Yan while she was on break.
• Fang Yan decided that one group should move away to prevent further harm, and he persuaded the Seviper to relocate to the forest by the Pokémon Day Care.
• The Seviper leader accepted Fang Yan's offer, and Fang Yan and Cynthia set off with the Seviper while the Zangoose leader promised to await their return.

Fang Yan settled the Seviper in the forest and spent a quiet afternoon drinking tea with Cynthia while discussing Sinnoh mythology. The Seviper stayed at the Pokémon Day Care, and Fang Yan and Cynthia ended the day engrossed in conversation.

• Cynthia left Fang Yan to handle the Seviper and took Shauna and Vulpix toward the backyard.
• Fang Yan led the Seviper to the forest, explained the rules, and told them they could challenge the Pokémon Day Care if they wanted to get stronger.
• Fang Yan returned to the backyard, where Cynthia, Shauna, and the Pokémon watched training and shared tea brewed by Gothita.
• Cynthia caught Fang Yan staring at her, and they clinked cups before discussing her book on Sinnoh mythology.
• Fang Yan spent the afternoon telling Cynthia what he knew about Sinnoh’s legendary Pokémon as the sun set.

Gary returned to the Sinnoh Region to visit Fang Yan, met Cynthia, and challenged her to a battle before discussing his research plans and the Sinnoh Gyms. The chapter ended with Paul encountering Ash in a forest as Ash searched for Pikachu.

• Gary arrived at Fang Yan’s Pokémon Day Care and met Cynthia, whom he mistakenly called his teacher’s wife.
• Shauna greeted Gary and showed him her sandcastle before Gary asked Cynthia for a battle.
• Cynthia defeated Gary’s Blastoise with Garchomp, and Gary thanked her for the lesson.
• Gary told Fang Yan he planned to research in Sinnoh, and Fang Yan encouraged him to challenge the region’s Gyms even if he did not enter the League Conference.
• Paul tried to catch a Starly in a forest, then encountered Ash, who asked whether he had seen Pikachu.

At the Pokémon Day Care, Fang Yan and Cynthia spent time with Shauna and Gary, who decided to travel in search of ancient Pokémon and challenge Gyms. Gary left for Oreburgh City, while Fang Yan encouraged him to become an outstanding Pokémon researcher.

• Shauna woke in her room, joined Fang Yan and Gengar, and watched Gengar return her offered pocket money while adding some of its own.
• Fang Yan saw Gary tying Shauna’s hair and learned Gary planned to visit cities with records of ancient Pokémon and challenge Gyms instead of entering the League Conference.
• Fang Yan suggested Oreburgh City, and Gary agreed to start there before checking the health of the Pokémon boarding at the Day Care.
• Gary finished his work, shared lunch with Fang Yan and Shauna, and prepared to leave on Arcanine.
• Fang Yan encouraged Gary to become an outstanding Pokémon researcher, and Gary rode off as Shauna said goodbye.
• Cynthia comforted Shauna, then Fang Yan invited her to eat saved knife-cut noodles and try a new ice cream.

Fang Yan welcomed the hungry Team Rocket Trio into his Pokémon Day Care and fed them while Cynthia ate nearby. When they could not pay, he hired them to care for the Pokémon until they worked off their debt.

• Fang Yan recognized Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet outside the Day Care and offered them food after they discarded their Team Rocket jackets.
• Fang Yan brought the trio inside, where Cynthia agreed to cover their meal and asked him for another bowl of noodles.
• James recognized Cynthia as the Sinnoh Champion, and the trio quietly realized they had narrowly avoided exposing themselves.
• The trio ate Fang Yan's knife-cut noodles, then admitted they had no money when he asked them to pay.
• Fang Yan told the trio to work at the Day Care until they had paid off their meal, and they eagerly accepted when he promised all-you-can-eat food.

Fang Yan gave Jessie, James, and Meowth clothes and put them to work at the Pokémon Day Care, warning them not to harm its Pokémon. As they settled into their jobs, Shauna met the trio and won them over with her adorable charm.

• Cynthia gave Jessie, James, and Meowth new clothes, and Fang Yan showed them around the Day Care and explained their duties.
• Fang Yan warned the trio not to steal or harm any Pokémon, using Gengar and Misdreavus to frighten them into promising to behave.
• Fang Yan and Gengar played around, then Gothita served Fang Yan and Cynthia tea and desserts as they sat together.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth picked vegetables under Dali's guidance while Shauna arrived with Togetic and Mime Jr.
• Shauna introduced herself, offered the trio candy, and left Jessie, James, and Meowth hugging and sobbing over how adorable she was.

Fang Yan welcomed Jessie, James, and Meowth into the Pokémon Day Care, where they worked, shared food, and spent time with the Pokémon. After a cheerful barbecue and an evening of cleanup, the trio felt grateful for Fang Yan’s kindness.

• Shauna comforted Jessie, James, and Meowth with candy, then watched them pick vegetables while Fang Yan approached.
• Fang Yan showed the trio that the garden vegetables could be eaten fresh and invited everyone to a barbecue.
• Fang Yan pushed Cynthia and Shauna on the swings while Gengar helped, and Jessie, James, and Meowth enjoyed afternoon tea.
• Fang Yan and James grilled dinner as the Pokémon played together, and the group shared the meal.
• Fang Yan left Jessie, James, and Meowth to clean up, and they found honey water left for them and drank it gratefully.

Fang Yan welcomed Shauntal, Unova’s Ghost-type Elite Four member, to the Pokémon Day Care after Cynthia invited her to stay while working through a writing bottleneck. Shauntal toured the grounds, learned about the friendship between the forest and Fang Yan, and became more curious about him before Staravia called everyone back for a meal.

• Fang Yan served several customers, including selling a Scyther Pokémon Egg, before Cynthia told him Shauntal was coming to stay.
• Cynthia brought Shauntal to meet Fang Yan and arranged for Shauntal to share her room.
• Cynthia showed Shauntal the Pokémon Day Care’s backyard, where Shauna joined them and greeted Shauntal.
• At the forest entrance, Cynthia explained that Fang Yan was friends with the forest and said he was an ordinary person.
• Staravia called them back to eat, and Shauna ran ahead while Cynthia and Shauntal followed.

Shauntal visited Fang Yan’s Pokémon Day Care with Cynthia and enjoyed the food and peaceful afternoon with the Pokémon. The autumn breeze lulled Shauntal, Fang Yan, Cynthia, Shauna, the trio, and several Pokémon to sleep together in the backyard.

• Shauntal was surprised to see Gengar waiting at the dining table with a scarf and chopsticks, then joined Cynthia and the others for Fang Yan’s meal.
• After lunch, Cynthia and Shauntal drank tea in the afternoon area while their Pokémon played, relaxed, and spent time together.
• Shauntal fell asleep in her chair with a Pachirisu in her arms, and Fang Yan sat nearby before dozing off with Vulpix in his lap.
• Cynthia also fell asleep, and Shauna joined them after James helped her move a chair beside Fang Yan.
• Garchomp, Gengar, Lucario, and Cofagrigus quietly shared snacks while the trio watched, then the trio and their Pokémon fell asleep beneath a tree.

Cynthia left the Pokémon Day Care after inviting Fang Yan to attend Jubilife City’s autumn fireworks festival with her. Fang Yan also sent the Team Rocket Trio on their way with wages and an invitation to return, while reassuring Shauna that they would visit again.

• Cynthia spent her final day at the Pokémon Day Care chatting with Fang Yan before inviting him to watch Jubilife City’s fireworks festival with her, and he agreed.
• After Cynthia departed, Fang Yan told the Team Rocket Trio they could leave and paid them wages for their work at the Pokémon Day Care.
• Fang Yan joked that the trio should catch Pikachu, and they mistakenly thought he wanted them to give Pikachu to him.
• Shauna felt sad about the trio leaving, so Fang Yan promised she could visit them with him sometime.

Fang Yan experimented with adding Honey to Energy Powder and discovered it produced a much tastier herbal medicine with greatly increased effectiveness and no friendship loss. He learned Vespiquen’s Honey was a rare blessed version, then joined Gengar in trying to hide it from her.

• Fang Yan recorded his herbal medicine research while Gengar, Lilligant, Gothita, and Mime Jr. watched and learned.
• Fang Yan brewed Energy Powder with Honey, and Gengar and the others tried the less bitter medicine.
• The system revealed the medicine was two to three times as effective as Energy Powder and that the Honey canceled its friendship loss.
• Fang Yan discovered Vespiquen’s Honey was a rare blessed version that increased friendship and comprehension, then quickly handed it to Gengar to hide.
• Vespiquen confronted Gengar over the Honey, reclaimed ordinary Honey from the kitchen, and left Fang Yan and Gengar sheepishly hiding their stash.

Fang Yan confirmed that his Chinese medicine formulas were effective and prepared cold medicine for sale. When Nurse Joy brought over a feverish Bibarel, Fang Yan treated Bibarel and Nurse Joy, leaving them recovering as she headed back to the Pokémon Center.

• Fang Yan checked the medicine descriptions, then taught Gengar, Lilligant, Mime Jr., and Gothita how to prepare the formulas.
• Fang Yan rested after lunch while Shauna and several Pokémon fell asleep nearby.
• Nurse Joy called Fang Yan about Bibarel's high fever, and Fang Yan asked Gothita to make cold medicine.
• Nurse Joy and Blissey brought Bibarel to Fang Yan, who discovered that Nurse Joy also had a fever.
• Fang Yan gave cold medicine to Bibarel, Nurse Joy, Blissey, and the driver, and their fevers went down.
• Nurse Joy thanked Fang Yan and left after he told her to contact him if anything happened.

Fang Yan learned that a highly contagious fever had overwhelmed Twinleaf Town and set out to help Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, despite the risk. His Pokémon insisted on accompanying him, and their wooden tags revealed that they could protect him from certain diseases as he raced toward town on Rapidash.

• Fang Yan made sugar-coated cashews and shared them with his Pokémon while they watched cartoons together.
• Nurse Joy called Fang Yan and told him that people and Pokémon in Twinleaf Town had high fevers from an unidentified contagious disease; Officer Jenny and Arcanine were also ill.
• Fang Yan decided to go to Twinleaf Town with herbal cold medicine, while Nurse Joy warned him that he might become infected.
• Fang Yan told Shauna to stay inside the Day Care, then chose Gengar, Lilligant, and Gothita to accompany him while the other Pokémon stayed behind.
• Fang Yan and the Pokémon discovered that their wooden tags could greatly reduce illness and help shield him from certain contagious diseases.
• Fang Yan thanked his Pokémon and rode Rapidash toward Twinleaf Town as Cynthia, a spiky-haired young man, Celebi, and an enormous white creature each looked at a wooden tag.

An outbreak of highly contagious fever overwhelmed Twinleaf Town, and Fang Yan helped treat the sick with herbal medicine before arranging to move them to the Pokémon Day Care. As the evacuation began, Officer Jenny stayed behind to manage the situation while Fang Yan rode Arcanine back to prepare.

• Nurse Joy told Fang Yan that a contagious fever had infected many people and Pokémon, and that the Pokémon Center was treating them in isolation.
• Fang Yan gave his herbal cold medicine to Officer Jenny, Arcanine, Nurse Joy, and Blissey, helping ease their fevers.
• Fang Yan and Mayor Qiyi decided to move the sick to the Pokémon Day Care, where Gothita could brew more medicine and helpers could prepare a temporary shelter.
• Lilligant, Gothita, Dali, and Rapidash left for the Pokémon Day Care while League helpers arrived to transport the sick from the Pokémon Center.
• Officer Jenny told Fang Yan to return and prepare the Pokémon Day Care, then stayed behind as Fang Yan rode Arcanine back with Gengar accompanying him.

Fang Yan helped organize emergency care for people and Pokémon suffering from a contagious fever, while his Day Care community rallied to support the effort. As dawn broke and more helpers arrived, Fang Yan finally sat down from exhaustion, then recovered after Gengar paralyzed him and he ate a Cheri Berry.

• Fang Yan found Grandpa Muzhi, Grandpa Yongchang, and other older neighbors setting up shelters, and directed them to brew herbal cold medicine at the Day Care.
• Fang Yan checked on Shauna, gave her herbal cold medicine, and tucked her into bed with Chingling.
• Fang Yan and the Day Care’s Pokémon distributed medicine and used alcohol to cool patients as Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and volunteers from Sandgem Town and Jubilife City joined the response.
• Fang Yan realized the Day Care’s Pokémon had come out to help despite his instructions, while Grandpa Muzhi and the others kept brewing medicine in the backyard.
• As dawn broke, Kricketune played while people and Pokémon continued caring for patients, and Fang Yan collapsed from exhaustion.
• Gengar paralyzed Fang Yan repeatedly, and Fang Yan ate a Cheri Berry to recover and wondered whether his constitution had changed.

Fang Yan rested at the Pokémon Day Care after helping Twinleaf Town recover, then met Elite Four Lucian, whom the League sent to handle the incident. Cynthia called from Mt. Coronet, decided to leave Fang Yan and Lucian in charge of Twinleaf Town, and returned to deal with Team Galactic.

• Fang Yan returned to the Pokémon Day Care, ate breakfast with Shauna and the others, and inspected the exhausted backyard before Grandpa Muzhi and the others sent him to rest.
• Fang Yan thanked Vespiquen for providing honey to improve the herbal cold medicine and promised to bring back other kinds of honey for her to try.
• Officer Jenny introduced Lucian, the Sinnoh Region's Psychic-type Elite Four member, and Lucian thanked Fang Yan for helping the town.
• Cynthia called Fang Yan while traveling on Garchomp and said she was heading to Twinleaf Town after settling matters at Mt. Coronet.
• Fang Yan persuaded Cynthia to leave the Twinleaf Town incident to him and Lucian, and Lucian agreed to work with Fang Yan while Cynthia returned to face Team Galactic.

Lucian and Fang Yan worked out a plan to contain the illness in Twinleaf Town, and Lucian stayed at the Pokémon Day Care as the town recovered. After Fang Yan identified mosquitoes as the cause, Lucian began enjoying his extended stay and agreed to train Gothita and Mime Jr.

• Fang Yan and Lucian agreed to observe affected people and Pokémon, quarantine Twinleaf Town residents at home, and treat anyone who developed symptoms.
• Lucian delegated the remaining tasks, then told Flint that Fang Yan had resolved the main problem at the Pokémon Day Care.
• Over the next few days, the observed people and Pokémon left, symptomatic households received treatment, and Twinleaf Town gradually recovered.
• Fang Yan gave Lucian a report identifying mosquitoes as the cause, and Lucian issued instructions to finish the response.
• Fang Yan and the Pokémon planted medicinal herb seeds, while Lucian relaxed with tea and a book.
• Gothita and Mime Jr. asked Lucian to teach them how to get stronger, and he began a training session with them.

Fang Yan reflected on taking a more active role in training his Pokémon, while Mayor Qiyi announced plans for a festival if Twinleaf Town’s fever outbreak stayed contained. The chapter ended with Fang Yan accepting his responsibility to the town and its people.

• Lucian coached Gengar, Gothita, and Vulpix, and Fang Yan thanked him over dinner for helping train the Pokémon.
• Fang Yan realized he had never personally trained his Pokémon and suggested to Gengar that they train together.
• Mayor Qiyi told Fang Yan that Twinleaf Town would be considered clear of the fever crisis if no one developed a fever in the next two days.
• Mayor Qiyi planned a festival on Day Care Road to celebrate the town’s recovery and thank those who helped, and Lucian agreed to attend.
• Mayor Qiyi thanked Fang Yan for his help, and Fang Yan replied that supporting the Pokémon Day Care and Twinleaf Town was his duty.

Fang Yan and the Pokémon Day Care staged a celebration for Twinleaf Town, where Staravia evolved into Staraptor during the performance. Cherry trees then bloomed unexpectedly, revealing Celebi’s gift from the past, and Fang Yan received a video call from Cynthia.

• On the eve of the celebration, Fang Yan, Lucian, Gengar, and Lilligant helped Shauna choose a green princess gown, and Gengar delighted her after she kissed his cheek.
• Fang Yan and Shauna visited the vendors on Day Care Road before Mayor Qiyi thanked the town’s helpers and introduced the Pokémon Day Care’s performance.
• Staravia led an aerial show over the crowd, evolved into Staraptor, and gained new confidence in its strength.
• Fang Yan and the Pokémon performed a series of aerial, dancing, and wrestling acts that ended with Lilligant and Gothita announcing that the festival had begun.
• As Fang Yan congratulated Staraptor, cherry blossoms suddenly bloomed along the path, and he realized Celebi had left its Present there long ago.
• Celebi received Fang Yan’s gratitude through their wooden pendant while traveling with a young Professor Oak, and Fang Yan’s attempt to contact Cynthia was interrupted by her video call.