Pokemon: I am Gary

At the hot spring hotel, after Gary went out to buy some red ropes, the front desk notified him.

"Your room has exploded..."

Returning to his room with a confused expression, Gary saw a large hole in the wall where the floor-to-ceiling window was...

"Can someone tell me what happened?" Gary clenched his fists, furious at this group of rebellious kids.

Arcanine was curled up in a corner, shivering, with half of its rear end charred. Clearly, it wasn't this dog that caused the mess.

Electivire, honest and simple-minded, scratched its head; this kid could also be ruled out.

The gentle Venusaur was even less likely; it was facing away from the wall and could even fall asleep...

"Charizard?" Gary looked over suspiciously.

"Burp~ Awooo~" Rubbing its drowsy eyes, Charizard looked at Gary in confusion.

Goodness, this guy drank all the alcohol from the fridge! It's a total mess now. Although it needs to be cleaned up, it's not his fault!

"Hey? Where's Golduck?" Gary counted his Pokémon and realized one was missing!

"Your Golduck is at the swimming pool~" a staff member reminded him.

"Off to check out some beauties again~" Gary noted down in his little notebook: Charizard, Golduck—must train them more later!

Having ruled out several possibilities, he crouched down and patted Gengar, who was lying on the floor and unable to battle. "Kid, did you do this?"

"Geng~ Ga..." Spitting out a puff of black smoke, Gengar pointed at Togepi on its belly before collapsing.

"No way~" Gary looked at Togepi on Gengar's belly, innocent and adorable.

"Kachakachak~" The little guy shook its fingers rhythmically, which immediately emitted a faint glow...

"Wait!" Grabbing Togepi's hand, Gary broke into a cold sweat.

It really is this little rascal; practicing finger techniques inside the house...!

"Baby, listen to me. No more practicing finger techniques inside the house. We'll go outside to practice later. Look what you did to Gengar..." Being his own child who had just been born for less than a month, Gary couldn't bear to scold it too harshly and only said a few words.

"Kachak~" Togepi kicked its little legs happily and nodded.

It's so small; how would it know the power of finger techniques? Just casually shaking its hand caused a big explosion—it truly deserves to be called a divine Pokémon.

"I'm sorry for the damage; we will compensate for it. Please give us another room." Gary apologized to the staff member.

As expected from high-end hotel staff, they smiled politely. "No problem; cash or credit card?"

Gary's mouth twitched as he took out his black card. "Let's use the card."

...

At Silver Mountain, Lance's credit card trembled as he spent fifty thousand yuan...

Lance tilted his head. "Uh?"

The chubby guy beside him looked at Lance suspiciously. "You didn't raise another dragon somewhere else and are willing to spend so much money?"

"No! Let me explain..." Lance quickly opened his arms.

"Awooo... (I'm not listening! You're a scumbag!)" Flapping its little wings, Charizard gave Lance a good beating...

Lance thought to himself that he was innocent...

"Go find your baby dragon! Hmph!" Charizard turned its chin up and ignored him!

Lance t▽t Who is causing me trouble...

Indeed, busy Lance had already forgotten about his card spending...

...

At Twin Island's port, Lorelei lay gloomily on the railing of the communication boat.

Glaceon accompanied her thoughtfully.

"Girl, why do you look so unenergetic?" Agatha leaned on her cane and stood beside her.

The two had just changed shifts from Silver Mountain and hadn't rested even one day on Twin Island before Lorelei set off again to go to Cinnabar Island.

Thinking about it, Agatha decided that soaking in a hot spring wouldn't be bad either and joined her journey.

"Agatha-senpai, do you think I should avoid Gary?" Lorelei asked clearly.

"Oh... So it's because of that kid Gary." Agatha shook her head with a wry smile. "Logically speaking, I should advise you to stay calm. But as someone who has been there before, I know how excellent men from Professor Oak's family are. It's hard for me to say..."

"I was born when you were not yet born; now I am old..." Lorelei lowered her gaze; this beautiful and gentle Elite Four member from Kanto felt anxious about her age for the first time.

"Would you like to hear stories from someone who's been there?" Agatha made up her mind and asked.

"Huh? Is it about you and Professor Oak?" Lorelei asked in surprise.

Agatha smiled wryly and nodded. "Yes, Samuel Oak; it's my lifelong regret..."

Once upon a time, Professor Oak was also an ambitious Pokémon Trainer—a once-in-a-century genius!

In the Indigo Conference, relying on Charizard, Dragonite, and Snorlax—his famous trident—Professor Oak reached the top successfully.

It was also during that time that Agatha lost to Professor Oak—not only losing the match but also losing her youthful heart...

"Back then, Professor Oak was just like young Gary now—outstanding and talented. The women who liked him could line up from Pallet Town all the way to Silver Mountain..." Agatha sighed. "Later on, Professor Oak chose marriage and became a scholar. In anger, I rushed to Pallet Town to claim this detestable man..."

"Oh!!" Lorelei's mouth formed an 'O' shape; young Agatha was quite bold!

"Afterward, I had no contact with Professor Oak for nearly ten years. The next time we met was at an academic conference during the Indigo Conference."

"And then we became each other's most familiar strangers," Agatha sighed. "Girl, what I want to tell you is that I don't regret this matter. But do you have the courage to like someone you're destined not to be with?"

Lorelei lifted her head towards the clouds in the sky; her lips slowly curled up. "Hah! What's there to be conflicted about? No matter what happens, he's still my most beloved younger brother!"

Agatha sighed slowly. "Samuel Oak... look at how much trouble you've caused! No way! I must go to Pallet Town!"

Taking out Gengar's Poké Ball, Agatha floated up gently and patted Lorelei's head affectionately. "Child, you will be happy—at least more than I am."

Swish! Gengar waved both hands supporting Agatha as they sped towards Masara Town.

"I hope Professor Oak has been exercising lately..." Watching Agatha's back disappear, Lorelei hugged Glaceon and chuckled softly while shaking her head.

...

In Saffron City, an uncle wearing a hat looked terrified. "Girl, are you going out?"

As a typical homebody father realizing his daughter wanted to go out?!

"Weren't you saying I should get out more? A friend just invited me for hot springs~" Sabrina frowned with an expressionless face as she replied.

"Hot springs? Male or female? How many people are in your family? Do they have houses or cars or money?" The uncle babbled excitedly without stopping.

"This... I'm not sure; they should be quite wealthy," Sabrina thought about Gary's family background.

"Don't worry about it; girl! The gym will be guarded by me! You can go for ten days or half a month—no problem!" The uncle patted his chest solemnly.

Sabrina rolled her eyes. "I'm just going for hot springs; I'll be back in two or three days!"

Swish! With a flash of psychic power wave teleportation, Sabrina directly left home.

The uncle sat at the coffee table sipping tea while excitedly rubbing his hands together. "Hey! Maybe I'll get my grandson soon!"

...

At Celadon University, Erika took a week off and hid in her house anxiously examining her swimsuit.

"This one is too conservative... This one is too revealing... Ah! How do I have such sexy swimsuits!"

Blushing furiously, Erika threw three lines under her bed angrily.

The employees at the perfume shop hid at the door cautiously listening for sounds inside.

"Come on store manager! As long as you wear our killer swimsuit we prepared for you—no matter what kind of man—you'll definitely catch him!"

Far away on Cinnabar Island, Gary was seriously making an eggshell necklace when suddenly he sneezed hard several times.

"Bui~" Eevee licked its evolution core necklace transforming into warm Fire-type Pokémon quietly snuggling into Gary's arms.

"Thanks!" Patting Eevee's head affectionately while looking around curiously at his room,

Venusaur and Charizard were sleeping together; these two guys had opposing attributes yet got along well!

Golduck was doing push-ups under supervision from Electivire; if he slowed down even slightly Electivire would zap him with Electric Shock—that's special treatment from Gary!

Arcanine and Sneasel were downstairs working out—the former loved running while the latter enjoyed lifting weights—both striving hard to surpass their seniors!

Besides that Gengar wore an auntie smile following Togepi around exploring inside the house. Anything that could fall or hurt Togepi was moved away by Gengar using psychic powers.

Taking care of babies while training psychic abilities—truly commendable of you Gengar!

"Huh?" Gary tilted his head. "Why did I suddenly shiver?"