Recaps

Lance and Cynthia visited Li Wei at the Breeding Center after he rescued Shaymin, and Lance struggled to understand how Li Wei had recognized his disguise. Lance and Cynthia asked Li Wei to tell them what had happened with Shaymin and the Pokémon Hunter.

• Elder Uncle began designing a Key Stone for Li Wei, who reflected on needing to build his influence to obtain more Mega Stones.
• Li Wei found Shaymin asleep in a Crib beside Lucario and shared breakfast with the Pokémon the next morning.
• Dayou and Mizuki noticed a change in Li Wei's demeanor while Shiyin watched Shaymin eat.
• Lance arrived disguised with Cynthia and Leon, but Li Wei recognized him immediately, leaving Lance baffled.
• After introducing themselves and giving the others privacy, Lance asked Li Wei to recount what had happened with Shaymin and the Pokémon Hunter.

Lance used Viridian Force to heal Shaymin and read its memories, uncovering clues about the Pokémon Hunter operation and several possible suspects. He planned to verify them in the Pokémon League database and offered Li Wei and Cynthia a suggestion.

• Lance and Cynthia visited Li Wei at the Breeding Center and met Shaymin, who allowed Cynthia to hold it.
• Shaymin's flowers bloomed when it felt gratitude, and Li Wei explained what the flowers meant.
• Lance explained that he had come to Sinnoh to assist Section Chief Zoro with the Pokémon Hunter investigation.
• Lance healed Shaymin and used Viridian Force to read its memories, seeing its life in Floaroma Town and its escape from Hunter D.
• Lance told Li Wei and Cynthia that Shaymin's memories had given him several suspects, which he would check against the Pokémon League database.

Li Wei rejected Lance’s offer to become an Investigator, saying that Pokémon breeding at the Jubilife Breeding Center was what he loved. When seven armed bikers arrived to rob the center, Li Wei and Dayou confronted them while Lance and Cynthia watched from inside.

• Lance offered Li Wei a position as a Pokémon League Investigator, but Li Wei declined and promised he would still act when he saw wrongdoing.
• Explosions and an Earthquake drew Li Wei, Cynthia, and Lance’s attention to seven rainbow-haired bikers outside the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei checked the surveillance feeds, confirmed Xiao Rou was protected, and told Cynthia and Lance to wait so the bikers would not be tipped off.
• Li Wei, Dayou, and their Pokémon faced the bikers while staff and customers evacuated, called the police, and filmed discreetly.
• The bikers admitted they intended to rob the Breeding Center for money, and Li Wei and Dayou prepared to stop them.

Li Wei and the Breeding Center’s Pokémon stopped the bikers after they attacked the entrance, and Dayou defeated the gang while the Pokémon subdued their partners. Officer Jenny arrived as Li Wei prepared to question the beaten bikers.

• Lucario gathered Metagross, Dragapult, and Drakloak while Dayou stalled the bikers at the entrance.
• Metagross, Dragapult, and a host of wild Pokémon surrounded the bikers, with Tauros leading more Pokémon from the mountain.
• Li Wei told Dayou and Lucario to teach the bikers a lesson, while his Pokémon defeated their Pokémon.
• Dayou knocked all seven bikers unconscious, and Li Wei stopped him so they could be questioned.
• Li Wei thanked the wild Pokémon for protecting the Breeding Center, and Officer Jenny arrived.

Li Wei and the wild Pokémon helped defeat the Biker Gang members who attacked the Jubilife Breeding Center, and Officer Jenny took statements with Lance and Cynthia present. After receiving a close-quarters combat skill, Li Wei was left safe, while Cynthia decided to crack down on crime across Sinnoh.

• Li Wei dismissed the wild Pokémon after they helped subdue the Biker Gang, and Officer Jenny arrived to investigate the attack.
• Li Wei, Dayou, and witnesses gave statements confirming that the gang had used Earthquake, wrecked the gate, and threatened people for money.
• Li Wei completed the Protect the Breeding Center side quest and received Close-Quarters Combat (Intermediate), gaining fighting knowledge and awareness.
• Officer Jenny escorted the seven gang members away, while Lance promised to pursue the rest of the gang and Cynthia left to ensure the case received proper attention.
• Cynthia reflected on how the gang could have victimized people unable to defend themselves and decided Sinnoh's towns and cities needed to be cleaned up.

After a Biker Gang attacked Jubilife Breeding Center, the wild Pokémon that protected it made the center go viral, while Li Wei recognized a regular customer giving a biased account of the incident. Lance and Cynthia interrogated the bikers, learned Gold Master had hired them, and launched a joint operation that night.

• Belle arrived after Officer Jenny left, and Wen Hui explained that seven bikers had tried to extort the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei watched Sinnoh NOW's viral video and recognized the blurred eyewitness, whose account falsely claimed the red-haired biker struck first.
• Customers defended the Breeding Center online, and Li Wei felt proud that its reputation had earned genuine supporters.
• Lance and Cynthia questioned the injured bikers at the police station, and the red-haired man revealed that Gold Master had hired them.
• Lance and Cynthia decided to carry out an operation that night.

Lance and Cynthia led a nighttime raid that captured Gold Master and his criminal group, while investigators continued pursuing who had hired them to sabotage the Breeding Center. The Breeding Center’s staff celebrated the arrests and received egg incubators, beginning a new stage for the business.

• Lance and Cynthia ordered a joint nighttime crackdown and led police officers to Gold Master's consulting office in Jubilife City.
• The officers arrested Gold Master and his underlings, and Lance cited League laws covering their financial crimes and violent criminal activity.
• The morning news reported the arrests and Zoro announced plans for long-term cooperation with the International Police and Investigators.
• Li Wei, Elder Uncle, Elder Aunt, Leon, Wen Hui, Shiyin, and Mizuki discussed the incident and credited Dayou and the wild Pokémon for helping protect the Breeding Center.
• Leon received word that the egg incubators had arrived, though the Breeding Center still needed the Pokémon to come before hatching eggs.

Lance agreed to let Shaymin stay at the Jubilife Breeding Center, and he and Li Wei arranged weekly deliveries of Li Wei’s perfect Pokéblocks. After Lance and Cynthia left, Li Wei began a hide-and-seek game with Shaymin and the other young Pokémon, but Shaymin remained hidden.

• Lance agreed to let Shaymin stay at the Breeding Center, while Cynthia said she had ordered additional security for Floaroma Town.
• Cynthia and Lance praised Li Wei’s talent as a breeder, and Li Wei arranged weekly Pokéblock deliveries for Lance through the Pokémon League.
• Lance left to investigate Shaymin and the Pokémon Hunters, and Cynthia promised to handle the damage to the Breeding Center.
• After Garchomp’s roar frightened the Pokémon, Shaymin calmed them and asked Li Wei to play hide-and-seek.
• Li Wei counted to a hundred, spotted a wild Pichu, and began searching for Shaymin while Lucario refused to give him a hint.

Li Wei recruited Luxray and asked Arcanine to help guard the Breeding Center after a recent incident made him realize it needed better security. Arcanine confronted its painful memories and agreed to protect everyone, while Luxray was given until the next day to decide.

• Wen Hui welcomed Nurse Joy and Chansey as the incubators were moved into the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei took Arcanine for a walk and considered how to help Feebas regain its confidence.
• Li Wei asked his parents to hire human security guards and offered Luxray a part-time job protecting the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei asked Arcanine to protect the Breeding Center and everyone in it, and Arcanine accepted despite trembling at memories of its injuries and police work.

Li Wei learned that Baru, the owner of Coronet Day Care’s Jubilife branch, had hired Gold Master to attack the Breeding Center. Lance explained that Baru would face arrest and compensation claims, while Coronet Company might offer Li Wei hush money; Arcanine remained at the center to protect it.

• Li Wei returned to the Breeding Center with Arcanine, praised its progress, and watched it take up guard duty at the entrance.
• Xiao Rou and the Pokémon welcomed Arcanine as their new protector.
• Li Wei told the group chat that the attack had been dealt with and explained that the videos had misrepresented how Lucario gathered Pokémon.
• Lance told Li Wei that Gold Master confessed Baru had hired him, and that Baru would be arrested on suspicion of hiring criminals and other business violations.
• Lance explained that Baru would have to compensate Li Wei for his losses and Coronet Company might offer hush money, advising Li Wei to gather receipts and wait for its lawyer.

After Baru was ordered to pay double compensation for damaging Li Wei’s Breeding Center, Li Wei set his sights on eventually taking down the Coronet Company. Meanwhile, Lance’s account of Gold Master’s past prompted a discussion about the need for better Investigators, though no one volunteered to join.

• With Lance overseeing the case, Baru was ordered to pay full compensation and damages and was sent to prison, while Li Wei decided not to pursue him further and privately set a goal of taking down the Coronet Company.
• Cynthia congratulated Li Wei on settling the matter, offered to lend him money, and asked him to groom Garchomp and her other Pokémon; she explained that she was returning to her Champion duties to crack down on criminal groups.
• Lance told the Chat Group that Gold Master’s daughter had been paralyzed ten years earlier, and that after no one checked whether his story was true, Gold Master turned to crime while continuing to live in their old basement.
• Lance said he had visited Gold Master’s home, uncovered the truth, and prompted Gold Master to confess; the Chat Group reflected that an earlier investigation might have changed his path.
• Lance urged the group to help improve the quality of Investigators and offered double pay to recruits, but everyone made excuses to leave, leaving him frustrated.

Li Wei settled the Coronet Company's compensation for the attack on the Breeding Center and oversaw its security and breeding preparations. He then taught a class about Pokémon Eggs, completing the second stage of the Day Care on the Attack mission.

• Li Wei consulted Lance about the legal effect of a Waiver of Prosecution Statement, then accepted the Coronet Company's compensation and signed the waiver.
• The Breeding Center continued construction, hired security guards, tested its incubation equipment, and prepared to breed Piplup, Turtwig, and Eevee.
• Li Wei signed up for the Young Pokémon Breeders Competition in Hearthome City and held a class on Pokémon Eggs.
• Li Wei explained egg groups and Ditto's breeding exception, and the system announced that he had completed the second mission stage.

Li Wei completed the second stage of his quest and received an Employee Management System, an A-rank Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish recipe, and three Pokémon Item Draw Tickets. He reviewed his employees’ skills and loyalty, then decided to master the new recipe before using the tickets.

• Li Wei completed the quest to earn a thousand customers who sincerely believed the Jubilife Breeding Center was the best in the city, helped by Cynthia’s event and his online videos.
• Li Wei received the Employee Management System, the Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish recipe, three Pokémon Item Draw Tickets, and a new quest to win ten customers’ belief that his center was the best in the world.
• Li Wei learned that the A-rank Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish could grant a 24-hour luck buff but could only be prepared once per quarter.
• Li Wei checked his employees’ profiles and discovered their skills and loyalty, including Dayou’s master-level combat skills and his parents’ master-level Lying.
• Li Wei reviewed his own skills and decided to practice Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish before using his three Pokémon Item Draw Tickets.

Li Wei organized a river-side evolution attempt to help Feebas overcome its hesitation and evolve with a Prism Scale. Encouraged by friends and Pokémon, Feebas finally leaped into the river, and its evolution remained to be seen.

• Li Wei drew a Prism Scale, a powerful HP Enhancer, and a Leek, then decided it was time to help Feebas evolve.
• Li Wei recruited Dayou, Mizuki, Xiao Rou, Shiyin, Leon, Shaymin, and several Pokémon to encourage Feebas and prepare the riverbank.
• At night, Li Wei carried Feebas to the brightly lit river and explained that he had brought it there to evolve, showing it Cynthia's Milotic as an example.
• Li Wei placed the Prism Scale on Feebas and urged it to jump through a hoop alongside Buizel, Goldeen, and Milotic.
• After hesitating while everyone cheered, Feebas finally leaped into the water.

At the Jubilife Breeding Center, Feebas overcame her fears, evolved into Milotic, and chose to join Li Wei. The next day, Li Wei and Cynthia discussed her Master League victory before she asked about his upcoming trip to Hearthome City.

• Li Wei and the others encouraged Feebas as she leaped through a hoop, with Shaymin restoring her strength and Metagross helping the current.
• Feebas evolved into Milotic, and everyone celebrated as she swam freely with the other Milotic and Buizel.
• Milotic nuzzled Li Wei and agreed to be caught, then he released her to swim and promised the staff a feast.
• Li Wei congratulated Cynthia on her Master League win over Raihan, giving her three victories in a row.
• Cynthia asked Li Wei whether he was going to Hearthome City on the 27th for the Young Breeders' Competition.

Li Wei accepted Cynthia’s invitation to watch her Master League match against Wallace in Hearthome City, then helped inspect the Breeding Center’s new Piplup, Eevee, and Turtwig. After the Pokémon passed inspection and became the center’s property, the staff prepared to guide them to their habitats.

• Cynthia invited Li Wei to watch her afternoon match against Wallace in Hearthome City, and he agreed despite being unable to get a ticket.
• Cynthia asked Li Wei to keep looking after her Milotic, which was staying with her Braviary at his place.
• League staff delivered eight each of Piplup, Eevee, and Turtwig to the Breeding Center.
• Li Wei and Mizuki inspected the Pokémon while Dayou eagerly handled a Turtwig, and Xiao Rou told customers the center planned to breed Eevee.
• Leon completed the transaction after Li Wei confirmed the Pokémon had passed inspection, and the staff prepared to move them into designated habitats in the Wild Area.

Li Wei prepared to compete in the Young Breeders' Competition after his family settled the Breeding Center’s Pokémon and brought in help to care for them. He reached the crowded Hearthome City qualifiers, where fans recognized him, and began the written test.

• Li Wei saw Piplup, Turtwig, and Eevee settled at the Breeding Center and learned that Leon had someone in mind to help with the work.
• Li Wei’s grandfather Lian arrived in Jubilife City with Xiao Meng, who would run a breakfast shop and help Luo Ye grow Berries.
• Li Wei left for Hearthome City with Metagross, Lucario, and Dragapult, arriving at the qualifiers venue before the competition began.
• Fans recognized Li Wei as a popular Eevee Network creator and cheered for him as he entered the qualifiers hall.
• Li Wei received Number Tag 27, finished the twenty-question Berry test, and attempted the optional question about designing a Berry dish for Dragonite.

Li Wei advanced to the preliminary round of the Young Breeders' Competition and learned that his grandfather Lian had quietly reached master-level Pokémon Breeding. While preparing to watch Cynthia's match, Li Wei heard that Lance had disrupted the attempt to capture Shaymin, though the Pokémon Hunter escaped.

• Li Wei prepared Pokémon food for the Qualifiers, advanced to the preliminary round, and received his contestant card.
• Li Wei reflected on Lian's exceptional skills and realized his grandfather had continued improving well beyond his official certifications.
• Li Wei told his father he had passed and arranged to meet Cynthia in Hearthome City before her evening match.
• Li Wei planned to investigate the rare Pokémon he had sensed in Oreburgh City after watching Cynthia compete.
• Lance told Li Wei that authorities had caught the buyer who hired a Pokémon Hunter to target Shaymin, but the hunter escaped with an injured Salamence.
• Li Wei offered to help catch Pokémon Hunters, and Lance said he could join the effort if he became an Investigator.

Li Wei was chosen to battle at Siebold Restaurant and defeated Misandai’s Primarina with Metagross, earning a free lunch. After enjoying the meal with his Pokémon, he received a call from Cynthia, who had arrived in Hearthome City.

• Li Wei and his Pokémon ate at Siebold Restaurant, where Lucario judged the steak inferior to Li Wei’s cooking.
• The restaurant’s battle draw selected Li Wei, and he chose Metagross to face Misandai’s Primarina.
• Metagross held back during the battle, then defeated Primarina with Meteor Mash and won Li Wei a free meal.
• Misandai thanked Li Wei and asked him for an autograph, revealing she was his fan.
• At four o’clock, Cynthia called Li Wei and told him she had arrived in Hearthome City.

Li Wei arrived at Hearthome City's Super Contest Hall to watch Cynthia and Wallace's upcoming match and saw Brock battle Fantina. In the VIP boxes, he met Winona, Wallace's girlfriend, as Brock and Fantina's match continued.

• Li Wei used Cynthia's personal card to enter the Super Contest Hall and watched from a private box with Drakloak and Lucario.
• Brock sent out his Tyranitar, whose Sand Stream ability raised a sandstorm, to face Fantina's Mismagius.
• Fantina's Mismagius struck Tyranitar with Mystical Fire, but Tyranitar hit it with Stone Edge and sent it flying.
• Winona introduced herself to Li Wei, who realized she was Wallace's girlfriend.
• The sound of approaching high heels drew Li Wei and Winona's attention.

Brock defeated Fantina in the Master League, and Cynthia beat Wallace with Milotic, Garchomp, and Roserade. After Wallace met Li Wei and invited him to compare Pokéblock Crafting, Cynthia offered to take Li Wei to her villa in Hearthome City so he could cook for them.

• Brock's Tyranitar endured Mismagius's Energy Ball, and Brock later defeated Fantina with Mega Steelix.
• Cynthia defeated Wallace after Milotic, Garchomp, and Roserade battled his team.
• Wallace met Li Wei, praised his progress in Pokéblock Crafting, and proposed a future comparison judged by Steven's and Cynthia's Pokémon.
• Wallace and Winona left for a date, and Cynthia told Li Wei that she had a villa in Hearthome City where he could cook.
• Cynthia agreed to go to the villa while Li Wei bought the ingredients.

Cynthia returned from training to find Li Wei cooking, and she joined him in preparing dinner before they ate with their Pokémon. Their conversation turned to Li Wei’s love of breeding and Cynthia’s quiet support for his Breeding Center, ending with her asking why he had never told her about the Coronet Day Care’s attacks.

• Cynthia returned to the villa with Lucario after taking her Pokémon out to train and found Li Wei cooking dinner.
• Cynthia helped Li Wei chop vegetables, and he prepared hot pot and customized Pokéblocks for their Pokémon.
• Over dinner, Li Wei said he had become a breeder because he loved it, and Cynthia recognized the family bond he shared with his Pokémon.
• Cynthia reassured Li Wei that the Breeding Center was doing well, though he did not know she had asked the Pokémon League to protect its legitimate operations from interference.
• Cynthia asked why Li Wei had not told her that the Coronet Day Care had targeted the Breeding Center, and Li Wei asked whether she wanted the truth or a lie.

Li Wei and Cynthia shared dinner, talked about their friendship, and went to a late-night drive-in movie, growing more comfortable with each other. After Li Wei stayed at Cynthia’s villa, she left for Mt. Coronet to investigate signs of Pokémon Hunters while he returned to Jubilife City.

• Cynthia told Li Wei she considered them friends and asked why he never showed curiosity about her; Li Wei said he had avoided asking questions because he did not want to make her uncomfortable.
• Cynthia invited Li Wei to an outdoor movie, and they drove to a late-night drive-in with Garchomp and Lucario.
• Li Wei and Cynthia watched a mediocre movie and enjoyed the unusual experience, then Li Wei stayed overnight at Cynthia’s villa because it was too late to return to Jubilife City.
• After breakfast, Cynthia left for Mt. Coronet to deal with signs of Pokémon Hunters, while Li Wei headed back to Jubilife City and agreed to keep in touch.

Li Wei returned to Oreburgh City, where he met Gym Leader Roark after finding a rainbow-lit meteorite in Oreburgh Mine. Back at the Breeding Center, Li Wei bathed an unusually haughty Eevee, leaving Xiao Meng amazed at how easily it trusted him.

• Li Wei found the Shiny Pokémon he had detected was gone, but he kept a warm meteorite with rainbow light and mysterious markings.
• Roark introduced himself to Li Wei, admired his Lucario, and exchanged LINE details with him before returning to a mining discovery.
• Li Wei left Oreburgh Mine on his silver Metagross and returned to the Breeding Center, where he told his Pokémon to train on their own.
• Li Wei's dad asked him to brush and bathe the shedding Eevee, and Xiao Meng watched as Li Wei easily picked up a haughty Eevee that usually refused to be held.
• Li Wei bathed the Eevee with warm water, soothing it so thoroughly that Xiao Meng praised his skill.

Li Wei bathed all eight Eevee at the Breeding Center while teaching Xiao Meng how to care for them, then shared their photos and discussed Eevee evolution with the Chat Group. After showing Steven a strange meteorite, Li Wei left him asking where it had come from.

• Li Wei bathed Eevee, taught Xiao Meng how to wash and dry it, and took a photo of its freshly cleaned fur.
• Li Wei shared photos of the Eevee with the Chat Group, where members discussed possible evolutions and Green sent him an Eevee breeding guide.
• Li Wei and Xiao Meng bathed the other seven Eevee, finishing after an afternoon of work.
• Li Wei messaged Steven about a strange meteorite and uploaded a video of it to the Chat Group.
• Steven asked Li Wei where he had found the meteorite.