Shen Qi gave Chinchou two pieces of Pokémon Rations before taking the sphere to examine it closely.
It was indeed a special model of Poké Ball, half gray and half white, with a large hole in the bottom. The upper shell had a design resembling interwoven chains, giving the impression that this ball had tremendous restraining power.
"Amazing. You found something incredible."
Chansey translated his praise, and Chinchou looked immensely pleased with himself.
He could emit light himself and thought glowing, reflective things were the prettiest, so he had dived into the lake right from the start, swimming around the area Shen Qi had specified to find reflective objects and bring them up.
"Amazing. Really amazing."
Shen Qi was generous with his praise.
He gently moved the chains on the Poké Ball. Where two chains crossed, right at the top of the shell, a deeply engraved "R" stood out.
That was Team Rocket's insignia, the first letter of "Rocket."
They had developed the ball themselves, so the Security Bureau would pin it on Team Rocket if they found it anyway. Whether they stamped an R insignia on it made no difference to Team Rocket, but it mattered greatly to Shen Qi.
This was precisely what he had entered Ruins Valley to find: a special restraining Poké Ball made by Team Rocket.
Taking this back, linking it to the strange phone call Shen Qi had received during the Psychic type Storm incident, and embellishing things a little would be enough to make the Security Bureau believe he had encountered something related to Porygon. That would help the investigation to some extent.
Once Shen Qi met Porygon, he could pretend to communicate with him and simply state what he had learned from the [Memory Image], making a major push toward uncovering the