"Shen Qi! You bullied that Lopunny again!"
"I hadn't even gotten around to it this time..."
"Cuff him and take him away!"
Shen Qi spent another day in the familiar Detention Room.
The Security Bureau questioned Lopunny. Naturally, she wouldn't say anything bad about Shen Qi, but because she had lost to the dog, the completion rate for the "Desire Rabbit" Emotional Script dropped by 1%.
Stoutland had gotten a bit of a fright but suffered no injuries, and had even inexplicably evolved, so the dog didn't really count as a "victim."
Officer Jenny didn't impose any other punishment on Shen Qi, though a lecture was still unavoidable.
"Sigh... I really don't know what to say about you."
After going on and on for quite a while, Officer Jenny held her forehead, looking somewhat pained.
As a resident of Island 5, she naturally hoped her hometown would produce talented people and that Pokémon High School would keep improving.
After all, Islands 4, 5, and 6 had only this one Pokémon High School between them.
Island 7 was uninhabited, while the first three islands were closer to Kanto and the Johto Region and were better off economically, so their children generally went to the mainland for their education.
"Officer Jenny... honestly, thirteenth place in a T3 Race isn't really something worth bragging about, is it? And that was in the Pokémon division, too."
There were far fewer Pokémon Drivers than human ones, so the competition wasn't as fierce. The race had only been so nerve-racking because Lilligant's abilities were limited.
"That's already quite an achievement, especially for a student still in high school. It might not be an outstanding result, but it deserves a word or two of praise, doesn't it?"
At a better school elsewhere, the honor Shen Qi had