"Officer Jenny-"
Seeing a familiar face, Shen Qi called out.
It really wasn't that Shen Qi was putting on an act. The Officer Jennys all looked more or less alike, so of course she looked familiar.
"You... you're really Shen Qi?!"
Officer Jenny looked at her younger cousin, whose expression was complicated.
"We compared his fingerprints with Shen Qi's records. They match."
Under normal circumstances, a person's fingerprints didn't change from birth to death; they merely grew larger as their fingers grew.
Of course, they weren't truly unchanging. Changes in the finer details could be ignored.
Compared with the records in the database, Shen Qi's fingerprints showed slightly more changes in their details over those three years.
Considering that Shen Qi had spent those three years exploring Ruins Valley, living a primitive life cut off from society, the changes in his fingerprints were understandable.
"It really is Shen Qi. You gave us such a fright."
The older Officer Jenny patted her chest. "You don't look like you've grown much, either. Your skin is still so soft and smooth."
In the Mega Evolution World Line, Shen Qi had died sometime between graduation and three years afterward. His actual age at death had been at least two years older than the Shen Qi who had crossed over.
Naturally, the Officer Jenny looking at Shen Qi now thought he still looked rather young.
"I... did pretty well in Ruins Valley, and I made lots of Pokémon friends."
That made Officer Jenny even more puzzled.
Earlier, when they had arrested Shen Qi as a suspicious individual and investigated him, they had also tested the Pokémon accompanying him. Their Compatibility was high; even the lowest far exceeded the basic bond threshold of 30%.
They weren't Pokémon obtained through reselling or other improper means. They were