A Maglev Train connected Goldenrod City in Johto and Saffron City in Kanto, allowing high-speed travel between the two cities, which were also the economic powerhouses of their respective regions.
In the game, something had gone wrong with Whitney's personal information, mixing her introduction with information about her signature Pokémon, Miltank:
[The cheerful and talkative Goldenrod Gym Leader. Produces 20 liters of milk every day. Her milk is rich and delicious.]
How could any kid handle reading that? Forget Cynthia, Lillie, and Marnie-could any of you do that?!
"You're Shen Qi, right? Hehe."
She hopped onto the little island, sat down, and introduced herself.
The Pokémon she had used to Surf was actually Miltank.
A chibi cow-like Pokémon, pure Normal-type.
As absurd as it sounded, Miltank really could learn "Surf" through a Technical Machine.
"Hello." Shen Qi propped himself up and greeted her.
Whitney and Zinnia knew each other. Johto was fairly close to Hoenn; if not for the vast seas surrounding the Hoenn Region, they probably would have built a Maglev Train to link them at high speed too.
"I heard from Gym Leader Juan that you're doing ascetic training while dissipating Life Infinity Energy, so I came to offer a little help."
Shen Qi immediately grew nervous. If Whitney added any more to his training load, he really would collapse.
The Pokémon were fine, since they were each learning separately.
Florges followed the Eternal Flower to master Life Infinity Energy;
Dodo and Lilligant were learning Dynamax;
Lopunny trained with Blissey and also practiced Mega Evolution;
Golurk, under Dodo's guidance, was using a Technical Machine to master "Fly," and also practiced Mega Evolution.
Shen Qi was a different story. With so many kinds of Pokémon training, their Pokémon Trainer had to help with energy coordination from time