Recaps

After a forged challenge letter made Janine believe Shen Qi had insulted and challenged her, she arranged a Regular Race for them to compete in. Shen Qi reported the suspicious incident to Officer Jenny and entered the race, but the entry list included Li Yizi, adding another uncertainty to the looming event.

• Janine told Shen Qi she would organize a Regular Race and compete fairly, and Shen Qi agreed to enter.
• The next morning, Shen Qi learned that the race would begin in two days and registered.
• Shen Qi told Officer Jenny how the challenge letter and replica Pink Badge had apparently changed, and asked for extra security at the course.
• Officer Jenny agreed to add officers near the course, while cautioning that she only believed part of Shen Qi's account.
• Shen Qi checked the entry list and saw Janine, Shan Sheng, and Li Yizi among the competitors.
• Janine selected a course through the Shallow Leaf Protected Area near the Safari Zone, the location referenced in the forged letter.

During the Fuchsia City race, Shen Qi used Dodo’s aerial vision to pass a pileup and moved into fifth place, with Janine close behind. He stopped when an unconscious ninja fell from a tree, took her for treatment, and followed a drone toward the finish as Janine contacted him.

• Little Reporter visited Shen Qi’s service bay with her Emolga before the race began.
• Shen Qi and Dodo used Levitate Tactics to fly over a crash and advance to fifth place.
• Janine’s Yuanbao 1st Generation caught up as Shen Qi tried to maintain his lead.
• Shen Qi stopped after Dodo spotted an unconscious, injured woman in a ninja outfit beneath the trees.
• Shen Qi carried the ninja into Little Sheep and told the organizers he was taking her for treatment.
• The organizers directed Shen Qi onto a shortcut toward the finish, and Janine called him over the communications channel.

Janine apologized to Shen Qi for the misunderstanding caused by the events surrounding Team Rocket’s capture. She explained how she learned of it, while the mystery of the undercover agent remained unresolved.

• Janine bowed deeply to apologize to Shen Qi outside the Security Bureau.
• Shen Qi asked Janine how she had learned there was a misunderstanding between them, since the Security Bureau had no leads on the undercover agent.
• Janine said she had questioned every Fuchsia Gym member who had interacted with Shen Qi three days earlier.
• Shen Qi wondered what the Gym members could have told her, since he had only been tied up and brought into the Gym by two disguised ninjas.

Shen Qi visited Li Yizi with Janine’s escort, then met Little Reporter for an interview and learned about Emolga’s aerial filming skills. He asked whether Emolga had filmed the race segment where he left his car to rescue someone, which might reveal the mysterious attacker.

• Janine and Shen Qi discussed how someone had rewritten the challenge letter inside Fuchsia Gym, but surveillance footage offered no clues.
• Janine arranged for a Gym member to escort Shen Qi to Li Yizi’s guesthouse, keeping reporters from misrepresenting his visit.
• Shen Qi spent two hours chatting with Li Yizi, then Little Reporter suggested interviewing him instead of Li Yizi.
• Little Reporter introduced Emolga, whose aerial photography skills and certificate had let it film the race without interfering with the drones.
• Shen Qi asked Little Reporter whether Emolga had filmed the stretch where he left his car to save someone, since the footage might show the mysterious figure.

Shen Qi used Emolga's race footage to investigate the attack on Janine's female ninja and suspected that the impossibly agile figure was Koga, Janine's missing father. He brought the footage to the Fuchsia Gym, where Janine and Officer Jenny accidentally opened an unrelated video from the USB drive.

• Emolga showed Shen Qi footage capturing a dark figure moving through the forest just before the female ninja fell from a tree.
• Dodo restored the blurry footage enough to reveal the figure's outline as a highly agile human man.
• Shen Qi suspected the man was Koga and copied the footage onto a USB flash drive with Little Reporter's help.
• Shen Qi met Janine and Officer Jenny at the Fuchsia Gym and gave them the USB flash drive.
• Janine opened an unrelated video file, embarrassing Shen Qi in front of Janine and Officer Jenny.

Shen Qi helped Janine and Officer Jenny identify Koga as the shadow who had foiled Team Rocket’s plot, then left Fuchsia City for a Vermilion Harbor race. He arrived with Little Reporter and received a candid photo from Emolga.

• Shen Qi showed Janine and Officer Jenny the race footage, and Janine recognized the figure as her father, Koga.
• Shen Qi confronted Little Reporter about the study videos left on her USB drive, then learned Emolga had edited the race photos.
• Shen Qi told Little Reporter he was heading to Vermilion City for a Regular Race whose finish required racers to cross a temporary bridge and drive into a cruise ship.
• Little Reporter hoped to attend the shipboard party, while Emolga showed no interest in racing because neither she nor Little Reporter could drive.
• Shen Qi visited Janine and Officer Jenny, then drove to Vermilion City with Little Reporter, who got out to pursue her own work.
• Emolga gave Shen Qi an instant photo showing him and his Pokémon at a roadside rest stop.

Shen Qi prepared for the Vermilion Harbor Regular Race, encouraged Lopunny and Lilligant after their poor finish, and met Sayaka’s Lurantis sisters, who showed an unexpected interest in him. He began the race from seventh place with Dodo using Leaf Guard, ready to pursue a top-five finish and qualify for the Winter Race.

• Shen Qi told Chansey and Dodo that Lilligant would miss the Vermilion Harbor Regular Race because she and Lopunny had entered a race the previous day.
• After Lopunny and Lilligant reported placing eighth, Shen Qi reassured them and encouraged their plans to improve and defeat the Lurantis sisters.
• Shen Qi arrived at the circuit, learned that the Lurantis sisters were competing, and visited them with Chansey and Dodo to Trace Leaf Guard for the race.
• The older Lurantis sister praised Shen Qi for supporting Lilligant, and the sisters told him they were more interested in him than in Lilligant.
• At the starting line, Shen Qi had Dodo use Leaf Guard under Sunny Day and began the race in seventh place as Maractus took the lead.

Shen Qi used Dodo’s abilities and Magnet Rise to advance Little Sheep through the race, while Lt. Surge’s Autumn Leaves began matching his levitation tactic. As Little Sheep and Autumn Leaves competed over the sharp turns, the Lurantis sisters pressured the leader ahead.

• Shen Qi used Download and Agility before guiding Little Sheep through the Small Waterfall with Protect.
• Shen Qi recognized Lt. Surge’s Electric Terrain as the source of the heightened Electric-type energy around the waterfall.
• After crossing the starting point, Shen Qi used Magnet Rise to skip a sharp turn and overtake Big Yuanbao, reaching fourth place.
• Lt. Surge used Magnet Rise to pass Maractus, and Shen Qi realized Autumn Leaves was using the same tactic.
• Shen Qi and Lt. Surge repeatedly used Magnet Rise through the sharp turns as Cacturne and the Lurantis sisters felt pressure from the cars behind them.

After Shen Qi and Lt. Surge were penalized for breaking the race rules, Shen Qi narrowly kept a place in the Winter Race. At the cruise-ship banquet, Professor Rowan and Professor Birch recognized Porygon, and Professor Nishinomori V joined them.

• Shen Qi and Lt. Surge learned that Shen Qi had received a twenty-meter penalty and Lt. Surge had been disqualified for excessive airtime, while Maractus moved up to fourth place.
• Shen Qi and Lt. Surge discussed the race at the banquet as Chansey and Raichu turned a dance lesson into a brief battle.
• Magneton and Porygon competed with Magnet Rise on the dance floor, prompting Linoone to bring them back to their Trainers.
• Shen Qi noticed Dodo staring at Professor Rowan and Professor Birch, then learned Rowan recognized Porygon as Professor Akihabara's Pokémon.
• Professor Nishinomori V arrived and recognized Porygon as Professor Akihabara's.

Shen Qi reunited Dodo with Professor Rowan, Professor Birch, and Nishinomori V, who recalled their efforts to save the Porygon and praised Shen Qi’s knowledge. Their discussion of meteorites and evolution led Shen Qi to consider whether a mysterious mineral might have enabled Flabébé’s unusual evolution, and he asked about Professor Sycamore’s research.

• Dodo recounted how Team Rocket had taken him, and Shen Qi explained how the Security Bureau had used an Upgrade to evolve one of Dodo’s two souls into Type 2.
• Professor Rowan, Professor Birch, and Nishinomori V welcomed Dodo and praised Shen Qi for caring for and researching him.
• The professors recalled how Professor Akihabara had joined Unit Zero and Unit One to save them after other rescue plans failed.
• Shen Qi correctly guessed that Professor Birch had investigated Meteor Falls while searching for unusual ways to evolve Porygon.
• Shen Qi reflected on the Pokémon world’s parallel timelines and wondered whether a meteorite-related mineral had helped Flabébé evolve unusually.
• Shen Qi asked about Professor Sycamore, and Professor Rowan confirmed that he studied Pokémon evolution.

After discussing Divine Blessing Mode and the evolution mystery surrounding Melemele Island’s Flabébé, Shen Qi was led away by the Lurantis sisters to meet their young lady. He entered her suite, still wondering what favor she wanted and whether she was connected to Lilligant’s former owner.

• Shen Qi learned that Divine Blessing Mode let exceptional Pokémon enter a temporary enhanced state and asked the professors about the unevolving Flabébé on Melemele Island.
• Professor Rowan explained that researchers had examined the ore used to repair a white Floette’s petals but had been unable to identify it.
• Shen Qi exchanged contact information with Professor Birch and decided to discuss the possible ore with Florges after the banquet.
• The Lurantis sisters approached Shen Qi and escorted him from the banquet hall while Dodo followed and translated their request for help.
• The Lurantis sisters brought Shen Qi to their young lady’s suite, where he waited to hear her request.

Shen Qi met Sayaka, Lilligant’s former Trainer, who had been believed dead after an accident and had lost both arms. Sayaka asked him to help Lilligant pursue her dream of becoming a T2 driver, and Shen Qi promised to support her despite her limited talent.

• Sayaka revealed that she had arranged the Vermilion Harbor race to bring Shen Qi to her.
• Sayaka identified herself as Lilligant’s former Trainer, a T3 driver presumed dead after an accident, and asked Shen Qi to help Lilligant become happy as a Pokémon driver.
• Shen Qi honestly told Sayaka that Lilligant’s talent was poor by T2 standards.
• Shen Qi said he felt no hopelessness and would stay beside Lilligant as she continued challenging T2.
• Sayaka praised Shen Qi as a better Pokémon Trainer than she had been, and her maid reminded them that Sayaka needed to rest.

After leaving Sayaka, Shen Qi returned from the Luxury Cruise Ship to meet Lilligant at Florges’s dessert truck. Lilligant smelled the Lurantis sisters on him and confronted him, while Shen Qi could not explain his secret meeting with them or Sayaka.

• Sayaka reluctantly said good night to Shen Qi, and the Lurantis sisters warned him to leave.
• Shen Qi left the banquet, said goodbye to Rowan, Professor Birch, and Nishinomori V, and headed to Florges’s dessert truck.
• Shen Qi reunited with Lilligant and greeted Lopunny and Florges after the truck’s evening sales ended.
• Lilligant smelled other Grass-type Pokémon on Shen Qi and accused him of being close to them.
• Lilligant recognized the Lurantis sisters’ scent on Shen Qi, while Dodo stayed silent and Lopunny feared someone had stolen a bite.

After Lilligant saw Shen Qi posing with the Lurantis sisters, she used Aromatherapy to cover their scent and took photos with him. Shen Qi then invited Florges to return to Island 6 with his group, and she agreed to rest with them for a while.

• Shen Qi showed Lilligant the banquet photos and reassured her that he viewed the Lurantis sisters only as Pokémon.
• Lilligant hugged Shen Qi and used Aromatherapy to drive away the Lurantis sisters’ scent, then asked to take photos together.
• Shen Qi borrowed Emolga from Little Reporter and took photos with Lilligant, Lopunny, Florges, and the other Pokémon.
• Shen Qi told Lilligant he planned to update his racing status in Vermilion City before returning to Island 6 to rest and consult his teacher about Energy Coordination.
• Shen Qi told Florges he would help her investigate meteorites after the Winter Race and invited her to stay with them on Island 6.
• Florges accepted Shen Qi’s invitation, agreeing to impose on their hospitality and rest for a while.

Shen Qi returned to Island 6 with Florges and the others, where Florges found comfort in the familiar island setting and the group began cleaning their long-empty home. The chapter left Lilligant and Lopunny tangled in a hose while Shen Qi reached for his phone to take a picture.

• Shen Qi replaced his Racing License, applied for the Winter Race, and learned that trainee drivers still had a good chance of entering the Pokémon Trainer format.
• Shen Qi declined an invitation to visit Sayaka during her treatment, visited the Construction Site Racetrack, and prepared to leave Vermilion City with his three vehicles and Pokémon.
• Lilligant told Shen Qi that the Lurantis sisters' wealthy family was connected to the Pokémon Mansion in Sinnoh, and Shen Qi realized Sayaka might be the mansion's young lady from the games.
• After reaching Island 2, Florges was moved by the familiar island climate, and Lilligant comforted her as the group traveled back to Island 6.
• Shen Qi and the Pokémon opened the dusty Farmhouse Courtyard and worked together to clean it, but Lilligant and Lopunny became tangled in a runaway hose.
• Shen Qi turned off the tap and started taking a photo of the trapped Lilligant and Lopunny, prompting Lilligant to call his name.

After returning home, Shen Qi spent two days relaxing with his Pokémon before heading back to Pokémon High School to discuss his training progress with his teachers. He arrived with snacks for his classmates and prepared to test his progress in Mr. Iron Pipe’s physical fitness class.

• Shen Qi returned home after Officer Jenny took him to the Detention Room, then hosted a barbecue with his Pokémon that evening.
• Shen Qi spent the next two days at home while Lilligant rested, Dodo adjusted Florges’s food cart, and Chansey trained in the mountains.
• Shen Qi decided to visit Pokémon High School to get advice about his training and drove there on his badly worn Little Sheep.
• Shen Qi brought local snacks to First-Year Class A and told his classmates he hoped they would help run the school well in the future.
• Shen Qi gave Mr. Iron Pipe a souvenir and went with Ms. Jixiang to the gymnasium to test his training progress.

Jixiang identified Shen Qi’s dependence on [Pure White Gloves] as a weakness in his energy-control fundamentals, then explained that Principal Gui had promised to guide him if the school’s teachers could no longer help. After choosing to continue his current studies and work, Shen Qi brought Little Sheep to Huzang for an inspection and discovered its condition was worse than he had realized.

• Jixiang praised Shen Qi’s broad energy control but warned that he relied on outside aids to prevent interference between types.
• Shen Qi admitted that using [Pure White Gloves] had become a habit, and Jixiang helped him plan his training.
• Jixiang told Shen Qi that Principal Gui had offered guidance if the teachers could no longer teach him, and Shen Qi chose to stay at Pokémon High School for now.
• Jixiang described Principal Gui’s support for students such as Qiu Yan and Xiao Ming, including lending Xiao Ming 100,000 b.
• Shen Qi took Little Sheep to Huzang for an inspection, and Huzang found that the vehicle’s exhaust pipe was cracked in addition to its other faults.

Shen Qi discovered that Little Sheep had dangerous leaks and ordered Huzang to prioritize a full safety overhaul. On his way home, he learned that Lance was waiting to see him, leaving him hurrying back with Officer Jenny.

• Huzang found serious problems with Little Sheep's intake and exhaust pipes and a possible Type Energy leak, so Shen Qi ordered a comprehensive safety refurbishment.
• Bronzong explained that Huzang had dug him up near Veilstone City decades earlier, and Shen Qi considered Fallarbor Town as a possible destination to investigate meteorites for Florges.
• Shen Qi left Little Sheep with Huzang and learned from Lilligant that Lance had come to visit him.
• Shen Qi met Officer Jenny on the way home, and she gave him a ride after hearing he had an unexpected guest.

Lance returned from the Detention Room and asked Shen Qi to watch for the Dragon Clan’s stolen Dratini. The chapter ended with Lance explaining that Team Rocket had stolen special Dratini capable of learning Extreme Speed, and that some were still missing.

• Officer Jenny arrested Lance after finding her obsessively cuddling her Shiny Dragonair in Shen Qi’s courtyard.
• Dragonite stayed with Shen Qi while Lance spent a day in the Detention Room, and Shen Qi fed him a large meal.
• Lance returned the next day riding Aerodactyl and met Shen Qi’s unusual Pokémon lineup.
• Lance told Shen Qi she had high hopes for him, then asked him to keep an eye out for the Dratini stolen from the Dragon Clan.
• Lance explained that Team Rocket had stolen the Clan’s special Dratini, which knew Extreme Speed from a young age, and that some had not been recovered.

Lance asked Shen Qi to watch for clues about the Dragon Clan’s stolen Dratini and offered payment and information about Team Rocket in return. After discussing Florges’s evolution and Divine Blessing Mode, Lance left Shen Qi wondering why Team Rocket had never targeted Pokémon High School for Porygon.

• Lance explained that he wanted Shen Qi to watch for Dratini clues because he could not investigate publicly while evading his cousin Clair.
• Lance offered Shen Qi 100,000 b for each useful clue, 500,000 b if the Dratini was recovered, and Team Rocket information to help keep him safe.
• Lance told Shen Qi that Divine Blessing Mode came from exceptional effort and training, and said Florges’s unusual evolution was more likely caused by a special meteorite or Evolution stone.
• Lance refused to reveal details of his Pokémon’s Divine Blessing Modes because he was saving them for the Pokémon World Championships.
• After three days at Shen Qi’s house, Lance prepared to leave and questioned why Team Rocket had never tried to retrieve Porygon from Pokémon High School.

Shen Qi finished training with Lance, prepared to leave Island 6 for the Winter Race, and tested the newly modified Little Sheep. After ruling out a single-turbo setup, he worked with Huzang to consider a different intake and exhaust arrangement.

• Lance advised Shen Qi to focus on improving his existing Energy Coordination, raising his Normal-type proficiency to 99% and his Flying-type proficiency to 41%.
• The Pelipper family visited Shen Qi, then departed with their grown Wingull.
• Shen Qi learned that Little Sheep’s safety modifications were complete and realized he had only a few days left on Island 6 before traveling for the Winter Race.
• Shen Qi took Little Sheep to Huzang’s shop and asked to adjust its intake and exhaust pipes.
• Shen Qi explained that he had abandoned a single-turbo setup because of Turbo Lag, while Huzang examined a possible new arrangement.

Shen Qi prepared Little Sheep for the Winter Race and set off for Saffron City after saying goodbye to Principal Gui. As he left Pokémon High School, Qiu Yan asked him for a ride.

• Shen Qi chose a Sequential Turbo and installed an Intercooler on Little Sheep, spending over 50,000 b.
• Huzang urged Shen Qi to keep an eye on Ayaka and said he hoped Shen Qi would someday defeat Celadon City University's car with an engine he had improved.
• Shen Qi brought Chansey back from Ruins Canyon and explained Huzang's remarks to Dodo and Chansey.
• Shen Qi told Principal Gui he would enter the Winter Race and declined the principal's offer of personal sponsorship.
• Principal Gui had Growlithe see Shen Qi out, and Shen Qi found Qiu Yan waiting at the school entrance, asking for a ride.

Shen Qi encountered a fugitive being pursued by wild Pokémon in the Shallow Leaf Protected Area and reunited with Xiao Ming, who had become a trainee Pokémon Ranger. Xiao Ming suspected the man of poaching during a protected season and demanded that he surrender the captured Pokémon.

• Shen Qi traveled from Fuchsia City through the Shallow Leaf Protected Area on his way to Saffron City for the Winter Race.
• After hearing a commotion, Shen Qi stopped his vehicle and saw a field-dressed man being chased by Pidgeot and other wild Pokémon.
• The man released Weezing, Onix, and Corphish, causing some of the wild Pokémon to back away, but Pidgeot called more birds to gather.
• Xiao Ming arrived riding Tauros and recognized Shen Qi, then warned the man that the gathering Pokémon made the situation dangerous.
• Xiao Ming identified himself as a trainee Pokémon Ranger, accused the man of poaching during a protected season, and ordered him to hand over the Pokémon he had taken.

Xiao Ming and Shen Qi helped Pidgeot return two stolen Pokémon Eggs to their mother, then Xiao Ming prepared to leave Kanto for Alola to pursue Ranger work and become a top Pokémon Trainer. Before boarding a freighter in Vermilion City, he told Shen Qi he hoped to return someday and run Pokémon High School.

• Pidgeot confirmed that the poacher had returned both undamaged Pokémon Eggs, then the wild Pokémon dispersed and the man fled.
• Xiao Ming and Shen Qi carried the eggs to a cave, where Swinub reunited with them and thanked the boys by nuzzling them.
• Xiao Ming told Shen Qi he planned to travel to Alola for Ranger opportunities, and Pidgeot encouraged him before they parted.
• Shen Qi took Xiao Ming to Vermilion City, where Xiao Ming planned to board a freighter to Alola using Director Baoba's recommendation.
• Xiao Ming told Shen Qi he would become a great Pokémon Trainer and return to run Pokémon High School.

Xiao Ming left for the Other Region after asking Shen Qi to help Pokémon High School if needed, while Shen Qi arrived in Saffron City to prepare for the Winter Race. He met Perilla Racing Team leader Ayumi and her brother Shan Sheng to watch the group draw, which placed Ayumi with T2 Driver Lily.

• Xiao Ming asked Shen Qi to help Pokémon High School if he failed to return with results, then left Vermilion Harbor to find the captain who knew Baoba.
• Shen Qi traveled with Chansey and Dodo to Saffron City and booked a hotel room despite the peak-season prices.
• Maractus offered Shen Qi a place to stay at Imite's home, but Shen Qi declined because he had already booked a room.
• Lurantis invited Shen Qi to stay with Sayaka and the sisters, but he refused to avoid being distracted before the Winter Race.
• Shen Qi met Shan Sheng and Ayumi, who explained that five Perilla Racing Team drivers had entered the Winter Race.
• The group draw placed Ayumi in a group with T2 Driver Lily, while Shan Sheng celebrated that he was not assigned to his sister's group.