Shen Qi

Biodata

Power Progression

Shen Qi’s training progresses from sensing type energy to opening an energy chakra, controlling energy, and coordinating with Pokémon. An open chakra is the prerequisite for learning Trainer skills 17 26. He later develops increasingly precise coordination, learns both game-granted and independently reconstructed skills, and expands into Life Infinity Energy and Mega Evolution-related training 134 413 467 517 593.

Background / History

Before transmigrating, Shen Qi worked as a delivery driver for the Seafood Company and had extensive experience driving inexpensive vans. He arrives in the Pokémon world in the body of a fifteen-year-old student, absorbs the body’s memories, and discovers a text-based Pokémon romance game available to him 1 3.

His parents are fossil enthusiasts who left him money before traveling around the world to excavate fossils; they are effectively unreachable. He lives alone and initially has 20,000 b in savings. To avoid relying entirely on that money, he transports ingredients and produce from Island 6 to an upscale resort on Island 5 3 15.

His former driving experience also includes privately modified transport vehicles operated during a period of looser regulation. He attributes his deeply ingrained high-speed maneuvers and ability to deal with inspections to those years hauling freight 51 359.

Despite traveling extensively, he intends to keep returning to Island 6. He describes a rhythm of competing and adventuring elsewhere, then recuperating at home, as his preferred way of life 250.

Early finances

Later sponsorship and rewards

World-line travel

Shen Qi eventually travels from the Normal World Line to the Mega Evolution World Line. The local Shen Qi had attended Kumquat High School rather than Pokémon High School, formed a Pokémon bond during his first year, and coordinated six energy types by graduation. That counterpart disappeared after going to Ruins Valley and had been presumed dead for three years when the arriving Shen Qi identifies himself to the Security Bureau 443 444 445.

Fingerprint comparison supports his identity, while he explains gaps in his knowledge as the consequences of surviving in isolation. Privately, he knows that he is not the local counterpart and later tells Wingull that the native Shen Qi had already been dead for three years when he crossed over 444 526.

The alternate counterpart’s disappearance strongly affected Wude, who believed he had indirectly caused it and searched Ruins Valley himself. Shen Qi’s apparent return helps restore Wude’s spirits 452.

Appearance

• Initially scrawny: After recovering from the Ruins Valley incident, he notices that his body has gained some flesh and is no longer as thin 29.
• Frequent signs of exhaustion: Night deliveries and racing leave him pale and dark-eyed. His grin combined with dark circles is compared to a vampire’s appearance 4 8.
• Improving stamina: Chansey’s nutritious eggs, and possibly her therapeutic massages, help him become sturdier and less easily winded 20 46.
• Growing physical strength: Lorelei later notices increased strength in his legs, waist, and arms during a period of weighted training 401.
• Travel-worn presentation: In the Mega Evolution World Line, his cheap clothing, worn backpack, and travel-worn appearance make him look like a young man from an impoverished area seeking work in Saffron City 446 447.

Personality

Shen Qi is practical about money and treats his own training as more important than the advantages supplied by the game. Because ordinary Pokémon knowledge is already familiar to him, he devotes much of his study time to energy communication. He persists despite lacking exceptional natural aptitude, even forcing himself to eat Chansey’s unpleasant eggs for their benefits 5 7 15 17.

He uses the game’s emotional feedback to plan conversations, but recognizes that affection cannot be built through teasing alone. With Lilligant, he protects her secrets, takes her racing ambitions seriously, and insists that actions must support his promises. When arranging her challenge against Shan Sheng, he considers safety more important than winning 3 18 37 41 45.

His caution has limits when a relationship is at stake: he pushes the Little Sheep dangerously hard to catch Lilligant and clear up a misunderstanding. His humor is often mischievous or self-deprecating, and his suppressed laughter repeatedly frightens nearby Bellsprout and Oddish 11 14 40.

He regards strength as the means to choose his own life rather than as an end limited to competition. With sufficient ability, he believes he can freely decide whether to battle, race, or travel 71. His competitive instincts nevertheless become intense behind the wheel, where he is willing to risk mechanical failure to challenge his limits 277.

His affection for Pokémon coexists with a growing respect for their independence. After becoming accustomed to a lively household, he feels lonely when they leave, but recognizes that Pokémon have their own activities and cannot remain beside their Trainers constantly. He and Lilligant eventually recognize that their emotional and racing partnership has become overly dependent 140 159.

Shen Qi can be calculating when protecting important secrets. He conceals his transmigrator identity, carefully manages how he explains game-derived knowledge, and acknowledges the shrewdness acquired across two lives. He also uses feigned innocence, social insight, and improvised acting to influence others or conceal dangerous reactions 123 332 473.

His concern for Pokémon High School develops into a major responsibility. He asks Principal Gui to reject sponsorship from islanders who cannot comfortably afford it, later prioritizes the school’s succession over ambitious racing targets, and resolves to let the retiring principal see the school and Pokémon Resort flourish 159 695 735.

Abilities & Skills

Text-Based Romance Game

Shen Qi can interact with Pokémon emotional storylines through a game interface that supplies narration, messages, progress indicators, and rewards 1 3 4.

• Emotional narration: Reveals a Pokémon’s feelings and concerns, helping him distinguish rejection from fear, embarrassment, or grief 4 5.
• Direct communication: Allows him to exchange thoughts with Pokémon whose scenarios he has activated. It compensates for his inability to understand ordinary Pokémon speech 4 11 18.
• Limited range: Messages only work when sufficiently close; he must physically pursue Lilligant to explain their misunderstanding 11 12.
• Fluctuating progress: Relationship percentages can decrease. Shen Qi explicitly distinguishes earning trust from permanently clearing a game dungeon 5.
• Milestone rewards: Supply items for training, inspection, memory viewing, and vehicle modification 3 8 15 40 41.
• Completed scenarios: Lilligant’s completed scenario enables telepathic conversation, and its progress later becomes Compatibility 71 118.
• Player status: A later interface displays his level, health, comparative combat ratings, skills, and proficiency percentages 70.
• Player-targeted rewards: Skill Cards and proficiency cards can apply to Shen Qi himself. Game-granted skills can be activated through interface icons, whereas skills he learns in reality still require actual execution 70 109 413.
• Long-distance communication: He later describes a Style Technique as extending the range of communication with his Pokémon 515.

Energy Perception and Control

Shen Qi initially develops perception and basic control of Normal-, Grass-, and Psychic-type energy, later expanding his chakra across many more types 26 46 242 491.

• Uses Normal-type energy to restore the Adaptive Tire, turning maintenance into repeated control practice 32 38.
• Activates an ordinary Poké Ball by injecting energy into its pathways after learning how the device works 39.
• Begins studying introductory Trainer-skill textbooks after opening his chakra; he subsequently develops Style Techniques and learns Dismantle independently 45 56 413.
• Must rest after major breakthroughs or prolonged practice because the effort causes mental fatigue 26 32.
• Experiences interference between types, particularly as improved Fire-type coordination disrupts his Grass-type perception and control 148.
• Uses filtering equipment to isolate types during training, but Jixiang warns that habitual reliance on such assistance leaves his unaided discrimination and control insufficiently developed 242.
• Cannot safely force repeated externally assisted awakenings without allowing his chakra to consolidate 412.
• Reaches fourteen mastered energy types and newly perceives Dragon-type energy during Mega Evolution equipment testing 491.
• Develops Life Infinity Energy Coordination, whose repeated use and replenishment later strengthen his mental attributes 517 593.
• In the Normal World Line, can inject Mega Evolution Infinity Energy into suitable stone ore, which otherwise contains little of that energy in the local environment 575.

Energy Coordination

Shen Qi can reinforce a Pokémon’s move by aligning his energy with its intentions and move pathways 34.

• First succeeds while supporting Chansey’s Mega Kick against flood debris 34.
• Strengthens and stabilizes the Pokémon’s existing move rather than producing an attack independently 34.
• His initial boost is modest and cannot overcome the sheer quantity of mud and sand 34.
• Uses Skill Analytic Glasses and Jixiang’s demonstrations to separate a move’s effects, directing energy toward useful components while holding others in reserve 134 142.
• Applies this precision to racing buffs: horsepower corresponds to maximum speed, while torque governs low-speed acceleration, so increasing both is not always efficient 134.
• At 91% Normal-type proficiency, can smooth Chansey’s rampaging move effects with practiced ease 195.
• At 100%, can extend Chansey’s explosive output into a stable, sustained effect 413 415.
• Recognizes that broad coordination is essential to Alliance Attack, making it difficult for an individual Pokémon to reproduce his ability to package another Pokémon’s moves 528.

Trainer and Player Skills

Driving and Racing

His experience from his previous life gives him an advantage on familiar mountain roads 3 13.

• Memorizes corner entries and exits to improve delivery efficiency, shortening the former owner’s round trip by roughly an hour 13.
• Adjusts Adaptive Tire configurations to road and weather conditions 11 33.
• Coordinates Pokémon support moves through vehicle Skill Slots: Work Up increases horsepower and torque, while Helping Hand produces a brief acceleration surge 11 12.
• Recognizes the danger of raising engine output without matching improvements to brakes, suspension, and other components 12.
• Defeats Lilligant’s worn race car with the Little Sheep, but the effort leaves his vehicle overheating and leaking brake fluid 14 15.
• Receives his racing license by mail and is relieved that he can legally drive his modified vehicle 110.
• Cacturne initially assesses his Regular Race driving as upper-middle T3 level, while warning that he has accumulated more techniques than he has properly mastered 205.
• Uses Analysis Cards to perceive Infinity Energy Lines during crucial races, gaining results beyond his unaided ability at considerable mental cost 281 435.
• Wins a Regular Race in the Mega Evolution World Line, where observers judge his technique to be approaching T2 standards despite the local identity’s lack of a completed trial record 473.
• Gains approval to enter a T2 event while still a Trainee Driver; this is entry authorization rather than proof that he has achieved T2 driver rank 553.
• His documented record later includes fourth place in the Summer Race and elimination in the second round of the T2 Expansion Race 645.

Battle Awareness and Training

Racing develops Shen Qi’s dynamic vision, rapid judgment, and ability to remain composed when attacks or vehicles approach at extreme speed. Lorelei praises his awareness and accurate decisions, while identifying gaps in his type coverage and fundamentals 374 375.

• Learns from Lorelei that strong Pokémon alone cannot compensate for a Trainer losing sight of companionship, support, and sound fundamentals 373.
• Uses Alliance Attack’s instantaneous recall to create tactical variations that impress Lorelei more than Chansey’s unusually high physical damage 373.
• Combines detached limbs, Jet Energy, and Pokémon movement to launch unconventional attacks, including propelling Lopunny into a Quick Attack assault 546.
• Earns the Saffron Gym’s Gold Badge through written knowledge, practical Psychic-type manipulation, and battle tactics 526 532 533.
• During the battle assessment, forces the examiner to deploy Mega Gengar and removes 5% of her barrier points. Although still far below her overall strength, his performance demonstrates tactics capable of threatening T3 experts 532.
• Supports advanced Pokémon training, including Lopunny’s Close Combat and Mega Evolution, Golurk’s Fly, and Lilligant’s initial Dynamax development 519.

Player Attributes

The game initially expresses Shen Qi’s attributes through comparisons with Pokémon rather than conventional numerical statistics. Later observations connect these ratings to theoretical base-stat values 70 316.

Photography

• Wins third place in Pokémon High School’s photography event with “Flowers Reflected by the Water,” depicting Lilligant touching the water 36 44.
• Confirms to the judges that Lilligant consented to the photograph 44.
• Also photographs Chansey’s training as a record of their everyday life 32.
• Officer Jenny later regards the mature aesthetic judgment in his photography as one of several unusual qualities distinguishing him from ordinary students 123.

Borrowed Healing Power

• Receives stored vitality from an injured Celebi during the Ruins Valley disaster 24.
• Uses it to calm and heal injured rescue personnel and Pokémon, including waking Nurse Joy 24.
• The borrowed power fades, and he collapses from exhaustion; it is not established as a permanent personal ability 24.
• His later Life Infinity Energy Coordination is separately documented as a trainable skill, rather than proof that Celebi’s original gift remained permanently active 517 593.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Vehicle and Modifications

• Little Sheep / Little Lamb — His inexpensive delivery vehicle, generally described in the detailed passages as a small van. It has three Skill Slots and becomes his racing vehicle 3 11.
• Adaptive Tire — Matches a vehicle model, changes tire configuration, and absorbs wear in place of the original tires. Restoring durability requires Normal-type energy 8 11 14 32.
• Adaptive Spoiler — A racing-related milestone reward whose durability requires Grass- and Rock-type energy to restore 15.
• Adaptive Skill Slot — Obtained at 70% progress with Lilligant. She tests its conversion of her Grass-type energy and finds it unusually effective 41.
• Flower Crown — Lilligant’s racing car, later part of their travel arrangements. Shen Qi plans to leave the Little Sheep in Fuchsia City while he and Lilligant take the Flower Crown toward Hoenn alongside Florges’s food truck 159 285.
• Racing Energy — A racing item that he maintains with his own energy alongside the Adaptive Tire 205.
• Poké Ball rack — Awarded by Kadabra after Shen Qi demonstrates his racing-oriented Style Technique 56.

Game and Trainer Items

• Script Detector — Searches for emotional storylines; it is not consumed until Shen Qi confirms that he wants to pursue one. The game awards another at the 10% milestone 1 3 40.
• Energy Comprehension Card 1 — Sharpens his energy perception and stabilizes his three-type chakra; later described as digesting and consolidating recent energy-training gains 26 412.
• Energy Comprehension Card 2 — Selects a previously encountered energy type and brings it within perception, or deepens control if it is already perceptible 412.
• Inspection Card — Displays detailed Pokémon data, including sex, age group, combat statistics, health indicators, moves, and proficiency 26.
• Memory Image — Used to learn about Pokémon’s past experiences, including Chansey’s attempts to become a healer. Another is awarded at 50% completion of Dodo’s scenario 26 28 147.
• Skill Proficiency Card 1 — Raises skill proficiency by 10%; its stated restriction requires the target Pokémon’s scenario to be completed. Shen Qi later confirms that proficiency cards also apply to himself 8 26 70.
• Skill Proficiency Card 2 — Raises proficiency by 10% for skills at the ordinary ceiling and beyond, enabling progression to 110%, 120%, and higher 41 442.
• Skill Card — Randomly grants an available skill; Shen Qi uses these on himself to acquire player skills such as Wild Princess, Alliance Attack, Shadow Hold, Explosion Button, and Confused State 70 195 443 498 600.
• Analysis Card — Temporarily reveals the distribution and changes of type energy in the environment, including types beyond his normal perception. Its mental burden can be severe 71 281 467.
• Skill Analytic Glasses / Skill Analysis Glasses — A player-only data interface displaying move parameters and energy behavior. Helps him divide skill effects and learn precision coordination 134 142 281.
• Physique Card — Transfers stored energy into his body during training and helps improve his player capabilities 108.
• Rewarding Gloves — A special scenario reward used during his training routines 108 143.
• Charm Pendant — Enhances others’ favorable impressions of him; its conspicuous effects make him uneasy during the Porygon investigation 125.
• Pure White Ring and energy-filtering equipment — The ring suppresses interference from selected mastered types and gives him an innocent, well-behaved demeanor. Jixiang later warns him about depending on filtering assistance during training 192 242.
• Love Savings Bank — Stores affection from members of the same sex, converting it into game-item energy or substituting for Mental Power expenditure. At one documented rate, spending 1% charge restores approximately 10% of the Adaptive Tire’s durability 205 281.
• Wish Necklace — Requires sustained Mental Power expenditure; maintaining it contributes to his exhaustion during a critical Winter Race effort 281.
• Jet Energy — Propulsion equipment repeatedly recharged with Ground- and Ghost-type energy. Used for personal travel, detached-limb movement, and tactical acceleration 511 546 609.
• Silence — Suppresses sound around him. At minimum output, even his own speech and clapping become inaudible; it can also form a barrier against sound-based moves 515.
• Severed Limb — Allows him to detach body parts for independent use, including carrying Poké Balls, propelling Lopunny, or delivering an attack. Fine remote control deteriorates beyond approximately five meters 546 609.
• Sharing Heart — Tested as a way to share player skills with Pokémon, but does not let him simply transfer Nene Ninja Technique. Alliance Attack is also constrained by the recipient’s coordination ability 528.
• Opposite-Sex Nullifier / Opposite-Sex Repellent — Reduces his noticeability to female Pokémon until he enters their direct field of vision or they concentrate on detecting him. He experiments with it as perception training for Lopunny 653.
• Mega Evolution equipment — Orders custom beginner equipment and Mega Stones for Lopunny and Aerodactyl after receiving substantial crisis-response rewards 490.
• Poké Ball — Used to establish his partnership with Chansey after both spend more than ten minutes learning its operation 39 40.

Relationships

• Lilligant — Romantic interest, Pokémon partner, and racing companion. Shen Qi understands and protects her hidden racing identity, Tsareena, and promises to help complete the race left unfinished by her former Trainer. Initially reluctant to enter his Poké Ball, she later becomes his partner and completes Speedy Hot Girl, enabling telepathic communication. They eventually recognize that they must address excessive emotional and racing dependence on one another 3 20 31 37 47 58 71 159.
• Chansey — His first Pokémon and an important training companion. Her eggs enable his Normal-type breakthrough, while her painful massages improve his condition. He supports her determination to become a healer and promises to train and fight beside her. She treats the injuries caused by Wild Princess and supervises his dangerous body-training experiments, while continuing her own medical training in Ruins Valley 7 16 28 39 40 71 76 110.
• Xiao Chun — Classmate, desk neighbor, and friend. Shen Qi advises him to study the textbooks carefully and spend time observing Normal-type Pokémon; Xiao Chun later credits him with helping unlock Normal-type perception. He also supports Shen Qi as the best candidate to lead Pokémon High School 1 46 47 645.
• Dev — Market contact and source of delivery work. He checks on Shen Qi, helps arrange vehicle repairs, and calls him to assist Chunhe’s flooded Berry field 3 21 33 37.
• Xia Yang — Amateur racer and swimming instructor who introduces himself on the mountain road. He supplies racing news and invites Shen Qi to watch Tsareena compete 6 7 31 46.
• Jixiang — Teacher who questions his late-night presence at school and later praises his energy-control assessment. She becomes an important source of practical instruction in advanced coordination and identifies weaknesses caused by his dependence on training aids 37 46 142 143 242.
• Officer Jenny — Awards him 50,000 b for his bravery during the Ruins Valley rescue. Their relationship expands into cooperation on investigations, including Porygon and Team Rocket cases, while his personal conduct repeatedly leads to reprimands and detention. The Officer Jennys of the Mega Evolution World Line also verify his apparent identity after his arrival 25 123 188 328 443 444.
• Celebi — Entrusts him with healing vitality so he can aid the disaster’s victims 24.
• Shan Sheng — Racing rival from the Perilla Racing Team. Shen Qi accepts an emblem showdown against him and condemns his use of Lilligant’s former Trainer and inherited car to apply psychological pressure. Later narration confirms Shen Qi defeated him with the Little Sheep; they subsequently meet again in the wider racing circuit 49 50 250 259.
• Dodo / Porygon — A bonded Pokémon whose two souls have distinct move pools and strength values. Shen Qi works with the Security Bureau during the Porygon case, trains Dodo, and seeks permission to take him away from school for competitions. Dodo’s attempts to give him gifts also expose private files on his laptop 125 147 159 190 401.
• Buneary / Lopunny — An affectionate Pokémon companion who becomes closely involved in his training and battles. Her early massage attempts are disrupted by shyness and Chansey’s intervention; later she trains Mega Evolution and Close Combat, accompanies him across world lines, and participates in his unconventional movement and perception exercises 110 285 455 519 546 653.
• Florges — Traveling companion and subject of Madam, Please Behave Yourself. Shen Qi accompanies her toward Hoenn to seek meteorite-related clues, and later trains Life Infinity Energy alongside her Eternal Flower Form 285 517.
• Principal Gui — School leader, supporter, and eventual predecessor. He promotes Shen Qi’s racing participation, reassures him that Pokémon High School remains his home after setbacks, and proposes that he become the school’s future principal. As his health worsens, he asks Shen Qi to attend the graduation ceremony in the role of the new principal 159 382 645 735.
• Wude — Fighting Dojo leader and mentor. Offers hospitality, training, and personal support. In the Mega Evolution World Line, his guilt over the native Shen Qi’s disappearance gives their reunion particular emotional significance 205 447 452 490.
• Cacturne — Racing adviser who assesses Shen Qi’s ability, cautions him about the gap between his techniques and their mastery, and arranges accommodation at the Wind Horse Club 205.
• Lorelei — Battle and energy-training mentor. Praises his reaction speed and tactical judgment while emphasizing fundamentals, broader type coverage, and the importance of supporting his Pokémon 373 374 375 412.
• Sayaka — Lilligant’s former Trainer and a valued friend in the Normal World Line. Shen Qi encourages her rehabilitation and return to a life supporting Pokémon on the track. He also meets her separate Mega Evolution World Line counterpart, to whom he is initially a stranger 285 459 695.
• Zinnia — Collaborator in world-threatening crises and world-line travel. Shen Qi urges her not to shoulder danger alone, and she possesses an item important to his return to the Normal World Line 332 445 454 488.
• Lisia — Friend connected to his Hoenn travels and the materials used for The Journey Home. In the Mega Evolution World Line, she and Sayaka place him in an awkward rivalry over whose performance he should support 316 461 473.
• Wingull — A companion in the Mega Evolution World Line who, after learning Shen Qi’s true origin, firmly chooses to follow him rather than remain in a world without him 517 526.
• Golurk — A companion training Fly with Wingull. Rather than becoming jealous rivals, the two bond over similar preferences and ways of interacting with Shen Qi 517 519.
• Oricorio — A Pokémon fleeing Trainers who want to force her into service. Shen Qi offers shelter in Slateport City and help returning to Alola, winning her trust by reassuring her and respecting her need for space 574 576.
• Deerling — A Pokémon he guides through mastering moves of ten types, completing Four Seasons God and unlocking its revival-focused continuation 735.
• Cassidy and Butch — Proposed teaching recruits whom Shen Qi recommends to strengthen Pokémon High School’s staff 645.
• Parents — Fossil enthusiasts traveling abroad; their prolonged absence leaves Shen Qi living and supporting himself largely alone 3 15.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting Lilligant

• Activates his first Script Detector at school; his overheating phone explodes after he throws it out a window 1.
• Helps Lilligant hide from searching support staff and discovers that her elaborate floral outfit restricts her movement 2.
• Realizes that her storyline’s machinery and competition keywords refer to Pokémon car racing, then builds trust by discussing her genuine interests rather than her public image 3 4.
• Learns that her hesitation comes from fear of bringing misfortune to another Trainer 5.

Chansey and the Mountain Chase

• Gains clear Normal-type perception from Chansey’s egg 7 8.
• Accidentally upsets Lilligant when she sees him hugging Chansey, prompting a mountain pursuit 10 11.
• Uses adaptive tires and Chansey’s support moves to catch her, explain the hug, and win their impromptu race at considerable cost to the Little Sheep 11 14 15.
• Takes Chansey home and discovers the painful but effective treatment methods behind her Crazy Quack storyline 15 16.

Ruins Valley Disaster

• Survives a Psychic-type storm with Chansey’s protection, gaining an unstable awareness of Psychic energy 22.
• Receives Celebi’s vitality during another storm and uses it to help wounded rescuers and Pokémon 24.
• Recovers at the Island 5 Pokémon Center, receives a bravery award, and opens his energy chakra using a game reward 25 26.
• Learns more about Chansey’s past and brings her home after Nurse Joy recognizes her achievements as a healer. The authorities’ investigation does not establish the storm’s cause 28.

Flood Rescue and First Partnership

• Shelters a Pelipper family, then answers Dev’s nighttime request to help protect Chunhe’s Berry field 33.
• Achieves his first energy-coordination success while fighting flood debris beside Chansey 34.
• Invites Chansey to become his partner, learns to operate her Poké Ball, and sends her off for mountain training with food and a promise to collect her 39 40.

Photography and School Assessment

• Photographs Lilligant across several outings and wins third place in the school competition 29 36 40 44.
• Receives the Adaptive Skill Slot when their storyline reaches 70% 41.
• Passes the assessment with an open chakra and basic control of three energy types, then plans further training and relationship development during summer vacation 46 47.

Shan Sheng’s Emblem Challenge

• Encourages Lilligant to race Shan Sheng with spectators and supervision rather than in a private challenge 45.
• Watches Shan Sheng propose an emblem wager and allude to the origin of her inherited car 47.
• Accepts his own showdown, staking a replacement emblem for the Little Sheep in an attempt to recover Tsareena’s emblem 49 50.
• Draws on experience with modified utility vehicles and demonstrates a racing-oriented Style Technique during preparations 51 56.
• Later retrospective narration confirms that Shen Qi decisively defeated Shan Sheng while driving the Little Sheep 259.

Completed Bond and Dangerous Training

• Brings both Lilligant and Chansey home as Pokémon partners, with their scenario progress reaching 81% and 61% respectively 58.
• Opens his player status panel and uses a Skill Card to acquire Wild Princess 70.
• Injures himself by activating the skill without the required Fire- and Rock-type perception, then receives Chansey’s painful treatment 71.
• Lilligant completes Speedy Hot Girl and becomes able to speak with him telepathically 71.
• Continues controlled training with Chansey’s healing support and later receives his racing license 76 110.

Porygon Investigation and Expanding Competition

• Explains game-derived clues to Officer Jenny as a rare ability to perceive Pokémon’s psychological states, securing a chance to help investigate Porygon 123.
• Gains Porygon’s provisional trust and agreement to assist with the Team Rocket Warehouse investigation 125.
• Develops his bond with Dodo and studies the unusual interaction between the Porygon’s two souls and move pools 147.
• Accepts Principal Gui’s help publicizing a T3 Autumn Race entry, while asking him to screen out sponsorship that would financially burden local supporters 159.
• Recognizes with Lilligant that their partnership has become excessively dependent and prepares to discuss a healthier arrangement 159.
• Enters Regular Races to build the qualifying record needed for larger events; Cacturne identifies both his promise and his insufficient mastery of individual techniques 190 205.

Winter Race and Journey to Hoenn

• Enters a Regular Race arranged after a forged challenge letter turns Janine against him, while reporting the suspicious circumstances to Officer Jenny 226.
• Travels to Saffron City for the Winter Race, encountering Ayumi, Shan Sheng, and other racing acquaintances 250.
• Uses an Analysis Card during a crucial effort, nearly exhausting his Mental Power before drawing on the Love Savings Bank 281.
• Finishes the Winter Race having exceeded his own goals, then prepares to travel toward Hoenn with his Pokémon and Florges 285.
• Speaks with Ayaka about the burdens placed on her and visits Sayaka, who has decided to begin rehabilitation 285.
• Survives the Meteor Falls ordeal and receives a Technical Machine from the Fossil Maniac Brothers in gratitude for saving their lives 316.

Security Operations and Spring Race Withdrawal

• Helps the Security Bureau capture Team Rocket members in Ruins Valley, suspects Lorelei’s involvement in the unseen assistance, and receives 60,000 b 328.
• Becomes increasingly concerned that the Tulip Squad may identify him as an enemy and resolves to improve his ability to resist them 368.
• Receives battle instruction from Lorelei, developing tactical recall through Alliance Attack while addressing weaknesses in his fundamentals 373 374 375.
• Withdraws from the Spring Race and stays with Li Ke during a sensitive investigation, declining interviews and a Shanhai Group sponsorship to avoid disruption 382.
• Remains frustrated by losing the chance to demonstrate his ability, but maintains that he would make the same decision again 383.
• Later receives an apology from Hoenn TV journalists whose earlier reporting had spread rumors about his withdrawal; their original draft reveals a fabricated romantic scandal 405.

Normal-Type Mastery and Summer Racing

• Consolidates his energy development and reaches 100% Normal-type coordination 412 413.
• Reconstructs Dismantle as an independently learned Trainer Skill 413.
• Uses packaged Helping Hand and Lilligant’s sunlight-activated Chlorophyll during Summer Race preparations and competition 415.
• His best documented racing result later stands at fourth place in the Summer Race 645.

Mega Evolution World Line

• Arrives in another world line and is mistaken for its Shen Qi, who disappeared three years earlier 443 444.
• Learns that the local counterpart attended Kumquat High School and had connections to Wude and the Fighting Dojo 444 445.
• Receives Wude’s hospitality and guidance, then learns the emotional history behind his unusually warm welcome 447 452.
• Begins Mega Evolution training with Lopunny, initially hindered by his inability to perceive Fighting-type and Mega Evolution energy 455.
• Wins a Regular Race and recognizes Cai Xia as a Tulip Squad member encountered in the Normal World Line, concealing his reaction while considering how to warn Wude 473.
• Helps bring about the resolution of a colossal meteorite crisis with Zinnia and Ai, later receiving eight million b in rewards and investing in training supplies and Mega Evolution equipment 488 490.
• Prepares for confrontation with the Tulip Squad and an eventual return home, while continuing advanced Pokémon training 519.

Saffron Gold Badge and Return

• Takes the Saffron Gym’s Gold Badge examination, earning 89 and 84 points in the first two subjects 526.
• Performs strongly enough in the battle assessment to earn the badge, despite relying on indirect tactics against the Psychic-focused examination 532 533.
• Tells Wingull his true world-line origin; Wingull chooses to accompany him regardless 526.
• Combines Severed Limb, Jet Energy, and Lopunny’s attacks during combat with the Tulip Squad 546.
• Gains approval to register for a T2 racing event despite still being a Trainee Driver 553.
• After returning to the Normal World Line, investigates suitable materials for Mega Evolution and later reaches Player Level 23 through continued training 575 593.

Alola and New Companions

• Offers Oricorio shelter in Slateport City after learning that Trainers have pursued her to force her into service, promising eventual help returning to Alola 574.
• Builds trust by allowing her a safe place to remain without pressuring her to accompany him outside 576.
• Draws Confused State and expands his disruptive battle options 600.
• Experiences dizzy spells and a dream asking him to avert a disaster, then follows a summons toward Poni Canyon 616.
• Suspects Cosmog is calling him and has Florges alert Gladion that Lillie may also be headed toward the canyon 616.

Pokémon High School Succession and Resort

• As he prepares to enter his third school year, asks Principal Gui for an honorary teacher title, only to be offered a path toward becoming the school’s future principal 645.
• Discusses the school’s need for more staff and stronger teaching with Xiao Chun, and recommends Cassidy and Butch as possible teachers 645.
• Makes taking over the school and allowing Principal Gui to rest a greater priority than demanding racing goals 695.
• During a Pokémon Breeders Association inspection, wild Pokémon unexpectedly crowd his courtyard and cling to him. The inspectors interpret this as exceptional affinity and favor Island 6 for the Pokémon Resort, despite his baffled protests 704.
• Shows Principal Gui the completed first phase of the resort. With retirement approaching and his health worsening, Principal Gui asks Shen Qi to present him with a diploma at the graduation ceremony as the school’s new principal 735.
• Resolves to show Principal Gui the school and resort flourishing, while helping Deerling complete Four Seasons God and unlocking its revival-focused continuation 735.

Notable Quotes

“I'll work hard. I hope that one day, you'll sit in my passenger seat.” 5

“We can finish it together.” 37

“Become my partner. From now on, I'll train with you and fight alongside you.” 39

“We're family. Don't talk like we're strangers.” 58

“If there's a crisis, tell me! Don't always shoulder everything alone! Rely on me once in a while too!” 454

“There are no utterly useless Pokémon, only trainers who don't know how to raise them.” 373

Trivia

• Despite his familiarity with Pokémon games, Shen Qi initially assumes a Poké Ball will activate automatically and accidentally strikes Chansey in the face with it 39.
• Re-crossing Lilligant’s 30% relationship threshold grants him a second payout after her progress falls and recovers 14 15.
• His first Pokémon partnership occurs at 51% storyline progress, rather than requiring him to finish Chansey’s entire scenario 40.
• His first player panel rates his Attack at Caterpie level, Defense at Magikarp level, and Speed at Happiny level, much to his embarrassment 70.
• Dodo’s well-intended gift of downloaded private “study materials” ends with the files being sent to both Shen Qi’s phone and Lilligant’s phone 147.
• His apparently innocent demeanor is sometimes reinforced by game items, but he repeatedly insists that his own kind and pure intentions are the main explanation 192.
• His success with the Love Savings Bank is helped by the enthusiastic affection of the Fighting Dojo’s members, whose celebratory embraces and kisses can be physically overwhelming 281 473.
• The Mega Evolution World Line’s three-year missing-person record belongs to its native Shen Qi, not to three years that the traveling Shen Qi personally spent living in Ruins Valley 443 444 526.
• Approval to enter T2 events does not make him a T2-ranked driver; he is still described as a Trainee Driver during discussions of the school’s future 553 645.
• The Breeders Association attributes an extraordinary affinity for wild Pokémon to him after the courtyard incident, while Shen Qi himself protests that he has no such special gift 704.