Recaps

Shen Qi planned to investigate Meteor Falls after Dodo's remarks and invited Lisia to join him, while Florges offered to become his Pokémon and travel inside a Poké Ball. The chapter ended with Shen Qi stunned by Florges's offer as her emotional-script walkthrough reached 50%.

• Shen Qi explained that he wanted to investigate Meteor Falls for clues about an ancient tribe, and Lisia insisted on joining him.
• Shen Qi and Lisia discussed the dangers and layout of Meteor Falls as they planned to explore its main area.
• Shen Qi connected the sacrificial mural to Zinnia and wondered whether she had been the black-haired woman who repaired Florges's Crystal Petals.
• Florges offered to enter a Poké Ball and become Shen Qi's Pokémon, leaving him stunned.

Shen Qi prepared his Pokémon for an expedition into Meteor Falls and reunited with Lisia in Fallarbor Town. Lisia explained how Teleport worked before their planned departure the next day.

• Shen Qi bought five Luxury Balls, three ordinary Poké Balls, and enough Pokémon Rations for the Meteor Falls expedition.
• Shen Qi told Lisia how he had rescued Azumi and come to stay in Fallarbor Town.
• Lisia released Slowpoke, Quagsire, and Abra to meet Shen Qi's Pokémon, but they barely moved or stayed asleep.
• Lisia explained that Psychic-type Pokémon marked places they visited and used folded distance to teleport back to those locations.

Shen Qi and Lisia prepared to explore Meteor Falls, discussed Abra’s Teleport limits, and arranged a rescue plan with Mayumi. After receiving a Secret Power Technical Machine, they set out toward the waterfalls, where Dodo began learning the move.

• Shen Qi and Lisia planned to explore Meteor Falls and agreed to visit the first two large waterfalls, with Mayumi to call for rescue if they were not back within ten days.
• Mayumi gave Shen Qi a Secret Power Technical Machine as thanks, while Azumi eagerly asked to join before learning their destination was Meteor Falls.
• Shen Qi and Lisia left Raincoat at Mayumi’s house and started along the well-worn trail toward Meteor Falls.
• Shen Qi explained how Secret Power could detect a suitable site and help create a small base, and Dodo showed confidence about learning it.

Shen Qi and Lisia traveled deeper into Meteor Falls, navigating its intersecting passages while avoiding resting Zubat colonies. They neared the No. 1 Great Waterfall and discussed the disappearance of Team Magma and Team Aqua.

• Shen Qi had Dodo learn Secret Power from a Technical Machine, and the Porygon mastered it with 5% proficiency.
• After sleeping along the route, Lisia led Shen Qi through the cave maze by following distinctive explorer messages carved into the walls.
• Lisia and Shen Qi took a shortcut using a rope, then quietly passed a resting colony of Zubat and Golbat.
• As the waterfall's roar grew louder, Shen Qi asked Lisia about Team Magma and Team Aqua, and she said their leaders and subordinates had vanished.
• The waterfall's reverberating noise overwhelmed Shen Qi's ears as the pair approached it.

Shen Qi and Lisia reached Waterfall No. 1 in Meteor Falls, admired its glowing underground pool, and continued to a natural shelter. Lisia searched for clues about the ancient ritual carving and had Abra mark the camp before they rested.

• Lisia and Shen Qi reached Waterfall No. 1 and took in its immense waterfall and cold mineral light.
• Shen Qi released his Pokémon, and Chansey was knocked into the pool after rushing beneath the waterfall to train.
• Lisia examined the ancient ritual script and considered which members of the People of the Sea of Origin could have carved it.
• Lisia led Shen Qi through a passage away from the waterfall toward a Natural Camp stocked with supplies left by explorers.
• Lisia stopped Abra from falling asleep and had him leave a Psychic Type Mark at the camp.

Shen Qi and Lisia explored deeper into Meteor Falls, hoping to find the place hinted at by Dodo’s electronic fortune-telling. After reaching Big Waterfall No. 2 and finding no Ritual Script nearby, they climbed both sections of the falls and reached the upper edge, with their search still unfinished.

• Shen Qi asked Lisia about hidden chambers and iron ladders in Meteor Falls, then learned that Big Waterfall No. 2 was the farthest place she had explored.
• On his fourth day inside Meteor Falls, Shen Qi reached Big Waterfall No. 2 with Lisia and admired its two-tiered waterfall.
• Shen Qi and Lisia searched the area around the falls for Ritual Script but found nothing.
• Lisia used Slowpoke’s Surf to carry them across the water, then had Quagsire and Shellder use Waterfall to carry them up the lower section.
• Shen Qi and Lisia switched back to Slowpoke’s Surf near the top and reached the upper edge of Big Waterfall No. 2.

Shen Qi and Lisia disturbed wild Pokémon while crossing Meteor Falls, and Lisia mistook a Whiscash for the legendary Kyogre. Shen Qi prepared his Pokémon for a fight against the startled group.

• Lisia noticed that the water level and energy fluctuations at Big Waterfall No. 2 were unusually high, and she hurried Slowpoke to shore.
• The disturbance drew three Lunatone, two Solrock, and several Zubat from a cave, so Shen Qi threw the backpacks aside and tried to calm them with Pokémon Rations and Quagsire’s help.
• Two Whiscash surfaced, and Lisia panicked, mistaking them for Kyogre and ordering Shellder to use Protect.
• Shen Qi sent out Lilligant and his other Pokémon, assigning Lilligant to attack with Magical Leaf and Lopunny to use Agility and Quick Attack.

Shen Qi and Lisia fought off waves of Wild Pokémon in Meteor Falls, using coordinated moves and quick tactics to keep their team alive. As they tried to end the battle before attracting more foes, a Druddigon emerged.

• Shen Qi coordinated his Pokémon with packaged Helping Hands while Chansey, Lopunny, Lilligant, and Florges fought to stabilize the battle.
• Florges used Grassy Terrain and Grass Knot as Shen Qi intimidated a Solrock, helping the team withstand the Rock-type Pokémon.
• Lisia returned to the fight with Quagsire and Shellder, and used a Dusk Ball to interrupt Whiscash's Earthquake before Lilligant struck it down.
• More Wild Pokémon arrived, and a roar announced the approach of a Dragon-type Pokémon.
• A Druddigon burst through the rocks and struck Quagsire with Dragon Claw.

Lisia fought Druddigon in Meteor Falls, using Slowpoke and Shellder’s on-the-spot fusion into Slowbro to hold her off while Shen Qi’s Pokémon dealt with the other wild Pokémon. After Druddigon helped the others retreat, Lisia and Shen Qi surrounded her, and the chapter ended with Lisia recalling Slowbro instead of throwing her last Dusk Ball.

• Lisia challenged Druddigon while Shen Qi’s Pokémon fought the other wild Pokémon.
• Lisia used Energy Coordination to combine Slowpoke and Shellder into Slowbro, which disabled Druddigon’s Dragon Claw.
• Druddigon drove off the other wild Pokémon, leaving herself surrounded by Shen Qi, Lisia, and their Pokémon.
• Lisia used up her Great Balls and nearly all her Dusk Balls while trying to weaken and catch Druddigon.
• As Lisia prepared to throw her final Dusk Ball, she told Slowbro to come back.

Lisia and Shen Qi survived the confrontation with Druddigon, who refused to join Lisia but calmed the gathering wild Pokémon. As they prepared to leave Big Waterfall No. 2, they discovered a submerged wooden bridge and a stone platform bearing a carved pattern.

• Lisia recalled Slowbro and offered Druddigon a Dusk Ball, but Druddigon crushed it and walked away.
• Druddigon roared at the gathering wild Pokémon, dispersing them before leaving the cave.
• Shen Qi and Lisia recovered their supplies, ate, and rested; Lisia released her stress by crying and then suggested they leave.
• Shen Qi heard wooden knocking near the route Druddigon had taken, and he and Lisia found a submerged log bridge linking two rocks.
• Shen Qi sent Chansey across the bridge to inspect the stone platform, and Chansey reported a carved pattern underwater.

Lisia discovered fresh ancient ritual carvings describing a catastrophe and Rayquaza, but a sudden whirlpool swept Shen Qi and Slowpoke away. After Abra teleported her to safety, Lisia raced back through Meteor Falls to find them and emerged from an unfamiliar cave opening, unsure where she was.

• Lisia read ritual carvings on a submerged stone platform that described a falling star, a calamity, and Rayquaza.
• A sudden whirlpool broke Slowpoke's Surf and dragged Shen Qi and Slowpoke underwater after Shen Qi threw Lisia clear.
• Lisia used Abra's Psychic Type Mark to teleport to the Natural Camp, then ran back toward Shen Qi with a flashlight.
• Lisia used another Psychic Type Mark to skip part of the route and continued running through Meteor Falls despite exhaustion and injuries.
• Lisia emerged from an unfamiliar cave opening and tried to use the moon and stars to determine her location.

Lisia struggled through the mountains toward Mayumi’s house after escaping the whirlpool, while Shen Qi survived the flood and waited for the waters to recede. The chapter left Shen Qi encountering a Kabutops in the exposed cavern.

• Oddish used Grassy Terrain to heal Lisia’s wounds, and she continued running until she reached Route 114.
• Lisia found the Fossil Maniac Brothers’ home empty and pushed herself to keep running toward Mayumi’s house.
• Shen Qi escaped the whirlpool with Nene Ninja Technique and Dodo’s Magnet Rise, then rested with Chansey as the water level fell.
• Shen Qi woke to find Chansey had removed his wet clothes and saw that the water had dropped about ten meters.
• A Kabutops surfaced across the water and greeted Shen Qi.

Shen Qi encountered Kabutops and learned that flooding in Meteor Falls had trapped the Fossil Maniac Brothers, then helped rescue and treat them. After bringing them to safety near Big Waterfall No. 2, he waited with them while worrying about his separation from Lisia.

• Kabutops explained that it and Bibarel had drained floodwater to save the trapped Fossil Maniac Brothers, but Shen Qi had been swept into the resulting current.
• Shen Qi found the younger brother's supplies, made splints, and followed Kabutops into the cave to locate the brothers, who had broken limbs and had spent days underground.
• Shen Qi used Chansey to treat the brothers and Dodo to carry them out, then gave everyone food and planned to wait for rescuers.
• Shen Qi checked Lopunny's condition, covered the brothers' eyes to protect them from light, and learned that more than seven hours had passed since the battle and that it was 2:17 a.m.

Shen Qi woke to find Wallace and Sootopolis Gym members arriving to rescue the injured and recover the Slowpoke. After thanking Shen Qi and checking ancient runes at Big Waterfall No. 2, Wallace began investigating Meteor Falls as an Altaria carrying two women flew up the waterfall.

• Shen Qi woke after six hours of sleep when a rescue party arrived at Big Waterfall No. 2.
• Wallace told Shen Qi that Lisia was safe and had reached Mayumi's place, then thanked him for helping his niece.
• Nurse Joys and their Chansey treated the injured while Sootopolis Gym members retrieved the Slowpoke with Water-type Pokémon.
• Shen Qi led Wallace to the ancient runes carved into a stone platform, and Wallace asked whether similar symbols were nearby.
• Wallace and Shen Qi discussed the unexplored depths of Meteor Falls before an Altaria carrying two women flew up Big Waterfall No. 2.

Shen Qi and the others prepared to leave Meteor Falls after failing to find Slowpoke, but Druddigon returned him and earned Lisia’s gratitude and affection. Lisia welcomed Druddigon as a new Pokémon, and Shen Qi later returned to a clean suite and collapsed into bed.

• Lisia could not sense Slowpoke because his Poké Ball was damaged, and Wallace urged everyone to return from Meteor Falls.
• A Druddigon emerged from a tunnel carrying Slowpoke and handed him to Lisia.
• Lisia fed Slowpoke Pokémon Rations and earned Druddigon’s approval, prompting Druddigon to agree to join her.
• Lisia realized she had no Poké Balls with her and asked Shen Qi for one, while he teased her about her earlier complaints.
• Shen Qi returned to his suite, where Lopunny and Lilligant rested beside him after their exhausting journey.

After recovering from Meteor Falls, Shen Qi returned to Fallarbor Town, checked on Lisia and the Fossil Maniac Brothers, and reviewed his improving stats and skills. At a gathering with the brothers, they thanked him for saving their lives and gave him a Technical Machine.

• Shen Qi left Hoenn plans aside, bought a new phone in Fallarbor Town, and called Mayumi to check on Lisia and the Fossil Maniac Brothers.
• Shen Qi reviewed his status and saw improvements to his HP, Special Defense, Speed, and skill proficiencies after the Meteor Falls ordeal.
• Shen Qi shared a meal with Lilligant and Lopunny after his takeout arrived.
• The Fossil Maniac Brothers hosted a gathering to thank Shen Qi for saving them and presented him with a Technical Machine.

After receiving gifts from the Fossil Maniac Brothers, Shen Qi reunited with Florges and met the hooded Zinnia, who had repaired her Crystal Petals. Zinnia revealed her name, and Shen Qi offered to help repay her kindness.

• Shen Qi accepted a Technical Machine for Dig from the younger Fossil Maniac Brother and a Heart Fossil from the older brother.
• Shen Qi celebrated with the Fossil Maniac Brothers and their Pokémon around a bonfire.
• The Game Interface alerted Shen Qi that Florges sensed an unusual presence, and he followed her into the mountains with his Pokémon.
• Shen Qi found Florges speaking with a hooded woman wearing a Mega Anklet and recognized her as likely Zinnia.
• Zinnia introduced herself, and Shen Qi thanked her for helping Florges and offered to repay her kindness.

Shen Qi learned that Zinnia was searching for an ancient power, then accepted an invitation to the Fossil Maniac Brothers’ bonfire party on Route 114. At Mayumi’s home, he discovered Azumi tied up in a room after she tried to sneak out clubbing.

• Zinnia admitted she could not help Florges guide the Flabébé in Melemele Meadow to evolve, and Shen Qi promised to help her if she needed it.
• Zinnia confessed that she had caused the danger Shen Qi encountered in Meteor Falls, and he said he would still help her because he believed it was unintentional.
• Five days after leaving Meteor Falls, Shen Qi accepted the Fossil Maniac Brothers’ invitation to a bonfire party and learned that Mayumi, Lisia, and Wallace had also been invited.
• Shen Qi and Lisia urged Mayumi to get ready for the casual gathering, and Mayumi eventually agreed to wear ordinary clothes.
• Shen Qi followed strange knocking and scraping sounds to a locked room, where he found Azumi tied to a chair and freed her.
• Lisia explained that Azumi had been tied up because she had tried to sneak out clubbing, leaving Shen Qi startled.

Shen Qi learned that Zinnia was seeking the Green, Blue, and Red Orbs and offered to help her find them. After revealing her identity, Zinnia admitted that her search had caused a mountain collapse that injured Azumi, leaving Shen Qi to connect her to the incident.

• Mayumi untied Azumi after she promised to behave, then agreed to take her to the bonfire party with Shen Qi.
• Zinnia told Shen Qi that she needed energy from all three orbs, and he suggested looking for the Blue and Red Orbs at Mt. Pyre.
• Zinnia explained that she could not ask around freely because she had to conceal her identity and avoid disrupting the world's order.
• Shen Qi exchanged contact details with Zinnia, who lowered her hood and introduced herself by name.
• Zinnia said her search for the orbs in Petalburg Woods had caused a mountain collapse that injured Azumi.

Shen Qi learned that Mt. Pyre and several other landmarks had been relocated to Pokémon Town during the unexplained Great Relocation Event. As he left Hoenn, he called Zinnia with the news about Mt. Pyre’s location.

• Shen Qi said goodbye to Mayumi and Azumi in Fallarbor Town and asked Azumi where Mt. Pyre had gone.
• Azumi explained that Mt. Pyre had joined Pokémon Town and that rumors had obscured the real news.
• Azumi told Shen Qi that other places, including Mt. Chimney, parts of Sinnoh, and Lake Verity, had also moved near Pokémon Town in the Great Relocation Event.
• Shen Qi boarded a ship at Lilycove City's port and called Zinnia, who was searching for the Cave of Land.
• Shen Qi told Zinnia he had found out where Mt. Pyre was, and Zinnia urgently asked him where.

After helping Zinnia trace Mt. Pyre to Pokémon Town, Shen Qi deduced that she was a traveler between worlds seeking energy for the Delta Episode. He returned to Kanto with Florges’s new Eternal Coordinates and headed to Fuchsia Gym to retrieve Little Sheep.

• Zinnia told Shen Qi that Mt. Pyre was in Pokémon Town, but the Red and Blue Orbs were no longer there.
• Zinnia said she was heir to a tribe absent from history, and Shen Qi inferred that she was a world traveler.
• Shen Qi warned Zinnia not to act rashly in Pokémon Town, and they promised to meet again.
• Florges praised Shen Qi for how much he did for Pokémon, and her fourth-stage reward gave him the Eternal Coordinates.
• Shen Qi found that the Eternal Coordinates pointed west toward Florges’s home in Melemele Meadow.
• After returning to Fuchsia City, Shen Qi drove to Fuchsia Gym to retrieve Little Sheep from Janine.

Shen Qi visited Li Yizi in Fuchsia City and agreed to support her at an upcoming Regular Race, hoping to find a replacement engine for Little Sheep. He met her newly bonded Absol and saw her Gray Star, which she had modified for racing.

• Shen Qi learned that Li Yizi had entered the Fuchsia City Regular Race and decided to visit her as support crew while checking out her race car.
• Shen Qi drove Little Sheep to Li Yizi's villa after leaving Flower Crown at the Fuchsia Gym, and an attendant who called himself Number 384 escorted him inside.
• Li Yizi greeted Shen Qi with her Clefairy, Clefable, and Chansey, then introduced him to her young Absol.
• Shen Qi recognized Absol as a Pokémon known for predicting disasters, and Li Yizi joked that he was an auspicious match for her.
• Li Yizi showed Shen Qi her Gray Star, a car model he had encountered before, and said she had spent a fortune modifying it.

At Fuchsia City's Regular Race, Shen Qi learned that Li Yizi had fired a manager who tried to sell her company and discovered that her family owned the Pokétch Company. After asking 384 where he came from, Shen Qi sensed uncertainty and prepared for trouble.

• Li Yizi performed at the harbor, where her fans cheered and 384 sold her autographed records.
• Shen Qi asked 384 about Li Yizi's former manager, and 384 explained that the manager had tried to arrange an encounter with a wealthy client for three million b.
• 384 revealed that Li Yizi's family had sent him to look after her and that her younger brother Teruhiko would soon become her manager.
• Shen Qi realized that Li Yizi's family owned the Pokétch Company and learned more about the device's advanced features.
• Shen Qi asked 384 where he came from, noticed the butler's uncertainty, and readied Nene Ninja Technique with Dodo and Chansey nearby.

Shen Qi recognized 384 as Sebastian, Akiho’s missing butler, while Li Yizi crashed the Gray Star during a race. He bought the wreck’s usable engine for Little Sheep, and Chansey loaded it into the car.

• Shen Qi recognized 384 as Sebastian, the butler who had disappeared while protecting Akiho from Team Rocket six years earlier.
• Li Yizi’s Gray Star lost traction, rolled off the track, and crashed into boulders, though Li Yizi and her Pokémon escaped safely.
• Shen Qi explained that the Gray Star was badly damaged and suggested selling it locally instead of paying for a costly repair and transport.
• Shen Qi offered to buy the Gray Star’s engine for seventy thousand b, and Li Yizi agreed.
• Chansey put the engine in Little Sheep, while Shen Qi bought other usable parts and the organizers took the remaining wreckage for recycling.

Before leaving Fuchsia City, Shen Qi learned from Li Yizi that Huzang had been a Celadon City University professor who rejected its practice of treating Racing Drivers as replaceable testers. At the harbor, as Shen Qi prepared to sail for Island 2, 384 approached and appeared ready to reveal his identity.

• Shen Qi asked Li Yizi about Huzang, and she explained that he had taught Pokémon Transfer and Storage System research at Celadon City University before leaving to pursue engine development.
• Li Yizi clarified that Huzang opposed the university’s approach of replacing Drivers, believing engines should be tailored to support their Drivers rather than treating them as consumables.
• Shen Qi decided to pursue the Driver’s path and quietly fulfill Huzang’s hopes, while Li Yizi declared that she would beat the Rainbow Flying Sword first.
• At Fuchsia City harbor, Shen Qi’s Pokémon gathered affectionately beside him as they waited to board a ship for Island 2.
• 384 approached Shen Qi and said he had come while shopping for supplies, signaling that he was ready to reveal his identity.