Recaps

Shen Qi brought Porygon to the Security Bureau’s forest camp and helped the search team use a walkie-talkie to locate Team Rocket’s hidden warehouse. After hours of broadcasting across radio frequencies, Porygon rested among the camp’s Pokémon, who treated him warmly.

• Shen Qi reassured Porygon and persuaded him to help Officer Jenny and the Security Guards search the mountains for Team Rocket’s warehouse.
• Shen Qi traveled with Porygon to the forest camp, where Officer Shinichi explained that the weeklong search had found nothing.
• Shen Qi suggested using a walkie-talkie from the Transport Ship to trace Team Rocket’s radio waves.
• Shen Qi and Porygon spent the afternoon broadcasting across possible frequencies, filling the surrounding forest with electronic noise.
• A Stoutland shared its food with Porygon, and a Noctowl patted him as he rested at the camp.

Shen Qi’s search party found a hidden cavern while tracking Porygon’s signals, but a collapse and a Team Rocket attack forced Shen Qi to flee with Arcanine. After escaping, Shen Qi was confronted by a Team Rocket grunt and prepared for his first Pokémon battle.

• Porygon detected unusual radio waves deep in the forest, leading Shinichi and the Security Guards to discover a hidden cavern.
• The passage shook and collapsed, separating the search party as Arcanine carried Shen Qi and Porygon out of danger.
• A Honchkrow knocked Noctowl from the sky, and Officer Jenny ordered Shen Qi to run while Arcanine protected him.
• Shen Qi fled with Lilligant, Chansey, and Porygon, telling Porygon to make amends by helping others in the future.
• A Team Rocket grunt emerged with Koffing and Golbat, and Koffing began spreading Poison Gas around the battlefield.

Shen Qi and his Pokémon defeated a Team Rocket member, then waited for reinforcements rather than risk choosing a route through the cave. As they bonded, a Ground-type attack opened a fissure beneath them, and Shen Qi struggled to save Porygon as he began to master Magnet Rise.

• Porygon disrupted Koffing with Thunder Wave and struck Golbat with Tri Attack, allowing Chansey to knock out the Pokémon and kick the Team Rocket member.
• Shen Qi decided his group should hide and wait for reinforcements instead of moving deeper into the cave or backtracking.
• Shen Qi praised Porygon and offered to work together with him, stirring memories of Porygon's former Trainer.
• A Ground-type attack split the slope open, and Porygon fell into the fissure as Shen Qi grabbed him.
• Porygon tried Magnet Rise at Shen Qi's urging, gradually becoming light enough for Shen Qi to pull him back toward safety.

Porygon was rescued from Team Rocket by Porygon-Z, who urged it to keep exploring and seek a Trainer worth trusting. Porygon began considering joining Shen Qi, while Z and Rhyperior searched the caves for their way out.

• Shen Qi failed to pull Porygon free when Carnivine’s vines dragged it into the fissure, and he fled as falling rocks buried the opening.
• Porygon used Recover but was captured by Team Rocket, who planned to take it away with a Chain Ball.
• Porygon-Z attacked Carnivine with Tri Attack, freed Porygon, and told it to find a good Trainer and keep exploring.
• Porygon wondered whether it could explore the world with Shen Qi and his Pokémon after remembering Shen Qi’s attempt to save it.
• Rhyperior broke through the rocks and joined Porygon-Z, who said A-Lǜ was also searching for a way through the caves.

Shen Qi found Porygon in the Team Rocket Warehouse, and their reunion strengthened their bond. After Apollo fled from a battle with Blue, Blue demanded to know where Giovanni was, continuing his search for the author of a book that had transformed his battling.

• Blue found Porygon and offered to help return him to his Trainer, then left as Shen Qi called out to find him.
• Shen Qi used the game interface’s telepathic script to locate Porygon, and the two reunited as progress in “The End of the Android” reached 16%.
• Apollo’s Houndoom and Weezing were knocked unconscious during a fight, and Apollo tried to escape past Shen Qi.
• Blue chased down Apollo and demanded to know where Giovanni was.
• Blue recalled how studying Giovanni’s “Secrets of the Earth” had improved his battling and explained why he kept searching for Giovanni.

Blue was forced to abandon his pursuit when a powerful Surf flooded the Team Rocket Warehouse, while Apollo and Ariana escaped through a hidden control room. Apollo set the base to self-destruct and fled with his Pokémon as Shen Qi learned of the countdown and tried to contact Blue’s Porygon-Z.

• Blue used Gyarados to counter a powerful Surf, then left to help the guards as water from the Underground River flooded the warehouse.
• Apollo and Ariana realized the Surf had come from an unknown trainer and headed for the hidden escape route.
• Apollo stayed behind to clear data, then set the warehouse to self-destruct after throwing his Poké Balls toward the exit.
• Houndoom and Magmar returned to Apollo, and he fled with Houndoom after setting a thirty-second countdown.
• Shen Qi heard the self-destruct alarm, hurried toward the exit, and asked Porygon to contact Blue’s Porygon-Z.

Shen Qi escaped the exploding Team Rocket Warehouse and used restorative power gifted by Celebi to treat injured wild Pokémon before collapsing. After waking in a medical facility, he learned Lilligant had gained Sunny Day and spoke with a different Officer Jenny.

• Apollo and Houndoom escaped the passage with help from Golbat and Honchkrow, while Ariana confronted Apollo for returning to help.
• Shen Qi and his Pokémon treated injured wild Pokémon as explosions continued, and Celebi was blasted into the area.
• Celebi gave Shen Qi restorative power to heal the injured Pokémon, then left to find a place to recover; Shen Qi collapsed from the strain.
• Shen Qi woke at a medical facility and checked that Chansey and Lilligant were healthy, noticing that Lilligant had learned Sunny Day.
• Officer Jenny thanked Shen Qi and clarified that she was a distant cousin of the Officer Jenny he had met before.

Shen Qi learned that the Team Rocket Warehouse had been destroyed and that Porygon would remain in Security Bureau custody while helping investigate stolen Pokémon. After returning home, he noticed how much Buneary had improved, though she watched his affectionate reunion with Chansey and Lilligant from the shadows.

• Officer Jenny told Shen Qi that his 100,000 b reward would be transferred to his usual account and that the Team Rocket Warehouse had yielded little useful evidence.
• Officer Jenny explained that Porygon was cooperating with the stolen-Pokémon investigation but would not be released or allowed to visit Shen Qi until the Security Bureau assessed him.
• Officer Jenny warned Shen Qi that Pokémon High School's second semester began in three days, and a Security Guard later drove him home.
• The Security Guard mistook Buneary, who had swiftly climbed over Shen Qi's courtyard wall, for a thief.
• Shen Qi released Lilligant and Chansey, hugged Chansey, and accidentally startled Lilligant while Buneary watched enviously from the shadows.

Shen Qi learned that Buneary had been practicing ways to grow closer to him, and her efforts raised the “Desire Rabbit” script to 50% completion. He used the new Memory Image reward to investigate Porygon’s past and saw the digital battle that preceded his encounter with Team Rocket.

• Buneary confessed that she had practiced touching Shen Qi’s clothes and sleeping on the edge of his bed, prompting Lilligant and Chansey to laugh with her.
• Chansey helped Buneary massage Shen Qi, and Buneary lasted more than four minutes before fainting.
• The “Desire Rabbit” script reached 50% completion, rewarding Shen Qi with a Memory Image and Skill Analytic Glasses.
• Shen Qi decided not to give up on Porygon and used the Memory Image to view his memories.
• Shen Qi saw two Porygon fighting in a digital space and noticed that one bore a 0 marking and looked reluctant to fight.

Shen Qi learned how Professor Akihabara rescued his badly damaged Porygon from a burning building and merged Unit Zero and Unit One into a new Porygon named Dodo. The memory ended with Professor Akihabara near death after giving his Pokémon a chance at a new life.

• Professor Akihabara carried the severely damaged Unit Zero and Unit One out of the collapsing building, despite his own grave injuries.
• At the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy and Silph Co. employees said the Porygon could not be repaired and would not survive for long.
• After regaining consciousness, Professor Akihabara asked about his Porygon and then arranged to continue caring for them at home.
• Professor Akihabara and the two Porygon chose to attempt a merger, and the experiment succeeded.
• Professor Akihabara named the merged Porygon Dodo, stroked its head, and faced death after giving the two Pokémon a new life.

After learning Porygon’s tragic past, Shen Qi worried about his future and accepted that the Security Bureau would care for him while he adjusted to society. As the new semester began, Shen Qi realized Porygon might be at Pokémon High School and set out with renewed hope.

• Shen Qi learned that Unit One and Unit Zero had shared one Porygon, and he considered how Apollo’s betrayal had deepened Porygon’s despair.
• Buneary woke up, then left Chansey’s care without explaining where she was going.
• Shen Qi told Chansey and Lilligant Porygon’s story, and Lilligant asked him to bring Porygon home.
• Xiao Chun rushed over to borrow Shen Qi’s summer homework before school started the next day.
• Shen Qi learned that the Security Bureau would care for Porygon, and, after seeing a Porygon pass him on the way to school, realized he might be at Pokémon High School.

Shen Qi arrived at Pokémon High School with Porygon and encountered the newly evolved Shiny Lopunny, prompting a crowd to watch as he chose neither Pokémon and went to class with Lilligant. The new semester began with students inspired by Shen Qi’s progress, while his summer work for the Security Bureau remained classified.

• Shen Qi chased Porygon through campus, where students and teachers were unfamiliar with her.
• Shen Qi and Porygon found a crowd admiring a Shiny Lopunny, whom Shen Qi recognized as the evolved Buneary from his home.
• With Porygon and Lopunny watching, Shen Qi released Lilligant and took her hand to lead her to class, leaving the other two Pokémon behind.
• Teacher Jixiang was pleased that Shen Qi had bonded with Lilligant and expected him to pass the Compatibility assessment.
• Inspired by Shen Qi, students raised their goals for the semester, while Jixiang knew Shen Qi’s Security Bureau operation could not be publicly commended because it was classified.
• Xiao Chun returned Shen Qi’s borrowed homework before the teacher checked it.

Shen Qi applied to switch to practical courses, and Jixiang said the school would review his application and arrange a Pokémon Compatibility assessment. After school, he found Lopunny hiding in the grass and played along as if they were meeting for the first time.

• Shen Qi submitted an application for practical courses to Jixiang, who said she would send it for review.
• Jixiang explained that Shen Qi would need a Pokémon Compatibility assessment before beginning practical training.
• After leaving school, Shen Qi noticed Lopunny in the grass beside the path.
• Lopunny tried to charm Shen Qi, and he pretended they were meeting for the first time.
• Shen Qi praised Lopunny as she twirled awkwardly.

Shen Qi was caught in a compromising-looking moment with Lopunny and taken to the Island 6 Security office, while Officer Jenny arranged for Lopunny to be examined. He remained confident that she would wake up and clear up the misunderstanding.

• Shen Qi caught Lopunny as she fainted while they were about to shake hands.
• Officer Jenny, Principal Gui, and Teacher Jixiang came upon Shen Qi holding the unconscious Lopunny, and Officer Jenny accused him of wrongdoing.
• Shen Qi insisted it was a misunderstanding and said Lopunny could explain once she woke up.
• Officer Jenny removed Shen Qi's handcuffs and drove him to the Island 6 Security office.
• Officer Jenny asked a Security Guard to arrange an Interview Room and have someone examine Lopunny.

After Lopunny explained that Shen Qi had only caught her when she fainted, Officer Jenny warned him against lewd behavior with Pokémon and sent him home. On the way to Ruins Valley with Lilligant, Shen Qi discovered that her emotional script, “Speedy Hot Girl-Long-Cherished Wish,” had appeared.

• Lopunny told Officer Jenny that she liked Shen Qi and that he had only caught her when she fainted, but she fainted again when Jenny asked whether she wanted him to like her too.
• Shen Qi admitted that he liked Lopunny, and Officer Jenny detained him briefly while warning him that lewd behavior with Pokémon could bring disaster.
• After the Security Bureau released Shen Qi, Lopunny rode back to Pokémon High School, while he returned home and prepared to take Chansey to Ruins Valley.
• Lilligant stayed with Shen Qi, joking that she might someday leave him home alone to attend Regular Races with the other Pokémon.
• Shen Qi’s Script Detector revealed Lilligant’s emotional script, “Speedy Hot Girl-Long-Cherished Wish,” about her wish to become a T2 Driver.

Shen Qi chose to deepen his study of Energy Coordination so he could help Lilligant pursue her dream of becoming a T2 Driver. After demonstrating strong Compatibility with Lilligant at Pokémon High School, he began asking Jixiang how Energy Coordination could adjust Growth’s effects more precisely.

• Shen Qi told Lilligant he wanted them to work together to become T2 Drivers.
• At Pokémon High School, Shen Qi and Lilligant passed the Compatibility Assessment with a score above the 50% threshold.
• Jixiang asked Shen Qi what he wanted to study, and he chose to continue learning Energy Coordination despite her warning that it led toward difficult research work.
• Jixiang demonstrated how she and Bellossom coordinated Poison Powder and Growth, while Shen Qi looked for ways to refine the moves’ effects.
• Shen Qi asked Jixiang whether she could delay Growth’s Special Attack boost while increasing physical Attack.

Shen Qi and Lilligant planned their push toward higher racing classes, bought into the need for an Ability Energy Tank, and confirmed their entry in the autumn T3-class race. After exhausting himself practicing precise Energy Coordination, Shen Qi saw that his bond with Dodo was developing slowly and sent her to buy drinks.

• Shen Qi used Jixiang’s demonstration and the Skill Analytic Glasses to improve his control over Growth, raising his Normal-type Energy Coordination proficiency to 76%.
• Shen Qi decided to buy an Ability Energy Tank from Huzang, and Lilligant explained the points and race placements required to progress from T3 to T2 certification.
• Shen Qi and Lilligant confirmed their entry in the autumn T3-class race and planned to practice Sunny Day tactics after acquiring the tank.
• Shen Qi practiced separating Growth’s Attack and Special Attack boosts, but the precise Energy Coordination left him mentally exhausted.
• Dodo approached Shen Qi, whose relationship progress with her had risen only to 35% over the past week.
• Shen Qi gave Dodo money to buy drinks, and she carried it toward the vending machine using Magnet Rise.

Shen Qi learned that Dodo had accidentally repaired the school vending machine, ending students’ extra-milk trick, and told her to restore the bug later. He continued preparing for Lilligant’s upcoming T3 race and discovered that Chansey, newly returned from Ruins Valley, struggled to cook the upgraded ingredients.

• Dodo returned with drinks and change, upset because she had repaired the vending machine’s faulty button and ended the students’ method of getting extra milk.
• Shen Qi comforted Dodo and told her that although she had done nothing wrong, she should restore the vending machine’s bug later; he also petted Lopunny, who blushed and fainted.
• The Flower Crown returned with its modified Skill Slot, and Shen Qi reviewed Lilligant’s confirmed T3 race registration and his own progress in strengthening the car with Ability effects.
• Shen Qi considered the training and tactical skills he and Lilligant still needed before racing, including better ways to boost defenses and compete for control of the weather.
• Shen Qi found Chansey burning meat patties in the kitchen and learned that she had struggled to cook the unfamiliar processed meat.

Shen Qi reassured Chansey after she struggled to cook with upgraded ingredients, then spoke with Principal Gui, who offered to let him take Porygon off campus. Principal Gui hinted that he might not live to see Shen Qi’s class graduate; the next scene began with Chansey encountering Porygon in the kitchen.

• Shen Qi comforted Chansey and promised to show her how to cook with the new ingredients.
• Shen Qi spotted Principal Gui using the vending machine’s extra-milk trick and went over to greet him.
• Principal Gui encouraged Shen Qi to continue studying Energy Coordination and offered permission to take Porygon off campus.
• Shen Qi asked why Principal Gui was helping him, and Principal Gui said he might not live to see Shen Qi’s class graduate.
• Chansey examined celery in the refrigerator before Porygon prodded her from behind.

Shen Qi recruited Dodo to help his team prepare for upcoming races and discovered that the two Porygon within Dodo had separate levels and move pools. After reviewing their complementary offensive and defensive abilities, Shen Qi planned to test Dodo’s racing moves.

• Shen Qi planned for Lilligant to practice in a Fuchsia City Regular Race before entering the T3 Race, and hoped Janine would compete there.
• Shen Qi invited Dodo to join the racing team, and Dodo agreed to enter a Poké Ball and live with him.
• Shen Qi used an Inspection Card and learned that Dodo contained two Porygon souls with separate levels and distinct move pools.
• Shen Qi reviewed Dodo’s offensive and defensive moves, including Tri Attack, Hyper Beam, Recover, Thunder Wave, and Protect.
• Shen Qi asked Dodo to try racing with the team and focused on his Agility and Magnet Rise moves.

Shen Qi and Lilligant practiced Magnet Rise tactics to expand their racing options, but a mistake scraped the Flower Crown. Huzang agreed to have Bronzong teach them Levitate tactics in exchange for Shen Qi test-driving his experimental engine someday, and the chapter ended with Bronzong demonstrating how to clear a sharp turn by floating the car across it.

• Shen Qi explained how Magnet Rise could help the Flower Crown cross mounds, water, and fissures, then took Porygon racing to practice the move.
• Dodo's poor Magnet Rise control made the Flower Crown float during a turn and scrape a roadside rock.
• Shen Qi asked Huzang for advice on Levitate tactics, and Huzang agreed to let Bronzong help in exchange for Shen Qi test-driving his future engine.
• Bronzong coached Lilligant through a sharp turn, lifting the Flower Crown over the corner and landing it on the road beyond.
• Lilligant struggled to stabilize the car after the jump, and Bronzong warned her that Levitate tactics were not as simple as she imagined.

Shen Qi prepared to return Dodo to Pokémon High School after Officer Jenny learned he had been staying away, and Dodo gave Shen Qi a gift by downloading more of his private study materials. The chapter ended with Dodo sharing those materials to Shen Qi’s phone and Lilligant’s phone, leaving Shen Qi to protest that he wanted to keep them private.

• Shen Qi saw Dodo’s Magnet Rise proficiency rise from 44% to 49% after training with Bronzong, while the inner soul’s proficiency also improved from 21% to 23%.
• Shen Qi learned that Officer Jenny would visit because Dodo had spent two nights away from Pokémon High School, so he planned to take Dodo back.
• Dodo’s gift triggered the third-stage reward for “The End of the Android,” giving Shen Qi another Memory Image at 50% completion.
• Dodo used Shen Qi’s laptop to uncover his hidden study-material folders, then revealed a new folder of similar materials he had downloaded as a gift.
• Dodo shared the materials with Shen Qi’s phone and Lilligant’s phone, prompting Shen Qi to yell at him to stop.

After Shen Qi was caught using Porygon to send inappropriate study materials to Officer Jenny and Lilligant, he served half a day in detention and met another Trainer, Wen. Back home, Shen Qi resumed preparing Lilligant and Chansey for the Fuchsia City Regular Race while tracking his training progress.

• Officer Jenny took Shen Qi to the Island 6 branch station after discovering Porygon had sent the study materials to her phone.
• Shen Qi chatted in detention with a fellow Trainer who described getting too familiar with a wild Altaria.
• Shen Qi and the other Trainer were released after half a day, and Shen Qi learned that the man was named Wen.
• Jenny brought Shen Qi home and warned him not to repeat his behavior.
• Shen Qi practiced driving with Lilligant and reviewed her Sunny Day progress and his own Energy Coordination training.

Shen Qi checked on Dodo at Pokémon High School, while Dodo coached Lopunny in using Shen Qi’s study materials to appeal to him. The chapter ended with Shen Qi following Lopunny into the Sports Equipment Warehouse, convinced he needed to intervene but also ready to indulge her.

• Shen Qi practiced Psychic-type Energy Coordination and went to Pokémon High School to ask Teacher Jixiang questions and check on Dodo.
• Lopunny cried over losing Shen Qi’s affection to Dodo, and Dodo explained that she was already his Pokémon and offered to help Lopunny appeal to his tastes.
• Dodo showed Lopunny some of Shen Qi’s study materials on an old computer monitor, and Lopunny struggled to look at them.
• Shen Qi met Officer Jenny, then called Dodo and found her cheerful and in good health.
• Dodo encouraged Lopunny to put the materials into practice, and Lopunny led Shen Qi into the Sports Equipment Warehouse.
• Shen Qi guessed what Lopunny had planned and entered the warehouse, telling himself he had to accept her advances for her sake.

Shen Qi tried to advance Lopunny’s romance-script progress in the Sports Equipment Warehouse, but Officer Jenny caught him and took him away. Hours later, Dodo arrived looking for Lopunny and learned Shen Qi had left with Officer Jenny.

• Shen Qi found Lopunny in the warehouse and staged a close encounter to increase the progress of the “Desire Rabbit” script.
• Lopunny fainted after Shen Qi’s arm brushed her ear, and Officer Jenny handcuffed Shen Qi and took him away to explain himself.
• Officer Jenny told Principal Gui that Lopunny was healthy but prone to fainting when extremely nervous, and Principal Gui arranged for her to be taken to the Infirmary.
• Dodo arrived at the warehouse and asked Xiao Chun where Shen Qi and Lopunny were.
• Xiao Chun told Dodo that Shen Qi had left with Officer Jenny about three hours earlier, and Dodo concluded that Lopunny had made progress with him.