Recaps

After earning his Racing License, Shen Qi followed a series of strange radio signals to Porygon, a Pokémon who had escaped Team Rocket and rescued other captives. Shen Qi found evidence linking Porygon to Team Rocket and the Psychic type Storm, then gained Porygon’s trust and agreed to investigate the warehouse together.

• Shen Qi and Lilligant helped rescue Clefairy during a race, and their second-place finish earned Shen Qi enough prize money to take the Racing License test.
• Shen Qi learned that Li Yizi had received a garbled call like one he had heard in Ruins Valley, and he passed the Racing License exam before returning home.
• Shen Qi investigated radio interference at the Luxury Resort, where his phone exploded and his [Script Detector] revealed the scenario, “The End of the Android.”
• Shen Qi used a [Memory Image] to learn that Porygon had escaped Team Rocket, taken a ship, and sent distress signals while caring for the Pokémon imprisoned aboard it.
• Shen Qi and Lilligant searched Ruins Valley and found a Team Rocket Chain Ball near the flooded Point Cave, which Shen Qi brought to Officer Jenny as evidence.
• Officer Jenny let Shen Qi meet Porygon, and Shen Qi connected the Pokémon’s abduction to Apollo after Porygon reacted strongly to the name.
• Shen Qi used the [Charm Pendant] to gain Porygon’s trust, and Porygon agreed to help investigate the Team Rocket Warehouse and rescue its captive Pokémon.

Shen Qi helped expose Team Rocket’s warehouse and reunited with Porygon, whose memories led him to bring Dodo into his life. As school resumed, Shen Qi and Lilligant began training for T2 racing while his efforts to encourage Lopunny repeatedly brought him into trouble with Officer Jenny.

• Shen Qi and Porygon traced Team Rocket’s radio waves to a hidden cavern, where cave-ins separated the search party and Shen Qi was forced to flee as Porygon was captured.
• Porygon-Z freed Porygon, and Shen Qi later reunited with him as Blue pursued Apollo and the warehouse began to self-destruct.
• Shen Qi and his Pokémon treated injured wild Pokémon amid the explosions, and Celebi gave Shen Qi restorative power before he collapsed, and Officer Jenny later told him Porygon would remain in Security Bureau care.
• Shen Qi viewed Porygon’s memories of Professor Akihabara merging Unit Zero and Unit One into Dodo, then returned to school and discovered that Buneary had evolved into Shiny Lopunny.
• Shen Qi passed the Compatibility Assessment with Lilligant and began studying Energy Coordination, while he and Lilligant committed to training for T2 racing and entered an autumn T3 race.
• Principal Gui gave Shen Qi permission to take Porygon off campus, and Shen Qi invited Dodo to join his racing team after learning she contained two Porygon souls.
• Shen Qi and Lilligant practiced racing tactics with Huzang’s Bronzong, while Dodo’s gift of downloaded study materials led Officer Jenny to detain Shen Qi.
• Dodo tried to help Lopunny win Shen Qi’s affection, but Lopunny fainted during their encounter in the Sports Equipment Warehouse and Officer Jenny took Shen Qi away again.

Shen Qi and Lilligant competed in the Fuchsia City Regular Race and qualified for the T3 Autumn Race, while Shen Qi began confronting how much Lilligant relied on his reassurance. Their later qualifiers brought them to the Quiet Bridge main race, where Flower Crown climbed as high as third before Cacturne passed them on the Sunken Road.

• Shen Qi and Lilligant entered the Fuchsia City Regular Race, where Flower Crown overcame a delayed start and beat Janine’s car to win by 1.3 seconds.
• Shen Qi recognized that Lilligant relied too heavily on his emotional support and racing advice, but they agreed to complete the Autumn Race together before changing their partnership.
• Principal Gui publicized Shen Qi’s T3 entry, Akiho sponsored the team, and Officer Jenny approved Dodo’s private use with Shinichi and Mizuki assigned as escorts.
• Lilligant qualified fourth at White Cape and held fourth through the preliminary race, securing a place in the next stage despite Cacturne’s late challenge.
• Chansey entered a Pokémon Cooking Challenge with Florges and lost, while Shen Qi noticed her distress but postponed investigating its possible connection to her Emotional Script.
• At Quiet Bridge, Lilligant struggled through qualifying, but Shen Qi and Dodo helped her finish twelfth among twenty Drivers.
• During the main race, Lilligant regained her resolve, and Flower Crown used Magnet Rise and Dodo’s help to climb to third before Espeon passed them.
• Flower Crown fought to hold fourth on the Sunken Road, but Cacturne used Spiky Shield to drive through a tree and over loose stones, passing two cars.

Shen Qi and Lilligant finished the Autumn Race after a painful encounter with her former teammates, then survived Team Rocket's ambush. Back home, they pursued separate racing careers, with Lopunny joining Lilligant while Shen Qi prepared his Little Sheep for Saffron City's Regular Race.

• Chansey entered the Cooking Challenge with Shuckle and brought home prize money and dough starter after learning from her.
• Lilligant encountered the Lurantis sisters who had belonged to Sayaka, learned Quiver Dance during the race, and finished thirteenth with Shen Qi.
• Shen Qi cooperated with Mizuki and Shinichi to trap Team Rocket, but Team Rocket identified his hiding place and attacked before Dragonite intervened.
• Shen Qi received an Upgrade from Officer Jenny, but Dodo remained a Porygon because the siblings sharing her body each needed one.
• Shen Qi completed Lopunny's Desire Rabbit scenario and gained permission to bring her home after a compatibility test.
• Lilligant agreed to race with Lopunny after Shen Qi discovered that Chansey had trained Lopunny in racing support skills.
• Shen Qi set a goal of qualifying for T2 races the following year and modified the Little Sheep to enter Saffron City's Regular Race.
• Shen Qi learned about Imite and Maractus's financial burdens, identified Cacturne as their secret fruit donor, and arrived at the race to face criticism of his D-class Little Sheep.