It has been one year since Friede disappeared.

Liko, Roy, and Dot met a new boy named Ult and began searching for the other members of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

Murdock had been working as a chef since the disbandment, so finding him at a restaurant was (relatively) easy.

Mollie had been working at a Pokémon Center since the disbandment, so they found her there.

Orla... as expected, they found her at a repair shop. It seems she met a new partner there—a fellow named Elekid.