[Flame flower, nontoxic and edible. This is a very special flower, rumored to be formed from Ho-Oh's saliva. It possesses an extremely high temperature, yet is unusually cool when held by a living creature. It has a very wondrous effect when placed in a volcano. Refrigeration followed by heating before consumption is recommended.]
Heath blinked. Ho-Oh's saliva? Good grief. Heath could only say, good grief. He really had never expected this. Why had he ended up with Ho-Oh's saliva? Or did Ho-Oh have some connection to Cinnabar Island's volcano? But if there was a connection, why would Ho-Oh leave her saliva here? Ho-Oh was a Legendary Pokémon, after all. Heath had never seen her saliva, and even in the games and anime, there had never been any mention of Ho-Oh's saliva turning into a flower with such a distinctive shape. Seeing this flame flower now was completely beyond anything Heath had expected.
Wait.
Heath suddenly froze, then recalled the Ingredient Identifier's information in alarm. This flower had a very wondrous effect when placed in a volcano.
"You're saying you took this out of the crater?" Looking at the very lively Mew, Heath couldn't help asking for confirmation. Mew immediately nodded, and Heath's mouth twitched. Good grief, it really had come out of the crater. But wasn't Cinnabar Island's volcano an active one? The kind that could erupt at any moment? Then why would Ho-Oh leave her saliva in the crater?
Wasn't that an utterly stupid question?! Ho-Oh must have left her saliva there because it had some wondrous effect! And Cinnabar Island's volcano could erupt. Though it wasn't erupting now, it definitely would in the future, and this flower...
For some inexplicable reason, Heath had a bad feeling. He pushed open the food truck's window and craned his