"...Wait, what is that smell?" Heath's peaceful life of cooking was interrupted by a smell he found rather baffling. It was extremely hard to describe, the sort that made people want to throw up after catching even a whiff. Heath frowned and looked up, only to discover that the customers in his food truck were also covering their noses and searching for its source. He was a little puzzled, but then he switched on the food truck's built-in air purification system, and the strange smell disappeared.
This was a feature Heath's Food Truck had gained after its upgrade. It kept the smells inside and outside the truck from affecting each other. In other words, anyone sitting inside would be spared the intrusion of outside odors, and it could also protect against harmful gases. This was another way the food truck adapted to its environment. Heath rarely used it, because attracting customers with the aroma from the truck was also a marketing tactic. Especially at mealtimes, it could make hungry customers hurry inside to find a table.
But it came in handy now.
"Trainer, there's an incredibly nasty stink outside. Lots of customers couldn't stand it and left." Zoroark hurried inside, and Heath's expression grew more serious. It seemed the smell hadn't come from any of the customers in his food truck, but from outside.
"Ask the League staff nearby what's going on. This is a Technology Expo. Surely nobody's invented some high-tech device just to make a stink?" Heath felt rather helpless. No wonder no customers had come in for a while. It turned out they had all been driven away by that smell. Heath wouldn't have been able to stand it himself. After all, it was truly awful, like sitting beside someone who hadn't bathed for dozens of days