Arc 19The Pewter City Night Shift

Heath served customers in Pewter City, dealt with a plague warning and a mining disaster, and spent a night feeding dead miners from the Distortion World. He planned a trip to Lavender Town and Vermilion City, while a fossil from Hisui stirred memories of Zoroark’s kind and Ash tried to catch a Pokémon.

  • Heath received a Champion Ball manual from Nami, served a rush of customers after the Aerodactyl revival, and relied on Giovanni and the Officer Jennys for ingredients and meal deliveries.
  • Heath discovered that Mew’s wild marmot carried plague bacteria, had himself and his Pokémon tested and disinfected, then served steamed buns and soy milk to Mew’s friend.
  • Heath experimented with Dialga’s Seasoning Jar to make stinky dishes for Hemi and Dialga, while Swablu ordered seafood fried rice and Cynthia sent Lennai to Heath’s truck.
  • Heath delivered boxed meals to the mining accident site, where Officer Jenny Ling kept him out and Heath saw Blissey mourning a dead miner, and that night he served miners from the Distortion World and met Nurse Joy and Giratina.
  • Heath cooked an Ore Rock Bug for Giratina, completed the special quest, used his reward potions, and returned to the real world after Giratina sent him back.
  • Heath planned to investigate his inherited house and his parents’ research in Lavender Town before visiting Vermilion City, where Officer Jenny Feng was transferring to become captain.
  • Heath served Lennai chicken soup rice and received from her a fossil from the Hisui era, and Zoroark recognized its claw print as resembling her kind, and Heath recalled Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark.
  • Xiaowu tried to catch a sleeping Musharna with a Poké Ball, but it shattered and Musharna used Hypnosis on him, and Ash then threw his own Poké Ball at Musharna’s head.
Chapters 453–478 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 453Aerodactyl

Heath watched the Pewter City Science Museum revive an Aerodactyl and then returned to his food truck to attract customers. Nami visited him with a reward from Silph Co., leaving Heath surprised by the Poké Ball she placed before him.

  • Sister Feng left to oversee security while Heath watched Agatha and Giovanni attend the revival event.
  • A researcher revealed that the museum had spent a week reviving an Aerodactyl, which emerged from the machine as the crowd watched.
  • Heath returned to his food truck, called Zoroark to attract customers, and planned to promote his limited-edition Three Kingdoms meals to students.
  • Nami arrived at Heath's truck and explained that Silph Co. had sent her with a reward for his idea.
  • Nami placed a white Poké Ball before Heath, and he wondered if it was a Commemorative Ball.

Ch. 454Champion Ball

Miss Nami gave Heath Silph Co.'s Champion Ball and promised the company would later send him its more advanced Poké Ball, while Heath spent the day serving a rush of customers. After closing, Giovanni arrived to order dinner for Officer Jenny Feng and the others, bringing ingredients so Heath could cook.

  • Miss Nami gave Heath a manual for the Champion Ball, which had an eighty percent catch rate and guaranteed a catch against paralyzed or sleeping Pokémon.
  • Miss Nami told Heath Silph Co. was developing an even more impressive Poké Ball and would give him one when it was finished.
  • Heath served a flood of customers drawn in part by the ancient Pokémon revived at the Pewter City Science Museum, then sold out of his ingredients and collapsed from exhaustion.
  • Giovanni visited Heath after closing and said he was taking dinner to Officer Jenny Feng and the others, who were preparing for security patrols.
  • Giovanni had a Nidoking bring Heath a large bag of ingredients so he could prepare the meal.

Ch. 455Human warmth

Heath prepared teppanyaki for Giovanni and the visiting Officer Jennys, then cooked filling rice bowls for the officers still working in Pewter City. After Nidoking delivered the boxed meals, Heath reheated the teppanyaki and sat down to eat with the friends who had waited for him.

  • Heath served customized teppanyaki to Giovanni and the visiting Officer Jennys, including Officer Jenny Feng, Officer Jenny Ling, and Officer Jenny Aya.
  • Heath began making red-braised pork rice bowls for Officer Jenny Jing and the other officers still on duty.
  • Officer Jenny Feng arrived with Old Wind carrying extra ingredients, and Heath hurried back to cooking after she scolded him for coming to Pewter City without returning to Viridian City.
  • Giovanni sent Nidoking to deliver the boxed meals to the Officer Jenny he had met that morning.
  • Heath used Charmeleon to reheat the teppanyaki, prepared more side dishes, and joined Giovanni and the Officer Jennys for dinner.

Ch. 456Ideals and reality

After a profitable day, Heath and his Pokémon fell asleep together in the food truck, leaving Heath painfully numb when he woke. As Heath prepared to buy groceries, he discovered that Mew had caught a plump wild animal, and his Ingredient Identifier warned that it carried plague bacteria.

  • Heath counted more than twenty thousand League Coins in net profit and gave his Pokémon overtime pay.
  • Heath fell asleep on the food truck floor, and his Pokémon gathered around him to sleep; Charmeleon made room for Snorlax.
  • Heath woke the next morning with Zoroark and Farfetch'd on his legs, Charmeleon against his arm, and Mew asleep on his other arm.
  • Heath freed his numb limbs, collapsed when Zoroark shook his hand, then recovered and got ready to buy groceries.
  • Heath noticed Mew holding a wild marmot and checked it with his Ingredient Identifier, which reported that it was inedible and carried Yersinia pestis.

Ch. 457The Black Death?

Heath discovered that the marmot Mew had caught carried plague bacteria and rushed to protect himself and his Pokémon. After tests cleared them at the Pokémon Center, Heath went to the Vegetable Market, wary of unfamiliar ingredients.

  • Heath panicked when the Ingredient Identifier revealed that Mew's marmot carried plague bacteria, and he had Mew throw it out.
  • Heath disinfected himself, Mew, and the food truck, then called Charmeleon to sterilize them with heat.
  • Mew showed Heath the germs it had found on the marmot, and Heath contacted the Pokémon Center for testing.
  • Blissey's tests cleared Heath and his Pokémon, while Nurse Joy warned Heath that marmots around Pewter City had tested positive for plague.
  • Heath drove to the Vegetable Market at dawn and chose familiar beef, lamb, and chicken instead of unusual fish.

Ch. 458Steamed bun flavors could be bizarre, too

Heath prepared miniature steamed buns with pickled vegetable, shiitake mushroom, and chive-and-egg fillings for breakfast at his Pewter City vending spot. After his Pokémon ate the first batch, Mew took extra buns and soy milk to share with a pretty friend, while Heath put up his breakfast specials and waited for customers.

  • Heath made several kinds of bite-sized steamed buns and poured soy milk for his Pokémon and Mew.
  • Heath found that his Pokémon had eaten all the buns in front of him, so he offered them more from the steamers.
  • Mew asked to take food for a friend, and Heath packed up buns and soy milk for it.
  • Mew left to visit its pretty friend while Heath posted the breakfast specials outside his truck and waited for customers.

Ch. 459Yes, I cheated

Heath faced Hemi’s demand for a stinky dish and used a newly awarded Dialga’s Seasoning Jar to age mandarin fish instantly. The quest required him to make rotten egg sauce and win approval from three customers, while Dialga realized another of his possessions had vanished.

  • Hemi asked Heath for stinky food but ruled out durian, so he considered dishes that could meet her request.
  • Heath found that he lacked the time and ingredients to prepare the stinky dishes he first considered.
  • A quest tasked Heath with making rotten egg sauce within two days and earning approval from at least three customers, granting him Dialga’s Seasoning Jar in advance.
  • Heath aged mandarin fish for seven days in Dialga’s Seasoning Jar, producing a powerful stink for Hemi’s meal.
  • Dialga noticed his seasoning jar was missing, recalled his other missing tools, and smashed his marble table in anger.

Ch. 460What Was the Person Who Invented Stinky Mandarin Fish Thinking?

Heath served Miss Hemi stinky mandarin fish and began considering how to make stinky egg sauce, a dish he had never prepared before. As he started cooking eggs, Dialga entered the food truck looking furious.

  • Heath finished making stinky mandarin fish and served it to Miss Hemi, who hesitated at its smell.
  • Heath explained the care needed when frying the fish, then cleaned his cookware and Dialga's Seasoning Jar to prevent its odor from transferring.
  • Heath thought through how to make edible stinky egg sauce, reasoning that the eggs would need to be cooked and preserved rather than allowed to rot.
  • Miss Hemi ate the stinky mandarin fish enthusiastically, sweating as she took great mouthfuls.
  • Heath put several eggs into Dialga's Pressure Cooker, and Dialga entered the food truck with a dark expression and bristling fury.

Ch. 461Eat, sleep, beat up Palkia

Heath narrowly avoided Dialga’s anger over using his cookware to make stinky egg sauce by serving him fermented mandarin fish instead. Dialga left after eating, and Heath wondered whether he could make him the first customer for the stinky egg sauce.

  • Heath panicked when Dialga arrived and tried to hide the seasoning jar he had borrowed.
  • Dialga demanded to know what Heath planned to make, and Heath admitted it was stinky egg sauce.
  • Heath offered Dialga fermented mandarin fish, and Dialga agreed to try it.
  • Heath prepared and served the fish while Dialga watched and ate it.
  • Hemi approached Dialga, but he made her drowsy with a glare, and she left to go home and sleep.
  • Dialga paid Heath two hundred League Coins and departed, leaving Heath to consider making him a customer for the stinky egg sauce.

Ch. 462The Swablu Who Came to Buy Seafood Fried Rice

Heath experimented with Rotten Egg Sauce, but the seven-day egg smelled so foul that he discarded it. A Swablu then bought Seafood Fried Rice using a voice recorder and coins, and the chapter ended with a girl in Pewter City opening the meal and preparing to eat.

  • Heath made a seven-day Rotten Egg Sauce experiment, but the rotten egg was inedible and he threw it away.
  • Swablu arrived at Heath's food truck alone and used a voice recorder to order Seafood Fried Rice with no spice and little salt.
  • Heath prepared the fried rice, charged Swablu twenty-five League Coins, and packed a complimentary portion of pickled vegetables.
  • Swablu carried the meal away in its beak, and Heath watched it fly steadily.
  • A girl in Pewter City realized Swablu had brought food from the wrong place, then smelled the meal and moved to the edge of her bed to eat.

Ch. 463A Taste of Home

Heath struggled to make rotten egg sauce, then served the lunchtime crowd before Cynthia told him a friend would visit his food truck. The friend arrived and requested rice in chicken broth, and Heath prepared to make her a special version with rice crust using Dialga's Pressure Cooker.

  • Heath failed to make distinctive rotten egg sauce and decided to use his Ingredient Identifier the next day to check whether his attempts were safe to eat.
  • Heath served customers through the lunchtime rush, which ended around two in the afternoon.
  • Cynthia messaged Heath that her friend was having trouble adjusting to Pewter City and recommended his food truck.
  • Cynthia's friend arrived at Heath's Little Kitchen and said she wanted to eat there on Cynthia's recommendation.
  • Heath checked the girl's food preferences and learned she wanted rice crust added to clear-simmered chicken broth, so he planned to make it with Dialga's Pressure Cooker.

Ch. 464Accidents always caught you off guard

Heath served Lennai chicken soup with crispy rice and learned she was interested in archaeology. When an accident at a Pewter City mine prompted Officer Jenny Feng to request fifty-eight boxed meals, Heath and Lennai rushed them to the site, where Heath saw that someone had died.

  • Heath prepared chicken soup with crispy rice for Lennai, who appreciated the meal.
  • Heath received an archaeology book from Lennai and realized she likely worked in archaeology.
  • Officer Jenny Feng asked Heath to prepare fifty-eight boxed meals after an accident occurred at a Pewter City mining site.
  • Heath made curry rice with pork chops, and Lennai offered her Skarmory to help deliver the meals.
  • Heath and Lennai reached the mine, where Officer Jenny Ling took the meals and barred Heath from entering.
  • Heath saw two Blissey mourn a dead man on a stretcher and realized the mine accident was severe.

Ch. 465Guests from the Other Side

After the deadly accident, Heath received a quest requiring him to keep his food truck open all night for guests from the other side. He slept until eleven, woke to find his Pokémon playing together, and prepared to meet the expected visitors.

  • Heath left the accident site after learning Miss Lennai would help plan the rescue of those trapped below.
  • Heath received the temporary quest Guests from the Other Side, which required him to stay open all night and serve nighttime guests.
  • Heath suspected the guests might come from the Distortion World and returned to his food truck to prepare for the all-nighter.
  • Heath drove to the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area and used an item to sleep before his shift.
  • Heath woke at eleven, read Sister Feng's messages, and found Farfetch'd, Zoroark, Charmeleon, Snorlax, and Little Red keeping busy.
  • Heath prepared himself to meet the guests from the other side.

Ch. 466The question of sleeping positions

Heath explained to Zoroark and Charmeleon that sleeping on the left side would not make someone’s heart explode, then prepared to serve the night’s guests. A miner who had died in the day’s accident arrived at Heath’s food truck, suggesting the mission was connected to the incident.

  • Zoroark asked Heath whether sleeping on the left side could damage the heart after reading about it in a novel.
  • Heath reassured Zoroark and Charmeleon that sleeping positions did not cause the heart to explode and gave them basic advice about sleeping comfortably.
  • Heath drove to Pewter City’s only late-night supermarket, bought ingredients for his guests, and replenished Snorlax’s special food.
  • At midnight, a claw touched the wind chimes at Heath’s food truck, and gray haze enveloped it.
  • A miner wearing a helmet entered the truck and confirmed to Heath that he had arrived that day.
  • Heath connected the miner’s arrival to the accident that had happened earlier that day.

Ch. 467Unexpected Guests

Heath served A-Zhe beer and barbecue in the Distortion World and earned a Distortion World Point, which he could exchange with Giratina for items. Three miners arrived, including Scarface, whom Heath had served while alive, and Scarface asked for an expensive meal.

  • Heath prepared draft beer, lamb and pork skewers, and grilled vegetables for A-Zhe.
  • A-Zhe ate normally, and Heath received one Distortion World Point for serving him.
  • Heath considered exchanging his points with Giratina for unusual items.
  • Three miners entered, and the man in front recognized A-Zhe.
  • Scarface vaguely recognized Heath, then laughed and asked for the most expensive food Heath could make.

Ch. 469Life and death

Heath served Lava Eel Rice to three dead miners, then listened as they worried about the families they had left behind. After eleven miners gathered at his food truck, Nurse Joy arrived to make them complete their resident registration and grew suspicious when she felt Heath’s body heat.

  • Heath prepared and served three portions of Lava Eel Rice to A-Zhe and two other dead miners, earning thirty Distortion World points.
  • The young miner worried about his parents, while the scar-faced man and another companion discussed their families and wills.
  • Four men laughed and ate together, and seven more miners arrived at Heath’s food truck, bringing the gathering to eleven.
  • Nurse Joy arrived and scolded the miners for skipping their resident registration details before seeing them off.
  • Nurse Joy questioned where Heath came from, then noticed his body heat and pinched his cheek.

Ch. 470Ore Rock Bug

Heath served Feng Joy tomato and egg rice, but a resident ID from Giratina concealed his living identity from her. Giratina then asked Heath to prepare an ore rock bug, whose tough legs and powerful bite made it difficult to handle.

  • Heath cooked tomato and egg rice for Feng Joy, who suspected he was alive.
  • A Dusknoir returned Heath’s missing resident ID, and its effect made him appear to be an ordinary dead person to Distortion World residents.
  • Giratina explained that the living must not learn of the Distortion World because its residents longed to contact them.
  • Giratina gave Heath an ore rock bug and asked him to cook it.
  • Heath learned that removing the bug’s legs would soften its flesh, but found its rock-hard legs difficult to cut and saw it bite a chunk from the counter.

Ch. 471Coat it in breadcrumbs, and even the kid next door will cry

Heath prepared a difficult Ore Rock Bug for Giratina, who ate its soul before Heath finished cooking the creature. Giratina enjoyed Heath’s breadcrumb-coated fried Ore Rock Bug, while Heath returned to the kitchen to figure out how to cook its legs.

  • Heath struggled to remove the Ore Rock Bug’s legs until Giratina told him they were edible.
  • The Ore Rock Bug stopped moving after Heath removed its last leg, and Giratina ate its emerging soul.
  • Heath marinated the Ore Rock Bug and fried it in breadcrumbs using Dialga’s Seasoning Jar.
  • Giratina ate the finished Ore Rock Bug and praised its taste.

Ch. 472These... boneless chicken feet?

Heath turned Ore Rock Bug legs into lemon-style boneless chicken feet and served them to Giratina, then completed the special quest and spent his points on two potions. After returning to the real world, he headed to Pewter City's vegetable market and planned to work only until noon so he could reset his body clock.

  • Heath boiled and seasoned Ore Rock Bug legs into a sour, mildly spicy snack, then served them to Giratina.
  • Heath checked the Gourmet Pokédex and learned that one Ore Rock Bug cost 3,200 Customer Satisfaction points to redeem.
  • Giratina finished the food, paid Heath, and disappeared; a kick sent Heath back to the real world, where he found his Pokémon asleep in their Poké Balls.
  • Heath completed the special quest and redeemed an Agility Potion and an Inspiration Potion, using all his saved points.
  • Heath drank both potions, drove to Pewter City's vegetable market for ingredients, and planned to close at noon to adjust his body clock.

Ch. 473Vermicelli soup

Heath prepared vermicelli soup for breakfast and took his food truck to Pewter City to serve customers and complete his achievement task. As his Pokémon ate, he considered Charmeleon’s training and remembered his promise to take Snorlax to an amusement park.

  • Mew asked Heath where he had gone, and Heath avoided explaining the Distortion World.
  • Heath woke his Pokémon, bought ingredients at Pewter City’s vegetable market, and made vermicelli soup for the day.
  • Zoroark mistook the vermicelli soup for porridge, while Mew chatted with it during breakfast.
  • Heath watched Charmeleon eat with iron weights on its arms and recalled Mr. Fujiyama’s advice to keep the weights light.
  • Heath asked Snorlax whether it wanted to visit an amusement park, and Snorlax looked back at him in confusion while holding a pot of soup.

Ch. 474Sister Feng's thoughts

Heath planned to visit Lavender Town after finishing business in Pewter City, then take Snorlax to a heavyweight Pokémon amusement park in Vermilion City. Sister Feng told Heath that she had applied to transfer from peaceful Viridian City, leaving him worried about whether the move would be approved.

  • Heath found an amusement park in Vermilion City where Snorlax could ride the attractions and promised to take him there.
  • Heath decided to visit Lavender Town to investigate the house he was supposed to inherit and his parents’ research, then go to Vermilion City.
  • Sister Feng asked Heath why his food truck had been away overnight, and he said he had tried serving late-night customers.
  • Sister Feng told Heath that the mining disaster had made her reflect on Viridian City’s safety and peace.
  • Sister Feng said she had applied to transfer so she could help more people, and Heath asked whether her application had been approved.

Ch. 475Rice flour-steamed pork

Officer Jenny Feng told Heath she was transferring to Vermilion City, and Heath wished her well as she left Viridian City. Heath then prepared to introduce rice flour-steamed pork as a new limited-edition dish at his food truck.

  • Officer Jenny Feng told Heath her family had arranged for her to take over as captain in Vermilion City.
  • Heath served Sister Feng beef noodles, and she invited him to cook at the Officer Jenny headquarters after he visited Vermilion City.
  • Sister Feng finished breakfast and left, while Heath waved goodbye and promised to visit her.
  • Heath decided to make rice flour-steamed pork as a Three Kingdoms limited-edition meal.
  • Heath took out pork and potatoes and prepared to make portions with both fatty and lean meat and lean meat alone.

Ch. 476Miss Lennai's Chicken Soup Rice

Heath accepted Mr. Sanji’s milk delivery and arranged to have it tested before serving it. Miss Lennai returned for Heath’s chicken soup rice, while the breakfast rush brought schoolchildren to his food truck.

  • Mr. Sanji delivered Miltank milk to Heath, who planned to get it tested and post the report for customers.
  • Heath considered promoting chicken soup rice to avoid leftover soup and chicken after making it for Miss Lennai.
  • Miss Lennai returned and ordered the chicken soup rice she had enjoyed the day before.
  • Zoroark served Miss Lennai lemonade and brought her chicken soup rice as the morning crowd arrived.
  • Schoolchildren came to Heath’s food truck for breakfast, drawn in part by the popular Three Kingdoms Limited Edition card packs.

Ch. 477Miss Lennai's gift

Miss Lennai gave Heath an archaeological fossil from the ancient Hisui era, which she and Cynthia had prepared as a gift. Zoroark recognized the fossil’s claw mark as resembling one from her kind, leaving Heath wondering whether Zorua had lived in Hisui.

  • Miss Lennai praised Heath’s busy restaurant and wondered whether he would leave Pewter City after earning so much.
  • Miss Lennai gave Heath a fossil discovered in the Sinnoh Region and explained that it came from the Hisui era, over a thousand years ago.
  • After Miss Lennai left, Heath caught Zoroark reaching toward the fossil and told her to wash the dishes.
  • Zoroark told Heath that the fossil’s claw print looked like one from her kind.
  • Heath recalled Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark and suggested that Zorua might have lived in Hisui.

Ch. 478How do you catch Pokémon?

Ash remembered Heath’s unusual advice about catching Pokémon as Xiaowu secretly brought him into the woods to catch a wild Pokémon. After Xiaowu’s Poké Ball failed to hold the Pokémon, Ash copied Heath’s method and hit it on the head with another ball.

  • Xiaowu asked Ash how to catch Pokémon, and Ash recalled Heath saying a Heavy Ball could knock one unconscious.
  • Xiaowu secretly gave Ash a Poké Ball and invited him to find a cute Pokémon in the woods near school.
  • Xiaowu threw his Poké Ball at a sleeping Musharna, but it shattered, and the angered Pokémon used Hypnosis on him.
  • Ash crept behind Musharna and hurled his Poké Ball at its head, leaving Musharna staring at him in confusion.
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