Recaps

Heath passed a strict food safety inspection, earning another excellent hygiene sticker for his food truck. Officer Jenny Kim and Nurse Joy then ordered fried rice and a large assortment of barbecue, leaving Heath to serve them.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy inspected Heath’s ingredients, kitchen, tableware, and food waste bin, finding everything clean and properly stored.
• Heath recalled that his lounge contained a few filthy spots where Zoroark kept outrageous novels, though the inspectors did not inspect it.
• The inspectors awarded Heath a smiling-face sticker, and he added it to his food truck’s hygiene rating noticeboard.
• Officer Jenny Kim described past cases of dangerous food contamination and explained why mobile stalls received special scrutiny.
• Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny Kim ordered fried rice and a serving of all the barbecued items, and Heath prepared a platter for them.

Heath served old Mr. Ma Zhide and saw the veteran Trainer cheer up while sharing advice with Charmeleon. Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had encountered a Shiny Ralts during his missions, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Heath wondered whether serving old Mr. Ma Zhide again would count toward his quest to serve three Ghost Pokémon customers, since a ghost Charizard followed the old man.
• Old Mr. Ma Zhide spoke with Charmeleon while Heath prepared his food, and Charmeleon learned how to resolve a training problem.
• Heath gave Ma Zhide his food, and the old man praised Charmeleon's strength and skill with Fire-type moves.
• Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had worked in Lavender Town, and Ma Zhide recalled pursuing a cruel group of Pokémon Hunters in a still-classified case.
• Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had ever encountered a Shiny Ralts on a mission, but Ma Zhide's answer was not included.

Heath investigated the Shiny Ralts’s past after failing to find clues from Officer Jenny or old Mr. Ma Zhide, and Ms. Lori helped connect her to a missing Pokémon owned by the criminal Trainer Carl. Heath remained unsure how Ralts had died or what wish was keeping her from moving on.

• Old Mr. Ma Zhide denied knowing a Shiny Ralts, leaving Heath without a lead from him.
• Heath considered his unfinished Resurrection Lettuce and Reincarnation Eyes tasks and decided he might follow old Mr. Ma Zhide to see where he ate.
• Heath searched the League’s declassified records and found that Carl had lost a Ralts and other Pokémon during an operation in Lavender Town.
• The Magic Conch did not answer, so Heath contacted Ms. Lori, who confirmed that Carl’s missing Ralts had been Shiny.
• Heath concluded that Ralts was probably Carl’s lost Pokémon but still could not discover how she had died or what her lingering wish was.

Heath decided to make a late-night snack for Zoroark and the other Pokémon after a busy day. He prepared beer duck with soy-sauce rice, flipping tofu, and spicy and garlic crayfish, then brought the food to them.

• Zoroark asked Heath for a late-night snack, and Heath agreed to make one.
• Heath found half a duck and decided to cook beer duck with rice mixed with soy sauce.
• Heath took out paojiang tofu and prepared to grill it in the style of flipping tofu.
• Heath chose farm-raised crayfish and made spicy and garlic varieties.
• Heath finished the late-night food and brought it to his Pokémon.

Heath woke late and planned to resolve his Lavender Town problems so he could move on to Vermilion City. After telling Mew about the Shiny Ralts and heading to the market for ingredients, he recognized James from Team Rocket.

• Heath woke at one in the afternoon and decided to deal with his problems in Lavender Town as soon as possible.
• He found Zoroark playing It Takes Two with Mew, then agreed to make Mew lunch after washing up and shopping.
• Heath told Mew about the Shiny Ralts, and Mew indicated it could help him.
• Heath drove his food truck to the market to buy more ingredients and thought about Dialga's Apron.
• Heath spotted James from Team Rocket at the market.

Heath unexpectedly met James and Meowth at the market, where James asked him to teach him how to make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs. Heath agreed and went to buy ingredients before opening his business that evening.

• Heath spotted James buying tomatoes and recognized him as a future member of Team Rocket’s famous trio.
• James approached Heath and explained that Jessie had told him about Heath, then introduced his companion, Meowth.
• Heath greeted Meowth while wondering whether James, Jessie, and Meowth had already begun working together.
• James asked Heath how to make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, and Heath agreed to teach him after buying groceries.
• Heath headed into the Vegetable Market to buy Resurrection Lettuce and other ingredients, while noting that he needed to keep Mew from appearing.

Heath reunited with James and helped him improve his cooking while Meowth accidentally revealed that he could talk. After James left to complete a company assignment, Heath prepared to cook for Mew and then search for Ralts.

• Heath told James he was traveling around Kanto on a whim, and James praised his spontaneity.
• Heath brought James to the food truck, where James made stir-fried tomatoes and eggs and Heath explained how to improve the dish.
• Meowth praised Heath’s cooking aloud, revealing that he could talk; Heath reassured James and Meowth that he had met talking Pokémon before.
• James left with Meowth to finish his company assignment, while Heath recognized that the company was Team Rocket.
• Heath planned to cook for Mew and then look for Ralts, but decided he needed to make cookware first.

Heath prepared Steam Pot Chicken, Twice-Cooked Pork, and two vegetable dishes for lunch, then drove to the place he had visited the previous day. He disguised Mew as a Butterfree and found the wary Shiny Ralts watching him from among the trees.

• Heath made a clay steam pot and cooked Steam Pot Chicken, then prepared Twice-Cooked Pork, Sweet and Sour Lotus Cabbage, and stir-fried bok choy.
• Heath served lunch to his Pokémon and gave Snorlax a bowl of specially formulated Pokémon food.
• Heath asked Mew to help him later, while Mew considered whether following Heath would suit its love of freedom and curiosity.
• After lunch, Heath drove to the previous day's spot with his Pokémon and Mew.
• Heath had Zoroark disguise Mew as an ordinary Butterfree and found the Shiny Ralts watching him warily among the trees.

Heath realized Ralts was trying to describe being hanged, and Mew found her remains buried beneath a public restroom. As Ralts recognized the bones, red and purple bubbles rose into the air, and Heath reached out to touch them.

• Heath asked Mew to communicate with the confused Ralts, but Mew could not get past the strange energy blocking its perception.
• Heath noticed Ralts saying “Red... purple...” while staring at a grease stain, then realized its swaying might be an attempt to describe being hanged.
• Heath asked Mew to search the mountain for Ralts’s remains, and Mew spent an hour looking.
• Mew found bare bones buried beneath a public restroom, uprooted the restroom, and lifted the remains from the soil as nearby visitors called the police.
• Ralts recognized the bones and grieved as they glowed white and released red and purple bubbles; Heath reached out and touched one.

Heath entered Ralts’s memories and witnessed Gardevoir collapse after escaping with her, then saw Ralts being tortured by four shifting black figures. He returned to find Ralts unconscious, with Mew explaining that he had been dragged into an illusion.

• Heath watched an injured Gardevoir collapse in the rain as Ralts mourned beside her.
• Heath entered another memory and experienced the torment inflicted on Ralts by four black figures and their strange instruments.
• Heath returned to find Ralts unconscious and puzzled over what the figures and their tools had been.
• Mew told Heath he had been dragged into an illusion and cleared his dizziness with a touch.

Heath learned that Ralts’s memories may have been distorted by its youth and Psychic abilities, leaving him unsure who killed it or what its frightening memories represented. As he planned to revisit those memories the next day, four Officer Jennys confronted him over an assault on a public restroom.

• Heath asked Professor Oak about the strange figures and torture devices in Ralts’s memories, and Oak explained how a young Psychic-type Pokémon’s perceptions and memories could become distorted.
• Heath concluded that four living beings might have killed Ralts, but he could not tell whether they were humans or Pokémon.
• Heath decided to wait until the next day to examine Ralts’s memories again and search for Gardevoir’s remains so he could fulfill Ralts’s lingering wish.
• Four Officer Jennys confronted Heath after someone reported that he had assaulted a public restroom, and Heath realized he would have to go with them.

Heath was questioned by Officer Jenny Yin after a public restroom was destroyed, paid compensation, and discovered she used prosthetic legs. He decided to ask Ho-Oh to help restore her legs, but Ho-Oh arrived before he could summon it and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Officer Jenny Yin questioned Heath about demolishing a public restroom, and Heath explained that an out-of-control Ralts had destroyed it while he tried to help it.
• Officer Jenny Yin accepted Heath's explanation, ordered him to pay ten thousand League Coins, and let him leave.
• Heath noticed the metal beneath Officer Jenny Yin's trouser legs and realized she used prosthetics, likely because of the parents he had inherited.
• Heath decided to ask Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin's legs and returned home to contact it through Hoopa's Golden Ring.
• Heath's attempt to reach Ho-Oh caused a sudden pain in his hand, and Ho-Oh appeared at his door and asked what he wanted.

Heath asked Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin’s missing limbs, and Ho-Oh healed her with a rainbow-colored light. Ho-Oh then returned to Heath’s food truck and requested food for Little Lugia, leaving Heath to prepare burgers, fried chicken, and rare mushrooms.

• Heath asked Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin’s missing limbs, and Ho-Oh agreed after he confirmed that was all he needed.
• Ho-Oh flew over Lavender Town and used a rainbow-colored light to heal Officer Jenny Yin before leaving.
• Ho-Oh returned to Heath’s food truck and asked him to make food for Little Lugia, who had been grounded after being captured and nearly turned into Shadow Lugia.
• Heath prepared a burger and fried chicken for Little Lugia and served them to Ho-Oh.
• Ho-Oh brought Heath rare, supposedly toxin-free wild mushrooms, and Heath decided to inspect them with the Ingredient Identifier.

Heath prepared oil-rich wild mushrooms for Ho-Oh, then got ready to open his food truck for the evening. The chapter ended with Heath watching a prank video Cynthia sent him.

• Heath cooked oil-rich wild mushrooms for Ho-Oh, who enjoyed the meal and suggested Heath ask Giratina how to prepare Resurrection Lettuce.
• Ho-Oh left after lunch, and Heath organized his ingredients before driving his food truck to his usual spot.
• Heath and Zoroark set up the food truck for the evening, and Heath checked the clear-weather forecast.
• Heath opened a video from Cynthia showing a Magikarp ramming an angler between the legs after being reeled in.

Heath opened his food stall in Lavender Town at night and served James and Meowth barbecue. His rewards were an etiquette guide for becoming an elegant noble and a Pokémon Language Communication Pill.

• Heath exchanged humorous videos and stickers with Cynthia before opening his stall for the evening.
• James arrived hungry and ordered barbecue, while Meowth asked for prawns, fish, and a chicken wing.
• Heath prepared James's food and cooked Meowth's fish carefully to match his unusual preference for very lightly cooked food.
• Heath noticed James let Meowth eat at the table beside him, treating him like a human friend.
• Heath received How to Become an Elegant Noble for serving James and a Pokémon Language Communication Pill for serving Meowth.

Heath used the Pokémon language communication pill and gained the ability to communicate with Grass-type Pokémon. As his stall grew busier, he served mustard-loving Meiling and then asked Dagang whether he had heard of a depth charge.

• Heath took the Pokémon language communication pill and learned he could communicate with Grass-type Pokémon.
• Meiling returned and ordered grilled eggplant, fried noodles, and chicken wing flats covered in mustard.
• Heath prepared Meiling’s food while Zoroark reacted with disgust to the mustard-covered dishes.
• Dagang arrived for his usual beer, and Heath asked whether he had heard of a depth charge.
• Dagang said he knew of the cocktail but only drank beer.

Heath served Dagang and Mr. Xiaotian food and drinks while talking with Xiaotian about his job at a busy Lavender Town funeral home. Xiaotian said funeral-home wages were not as high as online rumors claimed and sighed that his work made it difficult to find a partner.

• Dagang ordered Scallion Intestine and beer, recalling how much he had enjoyed the dish before.
• Heath brought out several cases of beer for Dagang and prepared grilled chicken feet and cold beer for Xiaotian.
• Heath asked Xiaotian about his work at a funeral home in Lavender Town, where Pokémon and human funerals kept staff busy.
• Xiaotian explained that online claims of exceptionally high funeral-home wages were nonsense.
• Xiaotian sighed that he was twenty-eight and still unmarried because finding a partner in his line of work was difficult.

Heath comforted Xiaotian, a mortuary beautician who struggled with prejudice and pressure to marry, and received another mortuary cosmetics book for serving him. As Lavender Town prepared for the Day of the Departed, old Ma Zhide noticed that Charmeleon was close to evolving.

• Heath reassured Xiaotian that his good qualities would help him find someone, and Xiaotian said his mother had long urged him to marry.
• After Heath served Xiaotian chicken feet, he received The Complete Guide to Mortuary Cosmetics, adding to the mortuary makeup books he had been receiving.
• Heath wondered whether the Officer Jennys had found evidence against the girl he had met at the Indigo League, then returned his attention to the busy stall.
• Heath reflected that Lavender Town's Day of the Departed would bring visitors to tend graves and that the town's prices were higher than Pallet Town's.
• Old Ma Zhide arrived and told Heath that Charmeleon seemed close to evolving.

Ma Zhide realized Heath’s Charmeleon was suppressing his evolution by training with weights, and warned him that holding back too long could harm his body. After Heath encouraged him to remove the weights, Charmeleon began to evolve.

• Ma Zhide examined Heath’s unusually well-built Charmeleon and noticed that he was resisting evolution.
• Charmeleon admitted he had been suppressing his evolution, and Heath realized his training weights might be part of it.
• Ma Zhide warned Charmeleon that delaying evolution too long could damage his body, comparing the strain to an overcompressed spring.
• Heath nodded to encourage Charmeleon, who removed his weights and was immediately surrounded by evolutionary light.

Heath watched Charmeleon evolve into a powerful Charizard, leaving the diners in awe. Old Ma Zhide praised Heath’s Pokémon and grew nostalgic before accepting Heath’s offer of food.

• Heath and the diners watched as Charmeleon was surrounded by Evolutionary Light and evolved into Charizard.
• Heath admired Charizard’s muscular build and considered it a possible flying mount, though he disliked flying and doubted it could carry Snorlax.
• Old Ma Zhide praised Heath’s Charizard and remembered his own A-Pen.
• The diners took out their phones to film or photograph Charizard.
• Heath offered Ma Zhide something to eat, and Ma Zhide wiped his eyes and accepted.

Heath prepared extra food for Old Mr. Ma Zhide and hoped the old man would help him complete his Reincarnation Eyes Mission. While cooking, Heath noticed a suspicious man near his stall and realized he was looking for leftover food rather than trying to steal.

• Heath gave Old Mr. Ma Zhide extra portions and waived his bill while the old man advised Charizard and Heath about Pokémon health checks.
• Heath hoped Old Mr. Ma Zhide would serve more Ghost Pokémon and complete the final requirement for his Reincarnation Eyes Mission before Dialga's Apron expired.
• Zoroark alerted Heath to a black-clad man watching the barbecue stalls, and Heath initially suspected he might be a thief.
• Heath watched the man pretend to clear away customers' bags and leave with them, then concluded he was hungry and seeking food.

Heath watched a healthy-looking man collect and eat customers’ leftovers at his barbecue stall, then served a large advance order from Officer Jenny Yin. After paying for the food, Officer Jenny Yin left on Arcanine.

• Heath saw a man gather leftovers from several tables, pack them up, and leave happily.
• Officer Jenny Yin arrived in casual clothes and ordered fried rice for fifty-seven people and barbecue for a hundred and thirty-two.
• Heath prepared the order while serving other customers, with help from Farfetch'd and Charmeleon.
• Heath delivered the food, and Officer Jenny Yin paid 7,455 League Coins before riding away on Arcanine.

After Officer Jenny Yin recovered her legs, Heath finished a busy night at his barbecue stall and went home, still unable to complete the Reincarnation Eyes task. The next day, he planned to investigate Ralts's lingering wish and continue searching for answers to his other Lavender Town tasks.

• Heath reflected that Officer Jenny Yin seemed younger now that Ho-Oh had restored her legs, and recalled how her disability had shaped her feelings toward his family.
• Heath served customers until three in the morning, then packed up his stall without any troublemakers causing a fight.
• Heath noticed that the Reincarnation Eyes task remained incomplete despite serving old Mr. Ma Zhide, and went to sleep without finding a solution.
• Heath woke after one in the afternoon, greeted Mew, and planned to examine Ralts's memories and uncover its lingering wish.
• Heath thought about his unresolved Resurrection Lettuce and Reincarnation Eyes tasks, then set out to buy groceries and make lunch.

Heath’s newly evolved Charizard learned Fly, making travel easier, while Heath considered the League’s public story that Ho-Oh had restored Officer Jenny Yin’s legs. He believed the League’s publicity would create unrealistic expectations of Legendary Pokémon, then took Farfetch'd and Zoroark shopping for ingredients.

• Charizard’s mastery of Fly gave Heath a new way to travel, though he still used his food truck to bring home groceries.
• Heath decided to buy larger exercise equipment for Charizard while Mew played with Zoroark and Farfetch'd and Snorlax continued their secret discussions.
• At the market, Heath saw the Lavender Daily report that Ho-Oh had blessed Officer Jenny Yin and restored her legs after she lost them in an operation.
• Heath believed he had actually enabled Yin’s recovery and thought the League’s publicity would make people expect Legendary Pokémon to help them.
• Heath took Farfetch'd and Zoroark shopping for ingredients and planned to cook ordinary food and Steam Pot Chicken.

Heath revisited Ralts’s memories and uncovered clues suggesting that the strange figures who tormented her were humans, while the bizarre shapes may have been school supplies. The memories disappeared before he could learn more, leaving him to consider how to help Ralts next.

• Heath prepared braised chicken and lunch for Mew, then flew with Charizard to the place where he had found Ralts.
• He found Ralts sitting beside the grave mound and asked Mew to show him her remains so he could read her memories.
• Heath saw Gardevoir’s remains hanging in a rainy forest but was ejected from the memory before he could identify what was attached to them.
• In another memory, Heath witnessed Ralts hanging from a rope while four dark figures mocked her, and he spotted a pencil case on the ground.
• Heath wondered whether the figures were humans and the strange shapes were compasses and a set square, but Ralts’s memories vanished before he could investigate further.