Recaps

Heath used the special reward A Summer Cicada Cannot Speak of Ice and gained an insight that improved his Moonlight Beef recipe. After testing it in braised beef with potatoes, he made a dish so delicious that Farfetch'd asked how to cook it.

• Heath left Old Jenny Xiu's New Year's meal and examined his Special Mission reward, A Summer Cicada Cannot Speak of Ice.
• Heath opened the box, and the ice cicada vanished into vapor as an unexpected idea about improving Moonlight Beef entered his mind.
• Heath wrote down the new recipe, then returned to his food truck and redeemed a kilogram of Moonlight Beef to test it.
• Heath adjusted the seasonings while keeping the blanching time at three seconds, and the Moonlight Beef tasted better than before.
• Heath made braised beef with potatoes, and Zoroark ate eagerly while Farfetch'd asked Heath how to make the dish.

On New Year’s Eve in Vermilion City, Heath reflected on local holiday customs and watched his Pokémon spend the evening together. Snorlax asked to enter a New Year singing contest, and Heath agreed to take him the next day.

• Heath watched fireworks over Vermilion City and thought about New Year traditions in different regions.
• Heath saw Zoroark make Ralts watch a horror movie instead of letting her continue knitting his scarf.
• Snorlax showed Heath an entry form for the Vermilion City New Year Singing Contest and asked about joining.
• Heath agreed to take Snorlax to the contest the next day, then went to bed while thinking about New Year’s Eve dinner.

Heath prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve in Vermilion City with Zoroark, Mew, and Ralts, while missing the familiar streets and people of Viridian City. Giovanni unexpectedly visited and ordered his usual New Year's Eve meal, requesting a dish different from previous years.

• Zoroark asked Heath about the new year, and Heath explained the New Year's Eve customs and his plans to cook for Sister Feng and the Officer Jennys.
• Mew and Ralts played five-in-a-row as Heath reflected on missing Viridian City and its people.
• Heath heard a knock and opened the door to find Giovanni greeting him with a New Year's wish.
• Giovanni confirmed that he had come to buy a New Year's Eve meal and asked Heath to make something different from previous years.

Heath prepared steamed pork with rice flour for Giovanni and Vermilion City's New Year's Eve gathering, then went to the crowded vegetable market to shop and take Snorlax to a singing contest. He left Zoroark watching for thieves as he entered the packed market.

• Heath made a large batch of steamed pork with rice flour and explained to Giovanni that he kept his secret recipes private.
• Giovanni took a portion of the dish, paid Heath, and gave him a five-hundred-League-Coin red envelope before leaving.
• Sister Feng told Heath that Vermilion City households each contributed one dish to a shared New Year's Eve meal, so Heath also decided to make pork with bean curd sheets.
• Heath drove to the vegetable market with his Pokémon and found it so crowded that he parked elsewhere and walked over.
• Heath prepared to take Snorlax to a nearby singing contest and asked Zoroark to watch for thieves in the crowd.

After a pickpocket stole Heath’s wallet in Vermilion City, he reported the theft and waited for Snorlax to perform in a New Year singing competition. Snorlax took the stage to sing “Huo Yuanjia,” while Heath spotted Meowth among the judges and James selling glow sticks.

• Heath discovered that a thief had cut open his clothes and stolen his wallet, leaving him without his identification, bank cards, or Trainer License.
• Heath registered Snorlax for the Pokémon singing competition before calling the police, and Officer Jenny arrived to take his report.
• The Officer Jennys explained that the crowded New Year festivities would make the case difficult and that they would need to check surveillance footage.
• Heath waited for Snorlax’s turn while Zoroark played Monster Hunter with other attendees and impressed them with its skills.
• Heath arranged for Snorlax to perform “Huo Yuanjia,” and Snorlax went onstage as Heath noticed Meowth translating for the judges and James selling glow sticks.

Snorlax placed seventh in a singing competition and was pleased with its certificate, while Heath began preparing a New Year’s Eve meal of red-braised beef for the Officer Jennys. When Heath arrived at their building, Officer Jenny Feng teased him about forgetting her anti-pickpocket training before wishing him a happy New Year.

• Snorlax finished singing and placed seventh, earning a certificate as one of the top ten contestants.
• Heath comforted Snorlax and offered to arrange singing lessons with an Altaria instructor, but Snorlax said it was happy with its result.
• Heath bought a whole yellow cattle cow and planned to make red-braised beef for the Officer Jennys’ New Year’s Eve meal.
• Heath drove his food truck to the Officer Jennys’ building, where Officer Jenny Feng scolded him for forgetting his anti-pickpocket training.
• Officer Jenny Feng revealed that she had been joking and wished Heath a happy New Year.

Heath prepared a large New Year’s Eve dinner for Vermilion City’s Officer Jennys, using Master Wugui’s bulk-cooking methods. He joined Sister Feng, Sister Ling, and the others for the meal after packing dinners for officers who had to remain on duty.

• Heath reassured Officer Jenny Feng that he was glad to avoid her training, and she scolded him for letting a thief steal his documents.
• Heath asked Sister Feng to take him to the Officer Jenny Unit’s cafeteria and learned the officers would celebrate together before returning to their families the next day.
• Heath and his Pokémon prepared steamed pork with rice flour and a huge pot of braised beef for the dinner.
• Ralts brought Heath and the others chilled soda as they worked, and Heath finished cooking in the afternoon.
• Sister Feng asked Heath to pack lavish boxed meals for Officer Jennys on duty while the other officers brought dishes for the gathering.
• Heath sat down with Sister Feng, Sister Ling, and the Officer Jennys to enjoy New Year’s Eve dinner.

Heath celebrated New Year’s Eve at Officer Jenny Feng’s office, watched the Spring Festival Gala, and introduced his Pokémon to Sister Feng. As fireworks marked the New Year, Heath wondered whether his Golden Finger would grant him a reward and touched his Jirachi Wish Card.

• Heath watched the Other World’s Spring Festival Gala with Sister Feng while she was on duty.
• Heath introduced Zoroark, Farfetch'd, Charizard, and Snow Snorlax to Sister Feng, who recognized Snorlax as an exceptionally rare regional form.
• Heath told Sister Feng that Snorlax would begin specialized singing lessons after the New Year.
• Ralts emerged and greeted Sister Feng, who was delighted to meet the Shiny Pokémon she loved.
• Heath watched fireworks as the New Year began, reflected on his late-arriving Golden Finger, and touched his Jirachi Wish Card.

Heath received the Year of the Rabbit Blessing, a fortune character that improved the luck of everyone inside his food truck for a year, and unlocked a quest to collect all twelve zodiac blessings. On New Year’s Day, he prepared red envelopes and handed them to his Pokémon, who had gathered outside his bedroom to demand them.

• Heath received the Year of the Rabbit Blessing and put it up inside his food truck.
• Heath unlocked the Twelve Zodiac Animals quest and learned that collecting more fortune characters would enhance their effects and earn mystery rewards.
• Heath examined the zodiac blessings and saw that next year’s Year of the Dragon blessing would reduce the likelihood of illness.
• Heath decided to open his food truck on New Year’s Day, when people in this world went out to enjoy the holiday atmosphere.
• Heath found Zoroark, Farfetch'd, and the others waiting outside his bedroom, then gave them red envelopes containing a thousand League Coins each.

Heath entered the Distortion World to find Old Mr. Dà Sēn and learn how to prepare Kanto Small Silverfish. After learning the recipe, Heath was taken away and warned not to reveal that he could return to the real world.

• Heath drove his food truck to his usual spot and used his Distortion World Pass to visit another Vermilion City.
• Dusknoir escorted Heath to an Officer Jenny Building, where Officer Jennys searched for Old Mr. Dà Sēn using Heath’s clues.
• Old Mr. Dà Sēn arrived carrying a fishing rod, and Heath asked him how to prepare Kanto Silverfish.
• Old Mr. Dà Sēn taught Heath to remove and blanch the innards, mash them with coriander, chop the mixture finely, and stuff it back inside.
• Dusknoir whisked Heath into a dark room and warned him not to casually reveal that he could return to the real world.

Heath met old Mr. Dà Sēn in the Distortion World and agreed to pass a message to his wife about hidden savings. Back in the living world, Heath brought her Kanto Silverfish, and its familiar taste brought back memories of her husband.

• Dusknoir returned with old Mr. Dà Sēn, who asked Heath to tell his wife where he had hidden a jar of money beneath a rock at his old fishing spot.
• Heath agreed to deliver the message, then used his Distortion World pass to return to his bed in the living world.
• Heath drove his food truck to the fishing tackle shop and told Mr. Dà Sēn’s wife about the hidden savings.
• When the old woman doubted Heath, he gave her Kanto Silverfish prepared according to her husband’s instructions.
• The old woman recognized the dish and began to cry as she remembered how she had fallen in love with her husband.

Heath comforted an old woman grieving her husband, then used a special ticket to upgrade his food truck’s main body. While the upgrade kept him from opening for the day, Miss Nami told him about an upcoming Future Technology Expo in Saffron City.

• The old woman recalled how her husband had developed Alzheimer's, wandered off to fish, and died at sea, then accepted Heath's account that he had met her husband.
• Heath told the old woman that her husband could not visit her without breaking the rules and urged her not to take her own life or tell anyone about him.
• After the old woman ate Kanto Silverfish, Heath received a Food Truck Upgrade Ticket for the truck's main body and used it.
• Miss Nami arrived to upgrade Heath's food truck, explaining that the work would take a full day and prevent him from doing business.
• Miss Nami told Heath that Saffron City would soon host a Future Technology Expo.

Heath agreed to attend an event in Saffron City and accepted an insider admission ticket from Miss Nami. After they parted, he let out his Pokémon and suggested they go see a movie.

• Heath considered Saffron City's growth and agreed that he could attend its event.
• Miss Nami gave Heath an insider admission ticket, and he agreed to go to Saffron City.
• Heath asked Miss Nami about her plans, and she exchanged pleasantries before saying goodbye.
• Heath let out his Pokémon, noticed Ralts happily holding the Poké Ball he had used to catch her, and asked if they wanted to see a movie.

Heath took his Pokémon to celebrate New Year by watching a horror movie and shopping. He ran into Cynthia and, feeling moved by the moment, confessed his feelings and asked her out.

• Zoroark chose the horror movie Poké-Grudge Call, and Heath took her and the other Pokémon to watch it in a private cinema.
• Heath brought his Pokémon out to enjoy New Year, and Zoroark led the group around while Heath carried their shopping bags.
• Zoroark went shopping with her two-thousand-League-Coin budget, while Charizard bought a treadmill.
• Heath encountered Cynthia, recognized her despite her casual clothes and sun hat, and confessed that he liked her.
• Heath asked Cynthia if she would go out with him.

Heath confessed to Cynthia, and she happily accepted, making them a couple. They shared ice cream, reunited with Heath’s Pokémon, and Cynthia gave him a gift.

• Cynthia accepted Heath’s sudden confession and told him she looked forward to being with him.
• Heath and Cynthia sat together eating ice cream, and Cynthia teased him about confessing so abruptly.
• Heath’s Pokémon returned, and he introduced them to Cynthia, who noticed Ralts.
• Zoroark asked whether Cynthia was Heath’s girlfriend, and Heath confirmed that she was.
• Cynthia gave Heath a gift she had brought in her suitcase.

Heath learned the history behind Mountain Guardians when Cynthia gave him rare mountain delicacies from the League-controlled brand. He thanked her and planned to cook for her after his food truck was upgraded, then turned his attention to their movie date.

• Heath recognized Cynthia’s gift as rare Mountain Guardians produce and explained that the brand was difficult to buy from.
• Heath told Zoroark and Cynthia that Mountain Guardians began with a League expedition of 137 people sent to Mt. Coronet, who vanished after an avalanche.
• Heath explained that the martyrs’ descendants had continued protecting Mt. Coronet for generations, building a Pokémon Center and treatment station despite hundreds of deaths and disappearances.
• Cynthia confirmed the story was real and said a film remake had won the Pokémon Mew Golden Award.
• Heath thanked Cynthia for the Spirit Pearl Wood Ear, Wild Mushrooms, and White Jade Vegetable, and promised to cook for her once his food truck was upgraded.
• Heath decided that watching a movie and having a meal with Cynthia mattered more for now.

Heath learned that Zoroark had agreed to promote a merchant’s mints and began coaching her on making the advertisement sound more natural. He left to wash up while Zoroark prepared for the promotion.

• Heath woke up and asked why Zoroark was unusually energetic and already out of bed.
• Zoroark explained that she had stayed up reading and eaten invigorating mints that kept her awake.
• Farfetch'd revealed that a merchant had hired Zoroark to promote his products at the shopping area.
• Heath noticed Zoroark’s advertising lines sounded stiff and offered to teach her how to improve them.
• Heath started giving Zoroark advice, then went outside to wash up.

Heath accompanied Zoroark to a promotional appearance, then learned that Ms. Lori had died on a League mission. He drove with his Pokémon to attend her farewell ceremony, grieving the loss of a familiar customer.

• Heath accompanied Zoroark to her promotional appearance and sold some boxed meals while she earned her pay.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier on Ralts and learned that Ralts’s soul and her mother Gardevoir’s soul had mingled in one body.
• Heath received a message saying Ms. Lori had died after encountering a powerful enemy during a mission.
• Heath bought flowers, gathered Zoroark and his other Pokémon, and drove to Ms. Lori’s farewell ceremony.

Heath attended Ms. Lori’s funeral and watched her family grieve as she was honored for dying in the line of duty. After the cremation, Gengar gave Heath a hundred-League-Coin note, and Heath asked whether it wanted something to eat.

• Heath arrived at Ms. Lori’s funeral and saw her grieving family, colleagues, friends, and Gengar gathered around her coffin.
• Heath remembered his earlier experiences with funerals and reflected on Ms. Lori’s death as he paid his respects and comforted her family.
• Heath watched Ms. Lori’s cremation, and an elderly official presented her flag-draped urn to her parents.
• Heath left the funeral and was stopped by Gengar, which silently handed him a hundred-League-Coin note.
• Heath asked Gengar if it wanted something to eat, remembering what Ms. Lori had liked.

Heath prepared Ms. Lori’s favorite jianbing guozi for Gengar, who broke down crying over her death. Ms. Lori appeared from the Distortion World, and Heath discovered he could see and speak with her while Gengar could not.

• Heath made Ms. Lori’s favorite jianbing guozi and gave it to Gengar, who sobbed as its familiar aroma overwhelmed him.
• Ms. Lori appeared behind Gengar, and Heath was startled to see her alive in the Distortion World.
• Ms. Lori revealed that Gengar could not see her because her current state was unusual.
• Ms. Lori told Heath to comfort Gengar by rubbing his head and repeating a warning about Mightyena, which stopped his crying.
• Heath told Gengar that Ms. Lori was watching him, and Gengar formed a Shadow Ball before dispersing it.

Heath helped Gengar communicate with Ms. Lori, who had died but was allowed to linger in the living world for seven days. After sharing a Jianbing Guozi and grieving her death, Ms. Lori left with Gengar, and Heath called Sister Feng before departing for Saffron City.

• Heath relayed Ms. Lori's words to Gengar until they were able to communicate for themselves.
• Ms. Lori told Heath she had not expected another world and learned she could remain in the living world for seven days.
• Heath handed Ms. Lori a Jianbing Guozi, which she was able to hold and eat as she wept over her death.
• Ms. Lori decided not to send messages to her family, and she left with Gengar after stroking its ears.
• Heath called Sister Feng to tell her he was leaving for Saffron City.

Heath traveled toward Saffron City in his upgraded food truck, passing the time with Zoroark and Farfetch'd before reaching the city. After someone piggybacked on his toll payment, he reported the incident and continued into Saffron City.

• Heath set the food truck on Autopilot and reflected on its new ability to operate in extreme environments.
• Heath and Zoroark played a competitive shooter, then switched to Pokémon Brawl and brought Farfetch'd into the game.
• Heath arrived at the outskirts of Saffron City after an uneventful journey.
• A car followed Heath through the toll lane using his payment, so Heath reported it to a toll staff member.
• The staff member recorded the other vehicle's license plate and let Heath pass into Saffron City.

Heath arrived in Saffron City and realized he had forgotten Mew, who soon returned and went off to play. Intrigued by Saffron City's architecture, Heath visited its vegetable market and discovered it was designed by the eccentric Master Ledger.

• Heath wondered what he had forgotten, then realized Mew was missing from his food truck.
• Mew flew into the truck, greeted Zoroark, and went to play games.
• Heath explored Saffron City's unusual buildings and learned visitors could use maps to find master architects' works.
• Heath went to the vegetable market and found a nameplate identifying Master Ledger as its designer.
• Heath recalled that Master Ledger had also supposedly designed a public restroom atop Mt. Coronet, then entered the market to see the work for himself.

Heath explored Master Ledger’s unusual vegetable market and learned from Cynthia that its Chinese cabbage barter stall concealed a garlic-based gambling scheme. The chapter left Heath stunned by the market’s strange trading trick.

• Heath examined the clean, Poké Ball-shaped vegetable market and noticed its unusual design led him to the second floor without his realizing it.
• Heath reached the top floor and found a barter area where vendors traded only food ingredients.
• A middle-aged woman ignored Heath when he asked about the Chinese cabbage at her stall.
• Cynthia arrived and explained that customers could trade garlic for a cabbage, with a garlic bulb inside earning them a thousand League Coins.
• Heath was dumbfounded by the scheme.

Heath took Cynthia to explore Saffron City and gave her a gift from Sinnoh, then prepared mao cai for her and his Pokémon. Cynthia said she wanted to eat his cooking every day, and Heath promised to cook for her.

• Heath planned to ask market vendors about Saffron City's special ingredients and complete the city's achievement while traveling through Kanto.
• Cynthia asked Heath how long he planned to stay in Kanto, and Heath said he had no fixed schedule and would focus on Kanto before visiting Sinnoh.
• Cynthia gave Heath a bracelet ornamented with an Auspicious Beast from Sinnoh's legends, and Heath happily accepted it.
• Heath prepared mao cai for Cynthia and his Pokémon, while Farfetch'd and Zoroark watched curiously.
• Charizard and Cynthia enjoyed Heath's cooking, and Cynthia said she wanted to eat it every day.
• Heath promised Cynthia that he would cook for her every day from then on.