Recaps

Heath recognized Cynthia’s Red Sacrificial Stone as an artifact from ancient Sinnoh and accepted her offer of another stone. The next morning, he found his Pokémon gathered around a juvenile Lugia.

• Heath realized the Red Sacrificial Stone held energy from ancient Noble Pokémon and accepted Cynthia’s offer to give him a golden stone from the same ruins.
• Cynthia blushed when Heath mentioned Valentine’s Day, then fled after misunderstanding what he was about to suggest.
• Heath fell asleep before using Calm Mind and woke before dawn to prepare for a trip to the market.
• Heath noticed Zoroark and Farfetch'd were missing, then found his Pokémon gathered around a small Lugia.

Little Lugia ran away from home and arrived at Heath’s food truck, where it explained that it wanted to become his Pokémon and compete for the Champion title with him. Heath intended to inform Lugia’s parents, but Little Lugia’s ambition left him startled and Charizard enthusiastic.

• Mew and Zoroark told Heath that Little Lugia had appeared in his food truck while they were asleep.
• Little Lugia greeted Heath as Uncle Heath and complained that its parents had been strict with it.
• Heath listened patiently and decided he would later let Lugia’s parents know their child was with him.
• Little Lugia said it wanted to become Heath’s Pokémon and compete for the Champion title together.
• Charizard reacted excitedly to Little Lugia’s ambition, while Heath nearly choked on his saliva.

Heath explained to Little Lugia that he did not want to become Champion and agreed to let the young Pokémon stay with him for a few days. Ralts gave Heath a handmade scarf, and he set the food truck to head for an old-fashioned produce market before his Technology Expo stall.

• Heath told Little Lugia that people had different dreams and that he did not want to become Champion.
• Heath read Lugia's parents' message agreeing that Little Lugia could stay with him for a few days.
• Heath carried Ralts to the food truck's cab after she asked to see how their home moved.
• Ralts gave Heath a scarf she had knitted, and he thanked her and put it away because hot weather was forecast.
• Heath set the food truck's destination to an out-of-the-way produce market to look for ingredients for his Saffron City task.

Heath took care of the newly awakened Little Red and brought Ralts and Farfetch'd along to shop at a traditional market in Saffron City. Seeing Tauros meat there left him unsettled by the reality of living in a world where Pokémon were real.

• Little Red woke and called out to Heath, who realized the cat was hungry and prepared egg fried rice for it.
• Ralts secretly poked Little Red with psychic power, but the needle had no effect, and Little Red seemed to mock her.
• Heath finished Little Red's meal, then went outside with Farfetch'd and Ralts while his other Pokémon stayed in the truck.
• Heath entered a familiar, bustling market to restock ingredients and noticed that yellow-cattle beef was unusually expensive.
• Heath saw Tauros meat and walked past it, disturbed by the contrast between the imagined Pokémon world and its reality.

Heath’s trip to the vegetable market drew a crowd when Little Lugia appeared beside him, so he called Cynthia and retreated to his food truck. Cynthia learned that the young Legendary Pokémon had run away from home, and the chapter ended with her relating to its story because she had once run away from home herself.

• Heath went to the vegetable market and worried about the League’s rules on which Pokémon could be eaten.
• Little Lugia appeared beside Heath, attracting onlookers who recognized the Legendary Pokémon.
• Heath called Cynthia for help, and she arrived on Togekiss, making the crowd more cautious.
• Heath canceled his market trip and returned to his food truck with Cynthia, ordering ingredients through the Psyduck Merchant Guild.
• Heath reassured the apologetic Little Lugia that its appearance had not upset him, while the news of Lugia at Saffron City's vegetable market spread.
• Cynthia learned that Little Lugia had run away from home and felt kinship with it because she had once run away too.

Heath made Cynthia breakfast and received a delivery that upgraded him to the Psyduck Merchant Guild’s highest membership tier, giving him access to rare ingredients. He then drove to Saffron City’s Technology Expo amid renewed attention on Lugia and Cynthia, while Cynthia grew sleepy and asked him to take her somewhere to rest.

• Heath prepared eggs in brown sugar syrup for Cynthia while Little Lugia spent time with her.
• The Psyduck Merchant Guild delivered Heath’s order and upgraded his membership to Psyduck tier, unlocking access to rare goods such as Lava Eel.
• Heath drove his food truck to Saffron City’s Technology Expo and worried that the publicity about Lugia and Cynthia would draw unwanted attention.
• Heath told Cynthia to rest instead of helping him, and she hugged him and asked him to take her somewhere to sleep.

Heath went to Saffron City's market in disguise with Zoroark and learned from an elderly vendor that the city had once been known for a golden chicken breed. The chicken may have disappeared, leaving Heath unsure how he could find it and complete his achievement.

• Heath used Zoroark's illusion to shop at the market without drawing attention.
• After Heath asked about Saffron City's specialty ingredients, an elderly vegetable seller said the city had once been named for a golden-yellow chicken breed.
• The vendor said people had stopped raising Saffron Chicken and suggested Heath ask the municipal authorities about it.
• Zoroark warned Heath that a novel claimed Saffron City's Golden Chicken had gone extinct, and Heath worried his achievement might be impossible to complete.

After learning that Saffron City's Golden Chicken had gone extinct, Heath tested whether Hoopa's Golden Ring could retrieve one and considered seeking help to travel back in time. The ring could retrieve Farfetch'd but not an extinct species, leaving Heath to search for another way to obtain the Golden Chicken.

• Heath found Little Red reading Zoroark's comic and wondered whether the cat had a connection to Hoopa's Golden Ring.
• Heath checked Saffron City's municipal website and learned that the Golden Chicken had been listed as extinct five years earlier.
• Heath reached through Hoopa's Golden Ring for a Golden Chicken but retrieved nothing, then confirmed the ring still worked by retrieving Farfetch'd.
• Heath concluded that the ring could not retrieve extinct or nonexistent things and considered traveling back in time, possibly with Dialga's help.
• Little Red declined Heath's offer of food and continued reading while Heath worried about finding Saffron City's specialty ingredient.

Heath tended the Dream Nightmare Flower and prepared his food truck for the Saffron City Technology Expo while Xiumei came to apologize for the previous day. He offered her food, and her visit ended with her spotting Little Lugia.

• Heath watered the Dream Nightmare Flower with Kyogre's Watering Can and saw it grow a green sprout.
• Heath drove to the expo through cold, overcast weather and wore the scarf Ralts had made for him.
• Heath prepared ingredients with Farfetch'd as Xiumei watched him from the food truck doorway and accidentally dropped her head.
• Xiumei apologized, and Heath offered her breakfast to take back to her two older sisters.
• Little Lugia searched the dining area for the person Heath was talking to, and Xiumei spotted the Legendary Pokémon.

Heath learned that Xiumei had been murdered after running away from home, then prepared a nostalgic breakfast of Fish Mint salad and Wolf Fang Potatoes for her. As Xiumei ate, Heath breathed out a puff of white mist.

• Heath explained that Little Lugia had run away from home, prompting Xiumei to recall how she had run away, been raped and killed, and had her head dumped there.
• Heath decided to ask Officer Jenny later whether Xiumei's killer had been caught, but Xiumei changed the subject and asked him to make breakfast.
• Heath offered Xiumei Fish Mint, and she excitedly requested a cold salad with fried potatoes.
• Heath prepared the meal the way Xiumei liked it, and her eyes reddened as she saw the food from her hometown.
• Heath breathed out a puff of white mist.

Heath prepared for a busy day serving the Technology Expo, but hail and freezing temperatures forced the expo to close. As he settled in for an unexpected break, he received a Regret Remedy and found a small bottle in his pocket.

• Xiumei paid Heath for her meal with a distinctive heart-shaped stone and took Xiunian's and Xiuhui's portions with her.
• League staff arrived to help Heath serve customers, and he made them braised beef noodle soup for breakfast.
• Hail began falling as the temperature dropped to minus five degrees, and the League postponed the Technology Expo until the next day.
• Heath decided not to open unless customers came and worried about the ingredients he had prepared.
• Heath received Regret Remedy ×1 for serving the three Earthbound Spirit sisters and found a small bottle in his pocket.

Heath used his surplus beef meatballs to help the Officer Jennys working through Saffron City’s hailstorm, and learned that Grandpa Xiu had already made him a member of the Jenny Family. After the deliveries, Heath received a Weather Ball that showed clear weather for the next day.

• Heath read the Regret Remedy’s description and put it away, then drove his food truck toward his usual Saffron City spot after the hail eased.
• Heath realized the Officer Jennys would be overwhelmed by the cold weather and decided to bring them his surplus beef meatballs.
• Officer Jenny Kim approved Heath’s plan and told him Grandpa Xiu had already announced that Heath was part of the Jenny Family.
• Heath spent the day delivering hot meatballs and helping the Officer Jennys without accepting payment, until his entire pot was gone.
• Heath completed the hidden achievement Without expecting anything in return and received a Weather Ball that showed sunshine for tomorrow.

Heath avoided unwanted attention and considered asking Jin to investigate the three sisters before a customer arrived at his food truck during a downpour. He served the tired-looking man his cheapest dish, noodles in clear broth.

• Heath decided that staying out of the news was preferable and considered asking Jin to look into Xiumei, Xiunian, and the third sister’s situation.
• A man in a suit knocked on Heath’s food truck and asked for its cheapest food.
• Heath offered noodles in clear broth for five a bowl, and the man happily ordered one.
• Heath prepared plain noodles with cooking broth, garlic, and pickled vegetables, then served the customer.

Heath served Qingshui a bowl of plain clear-broth noodles and received a one-use Furious Keyboard reward whose effect targeted keyboard warriors. The next morning, Heath discovered Zoroark had held a secret internal affairs meeting with his Pokémon while he slept.

• Heath watched Qingshui devour the clear-broth noodles and received the Furious Keyboard as a reward.
• Heath learned the Furious Keyboard could punish a target according to how much of a keyboard warrior they were, but Qingshui finished his meal and hurried away.
• Heath spent the evening video-chatting with Cynthia, then used Calm Mind through the night.
• Heath woke to find the storm had passed and Zoroark and the other Pokémon were gathered around a banner announcing their second internal affairs discussion meeting.
• Zoroark adjourned the meeting and told the Pokémon to follow the plans they had agreed on, leaving Heath bewildered.

Heath served Qingshui takeaway clear broth noodles before buying ingredients and heading to Saffron City's Technology Expo. There, he met Xiumei, Xiuhui, and Xiunian, and looked forward to seeing what they would give him.

• Heath asked Zoroark what she and Ralts had been doing, but Zoroark changed the subject.
• Qingshui arrived at Heath's food truck before dawn and ordered takeaway clear broth noodles.
• After Qingshui left, Heath saw him enter the Dream Fate Internet Cafe and realized he had stayed up all night.
• Heath bought ingredients at the local market and drove to the Technology Expo, deciding it would be his last day there.
• Heath checked on the slowly growing Dream Nightmare Flower, then greeted Xiumei, Xiuhui, and Xiunian at the truck.

Heath served Xiumei, Xiuhui, and Xiunian breakfast at his food truck, where they all requested dumplings. He prepared pork-and-chive dumplings for them and brought the meal to their table.

• Heath greeted the three ghost girls while Farfetch'd wondered about the invisible customers.
• Xiumei rushed in, tripped, and rolled her detached head toward Heath before asking for breakfast.
• Xiumei, Xiuhui, and Xiunian all asked for dumplings and declined rice.
• Heath used his Chef's Eye to choose pork-and-chive filling and made the dumplings.
• Heath served the girls a large plate of dumplings with bowls for their seasonings.

Heath received and viewed Xiumei's memories, discovering how she ran away from home and was murdered by a man who had offered to help her. He learned that her head was never recovered, while the memory left him wondering how to help the three sisters find release.

• Heath received Xiumei's Memory Orb after serving breakfast to Xiuhui and her sisters.
• Heath watched Xiumei argue with her mother about being forced to study a major she disliked, then leave home in the rain.
• A man took Xiumei in and called her parents, but drugged her, murdered her, and left her body dismembered in his restaurant.
• Heath searched the news and found that the killer had been arrested, but Meiye's head had never been found because the man had altered his memories.

Heath used the Magic Conch to discover where Xiumei’s head was buried and triggered a quest to fulfill the wishes of all three ghost sisters together. With Xiunian’s and Xiuhui’s wishes still unknown, he left the head in place and began serving the rush of customers at the Technology Expo.

• Heath asked the Magic Conch where Xiumei’s head was and learned it lay three meters beneath the purple stone tile at the center of the exhibition hall.
• Heath triggered the quest to fulfill Xiuhui’s, Xiunian’s, and Xiumei’s wishes at once, with Xiumei’s progress already complete.
• Heath decided to leave Xiumei’s head buried until he could discover and fulfill Xiunian’s and Xiuhui’s wishes.
• Heath prepared to open for the Technology Expo with Farfetch'd, while Zoroark shared dumplings with the servers.
• Customers crowded Heath’s food truck, and Zoroark relayed an order for beef and silky eggs over rice.

At the Technology Expo, Heath served a customer raw-marinated tuna and worried about the parasite risks of serving uncooked seafood. The chapter ended when Zoroark asked whether they could serve raw pork.

• Heath spoke with a wealthy middle-aged woman who asked for raw-marinated tuna.
• Heath confirmed the tuna's price and source, checked it for parasites with his Ingredient Identifier, and prepared the dish.
• Heath noticed that more customers began ordering raw-marinated seafood, though most chose crab or shrimp.
• Heath worried that he could not check every seafood dish for parasites and considered whether his Golden Finger might provide useful kitchen equipment.
• Zoroark told Heath that a customer wanted raw pork, and Heath froze in surprise.

Heath prepared raw meat for novelty-seeking customers, then learned they were using a new device from the Saffron City Technology Expo to check their food for hazards. He bought one to test its claims and examined it with his Ingredient Identifier.

• Heath agreed to prepare raw pork and explained to Zoroark why eating raw meat could expose Pokémon and people to parasites and pathogens.
• More customers ordered raw meat, and Zoroark told Heath they scanned it with a flashlight-like device before eating.
• Heath learned that a previously obscure company had introduced a device at the Saffron City Technology Expo that supposedly detected harmful substances in food.
• Heath had Charizard take Ralts to buy the device, then scanned Chinese cabbage and saw a display saying it contained no harmful substances.
• Heath decided to test the device with his Ingredient Identifier.

Heath met Giovanni at Saffron City’s Technology Expo, where Giovanni asked to buy thirty boneless chicken feet. As Heath prepared to make them amid the crowd, he had a sudden thought and called Ralts over.

• Heath examined a device that could identify some poisonous food but could not detect artificially added toxins.
• Giovanni greeted Heath at the expo, and Heath wondered whether he had come for Silph Co. or Lugia.
• Giovanni asked to buy boneless chicken feet, then clarified that he wanted thirty.
• Heath began cooking the chicken feet and called Ralts over after something occurred to him.

Heath had Ralts debone chicken feet for Giovanni, then served customers at his food truck until the Technology Expo ended. After closing, he received a hair-growth tonic as a reward and saw Cynthia complain that Team Galactic had been causing trouble again.

• Ralts used her psychic powers to debone twenty-nine chicken feet at once, helping Heath prepare Giovanni's meal quickly.
• Giovanni praised Ralts, paid Heath, and left without revealing what he intended to do in Saffron City.
• Heath served customers through the end of the Technology Expo, then closed and cleaned the food truck with help from Zoroark and the League staff.
• Heath received a bottle of hair-growth tonic from the system and put it away.
• Heath set the food truck's autopilot for his usual vending spot and read Cynthia's message about Team Galactic stirring up trouble.

Heath investigated a strange black figure in his food truck and discovered it was a prank by a Shiny Misdreavus. The Misdreavus was left exposed and whimpering after Zoroark used Snarl.

• Heath found that a bird had pecked on his door in the middle of the night.
• Heath spotted a black figure inside the food truck that appeared whenever he turned off the lights and moved closer each time.
• Heath woke Zoroark, and they went to investigate the figure together.
• Zoroark sensed Ghost-type energy and used Snarl, dispelling the black figures and revealing a Misdreavus.
• Heath recognized the Misdreavus as a prankster and discovered that it was Shiny.

Heath caught a badly injured Shiny Misdreavus after Zoroark’s attack left her close to death, then brought her to a Pokémon Center for treatment. He planned to release her because she feared him, but Misdreavus reconsidered when she realized she was connected to a Poké Ball.

• Heath explained that Misdreavus had likely been driven out and was scaring people to feed on their fear.
• After Zoroark’s attack nearly killed Misdreavus, Heath caught her in a Poké Ball to keep her alive.
• Heath took Misdreavus to the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy treated her and scolded Heath before hearing his explanation.
• Nurse Joy noticed Misdreavus’s fear of Heath, and Heath said he intended to release her.
• Misdreavus discovered her connection to Heath’s Poké Ball and began to waver at the prospect of having food and shelter.

Heath let Nurse Joy adopt the malnourished Shiny Misdreavus, who apologized and thanked him before settling with her new caretaker. He then prepared to restock his food truck, but remained troubled by his quest to find Saffron City's extinct Golden Chicken specialty.

• Heath decided not to catch Misdreavus and suggested that Nurse Joy adopt her.
• Misdreavus charmed Nurse Joy into adopting her, then apologized to Heath and thanked him for saving her.
• Heath returned to his food truck, washed up with Ralts, and saw Charizard exercising.
• Heath worried that he had no good way to obtain Golden Chicken, considering the low odds of finding a fossil and the uncertainty of reviving one.