Recaps

Heath closed his food truck early and went to a Cerulean City training school for private lessons on preparing Purple-ringed Octopus. After studying all day, he felt ready to take the certification exam the next day.

• Heath ended work before four thirty, and Zoroark invited Ralts to play games while Farfetch'd stayed behind to study recipes.
• Heath asked Farfetch'd to come to a training class, but Farfetch'd declined and continued reading.
• Heath arrived at the training school in the rain and paid for private instruction in preparing Purple-ringed Octopus.
• Heath's teacher demonstrated the preparation and patiently taught him the technique.
• Heath left the school after nine that evening, expecting to take the exam the next day and serve Purple-ringed Octopus to customers if he passed.

Heath tried the Purple-ringed Octopus and considered how to prepare it, then found Cynthia cooking in his food truck. Cynthia served okonomiyaki with Heath’s homemade Nightmare Wine, leaving Heath embarrassed by how the wine might look to her.

• Heath tasted the Purple-ringed Octopus and decided griddle-cooking it could make a good snack, while boiling would leave it tough.
• Heath assumed Farfetch'd was nervously practicing for the cooking competition, but found Cynthia in the kitchen instead.
• Cynthia told Heath she had waited for him and practiced cooking while he was away.
• Heath guessed Cynthia was making okonomiyaki from its aroma, and she brought it out for them to eat.
• Zoroark fetched Heath’s Nightmare Wine, and Cynthia recognized it before Heath explained its name.

Heath shared Nightmare Wine with Cynthia, discussed his culinary course, and later received a sweater Ralts had made for him. As Heath was about to go to bed, Mew asked him to become its Trainer.

• Heath was surprised that Cynthia could drink half a bottle of Nightmare Wine without getting drunk, and Cynthia said people in Sinnoh drank often too.
• Cynthia asked about Heath's course, and he explained that he was studying cooking before she left after dinner.
• Ralts gave Heath a handmade sweater, and he praised her craftsmanship after trying it on.
• Heath noticed Mew seemed to have something on its mind, and Mew asked him to be its Trainer.

Mew asked Heath to become its Trainer, and Heath accepted, catching it with his last Poké Ball. After Heath went to bed, Mew told Zoroark that it wanted to stay with him and the others because they felt like home.

• Zoroark dropped her controller in shock when Mew asked Heath to catch it.
• Heath confirmed Mew was serious and caught it with an ordinary Poké Ball, achieving a Critical Capture.
• Heath released Mew, welcomed it as his Pokémon, and wondered whether it had been mistreated before returning to bed.
• Zoroark asked Mew why it wanted Heath as its Trainer.
• Mew told Zoroark that, after wandering outside, it realized it wished to see Heath, Zoroark, Spray, Big Onion, and little Ralts when it woke each day.

Kyogre resented Heath for taking its watering can but hoped Heath would steal Groudon’s treasured Volcanic Rock. The next morning, Heath finished meditating and went out to prepare his food truck, wondering how Mew could join the Pokémon’s work.

• Kyogre complained in the Legendary Pokémon Chat Group that the Great Being had not explained why Heath carried traces of it, and learned that the being had also ignored Dialga’s calls.
• Kyogre recalled that Heath was a friendly chef who sometimes took unusual things, and imagined Groudon going on a rampage if Heath took its Volcanic Rock.
• Heath woke Zoroark and headed out with Farfetch'd after meditating through the night, while Cynthia stayed behind to sleep.
• Heath greeted Mew, Ralts, and Charizard, then considered finding Mew a job since the other Pokémon had all taken on tasks.
• Heath decided to stop worrying about Mew’s role and go buy ingredients, considering having Mew work in turns with Zoroark.

Heath met Officer Jenny Ling at the market and learned that she wanted his help cooking for Officer Jenny Mei, a terminally ill patient at Cerulean City's Central Hospital. After learning that Mei’s respiratory system and esophagus had been severely damaged, Heath began preparing a gentle meal and wondered whether the Dream Nightmare Flower might offer another way to help.

• Heath introduced himself to Officer Jenny Ling, who asked whether he knew how to cook for a patient.
• Heath accompanied Officer Jenny Ling to the hospital and met Officer Jenny Mei in the hospice ward.
• Heath saw Mei’s food preferences and agreed to make her a tasty meal that would not hurt her neck when she ate.
• Nurse Joy explained that Mei had inhaled toxic gas after an ambush, causing complete respiratory failure and severe damage to her esophagus.
• Heath considered whether the Dream Nightmare Flower might help Mei, but decided to focus on cooking first.

Heath brought Officer Jenny Mei meat aspic and porridge, giving her a welcome change from her usual food. In the hospital stairwell, Officer Jenny Ling told Heath that Mei had only two days left and shared her plans with him.

• Heath decided to make meat aspic and porridge for Officer Jenny Mei because her sore throat limited her to liquid food.
• Heath brought the dishes to Officer Jenny Mei’s hospital room and saw her talking with Officer Jenny Ling while needing an oxygen mask.
• Heath went to the hospital stairwell and reflected on how hospitals witnessed births and deaths.
• Officer Jenny Ling thanked Heath and told him Mei had enjoyed her meal.
• Officer Jenny Ling said Mei likely had two days left before respiratory failure and shock, then confided her plans to Heath.

Heath struggled with whether to ask Ho-Oh to save Officer Jenny Mei, who was near death, but Ho-Oh warned that she could not interfere with death. The chapter ended with Ho-Oh showing Heath a recipe and challenging him to make it.

• After leaving the hospital, Heath considered asking Ho-Oh to save Officer Jenny Mei or waiting for his Dream Nightmare Flower to bloom.
• Ho-Oh visited Heath’s food truck and asked whether he had seen someone who was about to die.
• Heath confirmed that he had visited Officer Jenny Mei, and Ho-Oh explained that she could not bring the dead back or give the dying a new lease on life without medical assistance.
• Heath accepted Ho-Oh’s warning but remained uncertain about how to help Officer Jenny Mei before tomorrow.
• Ho-Oh showed Heath a recipe on her phone and challenged him to make the dish.

Heath prepared Ho-Oh’s unusual recipe using Wailord blubber, carefully arranging the ingredients so they would form a flower when the blubber burned away. Ho-Oh’s golden flames revealed the flower-shaped dish, and Ho-Oh looked surprised.

• Heath ordered Wailord blubber through the Psyduck Merchant Guild after Ho-Oh asked him to make a dish.
• Heath examined Ho-Oh’s recipe, which called for wrapping ingredients in blubber and burning it to cook them.
• Heath filled separate pockets in the blubber with marinated ingredients, arranging them to form a flower.
• Heath brought the dish to Ho-Oh, who ignited the blubber with a breath of golden flame.
• The blubber burned away to reveal a flower-shaped dish, surprising Ho-Oh.

Heath claimed the Cozy Dining Table Set after making a dish with Ho-Oh’s help, then reopened his food truck and served Misty Tujia sauce flatbread with soy milk. Misty had hoped to see Cynthia, who was away at the Kanto League, and Zoroark returned to bring breakfast to the Pokémon in the lounge.

• Heath received the Cozy Dining Table Set as a special reward and claimed it for his restaurant.
• Heath reopened the food truck, and Misty arrived hoping to see Cynthia.
• Heath told Misty that Cynthia was busy at the Kanto League and offered to make her breakfast.
• Heath prepared Tujia sauce flatbread while Farfetch'd mixed the sauces.
• Zoroark served Misty flatbread and soy milk, then went to bring breakfast to the Pokémon in the lounge.

Heath earned his Purple-ringed Octopus certification and took Farfetch'd to a cooking competition, where a chef named Feiluo had disparaged Farfetch'd’s participation. The competition’s first elimination round was about to begin, and Farfetch'd was nervous but ready to compete.

• Heath closed his food truck early and went to the League's vocational skills assessment center to take the Purple-ringed Octopus exam.
• Heath passed the exam and received his certification.
• Outside the exam venue, Heath encountered Feiluo, who dismissed the idea of a Farfetch'd competing in a cooking contest.
• Heath took Farfetch'd to the competition, where entrants would be eliminated until thirty-two contestants remained.
• Farfetch'd nervously prepared to compete while Heath planned to check and sell the vegetables from his Portable Farm.

Heath brought Farfetch'd to a cooking competition in Cerulean City, where the contestants included people in bizarre costumes and the round's task was fried rice. Farfetch'd began cooking while Heath watched the other competitors.

• Heath noticed the unusual contestants gathered for the competition, including a costumed anime character and a man worshipping a kitchen knife.
• Heath took Farfetch'd to confirm their registration and learned that contestants would cook at outdoor stations while staff scored and tasted their dishes.
• Farfetch'd grew nervous at first, but Heath encouraged him, and the two recognized that the competition task was fried rice.
• A staff member gave Farfetch'd ingredients and rice, and Farfetch'd began by washing the cookware before preparing his dish.
• Heath left Farfetch'd to compete on his own and looked over the other contestants.

Heath watched Farfetch'd compete in a cooking contest and recognized that it was making traditional Yangzhou Fried Rice. Farfetch'd advanced to the next round, and a staff member believed its cooking could win fairly.

• Heath observed several contestants cook carelessly, including one who handled food with bare hands after picking at his feet.
• Heath noticed Luo Na cooking rhythmically while wearing headphones and saw a girl admire him as she chopped vegetables without watching her knife.
• Heath recognized Farfetch'd's ingredients as those for traditional Yangzhou Fried Rice and judged its cooking excellent.
• A staff member tasted Farfetch'd's rice and cleared it for the next round, then told another man that it could win without rigging.

Heath’s Farfetch'd passed the food competition after impressing the judge with fried rice. Heath then cooked certified Purple-ringed Octopus for dinner and expanded his farm by selling its ripe vegetables and planting more seeds.

• The man in black learned his subordinate had eaten all of Farfetch'd’s fried rice, and accepted that Farfetch'd had impressed him enough to pass.
• Heath told Zoroark that Farfetch'd had passed, and his Pokémon celebrated together.
• Heath prepared and cooked twelve Purple-ringed Octopuses, checked the food for poison, and shared dinner with his Pokémon.
• Heath entered his farm, sold the ripe vegetables, cleared more plots, and bought seeds to plant.
• Heath tended to the chicks and left the farm to rest.

Heath saw drifting points of light while meditating and learned that they were Psychic power. Mew revealed that Heath had become a weak psychic, and Heath continued his morning routine with his Pokémon.

• Heath meditated because his restless mind kept him from sleeping, and he saw tiny points of light that vanished when he reached for them.
• Heath woke the next morning still wondering what the lights were and decided to ask Ralts and Mew about them.
• Mew touched Heath’s head, letting him see the drifting lights again, and explained that they were Psychic power.
• Mew told Heath that he had become a psychic after Psychic power gathered around him during the night.
• Heath tested his new abilities, found that he could not yet lift a cup, and went to wash up with his Pokémon.

Heath taught Farfetch'd to practice carving radishes for the upcoming knife-skills test, then prepared wontons for breakfast. After the meal, Ralts began to glow with Evolutionary Light, leaving Heath wondering whether it was about to evolve.

• Heath encouraged Farfetch'd to stay calm and practice knife skills by carving a court lady into a radish.
• Farfetch'd regained confidence by recalling his hard work and experience chopping vegetables.
• Heath made wontons, briefly dipping the meat filling in hot oil to set it before wrapping it.
• Heath and his Pokémon ate the wontons, and Ralts suddenly shone with Evolutionary Light.

Ralts evolved into Kirlia and happily celebrated with Heath, then offered to work as a server in his food truck. Heath arranged for Kirlia and Zoroark to take turns working, and the food truck opened after Zoroark trained Kirlia.

• Ralts evolved into Kirlia, and Heath congratulated her as she celebrated in his arms.
• Kirlia found a server uniform and told Heath she wanted to help at the food truck.
• Heath arranged for Kirlia and Zoroark to alternate workdays, giving Zoroark a day off between shifts.
• Zoroark taught Kirlia the job and shared her serving tricks while Kirlia studied earnestly.
• Heath finished preparing the food truck, and Kirlia and Zoroark opened it for business.

A wealthy regular traveled to Heath’s food truck to eat after hearing that it had gained a Shiny Kirlia. He ordered yellow-braised chicken with rice and Heath’s certified Purple-ringed Octopus, leaving Heath unable to remember where he had seen him before.

• The loyal customers in Heath’s food lovers’ group discussed the Shiny Kirlia and Miss Betty, while Turkey-Flavored Rice Cracker announced he was flying in to visit.
• Turkey-Flavored Rice Cracker arrived at Heath’s food truck and found Miss Betty and the Shiny Kirlia serving customers.
• The man greeted Heath, who did not recognize him, and ordered yellow-braised chicken with rice.
• The man asked whether Heath was selling Purple-ringed Octopus, and Heath confirmed it and began preparing a serving.
• As Heath cooked, he wondered whether he had seen the customer somewhere before.

Heath served Jin Cancan, a returning customer who asked whether Heath would revisit Lavender Town for a friend who missed his cooking. Heath said he might go to Cinnabar Island or Sinnoh instead, then completed Cerulean City’s achievement and received a food truck upgrade blueprint.

• Heath recognized Jin Cancan as a former customer and served him Purple-ringed Octopus and Yellow-Braised Chicken.
• Jin Cancan praised Heath’s cooking and asked when he would return to Lavender Town for his online friend.
• Heath said he probably would not revisit Lavender Town and might travel to Cinnabar Island or Sinnoh, where his girlfriend lived.
• Heath completed the Cerulean City city achievement and received a food truck upgrade and renovation blueprint.
• Kirlia helped Heath serve the growing crowd, leaving Zoroark envious of Psychic powers.

Heath’s Psychic-powered Kirlia handled most of the food truck’s service, leaving Zoroark feeling useless, while Nightmare Wine began selling briskly. Heath learned that twenty-three bottles had sold and considered how quickly his stock might run out.

• Kirlia used her Psychic powers to serve customers quickly, making Zoroark worry that she would lose her job.
• Heath asked Zoroark how Nightmare Wine sales were going after he secured the permits to sell his homemade alcohol.
• Zoroark reported that twenty-three bottles of Nightmare Wine had sold since the food truck opened.
• Heath was surprised by the strong sales and calculated how long his stock would last, knowing the wine was troublesome to make.

Heath discussed Nightmare Wine with Jin Cancan, warning him about its delayed effects, before Kailunya arrived and said her school had sent her on an internship. The chapter left Heath curious about her placement after she denied studying Pokémon Medical Care.

• Jin Cancan praised Nightmare Wine and asked Heath for a bottle.
• Heath explained that Nightmare Wine tasted excellent but had a strong delayed kick that could make drinkers sleep for a day.
• Heath warned Jin Cancan to find a hotel and rest after leaving.
• Kailunya arrived at Heath’s restaurant and said her school had arranged an internship.
• Heath asked whether Kailunya studied Pokémon Medical Care, and she said she did not.

Heath reunited with Kailunya, who said she now worked in human medical care, though he remained suspicious because she had once tricked him into giving a false alibi. After Kailunya changed her order to suit her dislike of sour food, Heath served her lunch and warned Jin Cancan that he was about to fall asleep.

• Kailunya told Heath she was doing ordinary medical work, and Heath recalled suspecting her involvement in an earlier fire because she had deceived him about the time.
• Kailunya asked Heath for beef ball rice noodles, but changed her order to braising-sauce rice noodles with plenty of chili after learning the dish was sour.
• Jin Cancan watched Kailunya with new interest after learning she was a medical worker, while something moved in the shadow behind her.
• Heath served Kailunya the rice noodles and a separate bowl of beef balls, then advised Jin Cancan to find a hotel before he fell asleep.

Heath warned Mr. Jin Cancan that Kailunya might be dangerous, then served Kailunya tofu pudding rice noodles and discussed delivery. After she left, Heath received a mysterious Sympathy-Inducing Tissue as a reward for serving her.

• Heath recalled Officer Jenny’s suspicion that Kailunya had a powerful Pokémon and warned Mr. Jin Cancan to avoid provoking her.
• Mr. Jin Cancan accepted Heath’s advice, left to find a hotel, and planned to return the next day.
• Kailunya asked Heath about the tofu pudding in her rice noodles, enjoyed the meal, and requested delivery to her busy workplace.
• Heath explained that delivery would require a separate fee paid to a rider, and Kailunya chose to order delivery anyway.
• Heath received a Sympathy-Inducing Tissue for serving Kailunya and wondered what it meant.

Heath wondered whether Kailunya’s neighbors had concealed her possible crime, then served Giovanni and the exhausted Misty, whom Giovanni had been training late into the night. He agreed to make Misty nutritious steam-pot chicken with notoginseng and also accepted her request for a fried chicken drumstick.

• Heath received a Sympathy-Inducing Tissue from Kailunya and considered whether her neighbors had deliberately covered up her crime.
• Kailunya left Heath’s restaurant after saying she would return for another meal.
• Giovanni arrived with Misty, who secretly signaled Heath that she was miserable.
• Giovanni explained that Misty had trained until two in the morning because her fundamentals and mindset were weak.
• Giovanni asked Heath for nutritious food, and Misty requested a fried chicken drumstick.
• Heath agreed to prepare steam-pot chicken with notoginseng and a fried chicken drumstick for Misty.

Heath prepared a nutritious Steam Pot Chicken for Giovanni and several flavors of fried chicken legs for Misty, explaining how honey could be used as a seasoning. Farfetch'd listened and began considering a new idea for his upcoming second test.

• Heath considered whether he could use a Crazy Thursday-style promotion to help Officer Jennys in need, then set the idea aside to prepare lunch.
• Heath cooked Steam Pot Chicken with notoginseng powder for Giovanni while making Misty fried chicken legs in several flavors.
• Giovanni showed interest in the specialized steam pot as Misty chose a honey-glazed chicken leg.
• Heath explained that honey could be used as a cooking seasoning, and Farfetch'd eyed his leek and belly as an idea formed for his second test.