Chapter Summaries

Heath paid off his parents’ debt and asked the wild Farfetch’d that had been freeloading from his food stall to become his Pokémon. Farfetch’d agreed after Heath promised it all the Jianbing Guozi it could eat, leaving Heath with his first chance to become a Pokémon Trainer.

• Heath served Yan Ning Jianbing Guozi and used his earnings to pay off his parents’ debt.
• Farfetch’d visited Heath’s secluded food stall to freeload, and Heath demanded its treasured leek in exchange for food.
• Heath took Farfetch’d’s leek and cooked it a Jianbing Guozi.
• Heath asked Farfetch’d to become his Pokémon, but it initially refused.
• Heath promised Farfetch’d unlimited Jianbing Guozi and other dishes, and Farfetch’d accepted.

Heath caught Farfetch'd as his first Pokémon and discovered that he could modify its Ability. After giving Farfetch'd Wonder Guard and using a Silver Bottle Cap to raise its Special Defense, Heath headed home with his newly strengthened, food-loving partner.

• Heath bought a Poké Ball and caught Farfetch'd, receiving a Silver Bottle Cap as a reward.
• Heath learned he could modify Farfetch'd's Ability and chose Wonder Guard instead of Desolate Land.
• Farfetch'd's Wonder Guard left it vulnerable only to super-effective Electric-, Rock-, and Ice-type moves.
• Farfetch'd accidentally swallowed the Silver Bottle Cap, which raised its Special Defense.
• Heath recalled Farfetch'd after promising to add five eggs to its jianbing the next day, then headed home.

Heath returned home after catching Farfetch'd, cooked dinner for the Officer Jennys, and learned that his rare Pokémon would need to be registered and monitored. Still puzzled about how to activate his cheat, he headed out early the next morning and encountered Giovanni.

• Heath went home and cooked dinner for the Officer Jennys, who welcomed him and asked whether he had paid off his parents' debts.
• Heath told Officer Jenny Feng that he had caught Farfetch'd, and she warned him that Pokémon Hunters might target it.
• Heath searched for the trigger that caused his cheat's text boxes to appear, but cleaning did not make one show up.
• Heath followed Officer Jenny Feng's advice and groomed Farfetch'd, then the League registered him and began monitoring the protected Pokémon.
• Heath left early the next morning with his cart and offered breakfast to Giovanni, the Viridian City Gym Leader and Team Rocket boss.

Heath served Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, and discovered his cooking rewarded him with Pokémon candies. As Ash told him a boy named Red had moved to Pallet Town, Heath wondered whether this Red was the one he knew.

• Heath served Giovanni a jianbing and received ten Farfetch'd Candies as a reward.
• Heath served breakfast to his regular customers and received an Agility Candy from Uncle Yan Ning.
• Heath became convinced that his special power was connected to cooking after collecting more than fifty candies during the morning.
• Ash bought a jianbing with leek and told Heath that he would get his starter Pokémon in two years.
• Ash told Heath that a boy named Red had recently moved to Pallet Town, surprising Heath.

Heath showed Ash his Farfetch'd and discovered that serving Ash had earned Farfetch'd a Silver Bottle Cap that maxed out his defense. After Farfetch'd tried cooking a Jianbing Guozi and burned it, Heath unlocked a long-term quest to train him to make one perfectly.

• Ash asked Heath whether he planned to get a starter Pokémon, and Heath said he had already caught a Pokémon.
• Heath dramatically sent out Farfetch'd, impressing Ash and drawing the attention of nearby passersby.
• Heath gave Farfetch'd a Silver Bottle Cap, maxing out his defense, while Ash eagerly tried to approach the wary Pokémon.
• Farfetch'd watched Heath cook and eagerly took over making a Jianbing Guozi, but burned it into an iron-disc shape.
• Heath unlocked the long-term quest “Pokémon Chef,” which required him to train Farfetch'd to make a perfect Jianbing Guozi independently.

Heath struggled to teach Farfetch'd to cook while catching up with Brock, who was preparing to become Pewter City's Gym Leader. After Brock asked about Heath's plans now that he was debt-free, Heath said he hoped to save enough to open a restaurant.

• Heath scolded Farfetch'd for burning another pancake while teaching them to cook.
• Brock told Heath that his father planned to step down and recommend him as Pewter City's Gym Leader.
• Brock learned that Heath had paid off his debts and asked what he planned to do next; Heath said he might save up to open a restaurant.
• Heath made Brock Egg Fried Rice with a piece of Farfetch'd's leek and charged him ten League Coins for it.
• Brock enjoyed the Egg Fried Rice and considered learning to cook.

Heath served Ma Zhide and his elderly Charizard, earning a Fire Punch TM and reflecting on the Pokémon’s age. A new task appeared for him to serve ten Trainers, and he considered heading to Viridian City Gym.

• Heath received a game-version Full Restore after serving Brock and refused Farfetch'd’s request to cook again.
• Ma Zhide arrived with his elderly Charizard and ordered soft egg fried rice and a tender chicken drumstick for his Pokémon.
• Charizard heated his meal with a burst of flame to show he still had fight, while Ma Zhide scolded him for thinking about battling.
• Heath received a Fire Punch TM after serving Charizard and watched Ma Zhide and his partner leave together.
• Heath saw a task to serve ten Trainers and considered going to Viridian City Gym, where Giovanni was still a Gym Leader.

Heath set up his food cart outside the Viridian City Gym, served trainers, and received a clue about a fast-moving white figure in Viridian Forest. He headed home with Farfetch'd still pestering him to teach it how to make Jianbing Guozi.

• Heath sold food to trainers gathered outside the Viridian City Gym, despite the smell from their Pokémon.
• A confident boy without a Pokémon bought egg fried rice, and Heath later learned the boy was Blue.
• After serving ten trainers, Heath received a clue that someone had seen a white figure running extremely fast in Viridian Forest.
• Heath sold out of food and headed home, puzzled about the clue.
• Farfetch'd kept asking Heath to teach it how to make Jianbing Guozi, and Heath promised to buy it some first.

Heath helped Farfetch'd learn to cook Jianbing Guozi, earning a mysterious GS Ball when the duck made one successfully. Back at the dorm, Heath wondered about a fast white Pokémon rumored to be in Viridian Forest, then reunited with Officer Jenny Feng.

• Heath guided Farfetch'd through cooking and used a TM to teach it Fire Punch, improving its control of the griddle's heat.
• Farfetch'd made a Jianbing Guozi on its own, and Heath received a GS Ball as a special reward.
• Heath returned with Farfetch'd to the Officer Jenny Dormitory Area and found he could not use Sister Feng's computer to investigate the Viridian Forest rumors.
• Heath wondered what fast white Pokémon the clue referred to as evening fell.
• Officer Jenny Feng returned exhausted, hugged Heath, and brought out her Arcanine.

Heath learned that people had reported strange sightings in Viridian Forest and went there to investigate, bringing Farfetch'd with him. After an unnatural fog engulfed the forest, a girl in white emerged from it holding a battered teddy bear.

• Officer Jenny Feng told Heath about reports of doubles appearing in fog and white figures floating over Viridian Forest.
• Officer Jenny Feng examined Heath's sealed GS Ball but could not open it or determine whether it contained a Pokémon.
• Heath finished dinner, exercised, and entered Viridian Forest with Farfetch'd to investigate the strange reports.
• An unnatural, thick fog suddenly blanketed the forest, leaving Heath unable to see the nearby trees.
• A girl in white carrying a battered teddy bear walked out of the fog and stared at Heath strangely.

Heath encountered a mysterious girl in white in Viridian Forest, then was punished by Officer Jenny Feng for going there against her orders. The next morning, he went shopping at Viridian City's market and bought pork, drawing Farfetch'd's eager attention.

• Heath met a strange girl in white who vanished along with the fog, leaving him wondering if she was a ghost or a Pokémon.
• Officer Jenny Feng caught Heath in Viridian Forest and beat him despite his apologies and attempts to enlist Arcanine's help.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Feng whether ghosts existed, but she said the Jenny Family had never encountered any reports of them.
• Heath went to Viridian City's market before dawn, bought ingredients from his regular vendors, and purchased an expensive piece of pork.
• Heath let Farfetch'd out after leaving the market, and Farfetch'd immediately focused on the pork.

Heath began cooking Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu and learned that Farfetch'd’s second cooking task was to make the dish independently. As the aroma drew customers to his stall, the new dish was still cooking.

• Farfetch'd showed interest in the pork Heath was preparing, and a quest appeared requiring Heath to train him to make Red-Braised Pork on his own.
• Heath cooked pork with fried tofu and rice, then taught Farfetch'd by having him watch as Heath made Jianbing Guozi for Mr. Yan Ning.
• Heath and Mr. Yan Ning discussed the day’s starter Pokémon collection and the well-raised Pokémon Professor Oak had supplied to wealthy families.
• Heath posted Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu and rice for sale at 25 League Coins per serving, but told curious customers it was not ready yet.
• The pork’s aroma spread through the busy streets of Viridian City as Heath’s stall attracted more people.

Heath served Cord, an Alakazam who worked at the post office, his new braised pork and fried tofu puffs. Cord and Farfetch'd enjoyed the meal, while Heath received a strange potion and attracted a queue of customers.

• Cord visited Heath's stall on his day off and asked to try Heath's new dish.
• Heath served Cord braised pork with fried tofu puffs and rice, and gave Farfetch'd a portion.
• Cord and Farfetch'd eagerly ate the hot meal and enjoyed its flavors.
• Heath received a Head Enlarger potion for serving Cord, and passersby joined the queue after watching him eat.

Heath’s braised pork sold out quickly, and he planned to teach Farfetch’d to cook it while limiting wasted ingredients. He also learned that Asura of Team Plasma’s Seven Sages had brought something to Kanto to seek cooperation with Team Rocket, while the mysterious girl from Viridian Forest appeared again.

• Heath sold the last servings of braised pork to a boy and his father, then noticed the girl from Viridian Forest in a passing car asking when she could get her Squirtle.
• Heath wondered whether the girl was a Pokémon in disguise or connected to advanced technology, and touched the GS ball he had been carrying.
• Heath read a notification saying he had served Asura of Team Plasma’s Seven Sages and received a clue that Team Plasma had brought something to Kanto to seek cooperation with Team Rocket.
• Heath took Farfetch’d to the market, bought pork, and planned to teach it to make braised pork using small pieces to reduce losses.

Heath taught Farfetch'd to cook, then fed the burned leftovers to a group of stray Pokémon before serving customers in Viridian City. After Giovanni praised Heath’s new dish, he asked what Heath planned to do now that the season for new trainers’ journeys had begun.

• Heath taught Farfetch'd to prepare braised pork, but Farfetch'd burned a pot before eventually making a barely passable serving.
• Heath brought his food cart to Viridian City and fed leftover pork to three Meowth, two Raticate, and a one-eyed Ekans who lived as strays.
• Heath served customers through the lunch rush and watched children set off on their Pokémon journeys.
• Giovanni arrived with Persian, ordered Heath’s braised pork with rice, and praised the dish.
• Giovanni asked Heath what he planned to do during the season when new trainers began their journeys.

Heath considered traveling to discover ingredients for his future restaurant, and a new quest encouraged him to collect each city’s specialty ingredients. Officer Jenny Aya told him Viridian Forest once had a fruit rumored to grant powerful psychic abilities.

• Heath told Giovanni he wanted to earn enough money to open a restaurant, and Giovanni suggested that traveling would help him discover ingredients from different cities.
• Giovanni described Vermilion City’s seafood sashimi, and Heath reflected on how the Indigo League managed Magikarp overpopulation.
• After Giovanni left, Heath counted his earnings and received a quest to collect each town and city’s specialty ingredients and develop suitable cooking methods.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Aya what ingredient was special to Viridian City, and she teased him before answering.
• Officer Jenny Aya recalled a story about the Evergreen Fruit in Viridian Forest, which supposedly gave its eater powerful psychic abilities.

Heath received an Oran Berry from Meowth and wondered whether it could be used in cooking. He then visited Viridian City's Battle Hall, where he recognized the little girl Alice battling with Squirtle.

• Heath learned that the Evergreen Fruit was only found in storybooks and that completing the Viridian City quest seemed impossible.
• Meowth gave Heath an Oran Berry as thanks, and Heath wondered what it would taste like in a dish.
• Heath took Farfetch'd to Viridian City's Battle Hall and left his cart with the security guard in exchange for Egg Fried Rice.
• Heath watched Alice direct Squirtle to defeat an Electivire that was pretending to lose.

Heath watched battles at the arena before returning to his food stall, where Ms. Lori came to celebrate her daughter’s return and buy dinner. Gengar challenged Heath to rock-paper-scissors again, and Heath teased it with another supposed winning guide.

• Heath watched a battle in which a Trainer’s Charizard defeated a Blastoise despite its type disadvantage.
• Heath left the arena and set up his stall for one last round of business before returning to the dorm.
• Ms. Lori arrived, said her daughter had come home, and ordered two servings of red-braised pork and rice to take away.
• Gengar challenged Heath to rock-paper-scissors, lost again, and Heath recorded their score as 127 to 345.
• Heath claimed a book called Rock-Paper-Scissors: The Master's Secret Technique had taught him to win, and Gengar eagerly came out to hear more.

Heath told Officer Jenny Feng he planned to travel as a chef once he had saved enough money, and she offered him a prison catering job to help build his travel fund. After dinner, he discovered Farfetch'd had turned its cooking practice into a pile of coal-like lumps.

• Heath told Officer Jenny Feng he hoped to travel between cities collecting local specialties and expected to leave in a few weeks.
• Officer Jenny Feng offered Heath a job cooking for fifty inmates being transferred from Viridian City Prison to Eternal Summer Island, with an allowance of fifty League Coins per person.
• Officer Jenny Feng warned Heath not to overcharge after Ms. Lori complained about his thousand-League-Coin fee for treating her Gengar.
• Heath cleared away dinner and went to investigate after smelling something strange from the kitchen.
• Heath found Farfetch'd trying to hide hard, coal-like lumps and wondered how it had ruined the red-braised pork recipe he had taught it.

Heath helped Farfetch'd master a perfect serving of Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu and received Golden Perfume. The next morning, Heath prepared five varieties of boxed meals for fifty Viridian City Prison inmates to try to satisfy a new task.

• Heath discovered Farfetch'd had ruined the braised chicken and made him keep practicing Red-Braised Pork.
• Farfetch'd completed a perfect serving of Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu, earning Heath Golden Perfume.
• Heath skipped opening his breakfast stall so he could cook meals for fifty inmates at Viridian City Prison.
• Heath received a task to satisfy the inmates and chose five meal varieties to account for different tastes.
• Heath bought ingredients and prepared all fifty lunch boxes, while Farfetch'd watched eagerly as he finished.