Chapter Summaries

Heath cooked a meal for Old Officer Jenny and Elite Four Lance, who had come to eat and drink together. After receiving payment and a reward for serving Lance, Heath returned to preparing food for the Officer Jennys.

• Old Officer Jenny introduced Elite Four Lance and asked Heath to cook them an ordinary meal with a dish suited to drinking.
• Heath prepared braised meats, tomato and egg stir-fry, Chongqing spicy chicken, stir-fried bok choy, and pea shoot soup.
• Heath served the dishes, and Old Officer Jenny paid him with a 1.3-kilogram piece of Edible Quartz.
• Heath received a bottle of Flying-type Pokémon Coat Conditioner as a reward for serving Lance.
• Heath left Lance and Old Officer Jenny to their meal and returned to preparing lunch for the Officer Jennys.

Heath drove toward a bookstore with Zorua but got stuck in a traffic jam caused by a man threatening to jump from a rooftop. After hearing that the man was facing foreclosure and unemployment, Heath watched as the crowd and rescue workers helped him and Flying-type Pokémon brought him to safety.

• Heath and Zorua set off for the bookstore in the food truck after Heath decided to postpone making edible quartz.
• Heath encountered a traffic jam and saw a desperate man standing on a rooftop while Officer Jennys and firefighters prepared a rescue.
• Mrs. Xiaokang told Heath and the nearby crowd that the man had lost his job and could no longer keep up with his mortgage.
• Heath reflected on the burdens people carried and disapproved of anyone who mocked a person in danger.
• Flying-type Pokémon rescued the man, and Heath felt grateful for how Pokémon helped make the world safer.

Heath left after witnessing a man being saved from despair, then took Zorua to the Indigo League bookstore to buy books. He hid Zorua’s embarrassing fiction purchases from Saya at the self-checkout with Zorua’s illusion.

• Heath reflected that although Pidgeot had saved the man, he did not know whether the man’s troubles would end.
• Heath accompanied Zorua to the bookstore, where Zorua picked out five novels from the fiction section.
• Heath browsed the novels’ absurdly long titles and nearly bought a suggestive book about a Champion girlfriend before putting it back.
• Saya recognized Heath at the checkout and assumed he had bought cookbooks.
• Heath asked Zorua to disguise the novels as cookbooks, then began scanning them while hiding their real titles.

Heath explained to Saya why he had chosen a quieter life serving customers instead of becoming a Trainer, then woke early to begin preparing edible quartz. As he started work, he noticed a shy Mimikyu secretly watching him outside the Food Truck.

• Heath asked Saya why she had become a Trainer, and Saya said she had wanted to travel and thought it sounded fun.
• Saya asked why Heath had not become a Trainer, and Heath said serving customers suited his personality better.
• Heath returned to his dormitory area, went to bed early, and woke at four thirty to prepare the edible quartz.
• Heath found Charmeleon and Snorlax asleep and left them to rest before starting work in the Food Truck's kitchen.
• Heath spotted Mimikyu hiding behind a pillar and considered making breakfast for the timid Pokémon.

Heath made Mimikyu a Jianbing Guozi while boiling Edible Quartz, which he planned to turn into rice noodles for a Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles dish. He drove silently to the vegetable market, leaving Mew confused when it arrived and found the food truck gone.

• Heath used the leftover ingredients to make Mimikyu a Jianbing Guozi with Oran Berry jam, then left it beside Mimikyu’s hiding place.
• Heath planned to shape the cooked Edible Quartz into rice noodles and prepare them like Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles.
• Heath enabled Silent Mode and drove the food truck to the vegetable market using Autopilot.
• Mew arrived at the empty parking lot, discovered Heath’s food truck was gone, knocked over an Officer Jenny’s Motorcycle, and flew off in a huff.

Heath learned that Crab Roe Soup Dumplings had become popular after Cynthia praised them, driving up crab prices and attracting imitators. He prepared pickled vegetable and pork noodles for breakfast, discovering that Mew had joined his usual group of Pokémon waiting to eat.

• Heath noticed that crab prices had risen and learned from Uncle Dali that Crab Roe Soup Dumplings had become popular across the Indigo League.
• Heath discovered that Cynthia had praised the dumplings online, bringing attention to the dish and to places that served it.
• Heath decided to focus on making new foods rather than dwell on others copying his recipes.
• Heath took out his fermented pickled vegetables and planned to make pickled vegetable and pork noodles for breakfast.
• Heath counted six servings and found Mew seated with Zorua, Farfetch'd, Snorlax, and Charmeleon.
• Heath began cooking minced pork with pickled vegetables, salt, and a little sugar.

Heath served mixed noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables, and Mew’s clue suggested that Rayquaza would pass over the Indigo League that day. As Heath prepared to open his food truck and consider using the Ingredient Identifier to attract the Legendary Pokémon, he spotted Kailunya.

• Heath finished cooking breakfast and served bowls of mixed noodles to his Pokémon and Mew.
• Mew vanished after eating, leaving Heath a clue that a green meteor crossed the sky above the Indigo League every seventy-two days.
• Heath learned from Jing that the green meteor was due to appear that day and considered using the Ingredient Identifier to draw Rayquaza’s attention.
• Heath arrived at his usual business spot and saw Kailunya.

Heath watched Kailunya evade suspicion after investigators ruled the fatal fire accidental, while the Officer Jennys remained uneasy about the case. Kailunya received an insurance payout and returned to her ruined home as the investigation closed without evidence against her.

• Heath recalled that Kailunya may have left his food truck before three, but her account, his signed internship sheet, and camera footage gave her an alibi.
• Kailunya asked Heath to make breakfast, and he served her noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables.
• The radio reported that investigators classified the fatal fire as accidental, citing aging gas pipes and suspected faulty wiring.
• Kailunya finished breakfast and returned to her former home, where neighbors and the insurance company were waiting.
• Officer Jenny and her squad discussed the possibility of revenge and questioned the insurance policies, but found no evidence to challenge the accidental-fire ruling.

Heath discovered that Farfetch'd had become popular for cooking Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, and the fame triggered a quest to raise Farfetch'd's popularity above 100,000. A food program arrived to film Farfetch'd at work, giving Heath a chance to boost that popularity.

• Heath sold out of Farfetch'd's Crab Roe Soup Dumplings during the morning rush and ordered more crabs from Uncle Dali.
• Heath told Farfetch'd that he had become a famous duck, and Farfetch'd's popularity score rapidly climbed past 20,000 as a quest appeared.
• A reporter from Quartz Gourmet Trendsetter arrived to interview Heath about the restaurant's popular dumplings.
• Heath introduced Farfetch'd as his kitchen assistant, and the reporter and Machoke filmed Farfetch'd making Crab Roe Soup Dumplings.
• Heath learned that Farfetch'd was an unusual Pokémon chef because Farfetch'd had once been eaten into becoming a Protected Pokémon, and he expected the quest to be easy to complete.

Heath finished preparing edible quartz for Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles while Farfetch'd’s televised dumpling appearance completed its popularity quest and earned Heath the Supreme Roast Duck recipe. After discovering the recipe’s remarkable claim about its value, Heath stored it away and returned to his noodles.

• Heath sold out of Farfetch'd’s Crab Roe Soup Dumplings and drove to the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area to prepare edible quartz.
• Heath cooked and shaped the quartz into rice noodles while Farfetch'd rested after a tiring day making and selling dumplings.
• Zorua watched Farfetch'd appear on “Indigo Food Trends Guide,” and the broadcast brought the dumplings renewed attention.
• Heath’s quest completed, rewarding him with the Supreme Roast Duck recipe, which he found more detailed than his own method.
• Heath read the recipe’s claim that one roast duck could be worth several homes, memorized it, and put it away before returning to the edible quartz.

Heath prepared a Pokémon-world version of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles and tasted it himself, then tried to recruit Mimikyu as a customer. Mimikyu fled when Old Officer Jenny arrived, leaving Heath to go meet her.

• Heath reflected that good Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles depended on hot broth rather than expensive ingredients.
• Heath made the dish with broth, raw and cooked meats, vegetables, and edible quartz, then tasted it and enjoyed the result.
• Heath spotted the shy Mimikyu hiding behind a pillar and decided to ask it to try the dish as a customer.
• Mimikyu slowly emerged while Heath reassured it and explained that it could pay with something it had.
• Mimikyu shuddered and escaped into a pipe when Old Officer Jenny arrived, and Heath said he would come up to meet her.

Heath served Old Officer Jenny Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles made with edible quartz as she asked about his plans to leave the Indigo League. After she tasted the dish, Heath completed the specialty ingredient quest and received Dialga’s Pressure Cooker, which could speed up cooking by changing the flow of time inside it.

• Heath priced a serving of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles at 108 League Coins, and Old Officer Jenny paid to try it.
• As the broth cooked the meat, Old Officer Jenny recalled a prisoner whose raw-meat habit had led to a fatal parasitic infection called rice-person meat.
• Old Officer Jenny guessed that Heath planned to leave the Indigo League, and Heath admitted he wanted to explore other towns.
• Heath told Old Officer Jenny to add the edible quartz, then served the dish once it was ready.
• After Old Officer Jenny began eating, Heath completed the Indigo League specialty ingredient quest and received Dialga’s Pressure Cooker, which made time pass faster inside it.

Heath learned that his new pressure cooker had mysteriously cooked radish and pork rib soup, while Dialga discovered that the cooker had vanished from his kitchen on Mt. Coronet. Heath tasted the soup and decided to save it for Snorlax as a late-night snack.

• Old Officer Jenny praised Heath's Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles and reminded him to tell her before he left so she could arrange the cafeteria.
• Heath told Old Officer Jenny that he planned to go to Pallet Town and meet Professor Oak.
• Heath found that his new pressure cooker was warm and discovered radish and pork rib soup cooking inside it.
• Dialga cooked radish and pork rib soup on Mt. Coronet using his time-accelerating pressure cooker, then saw the cooker disappear.
• Heath tasted the soup, found it decent but unusually numbing, and decided to give it to Snorlax.

Heath went to bed after finishing his business at the Indigo League, while Zorua sneaked out later to play games. When she finally stopped at three-thirty in the morning, strange lights and an eerie figure appeared, leaving her panicked beside the bedroom door.

• Heath went to bed with Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmeleon after thinking about his remaining work at the Indigo League and the unresolved suspicions surrounding Kailunya.
• After Heath fell asleep, Zorua sneaked out and played Elden Soul II on the PlayStation 5.
• Zorua kept extending her gaming session until three-thirty in the morning, then turned everything off and prepared to return to bed.
• The light flickered and the bathroom door opened, frightening Zorua as she remembered the horror game she had played.
• Zorua saw a black figure emerge from the bathroom and rush toward the bedroom, only to discover it crouching beside her as she tried to open the door.

Heath scared Zorua into stopping her late-night gaming and received a strange item that could direct parents’ blame at any target. The next morning, he got his Pokémon ready and planned supplies and furniture for a trip to Pallet Town.

• Heath caught Zorua gaming late at night and frightened her by making the lights flicker and the bathroom door open.
• Zorua fled to bed, completing Heath’s quest and earning him the Bad Parent Blamer, a one-use megaphone that could assign parents’ blame to any object or concept.
• The next morning, Heath teased sleepy Zorua into getting up by threatening to leave her behind.
• Heath took Zorua and Farfetch'd into the living room, where Charmeleon exercised, and told Charmeleon to wake Snorlax.
• Heath saw Mew calmly brushing her teeth and planned to buy ingredients, seasonings, supplies, and furniture before going to Pallet Town.

Heath remembered missing his chance to inspect Rayquaza, but soon spotted her green meteor and used the Ingredient Identifier to examine her. Rayquaza descended to confront him, and Heath offered to cook for her.

• Heath realized he had forgotten to watch for Rayquaza the previous day and worried he would have to wait for her next pass.
• Heath watched Mew try unsuccessfully to open his pickle jar while Farfetch'd chatted with it.
• Heath spotted a green meteor and used the Ingredient Identifier, which identified it as Rayquaza and described her meat and tough skin.
• Rayquaza descended toward Heath's food truck and transformed into a green-haired woman in front of him.
• Rayquaza warned Heath not to inspect her with his device again, and Heath apologized and asked what she would like to eat.

Heath used Hoopa's Golden Ring to obtain an iron-rich meteorite for Rayquaza, who had explained that she loved eating them. The meteorite came from Deoxys's stock, and the chapter ended with Rayquaza eagerly asking Heath to hand it over.

• Rayquaza told Heath that she ate meteorites and preferred crunchy ones rich in iron.
• Heath took out Hoopa's Golden Ring and reached through it to retrieve the meteorite Rayquaza wanted.
• Deoxys, whose online shop sold meteorites and custom meteor showers, saw a hand steal its treasured iron meteorite and prepared to attack.
• A muscular man dressed as a maid seized Deoxys's hands before it could strike.
• Heath pulled out the heavy meteorite, and Rayquaza reacted to its scent by blushing and urging him to give it to her.

Heath fed Rayquaza an Iron Meteorite and received a valuable-looking stone in return, then considered selling it to Steven. He also received and drank a Dynamic Vision Enhancement Potion, though he noticed no immediate change.

• Rayquaza eagerly ate Heath’s Iron Meteorite and licked the remaining crumbs from his hand.
• Rayquaza gave Heath a colorful stone as payment, and Heath decided to message Steven about buying it.
• Heath received a Dynamic Vision Enhancement Potion and read that it could improve dynamic vision.
• Heath drank the potion and found that nothing seemed to have changed.

Heath made Lanzhou Beef Noodles for breakfast, and Mew fled when Kailunya arrived. Kailunya told Heath that a fire had broken out at her home after she returned, leaving him concerned about her and her adoptive family.

• Heath kneaded and pulled noodles for Lanzhou Beef Noodles while Mew watched him cook.
• Heath served breakfast to his Pokémon, but Mew suddenly took his bowl and chopsticks and vanished when Kailunya arrived.
• Kailunya ordered noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables, and Heath asked what she had done after leaving earlier.
• Kailunya said she had gone home and a fire had broken out there, though she spoke with a smile.

Heath suspected Kailunya had murdered her adoptive parents, and Officer Jenny Mo confronted Kailunya over breakfast while recording her. Mo left without making an arrest, warning Kailunya that she would be watching her.

• Heath served Kailunya breakfast, and she happily ate noodles with stir-fried pork and pickled vegetables and a soft-yolked fried egg.
• Officer Jenny Mo arrived, ordered Kailunya’s meal, and sat beside her.
• Mo told Kailunya that she had evidence of a criminal mastermind’s actions but lacked the crucial piece, while Kailunya acted as though she did not understand.
• Mo stopped recording, warned Kailunya that she would be watching her, and left.