Chapter Summaries

Heath’s crab roe soup dumplings drew a huge crowd, while he prepared to leave the Indigo League for Pallet Town. After Jessie and Morty learned of his plans, Heath continued serving customers as his business thrived.

• Kailunya and Officer Jenny Mo left, and Heath kept serving customers as Farfetch'd helped sell the popular crab roe soup dumplings.
• Jessie praised the busy business and told Heath she was leaving the next day; Heath said he planned to head to Pallet Town after closing that afternoon.
• Jessie remarked that Pallet Town had little to attract visitors besides Professor Oak, then left to avoid blocking the customers.
• Heath greeted Mr. Morty, who asked whether he was leaving the Indigo League, and Heath confirmed he would travel to Pallet Town and do business there.
• Morty wondered why Heath would leave while his dumplings were so popular, but Heath expected the excitement to fade after a week or so.

Heath finished his busy run in the Indigo League and prepared to travel to Pallet Town, buying supplies for the journey. After he left, Old Officer Jenny continued discussing Kailunya with Officer Jenny Mo.

• Heath worked through the rush at Farfetch'd's station, but ran out of crab roe soup dumplings despite preparing extra.
• Heath bought furniture, supplies, a sleeping mat for Snorlax, and a combined human-and-Pokémon first-aid kit.
• Heath messaged Old Officer Jenny, left the Indigo League, and set off toward Pallet Town by way of Viridian City with a gift for Sister Feng and the others.
• Old Officer Jenny read Heath's message, then asked Officer Jenny Mo what she planned to do about Kailunya.

Heath returned to Viridian City and surprised the Officer Jennys by making them breakfast at their dormitory. Officer Jenny Aya recognized him and announced his return to the cafeteria, while Officer Jenny Ling watched from her post.

• Heath arrived in Viridian City and took Farfetch'd and Zorua with him to the Vegetable Market to buy ingredients.
• Heath greeted Officer Jenny Ling, then went to the dormitory kitchen and took over breakfast preparations with Farfetch'd and Charmeleon.
• The Officer Jennys arrived for breakfast, and Officer Jenny Aya failed to recognize Heath behind his sanitary cap and mask.
• Heath answered Officer Jenny Aya's familiar questions with their old dumpling exchange, prompting her to recognize him.
• Officer Jenny Aya removed Heath's cap and mask, lifted him up, and announced to the cafeteria that he had returned.

Heath reunited with Officer Jenny Feng in Viridian City, where she persuaded him to stay for three days and gave him the deed to a house his parents had owned in Lavender Town. He planned to inspect and sell the house, then return to Viridian City, and set out with Farfetch'd to reopen his food truck.

• Officer Jenny Feng made Heath agree to stay in Viridian City for three days and reminded him to save money after accepting his gift.
• Officer Jenny Feng asked whether Heath remembered his parents, and he said he did not.
• Officer Jenny Feng gave Heath the deed and keys to his parents' house in Lavender Town and told him to pay its overdue utility bills.
• Heath said he would inspect the house, sell it, and return to Viridian City, which pleased Officer Jenny Feng.
• Heath helped clear the cafeteria dishes, then drove his food truck with Farfetch'd to serve his Viridian City customers.

Heath returned to his Viridian City food stall, where Mr. Fujiyama coached Charmeleon and demonstrated that he could use Karate Chop himself. Heath then triggered a quest that could let him learn a Pokémon move after feeding four legendary Pokémon.

• Heath greeted Mr. Fujiyama, who had returned from his workout with Machamp.
• Heath brought out Charmeleon, and Mr. Fujiyama praised his muscles and offered to guide his training.
• Mr. Fujiyama ordered salad and chicken breast, then explained Charmeleon's workout and split a rock with Karate Chop.
• Heath wondered whether humans could learn Pokémon moves and triggered the special quest I'm Done Being Human.
• Heath discovered that satisfying four legendary Pokémon with his food would let him randomly draw a Pokémon move and gain proficiency in it.

Heath learned that Viridian City would host an anime convention and heard gossip blaming Team Rocket for setting fire to its original venue, while Giovanni listened without revealing his identity. He also learned that Young Adams’s Bounsweet had evolved into Tsareena remarkably quickly, leaving Old Adams mysteriously unhappy.

• Heath told Mr. Fujiyama that he planned to stay in Viridian City for three days before heading to Pallet Town.
• Mr. Fujiyama told Heath that an anime convention had been moved to Viridian City after a fire in Pewter City, and Zorua eagerly listened in.
• Mr. Fujiyama repeated a rumor that Team Rocket had set the fire, and Giovanni overheard the conversation while out running.
• Giovanni ordered a Jianbing Guozi from Heath and chatted with Mr. Fujiyama.
• Heath heard that Young Adams’s Bounsweet had evolved into Tsareena at astonishing speed, while Old Adams reacted badly to praise of his son.

Heath served a busy morning crowd in Viridian City, including Giovanni and Miss Fang Yu, while considering what to teach Farfetch'd to cook. After business slowed, he took out [Snow That Can Sate Hunger in Memories] to recreate the flavor of Goubuli Steamed Buns.

• Heath served Giovanni a jianbing guozi and wondered whether an item might someday change Giovanni's thinking.
• Farfetch'd sold crab roe soup dumplings quickly, and Heath decided to teach him several common kinds of buns.
• Miss Fang Yu ordered pickled vegetables pork fried rice with a fried egg and milk tea, then hurried away after paying.
• Heath served the morning rush until customers dwindled as the workday began.
• Heath took [Snow That Can Sate Hunger in Memories] from the freezer to recreate the flavor of Goubuli Steamed Buns.

Heath used the Snow That Can Sate Hunger in Memories to make a Goubuli steamed bun and discovered that its broth had an unusual bitter note followed by a sweet aftertaste. Zorua ate the broth and bun, and Heath was left considering how the flavors were produced.

• Heath shaped snow into dough and filling after naming the food he wanted to make, then wrapped it into a Goubuli steamed bun.
• The snow bun transformed into a hot, ordinary-looking steamed bun, and Heath tasted its broth and identified several filling ingredients.
• Zorua followed the aroma to the spilled broth and licked it off the floor, prompting Heath to taste the broth himself.
• Zorua drank the remaining broth before Heath could examine it again and said it began slightly bitter before turning sweet.
• Heath gave Zorua a piece of the bun, and she confirmed that both the bitterness and sweet aftertaste were subtle, especially compared with the broth.

Heath served Mr. Cord pork stir-fried with pickled vegetables and continued investigating the secret broth in the Goubuli Steamed Bun. Meanwhile, Deoxys learned that Dialga had also been robbed, and Dialga had found a clue.

• Heath finished the Goubuli Steamed Bun and considered whether Phyllanthus emblica or another ingredient explained its broth's bitter-then-sweet taste.
• Mr. Cord visited Heath, ordered pork stir-fried with pickled vegetables over rice, and bought some of Heath's homemade pickled vegetables.
• Deoxys spoke with Dialga, who told him that his Pressure Cooker had been stolen.
• Deoxys said his case differed because he had seen the ring appear, while Dialga had found a clue.

Heath served Mr. Cord a rice bowl with pickled vegetables and minced meat, then met Dialga and Deoxys at his food truck. Dialga abandoned his attempt to grab Heath after sensing a powerful presence behind him and instead asked Heath to cook with a slab of fat.

• Heath sneezed, and Mr. Cord used Heal Pulse on him.
• Heath served Mr. Cord a rice bowl, which Mr. Cord praised before leaving with pickled vegetables.
• Heath worried that he still needed four legendary Pokémon to express satisfaction and might draw an undesirable move as his mission reward.
• Dialga approached Heath with Deoxys, but a powerful presence behind Heath frightened Dialga and made him lower his hand.
• Dialga gave Heath a slab of fat and asked what he could make with it, and Heath began preparing to cook.

Heath made Pocket Meat from Dialga’s prized slab of pork fat and served it to Dialga and Deoxys. He discovered their identities and received two strange rewards, while Dialga approved of his cooking despite reluctantly parting with its pressure cooker.

• Heath inspected the pork fat and prepared two portions of Pocket Meat, taking care to clean his steamer afterward.
• Heath received a lifespan-extending bottle called A Little Time and a Cosmic Virus after serving Dialga and Deoxys, and realized his customers were Legendary Pokémon.
• Heath considered the rewards’ effects and judged A Little Time more valuable than the virus that could trigger a Pokémon’s evolution.
• Dialga said the Pocket Meat tasted good and urged Heath to keep cooking well before leaving with Deoxys.

Heath wondered how to use Hoopa’s Golden Ring to get rich before Officer Jenny Feng told him that Ma Zhide had found new work at Pokémon Tower and was doing better. Heath planned to visit Lavender Town after Pallet Town, then welcomed his regular customer Asaki to his food truck.

• Dialga yelled at Heath and left with a dark expression, leaving Heath unsure which Legendary Pokémon had disliked his pocket meat.
• Heath considered using Hoopa’s Golden Ring to steal money and valuables, but set the idea aside when Officer Jenny Feng approached him.
• Officer Jenny Feng told Heath that Ma Zhide had become a vigil keeper at Pokémon Tower and that his health had improved.
• Heath decided to visit Lavender Town after Pallet Town and look into its rumored legend.
• Asaki arrived at Heath’s food truck, marveling at the new dishes on offer.

Heath reunited with Meowth, Ekans, and the other Pokémon, then discovered that a Mimikyu had secretly ridden beneath his food truck from the Indigo League. Mimikyu was searching for its lost trainer, and Heath decided to try helping despite having almost no clues.

• Heath recommended a sour rice bowl for Asaki and served it before greeting Meowth, Ekans, and the others hiding near his food truck.
• Ekans spotted a Mimikyu trembling behind one of the truck’s tires, and Heath realized it had followed him from the Indigo League.
• Heath offered Mimikyu a chance to become his partner, but Zorua explained that Mimikyu already had an owner and wanted Heath to help find him.
• Mimikyu remembered only that its trainer was a gentle man, so Heath could not use Hoopa’s Golden Ring to locate him.
• Heath considered consulting his Magic Conch to help Mimikyu find its trainer.

Heath failed to learn who Mimikyu's Trainer was and let Mimikyu stay beneath his food truck. After finishing work, he headed back to the Officer Jennys' dormitory, worried about how Officer Jenny Feng had managed without him.

• Heath asked the Magic Conch who Mimikyu's Trainer was, but it gave no answer, and Mimikyu stayed beneath the food truck.
• Asaki asked Heath whether she should dye her hair blonde, and he advised her to keep her current black hair.
• Heath considered the Trainers who would soon arrive in Viridian City and recalled the Pokémon League's flexible Gym challenge rules.
• Heath closed his food truck early and returned to the Officer Jennys' dormitory, hoping Officer Jenny Feng had kept it reasonably clean.

Heath returned to his dormitory, cleaned up the mess with his Pokémon, and discovered that Sister Feng had kept his bedroom spotless. After learning that Mimikyu was inedible, he fed the shy Pokémon and gained a small measure of its trust before serving dinner to the Officer Jennys.

• Heath returned to the dormitory and used his Pokémon to clean up the clutter and garbage.
• Heath found that Sister Feng had cleaned his bedroom and felt grateful for her kindness.
• Heath used the Ingredient Identifier on Mimikyu and learned that Ghost Pokémon like it were inedible and its cloth covering could serve as a rag.
• Heath prepared beef curry rice for Mimikyu and found it hiding beneath his Food Truck.
• Mimikyu ate the meal, brought its bowl and utensils to Heath, then fled when he tried to pet it.
• Heath returned to the cafeteria as the Officer Jennys arrived for dinner.

Heath learned that Sister Feng had arranged two cooking jobs for him: a condemned inmate’s last meal and lunch for about seventy-two psychiatric hospital patients. He returned to the dorm and reunited with Sister Feng and Old Wind, while Farfetch'd was knocked over by Old Wind’s wagging tail.

• Sister Feng asked Heath to cook oyakodon for an inmate sentenced to death.
• Sister Feng asked Heath to make lunch for about seventy-two patients at the psychiatric hospital the next day.
• Heath agreed to both jobs and planned to visit the hospital before taking his Pokémon to the Anime Convention.
• Heath returned to the dorm, where Sister Feng was relaxing on the couch and Old Wind greeted him enthusiastically.
• Old Wind knocked Farfetch'd over with his wagging tail.

Heath slept soundly in his dorm and prepared for a day of cooking at Guchiyan Mental Hospital and a prison. At the vegetable market, he met Giovanni, who was buying wild mushrooms, and Giovanni examined a brightly colored mushroom.

• Heath woke after a dreamless night, left Charmeleon and the others in their Poké Balls, and planned to visit the mental hospital and prison.
• Zorua eagerly offered to help Heath so they could go to an anime convention after his tasks.
• Heath drove to Viridian City's vegetable market to buy ingredients and ran into Giovanni.
• Giovanni explained his early visit by pointing out the market's opening time in a newspaper about an Indigo League referendum on installing cameras in major urban districts.
• Giovanni crouched to inspect an oddly shaped, brightly colored wild mushroom.

Heath took Giovanni to the Vegetable Market and learned that Zorua found Luxury Balls far more comfortable than ordinary Poké Balls. He drove to Guchiyan Mental Hospital, where he planned to cook and meet his customers, and arrived at its guarded entrance.

• Giovanni bought wild mushrooms at the Vegetable Market while Heath watched.
• Heath made soy milk and fried dough sticks for his Pokémon and told them they would need to stay in their Poké Balls at Guchiyan Mental Hospital.
• Zorua explained that ordinary Poké Balls contained only a tiny room and said a Luxury Ball she had once used contained a villa.
• Heath drove to Guchiyan Mental Hospital and prepared to answer the guards' questions before going inside.

Heath arrived at Guchiyan Mental Hospital to prepare meals tailored to its patients, meeting several residents with different conditions and tastes. After surveying them, he returned to the kitchen and assigned his assistants to help prepare individual meals.

• The head of the Logistics Department welcomed Heath and guided him through Guchiyan Mental Hospital while explaining its routines and safety precautions.
• Heath met a woman with depression who liked spicy food and learned she was kept under close supervision because she might attempt suicide.
• Heath saw a violent patient slam his head against an observation window and learned staff used special meal slots to deliver his food.
• The department head showed Heath a seemingly ordinary man with at least seven personalities, who liked sweet and sour flavors and disliked bitterness.
• Heath returned to the kitchen, planned a separate meal for each patient, and began assigning tasks to the kitchen assistants.

Heath cooked individualized meals for the patients at Guchiyan Mental Hospital, then sold the hospital his recipes before preparing to visit a prison in Viridian City. He learned the logistics chief had arranged to pay extra for the recipes in exchange for a private kickback.

• A young cook asked why Heath had assigned veteran cook Old Song to wash pans, and the head chef explained that Heath wanted to prevent flavors from carrying over between dishes.
• The head chef watched Heath prepare separate meals for each patient and recalled Old Song’s history of shirking work and taking an excessive kickback on ingredient purchases.
• The logistics chief thanked Heath after the patients enjoyed their meals and asked to buy his recipes.
• Heath agreed to sell the recipes for five hundred League Coins each, then signed a contract after the logistics chief offered one thousand per recipe with a forty-percent private kickback.
• Heath planned to visit the prison in Viridian City, where a special customer awaited him, and wondered about the prisoner’s unpublicized death sentence.