Chapter Summaries

Heath delivered Beijing roast duck and other meals to Viridian City Prison, completing a quest that rewarded him with a clue about the mysterious Pokémon in Viridian Forest. He planned to investigate the Pokémon using the clue and Golden Perfume, then considered trying his new Ingredient Identifier on Farfetch'd.

• Farfetch'd excitedly chose the Beijing roast duck, and Heath promised to buy more ducks so it could practice making the dish.
• Heath delivered the lunch boxes to Viridian City Prison, where staff inspected and accepted them but did not let him enter.
• Heath heard that the League had sent Lookers to search Viridian Forest for a powerful, possibly ghostly Pokémon, but they had found nothing.
• Heath completed the delivery quest and learned that forty-three prisoners had been satisfied with his food.
• Heath used his targeted clue reward on Viridian Forest and learned that the female Pokémon liked sweet-and-sour flavors and should not be approached with Poké Balls.
• Heath received an Ingredient Identifier and decided to test it on Farfetch'd.

Heath trained Farfetch'd to make Beijing Roast Duck, but Farfetch'd damaged its leek and agreed to take Heath to find a replacement in Viridian Forest. After getting Officer Jenny Feng's reluctant permission to enter, Heath followed Farfetch'd into the forest, where they encountered a little girl holding a teddy bear.

• Heath used the Ingredient Identifier on Farfetch'd and then taught it to prepare Beijing Roast Duck.
• Farfetch'd accidentally chipped its leek while cooking and agreed to lead Heath to find another one.
• Heath packed Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs, concealed his Poké Ball, and followed Farfetch'd toward Viridian Forest.
• Officer Jenny Feng let Heath enter the forest after seeing Farfetch'd's damaged leek and gave him a communication device.
• Heath followed Farfetch'd through Viridian Forest until they stopped before a little girl holding a teddy bear.

Heath confronted the disguised Pokémon causing trouble near Viridian City and discovered she was a Shiny Zorua. After warning her that the League was searching for her, he left sweet-and-sour ribs behind and departed with Farfetch'd.

• Heath recognized the little girl from Viridian Forest and tempted her with sweet-and-sour ribs.
• Heath tricked the girl into revealing she was not human by claiming she had been training with Charmander instead of Squirtle.
• Heath warned that the League was searching for her, and she transformed into a Caterpie to hide.
• The Caterpie revealed herself as a Zorua and accused Heath of being a bad guy when he mentioned Team Plasma.
• Zorua attacked Farfetch'd, but the Dark-type move had no effect, and Heath left ribs for her before departing.

Heath searched with Farfetch'd for a leek and received a Zorua-only Night Daze Technical Machine. Farfetch'd won a leek in battle, and Heath collected seeds so he could grow more for it.

• Heath left Zorua alone and went with Farfetch'd to look for a leek, then received a Night Daze Technical Machine restricted to Zorua.
• Farfetch'd found leek-like plants by a lake, where another Farfetch'd appeared holding a leek.
• The opposing Farfetch'd attacked with Brave Bird, but Heath ordered his Farfetch'd to use Fire Punch twice.
• The other Farfetch'd dropped its leek and fled, and Heath's Farfetch'd claimed it.
• Heath collected leek seeds by the lake and recalled that some Farfetch'd could evolve into Sirfetch'd.

Heath returned from Viridian Forest with Farfetch'd and accepted Giovanni’s invitation to cook at his home, where he met Sabrina, Saffron City’s new Gym Leader. As Giovanni and Sabrina went to the living room, Heath began preparing a meal with Farfetch'd’s help.

• Heath returned to Viridian City with Farfetch'd after failing to find Zorua in Viridian Forest.
• Giovanni invited Heath to cook at his home and introduced him to Sabrina, the new Gym Leader in Saffron City.
• Heath followed Giovanni and Sabrina to Giovanni’s house and found its kitchen fully stocked with ingredients and cooking equipment.
• Giovanni told Heath to use whatever ingredients he needed, then took Sabrina to the living room.
• Heath chose what to cook and let Farfetch'd out to help him.

Heath had Farfetch'd prepare the tofu for Wensi Tofu and cooked dinner for Giovanni and Sabrina. After Giovanni paid him generously, Heath promised the still-disgruntled Farfetch'd two ducks to practice cooking.

• Heath asked Farfetch'd to shape a bamboo knife and test his skill cutting tofu into fine, unbroken strands.
• Farfetch'd successfully cut the tofu, and Heath prepared Wensi Tofu and several other dishes for Giovanni and Sabrina.
• Heath introduced the meal, explained that Farfetch'd had helped cook, and Giovanni laughed at how Heath's Pokémon assisted his culinary pursuits.
• Giovanni paid Heath a thousand League Coins, bringing him closer to his travel savings goal.
• Heath explained why Farfetch'd had not helped make the roast duck and agreed to buy him two ducks to practice with.

Heath learned that a wealthy local family's Charmander had run away, prompting a citywide search, then went to Viridian Forest hoping to find Zorua. There, he mistook a sleeping traveler for Zorua, but the old man left before Heath could identify him.

• Officer Jenny Feng questioned Heath about the many roast ducks, and he explained that he had taught Farfetch'd to cook.
• Heath asked why people were searching Viridian City, and Officer Jenny Feng said a supermarket owner's Charmander had run away.
• Heath ate dinner with Officer Jenny Feng, then took sweet and sour pork ribs to Viridian Forest to look for Zorua.
• Heath found an old man asleep in the grass and offered him food, but the traveler declined and walked away.

Heath discovered that Asura, a member of Team Plasma, had come to reclaim Zorua and fought to protect it. Officer Jenny Feng arrived just as Asura gained the upper hand, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Heath found Zorua hiding as a Caterpie and learned that an old man had captured it.
• Asura revealed himself with Cofagrigus and Xatu, and Zorua refused to return to him.
• Asura used a device to cancel Zorua's illusion, while Heath ordered Farfetch'd to attack Cofagrigus.
• Farfetch'd caught Cofagrigus off guard with repeated Fire Punches, while Zorua battled Xatu.
• Officer Jenny Feng arrived on Arcanine, and Heath called out that Asura was a bad guy.

Heath helped Zorua escape Asura and brought the injured Pokémon back to his dorm, where he treated its wound. He asked Zorua to travel with him and discover delicious food together.

• Officer Jenny Feng arrived as Asura escaped on Xatu, and Heath hid Zorua's identity.
• Heath claimed the black-furred Pokémon had fled and took the disguised Zorua back to the dorm with Officer Jenny Feng's Potion.
• Zorua revealed that Asura had captured it after it wandered away from the Zoroark who cared for it.
• Zorua explained that it had copied a little girl simply because it thought she was pretty.
• Heath invited Zorua to travel with him and discover delicious food.

Heath welcomed Zorua as his partner after she agreed to travel with him, then discovered she could use illusions to take human form with her ears and tail. The chapter ended with Zorua transforming beside Heath on his bed, leaving him flustered.

• Zorua accepted Heath as her partner and sealed their pact by placing her paw on his hand.
• Heath learned Zorua was female and that she could only convincingly imitate creatures she had seen.
• Heath asked Zorua to transform into a little girl with her ears and tail, and she did so.
• Officer Jenny Feng walked in, mistook the scene for something improper, and believed Heath's explanation after Zorua demonstrated her illusion.
• Heath took Zorua back to his room, lay down beside her, and watched her transform into a little girl next to him.

Heath struggled to manage Zorua’s chatter and illusions while preparing for another day running his breakfast stall. After a late night and a chaotic morning routine, he set off with Zorua and Farfetch'd, though Zorua refused to enter a Poké Ball.

• Heath asked Zorua to stop posing as a little girl, but she ignored him until Farfetch'd threatened to knock her off the bed with his leek.
• Zorua and Farfetch'd stayed up chatting, keeping Heath awake until after one in the morning.
• Heath woke them both, then made Zorua and Farfetch'd wash up and brush their teeth before getting ready to open the stall.
• Farfetch'd and Zorua took care of their bathroom needs while Heath finished preparing his pushcart.
• Heath set off for the stall with Zorua and Farfetch'd, but Zorua refused to go into a Poké Ball.

Heath set up his breakfast cart in Viridian City with Zorua disguised as a Caterpie, then served Mr. Fujiyama, the muscular head of the Muscle Association. After receiving payment for Mr. Fujiyama’s enormous breakfast, Heath looked forward to the day’s customers.

• Heath worried that Zorua would attract attention, so she transformed into a Caterpie and rode on his shoulder.
• Heath met Mr. Fujiyama and his female Machamp during their early-morning workout and declined an invitation to join the Muscle Association.
• Zorua marveled at Mr. Fujiyama’s strength, while Heath said the stone block he lifted seemed light.
• Farfetch'd sliced chicken for Heath, whose leek gave food a noticeable onion flavor.
• Heath served Mr. Fujiyama his usual large breakfast and accepted one hundred League Coins.

Heath served Zorua breakfast and discovered that his magnifying glass could identify her despite her illusion. Sabrina arrived at his stall, bought a meal, and asked him to teach her how to make Giovanni happy.

• Heath found a toolbox of muscle-training equipment in his food cart after serving Mr. Fujiyama.
• Heath made sweet-and-sour Jianbing Guozi for Zorua and used his Ingredient Identifier on her, confirming it could see through her illusion.
• Sabrina came to Heath's stall and waited while he cooked Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu and rice.
• Sabrina paid Heath with a thick stack of League Coins and asked him to teach her how to make Giovanni happy.

Sabrina asked Heath to teach her how to make Giovanni happy, and his advice about winning a man's heart through his stomach sent her away pleased. Heath counted his earnings, received Persuasion Gum, and shared leftover roast duck with the stray Pokémon in Viridian City.

• Sabrina asked Heath how to make Giovanni happy, and Heath told her that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach.
• Sabrina paid Heath and left with her food, while Heath received two pieces of Persuasion Gum for serving her.
• Heath counted nearly ten thousand League Coins and learned that Farfetch'd was saving up to buy a duck.
• Heath met Meowth, who watched Caterpie warily, and offered leftover Beijing Roast Duck to Meowth, Ekans, and Rattata.

Heath learned from Zorua that Ekans had sensed an unknown intruder in its territory and took the warning seriously. Later, he served Old Ma Zhide and Charizard his new dish, and Ma Zhide began reminiscing about Charizard’s embarrassing past.

• Ekans warned Heath about an outsider in the Pokémon’s territory, and Zorua translated that it smelled something like evaporating sweat.
• Heath accepted Ekans’s warning but did not learn what the intruder was.
• Old Ma Zhide arrived with Charizard and ordered two portions of Heath’s Red-Braised Pork with Fried Tofu over rice.
• Charizard eyed the Caterpie on Heath’s shoulder, but Old Ma Zhide stopped it and teased it about once being chased by a Caterpie.
• Ma Zhide started recounting how he and Charizard had trained in Viridian Forest when Charizard was still a Charmander.

Heath watched Farfetch'd improve its cooking and was rewarded when it made a roast duck good enough to sell. Meanwhile, Sabrina tried to cook for Giovanni, and the chapter left Heath wondering how to obtain his new Mobile Kitchen Prototype I.

• Old Ma Zhide left Heath's food stall with Charizard after recounting Charizard's embarrassing past, and Heath explained that its old age came from accumulated injuries and depleted vitality.
• Heath decided to let Farfetch'd keep practicing heat control instead of relying on a fixed cooking time for roast duck.
• Sabrina served Giovanni cucumber and egg soup, and he praised it before ordering her back to Saffron City to gather intelligence.
• After Sabrina left, Giovanni grimaced over the salty soup and wondered why she had insisted on cooking for him.
• Farfetch'd made a roast duck that Heath considered good enough to sell, earning him Mobile Kitchen Prototype I and leaving him unsure how to collect it.

Heath discovered that his new experimental food truck could expand into a fully equipped kitchen, then used its mysterious plausibility feature to obtain an official prize truck. Officer Jenny Aya prepared to teach him to drive after learning he had no license.

• Heath sold all of his roast duck special during the lunchtime rush and realized Farfetch'd could help with cooking on future trips.
• Heath activated the miniature food truck, which expanded into an RV-sized kitchen equipped with extensive cooking equipment and storage.
• Heath pressed the truck's [Make plausible] button, causing the truck to vanish, and then received a call from Silph Co. saying he had won a Mobile Food Truck Experimental Type I.
• Heath received the official food truck before the evening meal, and a Viridian City reporter interviewed him about the prize.
• Officer Jenny Feng discovered that Heath had no driver's license and asked Officer Jenny Aya to teach him how to drive.

Heath prepared a barbecue party for the Officer Jennys, with Farfetch'd helping cut meat and Zorua watching and asking questions. He served the first pork skewers to his Pokémon companions and continued preparing lamb for the party.

• The Officer Jennys set up a barbecue party around Heath's food truck and brought ingredients from the cafeteria.
• Heath enlisted Farfetch'd to slice pork and lamb while he prepared seasonings and skewered pork with alternating fat and lean meat.
• Heath grilled the pork over charcoal, seasoned it with his special blend, and divided the cooked skewers among the Officer Jennys' tables.
• Heath gave Zorua and Farfetch'd a pork skewer each, then returned to preparing the lamb.

Heath taught Farfetch'd how to prepare ingredients while serving more than a hundred Officer Jennys, earning a special achievement and a Lottery Ticket. He drew a Heaven-and-Earth Peerless Blade, then heard a crash in the distance as he was about to make food for himself and his Pokémon.

• Heath taught Farfetch'd how to score chicken wings so they absorbed marinade while retaining their appearance.
• Heath served more than a hundred Officer Jennys and received the Hundred-Person Challenge achievement and a special Lottery Ticket.
• Heath used the Lottery Ticket and obtained the Heaven-and-Earth Peerless Blade from Monster Hunter.
• Heath decided to put the blade away rather than risk Sister Feng asking where he had gotten it.
• Heath was about to prepare food for himself, Farfetch'd, and Zorua when a crash sounded in the distance.

After an explosion at the Viridian Chemical Plant, Heath decided he could not safely join the rescue and instead brought a food truck to feed the workers. He cooked outside the cordon as the emergency response continued under Giovanni’s leadership.

• Officer Jenny Feng spotted the fire at the Viridian Chemical Plant and led the other Officer Jennys to the rescue.
• Heath drove his self-driving food truck to a grocery shop, where Uncle Luo Shu gave him ingredients to cook for the rescue workers.
• Officer Jenny Ling stopped Heath at the cordon, and Heath parked outside it and began preparing a meal.
• Heath heard residents say Giovanni had rushed to the scene and that his Nidoking had been burned.