Chapter Summaries

Heath panicked after Mew removed a strange flower from Cinnabar Island’s volcano, fearing it had been keeping the volcano stable. Ho-Oh reassured him that she had planted it there just because it looked nice, leaving Heath relieved but unsure what to do with the flower.

• Heath read that the flame flower came from Ho-Oh and had a wondrous effect when placed in a volcano.
• Mew confirmed she had taken the flower from the middle of Cinnabar Island’s lava and could not put it back.
• Heath spotted red lights near the volcano and feared Mew’s actions had triggered an eruption.
• Heath used Hoopa’s Golden Ring to summon Ho-Oh and explain what Mew had done.
• Ho-Oh said the flower was merely decorative and its removal would not affect the volcano.
• Heath kept the flower, uncertain whether he could bring himself to cook something described as Ho-Oh’s saliva.

After returning to Pallet Town, Heath met Professor Oak’s Dragonite, Ada, who paid him to come along. Ada took Heath to a Pallet internet cafe, where it wanted to use the internet.

• Heath returned to Pallet Town by cruise ship and planned to leave for Pewter City after Farfetch'd finished its task.
• Ada visited Heath’s food truck and offered him money, then asked him to follow it.
• Heath parked the food truck, and Ada carried him through the air to a three-story shop.
• Heath realized the shop was Pallet Internet Cafe, where the cashier welcomed Ada and offered referral credit.
• Ada paid for internet access, and Heath gave the cashier his ID card before heading upstairs.

Heath followed Ada to a Pokémon internet café, where he discovered Pokémon of every size gaming and browsing online. After playing a shooter with Ada, he took it home for dinner, leaving the toxic Snorlax still fighting online.

• Heath explored the café’s shelves and saw snacks, camping supplies, and food for Pokémon.
• Heath followed Ada upstairs and found Pokémon, including a fast-aiming Pikachu, using computers and playing games.
• Heath saw large Pokémon on the third floor, including an Onix watching a long-running drama and a Snorlax furiously typing insults.
• Heath logged in on a computer and played a shooter called Pokémon Action with Ada.
• Heath noticed it was past nine, persuaded Ada to leave for dinner, and they departed while Snorlax continued its online flame war.

Heath took Ada to the market and cooked him a beef and potato stew set meal, while thinking about the recipe and missing ingredients. Ada eagerly enjoyed the meal, and Heath had Betty bring him pickles.

• Heath took Ada to the vegetable market, where he realized how well-known the Dragonite was in Pallet Town.
• Ada chose beef, and Heath bought ingredients to make him beef and potato stew.
• Heath remembered the Magic Conch and asked it how to make doubanjiang, but it gave no answer.
• Heath prepared the stew using other sauce and spices, and the aroma made Ada's tail twitch restlessly.
• Heath served Ada the stew with rice and suggested mixing broth into it; Ada eagerly ate and savored the meal.
• Heath asked Betty to bring Ada pickled Chinese onions.

Heath served Nurse Joy beef noodles in his upgraded food truck while preparing Farfetch'd to cook see-the-light-die. Nurse Joy warned him that the poisonous mushroom had killed twenty-six people and Pokémon in Pallet Town the previous year.

• Zoroark served Nurse Joy lemon water after Nurse Joy arrived at Heath's food truck in Pallet Town.
• Heath explained that Miss Nami had helped upgrade his food truck and prepared beef noodles for Nurse Joy.
• Heath began teaching Farfetch'd how to cook see-the-light-die for his task.
• Nurse Joy warned Heath to handle the poisonous mushroom at the Pokémon Center, revealing that it had killed twenty-six people and Pokémon in Pallet Town last year.

Heath made Mr. Luodan a hot dog using fried rice bread after discovering that Mr. Luodan’s food preference had changed. The meal impressed Mr. Luodan, while Heath remained stumped by how to prepare Corydalis Flower for his quest.

• Heath reflected on the dangers of See-the-Light-Die and wondered about Farfetch'd’s Wonder Guard ability.
• Ada and Nurse Joy left after breakfast, and Heath suspected Ada had gone online.
• Mr. Luodan visited Heath and ordered a hot dog, no longer craving large intestines.
• Heath used cooked rice to make fried rice bread, then had Charmeleon prepare Mr. Luodan’s hot dog.
• Mr. Luodan was surprised by the rice bread, while Heath still could not solve his Corydalis Flower quest.

Heath struggled to find a way to remove the fragrance from Corydalis Flowers and planned to ask Mr. Cord for help. Ash asked Heath to accompany him to investigate an unfamiliar Pokémon he had found near Pallet Town, and they headed toward a small hill.

• Heath considered asking Mr. Cord whether a Psychic-type Pokémon could erase the Corydalis Flowers' fragrance.
• Ash arrived dressed for bug catching and told Heath that his teacher had assigned him to catch and study a bug.
• Ash admitted that he had found a strange Pokémon the previous night and asked Heath to take him to see it.
• After Mr. Luodan finished eating, Heath set out with Ash and his Pokémon, who walked beside them rather than staying in their Poké Balls.
• Ash pointed toward a small hill where he had found the Pokémon.

Heath and Ash found a wary Larvesta on a wooded hill, and Heath explained the Pokémon’s strengths and the importance of learning about Pokémon before trying to catch them. Ash admitted he was only there to show Larvesta to Heath, leaving Heath to decide what to do as the Pokémon considered fleeing.

• Ash excitedly led Heath up a hill to find the strange bug Pokémon he had seen.
• Heath recognized the Pokémon as a Larvesta and explained its abilities, evolution, and appeal to Bug Catchers.
• Heath told Ash that Trainers needed to study Pokémon and understand them before attempting to catch them.
• Ash said he would not catch Larvesta because his mother said he was too young, then admitted he had brought Heath to look at it.
• Larvesta watched Heath and Ash warily and began considering escape.

Heath stopped Pidgeot from preying on Larvesta and decided to help it reach caves in a distant mountain range. He sent Ash to find Ada so they could get help transporting Larvesta.

• Ash spotted Pidgeot diving toward Larvesta, and Heath realized the bird Pokémon had targeted it.
• Heath found Larvesta fighting Pidgeot and intervened with Snorlax's Ice Beam when Ash grew worried.
• Heath used Zoroark disguised as Raichu to frighten Pidgeot into leaving.
• Heath learned from Ash that caves lay in the eastern mountain range and decided to take Larvesta there.
• Heath asked Ash to find Ada at the internet café in Pallet Town.

Heath encountered a gray, distorted version of Pallet Town after leaving Ash with Larvesta, and suspected he had entered the Distortion World. A woman carrying an Ivysaur recognized that Heath was not from her world because he still had color.

• Heath asked Zoroark whether it could communicate with Larvesta, but Zoroark said Larvesta was too wary to listen.
• Ash returned with Ada, and Heath told him to take Larvesta along to learn more about Pokémon.
• Heath left Ash and noticed that his Pokémon had vanished and the forest had turned gray and hazy.
• Heath reached a dilapidated Pokémon Center in a gray version of Pallet Town and wondered if he was in the Distortion World.
• A woman carrying a gray Ivysaur approached Heath and pointed out that he was not from her world because he still had color.

Heath entered the Distortion World, where he met Mr. Luodan’s mother and learned about her life before a Dusknoir knocked him unconscious. He woke in a forest back in the real world with his Pokémon, but did not know why he had entered the other world.

• Heath realized his Pokémon were safe and asked the woman how he could leave the Distortion World.
• Heath recognized that the woman was Mr. Luodan’s mother after she mentioned cooking pork intestines, and she questioned him about her son.
• The woman thanked Heath for helping Mr. Luodan remember her cooking, then told Heath stories about her family and Venusaur.
• The woman noticed a Dusknoir behind Heath, which attacked his mind and caused him to pass out.
• Heath woke in a forest with his Pokémon and asked Zoroark where they had fallen asleep, but she could not remember.

After returning from the Distortion World, Heath received a Terastal Oral Solution and learned it could let a Pokémon Terastallize. Charmeleon drank it and transformed into a sparkling crystal-like form, leaving Heath curious about its abilities.

• Heath failed to discover what had caused his trip to the Distortion World and reflected on his encounter with Mr. Luodan's mother and Dusknoir.
• Heath received a Terastal Oral Solution as a reward for completing the achievement A Wonderful Adventure.
• Heath searched for information and learned that Paldea was a newly recognized League region and the source of the solution.
• Heath chose Charmeleon to try the solution because Charmeleon was eager to grow stronger, and Charmeleon drank it.
• Charmeleon entered his Poké Ball, and Heath instinctively activated Terastallization, revealing Charmeleon in a sparkling crystalline form with a bouquet-shaped ornament on his head.

Heath discovered that Charmeleon’s Terastallization let him use Rock-type moves, then met Giratina in the Distortion World. Giratina refused Heath’s request to erase a flower’s scent and kicked him back to the real world.

• Charmeleon used Ancient Power and Rock Throw, leading Heath to suspect Terastallization had granted him the Rock type.
• Heath recalled Charmeleon, and a wave of dizziness transported him and his Pokémon to the Distortion World.
• Giratina appeared, protected Heath’s fainted Pokémon, and invited Heath to sit and talk over tea.
• Heath asked Giratina whether he could erase a flower’s scent, and Giratina said he could.
• Giratina refused to help and kicked Heath back to the real world.

Heath returned from the Distortion World and opened his food truck, where A-Yu arrived and demanded a meal. After Heath discovered A-Yu's bizarre food requirements, A-Yu pulled a knife and gasoline and ordered Heath to leave the truck.

• Giratina kicked Heath out of the Distortion World, and Heath found that time had passed while he was gone.
• Heath returned to his food truck, put away his sleeping Pokémon, and opened for customers.
• A-Yu entered the truck, and Heath recognized him as a notorious gambler who had left debts and hardship across Pallet Town.
• A-Yu paid for a meal, but Heath saw that his food requirements included finding priceless gems, eating from take-home gold plates, and receiving money while he ate.
• A-Yu drew a knife, tried to enter the kitchen, and threatened Heath while producing a bottle of gasoline.

Heath convinced Officer Jenny Meng that he had punched A-Yu only once, and the investigation cleared him of wrongdoing after confirming A-Yu had tried to steal his food truck. With business stalled, Heath went to Pallet Town's Ghost Market to buy See-the-Light-Die for Farfetch'd before leaving town.

• Heath told Officer Jenny Meng he had punched A-Yu once, while the medical report described A-Yu's broken ribs and heavy bruising.
• Officer Jenny Meng concluded that A-Yu had planned to steal Heath's food truck and that Heath had acted in self-defense.
• Heath cleaned the blood from his food truck, and Officer Jenny Meng reassured the cybertechnology division that there had been no murder.
• Heath decided not to tell Mr. Luodan about his mother and headed to Pallet Town's Ghost Market instead.
• Heath noticed chefs from a new restaurant at the Ghost Market, then bought twenty thousand League Coins' worth of See-the-Light-Die for Farfetch'd.

Heath watched Farfetch'd cook See-the-Light-Die and received Oolong Tea as the reward for completing step six of Pokémon Chef. After a sip knocked him unconscious, Heath woke in the woods with his Pokémon and found a message from Cynthia.

• Heath supervised Farfetch'd as he stir-fried See-the-Light-Die, and the Golden Finger confirmed the dish completed step six of Pokémon Chef.
• Heath found that his reward was a bottle of Oolong Tea that could make someone black out drunk with a single sip.
• Heath tasted a capful of the tea and immediately collapsed unconscious.
• Heath woke the next day in the woods beside unconscious Charmeleon, Farfetch'd, Zoroark, and sleeping Snorlax, with a swollen head and no memory of what had happened.
• Heath checked his phone and saw a message from Cynthia asking, “Heath, are you serious?”

Heath’s Pokémon drank the powerful Oolong Tea and became drunk, leading to Charmeleon wearing Nurse Joy Light’s clothes while Heath passed out. Officer Jenny Meng and Nurse Joy Light found them, and Heath insisted he knew nothing about the clothes.

• Zoroark suspected the Oolong Tea had made Heath black out and persuaded Charmeleon, Farfetch'd, and Snorlax to try it.
• The four Pokémon became drunk, and Charmeleon carried Heath off to challenge a Pidgeot.
• Zoroark found women's clothes and put them on Charmeleon, who soon collapsed with Heath and hit his head.
• Zoroark, Farfetch'd, and Snorlax played cards before all three fell asleep.
• Officer Jenny Meng and Nurse Joy Light found Heath pinned down by Arcanine beside Charmeleon in Nurse Joy Light's clothes.
• Heath denied knowing how Charmeleon got the clothes, and Nurse Joy Light confirmed that Charmeleon was female.

Heath left Pallet Town for Pewter City with Mew, choosing the highway while recovering from his hangover. After recalling that Mew was a Psychic-type, he rushed to bring it corydalis flowers, though the chapter ended before he explained why.

• Heath found Mew waiting in his food truck and invited it to travel with him to Pewter City after it asked for food.
• Heath chose the highway route, set the food truck's autopilot, and wondered about the drunken message sent to Cynthia from his phone.
• Heath prepared beef noodles for Mew, paid the highway toll, and drove onto the highway.
• Heath remembered that Mew was a Psychic-type, fetched corydalis flowers from the refrigerator, and called to it excitedly.

Heath used Mew’s psychic powers to remove the Corydalis Flowers’ smell, completing his task and earning the title Despicable Outsider. When a Diglett-related traffic jam stopped his food truck on the highway, Heath decided to attract hungry travelers by cooking curry.

• Heath asked Mew to erase the Corydalis Flowers’ smell, then cooked them with eggs and completed his special task.
• Heath received the Flavor Extractor and the automatically equipped title Despicable Outsider, which improved his bargaining success rate and helped him spot clever approaches.
• Heath learned from Officer Jenny that Diglett were crossing the road after heavy rain and causing a highway traffic jam.
• Heath realized the stranded travelers could become customers and began cooking beef and chicken curry to draw them in with its aroma.
• A Psyduck poked its head out of a car window as the curry aroma spread.

Heath sold curry rice from his food truck to travelers stranded in a traffic jam caused by Diglett. A resourceful boy offered to help deliver meals, and Heath hired him on commission.

• Officer Jenny bought curry rice from Heath while directing traffic and continued eating as she walked.
• A hungry driver recognized Heath’s food truck from the Silph Co. Technology Expo and bought three servings of curry rice.
• As more stranded travelers came to buy food, a boy asked Heath for a temporary job delivering meals for twenty cents per serving.
• Heath hired the boy after meeting his parents and sent him ahead with a box of curry rice.
• The boy returned after selling fifty-two servings, and Heath paid him eleven dollars in wages.