Chapter Summaries

Heath met Miss Saya in Lavender Town, where she had earned three Badges and asked him for food. As he cooked her meal, a Poochyena sneaked past his leg, and Heath wondered why the diners seemed to recognize it.

• Heath reflected on the many stray Pokémon in the cities and how the League and Officer Jennys handled them.
• Miss Saya met Heath and said she had earned the Cerulean City Badge, leaving her five more Badges before she could challenge the Pokémon League.
• Saya asked Heath for fried rice, beef skewers, and grilled chicken feet after finding the restaurants in Lavender Town closed.
• Heath served Saya scallion bulb and egg fried rice while he finished grilling the barbecue.
• Heath spotted a Poochyena sneaking past his leg and noticed that some diners gave it food.

Heath and Miss Saya noticed that the popular stray Poochyena, Xiaojin, was hiding a painful skin condition beneath dirt on its belly. Saya used Blissey to put Xiaojin to sleep and hurried away to examine it, leaving Heath and the diners to realize the stray had a name and a place in Lavender Town.

• Heath noticed a well-behaved stray Poochyena eating at his stall and let it stay for food.
• Miss Saya recognized that the Poochyena had a skin condition despite its normal appearance.
• At Saya's prompting, Heath saw that the Poochyena had covered the damaged skin on its belly with dirt.
• Saya summoned Blissey, who used Sing to put the Poochyena to sleep.
• Saya had Blissey carry the Poochyena away for a checkup, while the diners identified her as Nurse Joy and called the Pokémon Xiaojin.

Heath served grilled eggplant and fried noodles to a white-haired customer named Ailuo, earning a King's Rock and wondering who she was. After a busy night in Lavender Town, he prepared to drive home but heard a noise from a cabinet and found an item he had received for serving Ho-Oh.

• Heath explained grilled eggplant to the white-haired girl, who ordered it with fried noodles.
• Heath taught Farfetch'd how to prepare grilled eggplant and served the meal to the girl.
• Heath received a King's Rock for serving Ailuo and wondered what her identity was.
• Heath worked until the crowd dwindled around two in the morning, then prepared to head home with a sleepy Zoroark.
• Heath heard a noise inside a cabinet and opened it to check the item he had received for serving Ho-Oh.

Heath followed the Aura Searcher’s signal to Pokémon Tower, where he discovered that a Shadow Pokémon was hiding above the highest floor. He reached the tower’s spire and illuminated the creature, whose red eyes opened in the darkness.

• Heath noticed the Aura Searcher reacting to a red dot and drove toward its location while his Pokémon slept.
• Heath followed the signal to Pokémon Tower and entered after the caretaker allowed him inside.
• Heath searched the tower, then used the device’s changing light to realize the Shadow Pokémon was above him.
• Heath picked the lock on a staff-only door and climbed the stairs to the tower’s spire.
• Heath turned on his phone’s flashlight and saw a pitch-black Pokémon with long white markings and red eyes.

Heath found an unconscious Shadow Lugia in Pokémon Tower and captured it before bringing it back to his food truck. He summoned Ho-Oh with Hoopa’s Golden Ring, and she recognized Lugia and used Sacred Fire on it.

• Heath watched Shadow Lugia awaken, but it collapsed in pain as the darkness began to leave its body.
• Heath found Lugia alive, captured it in a Poké Ball, and hurried back to his food truck.
• Heath used Hoopa’s Golden Ring to summon Ho-Oh, accidentally pulling her out by her collar and making Little Red laugh.
• Heath released Shadow Lugia in the food truck, and Ho-Oh recognized it before breathing golden Sacred Fire at it.

Heath tried to help the unconscious Shadow Lugia, whose shadow energy resisted even Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire, by using his only Full Restore. Ho-Oh revealed that the young Lugia was a friend’s child, and her parents arrived after learning she was missing, with the shadow energy weakened but still covering her.

• Ho-Oh tried and failed to separate the shadow energy from Shadow Lugia, and Heath explained that he had found her crying in Pokémon Tower.
• Heath sprayed his Full Restore on Shadow Lugia, briefly exposing her silvery-white skin before the darkness covered her again.
• Ho-Oh said the medicine had weakened the shadow energy and explained that Shadow Lugia was her friend’s underage child.
• Ho-Oh contacted Shadow Lugia’s parents, and two Lugia appeared beside Heath.
• One of the Lugia took human form and greeted Heath, while the other transformed and warned that the young Lugia had been told not to wander alone.

Heath ran into Miss Saya while shopping, and she told him that Xiaojin, the stray Poochyena he had met the previous day, had genital warts and might have been mistreated or exposed to something unhygienic. As Heath promised to open his restaurant that night, he saw Officer Jennys racing toward Pokémon Tower, leaving him wondering what had happened.

• Heath took Zoroark along while shopping, and her illusion of Betty attracted envious looks from passersby.
• Miss Saya told Heath that Xiaojin, the Poochyena from the previous day, had a skin condition and cauliflower-like growths around its anus.
• Miss Saya suspected Xiaojin had genital warts, possibly from mistreatment or contact with something unhygienic.
• Heath reassured Miss Saya that the Nurse Joys would find a way to help Xiaojin.
• Heath saw Officer Jennys riding Growlithe toward Pokémon Tower and confirmed to Nurse Joy that his restaurant would be open that night.

Heath shopped for ingredients, supplies for fermented tofu, and beer for his barbecue stall, while Zoroark’s curiosity about a cauliflower-related skin disease led her to look up disturbing pictures. After arranging delivery of the purchases, Heath headed to the Vegetable Market.

• Heath told Zoroark to look up the cauliflower-related condition herself, and she became horrified and disgusted by the pictures.
• Heath and Zoroark bought seasonings and meat at the supermarket, and Heath considered the alcohol crystal he had received from Darkrai.
• Heath bought draft beer and dark beer to replenish the food truck’s stock, then arranged for Machoke and the delivery team to bring the goods.
• Heath headed to the Vegetable Market.

Heath prepared ingredients for his barbecue stall and examined the Resurrection Lettuce he had bought. Ho-Oh and two Lugia brought the unconscious Shadow Lugia to him, hoping he could help remove its dark aura, and a temporary quest appeared.

• Heath found that most of the market’s better vegetables had sold out, bought what remained, and began preparing skewers with help from his Pokémon.
• Heath took out the Resurrection Lettuce and was about to examine it when Ho-Oh arrived with two Lugia and Shadow Lugia.
• Shadow Lugia struggled against the Lugia’s barrier and passed out again.
• The female Lugia explained that they had failed to remove Shadow Lugia’s dark aura and asked Heath for help.
• Heath said he had no Full Restore left, and a temporary quest to lend a hand appeared.

Heath used Dialga's Apron to turn back time for Shadow Lugia and restore her from her shadow state. After the Lugia family thanked him, Heath offered them something to eat and resolved to keep the apron.

• Heath accepted the quest to help Shadow Lugia escape her shadow state.
• Dialga made a new seasoning jar, but Heath used Hoopa's Golden Ring to take Dialga's apron.
• Heath learned the apron could reverse time for an object and draped it over Shadow Lugia, turning back time by one month.
• Shadow Lugia returned to her original appearance, and Heath discovered the apron could only reverse time for inanimate objects by two weeks.
• The Lugia family thanked Heath, and he offered to make them something to eat.

Heath served Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Little Lugia, then planned ways to attract enough customers to earn Dialga's Apron. After arranging tables and chairs, buying mobile ads, and offering a discount, he opened for business and received an order for a hundred bottles of beer.

• Heath served dinner to Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Little Lugia, and received a Full Restore from Lugia.
• Heath planned to increase business with more seating, mobile ads, and discounts so he could complete the three-thousand-customer requirement for Dialga's Apron.
• Heath ordered tables and chairs, paid an advertising agency to run mobile ads, and set a twenty-five-percent discount.
• Heath opened his stand with the new seating and discount sign, attracting customers and surprising nearby barbecue vendors.
• A man who had visited the previous day asked about the beer discount, ordered a hundred bottles, and added some barbecue.

Heath served a crowded barbecue stall while worrying about two customers who drank an extraordinary amount of beer. An elderly woman bought meat scraps for her son’s birthday, and Heath quietly arranged to leave extra scraps for her if she returned.

• Heath received an Alcohol Tolerance Boost Pill after serving Dagang and watched Dagang and another customer continue drinking hundreds of bottles of beer.
• Heath promised Zoroark and the other Pokémon extra pay for their hard work at the busy stall.
• Farfetch'd alerted Heath to an elderly woman who had waited beside the chopping station.
• The woman asked to buy meat scraps for her son's birthday, and Heath sold them to her for fifty cents.
• Heath told Farfetch'd to cut extra scraps for the woman if she came back, then returned to serving customers.

Heath served Grandpa Ma Zhide two tender rice bowls, including one for A-Pen, and learned how deeply the old man still grieved his friend. After Grandpa Ma Zhide left, Officer Jenny Yin confronted Heath about the deaths and destruction caused by his parents, leaving him to face the reason for her hostility.

• Heath prepared two Tofu Pudding Beef rice bowls for Grandpa Ma Zhide, adding a braised chicken drumstick to A-Pen's portion.
• Grandpa Ma Zhide said he had taken Heath's food to A-Pen's grave and felt A-Pen beside him, though he was now alone.
• Heath watched Grandpa Ma Zhide leave and hoped A-Pen would continue accompanying him.
• Officer Jenny Yin told Heath that his parents had caused at least a hundred Pokémon and trainers to be separated by death, along with extensive property damage.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Yin what she intended to do.

After Officer Jenny Yin left, Heath noticed her difficulty walking and wondered if she would ever forgive him. Rain forced Heath to close his stall before he could investigate Pokémon Tower, and Miss Saya ran into his rain canopy as he packed it away.

• Heath noticed that Officer Jenny Yin seemed to have trouble with her left leg as she hurried away.
• Rain began falling, so Heath set up his canopy, and the weather briefly brought more customers to his barbecue stall.
• Heath checked the Resurrection Lettuce instructions and learned it could be stir-fried with oranges, though he had no oranges to try the suggested recipe.
• Heath served Ma Zhide, Charizard (Ghost), and Blastoise (Ghost), earning candies and advancing his Afterlife Eyes quest by two.
• Heath planned to investigate Pokémon Tower but closed his stall because the rain continued through the night.
• As Heath packed away his canopy, Miss Saya ran into it, fell, and cried out in pain from a large bump on her head.

Heath treated Miss Saya after she hit her head, and she told him that Xiaojin had recovered and would be released into Lavender Town. He sheltered several stray Pokémon from the storm overnight, and in the morning found that they had cleaned up before leaving.

• Heath treated Miss Saya's head wound and asked why she had come to his food truck so late.
• Miss Saya told Heath that Xiaojin's illness was cured and Nurse Joy planned to release it back into Lavender Town.
• After Miss Saya left, Heath set out a stove and towels beneath his awning for the shivering stray Pokémon, including a listless Vulpix.
• The stray Pokémon warmed themselves by the stove, and Vulpix asked a Machop to help dry it with a towel.
• In the morning, Heath found that the Pokémon had cleaned the awning, washed and folded the towels, and swept away the ashes.

Heath went shopping with Zoroark, buying oranges and sweet rice wine before returning to his house in Lavender Town. He planned to prepare Resurrection Lettuce and investigate a clue connected to the Pokémon Tower.

• Heath told Snorlax to stay home while he and Zoroark went to the market for ingredients.
• Heath joined the queue at a popular sweet rice wine stall and paid Zoroark to buy wine while he shopped with Farfetch'd.
• Zoroark called Heath “Darling” in front of a boy who had approached her, and the boy left disappointed.
• Heath returned to his house, discarded property advertisements, and decided not to rent the house out.
• Heath prepared to experiment with Resurrection Lettuce and oranges, while keeping the Pokémon Tower clue in mind.

Heath experimented with oranges and Resurrection Lettuce but could not make the ingredient taste especially good. He decided to test the dish on customers later and headed to Pokémon Tower to investigate the special Pokémon mentioned by a clue.

• Heath stir-fried Resurrection Lettuce with whole oranges, then tried the dish and found it distinctive but disappointing.
• Heath prepared Resurrection Lettuce traditionally and with mashed oranges, but neither version became the exceptional specialty he was seeking.
• After several more attempts failed, Heath put the remaining Resurrection Lettuce away and decided to add it to the barbecue stall’s menu for customers to try.
• Heath started the food truck and told Zoroark he was going to Pokémon Tower, not opening for business.

Heath followed a clue to a quiet slope beside Pokémon Tower and encountered a shiny Ralts. He offered her food without trying to catch her, and she kept watching him from the woods.

• Heath visited the slope beside Pokémon Tower, where he found no Pokémon and sat down to rest.
• Zoroark spotted a shiny Ralts hiding nearby and caught hold of her, but Heath told her to let Ralts go.
• Ralts escaped with Teleport, and Heath decided not to force her to join his team.
• Heath shared lunch with his Pokémon and noticed Ralts peeking at them from the woods.
• Heath set aside some red-braised pork and Berries for Ralts, then left her free to decide whether to eat.

While eating with Zoroark, Heath discussed death before discovering that the timid Ralts could communicate with him telepathically. Ralts asked for help but could only describe purple, red, and pain; the chapter left Heath and Zoroark stunned when their hands passed through her body.

• Zoroark asked Heath whether all living things eventually died, and Heath said the world after death was wonderful but could not explain more.
• Heath noticed Ralts watching him and learned that only he could hear her telepathic words.
• Ralts asked Heath for help, but she could explain little beyond saying purple, red, and hurt.
• Ralts held out her hand, and Heath's hand passed through her body; Zoroark also failed to touch her.
• Heath asked whether Ralts was a ghost, and she looked up with tears in her blood-red eyes.

Heath discovered that the Shiny Ralts was a ghost bound to the place where she died, her memories and words obscured by overwhelming sorrow. After promising to help fulfill her lingering wish, Heath left to seek assistance from the Officer Jenny Unit.

• Heath tried to touch Ralts and felt her intense sorrow, then promised to understand her and help her.
• Ralts collapsed, and Heath found that he could neither catch her with a Poké Ball nor carry her.
• Heath scanned Ralts with the Ingredient Identifier, which revealed that she was a ghost unable to leave the place of her death until her lingering wish was fulfilled.
• Heath searched the grove with his Pokémon but found nothing, then asked Ralts to wait while he looked for a way to help her.
• Ralts agreed, and Heath returned with his Pokémon, planning to visit the Officer Jenny Unit.