Chapter Summaries

Heath asked Lavender Town’s civil affairs Officer Jenny Qian whether any Shiny Ralts had died there, hoping to learn about the Ralts he had encountered. The records had no information, so Heath returned to his food truck and decided to ask customers while continuing to avoid bringing up the Ralts’s painful past.

• Heath worried that Officer Jenny Yin might resent him because of the actions of the motorcycle-riding robbers whose identity he had inherited.
• Heath went to Lavender Town’s Officer Jenny Unit and asked civil affairs Officer Jenny Qian about Shiny Ralts deaths.
• Officer Jenny Qian searched the records and found no mention of a Shiny Ralts dying in Lavender Town.
• Heath returned to his food truck and decided to ask barbecue customers for clues while leaving the Ralts alone for now.
• Heath opened for business with Zoroark serving in Betty’s appearance, Farfetch’d helping cook, and Charmeleon grilling alongside him.

Heath tried to attract enough satisfied customers to complete his three-day task and keep Dialga's Apron while rival barbecue stalls offered unusual promotions. As customers arrived, he trusted his cooking and fresh ingredients to set his stall apart.

• Heath considered expanding his hours but expected business to grow as word spread about his promotion.
• Nearby barbecue stalls introduced discounts, free beer, funeral flowers, and Kadabra Hypnosis sessions to attract customers.
• Heath reflected on how Psychic-type Pokémon's regulated Hypnosis services let people experience fantasies and had once contributed to a dangerous decline in the League's birth rate.
• Zoroark asked whether Heath was worried about his competitors, and Heath said taste, seasoning, fresh ingredients, and Charmeleon's precise heat control would win customers.
• Heath resolved to offer steep discounts, even free meals if necessary, to finish his task and keep Dialga's Apron.

Heath served Mr. Dagang and his companion, recommending Scallion Intestine as a drinking snack. He also investigated why serving Resurrection Lettuce had not completed his quest, but the cause remained unclear.

• Heath recognized Mr. Dagang and offered to prepare barbecue to go with his drinks.
• Heath introduced Mr. Dagang to Scallion Intestine, and Mr. Dagang enjoyed it after trying a bite.
• Heath asked Zoroark how customers reacted to the Resurrection Lettuce, and Zoroark said they were eating normally.
• Heath considered whether Resurrection Lettuce was not a Lavender Town specialty or whether he had prepared it incorrectly.
• Heath continued serving customers while wondering what had gone wrong with the quest.

Heath turned down a fortune-teller who predicted he would have bad luck, then continued serving customers. Miss Saya later visited with a recovered Poochyena and asked Heath to prepare porridge for him, leaving the Pokémon to rest while he took his medicine.

• A man in glasses asked Heath to tell his fortune, but Heath refused.
• The fortune-teller warned Heath that he would have bad luck that day and walked away.
• Heath dismissed the warning and carried on serving customers during the pleasant weather.
• Miss Saya arrived with the Poochyena Heath had seen earlier, explaining that he had recovered quickly and wanted to stay there.
• Miss Saya ordered porridge for Poochyena, whom she called Xiaojin, and skewers and fried noodles for herself.
• Heath began preparing their food.

Heath served Miss Saya while she kept Xiaojin from eating greasy food during its medication, then discussed his plans to travel to Vermilion City. His evening work was interrupted by a routine food safety inspection from Officer Jenny Kim and Nurse Joy Shuimiao.

• Miss Saya declined offers to feed Xiaojin because greasy food could interfere with its medication.
• Heath told Miss Saya he planned to go to Vermilion City to see Sister Feng and explore the city.
• Miss Saya told Heath that Vermilion City was about to host a major event with several brands or manufacturers.
• Officer Jenny Kim and Nurse Joy Shuimiao arrived at Heath's food truck for a routine food safety inspection.
• Heath washed his hands and asked Farfetch'd to cover his work while the inspection began.

Heath passed a strict food safety inspection, earning another excellent hygiene sticker for his food truck. Officer Jenny Kim and Nurse Joy then ordered fried rice and a large assortment of barbecue, leaving Heath to serve them.

• Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy inspected Heath’s ingredients, kitchen, tableware, and food waste bin, finding everything clean and properly stored.
• Heath recalled that his lounge contained a few filthy spots where Zoroark kept outrageous novels, though the inspectors did not inspect it.
• The inspectors awarded Heath a smiling-face sticker, and he added it to his food truck’s hygiene rating noticeboard.
• Officer Jenny Kim described past cases of dangerous food contamination and explained why mobile stalls received special scrutiny.
• Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny Kim ordered fried rice and a serving of all the barbecued items, and Heath prepared a platter for them.

Heath served old Mr. Ma Zhide and saw the veteran Trainer cheer up while sharing advice with Charmeleon. Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had encountered a Shiny Ralts during his missions, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Heath wondered whether serving old Mr. Ma Zhide again would count toward his quest to serve three Ghost Pokémon customers, since a ghost Charizard followed the old man.
• Old Mr. Ma Zhide spoke with Charmeleon while Heath prepared his food, and Charmeleon learned how to resolve a training problem.
• Heath gave Ma Zhide his food, and the old man praised Charmeleon's strength and skill with Fire-type moves.
• Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had worked in Lavender Town, and Ma Zhide recalled pursuing a cruel group of Pokémon Hunters in a still-classified case.
• Heath asked whether Ma Zhide had ever encountered a Shiny Ralts on a mission, but Ma Zhide's answer was not included.

Heath investigated the Shiny Ralts’s past after failing to find clues from Officer Jenny or old Mr. Ma Zhide, and Ms. Lori helped connect her to a missing Pokémon owned by the criminal Trainer Carl. Heath remained unsure how Ralts had died or what wish was keeping her from moving on.

• Old Mr. Ma Zhide denied knowing a Shiny Ralts, leaving Heath without a lead from him.
• Heath considered his unfinished Resurrection Lettuce and Reincarnation Eyes tasks and decided he might follow old Mr. Ma Zhide to see where he ate.
• Heath searched the League’s declassified records and found that Carl had lost a Ralts and other Pokémon during an operation in Lavender Town.
• The Magic Conch did not answer, so Heath contacted Ms. Lori, who confirmed that Carl’s missing Ralts had been Shiny.
• Heath concluded that Ralts was probably Carl’s lost Pokémon but still could not discover how she had died or what her lingering wish was.

Heath decided to make a late-night snack for Zoroark and the other Pokémon after a busy day. He prepared beer duck with soy-sauce rice, flipping tofu, and spicy and garlic crayfish, then brought the food to them.

• Zoroark asked Heath for a late-night snack, and Heath agreed to make one.
• Heath found half a duck and decided to cook beer duck with rice mixed with soy sauce.
• Heath took out paojiang tofu and prepared to grill it in the style of flipping tofu.
• Heath chose farm-raised crayfish and made spicy and garlic varieties.
• Heath finished the late-night food and brought it to his Pokémon.

Heath woke late and planned to resolve his Lavender Town problems so he could move on to Vermilion City. After telling Mew about the Shiny Ralts and heading to the market for ingredients, he recognized James from Team Rocket.

• Heath woke at one in the afternoon and decided to deal with his problems in Lavender Town as soon as possible.
• He found Zoroark playing It Takes Two with Mew, then agreed to make Mew lunch after washing up and shopping.
• Heath told Mew about the Shiny Ralts, and Mew indicated it could help him.
• Heath drove his food truck to the market to buy more ingredients and thought about Dialga's Apron.
• Heath spotted James from Team Rocket at the market.

Heath unexpectedly met James and Meowth at the market, where James asked him to teach him how to make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs. Heath agreed and went to buy ingredients before opening his business that evening.

• Heath spotted James buying tomatoes and recognized him as a future member of Team Rocket’s famous trio.
• James approached Heath and explained that Jessie had told him about Heath, then introduced his companion, Meowth.
• Heath greeted Meowth while wondering whether James, Jessie, and Meowth had already begun working together.
• James asked Heath how to make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, and Heath agreed to teach him after buying groceries.
• Heath headed into the Vegetable Market to buy Resurrection Lettuce and other ingredients, while noting that he needed to keep Mew from appearing.

Heath reunited with James and helped him improve his cooking while Meowth accidentally revealed that he could talk. After James left to complete a company assignment, Heath prepared to cook for Mew and then search for Ralts.

• Heath told James he was traveling around Kanto on a whim, and James praised his spontaneity.
• Heath brought James to the food truck, where James made stir-fried tomatoes and eggs and Heath explained how to improve the dish.
• Meowth praised Heath’s cooking aloud, revealing that he could talk; Heath reassured James and Meowth that he had met talking Pokémon before.
• James left with Meowth to finish his company assignment, while Heath recognized that the company was Team Rocket.
• Heath planned to cook for Mew and then look for Ralts, but decided he needed to make cookware first.

Heath prepared Steam Pot Chicken, Twice-Cooked Pork, and two vegetable dishes for lunch, then drove to the place he had visited the previous day. He disguised Mew as a Butterfree and found the wary Shiny Ralts watching him from among the trees.

• Heath made a clay steam pot and cooked Steam Pot Chicken, then prepared Twice-Cooked Pork, Sweet and Sour Lotus Cabbage, and stir-fried bok choy.
• Heath served lunch to his Pokémon and gave Snorlax a bowl of specially formulated Pokémon food.
• Heath asked Mew to help him later, while Mew considered whether following Heath would suit its love of freedom and curiosity.
• After lunch, Heath drove to the previous day's spot with his Pokémon and Mew.
• Heath had Zoroark disguise Mew as an ordinary Butterfree and found the Shiny Ralts watching him warily among the trees.

Heath realized Ralts was trying to describe being hanged, and Mew found her remains buried beneath a public restroom. As Ralts recognized the bones, red and purple bubbles rose into the air, and Heath reached out to touch them.

• Heath asked Mew to communicate with the confused Ralts, but Mew could not get past the strange energy blocking its perception.
• Heath noticed Ralts saying “Red... purple...” while staring at a grease stain, then realized its swaying might be an attempt to describe being hanged.
• Heath asked Mew to search the mountain for Ralts’s remains, and Mew spent an hour looking.
• Mew found bare bones buried beneath a public restroom, uprooted the restroom, and lifted the remains from the soil as nearby visitors called the police.
• Ralts recognized the bones and grieved as they glowed white and released red and purple bubbles; Heath reached out and touched one.

Heath entered Ralts’s memories and witnessed Gardevoir collapse after escaping with her, then saw Ralts being tortured by four shifting black figures. He returned to find Ralts unconscious, with Mew explaining that he had been dragged into an illusion.

• Heath watched an injured Gardevoir collapse in the rain as Ralts mourned beside her.
• Heath entered another memory and experienced the torment inflicted on Ralts by four black figures and their strange instruments.
• Heath returned to find Ralts unconscious and puzzled over what the figures and their tools had been.
• Mew told Heath he had been dragged into an illusion and cleared his dizziness with a touch.

Heath learned that Ralts’s memories may have been distorted by its youth and Psychic abilities, leaving him unsure who killed it or what its frightening memories represented. As he planned to revisit those memories the next day, four Officer Jennys confronted him over an assault on a public restroom.

• Heath asked Professor Oak about the strange figures and torture devices in Ralts’s memories, and Oak explained how a young Psychic-type Pokémon’s perceptions and memories could become distorted.
• Heath concluded that four living beings might have killed Ralts, but he could not tell whether they were humans or Pokémon.
• Heath decided to wait until the next day to examine Ralts’s memories again and search for Gardevoir’s remains so he could fulfill Ralts’s lingering wish.
• Four Officer Jennys confronted Heath after someone reported that he had assaulted a public restroom, and Heath realized he would have to go with them.

Heath was questioned by Officer Jenny Yin after a public restroom was destroyed, paid compensation, and discovered she used prosthetic legs. He decided to ask Ho-Oh to help restore her legs, but Ho-Oh arrived before he could summon it and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Officer Jenny Yin questioned Heath about demolishing a public restroom, and Heath explained that an out-of-control Ralts had destroyed it while he tried to help it.
• Officer Jenny Yin accepted Heath's explanation, ordered him to pay ten thousand League Coins, and let him leave.
• Heath noticed the metal beneath Officer Jenny Yin's trouser legs and realized she used prosthetics, likely because of the parents he had inherited.
• Heath decided to ask Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin's legs and returned home to contact it through Hoopa's Golden Ring.
• Heath's attempt to reach Ho-Oh caused a sudden pain in his hand, and Ho-Oh appeared at his door and asked what he wanted.

Heath asked Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin’s missing limbs, and Ho-Oh healed her with a rainbow-colored light. Ho-Oh then returned to Heath’s food truck and requested food for Little Lugia, leaving Heath to prepare burgers, fried chicken, and rare mushrooms.

• Heath asked Ho-Oh to restore Officer Jenny Yin’s missing limbs, and Ho-Oh agreed after he confirmed that was all he needed.
• Ho-Oh flew over Lavender Town and used a rainbow-colored light to heal Officer Jenny Yin before leaving.
• Ho-Oh returned to Heath’s food truck and asked him to make food for Little Lugia, who had been grounded after being captured and nearly turned into Shadow Lugia.
• Heath prepared a burger and fried chicken for Little Lugia and served them to Ho-Oh.
• Ho-Oh brought Heath rare, supposedly toxin-free wild mushrooms, and Heath decided to inspect them with the Ingredient Identifier.

Heath prepared oil-rich wild mushrooms for Ho-Oh, then got ready to open his food truck for the evening. The chapter ended with Heath watching a prank video Cynthia sent him.

• Heath cooked oil-rich wild mushrooms for Ho-Oh, who enjoyed the meal and suggested Heath ask Giratina how to prepare Resurrection Lettuce.
• Ho-Oh left after lunch, and Heath organized his ingredients before driving his food truck to his usual spot.
• Heath and Zoroark set up the food truck for the evening, and Heath checked the clear-weather forecast.
• Heath opened a video from Cynthia showing a Magikarp ramming an angler between the legs after being reeled in.

Heath opened his food stall in Lavender Town at night and served James and Meowth barbecue. His rewards were an etiquette guide for becoming an elegant noble and a Pokémon Language Communication Pill.

• Heath exchanged humorous videos and stickers with Cynthia before opening his stall for the evening.
• James arrived hungry and ordered barbecue, while Meowth asked for prawns, fish, and a chicken wing.
• Heath prepared James's food and cooked Meowth's fish carefully to match his unusual preference for very lightly cooked food.
• Heath noticed James let Meowth eat at the table beside him, treating him like a human friend.
• Heath received How to Become an Elegant Noble for serving James and a Pokémon Language Communication Pill for serving Meowth.