Chapter Summaries

Heath prepared pea and minced meat noodles, discovered Ralts could not eat, and checked the reward he had missed from the previous day. After opening his hot pot shop, he served a returning customer and noticed an elderly head emerging from her pocket.

• Heath served breakfast and found that Ralts could not eat the noodles, so he gave her bowl to Snorlax.
• Heath checked the previous day's reward and learned that his Ingredient Identifier had been upgraded to two uses per day.
• Heath bought seasonings, prepared more broth for individual hot pots, and opened his shop.
• A girl who had visited the day before came in and ordered a Little Rotating Hot Pot.
• Heath saw a gray-haired, wrinkled head slowly emerge from the girl's pocket and stare at her.

Heath discovered that a girl had unknowingly bought a pendant containing the head of an old woman whose grave had been robbed. After he helped Officer Jenny resolve the case, the old woman stayed in his food truck and asked him for a roasted sweet potato.

• Heath approached the girl and realized the head in her pocket belonged to a kindly old woman who could speak to him.
• The old woman told Heath that grave robbers had dug up her body and sold the pendant she had been buried with to the girl.
• Heath contacted Officer Jenny, and the girl returned the pendant to the old woman’s son, who reimbursed her and gave Heath fifty thousand League Coins.
• The old woman remained in Heath’s food truck after the case was resolved and asked him to roast her a sweet potato.

Heath served the ghost Shuimiao a roasted sweet potato and received a strange Leaf Card, while a new quest challenged him to train Farfetch'd to run the food truck alone. The chapter ended with Shuimiao still lingering after her meal, unlike the ghost customer Heath had served the day before.

• Heath gave Shuimiao a roasted sweet potato for free and told her that her son had already paid him enough to cover years of sweet potatoes.
• Heath joined Zoroark, Ralts, and Farfetch'd in serving the arriving customers, and a Pokémon Chef quest appeared tasking him with training Farfetch'd to serve customers independently for one day.
• Heath received a Leaf Card after serving Shuimiao and suspected that cards were the rewards for serving ghost customers.
• Heath noticed Shuimiao had not passed on after eating and waited, but she remained in the kitchen.

Heath served four customers who wanted hot pot without broth by making them a braised pot, while trying to discover old Mrs. Shuimiao’s lingering wish. After she remembered she wanted to become younger and learned the dead could do so in the Ghost Type World, she vanished, leaving Heath to suspect he had finally understood her wish.

• Heath realized roasted sweet potatoes might not have been old Mrs. Shuimiao’s lingering wish, then took an order for brothless hot pot from four customers.
• Heath prepared a braised pot and cooked it in front of the customers, planning a stronger seasoning to suit their tastes.
• Heath asked old Mrs. Shuimiao about her lingering wish, and she remembered wanting to become younger.
• Heath explained that the dead could grow younger in the Ghost Type World, and old Mrs. Shuimiao turned into light and vanished.
• Heath wondered whether he had finally figured out what old Mrs. Shuimiao’s lingering wish had been.

Heath served Cynthia luxray mushroom fried rice after she asked for unusual fried rice. He learned the mushrooms were edible and prized, then brought the finished dish to her.

• Heath welcomed Cynthia to his busy restaurant and asked what she wanted to eat.
• Cynthia requested especially tasty and unusual fried rice.
• Heath examined the luxray mushrooms he had bought and learned they were edible, delicious wild mushrooms that could not be cultivated.
• Heath decided to prepare the mushrooms like ganba mushrooms, carefully washing and chopping them before frying them with rice.
• Heath brought the luxray mushroom fried rice to Cynthia.

Heath served Luxray mushroom fried rice and, after a wealthy customer requested foie gras, rode Charizard to buy some and cooked it for him. The customer paid and left, and Cynthia called Heath over after finishing her meal.

• Heath served Cynthia Luxray mushroom fried rice with pickled scallion bulbs.
• Heath accepted a wealthy man's request for foie gras and promised to serve it within thirty minutes.
• Heath rode Charizard to buy foie gras and returned to the food truck after eighteen minutes.
• Heath pan-fried the foie gras and served it to the customer, who enjoyed it and paid before leaving.
• Cynthia called Heath over after she finished eating.

Cynthia gave Heath a watch, and Heath asked her on a date. Cynthia accepted after explaining she needed to go home and change, leaving Heath stunned before he returned to serving customers.

• Cynthia gave Heath a black-and-silver watch that she said had cost a little over two hundred.
• Heath cautiously asked Cynthia to see a movie, then gathered his courage and asked her on a date.
• Cynthia teased Heath by refusing at first, then explained she needed to go home and change before accepting.
• Heath remained dazed after Cynthia left, until a customer asked him for macarons.
• Heath checked the customer's food requirements and saw that she wanted sweetness and a sweet romance.

Heath served a girl sweet macarons and, after the rush eased, decided to train Farfetch'd to serve customers at the hot pot truck. Farfetch'd reluctantly agreed, and Heath spotted Cynthia arriving as he wondered whether the Pokémon could manage the work.

• Heath prepared sweet macarons for a girl who had ordered them.
• After the mealtime rush passed, Heath decided to close early when the remaining customers left so he could go to the movies with Cynthia.
• Heath remembered Farfetch'd's task to serve customers independently and decided to begin training him with the simple hot pot work.
• Farfetch'd panicked at the idea, but Zoroark translated his concerns and Heath encouraged him until he reluctantly agreed.
• Heath wondered whether Farfetch'd could handle serving customers, then spotted Cynthia.

Heath took Cynthia on their first date to a movie theater in Eterna City, where they watched a horror movie together. Cynthia left soon afterward to answer a call, and Heath wondered how Farfetch'd was doing.

• Heath and Cynthia bought popcorn and chose to watch the horror movie "Ghost in the Poké Ball."
• Heath and Cynthia entered the theater, where the staff directed them to their screening room after checking their tickets.
• Heath watched the movie and found it passable, while Cynthia said she was not afraid of ghosts.
• Cynthia received a phone call after the movie and left, declining Heath's offer to see her off.
• Heath checked his phone and wondered how Farfetch'd was doing.

Heath returned to the Food Truck and found that Farfetch'd had managed his work without trouble. He then worried when a tearful customer appeared to request shrimp despite being allergic, but learned she was not eating and saw her leave safely with her friends.

• Heath returned to the Food Truck, where Zoroark told him Farfetch'd had adjusted to helping customers.
• Heath praised Farfetch'd and planned to close after the remaining customers paid.
• Zoroark told Heath that a customer wanted shrimp, so he went out to check her requirements.
• Heath saw that the tearful girl was allergic to shrimp and confirmed that her pot contained none.
• The girl’s friends paid for their food, and Heath saw the group off.

After closing the Food Truck, Heath planned to let Farfetch'd serve customers independently to advance his Pokémon Chef quest. He prepared an enormous dry pot for Snorlax, but was surprised by how quickly Snorlax ate it and wondered whether it would be enough to fill him up.

• Heath told Zoroark to alert him if future customers seemed deeply upset or lifeless.
• After closing the Food Truck, Heath considered having Farfetch'd serve customers alone to complete his quest, then decided to train Farfetch'd for another day first.
• Heath remembered he had not prepared dinner for his Pokémon and chose to cook a mixed dry pot.
• Heath used the leftover ingredients to make Snorlax an enormous deluxe dry pot so he could find out how much it took to fill Snorlax up.
• Snorlax wolfed down the huge meal, leaving Heath unsure whether it would satisfy him.

After feeding Snorlax enough to satisfy it, Heath noticed a total lunar eclipse and agreed to watch it with Cynthia. He headed out with Ralts, while Mew declined to join them.

• Heath fed Snorlax an exclusive food pellet after its meal failed to fill it, then watched his Pokémon relax for the night.
• Ralts pointed out the moon, and Heath realized a rare total lunar eclipse was underway.
• Cynthia messaged Heath to ask if he wanted to watch the eclipse, and he agreed.
• Heath invited his Pokémon to come along, but only Ralts joined him.
• Mew declined Heath's invitation and went off to play games, so Heath left with Ralts.

Heath and Cynthia watched the total lunar eclipse together after she led him to a quiet place in Eterna City. Cynthia asked Heath why he had set out on his journey, leaving him unsure how to answer.

• Heath met Cynthia outside the Food Truck while holding the shy Shiny Ralts.
• Cynthia invited Heath to watch the eclipse and pulled him away from the crowded streets.
• Cynthia brought Heath to a quiet, formerly haunted place where the League planned to build a Pokémon Center.
• Heath and Cynthia lay on the grass and watched the moon turn faintly red during the total lunar eclipse.
• Cynthia asked Heath why he had set out on his journey, and Heath struggled to find an answer.

Heath told Cynthia how traveling had become meaningful because of the people and Pokémon he encountered, then recounted the market’s fondness for an abandoned Piplup. Cynthia wished she could live a more interesting life, and Heath cheered her up as they watched Ralts sleep.

• Heath told Cynthia that he looked forward to meeting people and Pokémon in each city while traveling.
• Heath recounted how market vendors protected an abandoned Piplup, which had recovered from illness and helped clean up after the stalls closed.
• Cynthia said she wanted a more interesting life and explained that her Champion duties kept her busy with paperwork.
• Heath praised Cynthia’s sense of responsibility, then pinched her cheeks to make her smile.
• Cynthia burst into delighted laughter while Ralts slept in Heath’s arms.

Heath returned to his Food Truck after watching the lunar eclipse with Cynthia, who promised him a surprise before leaving. The next morning, he received mysterious cards and decided to train Farfetch'd to run the Little Rotating Hot Pot restaurant on his own.

• Cynthia asked Heath how long he would stay in Eterna City, and he said seven days before returning to Lavender Town to check on Ralts.
• Cynthia walked Heath back to his Food Truck, promised him a surprise, and left.
• Darkrai found Ralts's unusual dream and reached toward it, but a cloud of black smoke appeared and Darkrai vanished.
• Heath received one Root Card and two Seed Cards after waking, though he could not identify their purpose.
• Heath told Farfetch'd he would teach him to run the restaurant that day so Farfetch'd could manage it alone the next day.

Heath took Farfetch'd to the Vegetable Market to teach him how to prepare for serving customers, emphasizing that chefs must carefully check allergies and dietary restrictions. The chapter left Farfetch'd learning the basics of the job while Mew explored tarot cards back at the food truck.

• Heath found Mew studying tarot cards and learned Zoroark had given them to Mew after they appeared in a game.
• Heath traveled with Farfetch'd and Zoroark to the Vegetable Market to buy ingredients for the day.
• Heath taught Farfetch'd to plan ingredient quantities and explained that chefs should ask customers about allergies and foods they avoid.
• Heath stressed that even a tiny amount of an allergen could endanger a customer and described a chef who caused a severe reaction by adding peanuts.
• Heath recalled another dangerous food incident in which someone nearly died after trying to swallow rice to dislodge a fish bone.

Heath prepared beef rice noodles and received a legendary Champion badge after completing the second stage of the Variety Breakfast quest, which he realized celebrated Ash becoming the Pokémon World Championships Champion. He pinned on the badge, paid Mew for professional tarot cards, and continued preparing the food truck for business while teaching Farfetch'd.

• Heath taught Farfetch'd cooking skills, then brought the restocked ingredients back to the food truck with Farfetch'd and Zoroark.
• Heath made beef rice noodles for breakfast and received the commemorative Pokémon World Championships Champion badge as a quest reward.
• Heath learned the badge celebrated Ash becoming Champion and pinned it to his chest for its health and immunity benefits.
• Mew asked Heath for money to buy professional tarot cards, and Heath handed it over.
• Heath returned to preparing ingredients and hot pot base while continuing to teach Farfetch'd.

Heath opened his Food Truck to find Dialga dining there, then served customers who were drawn in while a new Customer-Attracting Cat sat on the counter. The chapter left Heath hopeful that the cat’s effect would bring more business.

• Heath served Dialga a spicy, numbing hot pot, and Dialga praised his business and innovative ideas.
• Dialga told Heath he had developed a recipe using an interesting ingredient that could become his restaurant’s signature dish.
• Customers flocked to Heath’s Food Truck while Dialga dined there, and several girls gave Dialga love letters.
• Mr. Nobi greeted Heath and asked about the small black cat waving on the counter.
• Heath explained that the cat was a Customer-Attracting Cat reward that increased the chance of customers visiting, and said black cats were auspicious in Kanto.

Heath prepared a Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs meal for Mr. Nobi while Farfetch'd and Zoroark served the growing crowd. As Heath continued training his Pokémon, a celebrity arrived and asked to film a food show at the Food Truck.

• Mr. Nobi asked Heath for a mild meat rice bowl, and Heath made him Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs with rice.
• Heath let Zoroark and Farfetch'd serve arriving customers while he cooked for Mr. Nobi.
• Ralts asked to help, and Heath told her to assist Zoroark with working out customers' bills.
• Heath helped Farfetch'd prepare ingredients and answer questions as the Food Truck filled with customers.
• Zoroark told Heath that a celebrity wanted to film a food show at the Food Truck, and Heath agreed.

Heath welcomed celebrity Da Xuan and a film crew to his restaurant for a food show after the owner of the Leisure Restaurant recommended his food. When Da Xuan requested a dish, Heath discovered that he had severe meat allergies and wanted spicy food without fish.

• Da Xuan told Heath that the Leisure Restaurant's owner had recommended filming at Heath's restaurant.
• Heath agreed to the food show's simple filming plan, while Zoroark and Farfetch'd nervously anticipated appearing on television.
• Da Xuan returned with the film crew, and Zoroark introduced the restaurant and its Little Rotating Hot Pot.
• After a crew member prompted Da Xuan to ask about Heath's special cooking ability, Heath stepped in to take the order.
• Heath saw that Da Xuan preferred very spicy food, disliked bitter flavors, was allergic to several meats, and could no longer bear to eat fish.