Chapter Summaries

Heath made spicy konjac for Mr. Daxuan, who was allergic to chicken and tired of eating fish, and presented it as mock meat. Mr. Daxuan tasted it and was amazed that its texture resembled chicken.

• Heath chose konjac and prepared Chongqing Spicy Chicken-style mock meat for Mr. Daxuan.
• Zoroark served Mr. Daxuan while Heath worried that her telepathic speech might not be captured by the food show's audio equipment.
• Heath brought Mr. Daxuan the spicy konjac rice set, and Mr. Daxuan worried that it was chicken he could not eat.
• Heath explained that the dish was mock meat, and Mr. Daxuan recognized it as konjac.
• Mr. Daxuan tasted the konjac and praised its meat-like texture, while Heath concluded his preparation had worked.

Heath served Mr. Daxuan a spicy konjac dish that tasted like chicken, then told a returning customer he could prepare pufferfish once he obtained the required license. He arranged to serve the customer in two days, and Mr. Daxuan learned Heath knew how to prepare pufferfish too.

• Mr. Daxuan praised Heath’s spicy konjac after discovering it resembled chicken in flavor and texture.
• The food show’s crew helped manage fans who disrupted Heath’s business, improving Heath’s impression of them.
• A wealthy returning customer asked Heath whether he served pufferfish, and Heath explained he needed a special license first.
• Heath told the customer he could serve pufferfish in two days, and the man arranged to return then.
• After filming ended, Mr. Daxuan asked Heath about preparing pufferfish, and Heath confirmed he knew how.

Heath explained the dangers of preparing pufferfish to Farfetch'd and Ralts, then received a small parcel from Mr. Cord. Mr. Cord appeared beside him in Eterna City after learning where Heath had gone.

• Heath worried that his system might assign Farfetch'd a task to prepare pufferfish, which was far more difficult and dangerous than See-the-Light-Die.
• Heath explained to Ralts that pufferfish could be deadly if prepared incorrectly.
• A courier delivered Heath a small parcel from Mr. Cord after Heath showed his Trainer Card and signed for it.
• Heath opened the parcel and found an ordinary badge, and Mr. Cord suddenly appeared beside him.
• Mr. Cord told Heath that a friend had learned of his stall permit application in Eterna City and helped him locate Heath.

Heath reunited with Mr. Cord in Eterna City and heard how Viridian City was faring after Officer Jenny Feng’s transfer. The two shared a meal, and Heath planned to stay in Eterna City until the Anywhere Door was ready to use again.

• Mr. Cord visited Heath’s food truck and ordered a richer curry omurice.
• Heath asked about Viridian City, and Mr. Cord said the city was doing well but people were adjusting to Officer Jenny Feng’s departure.
• Mr. Cord described the new Captain Jenny as high-strung and prone to extensive patrols and searches for missing children.
• Heath prepared a slightly sweet curry omurice, which Mr. Cord enjoyed.
• Heath invited Mr. Cord to visit again while he stayed in Eterna City for a few days.

Heath continued serving customers until Mr. Cord delivered him a package from Giovanni containing part of the League’s Winter Subsidy. Heath discovered that the package held edible ink bamboo shoots from Paldea and considered how to prepare them.

• Heath used the Anywhere Door to reach his destination and stayed busy serving customers until after three in the afternoon.
• Mr. Cord gave Heath a package that Giovanni had sent as part of the League’s Winter Subsidy.
• Heath learned that Gym Leaders received League benefits and that becoming one required assessments beyond battling strength.
• Heath opened the package and found two fresh bamboo shoots cushioned with bamboo leaves.
• Mr. Cord identified the shoots as a Paldea specialty, and Heath’s Ingredient Identifier confirmed they were edible ink bamboo shoots best enjoyed boiled.

Heath tested Paldea’s ink bamboo and found that its cooked shoots tasted fresh and sweet, especially when dipped in their edible black sap. He then met Cyrus, the owner of the neighboring shopping mall, who came to discuss adopting Heath’s hot-pot business model.

• Heath boiled a quarter of an ink bamboo shoot to sample its flavor and discovered it stayed crisp, sweet, and fresh.
• Heath used his Ingredient Identifier to learn that ink bamboo sap was safe to drink and tasted like mineral water.
• Heath dipped cooked ink bamboo in the sap and found that it gained a savory flavor.
• Heath planned to try more ways of cooking the remaining ink bamboo before Zoroark called him outside.
• Heath met Cyrus, who introduced himself as the owner of the neighboring mall and proposed bringing Heath’s business model there.

Heath recognized Cyrus as Team Galactic’s leader, then sold him the complete Little Rotating Hot Pot business model and recipes for three million League Coins. Cyrus agreed to dine at Heath’s restaurant and asked him to choose what to serve.

• Heath realized the calm businessman was Cyrus, the future leader of Team Galactic.
• Cyrus offered three million League Coins for Heath’s Little Rotating Hot Pot operating model, broth recipes, and ingredients.
• Heath examined and signed Cyrus’s contract, and the secretary transferred the payment.
• As Cyrus prepared to leave, Heath invited him to eat at the restaurant.
• Cyrus accepted and asked Heath to make him something, citing the television’s description of Heath as a [God's Chef].

Heath prepared stinky tofu and Chongqing Spicy Chicken for Cyrus, who enjoyed the meal and paid a million for the stinky tofu recipe. After closing the food truck, Heath chose his reward and received a Jirachi Wish Card.

• Heath made Yun Province-style stinky tofu and Chongqing Spicy Chicken for Cyrus.
• Cyrus canceled a meeting with the owner of the Onix Canning Factory so he could stay and eat at Heath’s food truck.
• Cyrus enjoyed the dishes and offered Heath a million for the stinky tofu recipe, which Heath accepted.
• After the food truck closed, Heath chose the quality reward and received a Jirachi Wish Card that could grant a wish with a randomly determined chance once per calendar month.

Heath used the Jirachi Wish Card to try to upgrade his Anywhere Door, but the wish failed despite a 63.3 percent chance. After feeding his Pokémon and closing up for the night, he opened the food truck door to an unfamiliar drunk man.

• Heath considered traveling to Paldea but planned to return to Lavender Town to check on Ralts and Officer Jenny's investigation.
• Heath wished to upgrade his Anywhere Door with the Jirachi Wish Card, but the wish failed at a drawn probability of 63.3 percent.
• Heath put the card away, fed his Pokémon, and prepared to drive his food truck back to its parking spot.
• A drunken man knocked at Heath's closed food truck, and Heath cautiously opened the door to deal with him.

Heath helped an intoxicated man who had lost his phone by contacting the Officer Jenny Unit, then accepted Cynthia’s invitation to an exhibition of artifacts from the ruins. He left Farfetch'd in charge of the restaurant for the next day, while Mew asked to drive despite having no license.

• A drunk man asked Heath for help finding his missing phone, and Heath contacted the Officer Jenny Unit for him.
• Officer Jenny arrived, took the man away to sober up, and briefly questioned Heath before letting him leave.
• Heath found Cynthia’s invitation to the next day’s exhibition of artifacts excavated from the ruins and accepted it.
• Heath told Farfetch'd that it would run the restaurant the next day, and Farfetch'd agreed.
• Mew asked Heath to let it drive, claiming that playing Defective Racing qualified it.

Heath left Farfetch'd in charge of the food truck while he took a day off to visit an exhibition in Eterna City. As Farfetch'd and Zoroark opened the restaurant without him, Zoroark rallied them to do well and earn a raise.

• Heath refused to let Mew drive and explained his concerns about road safety.
• Heath read a League magazine about the Paldea region and became curious about its Pokémon and upcoming games.
• Farfetch'd bought ingredients, and Heath drove the food truck to its usual spot before leaving Farfetch'd in charge.
• Heath headed out to visit an exhibition in Eterna City, though he worried about how the Pokémon would manage without him.
• Zoroark calmed down as Farfetch'd prepared to open the food truck, then encouraged everyone to run it well and earn a raise.

Heath left Farfetch'd and the others in charge of his Food Truck while he went with Cynthia to see Detective Pikachu: The Bride of Halloween before visiting an exhibition. The restaurant stayed busy, and Farfetch'd successfully served familiar dishes, though a customer remained unsure whether he could make dessert.

• Heath told Cynthia that Farfetch'd would serve customers while he went to the exhibition later.
• Cynthia invited Heath to the premiere of Detective Pikachu: The Bride of Halloween, and he agreed to go with her.
• Customers arrived at Heath's Food Truck, where Zoroark explained that Farfetch'd was the head chef in Heath's absence.
• A returning customer ordered Spicy Clear Broth and found that Farfetch'd's cooking tasted as usual.
• The customer asked Farfetch'd to make Baumkuchen, wondering whether he could prepare the dessert.

Heath explained the key points of making Baumkuchen to Cynthia while Farfetch'd practiced baking and Zoroark served customers in his absence. At the movie theater, an advertisement for Paldea’s legendary seasonings made Heath consider expanding his business there.

• Cynthia asked Heath how to make Baumkuchen, and he warned her to use low-gluten flour.
• Farfetch'd began making Baumkuchen while Zoroark hurried to serve customers who needed pea shoots.
• Heath told Cynthia that professional cooking required practice, while home cooks could simply follow a recipe and focus on taste.
• Cynthia asked whether Heath feared splattering oil, and he said he had grown calmer through repeated cooking.
• Heath watched an advertisement for Paldea’s legendary seasonings and considered the region a promising place to develop his business.

Heath watched a movie with Cynthia, bought expensive Paldean seasonings, and visited an exhibition of recently excavated ruins with her. After Cynthia wondered about the limits of life, she said she did not want immortality and viewed death as another adventure.

• Heath finished watching Detective Pikachu with Cynthia and checked the Psyduck Merchant Guild’s poorly selling Paldean seasoning set.
• Heath bought ten seasoning sets, then went with Cynthia to an exhibition in Eterna City.
• Heath noticed the exhibition was nearly empty and learned from Cynthia that it would not open to the public until the next day.
• Cynthia showed Heath a stone slab depicting a Pokémon that resembled Growlithe’s Hisuian Form and spoke excitedly about Paldea’s unusual Pokémon.
• Cynthia said she did not want to live forever because life’s brevity made her value new encounters, and she considered death another great adventure.

After spending the afternoon with Cynthia, Heath returned toward his food truck and stopped to buy a Paldea Region Pokédex. He learned that the League offered increasingly expensive editions with merchandise and limited exploration privileges, and the story left him hearing that the sole Champion edition had already sold.

• Heath left Cynthia after they spent the afternoon eating, visiting her house, and playing games.
• On his way back to the food truck, Heath heard a bookstore advertising the Paldea Region Pokédex and joined the line to buy one.
• Heath examined the Pokédex editions, from the basic version to a 30-million-League-Coin Champion edition that included permission to explore Area Zero.
• Heath considered how the League used Pokédex sales to fund environmental protection and restricted exploration rights to protect Pokémon.
• Heath bought a deluxe edition with a Pikachu bookmark and a Sprigatito figurine, then heard a customer say the Champion edition had already sold.

Heath bought a Pokédex and Sprigatito figurine, then visited Eterna City's Lakeside Elegant Abode hoping to find inspiration for his cooking. He left convinced the restaurant had faked its ratings after an expensive, disappointing meal and posted a bad review.

• Heath watched a wealthy man leave the bookstore after learning the Champion-tier Pokédex had already sold, then left with his Pokédex and Sprigatito figurine.
• Heath chose to dine at Lakeside Elegant Abode, a highly rated restaurant beside a small lake, to sample its specialties.
• Heath ordered four dishes and waited more than half an hour, receiving stale pastries before his meal finally arrived.
• Heath found the food overpriced and poorly prepared, especially the black pepper steak pasta, and suspected the restaurant's ratings were fake.
• Heath left the restaurant irritated and quietly posted a bad review.

Heath received a Restaurant Upgrade Blueprint and a mysterious Nightmare Flower seed after his Pokémon completed the Great Step of Pokémon Chef. He returned to the food truck, found the Pokémon had finished work safely, and prepared to cook dinner using the new Paldean seasonings.

• Heath saw that Farfetch'd and the others had completed the Great Step of Pokémon Chef, earning a Restaurant Upgrade Blueprint and a Nightmare Flower.
• Heath found that the Nightmare Flower reward was a seed, whose description claimed its bloom could make sorrowful and despairing pasts burst like bubbles.
• Heath returned to the food truck and found Zoroark, Ralts, Farfetch'd, Snorlax, Charizard, and the others cleaning up after a successful day of business.
• Heath learned that the Pokémon had not eaten dinner and offered to cook with the Legendary-grade seasonings he had bought from the Psyduck Merchant Guild.
• Heath decided to make Steam Pot Chicken and try a few other dishes with the new seasonings.

Heath bought a large supply of Paldea’s Herba Mystica and discovered that cooking with it could fill Snorlax up. After sharing the meal with his Pokémon, he considered upgrading his restaurant but could not decide which area to improve.

• Heath used Herba Mystica to make Steam Pot Chicken and bought up the discounted stock from the Psyduck Merchant Guild.
• Heath noticed other chefs were buying Herba Mystica and predicted the scarce supply would soon sell out.
• Heath’s Pokémon praised the meal, and Snorlax became full after eating it.
• Heath promised Ralts that she might one day eat when the Dream Nightmare Flower seed changed her past.
• Heath reviewed possible restaurant upgrades to the Lounge, dining area, and kitchen, but remained indecisive.

Heath chose to upgrade his food truck’s kitchen, curious about the promised Magical Storage Room, and unexpectedly met Nami in Eterna City, where she began overseeing the work. He then realized the upgrade had no storage room, and Nami said it was too late to design one.

• Heath weighed upgrading the dining area against the kitchen and chose the kitchen upgrade.
• Nami called Heath, then appeared outside his food truck in Eterna City and was surprised to find him in Sinnoh.
• Heath invited Nami inside and learned she was visiting for Eterna City’s Future Technology Expo.
• Nami offered to oversee a food truck upgrade she had designed, and Heath eagerly agreed.
• As the construction crew began the work, Heath asked about the storage room, and Nami said it was too late to design one.

Heath watched Silph Co.'s crew renovate the Food Truck's kitchen with newly developed Quick-Install Materials in just three hours. He prepared spicy grilled fish for Nami and considered using the Herba Mystica he had bought from Paldea to meet her unusual flavor request.

• Heath learned from Nami that the kitchen upgrade would not include a storage room, but trusted that his Golden Finger would provide one another way.
• Nami explained that Silph Co. had used its expensive Quick-Install Materials to renovate the Food Truck, and Heath watched the crew work at remarkable speed.
• The renovation finished after three hours, leaving Heath with a spacious, well-equipped kitchen.
• Heath offered the crew food, but they declined because they had preparations for the next day's exhibition; he gave them bottles of liquor brewed with Darkrai's tears.
• Nami accepted Heath's offer of food and requested spicy grilled fish with the fragrance of a plant.
• Heath took out the Herba Mystica he had bought from Paldea and began preparing the grilled fish.