Chapter Summaries

Heath took Zorua, Charmander, and Farfetch'd to Viridian City's food street, where they sampled Bounsweet juice and discovered a new Alcremie ice cream shop. There, Heath met Professor Oak, who explained Alcremie's varieties and recommended trying its cream.

• Heath brought his Pokémon to the food street beside the Viridian City Gym, and Farfetch'd showed interest in opening a restaurant.
• Heath bought the last three cups of Bounsweet juice, which Zorua, Charmander, and Farfetch'd drank.
• Heath and his Pokémon found a newly opened Alcremie ice cream shop from the Galar Region.
• Professor Oak told Heath that Alcremie had cream-covered bodies and as many as sixty-three varieties, then recommended its cream.

Heath took Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander to Viridian City's food street, where they sampled several Pokémon-made delicacies. After running into Giovanni shopping for ingredients, Heath returned to his food truck and decided to study for his driving exam instead of going to the Driving School.

• Heath bought Alcremie ice cream for himself and his Pokémon, then lamented that Professor Oak had vanished into the crowd.
• Heath and his Pokémon tried Miltank yogurt and Octillery takoyaki, while Farfetch'd watched how the food vendors prepared their dishes.
• Heath left the food street with a lighter wallet and wondered whether the League chairman had already left Viridian City.
• Giovanni met Heath while carrying groceries and said he planned to make hot pot at home.
• Heath returned to his food truck and decided to go back to the dormitory early to review Subject One material.

Heath encountered a mysterious Officer Jenny in the quiet dormitory grounds, but she vanished before he could learn who she was. After reporting the encounter, he considered that she might have been an inspector and returned to training Farfetch'd in the dormitory kitchen.

• Heath met an unfamiliar Officer Jenny who recognized his opening stance from the fifth set of combat techniques and then disappeared into the grove.
• Heath reported the encounter, but the Officer Jennys found no trace of the stranger.
• Officer Jenny Feng said she knew of no inspector due to visit, and Heath guessed the stranger might have been one.
• Heath tested Farfetch'd's progress making Three-Not-Sticky and encouraged it when it struggled.

Heath discovered Zorua had lied about being on her period, then asked Officer Jenny Ling whether fox Pokémon had periods. He left Zorua wondering whether human males really had a painful ball-replacement cycle.

• Heath woke to find Zorua sleeping on his chest and caught her claiming she wanted to sleep because she was on her period.
• Heath tried to check Zorua, but she leaped away and hid under the covers; he then carried her out by the scruff.
• Heath met Officer Jenny Ling while exercising and asked whether fox Pokémon had periods, and she said females did, generally when in heat.
• Zorua protested Heath's question and walked on her own, so Heath told her human males' balls fell off and regrew every three months.
• Zorua cited Farfetch'd and her novels to challenge Heath, but he insisted the cycle applied only to human males and left her confused.

In Viridian City's damp, fogbound Huinantian weather, Heath struggled with the conditions but decided to open his food truck and try making Job's tears tea. Mr. Fujiyama arrived to order some, and Heath began preparing it.

• Heath adjusted the food truck's humidity control and dried Zorua and Farfetch'd as the fog and condensation made the weather miserable.
• Heath visited the market, where a wealthy vegetable seller offered him a discount, and bought an ingredient he had been unable to find before.
• Heath planned to serve Job's tears tea, which he thought would suit the damp Huinantian weather.
• Mr. Fujiyama and his female Machamp arrived wearing weighted gear, and Mr. Fujiyama ordered Job's tears tea while Heath was still preparing it.

During Huinantian, Heath served food and Job’s Tears Tea while Mr. Fujiyama and his Pokémon continued their workouts. Dawn visited the food truck and questioned Heath about the tea’s medicinal effects.

• Heath watched Mr. Fujiyama exercise with ten water-filled Snorlax Dehumidifying Bags hanging from him and served him breakfast and Job’s Tears Tea.
• Mr. Fujiyama asked about Charmander’s training, and Heath said Charmander was persevering with its workouts.
• Heath stayed inside his food truck as the fog thinned, supervised Farfetch'd’s training, and sold Job’s Tears Tea to customers.
• Dawn arrived and asked Heath what food he had, then grew curious about whether Job’s Tears Tea could treat illness and how it worked.

Heath served Dawn, a sixth-year student struggling to pass the Pokémon Medical Care qualification exam, and received a Pokémon Basic Pharmacology book. After a quest prompted him to give away Coix Seed Tea, he earned a mysterious white puzzle piece.

• Heath discussed Dawn’s difficult path into Pokémon Medical Care and served her Coix Seed Tea and a sausage Jianbing Guozi.
• Dawn explained that she had failed the qualification exam for the sixth time after facing a question about treating Snorlax’s multiple poison injuries.
• Heath received Pokémon Basic Pharmacology as a reward for serving Dawn, but found the book too difficult and locked it away.
• Heath triggered a quest to give thirty cups of Coix Seed Tea to people who needed help.
• Heath gave the tea to Officer Jenny Guang and received a white Random Puzzle Piece, whose purpose he could not identify.

Heath spent a quiet, foggy day at his food truck, showing Farfetch'd a sword and keeping Zorua away from a dangerous microphone. Officer Jenny Qian inspected his vending permit and left as a customer arrived, while Heath studied for his Subject One test the next day.

• Heath asked Farfetch'd about his knife skills, handed him the Three Heavens Blade, and showed him how to hold it.
• Zorua picked up the Sweet Dream Microphone, so Heath took it back and locked it away.
• Officer Jenny Qian visited Heath's food truck, checked his vending permit, and teased him about selling prohibited goods.
• Officer Jenny Qian left when she sensed someone approaching, and a customer ordered Egg Fried Rice from Heath.
• Heath studied Subject One material and worried that the fog would make his Subject Two test difficult.

Heath took Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander to Viridian City's arcade after they asked about it, though he dreaded what they might find inside. They encountered dancing Machamp and Hariyama, and Heath introduced them to an unusual pool-based claw machine.

• Zorua asked Heath what an arcade was, and Farfetch'd showed interest as well.
• Heath agreed to take his Pokémon to the arcade and drove the food truck there on autopilot.
• Heath entered the arcade with his Pokémon and found Machamp and Hariyama dancing on the machines.
• Heath bought tokens and explained that a pool of floating plastic balls was an unusual claw machine.
• Heath asked whether his Pokémon wanted to try the machine, and Zorua agreed.

Heath brought Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander to an arcade and introduced them to Octillery’s bizarre pool-based claw machine. After Zorua won a bottle of ink and got sprayed, the group moved on to other games, where Farfetch'd, Charmander, and Zorua found ones they enjoyed.

• Heath explained that Octillery grabbed prize balls from the pool, but Zorua’s first attempt ended with Octillery returning empty-handed and spraying her with ink.
• Heath paid Octillery sixty tokens, and Octillery retrieved a ball containing a bottle of ink, which Zorua angrily threw aside.
• Heath offered to let Zorua pay to beat Octillery, but she refused and jumped into Heath’s arms.
• Farfetch'd played a fruit-slicing game, Charmander tried a boxing game with Heath’s help, and Zorua happily played a rhythm game.

Heath returned to the Officer Jenny Dormitory Area after training with his Pokémon and testing Farfetch'd’s cooking. In the cafeteria, he found Officer Jenny Qian sitting alone and offered to make her something to eat.

• Heath let Farfetch'd try making Three-Not-Sticky, but its slow, energy-saving technique left the dish stuck to the pan.
• Heath recalled a customer's Mankey whose strong body odor had made even a Jianbing Guozi smell unpleasant.
• Heath returned to the dormitory area as the fog cleared and noticed Officer Jenny Qian was not around during his trip back.
• Heath went to the cafeteria and found Officer Jenny Qian staring out the window; she told him to get food if he was hungry.
• Heath told Officer Jenny Qian that he was the cook and walked over to her.

Heath cooked West Lake fish in vinegar sauce for Officer Jenny Qian, who praised the dish and gave him a cryptic suggestion about a scenic spot. After she vanished, Heath learned she was a ghost and wondered why she remained in the world.

• Officer Jenny Qian doubted Heath’s cooking skills, and Heath asked about her preferred flavors before deciding to make sour West Lake fish in vinegar sauce.
• Heath prepared the fish while explaining knife techniques to Farfetch’d and having Charmander heat water with Ember.
• Heath served the dish to Officer Jenny Qian, who enjoyed it and told him to walk toward eleven o’clock that night to find nice scenery.
• Heath received a Self-Invented Move Device for serving Officer Jenny Qian (ghost) and realized she had disappeared, leaving only bones and an empty bowl.
• Heath recalled that Officer Jenny Qian had appeared only to him and wondered why she had become a ghost and stayed in the world.

After Officer Jenny Qian vanished, Heath used a rare Self-Invented Move Device to create Sheathed Cut for Farfetch'd and tested it in battle. He later asked Officer Jenny Ling about past Viridian City officers, but learned that none had died in the line of duty, leaving Qian's connection to the city unexplained.

• Heath realized Officer Jenny Qian had vanished and obtained a rare Self-Invented Move Device.
• Heath rejected Spirit Bomb and Glaciate, then created the Fighting-type move Sheathed Cut from the Heaven-and-Earth Peerless Blade.
• Heath gave the move to Farfetch'd and helped it practice the precise timing needed to counter Charmander's Ember.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Ling whether any Viridian City officers had died in the line of duty, and she said none had.
• Heath wondered why Officer Jenny Qian had come to Viridian City.

Heath returned to the dorm, where Officer Jenny Feng gave him a new phone for his upcoming journey. After setting it up, Heath decided to take his Pokémon to see the night view at Viridian City's reservoir.

• Heath found Officer Jenny Feng relaxing in the dorm and started her laundry.
• Heath discovered a new smartphone from Officer Jenny Feng and thanked her for the gift.
• Heath transferred his SIM card to the phone and set up its Wi-Fi.
• Heath talked with Farfetch'd about rumors involving Magnemite and Feebas while Charmander rested.
• Heath called his Pokémon to go see the night scenery at the reservoir and carried reluctant Zorua out by the scruff.

Heath and Zorua traveled to Viridian Reservoir at night, where they discovered a breathtaking view of the stars reflected across the water. Zorua wondered if Heath had brought her there to confess his love.

• Heath left the Officer Jenny Dormitory Area with Zorua and used the Ampharos Lantern to startle her with its powerful light.
• Heath passed through a grove and climbed toward Viridian Reservoir beneath a brilliant, star-filled sky.
• Officer Jenny Qiao asked Heath why he had come out so late, and he said he wanted to enjoy the scenery.
• Heath reached the reservoir and saw the stars reflected in the rippling water, which seemed to hold points of light.
• Zorua admired the view and wondered whether Heath intended to confess his love.

Heath enjoyed the reservoir with his Pokémon, then took Farfetch'd to the market and taught him how to choose ingredients. Completing the task earned Heath a legendary clue about special white Pokémon in the mountains west of Viridian City, and he decided to visit Indigo Plateau after getting his driver's license.

• Heath used the Ingredient Identifier to confirm that Starry Sky Algae was edible and water-purifying, then relaxed beside the reservoir with Farfetch'd, Charmander, and Zorua.
• Heath took his Pokémon back to the dormitory, and the next morning he found Charmander exercising before driving to the market.
• Heath received a task to teach Farfetch'd to select and identify ingredients, then guided him through choosing food at the market.
• Farfetch'd learned the basics, completing the task and earning Heath a legendary clue about special white Pokémon in the mountains west of Viridian City.
• Heath recalled that the mountains connected to Johto and decided to visit Indigo Plateau after he got his driver's license.

Heath served Mr. Yan Ning, who dropped a bottle of Diglett-brand Yaneimeicuo tablets and hurried away rather than claim it. Later, Officer Jenny Qian visited Heath’s food truck, where he remained curious about her life as a ghost.

• Heath prepared an extra-egg Jianbing Guozi for Mr. Yan Ning and teased him about the Chinese chives in his shopping bag.
• Mr. Yan Ning dropped a bottle of Diglett-brand Yaneimeicuo tablets, but left without taking it back when Heath called after him.
• Zorua laughed at the exchange, and Heath threw the bottle away, burying it deep in the trash.
• Heath wondered why Officer Jennys were rushing around again, since he had already told Sister Feng the Inspector had left.
• Officer Jenny Qian arrived and said the Jennys worked hard on assignments and fighting criminals.
• Heath asked Officer Jenny Qian if she wanted something to eat, still wondering how a ghost could eat food.

Heath served Officer Jenny Qian tea and received a Memory Fragment that showed her final moments in an explosion. Afterward, he noticed many Officer Jennys rushing through Viridian City and wondered what emergency had occurred.

• Officer Jenny Qian declined Heath’s breakfast options, accepted his Coix Seed Tea as a treat, and hurried away.
• Heath received a Memory Fragment for serving Officer Jenny Qian and accidentally crushed it.
• Heath experienced a memory of Officer Jenny Qian confronting a criminal before an explosion killed her, then returned to his food truck.
• Heath decided to ask Sister Feng whether an Officer Jenny Qian had served in the Kanto League.
• A squad of Officer Jennys sped past Heath, and Mr. Fujiyama arrived to order breakfast.
• Heath asked Mr. Fujiyama why so many Officer Jennys were mobilizing, but continued preparing his order.

Heath heard that Officer Jennys were gathering at the Pokémon Center, then spent the morning studying for his Subject One exam and listening to Dawn complain about a deceptive shopping app. Jessie returned from a Team Rocket business trip, and Heath teased her about her future hairstyle.

• Mr. Fujiyama told Heath that Officer Jennys were heading toward the Pokémon Center, and Heath stayed behind to study for his exam.
• Dawn told Heath that Diglett Shopping had lured her into spending the night trying to win a free laptop, leaving her five Great Balls short.
• Heath found a hidden notice explaining that the remaining price reductions had seven decimal places, and Dawn left angrily.
• Jessie rode up to Heath after returning from a business trip, and Heath asked her to keep the laws of physics in mind when she changed her hair.

Heath served Jessie her usual boiled dumplings and heard her reminisce about wanting to become a Pokémon nurse before joining Team Rocket. After Jessie left, Heath received a jar of magical snow that could recreate the finest flavor of any dish, leaving him intrigued by what it might help him taste.

• Heath prepared pork and chive dumplings for Jessie and asked how long she planned to stay in Viridian City.
• Jessie said she did not know and recalled that she had once wanted to become a nurse after studying at the Chansey Nurse Academy.
• Heath handed Jessie her dumplings, and she said eating them when she came back made life feel complete before riding away.
• Heath received Snow That Can Sate Hunger in Memories and found the jar of snow in his refrigerator.
• Heath read that the snow could reproduce a dish’s finest flavor and decided to save it until he was prepared to try it.