Chapter Summaries

Heath discussed Jessie's romantic preferences with her and wondered about James and the future of the Pokémon world. Blaine arrived at Heath's kitchen, where Heath prepared to serve him a meal.

• Jessie described her ideal boyfriend, and Heath asked whether she had considered James.
• Jessie said she and James were too familiar to be a couple, and Heath dropped the subject.
• Blaine entered the kitchen, and Jessie greeted him with excitement.
• Blaine explained that he had mistaken a parked vehicle for a sign that someone was investigating Dr. Fuji.
• Heath decided to serve Blaine a meal and wondered what reward he would receive.

Heath prepared to serve Blaine, a Team Rocket executive, after Blaine ordered twenty Slowpoke Tails grilled to taste crisp outside and tender inside, with the heat of a volcano. Once the tails arrived, May asked Heath how he planned to grill them.

• Blaine recognized Heath's Food Truck and told Heath that he wanted grilled meat skewers.
• Heath checked Blaine's preferences and learned that he liked numbing, spicy flavors and wanted grilled meat that felt like eating a volcano.
• Blaine asked for twenty grilled Slowpoke Tails, and Heath ordered them from the Psyduck Merchant Guild.
• The Psychic-type delivery service brought the Slowpoke Tails, and May asked Heath how he would grill them.

Heath prepared grilled Slowpoke tail for Blaine, using Charizard’s flames to sear the meat. Blaine admired Charizard and invited Heath to challenge the Gym, but Heath said he was just a chef.

• Heath cut the Slowpoke tail into pieces and considered which fuel would best sear the moisture-rich meat.
• Heath called out Charizard and asked him to sear the Slowpoke tail with high heat.
• May was surprised that Heath used a Pokémon to cook, while Blaine admired Charizard’s fire control.
• Heath seasoned and grilled twenty servings of Slowpoke tail in three minutes, then served them to Blaine.
• Blaine invited Heath to challenge the Gym, but Heath declined, saying he was just a chef.

Heath asked Blaine about Cinnabar Island’s signature food and learned it featured Volcanic Persimmons and jellyfish. When a commotion broke out near the Pokémon Mansion, Blaine revealed that the two young people arguing with Team Rocket’s staff were his Gym apprentices.

• Heath declined Blaine’s invitation to battle, and Charizard lost interest after learning Blaine was a Gym Leader.
• Heath asked Blaine how long he had lived on Cinnabar Island, and Blaine said he had been born there.
• Heath asked about the island’s most iconic food, and Blaine named Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish, made with local Volcanic Persimmons.
• A commotion outside drew Jessie and Heath to the window, where they saw two young people arguing with Team Rocket’s staff.
• Blaine recognized the two young people and told Heath they were apprentices at his Gym.

Heath learned that Naoki and Akihito were Blaine’s apprentices, struggling to save Cinnabar Island despite knowing the League would abandon it. Blaine led the pair away after their argument with Jessie, while Heath reflected on the island’s unavoidable destruction.

• Blaine explained that Naoki had once seemed like a promising successor, but became consumed with trying to save Cinnabar Island after learning the League planned to abandon it.
• Heath realized his suspicions about Naoki and Akihito had been mistaken, but knew from his foreknowledge that their efforts could not prevent the island’s future abandonment.
• Blaine explained that the volcano could no longer be suppressed safely and would have to erupt before anyone could decide what to do about the island.
• Naoki and Akihito argued with Jessie, who had mistaken their anger for trouble caused by Team Rocket; Blaine intervened and led them away.
• Jessie returned to the food truck angry, then calmed down after Heath soothed her and left with some of the boxed meals.

Heath let May spend her free time playing games and bonding with his Pokémon, then helped her find a Pokémon to sleep beside because she was afraid of the dark. Snorlax agreed to keep her company, and Heath prepared to get up early to teach May how to shop for groceries.

• Heath told May she could play games as long as she followed Norman's rule and went to bed before nine.
• May played games with Zoroark, exercised with Charizard, and learned to sing with Snorlax.
• May asked Heath whether he slept alone and explained that she was afraid of the dark and wanted a Pokémon beside her.
• Heath asked his Pokémon for help, and Snorlax agreed to sleep in May's room after promising he would not snore.
• Heath planned to adjust his schedule and teach May how to shop for groceries the next morning.

Heath took May to the market to teach her how to buy ingredients, but arrived before it opened and had her exercise while they waited. Charizard reaffirmed his goal of becoming the strongest, while Zoroark began considering how she might help him.

• May got up early and joined Heath, while Charizard continued his intense training and said he wanted to become the strongest Charizard.
• Heath thought about Leon's Charizard as the strongest in the world and considered using the Anywhere Door to visit Leon.
• Zoroark imagined being the boss of the strongest Charizard and decided she would need to plan how to help Huohuo.
• Heath drove May and Farfetch'd to the market at five thirty, but learned it did not open until seven.
• May could not fall back asleep, so she exercised with Heath until the market opened, then followed him to buy ingredients.

Heath explored Cinnabar Island's vegetable market, learned that imported vegetables were costly but subsidized for locals, and stocked up on cheap live seafood. He bought a Corphish for breakfast and prepared to cook lemon lobster for May and lobster noodles for the other Pokémon.

• Heath and May noticed that vegetables at the market were unusually expensive, and a stallholder explained that Cinnabar Island imported them from elsewhere.
• The stallholder told Heath that local shoppers received League subsidies, bringing vegetable prices in line with those in other markets.
• Heath skipped buying vegetables and bought a large quantity of inexpensive live seafood instead.
• May spotted Corphish for sale and told Heath she wanted one because her father had once made her lemon lobster.
• Heath bought a Corphish, checked that Farfetch'd had no objections, and took it back to the food truck to cook breakfast.

Heath cooked Corphish for breakfast, helping May feel better after she had cried from homesickness the night before. He opened his food truck near the Pokémon Mansion, where an unexpected customer arrived and seemed familiar to him.

• Heath served Corphish dishes to May and ate noodles with Corphish meat himself.
• Snorlax told Heath that May had cried under her covers because she missed home, so Heath had prepared food to comfort her.
• Heath drove his food truck to the Pokémon Mansion and opened for business despite the lack of customers nearby.
• A hiker entered the food truck, and Heath wondered if the man's familiar face belonged to Ash.

Heath prepared Kanto Hot Pot for a homesick customer who looked almost exactly like Ash, while explaining to May why lemon peel was essential to the dish. Farfetch'd remained set to compete in the cooking show's live finals, where he might face the boastful Cooking God.

• Heath noticed that the customer resembled Ash and wondered if he was Ash's father.
• Heath read the customer's request for traditional Kanto food and had Zoroark take his order for Kanto Hot Pot.
• Heath prepared the dish with Kanto Sauce and lemon, explaining that the lemon's bitter, astringent flavor was essential.
• May questioned why Heath added lemon, and he explained that the bitterness made the dish authentic Kanto Hot Pot.
• Heath learned that Farfetch'd had advanced to the cooking show's finals, which would be broadcast live.

Heath discovered that the diner customer Yaping was Ash’s father and learned that he had given Heath a rare, drained Dynamax energy crystal in thanks for helping Ash. As Yaping ate, Heath wondered whether Ash’s Aura and Yaping’s heritage connected them to Sir Aaron.

• Heath brought Kanto hot pot to the customer and asked whether he knew Ash.
• Yaping recognized Heath and introduced himself as Ash’s father, explaining that Delia had told him how Heath helped Ash.
• Yaping thanked Heath and insisted that he accept a rare, depleted Galar energy crystal.
• Heath returned to the kitchen and wondered whether Yaping’s family carried Sir Aaron’s bloodline.

Heath received the Hard-to-Notice Glasses after serving Yaping and learned they could make him difficult to recognize. While talking with Yaping about Ash’s upcoming journey, Heath learned Yaping would leave Ash’s Pokémon to Professor Oak and told Yaping that Dr. Fuji had moved because of Nebula Tech Company.

• Heath received the Hard-to-Notice Glasses and read that they could make their wearer seem utterly ordinary and hard to recognize.
• Heath asked Yaping whether he would give Ash a Pokémon before Ash began his journey.
• Yaping said he would not give Ash a Pokémon, explaining that he had asked Professor Oak to watch out for one and wanted Ash’s journey to be his own.
• Heath noticed Yaping carried six Luxury Balls and wondered about his Pokémon and strength as a Trainer.
• Yaping asked Heath where Dr. Fuji had moved, and Heath said Dr. Fuji had left because of Nebula Tech Company.

Heath learned more about Team Rocket’s public-facing Nebula Technology while Dr. Fuji inspected the secret project creating Mewtwo. A sudden mission prompted Heath to suspect that Mewtwo’s birth had triggered it.

• Heath discussed Nebula Technology with Mr. Yaping and learned Professor Oak had used its cameras for the Pokédex because of their accuracy.
• Apollo welcomed Dr. Fuji to Team Rocket’s island base and arranged for the base’s researchers to show him the project’s sample.
• Researchers contained a Pokémon’s surging Psychic power in a cultivation tank and identified the unfinished new Pokémon as Mewtwo.
• A researcher imagined Mewtwo helping Team Rocket fulfill its ambitions and celebrated the prospect of creating life.
• Heath received a mission to prepare a dish celebrating new life and wondered whether Mewtwo had triggered it.

Heath struggled to choose food for the newborn Mewtwo, so he asked Mew and prepared spicy hot pot. The meal appeared before Mewtwo at the blood-soaked experimental base, where Mewtwo ate it and Heath received rewards for completing the task.

• Heath asked Mew what it had wanted to eat when it was born, and Mew chose spicy hot pot.
• Heath prepared hot pot and ingredients, then time stopped as the task submitted the food.
• Mewtwo found the hot pot in the experimental base and recognized it as a gift for its birth.
• Mewtwo tried the spicy food, then continued eating as it grew more accustomed to the flavor.
• Heath received Mewtwo's Mega Stones X and Y and a mystery reward that greatly increased Mewtwo's affection.

Heath received Mewtwo’s Mega Stones and affection after completing a mission, but the Dream Nightmare Flower remained stuck before blooming. He demonstrated wok tossing for May by cooking egg fried rice, leaving her eager to practice.

• Heath considered the Mega Stones he had received as a reward and wondered why an artificial Pokémon like Mewtwo had them.
• Heath saw that the Dream Nightmare Flower’s blooming progress had stalled just before it opened.
• Mew suddenly felt more attached to Heath and came to see him, then returned to playing its game.
• May asked Heath why she needed to practice tossing a wok, so he cooked egg fried rice alongside Farfetch'd to demonstrate the difference.
• May tasted both dishes, noticed Heath’s was more harmonious, and promised to practice tossing the wok.

Heath and his companions explored the abandoned Pokémon Mansion after learning that Dr. Fuji had relinquished ownership of it. Heath found evidence that Dr. Fuji had created Mewtwo, while the others continued searching the mansion.

• Zoroark asked to explore the Pokémon Mansion, and Heath got Officer Jenny’s confirmation that Dr. Fuji had given up ownership of the property.
• Heath, Zoroark, May, and their Pokémon entered the unlocked mansion and found discarded clothes and a bracelet near the entrance.
• Heath and the others split up to search the mansion, and Heath found the top floor laboratory empty of equipment.
• Heath searched the remaining papers and found a note stating that an entirely new Pokémon had been born, which he identified as Mewtwo.

Heath took May to donate money that had belonged to someone else, then bought Cinnabar Island’s rare Volcanic Persimmons to prepare Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish. He began making the dish while considering whether to buy the trees that produced the fruit, and Zoroark questioned whether fruit could be eaten with seafood.

• Heath explained to May why they should donate the money, and she gave it to the Kanto Region Welfare Home Foundation with him.
• Heath bought up the local supply of Volcanic Persimmons and considered protecting their fruit trees for future harvests.
• May asked whether Heath was making Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish, and he described the simple preparation.
• Zoroark asked whether fruit could be eaten with seafood.

Heath prepared Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish and discovered that the dish was a surprisingly delicious sweet-and-sour appetizer. After the plate was finished, he offered May a parfait, and she accepted despite worrying about gaining weight.

• Heath struggled with the soft Volcanic Persimmon while making Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish, then finished the dish after adjusting his technique.
• Heath tasted the dish and was surprised by how refreshing and appetizing the persimmon and jellyfish tasted together.
• Zoroark, Farfetch'd, and May tried the dish, and they soon polished off the plate.
• May said the appetizer had made her hungry again, but declined a meal because she worried about gaining weight.
• Heath offered May a fruit-filled parfait, and she accepted after thinking about how delicious it would be.

Heath signed Naoki’s petition to save Cinnabar Island, though he believed the island’s destruction could not be prevented. Respecting Naoki’s determination to protect his homeland, Heath invited him to eat and wondered what serving him would bring.

• Naoki asked Heath to sign a petition to protect Cinnabar Island, and Heath recognized him as a Trainer he had seen the day before.
• Heath warned Naoki that Cinnabar Island would still need to be evacuated, but Naoki insisted on trying to save it.
• Heath signed the petition, recognizing that Naoki’s persistence was futile but worthy of respect.
• Heath invited Naoki to eat so he could see what reward serving him might bring, and Naoki accepted.

Heath prepared stir-fried stones for Mr. Naoki, who wanted strongly flavored stones to suck on while drinking. Naoki ate them with his wine, while Heath watched in astonishment.

• May asked Heath whether he could make the unusual dish Naoki wanted, and Heath confirmed that he could.
• Heath cleaned stones Kirlia had collected and stir-fried them with seasonings for Naoki.
• Heath had Zoroark carry the finished dish to Naoki and watched him eat.
• Naoki sucked the flavor from the stones and drank half his bottle of Nightmare Wine.