Chapter Summaries

Naoki finished his wine and seasoned stones, then left Heath with the stones he had used. Heath received a Mount Tai Stone that strengthened the wearer’s conviction and put it away for possible future use.

• Naoki paid for his wine and stones and left, while Zoroark asked Heath what to do with the leftovers.
• Heath told Zoroark to throw the used stones into the sea and bring back fresh ones from shore.
• May asked Heath whether the stones tasted good, and he guessed they tasted mostly like the seasonings soaked into them.
• Heath examined his reward, a necklace called the Mount Tai Stone that strengthened one conviction held by its wearer.
• Heath put the stone away, considering that it could help someone pursue a goal or turn over a new leaf.

Heath struggled to attract customers at the Pokémon Mansion until Professor Oak arrived looking for Dr. Fuji. Oak learned that Fuji had left to work with Nebula Technology, and Heath suspected Fuji had planned to tell him about Mewtwo.

• Heath realized the Pokémon Mansion had too few visitors to help him complete Cinnabar Island’s city achievement quest and considered moving his food truck.
• Professor Oak entered Heath’s food truck after recognizing it outside, and Heath welcomed him with tea.
• Professor Oak told Heath he had come to visit his old friend Dr. Fuji but found that Fuji had moved away to work with another company.
• Heath explained that Dr. Fuji had partnered with Nebula Technology and wondered whether Fuji had intended to tell Professor Oak about Mewtwo.
• Professor Oak said Fuji had promised to share something that could shake Pokémon research, and Heath privately noted that Fuji really had created a Legendary Pokémon.

Heath avoided telling Professor Oak that Dr. Fuji might be creating an artificial Pokémon, while Oak dismissed the possibility because the League forbade cloning and other prohibited research. Heath then prepared to take Oak and Ada’s food orders, leaving Oak occupied with his phone and the conversation about Dr. Fuji unresolved.

• Heath kept quiet about his suspicions that Dr. Fuji was involved in creating an artificial Pokémon and feared what League intervention might cause.
• Professor Oak rejected the idea that Dr. Fuji would clone or create Pokémon, recalling the League’s restrictions and a deadly Snorlax cloning incident.
• Heath asked what Professor Oak and Ada wanted to eat, and Oak ordered tender Yellow-Braised Chicken.
• Ada used a phone to order three roasted pork knuckles, and Heath planned to make them with Charizard’s help.
• Heath offered Professor Oak Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish while Oak worked on his phone.

Heath learned from Professor Oak that Volcanic Persimmons could only grow with Cinnabar Island’s unique conditions and would likely be lost in the coming eruption. He considered using Kyogre’s Watering Can to preserve and grow them himself while cooking for Professor Oak and Ada.

• Professor Oak agreed to try Heath’s Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish, and Heath realized the Cinnabar Island achievement quest could become harder once its specialty disappeared.
• Ada’s phone recited an academic phrase, and Professor Oak explained that it came from the phone’s Pokémon Language Communication System.
• Professor Oak told Heath that he and Dr. Fuji had found Volcanic Persimmons could not retain their distinctive qualities when grown elsewhere.
• Heath learned the League might transplant the persimmon trees and decided he could try protecting their growing area and cultivating them with Kyogre’s Watering Can.
• Heath served Professor Oak Yellow-Braised Chicken, which tasted better than Oak had expected.

Heath changed his plan for the pork knuckles, deciding to braise them in Dialga's Pressure Cooker before Charizard roasted them. As the pork cooked, Ada and May showed interest in the preparation, and Heath continued cooking with Jellyfish.

• Heath recalled how braised, grilled pig trotters became delicious and decided to braise the pork knuckles before roasting them.
• Heath put the pork knuckles and braising liquid into Dialga's Pressure Cooker to save time.
• Ada poked his head into the kitchen to watch, and Heath sent him away until the pork knuckles were ready.
• May asked Heath whether the Dragonite was called Ada and praised Professor Oak for raising such a strong Pokémon.
• May imagined having a Dragon-type Pokémon to help her search for buried treasure while Heath prepared Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish.

Heath received a Treasure Map as a reward for completing Cinnabar Island’s City Achievement Mission, but the treasure could only be found in the Distortion World. He planned a trip to retrieve it and learned Ash would begin his journey in three months.

• Professor Oak praised Heath’s Vermilion Fruit with Jellyfish, which Heath had made through practice.
• Heath examined a Treasure Map that pointed to a small island east of Cinnabar Island in the Distortion World.
• Heath planned to take his Food Truck to the island, enter the Distortion World, and retrieve the treasure while Zoroark and the others came along.
• Heath asked Professor Oak when Ash would start his journey, and Oak said it was three months away.
• Heath told Professor Oak that he had met Ash’s father, Yaping, and Oak confirmed that Yaping spent much of his time traveling.

Heath learned from Professor Oak that Ash’s father, Yaping, had become obsessed with an archaeological mystery called “Tears of the Kingdom.” Professor Oak regretted introducing Yaping to the excavation that sparked his travels, and hoped Ash would meet his increasingly absent father someday.

• Heath asked Professor Oak about his relationship with Ash’s father, and Oak recalled that Yaping had once challenged him repeatedly in battles.
• Professor Oak explained that Yaping became interested in archaeology after seeing their discoveries from the age of kingdoms.
• Oak said Yaping had begun traveling the world after giving him the cryptic words “Tears of the Kingdom.”
• Professor Oak regretted taking Yaping to the excavation, since Yaping now returned home only a few days each year and rarely saw Ash.
• Heath wondered what Yaping was searching for as he finished the pork knuckles and had Zoroark deliver them to Ada.

After Professor Oak left with Ada and a case of Nightmare Wine, Heath considered how to travel to an island with his food truck. A mysterious pink-haired customer appeared inside without ringing the chime and ordered Nightmare Wine, mashed potatoes, and Pork Jerky, leaving Heath to serve her despite Zoroark's suspicions.

• Professor Oak left with Ada after buying a case of Nightmare Wine, and Heath wondered whether to take his food truck to the docks and find a freighter.
• Zoroark spotted a pink-haired girl inside the food truck, though she had not heard the entrance chime ring.
• The girl asked Zoroark for food, then ordered Nightmare Wine, mashed potatoes, and Pork Jerky.
• Zoroark told Heath that she did not know when the customer had entered, and Heath instructed her to serve the girl and collect payment.

Heath served Cresselia mashed potatoes and pork jerky, then learned that the pink-haired customer was the Legendary Pokémon. Cresselia gave him a crystal that brewed Beautiful Dream Wine, and Heath agreed to recommend it.

• Heath made hot and numbing mashed potatoes and sweet-and-salty pork jerky for his customer, May, while setting aside extra jerky for himself.
• Heath received a Dream Pillow after serving Cresselia and realized that the pink-haired girl was the Legendary Pokémon.
• Cresselia praised Heath’s Nightmare Wine and suggested making another wine that would not cause nightmares.
• Cresselia gave Heath a crystal that brewed Beautiful Dream Wine, which brought pleasant dreams after three bottles.
• Cresselia asked Heath to recommend her wine and promised to bring him more crystals, and Heath agreed.

Heath arranged to make Sweet Dream Wine with Cresselia’s help, while suspecting her rivalry with Darkrai might hide bashful feelings. After Cresselia left, May admired her pink hair, and Heath reminded her to get her parents’ permission before dyeing her own.

• Heath considered Sweet Dream Wine as a future main product and planned to limit how much customers could drink.
• Heath suspected Cresselia was deliberately competing with Darkrai and wondered whether she had feelings for him.
• Heath avoided asking Cresselia directly about Darkrai, and she left happily, eager to tell Darkrai she had taken over his share of the wine business.
• Heath reflected that Legendary Pokémon had ordinary emotions and desires despite their power.
• May praised Cresselia’s pink hair, and Heath told her she would need her parents’ permission to dye her hair.
• May said she was only curious and had no intention of dyeing her hair before adulthood.

After looting the Pokémon Mansion, Heath prepared to leave Cinnabar Island and arrange a boat to the Seafoam Islands. Ho-Oh appeared in his food truck, and after meeting May, she asked Heath to make her a difficult dish of crispy rice filled with broth.

• Heath considered whether the looted Pokémon Mansion might still become an adventurers' paradise and planned to find a cargo vessel at Cinnabar Island's port.
• Ho-Oh teleported into Heath's food truck and explained that she had come because she sensed Cresselia had passed through.
• May entered the cab and was surprised to find Heath talking with Ho-Oh, who introduced herself as his friend.
• Ho-Oh asked Heath to make crispy rice formed into a ball with broth inside, leaving him and Farfetch'd wondering how he would manage it.

Heath struggled to recreate the spherical crispy rice dish Ho-Oh requested and considered using Charizard to control the heat. A mysterious quest then tasked him with serving a perfect appetizer to a god, but he put it aside to focus on Ho-Oh’s meal.

• Heath identified the sealed crispy rice sphere as the dish’s main challenge and considered asking Charizard to help shape and cook it.
• May suggested spherical cookware, but Heath rejected the idea as impractical.
• Ho-Oh watched Heath work, intending to reward him with a special gift if he made the dish she remembered from a young human chef.
• Heath triggered a quest requiring him to serve a god an appetizer with a perfect rating and wondered whether the god was Arceus.
• Heath set the quest aside and returned to preparing Ho-Oh’s requested dish.

Heath prepared a coconut-and-chicken dish that satisfied Ho-Oh despite tasting different from the food she remembered, then began teaching May how to make it. After serving Ho-Oh, Heath received a single use of a weakened Life Flame, which could either heal most injuries and illnesses or attack by burning away a target’s life.

• Heath made coconut chicken soup into aspic, sealed it inside a thin coconut egg, coated it in rice, and had Charizard cook it.
• Ho-Oh tasted the dish and said it was different from what she had requested but delicious, especially because she liked its coconut flavor.
• Heath offered to teach May the dish, and she eagerly agreed despite worrying about its difficulty.
• Heath explained that the dish required a very thin coconut-egg shell, careful rice coating, and precise heat control, then began instructing May.
• Heath received one use of a weakened Life Flame and found a tiny lighter that held it.
• Heath learned that Life Flame could heal most injuries and illnesses or attack by burning away a target’s life without leaving surface wounds.

Heath received a weakened Life Flame from Ho-Oh and accepted an unusual stone as payment for her meal. Ho-Oh left after telling him that the Legendary Pokémon planned to invite him to cook at their gathering, though the location had not yet been chosen.

• Heath decided to keep the Life Flame, which could alleviate most injuries, rather than sell it.
• Ho-Oh paid Heath with a stone that prevented its holder from falling asleep, and Heath thanked her while hiding his doubts about its usefulness.
• Ho-Oh left after noticing May, then used Telepathy to tell Heath that the Legendary Pokémon planned a gathering and wanted him to cook for them.
• Heath grew excited about the chance to earn rewards and considered how to prepare a perfect appetizer.

Heath tested whether an ordinary vegetable salad could satisfy his mission to make a perfect appetizer, but it received only an ordinary evaluation. As he considered what to cook next, Naoki and his companions blocked the road with a growing protest.

• Heath asked May whether she preferred Paldean vegetable salad or Kanto pickled vegetable appetizers, and May chose salad.
• Heath prepared May an ordinary vegetable salad, which the system evaluated as ordinary.
• May found the salad refreshing but unremarkable, and Heath concluded that a simple dish would not meet the mission's requirements.
• Heath wondered whether the divine meal was meant for Arceus and whether he should make a vegetable-based appetizer with carrots.
• Heath found Naoki and his companions protesting in the road with several others, and he wondered whether to take another route.

Heath avoided Naoki’s protest march on Cinnabar Island and went to the port to arrange transport for his Food Truck. He chose Grandpa Ai’s small cargo vessel, then met the remarkably vigorous eighty-seven-year-old captain who would take him onward.

• Heath recognized Naoki and the others’ march as a protest, avoided the crowded streets, and drove to the unaffected port.
• At the port, Heath reflected on how ordinary people’s lives and stories went unrecorded, including those who would eventually be affected by Cinnabar Island’s destruction.
• Heath asked a League worker about ships that could carry his Food Truck and learned that Grandpa Ai’s vessel was a suitable, inexpensive option.
• The worker explained that Grandpa Ai was eighty-seven, but Heath agreed to inspect the ship and meet him.
• After examining the cargo vessel and asking questions, Heath chose Grandpa Ai’s ship.

Heath, May, and Mew sailed with the solo captain Old Ai toward an island as a powerful storm gathered ahead. Mew warned Heath of the danger, and Old Ai prepared to face the storm head-on while Heath reassured May.

• Old Ai sailed Heath and May toward their destination alone, prompting May to discover that the boat had no other crew.
• Heath questioned Old Ai about the storm, and the captain boasted that only the legendary Wrath of the Sea God could threaten his voyage.
• Mew warned Heath that an immense concentration of energy ahead could cause severe weather.
• Old Ai recognized the approaching storm as resembling the Wrath of the Sea God and vowed to steer the boat through it.
• Heath reassured May that his modified food truck could keep them safe, even if the boat sank.

Heath and his companions survived a massive wave by sheltering inside his food truck, which sank safely into the sea. As the truck descended into the deep ocean, an enormous Pokémon opened its eye outside the lounge windows.

• Captain Ai warned Heath that the waves were too dangerous and offered to help him escape with his Water-type Pokémon, but Heath refused to abandon his food truck.
• The wave capsized Captain Ai’s boat, while Heath’s food truck sank intact with Heath, May, Zoroark, and Captain Ai inside.
• Heath assured Captain Ai that the truck could withstand deep-sea pressure and recycle oxygen as it continued descending.
• In the lounge, Charizard and Zoroark saw a gigantic Pokémon staring through the window, and Zoroark wondered whether he had time to write his will.

Heath scanned the dark seabed and discovered a gigantic, gentle Tentacruel near the Food Truck, then tried to calm his companions by telling them a sea-monster story. As the Food Truck continued on Autopilot, an enormous tentacle passed the window, and Old Man Ai identified it as belonging to a Malamar.

• Zoroark, Mew, and Kirlia alerted Heath through Telepathy that a huge Pokémon was outside the Food Truck.
• Heath used the Ingredient Identifier and learned that a gigantic, poisonous Tentacruel lived on the seabed and had a gentle disposition.
• Heath warned the others not to bother the Tentacruel, then told Old Man Ai and May a sea-monster story from his previous life.
• A huge tentacle slid past the window while Heath, May, and Old Man Ai watched.
• Old Man Ai said the tentacle looked like a Malamar's, leaving Heath wondering what else lived on the seabed.

After a giant Octillery left Heath’s food truck unharmed on the seabed, Heath decided to cook barbecue for his shaken companions. The appearance of Mew stunned Old Man Ai, who recognized the rare Pokémon.

• Heath watched the enormous Octillery leave and reassured May that they were not exploring.
• Heath checked the food truck’s autopilot and learned they still had seventeen hours to travel to the island.
• Heath offered Old Man Ai food and decided to make barbecue to lift everyone’s spirits.
• Heath invited Kirlia, Mew, and the others to join them, and Mew came out after hesitating.
• Old Man Ai fell silent in astonishment when he saw Mew, then asked Heath if it was Mew, and Heath confirmed it.