Chapter Summaries

Heath offered Leon century egg and lean pork congee and a therapeutic massage after learning that Leon’s ill mother had left him under severe strain. Leon accepted and took Heath to his home, where an angry elderly woman cursed from inside before he opened the door.

• Heath remembered how a seemingly small refusal had pushed a distressed girl toward suicide and decided he should try to help Leon.
• Heath asked Leon what food he wanted, and Leon chose century egg and lean pork congee for his mother instead of mango sticky rice for himself.
• Heath prepared the congee and offered Leon a therapeutic massage that might ease his mother’s pain and symptoms.
• Leon accepted the offer, and Heath drove him to the old residential complex where he lived.
• Heath followed Leon into the building and heard neighbors quietly discussing his family’s hardship.
• An elderly woman cursed inside Leon’s home, and Leon looked embarrassed before opening the door.

Heath visited Mr. Leon’s home and met his mother, whose cerebellar atrophy caused severe pain at night despite her seeming more comfortable while walking. After seeing how frail she was, Heath questioned whether she could endure an experimental treatment.

• Heath followed Mr. Leon into his messy, foul-smelling home.
• Heath met Mr. Leon’s elderly mother, who initially suspected he had been brought in to scam her but softened when she learned the treatment was free.
• Heath asked about her symptoms, and Mr. Leon’s mother explained that she suffered severe pain at night and worried that her illness had burdened her son.
• Heath recalled the League’s experimental drug for cerebellar atrophy and judged that Mr. Leon’s mother might be too frail to withstand it.

Heath used Life Flame disguised as a massage to ease Leon’s elderly mother’s restless legs syndrome and restore some of her vitality. She finally fell into a deep sleep, and Heath left Leon to watch over her before returning to the food truck with Cynthia.

• Heath assessed Leon’s mother as frail and decided to treat her himself rather than rely on experimental drugs.
• Heath massaged Leon’s mother while using Life Flame, and she relaxed and fell into a sound sleep.
• Heath told Leon to watch his mother that evening, refused Leon’s offer of payment, and left.
• An older woman asked Heath why he had visited Leon’s home, and he explained what he had done before returning to the food truck.
• Cynthia asked Heath about his visit, and Heath explained how severely Leon’s mother’s illness had affected her family.

Heath delivered three thousand boxed meals for a large Officer Jenny drill at Celadon City's Super Department Store. Meanwhile, Leon’s mother woke after Heath treated her and said her pain was gone, leaving Leon hopeful that she had recovered.

• Heath arrived at the Super Department Store and asked Chou why so many Officer Jennys were participating in the drill.
• Chou explained that the store generated most of Celadon City's tax revenue and required extensive security.
• Heath asked Chou to help move the three thousand boxed meals into the venue.
• Leon watched his mother wake after Heath had pressed a few points on her body and asked how she felt.
• Leon’s mother said her feet and back no longer hurt, then hurried to the toilet, and Leon wondered if she had truly recovered.

Leon’s mother was fully healed, giving him hope for the future, while Heath used his reward to discover living Celadon City Birds outside Celadon City. Heath’s photos excited the Officer Jennys and biologists, leaving him with a flood of messages as the birds circled overhead.

• Leon saw that his mother’s illness and leg problems were cured, and she told him she felt young and healthy again.
• Leon felt relieved that he could focus on repaying his debts now that his mother was well.
• Heath completed the cooking quest and received twenty Celadon City Birds as a reward.
• Heath pressed the [Reasonable] button, and his food truck drove him to a dark cave outside Celadon City while the birds disappeared from its storage room.
• Heath brought Cynthia to the cave, where a Celadon City Bird flew into the sunlight and revealed its gemstone-like feathers.
• Heath posted photos of the extinct birds in the [Loving Family] group chat, exciting the Officer Jennys and biologists and drawing a flood of messages.

Heath served a customer who asked for spicy omelet rice, then persuaded her to choose Oyakodon instead. He used the dish to discreetly serve Celadon City Bird meat, while the League and researchers focused on protecting and studying the newly rediscovered birds.

• Cynthia accepted recognition for discovering the Celadon City Bird after Heath insisted, and she happily posed for photographs.
• A girl with pointed canine teeth asked Heath for spicy omelet rice, and he offered her Oyakodon instead; she immediately agreed.
• Heath prepared Oyakodon, explaining that the marinated chicken and loose eggs gave it layers of flavor and texture.
• Heath noted that the League and researchers were intensely focused on the eighteen rediscovered Celadon City Birds, making it too dangerous to sell their meat openly.
• Heath used Oyakodon to conceal the Celadon City Bird meat he served to customers.

Heath completed Celadon City's special mission and his travels across Kanto, earning blessings that granted him and his loved ones extended life and other benefits. He chose Sinnoh as his next destination, where he planned to accompany Cynthia and prepare for their marriage.

• Heath served a customer Celadon City Bird oyakodon and completed Celadon City's special City Achievement Mission.
• Heath received Kanto’s Blessing, which made him immune to illness and forever young while in Kanto, and extended his lifespan there.
• Heath completed his Kanto travel plan and received a bestowed blessing for his Pokémon and partner, along with the I Am the Man Who Conquered Kanto achievement.
• Heath chose the Sinnoh Region for his next travel plan so he could accompany Cynthia and handle their proposal, wedding, and meeting her family.

Heath served a Trainer preparing for his eighth Gym challenge by making him a spicy Sichuan boiled pork slices meal to give him confidence before facing Giovanni. The Trainer eagerly accepted the dish, and Zoroark carried it to him.

• A Trainer with seven Gym Badges asked Heath for a Champion set meal to build confidence before challenging Giovanni.
• Heath explained that he did not have a Champion set meal but chose Sichuan boiled pork slices because it suited the Trainer’s taste for spicy food.
• The Trainer happily accepted Heath’s suggestion and waited for his meal.
• Heath prepared the pork slices with plenty of chilies and Sichuan peppercorns, then had Zoroark deliver them with rice.
• Zoroark heard the Trainer gulp as the meal arrived.

Giovanni reflected on how he had met Sabrina and how her long-standing feelings for him had become a source of trouble. As he prepared to respond to her fourteenth annual scarf gift, Sabrina directly confessed that she liked him.

• Giovanni struggled with Sabrina's romantic attention while trying to keep their relationship professional.
• Giovanni remembered meeting Sabrina as a runaway child on a snowy night and giving her his scarf and coat.
• Years later, Sabrina returned the clothes at the Viridian City Gym, and Giovanni recruited her into Team Rocket.
• Giovanni realized Sabrina had been devoted to him for years and had given him a scarf every year.
• Sabrina arrived with her fourteenth scarf, and Giovanni began to answer before she confessed that she liked him.

Sabrina confessed her love to Giovanni and, after he initially shut the door on her, he returned and asked her to see a movie. Sabrina accepted, leaving their relationship with a new possibility.

• Sabrina declared her love to Giovanni, who struggled to respond and recalled his mother's words about choosing a partner.
• Giovanni accepted Sabrina's scarf but shut the door, leaving her outside in tears.
• Giovanni returned, offered Sabrina his hand, and shyly asked her to see a movie.
• Sabrina took Giovanni's hand and happily agreed.

Heath learned that Giovanni and Sabrina had announced their relationship and reflected on how the world had changed. Before traveling to Sinnoh with Cynthia, he prepared a dessert for a mission and decided to visit Viridian City, which he considered home.

• Heath read the news that Giovanni and Sabrina were a couple and wondered whether the world's course had changed.
• Cynthia discussed their upcoming trip to Sinnoh with Heath, who felt nervous about meeting her grandmother.
• Heath made dragon's beard candy for the Divine Meal mission, but its rating was excellent rather than perfect.
• Heath realized he wanted to visit Viridian City before leaving Kanto and drove there in his food truck.

Officer Jenny Feng was required to take a month of leave and decided to visit Heath in Viridian City. Officer Jenny Ling chose to take time off and join her.

• Officer Jenny Ling told Officer Jenny Feng that her assignment was finished and her leave had been approved.
• Officer Jenny Feng agreed to begin her mandatory month of leave the next day and filled out the application.
• Officer Jenny Ling suggested that Officer Jenny Feng visit Heath, and Feng saw a photo of him with Cynthia in Viridian City.
• Officer Jenny Feng decided to fly to Viridian City to see Heath and meet Cynthia, whom she knew was the Champion of the Sinnoh Region.
• Officer Jenny Ling said she would take time off too, and Officer Jenny Feng agreed to travel with her.

Heath returned to Viridian City, renewed his food-truck permit, and caught up with Officer Jenny Hua. As he headed back to his usual spot, he discovered that a familiar young man was asking Hua to let him marry his Pokémon, Hemi.

• Heath returned to Viridian City and completed the paperwork to reclaim his old food-truck spot.
• Officer Jenny Hua asked how long Heath planned to stay, and he said he would soon travel to Sinnoh with Cynthia to visit her grandmother.
• Hua asked whether Heath and Cynthia had reached the stage of meeting family, and Heath shared a few details before saying goodbye.
• Heath recognized the young man who had once owned Charmander as he entered the Officer Jenny Building.
• The young man pleaded with Officer Jenny Hua to let him marry Hemi, and Heath hurried away without listening further.

Heath reunited with Yan Ning in Viridian City and served him the egg fried rice and other foods he remembered from Heath’s old stall. As Heath reflected on Yan Ning’s changes and his own uncertain return to the city, Mr. Cord appeared and greeted him.

• Heath recognized Yan Ning, an early customer who had gained weight since they last met.
• Yan Ning asked for egg fried rice, a braised chicken drumstick, and scallion bulbs, and Heath prepared the nostalgic meal.
• Heath reflected on how people he knew would age while he remained unchanged and considered leaving Viridian City again.
• Mr. Cord appeared as an Alakazam and joked that he would kick Heath if he did not return to do business soon.
• Heath jokingly told Mr. Cord to stop talking like a bad translation.

Heath told Mr. Cord and Yan Ning that he would not stay in Viridian City, though he could return to visit, and he spent the day serving a crowd of customers. After closing his food truck, he was visited by Officer Jenny Qian, who ordered jianbing guozi and pearl milk tea.

• Heath declined Mr. Cord’s hopes that he would open a shop in Viridian City, explaining that he still had to travel and wanted to meet Cynthia’s grandmother to arrange their wedding.
• Yan Ning ordered extra egg fried rice to take home to his wife and praised Heath’s cooking.
• Heath asked Mr. Cord how Giovanni and Sabrina had gotten together, and Cord explained that he had seen Sabrina at Giovanni’s front door because he lived nearby.
• A large crowd kept Heath busy until evening, when he closed the food truck and wondered why his customer-serving reward had not appeared.
• Officer Jenny Qian entered the food truck as an earthbound spirit and ordered jianbing guozi and pearl milk tea.

Heath served Officer Jenny Qian her requested meal and learned she had chosen to be reincarnated after eating it. She said goodbye and vanished, leaving Heath with a special reward from the system.

• Heath prepared Officer Jenny Qian bacon and eggs with deep-fried bee pupae.
• Heath noticed Officer Jenny Qian seemed troubled and asked what was wrong.
• Officer Jenny Qian told Heath she had arranged to be reincarnated after eating his cooking, explaining that she was lonely and missed her life as an Officer Jenny.
• Heath asked if this would be her last meal, and Officer Jenny Qian nodded.
• Officer Jenny Qian smiled and waved to Heath before turning into a ray of light and vanishing.
• The system announced that Heath had completed his hosting work and awarded him the Three-Lives Mirror, which showed anyone's past, present, and future lives.

Heath left Viridian City for Snowpoint City in the Sinnoh Region, bringing his food truck and starting a new journey. Years later, his daughter Xixing set out to become a Pokémon Master, and Heath prepared to follow her in the food truck.

• Heath met Giovanni and Sabrina in Viridian City and saw that they were happy together and expecting a child.
• Heath finished packing to leave for Sinnoh after spending three months in Viridian City with Officer Jenny Feng and the others.
• Ekans, Raticate, and Meowth visited Heath, and he fed them before saying goodbye to Viridian City.
• Heath opened the Anywhere Door and brought his food truck to Snowpoint City with Cynthia.
• Years later, Xixing declared that she would become a Pokémon Master, and Heath prepared to follow her journey with his Pokémon and food truck.