Chapter Summaries

Heath learned that a celebrated Nurse Joy had gone missing, prompting an urgent police response and leaving Giovanni visibly furious as he passed by. While the investigation unfolded quietly, Zorua tried several disguises to persuade Heath to buy more novels, but he refused.

• Officer Jenny Ling bought forty-three Jianbing Guozi from Heath and told him that a gifted Nurse Joy had gone missing.
• Heath suspected Team Rocket would be blamed, but Giovanni hurried past with Gym Trainers looking angry, suggesting the incident was not his doing.
• Zorua asked Heath what was happening, and Heath said it was something that made people angry.
• Zorua said it had finished its novels and pleaded for more, but Heath told it to wait until next week.
• Zorua tried disguising itself as a girl and then a voluptuous woman to persuade Heath, who refused and noted that the woman had Machamp's face.

Heath paid Zorua for translating, bought Sister Feng a new phone, and helped Farfetch'd practice making Three-Not-Sticky. Farfetch'd completed the dish and earned Heath a Life-Replaying Drink and a clue to a specified area, though Heath put the drink away for later.

• Zorua asked Heath for work to earn money for novels, and Heath paid her a hundred League Coins for her translation work.
• Heath drove Zorua to a bookstore, then bought a new phone as a gift for Sister Feng.
• Heath headed to the Driving School and asked Farfetch'd to try making Three-Not-Sticky.
• Farfetch'd successfully made a serving of Three-Not-Sticky, though he was exhausted afterward.
• Heath received a Life-Replaying Drink and a Specified Area Clue, read the drink's description, and stored it away.

Heath took the driving school exam while watching proctors catch examinees attempting to cheat in increasingly absurd ways. He passed with an average score and wondered whether the Kadabra who placed first was the same one he had taught to make soy sauce rice.

• Heath entered the crowded exam venue with Zorua, who reluctantly agreed to stay in its Poké Ball during the test.
• Heath watched proctors remove a disguised man, a Slowpoke, and an examinee using Morse code to cheat.
• Heath completed his exam and waited for the results while reading a bizarre manga mash-up with Zorua.
• Heath checked the posted scores, saw that he had passed and a Kadabra had taken first place, and wondered if it was the Kadabra he had taught to cook soy sauce rice.

After passing Subject One, Heath began studying for Subject Two at the Driving School, where Officer Jenny Aya became his instructor. She drove his vehicle wildly around the course, and Heath unexpectedly found himself enjoying the ride.

• Heath decided that passing was enough and prepared to study for Subject Two.
• Officer Jenny Aya teased Heath after he passed, and he returned to his food truck to study.
• Heath registered for medium- and large-vehicle lessons and discovered that Officer Jenny Aya was his instructor.
• Officer Jenny Aya dragged Heath into the vehicle and raced recklessly around the test course, alarming the onlookers.
• Heath felt excited rather than sick or frightened as Officer Jenny Aya sped up, leaving him puzzled by his sense of relaxation and safety.

Heath discovered that his parents’ car-thief skills had left him with an instinctive talent for driving, and he passed the Subject Two test with full marks. He began Subject Three with a new instructor, only to encounter bizarre Golbat-themed road hazards.

• Heath used a clue on himself and learned that his parents had been car thieves whose driving skills he had picked up through exposure.
• Heath drove smoothly through the Subject Two maneuvers, earned full marks, and applied for the next test.
• Officer Jenny Aya directed Heath to submit his paperwork for Subject Three and left him with a cheek pinch.
• Heath started Subject Three with a scruffy middle-aged instructor and stopped for a cardboard Golbat sign crossing the road.
• Heath encountered another Golbat sign while turning and learned that the signs represented Flying-type Pokémon that ignored traffic rules.

Heath passed Subject Three despite encountering dozens of Golbat, leaving only the final theory test before he could get his driver's license. As he prepared to leave Viridian City and travel with Zorua, Officer Jenny Feng seemed troubled by his progress.

• Heath encountered more than fifty Golbat-related hazards during his Subject Three test, but his instructor told him he had passed because his driving was steady.
• Heath decided to rest and prepare a gift for Sister Feng rather than take Subject Four that day.
• Heath told Zorua he would take them to the Unova Region, and Zorua excitedly reacted before becoming too bashful to finish what they were saying.
• Heath returned to the Dormitory Area and told Officer Jenny Feng he had passed Subjects One, Two, and Three and would take Subject Four the next day.
• Officer Jenny Feng nodded with a complicated expression and sat beside Officer Jenny Ling, leaving Heath wondering why she seemed unhappy.

Heath decided to leave on a journey tomorrow evening and spent the night reflecting on the friends and familiar life he would leave behind. The next morning, he found Mew in his food truck, where the Legendary Pokémon had made a mess before disappearing.

• Officer Jenny Ling told Heath that Nurse Joy had left home of her own accord, then asked when he planned to begin his journey.
• Heath decided to leave tomorrow evening and planned to leave his phone where Officer Jenny Feng would find it after he was gone.
• Heath thought about his college graduation and struggled with the sadness of leaving his familiar dorm life behind.
• Heath tried to use his Sweet Dream Microphone, but found that it had no batteries, then went to bed.
• Heath got up the next morning, dragged Zorua out from under the covers, and took his Pokémon to the food truck.
• Heath found Mew in his food truck with a spatula, then discovered the truck had been left in disarray after Mew vanished.

Heath prepared mustard greens for pickling while chatting with his Pokémon and serving Giovanni breakfast. Giovanni gave Heath supplies and a Skarmory-brand kitchen knife as a farewell gift before Heath’s upcoming journey.

• Heath bought mustard greens and began preparing them for pickling while Zorua read and Charmander exercised.
• Heath learned from Zorua that Farfetch'd had picked up its cry from hearing humans call it by name.
• Giovanni ordered a leek Jianbing Guozi, and Heath asked him about finding a botanist who could help grow Farfetch'd's leeks.
• Giovanni promised to ask Pokémon Professors and scientists about the leeks, then gave Heath medicine and other supplies as a farewell gift.
• Heath opened Giovanni’s gift box and found an expensive Skarmory-brand kitchen knife.

Giovanni heard Sabrina’s report about a secret experiment, then asked her to find out how to grow a Farfetch'd’s leek. Sabrina later visited Heath for advice on pleasing Giovanni and left him a stack of cash after misunderstanding his suggestions.

• Heath wondered whether Sabrina had understood his advice about winning Giovanni’s heart.
• Sabrina reported the experiment’s progress to Giovanni, who approved more funding and asked her to learn how to cultivate a Farfetch'd’s leek.
• Sabrina told Heath that her offer to feed Giovanni had angered him, and Heath advised her to improve her cooking and warned her against copying viral restaurants with bad service.
• Sabrina dropped a stack of banknotes for Heath and vanished, leaving him puzzled about what she had understood.
• Heath tried to make Zorua transform, but Officer Jenny Qian arrived and mistook the scene for something inappropriate.

Heath learned that Officer Jenny Qian was a ghost who had died in an explosion while investigating a criminal organization in Vermilion City. She was trapped in Viridian City and vanished as the street filled with people.

• Heath invited Officer Jenny Qian to eat before he left Viridian City, then asked whether she had died in an explosion.
• Officer Jenny Qian admitted she was a ghost and revealed her mangled form, frightening Farfetch'd into fainting while Charmander watched calmly.
• Officer Jenny Qian explained that she had packed away the West Lake fish in vinegar sauce to feed stray Pokémon because she could neither taste nor feel food.
• Officer Jenny Qian said she had come from Vermilion City, where a criminal organization member blew her up, and that she was dragged back whenever she tried to leave Viridian City.
• As people began filling the street, Officer Jenny Qian waved to Heath and vanished.

Heath served customers during the morning rush and learned that Ma Zhide’s Charizard, A-Pen, had died despite Nurse Joy’s efforts. Ma Zhide left with A-Pen’s ashes, bent with grief, intending to take him to Lavender Town for burial.

• Heath woke Farfetch'd after Officer Jenny Qian frightened him, while Zorua joked about a strange novel it had read.
• Heath finished the morning rush and noticed the usually upright Ma Zhide approaching stooped over.
• Heath prepared Egg Fried Rice and a braised chicken drumstick after Ma Zhide asked for soft food.
• Ma Zhide told Heath that A-Pen had died after losing too much vitality and showed him the box holding the Charizard’s ashes.
• Ma Zhide said he planned to take A-Pen to Lavender Town, where the Charizard had once asked to be buried.
• Heath packed Ma Zhide’s meal as Zorua cried inside the food truck, then watched Ma Zhide leave with the urn.

Heath mourned Mr. Ma Zhide’s departure before serving an exhausted Brock a large bowl of braised chicken leg rice. Brock explained that he and Larvitar had spent several days trapped underground, leaving Heath to wonder whether Brock had eaten recycled enoki mushrooms.

• After Mr. Ma Zhide left, Heath grieved that he would no longer share stories about A-Pen and Viridian Forest with him.
• Zorua asked what she should do if Heath died, and Heath joked that he would take her down with him.
• Charmander showed Heath his muscles, and Heath praised his progress before Charmander returned to exercising.
• Brock arrived exhausted and nearly broke, so Heath made him a generous bowl of braised chicken leg rice for eighteen and a half League Coins.
• After finishing the meal, Brock told Heath that he and Larvitar had fallen into a huge hole Larvitar had eaten in the ground and spent several days finding their way out.
• Brock said he had survived on snacks, including enoki mushrooms, and Heath wondered if Brock had been recycling them.

Brock showed Heath a crystal fragment from a cave and told him about the rumored Crystal Onix. Zorua then persuaded Heath to attend an anime convention in Pewter City, changing his travel plans.

• Brock told Heath he had survived in a cave on enoki mushroom snacks before finding a way out.
• Brock showed Heath a crystal fragment and said Rock-type Trainers rumored that a crystal-bodied Onix lived nearby.
• Heath recognized the creature as a Crystal Onix, and Brock said catching one would make his life worthwhile.
• Heath returned the fragment to Brock, who left, and Heath finished preparing pickled vegetables.
• Zorua asked Heath to attend an anime convention in Pewter City, and Heath agreed after Farfetch'd showed interest.
• Heath decided he would head toward the Indigo Plateau first and then travel to Pewter City.

Heath passed his Subject Four driving test and received his license after a Kadabra crashed a car into the examination room. As Heath prepared to leave Viridian City, the Officer Jennys surprised him with gifts and a farewell.

• Heath reflected on leaving Viridian City as he drove to the Driving School with his Pokémon.
• A car crashed through the third-floor examination room during Heath’s test, and he recognized Kadabra as the driver.
• The investigation found that Kadabra had accidentally launched the car with psychic powers, and Kadabra paid Heath twenty thousand League Coins in compensation.
• Heath passed Subject Four, collected his driver’s license, and set off to pack for his travels.
• The Officer Jennys, including Officer Jenny Aya and Officer Jenny Ling, gathered to congratulate Heath and give him farewell gifts.

Heath left Viridian City for Indigo Plateau after saying goodbye to the Officer Jennys, and Officer Jenny Feng caught up with him to give him an honorary badge. A new achievement gave Heath a Food Truck Upgrade Ticket, but Zorua pressed the plans before he could choose an upgrade, leaving him to learn that Silph Co. would handle the work.

• Heath said goodbye to the Officer Jennys, who explained that Officer Jenny Feng had arranged special treatment for him in other cities.
• Heath packed his belongings and drove away from the dormitory as the off-duty Officer Jennys lined the road to see him off.
• Officer Jenny Feng caught up with Heath on Arcanine, pinned an Honorary Officer Jenny card to his chest, and told him to take care.
• Heath left Viridian City with Zorua and received the achievement “The First Step of the Journey” and a Food Truck Upgrade Ticket.
• Heath considered upgrading his food truck, but Zorua pressed the plans and confirmed an upgrade before he chose one.
• Heath answered a call from Silph Co., whose representative offered to handle the work.

Heath’s food truck received a Silph Co. upgrade that expanded its lounge into a spacious living area with a bedroom and bathroom. He planned to sell food near Victory Road, learned how to grow Farfetch'd’s leek, and was left wondering why the truck had stopped before he could begin preparing ingredients.

• Heath learned that Silph Co. had upgraded his food truck, and he discovered its new quantum-folded living space with Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander.
• Heath checked the map, decided to set the truck’s destination near Victory Road, and called Farfetch'd out to help him prepare.
• Heath received Giovanni’s instructions for growing Farfetch'd’s leek, which required water, soil, and Oran Berry powder.
• Heath sent Giovanni a recipe for Chongqing Spicy Chicken and began to prepare ingredients for Trainers heading to Victory Road.
• The food truck came to a slow stop before Heath had started preparing, leaving him wondering whether they had already reached their destination.

Heath gave Saya a ride to Victory Road and sold her Egg Fried Rice, then realized she might be the runaway Nurse Joy from Viridian City. Serving her gave him the Burning Flame of Will, which increased his resistance to Pokémon attacks.

• Heath picked up Saya after she said she had gotten lost on the way to Victory Road, while Zorua teased him with lewd guesses about her.
• Saya introduced herself as a Trainer hoping to become a Pokémon Master and rode with Heath to Victory Road.
• Heath sold Saya Egg Fried Rice with scallions, and she left carrying her meal.
• Heath received the Burning Flame of Will for serving Saya Joy and suspected she was the runaway Nurse Joy from Viridian City.
• The Burning Flame of Will vanished when Heath touched it, and a notification said it had increased his resistance to Pokémon attacks.

Heath spent his first night parked near Victory Road, settling into the expanded food truck with his Pokémon and learning that its engine did not need fuel. After a restless night, he woke early and claimed they would gather ingredients in the wild, despite having no nearby market to visit.

• Heath waited an hour without attracting customers, brought the tables and chairs inside, and added a neon sign to his shopping list.
• Heath set up his sleeping bag, rejected Zorua’s attempt to share it, and checked a forecast warning of falling temperatures and snow near Victory Road and Indigo Plateau.
• Zorua asked what powered the food truck, and Heath read that its Silph Co. engine could run indefinitely without fuel or battery replacements.
• Heath slept poorly while Zorua and Farfetch'd slept beside his sleeping bag and Charmander exercised elsewhere in the truck.
• Heath woke, took his Pokémon to wash up, and told Zorua they would gather ingredients in the wild when she pointed out there was nowhere nearby to shop.

Heath ventured into the snowy woods with his Pokémon to find ingredients and discovered a poisonous-but-edible snow mushroom. After asking the others to search for more, he spotted a huge white figure that vanished into the trees, possibly the Pokémon from his legendary-level clue.

• Heath left his food truck in heavy snow with Zorua, Charmander, and Farfetch'd, who built a snowman.
• Heath searched the snow-covered woods for ingredients while Charmander insisted on coming along despite the cold.
• Heath found a snowflake-shaped snow mushroom and used his Ingredient Identifier to learn it was poisonous but safe to eat when thoroughly cooked.
• Heath asked Zorua to have everyone search for more snow mushrooms, but she noticed a huge white figure that quickly disappeared.
• Heath wondered whether the figure was the white Pokémon mentioned in his legendary-level clue.

Heath made meat aspic with Snow Mushrooms and discovered they cooled the dish and made it set quickly. After sharing it with his Pokémon, he encountered an unusual all-white Snorlax that matched the legendary-level clue.

• Heath gathered five Snow Mushrooms and used them to make meat aspic.
• Heath found that the Snow Mushrooms dissolved in the broth and rapidly turned it into clear, flavorful aspic.
• Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander enjoyed the aspic, but it triggered no quests.
• Heath noticed a huge shadow outside the Food Truck and saw an all-white Snorlax eating the aspic.
• Heath recognized the Snorlax as the white Pokémon from the legendary-level clue and offered it more food.