Chapter Summaries

Heath learned that a group of Exploud and Loudred had settled on a mountain near the Indigo League, and the Exploud leader would only agree to move after a mountain folk song contest. Heath asked Snorlax whether it would help the League, and Snorlax agreed.

• Officer Jenny Jing checked on Heath after Snorlax’s roar was mistaken for a destructive sound wave.
• Officer Jenny Jing explained that the League could not resolve the Exploud and Loudred dispute by force and was negotiating a tunnel to Johto.
• Officer Jenny Jing said the Exploud leader demanded a mountain folk song contest and offered Heath a certificate of merit and a Pokédex if he helped.
• Heath asked Snorlax whether it would enter the contest, and Snorlax agreed.

Heath fell asleep while Zorua held Darkrai’s Nightmare Crystal, drawing Darkrai to his nightmare in the Indigo League. After mistaking Zorua’s dream for the source of the aura, Darkrai entered Heath’s nightmare and found itself trapped in a classroom with an intimidating teacher.

• Heath went to bed early, unaware that Zorua was holding a black crystal.
• Darkrai sensed Heath’s nightmare aura and entered Zorua’s dream by mistake, finding a luxurious castle that seemed to excite the little fox.
• Cresselia confronted Darkrai, and Darkrai denied giving Heath the Nightmare Crystal.
• Darkrai entered Heath’s nightmare while Cresselia waited to give Heath a pleasant dream afterward.
• A stern-faced teacher forced Darkrai to stay in class and study, leaving it unable to escape.

Heath discovered that Darkrai and Cresselia had left him saliva that prevented nightmares and sweet dreams, then realized Zorua had taken a Nightmare Crystal and caused his nightmare. After Snorlax’s thunderous singing knocked Zorua unconscious, Heath prepared to buy ingredients and considered Snorlax’s voice an advantage against Exploud.

• Heath read the descriptions of Darkrai’s Saliva and Cresselia’s Saliva and used the Ingredient Identifier to learn more about Cresselia’s sample.
• Heath found Zorua clutching the Nightmare Crystal and realized it had caused his nightmare.
• Heath sent Snorlax into the bedroom to sing loudly, and Snorlax’s voice knocked Zorua unconscious.
• Heath woke Zorua, who described seeing her dead great-grandfather in a dark world, then told her to get ready to buy ingredients.
• Heath thought Snorlax’s powerful voice could help him defeat Exploud.

Heath bought roe-bearing crabs at the Indigo League market and taught Farfetch'd to prepare them for crab roe soup dumplings. Zorua asked whether the crabs felt pain, while Farfetch'd made progress but still needed help with the filling and wrappers.

• Heath took Farfetch'd to the market and bought ten kilograms of crabs with roe for soup dumplings.
• Zorua asked Heath whether preparing the crabs hurt them, and he recalled a woman who had once protested at his food cart before being hospitalized and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
• Heath told Zorua that the crabs felt pain but continued the lesson, and Zorua confirmed she still planned to eat the dumplings.
• Heath watched Farfetch'd prepare the crab roe filling and pointed out problems with its mixing and seasonings, while Farfetch'd still struggled with the wrappers.

Heath tasted Farfetch'd’s oddly shaped crab roe soup dumplings, then opened his food truck with new dishes on the menu. Morty became the first customer and learned that Heath’s eight-thousand-League-Coin bun from the previous day had used expensive Giant Purple Crab roe.

• Farfetch'd proudly presented crab roe soup dumplings pinched into stars and hearts, and Heath praised their taste while advising him to use more crab roe.
• Zorua finished breakfast and went back to sleep, while Snorlax trained with mountain-song recordings and Heath planned to teach Charmander to grill.
• Heath added crab roe soup dumplings and grilled skewers to the food truck’s menu before dawn.
• Morty arrived, ordered crab roe soup dumplings and milk tea, and asked Heath about a news post criticizing his eight-thousand-coin bun.
• Heath confirmed the shop was his and explained that Giant Purple Crab roe justified the price, causing Morty to choke on his food.

Heath accepted a prepaid order for twenty-seven meals from Morty's department and set up a merchant account with Big Mouth Delivery. Jessie then unexpectedly visited Heath in the Indigo League, and he began preparing sushi for her.

• Morty asked whether Heath could take delivery orders, and Heath agreed to deliver meals if customers paid the fee themselves.
• Morty ordered twenty-seven meals for his department and paid Heath in advance.
• Heath downloaded the Big Mouth Delivery merchant app after Morty left.
• Jessie arrived in the Indigo League on a company business trip and reunited with Heath.
• Jessie asked for sushi, and Heath searched his available ingredients for something suitable.

Heath made warm crabmeat sushi for Jessie, who reflected on her past before leaving. During the morning rush, a popular streamer’s explanation of Giant Purple Crab eased some customers’ doubts about Heath’s prices and introduced him to a rare ingredient, Lava Eel.

• Heath used crabmeat and crab roe to make sushi for Jessie, who said she had been sent on another business trip by Team Rocket’s bosses.
• Jessie ate the sushi, paid Heath, and left with her Pikachu-shaped suitcase after daylight arrived.
• Heath’s food truck drew customers who mocked the eight-thousand-League-Coin Giant Purple Crab Soup Dumplings, and he drove away those who kept pestering him.
• A customer showed Heath a video by the streamer Infinite Delphox explaining that Giant Purple Crab was rare and difficult to catch, making its price seem more reasonable.
• Heath watched the video and learned about the rare Lava Eel, which lived in underwater volcanoes.

Heath served an elderly customer a sweet-and-sour Jianbing Guozi and discovered that the man’s preferred and disliked flavors changed. A new quest then tasked Heath with satisfying the next customer for a Lava Eel, and a lab-coated man arrived as the likely target.

• Heath remembered the elderly customer’s changing flavor preferences and prepared him a sweet-and-sour Jianbing Guozi.
• The old man left satisfied, and Heath saw that spicy had appeared among his disliked flavors.
• Heath triggered the Toriko quest, which promised one Lava Eel for satisfying his next customer with a dish.
• A lab-coated man arrived, and Heath eagerly asked what he wanted to eat.
• Zorua showed Farfetch'd a mysterious purple flyer and teased him about taking him to the place pictured on it.

Heath encountered a customer with no flavor preferences because a taste bud disorder left him unable to taste food or feel chili's heat. Determined to make the man enjoy his Egg Fried Rice by another approach, Heath began planning how to prepare it.

• Heath noticed that the customer's preference and disliked-flavor boxes were blank, triggering a temporary quest.
• Heath asked the customer about his tastes, and the man said he had no preferences or foods he avoided.
• Heath used Persuasion Gum to ask again, and the customer explained that a taste bud disorder had left him unable to taste food.
• Heath learned that the customer felt no reaction to chili peppers, either, and realized flavor alone could not make the meal satisfying.
• Heath set aside his concern about the reward and decided to try a different approach to the Egg Fried Rice.

Heath served Dàkōng Egg Fried Rice enhanced with Yellow-Braised Chicken sauce, spices, and colorful ingredients so its aroma and appearance could make up for his lack of taste. Dàkōng enjoyed the dish, completing Heath’s quest and earning him a Lava Eel, which Heath began researching after learning it rapidly heats up after death.

• Heath prepared a richly colored, fragrant Egg Fried Rice with Yellow-Braised Chicken sauce for Dàkōng.
• Dàkōng ate the rice and found that its aroma gave him a sense of flavor despite his inability to taste.
• Heath completed the temporary Toriko quest, received a Lava Eel, and learned Dàkōng preferred lingering aromas and vivid colors.
• Heath messaged Endless Delphox to ask about the Lava Eel and learned that it heats to 120 degrees within a minute of dying, destroying its body.

Heath considered how to prepare a Lava Eel and agreed to take Farfetch'd to a bar that evening. After lunch, an elderly customer arrived, and Heath recognized the distinctive smell of Chinese herbal medicine on him.

• Heath hesitated over whether he was skilled enough to remove the Lava Eel's bones for his Gourmet Pokédex.
• Farfetch'd gave Heath a flyer for a bar, and Zorua explained that Farfetch'd wanted to go there; Heath agreed to take him that night.
• Heath served the busy lunch rush, sold out of Yellow-Braised Chicken, and saw that he was a little over a hundred Customer Satisfaction short of five hundred.
• An elderly man arrived after Heath was about to close, and Heath offered to make him Jianbing Guozi.
• Heath asked whether the elderly man practiced traditional Chinese medicine, and the man confirmed that he had brewed medicine that morning.

Heath received a high-tech Compendium of Materia Medica after serving Luo Feng, then struggled to figure out how to prepare edible quartz. He planned to practice deboning ordinary eels before trying to make eel rice with the Lava Eel.

• Heath served Luo Feng a Jianbing Guozi, and Luo Feng accidentally took his pulse and remarked that he was healthy.
• Heath received a copy of the Compendium of Materia Medica, whose pages displayed projected text and plant models, including an entry for Rooting Grass.
• Heath returned to the Officer Jennys' Dormitory Area and tried boiling, deep-frying, and grilling edible quartz, but none of the methods changed it.
• Heath put the edible quartz away and decided to practice deboning ordinary eels before attempting eel rice with the Lava Eel.

Heath followed a fashionable stranger to the Dicky Twister bar after struggling to find it in the Indigo League. Inside, he discovered it was a flamboyant bar full of men in bunny girl outfits and realized something was seriously wrong with the place.

• Heath took Zorua and the others out into the lively Indigo League at night and spotted an Alolan Exeggutor selling egg fried rice.
• Heath searched for Dicky Twister, checked Farfetch'd's flyer, and accepted directions from a fashionable man who claimed to be a longtime regular.
• The man led Heath to a discreet building, where two burly doormen greeted him and playfully slapped his butt.
• Heath entered the bar with Zorua and noticed the man lying flushed in someone's arms among crowds of people and burly bunny girl waiters.
• A waiter in a bunny girl outfit welcomed Heath to the Big Bird Twirl-Twirl Bar, and Heath realized the bar was not what he had expected.

Heath punished Zorua for accidentally bringing him to a bizarre bar, then returned to the food truck and noticed Charmander’s growing muscles. The next morning, he discovered Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander trying to make him breakfast, which ended with a burnt egg landing on Charmander’s face.

• Heath ordered juice at the bar after Zorua led him there, and Zorua panicked at the Pokémon-only services on the menu.
• Heath left the bar with Zorua and docked a little over a week’s wages from her pay.
• Back at the food truck, Heath excused Farfetch'd and noticed Charmander’s muscles were developing as he exercised.
• Heath went to bed, then woke to find Zorua, Farfetch'd, and Charmander missing from the room.
• Heath found Zorua attempting to fry an egg while Farfetch'd watched and Charmander exercised, and the burnt egg landed on Charmander’s face.

Heath practiced deboning eels and prepared kabayaki for eel rice, then served a regular customer an unusually sour Jianbing Guozi. The old man’s preferences changed again, and Heath was surprised when his Customer Satisfaction increased by a second point from the same customer.

• Heath reassured Zorua after her attempt to fry an egg went badly and made breakfast for his Pokémon.
• Heath bought eels and practiced deboning them, improving his speed but still taking more than a minute on his second attempt.
• Heath prepared the eel as kabayaki and set it aside to make eel rice when a customer ordered it.
• The old man asked Heath for a Jianbing Guozi that was as sour as possible, despite sourness not matching his listed preferences.
• Heath noticed the old man’s preferences had changed and discovered that his Customer Satisfaction had risen by another point.

Heath identified the Lava Eel and unexpectedly saw Palkia’s information, then realized Ho-Oh had brought Palkia to his food stall. After Ho-Oh ordered Yellow-Braised Chicken with rice for herself and dry-tossed noodles for Palkia, Heath chose the dishes and called on Charmander to help prepare them.

• Heath used the Ingredient Identifier on the Lava Eel and received information about Palkia, including a warning that her meat needed to be placed in an enclosed maze before cooking.
• Ho-Oh arrived with a silvery-haired girl whom Heath recognized as Palkia, and he invited the two to order food.
• Palkia remained irritated because she had sensed Heath peeking at her with the Ingredient Identifier, but she held back after seeing Ho-Oh beside him.
• Ho-Oh ordered Yellow-Braised Chicken with rice for herself and dry-tossed noodles for Palkia, joking that they would not pay unless the food was delicious.
• Heath settled on the dishes and brought Charmander out to help with the cooking.

Heath prepared sauced noodles for Palkia while Charmander roasted the beef and Farfetch'd finished its Crab Roe Soup Dumplings. Palkia loved the meal and decided to forgive Heath for the strange object that made it feel seen through, while resolving to keep the matter from Dialga.

• Heath finished the Yellow-Braised Chicken for Ho-Oh and began preparing sauced noodles for Palkia.
• Heath encouraged Charmander to roast the beef, and Charmander cooked it until it was tender with lightly charred edges.
• Farfetch'd finished making Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, and Heath arranged for customers to buy them directly from Farfetch'd to avoid being associated with their girlish appearance.
• Heath mixed the noodles with his secret seasonings, added Charmander's roast beef, and served the dish to Palkia.
• Palkia used its spatial power to mix the noodles and enjoyed the meal, then chose to forgive Heath but keep the strange object from Dialga.

After serving Ho-Oh and Palkia, Heath received a damaged Anywhere Door that could send him to a random place most of the time. He stored it securely, then took Morty's order for eel rice and Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, leaving Farfetch'd to handle the dumplings.

• Heath received a damaged Anywhere Door as a reward for serving Palkia and locked it in a passcode-protected room.
• Heath checked on Zorua and found it reading a comic instead of making breakfast.
• Morty asked Heath to deliver lunch and switched his order from Yellow-Braised Chicken with rice to eel rice, adding two Crab Roe Soup Dumplings.
• Heath accepted Morty's payment and directed him to Farfetch'd, who would make and sell the soup dumplings.
• Morty was surprised to learn that Farfetch'd had made the Crab Roe Soup Dumplings.

Heath served customers at the Indigo League with Farfetch'd’s help, while explaining how Pokémon worked alongside humans in everyday jobs. A returning customer expressed interest in buying eel rice made from Heath’s rare Lava Eel, and Heath planned to consult Director Hu about its value and possible cooperation.

• Heath explained that Pokémon such as Wingull, Growlithe, Arcanine, Ponyta, and Poliwhirl worked alongside humans in sailing, policing, and firefighting.
• Heath told Morty that Farfetch'd had made the Crab Roe Soup Dumplings he ate, and Farfetch'd handed him two heart-shaped buns.
• Farfetch'd helped Heath serve a busy morning crowd, including many girls who photographed their dumplings and Heath.
• A returning customer asked for Giant Purple Crab Roe Soup Dumplings, and Heath told her he had a rare Lava Eel he intended to make into eel rice.
• The customer offered to pay according to the Lava Eel’s quality, and Heath agreed to contact her when the dish was ready.
• Heath planned to ask Director Hu for advice about pricing the Lava Eel and exploring a possible partnership.

Heath met Mr. Cord’s friend, the Alakazam named Ketuo, who had come to his food truck after hearing Cord talk about Heath’s cooking. Heath prepared a comforting meal for Cord and planned salt-baked chicken for Ketuo, leaving Ketuo to return in the afternoon.

• Heath learned that Lava Eel had once sold at auction for two hundred thousand and wondered how many he would need to sell to afford a bathroom.
• Ketuo introduced himself as Mr. Cord’s friend and gave Heath Cord’s note asking for a comforting meal.
• Heath saw that Ketuo liked salty food and disliked all other flavors, and noticed that Ketuo was studying for an electrician qualification exam.
• Heath made Yellow-Braised Chicken for Cord and planned to prepare salt-baked chicken for Ketuo to collect in the afternoon.