I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

"Um... is it too late for me to turn off the lights and go down now?" Heath looked at Lugia in front of him with a wry smile. The other party was indeed smaller, and Heath suspected that it was an underage being. But even so, the heavy pressure and violent aura emanating from the other party still made Heath tremble.

Before Heath could retreat, Lugia charged forward. Heath clenched his fists; he had nowhere to go. He could even see Dark Lugia's head. But the next second, just as Heath was about to throw a punch in retaliation, Dark Lugia collapsed to the ground in pain, rolling around. Heath was stunned for a second.

"Lugia, are you alright?" Hiss quickly walked over. Dark Lugia was emanating some black mist, and beneath the mist was a silver-white body. Hiss was stunned for a moment. He had never played that Pokémon spin-off game, but he had heard from others that in order to make Lugia usable, the darkness on Lugia's body had to be purified, and the purification of Lugia was particularly complicated.

"Chirp!" Lugia let out a painful cry, then lowered its head and remained still.

Heath quickly reached out and touched Lugia's neck. Thankfully, it was warm, and Heath could also feel a pulse. Dark Lugia wasn't dead; it just seemed to have fainted from the pain.

Heath stared at the unconscious Dark Lugia for a second, then silently pulled out a Poké Ball he had bought earlier. He couldn't just leave Dark Lugia alone, but the problem was that Dark Lugia was too big. If he carried it down, others would inevitably see it, which would cause Heath some trouble. So Heath could only take out the Poké Ball to see if he could put Lugia in it and then take it back to his food cart.

Of course, Heath didn't intend to cook and eat Lugia. He just wanted Lugia to stay with him temporarily, and then Heath would use Ho-Oh's golden ring to capture it and let Ho-Oh think of a solution.

The problem is, Hiss doesn't know if he can catch Lugia. Even though it's unconscious, it's a legendary Pokémon! Catching a legendary Pokémon with a regular Poké Ball? Hiss feels like he's dreaming.

"Give it a try." Hiss threw out the Poké Ball in his hand, and the next second Lugia was sucked in. Then the Poké Ball fell to the ground and the capture light lit up without moving. Hiss was dumbfounded.

"Critical catch?" Hiss looked at the Poké Ball in front of him, both amused and exasperated. This was truly too exciting.

However, this was not the time for sentimentality. Heath quickly put away the Poké Ball, then hurried downstairs, closed the door, and locked it. Fortunately, Lugia's cries hadn't attracted anyone to come up and investigate. Heath straightened his clothes, then quickly left the Pokémon Tower and returned to his food cart.

Back on the dining car, Heath quickly set it to drive back home, and then took out Hoopa's gold ring.

"Meow!" Little Red hopped over unhappily. This foolish human was indeed holding his golden ring. But what was this guy going to do now?

"Little Red, you're still awake?" Heath smiled and patted Little Red's head. Little Red resisted, but Heath still hugged and cuddled it for a while before letting go. Little Red moved aside with a look of disgust, wanting to see what this foolish human was planning to do with his golden ring.

“I need…” Heath thought of Ho-Oh’s appearance, then reached in and felt as if she had grabbed something soft.

Without thinking twice, Heath quickly pulled Ho-Oh out.

Immediately afterwards, Heath grabbed a girl with a head full of golden question marks. She was wearing pajamas, and Heath's hand happened to be grabbing her collar.

Heath coughed awkwardly twice, then released his claws under Ho-Oh's death stare. He didn't want to be misunderstood as a pervert, since Heath really didn't know what position his hand was holding.

But now that you mention it, could that soft feeling just now be...

"...What exactly do you want to do?" Ho-Oh looked at Heath with an unfriendly expression, while Little Red laughed so hard that it rolled on the ground, clutching its stomach. Just now, when it was watching, it discovered that it could see what Heath grabbed, and then saw with its own eyes what Heath grabbed. If Hoopa hadn't been unable to revert to its true form, it would have been laughing so hard that it would have covered its stomach with all its hands.

"Ahem... Ho-Oh, I just found a Lugia, it's black." Heath coughed twice to explain, but Ho-Oh's eyes widened immediately.

This human knows my identity? What did he just say? Lugia? Black?

"Where?" Before he could even ask why Heath knew his true identity, Ho-Oh asked urgently.

Heath quickly pulled out his Poké Ball, and then he noticed that Ho-Oh's gaze towards him had upgraded from 'pervert' to 'unforgivable pervert'.

As Seath released his Pokémon, Dark Lugia reappeared in Seath's rest room, while Snorlax, who was sleeping nearby, scratched its belly.

Fortunately, Charmander and Farfetch'd are in the bedroom.

“It really is Lugia… but it…” Ho-Oh glared at Heath, then nervously walked to Lugia’s side. The next second, Ho-Oh spat out a ball of flame, a golden holy flame.

Chapter 506 Lugia, a Minor

Heath yawned and sat down in a chair. He had originally intended to go to sleep, but looking at Ho-Oh and Dark Lugia, he couldn't muster the mood to sleep. After all, sleeping could be done anytime, but seeing Ho-Oh and Lugia wasn't something you could just happen to see, especially Dark Lugia, a very special Pokémon with the status of a legendary Pokémon but also possessing the special power of dark moves. Even among the Pokémon community, it was truly unique.

"...What's going on with this power? I can't get rid of it..." Ho-Oh frowned. She was trying to figure out how to remove the dark power from Dark Lugia, but no matter how Ho-Oh tried, this dark power was like something attached to Lugia, and she couldn't remove it no matter what she did. Even using her divine flames couldn't weaken this power.

"What kind of special equipment might be needed?" Heath suggested. Although he hadn't actually played the Pokémon spin-off, he still remembered some of the details, including the unique characteristics of Dark Lugia. While other Pokémon could be purified in a conventional way, Dark Lugia couldn't; it required a very special and comprehensive purification chamber, which was extremely troublesome.

Phoenix glared at Heath, who scratched his head, wondering what he had done to offend this arrogant mythical beast.

"How did you find it?" Ho-Oh asked Heath. At this point, she was too lazy to pretend anymore and simply reverted to her original form in Heath's dining car. Holy flames burned on Ho-Oh's body and then enveloped Dark Lugia beside her. However, even so, Dark Lugia showed no signs of waking up.

"When I went to the Pokémon Tower last night, I accidentally heard something making a sound up there, so I went up to take a look and found it," Heath said with a chuckle. This was an answer he had already prepared. Ho-Oh didn't seem to care much when she heard it; she seemed to have just asked it casually.

However, Hiss immediately remembered an item he had once obtained, which he had treasured until now: the Full Recovery Potion. It had the same effect as in the game, removing all negative effects and restoring all health points. It was incredibly powerful and was an essential item for Hiss to use when he could sweep through an entire league with a single Pokémon. Meditation + Full Recovery Potion = a complete sweep.

However, Hiss didn't know if this thing would work on Dark Lugia in front of him, but thinking of how Dark Lugia had been in pain before, Hiss silently rummaged through his drawer and took out the full recovery potion.

The full-recovery potion looked like a sprayer, and Heath sprayed it all over Dark Lugia. Ho-Oh watched silently. She could sense that the sprayer Heath was using contained very powerful life energy, which surprised her. But thinking about the Dialga kitchen utensils in Heath's hands, Ho-Oh felt that it wasn't so strange.

"It seems to be working." Heath looked at the Dark Lugia in front of him. The black substance on the other party seemed to come alive, and began to boil continuously, revealing the silvery-white skin underneath. However, it soon calmed down again and covered the Dark Lugia's body.

Heath scratched his head. Had it not worked?

"Do you still have that thing from before? A few more times should be enough to heal it." Ho-Oh said seriously. She could see that the darkness seemed to have lessened considerably, and she could even see Lugia's original color through the darkness, although it was very faint and could not be seen at all without careful observation.

"That's all." Heath shook his head helplessly. Heath only got one of these good items, the Full Recovery Potion. It's not something you can get easily. Even if Heath wanted to get one, he would have to consider the difficulty and probability of obtaining it.

Ho-Oh frowned as she looked at the dark Lugia in front of her. Then, under Heath's gaze, she took out a cell phone, transformed back into human form, and started tapping on it. Heath was stunned. Heath had thought that a legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh wouldn't use a cell phone or anything like that.

"Your human technology is so advanced, it's quite useful for us to improve our communication methods and such." Ho-Oh glanced at Heath and understood what Heath was thinking, then gave a casual explanation.

“This little one is the child of a good friend of mine. She was born a long time ago, but strictly speaking, she is still a minor. So after she went missing, her parents were very worried about her. I never thought she would turn out like this.” Ho-Oh sighed. This dark appearance didn’t look like one of those silvery-white Lugia at all.

Heath was still wondering why Ho-Oh would suddenly say these things to him, but the next second Heath understood, because he saw two figures suddenly appear beside him, two Lugia!

Moreover, compared to the Lugia on the ground, these two Lugia looked larger and were much more imposing in size, but they didn't exude any sense of oppression. Heath thought that they might have suppressed their oppressive aura.

“We meet again… Mr. Heath, it seems that Ho-Oh has revealed our identities?” A Lugia transformed into human form, which was none other than the one Heath had met before. However, Heath did know the identities of these people, so he nodded.

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense, he knew it himself." Phoenix rolled her eyes. She still couldn't understand why Heath knew her true identity; it was truly unimaginable.

“This little brat has a dark power within her. I told her before not to run around recklessly, and to be careful until she has the strength to protect herself.” Another Lugia had transformed into a man. Heath looked at them with a strange expression. He remembered that legendary Pokémon were genderless, so why were they like this? And it seemed they even had a child?

But thinking about everything he had seen since coming to this world, Heath felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After all, Lugia did seem to have a race, and it wasn't so strange that they had children. Maybe the Lugia that the players caught in the game was the most powerful one?

"This power has been weakened somewhat. The potion Heath brought out is very useful, but he only has one bottle." Ho-Oh shrugged; she couldn't do anything about this dark power either.

As Ho-Oh spoke, both Lugia looked over.

Chapter 507 Humans cannot, or at least should not

Heath woke up quite late, so she didn't rush to the market. At this time, most of the better ingredients had already been picked out. So Heath decided to go to the supermarket first to buy some things, and then go to the market to see if there were any good ingredients she could miss.

However, this possibility is not very high. After all, good ingredients are like a bright light in the dark to a knowledgeable chef. Unless there are no chefs in Ziyuan Town at all, good ingredients are usually not left over.

Zoroark insisted on going with Heath, and Heath couldn't refuse her, so she had no choice but to take Zoroark along. Fortunately, Zoroark's control over her illusion ability had improved considerably, which saved Heath a lot of trouble. However, the Betty she conjured was just too beautiful, attracting some attention. But Heath had to admit that the envious and jealous looks from others were incredibly pleasing.

This is probably the joy of being a "normie" (a person who is successful in a new social circle).

“Mr. Heath?” A familiar voice called out. Heath turned around and saw Miss Saya holding a book.

"Oh, it's Miss Saya. Good morning, Miss Saya." Heath greeted Miss Saya with a smile, but then realized that it seemed to be noon, so he quickly changed his greeting from "Good morning" to "Good afternoon."

However, Miss Saya clearly didn't care much about this issue; she looked somewhat worried. Seeing Miss Saya's expression, Heath couldn't help but ask her a question out of curiosity.

“It’s that Poliwag from yesterday.” Miss Saya sighed. Heath scratched his head. That Poliwag from yesterday? The little guy who had a good chance of becoming the city’s Pokémon? Heath still had a deep impression of him. After all, it’s not so common to see a Pokémon that is so smart, well-behaved, and skilled.

"Doesn't it have a skin disease?" Heath asked curiously. Last night when they were having barbecue, Miss Saya noticed that the coyote named Little Gold actually had a skin disease, and then she took the coyote away. Could there be some other problem?

At that moment, a sense of worry flashed through Heath's mind. Seeing Miss Saya's worried expression, Heath wondered if the wolfhound had contracted some serious illness. That would be so pitiful.

Pokémon in the Pokémon world aren't immune to serious illnesses. For example, there's Pokémon fever and Pokémon Plague, which Sheath encountered before. Besides, perhaps as a joke of the world, both humans and Pokémon in the Pokémon world can get cancer. So, in the Pokémon world, getting sick is still a serious matter.

“Well, it’s just a skin condition, but that little guy…” Miss Saya was a little embarrassed, while Heath was even more confused. It’s just a skin condition, right? Why does this situation suddenly feel so strange?

This reminded Heath of a roommate from his college days who, with a mysterious, adult-like smile, would drag Heath and his friends along to appreciate Japanese adult films.

Zoroark also looked at Miss Saya with curiosity, her heart racing.

'Is this the standard shy expression on a heroine's face when she decides to sacrifice herself? I'm in!'

Well, if Hiss knew, he would definitely think about how a human woman and a female Pokémon could be together.

“That little guy, it’s a male, and then…and then it…it has that cauliflower on its butt…I suspect it might…” Miss Saya’s eyes darted around, her breathing was rapid, and she fidgeted with her fingers, which made Heath stare blankly.

Saya took a deep breath, and then her expression became much more serious and professional. For a moment, Hiss even thought he was standing in the Pokémon Center, facing a serious Nurse Joy, even though Saya was indeed Nurse Joy.

“Judging from the cauliflower-like growths and distribution on the male coyote’s anus, I suspect that this male coyote has been subjected to strange treatment before. Genital warts are usually transmitted through that kind of behavior,” Miss Saya said seriously, while Heath’s expression became even more peculiar.

He knew about genital warts. After all, even in his previous life, people would have a strange expression and look at him strangely when they mentioned genital warts. But in fact, although genital warts are mainly transmitted through sex, they can also be transmitted through other things. So you can't just assume that someone has a promiscuous private life just because they have that disease. But it is indeed normal to suspect someone's private life as the main reason.

What Heath didn't expect was that in the world of Pokémon, there would actually be Pokémon suffering from that kind of disease. And based on what Ms. Saya said, Heath had already imagined the scene. Could it be that someone really has an inhuman liking for male Politoed dogs?

Although there haven't been many cases of humans and Pokémon falling in love in the history of the League, the League has established strict regulations to deal with such behavior, and those who violate them are often sentenced to severe penalties.

Humans cannot, or at least should not.

Heath thought of the stray coyote from yesterday, and if that really happened, Heath didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, thinking back on some bizarre news stories from my past life, especially from a certain country that frequently engages in superhuman behavior, where people can do such things to monitor lizards, it seems unlikely that someone would have such strange thoughts about a coyote...

Of course it's not! Who would have those kinds of thoughts about a hyena? That's something only a pervert would do.

“However, we also suspect that the hyena may have come into contact with some unsanitary things. After all, as you know, stray Pokémon have the habit of dragging all sorts of things back to their dens, so it's possible that it accidentally picked up something with a virus,” Ms. Saya added.

“I’m sure Miss Joey and her friends have a way.” Heath smiled, then he noticed a group of Officer Jenny riding Growlithes speeding from one side of the street to the other.

What happened?

Heath was a little curious; he had just noticed that the Officer Jennys were running in the direction that the Pokémon Tower was located.

"Mr. Heath, are you still open tonight?" Miss Joey asked. Heath immediately nodded; he would definitely be open tonight.

Chapter 508 Listen to Advice and You'll Have a Full Meal

After exchanging a few more meaningless words with Miss Saya, Heath said goodbye to her and then took Zoroark to the supermarket to buy the seasonings and ingredients they needed. They also needed to buy some ingredients for making fermented bean curd, as they didn't seem to have enough.

The dipping sauce for fermented bean curd is very popular with customers. The unique flavor has led many customers to become fans of fermented bean curd after just one taste, and some have even expressed a desire to buy it, but Heath has refused.

It's not that Heath is worried about others stealing his recipe, but rather that Heath himself doesn't make much fermented bean curd. If it weren't for Dialluca's condiment jars, Heath wouldn't have been able to make so much fermented bean curd. Today, he could try selling some fermented bean curd.

“Trainer…” Zoroark looked at Hiss with a strange expression. Hiss hummed an “hmm” as he walked, which was considered a response to Zoroark’s words.

"Um, I wanted to ask you what that cauliflower thing you were talking about is? Is it something to eat?" Zoroark was a little curious. He hadn't understood a word that Heath and Miss Saya had said, or rather, he couldn't understand it at all. It was like listening to gibberish. But he seemed to have seen similar descriptions in novels, which made Zoroark very curious. What exactly was this cauliflower? Wasn't cauliflower something to be eaten?

"...I advise you not to look into it." Heath looked at Zoroark with surprise, and after a moment shook his head. He didn't really want to recall that kind of thing that made him feel uncomfortable just looking at it. You know, when Heath first heard about it in his previous life, he also searched for it and almost threw up.

It must be said that skin diseases may not be the most deadly diseases in the world, but in terms of visual impact, Heath thinks skin diseases are definitely on the list.

Moreover, skin diseases can actually have some impact on patients' lives. When Heath was in college, he had pityriasis rosea. His arms and neck were covered with oval-shaped pityriasis rosea, which looked very scary. During that time, Heath could only wear long sleeves and was afraid to face other people's strange looks. Fortunately, it cleared up on its own in a week.

Heath once heard a high school classmate who was studying medicine say that when he was a resident at the hospital, he met a woman with a skin disease. The woman was very beautiful, but during the examination, the classmate almost threw up. The teacher in charge even asked him to feel the texture, saying it would be very useful for diagnosing diseases later. As a result, the classmate washed his hands countless times that day and almost turned himself into a germaphobe.

Many medical staff have high hygiene standards, which may be due to this reason. Those who work in infectious disease departments are even more obsessive about cleanliness.

"Why?" Zoroark asked all sorts of questions like a curious child. Heath thought that someone who had raised children would definitely be able to get along better with these Pokémon.

After all, these Pokémon are mostly like a naughty child, except their destructive power is much stronger than that of a naughty child.