I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

However, after observing two or three customers, Hiss was surprised to find that Ralts's calculation ability was indeed very strong, at least much better than Zoroark's. Many times, Ralts would just stare at the customers' plates and skewers for ten seconds, and then type a number into the calculator, which Hiss would then calculate and find to be exactly that number.

Hiss looked at the blushing Zoroark with amusement. Good heavens, a guy who thinks he's so smart is now no match for a Pokémon that's only been born a short time ago. If it weren't for saving Zoroark's face, Hiss probably would have laughed out loud.

"Then Ralts, you can go with... Beatrice to calculate the bills for the guests." Hiss smiled. He really hadn't expected Ralts to have this ability, which surprised him a bit. However, this also saved Hiss a lot of time. After all, if Ralts could help Zoroark, it wouldn't be too troublesome for Zoroark to calculate those things. Otherwise, it might take Zoroark several minutes to collect the bill for just one table, and the guests would get impatient.

Seeing the happy Ralts and the unhappy Zoroark, Hiss shrugged and continued to entertain the guests.

"Boss, do you have fried rice here?" Just as Heath was busy serving customers, he heard a strange voice.

Heath turned his head and saw a gaunt-looking man standing behind him, looking at him, and then covering his stomach in embarrassment.

“Ah, this…” Heath was about to speak when he saw a guest walk over and pass right through the man’s body, causing the man’s body to tremble as if a television signal was being interfered with.

Heath stared blankly at the man in front of her, and the man also looked at Heath in surprise. Heath rubbed her eyes. Good heavens, the Tenseigan has been triggered?

Chapter 570 The Skin and Bones Man

Hiss's Tenseigan was a reward he received before, and its effect was very simple: it allowed him to occasionally see souls that did not belong to normal people, such as human or Pokémon. However, Hiss did not expect that the probability of triggering this was so unique. Now, Hiss saw a man in his food cart, a emaciated man.

"Can you see me?" The man became excited and rushed over. He looked at Heath expectantly. Heath's lips twitched. Could he say that his view was blocked by the man's face? The man was too close, as if he wanted to stick his face to Heath's.

Heath nodded silently. Pretending not to see it at this moment didn't seem like a good idea, and Heath was also curious about what he would gain if he entertained such a guest.

After all, this was the first guest Heath had seen since he obtained the Tenseigan, and Heath was very curious about this question.

"Great! Finally someone can see me..." The man was so excited that tears streamed down his face. He raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes. However, Heath's eyes were involuntarily drawn to the man's hands. It wasn't that Heath was a hand fetishist, but the man's hands looked like skin and bones. Heath found it hard to imagine that someone could be so thin.

"Um... I know it's a bit much to say this, but could you please make me some fried rice? I haven't eaten in a long time." The man rubbed his stomach sheepishly, then said apologetically. Heath nodded. He didn't know how to talk to the man, since no one else could see him, and if he spoke, he might be mistaken for a lunatic, which would be troublesome.

Heath glanced at the top of the man's head, wondering if he could see the flavors on the man's head.

Favorite flavor: All flavors

[Disliked taste: Bland]

[Foods that cause allergies: None]

[Requirements for food: It just needs to be filling and taste good.]

Heath paused for a moment, realizing he could actually see the food request above the guest's head. However, the guest's request was quite strange. But then Heath thought of another question: could it be due to the man's identity that his tastes had changed? After all, the man was a ghost, and whether ghosts have a sense of taste was a question worth exploring.

"Ghosts?" Heath thought of something he had obtained before, the Resurrection Plant. Heath still had quite a few of these on his food cart. After all, when he was in Lavender Town, he bought a lot of Resurrection Plant in order to try to make Lavender Town's specialty ingredients. And that thing seemed to have the effect of helping ghosts pass on.

Although it was a bit strange, it did seem to have that function. Heath didn't know what would happen if the man ate it, but Heath decided to give it a try.

With that in mind, Heath had already decided what kind of food to cook for this man. He briefly explained the situation to Zoroark and Farfetch'd, then went to the kitchen to prepare what the man wanted to eat.

"...Is there something on my face?" Heath asked involuntarily while chopping vegetables. After all, ever since she entered the kitchen, this man had been peering at her from outside, his eyes fixed on her, making Heath feel quite uncomfortable.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I haven't communicated with anyone for half a year. I know I'm dead, but you can see me... Could you be an exorcist?" The man looked at Heath curiously, a slightly embarrassed smile on his face. Heath's lips twitched. This man's thoughts were really unique. Heath didn't know what to say for a moment.

“If I were an exorcist, I wouldn’t be cooking for you right now, but rather finding a way to subdue you.” Heath looked helplessly at the man in front of him. The other man’s thought process was truly peculiar. However, Heath did not expect that this man knew that he was dead. Heath had previously thought that this man did not know that he was dead.

"That's true..." the man scratched his head awkwardly.

While chopping the lettuce in his hand, Heath took out the minced meat, poured in some seasonings to marinate it in advance, and then glanced at the man in front of him.

The other person was really thin, his whole body could be described as skin and bones, which made the man look somewhat terrifying and frightening. This made Heath even more curious about why the man looked like this.

"So how did you die? Why didn't you go to the world where ghosts reside?" Heath looked at the man in front of him curiously. He knew that most people's souls would go to another world after they died, but there were some exceptions who would be left behind, such as Officer Jenny from Evergreen City, who was left in this world.

“I…I died of illness. I woke up in a hospital bed, and this is what I looked like. But is there another world in this world?” the man asked in surprise. Heath touched his nose. He had thought the man had starved to death, since he looked malnourished, but he never expected that he had died of illness.

However, dying from illness doesn't seem to be a strange thing in any world, at least that's how Heath sees it. Even Pokémon has its share of terrible things like cancer.

“Yes, there is a world where ghosts live. People there live from the age of death to the age of infancy, then die in that place, and finally reincarnate.” Heath smiled. This was something he could talk to ghosts about, since ghosts themselves had to go through that kind of thing.

"Is that so? But I don't know why I'm always in this place." The man scratched his head, and Heath noticed that there were many syringe marks on the man's body, which puzzled Heath, since most dead ghosts would return to their healthy state.

According to Giratina, this was to appease the ghosts, and since souls are not affected by physical conditions, but this man was still skin and bones. Could this be the reason he remained in this world?

"Do you have any last wishes?" Heath asked the man in front of him.

Chapter 571 A Strange and Unsettling Wish

This is what Hiss concluded from Ralts. In Hiss's view, most spirits that remain in this world, like Ralts, do so because they have some obsessions or wishes that they cannot fulfill, and that is why they remain in this world. However, Hiss is not sure if every soul is like this.

"My last wish? I don't know. After I woke up, I don't seem to have many memories or feelings. The only feeling I have is that I'm very hungry... Maybe eating my fill is my last wish?" The man smiled bitterly and touched his stomach. Heath glanced at the man's stomach, which was empty. Even a thin person's stomach is flat, but this man's stomach was sunken in, which looked a little creepy.

This wasn't just any ordinary depression; it was as if the belly was pressed directly against the spine, making it look terrifying and frightening, as if there were no intestines or anything like that there at all.

"So, try this dish and see if it suits your taste?" Heath served the cooked asparagus and minced meat fried rice to the man in front of her. Heath didn't know how the other person should eat it. Anyway, Officer Jenny couldn't eat it. However, Officer Jenny was a more special ghost. Heath wasn't sure if the rules among ghosts were universal.

After all, Heath's understanding and knowledge of these ghosts is still not very deep. Perhaps in the future, when Heath comes into contact with more ghosts, he will be able to understand ghosts more.

The man hesitated as he picked up the spoon, but then the spoon slipped through his hand. Heath's lips twitched. Goodness, how was this man supposed to eat?

Heath was in a bit of a predicament; he didn't have any tableware to serve the ghostly guest.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot for a moment." The man chuckled and scratched his head. Then he reached out and scooped up some rice with his hand. To Heath, the rice was still on the plate, but the man did scoop some out and put it in his mouth.

The man suddenly froze. Heath looked at him, who remained in a chewing motion. His eyes, which had initially shown little expectation, now turned to surprise and astonishment. This gave Heath a hunch: could his idea be right? This man might indeed be going hungry for some reason, and now Heath could feed him.

"Delicious!" Sure enough, the next second the man looked up at Heath with a look of surprise. The fervor in the other man's eyes made Heath take a step back. That look was as if he wanted to devour Heath.

[You entertained Ono (the ghost), and you received 1 Root Card]

Heath was taken aback. The other person's name seemed to be Ono, which wasn't surprising. What concerned Heath was the reward this time—cards? Why cards?

Heath pulled a card out of his pocket with a puzzled look. It had only a small pattern that looked like a plant root on it, and nothing else.

[Root and Stem Card: A card depicting a root and stem pattern. What could it possibly be used for?]

Heath's lips twitched. Good heavens, the Riddler, huh? He started with a sentence that seemed to say something but didn't, and Heath couldn't understand what he was trying to say.

However, Hiss still put the item away. The things the system gave him were usually useful most of the time, but occasionally they would be useless. For example, the GS Ball Hiss had gotten before, that Poké Ball, Hiss still couldn't figure out what the ball was for. This puzzled Hiss a lot. He remembered that the ball seemed to be used to catch some kind of Pokémon, but he couldn't remember exactly which Pokémon it was used to catch.

"Boss, this rice you made is really delicious." While Heath was thinking about something, Mr. Ono had unknowingly finished the fried rice that Heath had served. He was now sitting there with a satisfied look on his face, patting his belly.

Heath glanced at Mr. Ono, whose belly now looked slightly larger. If Mr. Ono's belly was previously pressed against his back, now it was separated from his back by a small gap. Although it wasn't very obvious, it was still noticeable.

"Would you like something else to eat?" Heath asked Mr. Ono, who seemed to be feeling slightly better than before.

However, just as Ono was about to speak, Heath noticed that Mr. Ono's body suddenly began to glow. As Mr. Ono's body glowed, his body gradually returned to normal. His emaciated and starving appearance disappeared, and a very ordinary man appeared.

"Ah... I think... I know my wish now." Mr. Ono looked down at his body, as if he had remembered something. Heath's expression was one of shock. He never expected that Mr. Ono would actually fulfill his wish after eating a meal? This wish was too outrageous!

Could it be that someone's only wish is to be able to eat their fill?

"Thank you, boss. I don't have anything to give you... I'm really sorry." Mr. Ono looked at Heath apologetically. Heath scratched his head. He wasn't so concerned about the meal money, after all, Mr. Ono was a ghost. But what Heath was more curious about now was what Mr. Ono's obsession was. Why did Mr. Ono seem to have been saved just because he had given him a meal?

"Actually, I just remembered it. Because I died of digestive cancer, I didn't eat anything properly before I died, so my wish is just to have a meal." Mr. Ono smiled embarrassedly. Hiss couldn't help but glance at Ralts outside. If the wishes of humans and Pokémon can be so outrageous, then what would Ralts' wish be?

Heath thought of her achievement quest. Could it be that Ralts's obsession was to make those four scoundrels who tormented her pay the price?

Or will Hiss only find out what Ralts' remaining wish is after he completes Ralts' achievement?

Hiss thought it was very likely, after all, Ralts's situation was very special, and since Mr. Ono's obsession was so outrageous, it was not surprising that Ralts's was outrageous at all.

Chapter 572 Streamers and Internet Celebrities

Mr. Ono was detached, at least that's what Heath thought. In fact, Heath felt that the situation was similar to his own. However, there was still one problem left with Mr. Ono: the plate of asparagus and minced meat fried rice in front of Heath had taken some effort to prepare. Although Mr. Ono had finished his meal, the asparagus and minced meat fried rice in front of him was still the same, even steaming hot, which piqued Heath's interest.

Heath scooped up a small spoonful of fried rice and brought it to his nose to smell it. He could smell a pleasant aroma, but other than that, there was no other smell. Heath stroked his chin, becoming somewhat interested. After all, ghosts had eaten something like the soul of a dish, so what would these foods in front of him look like?

Thinking about this, Heath was about to take a bite, but considering that this was the guest's food, wouldn't it be strange if he took a bite? And more importantly, if he took a bite, would it be considered as eating Mr. Ono's leftovers?

So after thinking about it, Heath took out his ingredient detector. Heath planned to try using the ingredient detector to see if he could see anything in the fried rice in front of him.

The fried rice eaten by the ghosts is not poisonous and is edible. Although the fried rice still smells delicious, it has actually spoiled and rotten inside, making it inedible. This is a common problem when ghosts eat. Fortunately, there aren't many chefs who can serve ghosts.

Heath was stunned. Good heavens, it was inedible, and the inside was rotten and spoiled? Heath really didn't expect this. He had personally selected the ingredients, which were definitely fresh and of good quality. But even so, the ingredients were now inedible and had rotted and spoiled.

Heath used a spoon to examine it and found that it was indeed rotten and spoiled, completely inedible. Heath could only throw it into the trash can, and then take it out to dispose of the food waste after closing time that evening.

After dealing with Mr. Ono's matter, Heath came out of the kitchen. There were still many customers outside. Heath's idea had indeed worked. Eating such a unique hot pot on a cold day was a very interesting thing for most people, so Heath's place was always full of customers. Of course, Heath's food truck being located in a prime business district was also a key factor in Heath's opinion.

Even if Heath launches a mini hot pot, if his food truck can only be set up in some remote areas, it will be quite difficult to attract so many customers so quickly unless he advertises.

"Trainer, Trainer~" Hiss 'heard' Zoroark calling him. Hiss walked over in confusion and saw Zoroark smiling at the man in front of him, who was holding a cell phone and a selfie stick.

“Boss, this guy says he’s a popular food blogger from Baidai City. He wants to come here for a meal and then promote our business.” Hearing Zoroark’s words, Hiss’s expression also became strange.

The technological development in this world is not much different from that in the previous life. Because of this, this world also has live streaming, and short video platforms also exist. However, in this world, the largest short video platform is called Champion Short Video, a very blunt name, but its status is similar to that of Douyin in the previous life.

So naturally, some streamers emerged, and all sorts of streamers have developed in this world. However, compared with the somewhat abnormal streamers in the previous life, most of the streamers here are still very normal. At least so far, there are no beggar-type streamers who lie on the ground, roll around, and throw tantrums to ask for gifts.

"Sorry, my food truck doesn't need advertising." Heath politely declined. Food tour livestreamers are a new livestreaming industry that has emerged recently. However, these livestreamers may have entered the commercialization stage earlier because food tours have involved commercialization early on, meaning that advertising requires money.

"I'm sorry to bother you." The man didn't cause any trouble. After confirming that Heath didn't need any publicity, he bowed and thanked him before leaving. Heath's impression of the man improved. He had to admit that the man was quite interesting. At least he wasn't arrogant and thought that just because he was a food review streamer, Heath should treat him to a free meal and give him a large sum of money.

Heath had been thinking about how to deal with such a dramatic situation. In his previous life, when Heath was running a restaurant, he had encountered a streamer like that. The streamer roared that he was a big streamer with over 300,000 followers on Douyin and that it was already very kind of him to give Heath free publicity. Heath was even asking him for money for his meal, which made Heath both laugh and cry.

Many other restaurant owners have also encountered these kinds of scammers, so it's not surprising that they later put up a "No Livestreamers Allowed" sign in their restaurants.

After all, writing "No restaurant reviewers or dogs allowed" is still a bit too offensive.

"Next time any streamers want to do promotions or anything, refuse them outright. They can come to eat, I have no problem with that, but they can't come to film videos or do live streams." Heath instructed Zoroark very seriously. Zoroark nodded and then went to settle the bill; another customer was paying.

Heath stretched. Today's guests were quite interesting. However, looking at the dense crowd in front of her, Heath still felt a little uncomfortable. Although making a rotating hot pot was very convenient, she felt that the chef's involvement was not very strong, which made Heath, who was used to chatting with guests while cooking, feel a little uncomfortable.

"Boss, do you have grilled shrimp skewers here?" Just as Heath was sighing, he heard the customers calling his name. Heath quickly responded and went over. It was a young couple who called him; it was the girl who called him.

"We have grilled shrimp skewers, twelve yuan a skewer, two big shrimp on each skewer, do you want some?" Heath asked directly. Twelve yuan a skewer seems expensive, but if you look at how big the shrimp Heath skewered are, then you can understand that it's not that expensive.

However, the price still left the girl speechless. She stuck out her tongue and tugged at her boyfriend's clothes.

"Honey, do you want to buy it?" the girl asked somewhat uncertainly.

Chapter 573 Grilled Shrimp Skewers and a Strange Hot Pot

"Um, boss, could you tell me what your grilled shrimp skewers look like?" The man hesitated a bit. Twelve yuan wasn't a lot, but it wasn't cheap either. In Baidai City, twelve Union Coins could even buy a bowl of rice at some smaller shops.

So when I heard that a serving of shrimp skewers at Heath costs twelve, I naturally had to ask. Otherwise, if the shrimp skewers I bought were just two tiny pieces, wouldn't that be a huge waste?

“It’s like this.” Heath calmly took out a skewer of grilled shrimp. Heath had thought that some customers might care about these issues, so he had prepared in advance. After seeing the skewer of grilled shrimp in Heath’s hand, the man immediately ordered four skewers. Other customers also ordered a few skewers after seeing this. Heath finally counted, and these customers ordered a total of thirty-seven skewers.

"Luckily, I bought a lot of prawns and other things, otherwise I would have to go buy some other ingredients first." Heath wasn't surprised, after all, the prawns he bought were really big, two of them took up a whole string, which looked like a good deal.

It was indeed a good deal, but Heath wouldn't lose money; he would definitely make a profit. After all, unless a business goes bankrupt and needs to recover funds as soon as possible, merchants usually make a profit. Never treat merchants as fools; there aren't many who are willing to do business at a loss. Heath knew before that e-commerce products would be discounted during holidays. At first, it might have been to increase attractiveness and brand awareness, and they did offer very high discounts, even doing business at a loss. But that's not how it is now.