I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

"That's it." Heath chuckled and ruffled Farfetch'd's head before leading his Pokémon onto the food truck and heading towards the market.

This time, Heath plans to make a type of beef noodle soup, but not Lanzhou beef noodle soup. Although Lanzhou beef noodle soup tastes good, it doesn't suit Heath's taste. He wants to make a super delicious crispy beef noodle soup.

However, this meant Heath would have to buy some mint and other seasonings, and if he hadn't made some money recently, he really wouldn't have been willing to spend it.

Chapter 57 The 'Good Stuff' in the Car

Heath yawned and crawled into his dining car break room. He had just gone to the driver's seat to set the destination for this drive, but as soon as he entered the break room, he discovered some strange things.

"What is this?" Heath stared blankly at the bag in the food cart. His car was parked in the Officer Jenny's dormitory area and was never locked. He had no idea who had taken it.

Heath curiously opened the bag and took a look. It seemed to be books. Heath took the books out and then saw what this thing really looked like.

Three thick books, each the size of an encyclopedia, were placed in front of Heath: "Five Years of Driving Tests, Three Years of Simulations," "Past Driving Test Questions from Changqing City," and "Ten Minutes to Learn to Drive."

"I've done so many good deeds in my life, why would I encounter something like this?" Heath didn't even need to look to know who gave him these three books; it must be some Officer Jenny, most likely Sister Ling.

Heath rubbed his temples. These three exercise books and textbooks successfully stirred up painful memories that Heath had long forgotten: the time when he spent every day doing practice problems and had no physical education classes.

Suppressing the urge to burn the books to ashes, Heath silently put them back. If he pretended not to see them, would he be able to avoid reading them?

But as soon as Heath put the bag down, he noticed another bag next to his feet. However, this bag looked very similar in color to the chair in the lounge, and Heath wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't been sitting down.

"What is this thing?" Heath asked, picking up the bag, which was rather heavy.

Heath opened the bag and glanced inside. It was a portable mini-TV, the kind that could play music and movies from CDs. It looked brand new, and there were a few CDs underneath it.

After glancing at the discs, Heath put them back. He decided to destroy them all later; what kind of garbage were these?

"Wow, Trainer, you have such unique tastes~" Zoroa was lying next to Hiss, and she had naturally seen what was on the disc. She was looking at Hiss with a teasing expression.

"Don't talk nonsense, this isn't mine." Heath rolled her eyes. This thing must have been brought up by Officer Jenny. How could this old scoundrel have these discs?

"But all the women up there are big-breasted. Do you like those kinds of women?" Soroya poked her head out to take a look, but was flicked on the forehead by Heath the next second.

"Don't overthink it. How would I know that you shouldn't wear loose clothes to bend over and pick things up after moving, and then you have to be careful of the neighbors? I also don't know what might happen if the female teacher calls you to an empty office, right?" Heath calmly threw the CD into the trash can.

Soroya looked at Heath blankly, clearly not understanding what Heath meant.

Heath didn't bother explaining to Soroya. After arriving at the market, Heath got out of the car and bought all the ingredients he needed. Then, before dawn, he went to his usual spot where he often set up his stall.

"Farfly Duck, come here and cut this beef." Heath skillfully called Farfly Duck over, and Farfly Duck immediately picked up a cleaver and excitedly began to cut the beef for Heath.

Heath washed the mint she had bought and then began preparing breakfast.

Braised beef noodles are a type of breakfast dish found only in some provinces of China. Although it is called braised beef noodles, unless you are a gourmet, you can hardly tell the difference between it and braised beef.

Compared to braised beef, the crispy beef is much softer and more tender, yet not mushy. With each bite, the beef, having absorbed the broth, bursts in your mouth, releasing a rich beefy aroma that blends perfectly with the flavor of the broth – a true delight.

But that's not enough. A good bowl of braised beef noodles also requires specific noodles, and Heath chose Machamp Ramen, a specialty of the Pokémon world.

The advantage is that this ramen is very chewy. It is said that making fifty servings of ramen can exhaust a mad wolf to the point of not wanting to move. Even the logo of this brand is a mad wolf that has collapsed from exhaustion, which is very distinctive.

Chewy noodles, large chunks of beef, and fresh mint to enhance the aroma of beef noodles—that's how a perfect breakfast is made.

"Come and have a taste." Heath smiled and served a bowl of beef noodles to Farfetch'd and Zoroya, then stood aside with his arms crossed.

"Delicious!" Soraya ate the beef in his mouth with a satisfied look. The aroma of noodles and beef mingled together. The beef, cooked until tender but not mushy, released its fragrance as he chewed.

The giant green onion duck didn't even seem to want to speak; it was busy devouring its large bowl of crispy beef noodles, making Heath a little worried it might choke.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you." Heath was a little amused and exasperated, but he still took the sign back and wrote "Today's Special: Crispy Beef Noodles" on it.

After the two Pokémon finished eating the large bowl of beef noodles, Heath washed the dishes and put them in the sterilizer, patiently waiting for today's guests to arrive.

Because it's winter, the sky is still a bit dark. It will brighten up considerably once the sun comes out. Heath thinks that Mr. Fujiyama is probably coming to visit at this time.

After all, Mr. Fujiyama exercises every day, rain or shine. Heath even saw Mr. Fujiyama exercising in the snow once. Mr. Fujiyama's willpower is really strong.

"Pudding~ Pudding~" A soft voice suddenly rang out. Heath was startled for a moment, then subconsciously looked down and saw a chubby little thing trying to get his attention by standing on tiptoe.

"Fat Ding, are you here to buy breakfast?" Heath smiled at Fat Ding in front of him. How could he forget that Fat Ding was also a regular breakfast man?

"Idiot, this guy's name is Momo." Zoroya suddenly jumped onto Heath's head, then looked curiously at the Jigglypuff below.

"Momo? That's a good name too. Same as usual today?" Heath looked at the chubby boy in front of him and smiled.

The Pokémon world is truly amazing. The Jigglypuff that Sheath knows has a grand ambition: she wants to become the most popular idol singer in the Kanto region, but so far, things aren't going very smoothly.

"Pudding!" Pudding held up the small bag in his hand. Heath took it, counted out ten one-dollar coins, put them in his hand, and then gave them back to Fatty.

"Want to try some new breakfast?" Heath asked with a smile.

Chapter 58 Jigglypuff Wants to Become an Idol

"Pudding?" Fat Ding looked at Heath blankly, clearly not knowing what Heath was talking about as a new breakfast.

"This is it, a special offer on the new dish, ten yuan a serving." Heath smiled and pointed to the sign next to him, then patiently explained to Fatty.

Fat Ding seemed a little hesitant, but Heath wasn't in a hurry. After a while, Fat Ding shook her head, indicating that she still wanted to eat her own jianbing guozi. Heath didn't force Fat Ding to choose, but instead turned around and started making her jianbing guozi.

Heath and Jigglypuff met a year and a half ago when Heath was setting up a stall here and saw a tired Jigglypuff slowly walking out of a nightclub.

This was the first time Heath had ever seen a Pokémon in a human nightclub, so he curiously looked at the Jigglypuff. The Jigglypuff noticed Heath's gaze and then smelled the delicious aroma of jianbing guozi (Chinese savory crepe) from Heath's place.

From then on, Heath gained a loyal customer. Almost every time Fat Ding went to a nightclub to sing and perform, he would buy a jianbing (Chinese crepe) from Heath to fill his stomach. Although Fat Ding was very cute, the path of an idol was still too difficult.

Leaving aside Primarina, who also has a great singing voice, and Altaria, which are strong rivals, there are many Pokémon working as idols in Viridian City alone.

Heath wasn't surprised by the Pokémon idols, although he was quite taken aback when he first learned about them. Now, however, he was able to treat them with a calm demeanor.

Being an idol is a profession that heavily relies on fame, and Jigglypuff is currently the kind of person who is relatively unknown. Fortunately, Jigglypuff's singing is quite good, and it doesn't cause the situation in the anime where people fall asleep when it sings.

"Did you gain more fans today?" Heath asked Fatty while making pancakes.

“Pudding…” Although Heath couldn’t understand, he could guess the gist of it from Fat Ding’s appearance and tone. It seemed that Fat Ding wasn’t having a good day either.

Heath flipped the jianbing guozi over, squeezed a huge amount of ketchup on it, and then handed it to Fatty. Fatty loved ketchup, which was a bit like Zoroya.

"Go for it, Jigglypuff! I'm looking forward to showing off your first autograph to everyone later." Heath grinned and waved a small sign. Jigglypuff nodded happily and then skipped away.

"What's an idol?" Zoroa asked curiously, watching Jigglypuff's departing figure.

"It's a glamorous but also very demanding and highly competitive profession," Heath summarized simply, then took out the "Evergreen City Exam Questions" and silently flipped through them.

Heath doesn't know if Jigglypuff can stand out in the cruel world of idols, but he hopes to see her on stage at the largest concert in the Kanto League, conquering all the fans.

You entertained Jigglypuff, and you received the Dream Microphone.

Heath paused for a moment, wondering what this strange thing was. Thinking this, Heath felt his pockets, but there was nothing there; it seemed it wasn't on him.

Heath rummaged through the cabinet again and then saw that strange thing.

[Dream Microphone: The person holding the microphone is the god of all sleep disorder sufferers (please do not use it for strange things)]

Heath's lips twitched. Good heavens, what did that in parentheses mean? Was he that kind of person? Was he the kind of person who hypnotized people and then did whatever he wanted?

However, looking at the microphone in his hand, Heath thought that this thing might really be an amazing artifact. This thing should have the effect of a lullaby, which would be very useful for people who have difficulty falling asleep.

What made Heath even happier was that his Chef's Eye quest progress had increased by one level, and Heath felt that the day he completed the quest was just around the corner.

"But I don't know if I can pass the first subject smoothly. There are still the second, third and fourth subjects after that. I hope the content of these exams will be normal..." Heath sighed and continued to flip through the book in his hand.

"Heath, you've launched a new breakfast?" Giovanni came again. Heath put down his book and gave him a strange look. He always felt that Giovanni had a lot of free time. Shouldn't he be very busy?

"Well, Mr. Sakaki, we have a new breakfast today, braised beef noodles. Would you like to try it?" Heath asked Sakaki with a smile, knowing that business still needed to be done.

"Try it, and add extra chili for me. I like spicy food." Sakaki immediately took out some money and handed it to Heath.

Heath took it with a smile, and then made Mr. Sakaki a steaming bowl of braised beef noodles, with a generous amount of beef, which was Heath's habit.

"Mr. Sakaki, speaking of which, did Lance find out anything when he came here last time?" Heath thought of the time he saw Lance, the Flying-type... no, Dragon-type Elite Four member.

"The Heavenly King of the Ferry? He came to investigate last time and then left. This accident was actually caused by the chemical plant employee's own operational error, there's nothing wrong with it." Sakaki paused for a moment, but still told Heath.

Heath nodded. He thought Lance had come specifically to investigate Team Rocket's clues. Come to think of it, when did Lance discover that Giovanni was actually the leader of Team Rocket?

Looking at Giovanni eating noodles with gusto, Heath figured it was probably something to come later; Giovanni wasn't so arrogant now that the dojo didn't want to maintain itself.

“Mr. Sakaki, do you know what the specialty of Pallet Town is?” Heath asked Sakaki curiously.

"Pallet Town? Pallet Town's specialties? Do Professor Oak's Pokémon count?" Giovanni chuckled. When Pallet Town was mentioned, he thought of Professor Oak, that formidable old man.

Team Rocket has been avoiding Pallet Town and Viridian City during this period. Viridian City is their base, so Team Rocket is not located there, while Pallet Town is simply because of Professor Oak.

Many people are unaware of Professor Oak's strength, but Giovanni knows that Professor Oak possesses strength comparable to that of a Champion. It's just unknown whether Professor Oak remains as strong as he has with the passage of time.

Heath was somewhat amused and exasperated. He couldn't very well go to Professor Oak and buy a Pokémon to cook with, could he? He'd probably get beaten to death by Professor Oak.

"Mr. Sakaki, I meant the ingredients," Heath quickly explained, as he had no desire to experience what it would be like to cook Pokémon.

"Huh? Ingredients?" Sakaki looked at Heath with a wry smile. He should have said so earlier.

Chapter 59 Pokémon Hunter

As Sakaki ate his noodles, he fell into deep thought. He knew about the specialties of Pallet Town, but when it came to ingredients…

Sakaki was a little conflicted. He really hadn't thought about what special ingredients Pallet Town might have. After all, it was rare to see Pallet Town ingredients in Evergreen City. Pallet Town was mostly self-sufficient.

"If I had to say, I did hear from a friend of mine that there's a special kind of mushroom in Pallet Town that tastes really good, and you rarely see it outside of Pallet Town." Sakaki thought about it painfully for a while before telling Heath.

Heath looked at Sakaki thoughtfully. According to Sakaki's statement, then the specialty of Pallet Town should be mushrooms.

After all, these are mushrooms that you can't get outside of Pallet Town, so they really are a specialty ingredient of Pallet Town.

After thanking Sakaki, Heath continued to flip through the textbook in his hand, diligently studying and memorizing it using the method Yunjira had taught him the day before.

"Are you going to take your driver's test, Heath?" Sakaki swallowed the last bite of beef noodles, then looked at the book Heath was holding and asked curiously.

“Yes, Mr. Sakaki, I plan to get my driver’s license and then travel around in my food truck. After all, I want to see what new and interesting things there are in this world.” Heath nodded with a smile.

Sakaki paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded. He encouraged Heath and shared some of his experiences from his own travels, which Heath carefully wrote down.

After seeing Mr. Sakaki off, Heath checked his phone. It was already daylight, but the shops probably weren't open yet. Heath would have to wait until the shops opened before he could buy some folding tables and chairs.

Sakaki was eating standing up, which made Heath a little embarrassed. He had thought about buying tables and chairs before, but it had been delayed for various reasons.

However, the morning's customer flow kept Heath from feeling guilty. The beef noodles also attracted some customers, but considering there were no tables and chairs, Heath packed them up for customers to take away.

The morning's busy work also increased Heath's Chef's Eye quest progress to twenty, which made Heath very satisfied. It seems that as long as he can satisfy eighty more guests, he will be able to get the quest reward.

Once everyone had started going to work and the streets were less crowded, Heath quickly called a furniture store and bought four sets of folding tables and chairs, spending 1,600 Alliance Coins, which made Heath wince a little.