I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

Following the direction Soloar pointed, Heath looked over and saw a pool about twenty square meters in size, with all sorts of plastic balls floating on the surface.

"So here's the question, look at that thing, what do you think that place is for?" Heath asked with a chuckle as he looked at Soroya.

“Hmm… I guess it’s a water park!” Zorua thought for a moment, then gave an excited answer.

Heath shrugged and shook his head. Zorroya pondered for a moment, then posed a question about a children's playground. Heath shook his head again.

"It's a claw machine, but the gameplay is rather unique, and the odds of winning are rather...mystical." Heath looked at Zoroya, who couldn't guess, and chuckled as he gave the final answer.

Farfetch'd's eyes widened instantly. It stared blankly at the pool in front of it. This thing didn't look like a claw machine at all. Shouldn't claw machines be those little machines next to dance machines?

The little dragon also became interested. It looked curiously at the pool in front of it, and then looked up at the sky. There was nothing there, no claw, nothing else. Why was it a claw machine?

"Want to play? Ten tokens for one try." Hiss asked, looking at her Pokémon. Zoroia hesitated for a moment, then nodded. She wanted to see what kind of claw machine it was.

Chapter 90 Mystical Claw Machine

Heath led Zoroya, Farfetch'd, and Charmander to the pool. Zoroya looked around in confusion. There were no machines or equipment, not even a staff member in sight. She wondered why Heath had called it a claw machine.

Heath took out ten game coins and held them in his hand. Then he picked up a fishing rod from the side and shook it. The water rippled, and finally, an octopus bucket emerged from the water, staring at Heath with its dead fish eyes.

“Let’s play the claw machine.” Heath handed the token to Octopus Bucket, who quickly pocketed it.

"How do you play this?" Zoroya stared blankly at the octopus bucket in front of her. She didn't quite understand why Heath had brought out the octopus bucket, and there wasn't a claw machine here either.

Solomon's doubts were all resolved when Heath handed her the fishing rod.

"The way to play this claw machine is to control the octopus bucket to grab these balls in the water. Inside the balls are tickets with the names of the prizes written on them." Seeing Zoroah's blank stare, Heath explained with a smile. Farfetch'd became interested and looked at the octopus bucket curiously. How do you grab the octopus bucket?

Before Zoroah could speak, the Octopus Bucket suddenly fired a water cannon at itself. Then, propelled by the force of the water cannon, the Octopus Bucket flew up, its tentacles waving wildly like a claw machine.

"Quick! Use the fishing rod to throw the octopus bucket to where you want to catch it!" Heath shouted hurriedly. Immediately afterward, Zoroya instinctively twitched its claws, and the octopus bucket connected to the fishing line swayed and then fell from the air, with several tentacles entangled in a plastic ball beneath it.

"Does this count as a success?" Zoroya asked excitedly.

“I don’t know.” Heath shook his head, leaving Zoroya even more confused. Hadn’t the octopus bucket already grabbed the plastic ball? Why would it say it didn’t know?

But then, Zoroya saw the octopus bucket dragging the plastic ball towards him. Zoroya watched the octopus bucket excitedly, and as it got closer and closer, almost within reach, the octopus bucket casually pushed the plastic ball back and swam right in front of Zoroya.

"?" Zoroia stared blankly at the octopus bucket in front of her. Where was her ball? Where did that huge ball go? How could it disappear in the blink of an eye?

"I told you, this is a mystical claw machine. Although you win if you grab it, whether you actually win or not depends on the octopus bucket's mood." Heath chuckled as he looked at the stunned Zoroah. He's still too naive.

"You! You! Scoundrel!" Soroya was so angry that he jumped up from the edge of the pool. Heath knew something was wrong as soon as he heard this and reached out to pull Soroya back, but before Heath could touch Soroya, a spray of ink was sprayed on Soroya's face.

In an instant, Zoroa transformed from its previous caterpillar form into a black caterpillar, looking somewhat comical, and the fishing rod it was biting fell out of its mouth.

Watching the octopus bucket sink again, Heath took out a tissue and wiped Zoroah's body. Then he looked at Charmander and Farfetch'd, raised an eyebrow, and Farfetch'd and Charmander immediately shook their heads. They didn't want to play.

Heath looked at the sulking Zoroa, scratched his head, and then shook the fishing rod. The octopus bucket popped out again, staring at Heath with its dead fish eyes.

"Octopus Bucket, here are your game tokens. Could you please catch that plastic ball again?" Heath took out sixty game tokens from his pocket and handed them to Octopus Bucket. Octopus Bucket immediately nodded, put the tokens away, and then pointed to the sign next to him.

Heath took out ten more game coins, and Octopus Bucket happily handed the fishing rod to Heath. Then, Octopus Bucket launched a water cannon into the sky. Heath didn't want to move at all and just watched Octopus Bucket.

As expected, the octopus bucket landed on the plastic ball, then used a grappling hook to entangle it and drag it over, happily handing it to Heath.

Zoroa stopped wiping its face, staring dumbfounded as the octopus bucket happily burrowed down, its anger practically reaching the heavens.

"Sixty game coins, and I can guarantee you'll catch something, though I don't know what it is. You can take a look." Heath chuckled as he looked at Zoroya, this octopus bucket being a seasoned gambler.

Every month, Octopus Bucket spends all the money it earns here on slot machines. And that's not enough; it also charges customers 60 game coins to guarantee a win. It's a prime example of being greedy for money.

Heath thought that if Octopus Bucket were in his previous life, he would definitely have a lot to talk about with a certain guy on Tieba who has already been banned. Maybe he would see Octopus Bucket posting something about being laid down or something.

Zorua gritted his teeth and opened the plastic ball. A piece of paper fell out, which Zorua picked up, glanced at, and then angrily threw to the ground.

Heath picked it up curiously and took a look, then couldn't help but laugh. Zorua had actually drawn a bottle of ink. Looking at the ink stains that Zorua hadn't yet cleaned off, Heath thought that Zorua was truly the unluckiest person today.

Seeing the dejected Zoroah, Heath scratched his head, then shook the fishing rod again, and the octopus bucket popped out once more.

"Want to beat him up? 100 game coins will do." Heath asked, looking at the angry Zoroah. Octopus Bucket's eyes lit up, while Zoroah stared at Octopus Bucket in even more confusion. Is this even possible?

Heath felt even better when he saw Zoroya's blank stare. He had the same expression when he first saw the Octopus Bucket. This guy probably knew that his behavior was annoying, so he offered a venting service. For just 100 Alliance Coins, you could beat up the Octopus Bucket and he would guarantee not to fight back.

After finishing his fight, the Octopus Bucket will quietly go to sleep to recover his strength. The Octopus Bucket is quite an oddity in the Evergreen City arcade.

"No, I want to play something else." Zoroya shook her head, then puffed out her cheeks and jumped into Heath's arms.

Heath then took Zoroah, Farfetch'd, and Charmander to the arcade. Farfetch'd found a game similar to Fruit Ninja and was having a great time, while Charmander tried to play a boxing game. However, Charmander was too short to reach the target, so Heath got him a chair.

As for Zoroia, she seemed to really enjoy playing rhythm games. She was there, happily tapping away at the rhythm game. Heath stretched and thought, "It's nice to play once in a while."

Chapter 91 Experience

After playing with his Pokémon for an afternoon, Heath took the still-entertaining Zoroar and the others back to the dining car. After paying at the payment machine next to it, Heath set up autopilot and drove towards Officer Jenny's dormitory area.

Heath felt that his mobile food truck was quite easy to use and operate, and the automatic driving function was also excellent. Heath couldn't find a single fault with it since he got the truck. If it weren't for Sister Feng's insistence that Heath must get a driver's license, Heath felt that he might never need to get a driver's license in his life.

Meanwhile, in the dining car, Farfetch'd was waving a bottle of ink in front of Zoroah, making Zoroah grimace. Heath was a little worried that Zoroah might bite Farfetch'd's butt off today.

"Farfetch'd, how's your physical training going?" Heath asked Farfetch'd, trying to stop the duck's reckless behavior. Heath had noticed that Farfetch'd seemed to have developed some strange quirks.

I don't know if it was because I saw what Little Adams was doing in the Poké Ball when I went to Little Adams' house that day, so I did it on purpose.

"Scallion~" Farfetch'd exclaimed happily, while Zoroah glared at Farfetch'd with annoyance, offering no translation.

Heath scratched his head. It seemed that Zoroah wasn't in a good mood. In that case, Zoroah probably wouldn't help him translate anytime soon, so he could only rely on guessing.

"You mean, you think you're ready?" Heath asked Farfetch'd tentatively, and Farfetch'd nodded very confidently.

Heath scratched his head. Farfetch'd had been training for two or three days now. Although Heath had been feeding Farfetch'd protein powder during this time, the training effect was just too strong.

“Okay, then you give it a try. It’s the same old tricks, I won’t repeat them.” Heath nodded, then handed the kitchen over to Farfetch’s Duck, watching Farfetch’s Duck come over and make a dish of Sanbuzhan (a type of stir-fry).

Farfetch'd did look relaxed and carefree, but as it worked, Heath sensed something was wrong. Farfetch'd was still flipping the pan, but its movements were slowing down and proceeding at a fixed frequency.

Heath raised an eyebrow, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he watched quietly. Soon, Farfetch'd made a decent-looking dish of Sanbuzhan (a type of stir-fry), and looked at Heath with a smug expression.

Heath didn't say anything, but instead took out his chopsticks and poked at it. Then the three-no-stick sauce stuck to the pan, leaving a yellow mark.

“It failed. Although you found a way to save energy, your approach won’t work. The speed at which you toss and flip the pan for the ‘Three-No-Stick’ dish is meant to make it live up to its name.” Heath shook his head, and Farfetch’s expression looked somewhat disappointed.

"Well, it's a good idea. A chef has to be flexible." Heath chuckled, comforting the scallion duck, before taking out the failed attempt at making Sanbuzhan (a type of stir-fry dish). He still had to wash the pan.

"Fire?" The little dragon curiously approached. It had just finished its training, and Heath could smell the sweat on the little dragon's body.

Pokémon do have a body odor, which is not strange at all. It's just like some pet dogs have a distinctive dog smell, and the bigger the dog, the more obvious this problem becomes.

Fortunately, Zoroa didn't have body odor, and Seath's Pokémon were also quite hygienic, so they didn't have any unpleasant smells either. This made Seath feel much more at ease, otherwise being surrounded by strange smells every day would have been a terrible thing.

Heath had once served a special guest who worked at a bathhouse, where his job was to give massages and back scrubs. However, the most memorable thing about this guest for Heath was his Pokémon.

A monkey monster.

Mankey isn't unusual, after all, this kind of Pokémon isn't particularly rare, but the problem is that this Mankey has an extremely strong body odor, which is really problematic.

When Heath first saw the monkey-like creature that the customer had, he was horrified. He even suspected that the employee had deliberately released it to fumigate him. Despite the strong body odor, Heath still managed to finish making a jianbing guozi.

However, Heath thought that the jianbing guozi smelled like body odor; it was a jianbing guozi exclusive to monkeys.

Later, Heath couldn't resist asking one of the monkey monster's owners, only to learn that the monkey monster's owner had rhinitis, which was why he couldn't smell anything. This made Heath sigh and say that sometimes rhinitis does have some benefits.

As dusk approached in Evergreen City, the thick fog had dissipated considerably, and the streets became clearly visible. Heath could see pedestrians hurrying by, cars occasionally weaving through the streets, and Miss Officer Jenny riding her motorcycle.

Heath thought of the inspector she had met today, Officer Jenny, a special woman. Heath didn't know how long the inspector would stay here, but Heath had already told Sister Feng about it.

So the usually friendly and amiable Officer Jenny became serious, each one decisive and exuding an unapproachable aura.

While this might seem like a superficial effort, if even superficial efforts aren't made, then there's truly no hope left.

When Heath returned to Officer Jenny's quarters and jumped out of the car, he looked around. This time, he didn't see Officer Jenny, guessing that the inspector had gone off on another secret visit.

After locking the door to the lounge, Heath led his Pokémon toward the cafeteria. Heath was in charge of preparing dinner almost every afternoon. At first, Heath was worried about whether the head chef would agree, but later found that the head chef had no objection to it.

He even seemed pleased to see Heath do this, thinking it was probably because the chef wanted to go home and be with his family sooner.

However, as soon as Heath entered the cafeteria, he was stunned to see a familiar figure sitting there: Officer Jenny.

The other person was sitting in the cafeteria with his chin resting on his hand, staring blankly at the sky outside the window, seemingly lost in thought. This puzzled Heath; was the inspector going to check the cafeteria again?

"Sister Qian? Are you hungry? What are you planning to eat?" Heath called softly. Officer Qian turned around in surprise, and a smile appeared on her face when she saw that it was Heath.

"The cafeteria hasn't started cooking yet, brat. Go eat by yourself if you're hungry." Officer Jenny waved her hand, and Heath's lips twitched.

“I am the chef.” Heath walked over calmly.

Chapter 92 Unexpected Events

"Huh? You're a chef? Where's the head chef here? What kind of food can a kid like you make?" Officer Satie looked at Heath with suspicion, which made Heath harden his fists.

“Of course I’m the head chef. Chef Da Shu has no complaints about my cooking skills, so I’m in charge of the evenings.” Heath squinted at Officer Jenny. Although he was relatively calm, it was still infuriating to be questioned about his professional abilities.

This is probably what happens when a computer science major applies for a job, and the company asks him to restart a computer or act as a network administrator.

Seeing Officer Jenny's disbelieving expression, Heath didn't say much. Instead, he went into the kitchen. Facts speak louder than words, and Heath decided to cook a delicious meal that would make Officer Jenny eat until she swallowed her tongue!

"Sister Xi, may I ask what kind of food you like?" Heath thought of what happened with Mr. Yaning last time, and in order to complete her task of having a chef's eye, Heath decided to ask in advance.

Meanwhile, Heath's Chef's Eye quest progress reached 46, only 54 away from 100.

“Me?” Officer Jenny’s expression was somewhat complicated, an expression that left Heath a little bewildered. That kind of expression should only appear in movies, when the protagonist is reminiscing about the past.

“I like sour food, the sourer the better,” Officer Jenny quickly gave her answer. Heath paused for a moment, but nodded nonetheless. Although the answer was rather unusual, it wasn’t impossible.

Heath rummaged through the ingredients in the kitchen. The ingredients for the canteen were usually purchased by Chef Big Tree, and Heath had no problem with the ingredients as long as they could be used. But looking at the ingredients in the kitchen this time, Heath quickly decided what to make.

“Then let’s make West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce.” Heath slapped his palm and quickly settled on the idea.

"Give up, brat, I'm very picky." Hearing Officer Satie's cheerful voice outside, Heath took a deep breath. Goodness, no one really dares to doubt his cooking skills.

Heath shook his head and then prepared to start making the dish, West Lake Vinegar Fish.

However, Heath soon noticed that Zoroah was looking at Officer Jenny in the cafeteria with a strange expression, which made Heath a little curious.

"What's wrong, Zoroastrian?" Hiss asked softly.

"It's nothing, it just feels weird." Zoroya shook his head. Heath didn't pay much attention to it and started making this unique dish.

West Lake Vinegar Fish – just hearing the name tells you where this dish comes from. However, in recent years, West Lake Vinegar Fish has not had a good reputation, with many people saying that it doesn't live up to its name and doesn't live up to its reputation at all.

However, Heath believed that it was because diners hadn't encountered a chef who knew how to make it. Generally, West Lake Vinegar Fish uses grass carp, and in order to make this West Lake Vinegar Fish, the grass carp is required to be starved for two or three days to expel the grass and mud from its body, so that it won't taste muddy.