I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

Heath reluctantly put the edible quartz back in the cabinet. He couldn't use it for a while, so he planned to keep it for now and study it later. Right now, Heath needed to figure out what to do with the lava eels he had on hand.

The peculiar characteristics of lava eels dictate that they must be processed quickly. If the bones cannot be removed within the allotted time, the lava eel is essentially inedible, which places high demands on the chef's hand speed.

Although Heath had learned how to remove bones before, that was a long time ago. Heath hadn't touched eel, this special ingredient, for four years, so it would be very difficult for him to quickly master it again.

However, Heath had already figured out a solution. Just like with Farfetch'd, Heath planned to buy some regular eels for research and experimentation. If he could remove the eel bones within the allotted time, then he could try making an eel rice dish.

Yes, the cooking method Heath thought of was eel rice. After all, eel rice tastes pretty good, and Heath likes to eat it. However, he needs to think carefully about how to handle this unique ingredient, and pricing is also an issue.

Chapter 173 This bar has a big problem.

After preparing dinner for Officer Jenny, Heath took Farfetch'd and Zoroark to the Indigo League at night. It must be said that the Indigo League was very lively at night, with a feeling of a city that never sleeps. There were also a lot of people at night, which was in stark contrast to Evergreen City.

Aside from a few bars and other late-night establishments, Evergreen City is relatively quiet at night, rarely bustling with activity. Heath feels like he's back in his past life living here, since the population was much larger back then, and he could easily run into many people on the food street.

"Trainer! Trainer! What's that?!" Zoroya pointed excitedly in a direction. Hiss turned his head and glanced at it. It was a late-night snack stall, but what caught people's attention was the owner of the stall, an Exeggutor.

To be precise, this is an Alolan Exeggutor, and what it sells is quite interesting. Heath really never imagined that an Alolan Exeggutor would be selling fried rice in this place. This made Heath look suspiciously at the long neck of the Alolan Exeggutor.

"I really don't understand why this Pokémon is a Dragon-type." Hiss sighed. He really didn't understand the Pokémon world's criteria for determining types. Although the Alolan Exeggutor had a long neck and an astonishing height of about eleven meters, it looked like a Grass-type Pokémon, but it turned out to be a Dragon-type.

Pokémon like Charizard and Gyarados, which look very much like dragons, don't have the Dragon type. Charizard, in particular, is a Fire/Flying type Pokémon, even though its design is clearly inspired by Western dragons. This puzzled Seath.

Therefore, Lance, the Dragon-type Elite Four member of the Kanto region, was given the title of Flying-type Elite Four member, which is quite unfortunate.

The food street in Quartz Union was much larger than that in Evergreen City. Heath walked around for quite a while without reaching the end, and he still couldn't find the bar called Dicky Twister. This made Heath suspiciously take out the flyer that Farfetch'd given him at noon and look at it again.

“That’s definitely the location.” Heath scratched his head, somewhat confused.

"Hey? Hey buddy, isn't that a flyer for Dicky Twister's bar?" A hesitant voice asked. Heath turned his head and saw a man in a suit, dressed in a very trendy and fashionable way, looking at him with a somewhat uncertain expression.

"Hmm... who are you?" Heath glanced at the man in front of him. He was very handsome; in his previous life, he could easily have been a heartthrob actor.

“I’m a regular at that bar… Can’t you find your way? Do you want me to show you?” the man said with a smile, his eyes narrowing when he laughed. Heath hesitated for a moment, then nodded; he really couldn’t find it.

Moreover, if this man were to do something horrible, then Heath could test out the fighting skills he had learned, which would definitely leave the man with a terrible impression.

“Well, even though society is very developed now, small groups like us still have to hide, so this Dicky Twister bar is located in a very secluded place.” The man said with a smile, then casually put his hand on Heath’s shoulder.

Heath looked at the man with a strange expression. "So what does your saying about the seclusion of the bar have to do with you putting your hand on my shoulder?"

Heath shrugged nonchalantly and shook off the overly familiar man's hand. He wasn't very familiar with this man, and for some reason, Heath always felt that the man's smile was somewhat... frivolous and dissolute.

Heath shook his head, probably thinking it was just his imagination. He figured those secluded bars were probably filled with scantily clad girls, and some of them would be dancing seductive dances on a stage in the middle. If there were any special dances, Heath would be quite interested in seeing them.

Soon, Heath followed the man to a small house. Two burly men stood at the door, wearing sunglasses and with tattoos covering their exposed arms.

"Hi~ Tony~ Jacques~" The man greeted the two burly men in front of him. The burly men looked down at the man, then at Heath behind him, nodded, and then opened the door to the side. A large bar came into Heath's view.

"Hurry up and go in, little duck." Heath noticed that as the man went in, the two burly men patted his buttocks, and one of them even rubbed it.

"?" Heath sensed something was wrong. If someone else treated him like that, Heath would definitely get angry, unless it was a long-time friend joking with each other. But the man in front of him reached out and patted the burly man's arm with a hint of... 'coquettishness'.

"Ugh~" Heath got goosebumps all over. This pat was more like a caress than a pat.

"What kind of bar is this?" Heath was reluctant to go in. He wasn't stupid; he had a feeling that something was off about this bar.

"I guess this man is good friends with these two burly guys," Soraya said casually, her eyes practically sparkling, though Heath didn't notice.

Heath thought about it and it seemed possible. Besides, Zoroah brought up Farfetch'd later. Heath looked at the Poké Ball on his waist and went inside anyway, since it was rare for Farfetch'd to want to go somewhere else.

Fortunately, the two burly men didn't pat Heath's butt. They just wished him to have fun and then closed the door. As soon as Heath stepped inside, the flashing lights made him squint for a moment. It wasn't until he opened his eyes again that his eyes adjusted to the lighting.

There were people everywhere, and Heath even saw several burly waiters dressed as bunny girls. The little duck that had brought Heath in earlier was now lying in someone's arms, blushing and doing something inexplicable.

Heath's lips twitched. Something's not right with this bar!

"Hey sir, are you new here? Welcome to our Big Bird Spin-Spin-Spin Bar~" A burly man dressed as a bunny girl walked over with a smile. Heath noticed that the man had a hula hoop on his waist with a cartoon bird on it, which spun around as the man walked.

Chapter 174 Heath: Give Zorro a taste of every single meal!

Heath stared blankly at the man before him. At this moment, Heath realized that he had come to some strange place. However, Heath was certain that Farfetch'd was not responsible for this, since Farfetch'd would not be interested in such a place. Therefore, the culprit was beyond doubt.

Heath originally wanted to leave, since he really had no interest in this kind of place. However, considering that he had already been tricked by Zorro, it wouldn't be right to just turn around and leave. So Heath smiled.

"Excuse me, do you offer Pokémon services here? My Pokémon really enjoys that." Heath said with a smile. The man didn't show any surprise, but instead gave Heath a 'you're so clever' look, before pulling a menu from his shirt and handing it to him.

"Wait, what do you mean your Pokémon likes this kind of thing?" Zoroa sensed something was wrong. There was something wrong with what Hiss said, but she couldn't escape now because Hiss had grabbed her by the neck and pulled her down.

The menu has two sides. The first side is full of weird and wonderful things, the kind that make you want to wash your eyes after just one glance. The second side is mostly the same, except for a small square in the lower left corner that says "Pokémon Special". Inside, there are all sorts of things that look even more incredible.

[Tauro's Fierce Attack Package - 5,000 League Coins for One Night], Heath gasped when he saw it. What did Tauro do wrong to deserve such punishment?

Then there were other strange items like the "Gnawing Service of the Great Rada." Zoroia no longer cared about pretending. She hugged Heath's leg and wailed. Seeing that Zoroia was terrified by her, Heath pulled her up and ordered a juice that cost over two hundred dollars. It was pure juice, without any strange additives.

"You're really good at causing me trouble." Heath glared at Zoroya. If the little guy hadn't burst into tears and sworn he would never do it again, and that he would be willing to go through every meal if he did it again, Heath would have definitely made him experience what cruelty meant.

"I don't know either... I'm just a Pokémon, how could I understand this strange name? I originally thought it was just a weird muscular bar..." Zoroa slumped its head, its ears drooping, its face clearly saying 'I'm reflecting, I regret it'.

Heath turned his head and looked around. If you put aside these strange people, the bar was actually quite nicely decorated. It was just that the things they sold were a bit expensive. Heath felt that it would be a bit awkward to come here and not order anything, so he ordered a very ordinary juice.

After finishing the mediocre juice, Heath led Zoroya away from the chilling bar. Then, under Zoroya's frustrated gaze, Heath deducted more than a week's wages from Zoroya's paycheck. Seeing Zoroya's pained expression, Heath knew that this punishment was quite severe for Zoroya.

Hopefully, this little guy will become more mature and stable after evolving.

After Heath returned to the dining car, she released Charmander and the others. Farfetch'd looked embarrassed; it genuinely didn't know that the bar was like that. Heath didn't punish it, since it wasn't Farfetch'd's fault.

"Aww~" Charmander suddenly tugged at Heath's sleeve happily. Heath turned around in confusion and saw Charmander bulging the muscles on his arms. Heath gasped. This little guy's muscles were getting better and better.

Heath suddenly realized something: Farfetch'd and Snorlax couldn't evolve, and he didn't know when Zorua would evolve, but Charmander's evolution didn't seem too far off.

Heath was curious. Evolution in the Pokémon world is a very special phenomenon, and Pokémon's personality will also change after evolution. Heath was very curious about what Zorua would be like after evolving.

After encouraging Charmander to continue training tomorrow, Heath turned off the lights and went to sleep. He had to get up early tomorrow to buy eels and other things for training, so he still had to get up early. If he couldn't go to bed early, he would still feel very tired.

……

Heath slept very well that night. Zorroia didn't hold the Nightmare Crystal, which allowed Heath to get a good night's sleep. When Heath opened his eyes, the alarm clock had just gone off.

"So sleepy... Zoroya..." Heath yawned, then tried to pull Zoroya up, but when he reached out, he couldn't touch anything. Heath sat up blankly, and then noticed that Farfetch'd wasn't in the room either.

"What's going on?" Heath looked around the room blankly. The groggy feeling after waking up made Heath's reaction a little slow. After a while, Heath became more awake.

Heath got dressed, puzzled, and went out of the bedroom. He then noticed that Charmander was not there, and only Snorlax was still fast asleep. Heath frowned and went to the bathroom. The toothbrushes and mouthwash cups of the three Pokémon had obviously been used.

"What did these three little guys go about?" Heath's expression wasn't good. What kind of trouble had Zoroya gotten into this time? If Zoroya really took them out to do something, Heath wouldn't forgive it.

Heath pushed open the door and then paused for a moment.

Zoroark was frantically flipping the spatula with its tail, while Farfetch'd shook its head helplessly. Charmander was using its tail to help Zoroark heat up the pan, and in the wok in front of Zoroark, a black, unidentified object was lying inside, emitting a burnt smell.

Farfetch'd and Zoroark were communicating in Pokémon language, while Charmander lay on the ground doing sit-ups with his tail up. Heath couldn't help but smile at this scene, but soon he walked over with a straight face.

"What are you doing here? What is this thing? Are you making a bomb?" Heath said expressionlessly. He had already seen the broken eggshell. It seemed that this thing was probably used to fry an egg. It was rare for Zorroia to be planning to do something practical.

“Train… Trainer? I… I wanted to make you breakfast…” Zoroah’s hand trembled, the spatula shook violently, and then the burnt egg flew up and landed on Charmander’s face.

The little dragon was doing sit-ups when suddenly its vision went black, and there was a burnt smell. The little dragon slowly typed out a question mark. Who did it mess with?

Chapter 175 Eels and Hand Speed

The hot oil from frying the eggs, combined with the perfectly cooked fried eggs, meant that Charmander would probably have been sent to the Pokémon Center by now if it weren't for the fact that Charmander is a Fire-type Pokémon. Fortunately, Charmander was alright, which put Heath at ease.

"Are you planning to make a fried egg?" Heath threw the inedible fried egg into the trash can. This kind of fried egg was inedible, and Heath didn't know how Zorroya managed to do it. The fried egg was almost charred.

If this were in his past life, Hiss would definitely have included Zoroya's fried egg in his list of culinary disasters, to prove to others that there are indeed some people in this world who are not suited to cooking, and that cooking does indeed require a lot of talent.

"Hmm... Onion told me how to do it, but it's too difficult. My claws are too short." Zoroya lowered his head with a guilty look. Farfetch'd was washing the pot over there. The pot that had burned the food needed to be cleaned properly, otherwise the dishes made later might have a burnt taste.

Heath looked at the remorseful Zoroa and couldn't help but rub its head. This little guy has a good heart. I guess he had a change of heart after messing with him yesterday?

"Leave the cooking to me. Zoroya has its uses, after all, your illusions are so realistic." Heath chuckled, comforting Zoroya. Right now, in Heath's food cart, Zoroya is still more of a mascot.

After tidying up the kitchen, Heath set up autopilot and started preparing breakfast for his Pokémon. Heath planned to make braised beef noodles, but seeing the black poached egg that Zoroa had made, Heath added a sunny-side-up egg for his Pokémon instead.

After breakfast, the dining car arrived at the market. Heath, along with Zoroah and Farfetch'd, got off the car and went to the seafood section. They bought two eels, which Heath planned to use to try their hand at cooking. They also bought some crabs, as Farfetch'd still needed more practice. The crab roe soup dumplings Farfetch'd made could also be sold as breakfast for customers. Heath thought Farfetch'd would do even better this time, since there were only a few problems last time.

After returning to the dining car with the various ingredients she had bought, Heath set the destination to autopilot, washed her hands, took out an eel, and placed it on the cutting board. Onion Duck was rolling out dough nearby, watching Heath curiously as she did so, wondering why Heath had bought these strange-smelling and slightly slippery snakes.

Eels do look quite like snakes, but you can actually tell the difference if you look closely. Heath touched the eel in front of him, closed his eyes, and realized that he hadn't taken any eel bones in a very long time. After all, he didn't have much money to buy eels since he came to this world, as eels are considered a relatively expensive ingredient.

However, just like how you can quickly get back on a bicycle after years of not riding it, Heath quickly regained that feeling. At first, he was a little rusty, but the more he practiced, the faster he became. Before Farfetch'd could even see, Heath had already taken out the eel's bones.

"How long did it take me?" Heath asked. Soraya quickly looked down and saw that she had paused the game, but the current time was three minutes.

“Not fast enough…” Heath frowned. Three minutes wouldn’t have been considered very fast in his previous life. Heath thought it might be because he was still a bit rusty, but now he had gotten the hang of it. He told Zoroya to keep an eye on the countdown, and then he took out another eel and started this attempt again.

This time, Heath's movements were much smoother, flowing effortlessly. Although it didn't quite have the natural feel she had developed from frequently cooking eels in her previous life, it was definitely better than the last time.

However, this time Heath still failed to keep the time under one minute. By the time Heath finished, more than a minute had passed, which made Heath frown. The special characteristics of lava eel meant that it was an ingredient that required fast hands. It seemed that Heath could only practice more. But what Heath needed to do now was to process the two cut eels in his hands.

There are many ways to eat eel, but the most common way to eat it in China now is to make it like the Japanese eel rice. Authentic eel rice is actually quite expensive, and it is considered relatively expensive among takeout options. This is related to the price of eel. The eel that Heath bought was not the kind of eel with a good appearance. Eel with a good appearance is usually more expensive.

Heath started cutting the eels. He needed to make them into kabayaki eel and then eel rice. However, eel rice already existed in this world, so Heath didn't need to worry about no one knowing the name of eel rice. Heath had never eaten eel rice in this world, so he couldn't comment on the taste, but the taste of the eel rice he made himself was definitely not too bad.

With that in mind, Heath coated the eel with sauce and set it aside for later use. Now he just had to wait for the customers to order before he could start cooking.

"Hello, could I have another serving of yesterday's jianbing guozi?" Heath knew who it was without even looking up. It must be that strange old man whose tastes changed. He came almost every day now, and Heath felt that he had turned one customer into a regular.

"Okay, shall we do it the same way as yesterday?" Heath asked the old man in front of him with a smile.

"No, I want it sour this time, the sourer the better." The old man laughed heartily. Heath hesitated for a moment, but still respected the customer's wishes. Since the old man wanted it sour, Heath would make it sour.

Before making it, Heath took another look at the old man's preferred flavor. It was still the same as before, with no changes. The sourness was clearly not what the old man liked.

But Heath did it anyway. She made a jianbing guozi with vinegar and handed it to the old man. The old man paid for it, smiled, took his jianbing guozi, ate it, and left. When the old man turned around, Heath noticed that the taste on the old man's head had changed again.

However, none of this surprised Heath as he discovered that his guests' satisfaction had actually increased a little!

"What's going on?" Heath was a little confused. He had tested it before, and currently all the guests' satisfaction could only increase by one point. That is to say, each person could only provide Heath with one point of satisfaction. But why did this old man provide two points?

Chapter 176 Apa Apa

Heath became quite interested. He felt like he was playing a game, studying and considering various novel settings in the game. It was like when playing Dark Souls III, seeing a treasure chest, a newbie would happily run to open the chest, while an experienced player would first take a hit.

Heath was like a new player; he knew nothing. And he always felt that, given his cheat-like nature, there might really be something extraordinary hidden behind this old man. Heath planned to figure it out slowly. Anyway, he would stay in the Quartz Federation for a while. Once he found a way to process edible quartz and completed the Quartz Federation's mission, Heath planned to move to another city.

However, Heath isn't in a hurry right now; there's still plenty of time, and Heath hasn't yet found a way to cook edible quartz.

Heath took out the food identification device from his pocket. This thing could only be used once a day, but Heath had already classified it as a very precious item. Compared to those meaningless hypnosis microphones and nightmare crystals, this item seemed to be of greater help to Heath. Today, Heath planned to use it to examine the lava eel.