I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

"Your strength far surpasses mine; you truly deserve to be called a genius trainer." Lance laughed heartily as he looked at Cynthia before him. This girl's strength was terrifying. Several times during the match, Lance noticed that Cynthia's eyes showed some hesitation, as if she had found a chance to win, but held back for the sake of the exhibition match.

"You're too kind, King Avalon. It's your active role as an investigator in the League that we juniors truly admire." Cynthia was quite adept at making polite remarks, and she had indeed heard of King Avalon before. He was a king who was dedicated to justice and a very kind person. He wouldn't put on airs or act like a senior just because he lost to someone as young as her.

"You flatter me. I'm just an ordinary person." Elite Four member A-Lv said with a smile. Although Elite Four member A-Lv didn't care much about winning or losing, it was indeed a very pleasant thing to be complimented by others, especially since the person complimenting him was the champion of the Sinnoh region.

Even polite remarks require consideration of one's status and position. The effect of polite remarks varies depending on the person's status. For example, if a security guard under a company says that the chairman is amazing or great, the chairman probably won't even listen.

If it were the CEO of another company of similar size, or even stronger than his, making such polite remarks, then the chairman would naturally feel pleased and comfortable.

"Cynthia, is there anywhere you'd like to go? The Speaker told me to show you around the Indigo League." Lance suppressed a smile and then looked at Cynthia with a smile as he asked.

"Hmm... I don't know either. Is there anywhere I can watch the matches? Or are there any really good trainers?" Cynthia crossed her arms and thought for a moment before giving this answer. Compared to other things, Cynthia found battling trainers to be the most interesting.

"Hmm... As for outstanding trainers, I think the Elite Four are all excellent, but they are all very busy, so I guess they don't have much time." Lance fell into deep thought, and Cynthia nodded. After becoming the champion, Cynthia realized that there were really a lot of things to do in this world, and being the champion made her even busier. She felt like she had endless things to deal with every day, which annoyed her to no end.

If possible, Cynthia feels she would prefer to be like Steven, the champion of the Hoenn region, who was there before, and be able to do what she likes more often.

"However, I know a very strong trainer. He is known here as an outstanding gym leader, the strongest person below the Elite Four, and I even feel that he has already reached the Elite Four level." After thinking for a moment, A-Lv really remembered someone.

"Oh? Who is it?" Cynthia asked with a curious look.

Then, as Giovanni was sitting in his hotel, preparing to discuss the future development of Team Rocket with his subordinates, he saw Lance bring Cynthia to him.

“?” Giovanni slowly typed out a question mark. He admitted that when Lance brought Cynthia over, Giovanni had wondered if his identity as the leader of Team Rocket had been exposed, so Lance was planning to bring Champion Cynthia to cause him trouble and hand him over to Officer Jenny.

But then Giovanni calmed down. If that were really the case, the glass behind him would probably have been smashed by now, and a team of elite Officer Jenny in black special forces uniforms would have rushed in.

So Giovanni calmly dealt with Lance and Cynthia, whom Lance brought, and then heard why Cynthia had come to him—she wanted to fight him and experience what it meant to be the "Earth Giovanni."

Sakaki was completely bewildered. He wondered if he had been having a run of bad luck lately. How could such strange things happen to him when he was just sitting at home?

"Um... it's already noon. How about we grab some lunch and then continue our match?" Sakaki glanced at his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then made a suggestion.

Cynthia nodded without hesitation. Uranus Awakening had originally wanted to come along, but he received a text message and had no choice but to ask Giovanni to take good care of Cynthia, saying he would come later.

"The place I took Miss Chiron to this time is the home of what I personally consider to be the best chef in the entire Indigo League. However, he hasn't opened a restaurant yet, so please bear with him." Sakaki smiled and led Cynthia out of the room.

……

"Mr. Giovanni? And who is this?" Before Heath could find Farfetch'd, Farfetch'd came out of the room on its own. However, its expression was a little strange. Heath didn't pay much attention to it and turned to look at Giovanni and the girl in casual clothes next to him.

"This... is a friend I met in the League. I brought her here for dinner today." Sakaki hesitated for a moment before making up a story. It would be too troublesome if others knew that this was Cynthia.

Chapter 197 Why not ask the magical conch shell?

Heath looked at the girl in front of him with a strange expression. Although she wasn't wearing sunglasses and didn't seem unusual, Heath still felt that she looked a lot like Ken... no, Cynthia, who was sitting in the convertible that morning.

However, since Mr. Sakaki didn't intend to say it, Heath naturally wouldn't pry. Instead, he smiled and looked at the two guests in front of him, asking them what they wanted to eat.

"My usual order: one braised chicken rice and a milk tea... Is this roasted pig's trotter a new product?" Sakaki became interested when he saw the blackboard Heath had hung up. He looked at the sign Heath had hung outside and asked curiously. Heath nodded; it was indeed a new product launched today.

"Okay, then I'll have a roasted pig's trotter too... Ms. Cynthia, what would you like to eat?" Giovanni quickly decided what he wanted to eat, then looked at Cynthia beside him. Many people know that the Sinnoh Champion is named Cynthia, but not so many know that Cynthia also has another name, Cynthia.

“Then just do what Mr. Sakaki did.” Cynthia looked at what Heath had written on the blackboard. She had never eaten Heath’s cooking, so she didn’t know how to choose, but following someone else’s choice would definitely be fine.

Heath nodded, then turned around and began preparing a meal to entertain Giovanni and Cynthia.

However, seeing the taste preferences that had grown out of Cynthia's head piqued Hiss's interest. After all, Cynthia's taste preferences were actually quite normal, except that she liked spicy food, which was something Hiss hadn't expected.

So Heath added some chili peppers to the braised chicken for Cynthia, and also sprinkled extra chili powder on the roasted pig's trotters before serving the food to Cynthia and Giovanni.

When Heath brought the food over, she found Giovanni chatting with Cynthia. However, they were talking about the customs and culture of the Kanto League, and Giovanni even tugged at Heath's sleeve, saying that Heath was a unique feature of Evergreen City.

After glancing at Heath, Cynthia picked up her chopsticks and began to eat. Heath could see that Cynthia froze the moment she took her first bite. Then, Cynthia started eating much faster. Meanwhile, Mr. Giovanni, with his experience, picked up the roasted pig's trotter first. After all, he had eaten Heath's braised chicken before, so now Giovanni was even more curious about what Heath's roasted pig's trotter would taste like.

The moment he put it in his mouth, Giovanni's eyes widened in surprise. He had to admit that the roasted pig's trotters Heath made were truly unexpected. As a chef who cooked for fun, Giovanni had naturally tried making pig's trotters before, but the taste of pig's trotters was too unique. In addition, if you wanted it to taste good, you would often need to add a lot of seasonings. In the end, it was more like eating the seasonings than eating the pig's trotters.

But Heath's braised pork knuckle was completely different. It was chewy and refreshing, with the skin and tendons mixed together when you bit into it, creating a fantastic texture that made Giovanni swallow his saliva several times.

In addition, after being braised for a long time, this roasted pig's trotter has the unique flavor of braised meat, combined with the flavor of barbecue, making Sakagi want to eat another one after finishing one.

And that's exactly what Giovanni did. Without any hesitation, he ordered another serving of braised pork trotters, and then finished the pork trotters in his hand before starting to eat his braised chicken rice. However, compared to Giovanni, Cynthia was even more surprised. She had never eaten such delicious food before. The rich sauce of the braised chicken mixed with the aroma of the rice made Cynthia eat a few more bites.

The milk tea and pig's trotters that followed were also a huge surprise for Cynthia. During her Sinnoh trip, Cynthia had eaten a lot of things, and after becoming the champion, she had eaten even more, but this was the first time she had ever tasted something so delicious.

More importantly, Heath seemed to know her taste, and the food she made had a pleasant spiciness. Although it was spicy on the mouth, it didn't burn her stomach, which made Cynthia feel very comfortable. Cynthia had eaten a lot of chili peppers, but very few chili peppers were made like Heath's. Many chili peppers didn't bring out the true flavor of the pepper at all.

Although chili peppers cause pain, their taste is also crucial. In Hirona's opinion, the chili peppers that Heath made smelled wonderful, tasted spicy and delicious, but didn't upset her stomach, were simply the best of the best.

[You hosted Sinnoh Champion Cynthia, and you received a special lottery ticket.]

Heath was stunned for a moment. It was a special lottery ticket? This surprised Heath. Heath had thought he would get some strange things, or something like the King's Token, but he didn't expect to get a special lottery ticket. This surprised Heath. Although special lottery tickets were sometimes a rip-off, Heath felt that sometimes they could really bring some rare things.

Thinking of this, Heath used the special lottery ticket directly. The next second, the special lottery ticket disappeared, and Heath got a novel item.

[You used a special lottery ticket and won a magical conch shell!]

[The Magical Conch: Sometimes you can get an answer by asking the magical conch, but often the conch will not respond to your questions. You can only ask it once a day.]

Heath paused for a moment. This thing was a bit special. But if he could find out how it worked, he would make a killing. It sounded pretty amazing. He just didn't know how effective it would be in actual use. Heath put the thing away for the time being. He thought that maybe he could try it every day in the future. He just didn't know if he could find out how it worked.

"Heath, your cooking skills are getting better and better." Sakaki had finished eating and was gnawing on a pig's trotter. However, it's hard to be elegant when eating pig's trotters, so Sakaki now looked a bit different from the serious and imposing Sakaki he used to be.

"Thank you, Mr. Sakaki." Heath smiled. His cooking skills had indeed improved a little during this time, but not by much. Heath felt that his cooking skills had hit a bottleneck. He hoped that he could get something else in the lottery in the future, such as Soma Yukihira's medicine, or the magical kitchen utensils from Master Boy. If all else failed, even a Cooking Heart would be fine.

"Hello, could you make me a few more of these pig's trotters?" Cynthia chimed in.

Chapter 198 Sakaki: Yes, yes, I did it.

Heath paused for a moment, but nodded nonetheless. Making this pig's trotter wasn't very complicated. The most complicated part was the braising. Once it was braised, it could be left out for a while. As long as the weather wasn't too hot, there wouldn't be any major problems.

"Thank you... Is your Pokémon Farfetch'd?" Cynthia asked curiously when she saw Farfetch'd standing next to Cynthia flipping a pan.

Cynthia has met many Pokémon trainers of all kinds, but this is the first time she has ever seen a special Pokémon like Farfetch'd. Although Farfetch'd is a very rare Pokémon, not many people are willing to breed it because it is not very strong. Most of the time, Farfetch'd is protected as a protected animal.

“Yes, Farfetch’d is my first Pokémon, and it’s also very interested in becoming a chef.” Heath smiled. Roasting pig’s trotters takes some time, and Mr. Giovanni was already standing to the side looking at his phone, not disturbing Cynthia and Heath’s conversation.

Cynthia nodded thoughtfully. For some reason, she felt that Cynthia's Farfetch'd was somewhat special. However, Farfetch'd, which dreamed of becoming a chef, was special enough, since Farfetch'd was a protected species because it tasted so good.

Cynthia didn't think for long before her gaze fell on the roasted pig's trotters that Heath was making. The dark-colored trotters emitted a delicious aroma under the charcoal fire. While Heath was busy preparing roasted pig's trotters for Cynthia, she also had to entertain the guests who kept coming in for dinner.

Fortunately, no one realized that the girl standing in front of Heath was Cynthia, otherwise Heath thought it might have attracted a huge crowd. However, this was also related to the fact that Cynthia had just become the champion. After Cynthia had been the champion for a long time, her face would basically be known to the public.

Big Green Duck placed the wok on the gas stove, then raised its wing to wipe the sweat from its head. Tossing the wok is physically demanding, and even though Big Green Duck is quite strong now, tossing the wok for a long time is still very tiring.

Farfetch'd glanced at Cynthia curiously. It had just felt that the human woman had looked at it several times, but Farfetch'd didn't seem to care. It was used to being watched. Farfetch'd, who was cooking next to Cynthia, really enjoyed being observed.

Farfetch'd turned its head and glanced over. It knew that Zoroya was probably preparing to teach Big Guy to sing the song the trainer had written. However, this matter needed to be done secretly. Big Guy's voice was very loud, and even through the door, it was hard to say whether the trainer would hear it.

"Farfly Duck, make another batch of crab roe soup dumplings now, and use up the rest of the crabs." Heath said to Farfly Duck as she put the roasted pig's trotters into the bag, while also taking the money that Cynthia handed her.

One hundred and fifty Alliance coins. Heath priced his pig's trotters at fifteen Alliance coins each. Although it was a bit expensive, Heath felt that the price was relatively cheap. After all, although pig's trotters were cheap, this was the Quartz Alliance headquarters, where every inch of land was precious. Even if it was cheap, it wouldn't be cheap by much.

"Thank you." Cynthia happily accepted the pig's trotter and then left with Giovanni. As Giovanni left, he had that gentle smile on his face again, which made Heath want to laugh. Giovanni rarely showed the demeanor of the leader of Team Rocket in front of others.

What intrigued Heath even more was whether Giovanni's Mewtwo project was underway, and if so, how far it had progressed. It was the first artificially created legendary Pokémon, and Heath really enjoyed the Mewtwo Strikes Back movie.

After seeing Cynthia and Giovanni off, Heath's phone received a text message from Mr. Asomatsu.

Mr. Asong's colleagues really liked Heath's eel rice and suggested ordering it for tomorrow. However, they also ordered a few regular braised chicken rice dishes. What made Heath quite happy was that the number of takeout orders increased this time. It seems that some of Mr. Asong's colleagues have become Heath's customers.

Moreover, the satisfaction level is increasing. Heath glanced at his food encyclopedia and realized that he was only a few dozen satisfaction points away from exchanging for the giant purple crab. Heath thought that he could probably get the scallion duck to complete that task by tomorrow.

After a busy period, Heath's food cart finally entered a quiet time. Heath took out the magical conch shell. He remembered that it could only be used once a day. Although he didn't know if he would get an answer, Heath still planned to use it every day.

"As for the question... what's the recipe for edible quartz?" Heath asked, looking at the conch shell in front of him. The conch shell didn't respond, and Heath pursed his lips helplessly. This thing really is a matter of probability.

Heath felt that with his African chieftain-like appearance, getting the magic conch shell to answer his questions would be an extremely difficult task.

"Sigh, I wish I had Ash's kind of good luck." Heath shook his head. Ash's luck was truly extraordinary; he encountered all sorts of strange and unusual things, including all kinds of low-probability events.

However, Heath quickly put aside her inner turmoil because the customers arrived. They were two female students who ordered two cups of milk tea and two pig's trotters. Heath quickly stood up and began to prepare these items for them.

"Hey, have you heard? Something's happened at that school in the City Alliance again!" The girl had a mysterious look on her face, and her companion also looked serious.

"Of course I know. How many times has this happened? This kind of thing always happens at Baiyin Middle School. I heard that if the teacher hadn't discovered it quickly this time, someone would have died again!" The girl's companion looked like she knew a lot.

Heath paused for a moment. It was Silver Middle School again? Heath remembered hearing Officer Jenny mention before that the call center sometimes received a strange call that had no sound, but could drive the operators to the brink of a nervous breakdown.

Moreover, there is a rumor that it was created by the vengeful spirits of the students from Baiyin Middle School.

"Actually, some people say that Team Rocket did this. It's said that the leader of Team Rocket likes to eat young boys and girls, so the Team Rocket members at Silver Middle School often sacrifice these children!" Heath's lips twitched. Luckily, Giovanni was gone.

Chapter 199 Silver Middle School

Giovanni has probably become the Indigo League's go-to scapegoat, spending his days either taking the blame or on his way to take the blame. However, this is also related to Team Rocket's activity. After all, in the current Indigo League, those once-famous dark organizations have all fallen to the League's iron fist.

However, only the Rockets have been active, causing trouble from time to time. But the league has been cracking down on them, only catching small fry and not a single big shot. No wonder Awakening brought Giovanni so easily and naturally today.

If Giovanni's identity were exposed, then Heath thinks that Lance would immediately send out all his Pokémon to subdue Giovanni. However, considering Ash's age, Heath thinks that day is not too late, since Giovanni's identity was already exposed when Ash embarked on his journey.

However, after Giovanni was exposed, he didn't seem to be arrested by the League very quickly. Heath thought that there might be some concerns that led to this situation.

"Hello, here's your milk tea and pig's trotters." Heath handed the freshly made milk tea and pig's trotters to the two female students in front of him. After taking their money, he glanced at his phone. It was about time, and Heath felt he could close up shop.

Although he could sell all the remaining food if he continued to operate, Heath still planned to close up shop first, since there wasn't much left and he felt it wasn't worth wasting time.

"Trainer!" Zorua suddenly jumped onto Hiss's head, causing Hiss's head to sway forward. He felt that Zorua seemed to have gained some weight recently.

"What's wrong?" Heath helplessly reached out and picked up Zoroya. He wondered if he might develop calluses on his neck or if the muscles in his neck would become abnormally developed. It didn't seem impossible.

"Can you take me to buy some books today?" Zoroya asked, his eyes wide and looking at Heath with a pitiful expression.

“No, your salary hasn’t arrived yet.” Heath shook his head. Because Zoroya had taken Heath to the Big Bird Bar, Heath had deducted a week and a half of Zoroya’s salary, and he hadn’t received it yet.

Soraya's ears drooped, making him look pitiful, but Heath remained unmoved. He quietly watched Soraya, wondering what incredible notebook this guy was planning to buy this time.

Seeing that feigning helplessness was useless, Zoroya stormed off and went into the lounge. Heath didn't pay much attention and turned to tidy up the tables outside. He was about to close the food cart and go back to rest.

"Are you closing down?" A familiar voice called out. Heath turned his head and saw Karenia, whom he had met that morning, standing behind him and looking at him.

He was carrying a backpack and wearing a uniform with the words "Shirogane Middle School" written on it. This reminded Heath of the trouble Giovanni had just been blamed for and the strange things he had been told. If you didn't know better, you might think Giovanni had turned into a monster.

"Hmm...you get out of school so early?" Heath was a little surprised. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon. Even if middle school students got out of school early, they wouldn't get out this early, would they?

"Yes! The teacher let us leave school early today." Karenia nodded, his expression calm, as if leaving school early wasn't something to be happy about.

This is truly a special child. Heath thought that if he were in middle school, he would have been overjoyed to find out he could leave school early.

However, Hiss then discovered another problem: Karenia always appeared in the Quartz Alliance's territory, so why did she go to school in the City Alliance?

"Karenya, are you a resident of the capital?" Heath asked curiously. Karenya shook her head after hearing Heath's question. Heath immediately understood; it seemed this child was from the Indigo League.