I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

However, Heath soon discovered the root of the problem: he had missed one ingredient when he made braised chicken at the dinner table.

"So... this thing is braised chicken?" Heath was even more surprised. What on earthy duck did to make braised chicken look like this?

The 'coal' in front of us can't be said to resemble braised chicken; it's completely unrelated, and it's impossible to even associate it with braised chicken.

"Onion..." Farfetch'd hugged its onion with a pitiful expression, quacking occasionally as if to prove its grievance. Heath curled his lip; he didn't believe it now.

"Now make another braised pork. You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. You want to reach the sky in one step? Are you dreaming?" Heath said helplessly. He realized that Big Green Duck had probably succeeded in making braised pork with his help and then got arrogant.

They actually dared to try making braised chicken on their own without Heath's hands-on instruction?

Furthermore, the cheat code hasn't indicated that Farfetch'd has completed the task yet, so Heath thinks that Farfetch'd's current mastery of braised pork probably hasn't reached the level of perfection the cheat code considers it.

"It's still a long night, let's take it slow." Heath chuckled as she closed the kitchen door, making Big Onion Duck swallow hard and instinctively cover his backside.

Heath's lips twitched. He wasn't Ghost Rider Ning Caichen, nor was he Xu Xian. How could he possibly have that kind of interest in a Pokémon?

"Wake up, you bastard!"

……

[Big Green Duck has prepared a perfect braised pork with fried tofu, and you have received the special reward, Golden Perfume]

Heath sat panting on the kitchen floor. He let out a long breath. The scallion duck had finally made a decent braised pork with fried tofu, completing the task assigned by the golden finger.

Heath also felt a bottle in his pocket. He took it out of his backpack and looked at it. It was a bottle containing a pink liquid, and Heath was somewhat pleased.

Golden Perfume, which Heath remembers as an item that appears in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!, is quite expensive and has amazing effects. It can increase the probability of rare Pokémon appearing after use.

Looking at the golden perfume in his hand, Heath felt that the ingredients wasted on the scallion duck had now been recouped, and he just hoped that the next task on his culinary journey wouldn't be too outrageous.

Exhausted, Farfetch'd leaned listlessly against the wall, looking utterly wrecked. It realized that Heath was terrifying when he got serious.

"It's about time to rest. I need to get up early tomorrow to buy groceries." Heath yawned, glanced at his watch. It was already past midnight. If he didn't go to sleep soon, he wouldn't have any energy tomorrow.

Just as Heath put away the green onion duck and drifted off to sleep, some strange noises came from the kitchen, but they quickly quieted down as if nothing had happened.

……

The next morning, Heath got up very early. He wasn't planning to set up his breakfast stall because he had to prepare food for the prisoners at Evergreen City Prison. Preparing meals for fifty prisoners was no easy task.

Although Heath was perfectly capable of cooking large batches of food, the dishes he made wouldn't meet his expectations. Besides, this was a task assigned to him by Sister Feng, and if he didn't do it well, Heath didn't want to test whether his head or cement was harder.

Although cooking in a large pot may seem simple and easy, it is actually quite challenging. The proportions of ingredients and seasonings are a serious matter. Too much will make it too salty and overpowering, while too little will result in a bland and tasteless soup.

So Heath decided to lower the difficulty and prepare five different boxed meals, one for each of the ten people.

[Get fifty prisoners satisfied with the food you've prepared; the reward will be based on the number of people who complete the task.]

Heath paused for a moment. Another mission had been triggered? But having a mission was a good thing, Heath wasn't picky, but this mission made him abandon his original plans.

It's true that you can't please everyone. Just like in China, people from one province might not be used to the food in other provinces when they travel there. Even people in the same city may have different preferences for zongzi (sticky rice dumplings).

Some people like to eat plain rice dumplings dipped in white sugar, while others prefer to add salted egg yolks and ham to make savory rice dumplings.

Heath now faces a problem: he needs to make food that satisfies the prisoners without knowing their tastes, which is quite absurd.

"This mission... is really difficult, but what will the reward be?" Heath admitted that he was a little curious.

"Then let's proceed this way." After hesitating for a moment, Heath finally decided on the dishes he needed to prepare for today.

Heath decided to categorize them according to flavor: sweet, spicy, mild, seafood-based, and meat-based.

With that in mind, Heath quickly headed to the market, where she took the meal allowance that Sister Feng had given her that morning and went to buy the ingredients she needed.

Heath experienced the joy of not having to plan his grocery shopping for the first time in a long time. After buying all the ingredients he needed, Heath calculated that he still had more than 400 Alliance Coins left, and he was very satisfied.

Four hundred or so, no more, no less, that's enough to earn. Heath wasn't greedy, and in order to complete the mission, Heath even considered using all two thousand five hundred Alliance coins to buy ingredients.

Heath returned to Officer Jenny's dormitory with his own ingredients, then, with a smile, borrowed some kitchen space from the canteen auntie and began preparing food for the prisoners that day.

Heath's main dish is sweet and sour pork ribs, and the sweet and sour taste of sweet and sour pork ribs is very popular. Unless you don't like sweet and sour food, you will basically not be able to resist the temptation of sweet and sour pork ribs.

Spicy options are simple: Mapo Tofu and Spicy Chicken. Mild options include Pork Rib Soup and Chicken Soup Rice.

"Phew, thankfully I still remember how to make seafood fried rice... but I'm a bit weak when it comes to seafood." Heath stroked his chin, looking at the lunchboxes in front of him. Fifty lunchboxes, finally finished.

Farfetch'd was staring at Heath with shining eyes. Heath, seeing Farfetch'd's expression, chuckled and tapped it on the head.

"What do you want to learn?" Heath was in a good mood. Farfetch'd's knife skills were excellent and had helped Heath a lot.

Chapter 21: Big Green Onion Duck Wants to Learn How to Roast Duck in Beijing

"Green onion!" The green onion duck pointed sharply to a spot. Heath looked at the lunchbox strangely; he remembered that lunchbox was...

[Pokémon Chef Step 3: Teach Farfetch'd to make a BJ Roast Duck on its own. You will receive a mystery reward upon completion.]

Heath's lips twitched. It really was that?

Today, considering that some prisoners might be particular about eating meat, Xi specially went to buy a few ducks and made several servings of roast duck in the style of Beijing roast duck, then cut them into pieces and put them in lunchboxes.

It is also served with shredded scallions, cucumber strips, and sweet bean sauce, as well as a small stack of lotus leaf pancakes that Heath made herself.

But Heath really didn't expect that despite making so much food today, the scallion duck would immediately take a liking to the Beijing roast duck.

This discovery left Heath feeling somewhat confused. He remembered that Farfetch'd was a duck-type Pokémon, so wasn't it a bit too cruel for him to teach a duck how to make roast duck?

"Onion! Onion!" But looking at the very excited Farfetch'd and the already triggered mission, Heath sighed. It seemed he really had no choice but to teach him.

"Wait until we finish delivering the lunchboxes, then I'll go buy some ducks for you to practice with, okay?" Heath asked softly, looking at the green onion duck.

"Onion!" The big green onion duck nodded immediately without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, Heath was momentarily speechless. He looked at the Farfetch'd and, judging from its appearance and the large leek, thought it might be based on Beijing roast duck.

After all, Beijing roast duck was a very famous Chinese dish at that time, and the taste of Beijing roast duck was indeed very good. The combination of duck meat, scallions, and sweet bean sauce with the pancakes was simply a treat.

Just thinking about stuffing the succulent duck meat into his mouth, the unique crispy texture of the duck skin, and the oil slowly seeping out with each chew, becoming less greasy with the help of sweet bean sauce and scallions, made Heath swallow hard.

Heath put away the green onion duck, then pushed his food cart and brought the boxed lunches to Changqing City Prison. After making a phone call to Sister Feng, someone quickly came out to check the food Heath had prepared.

After confirming that there were no problems, they took all the boxed meals inside, but Heath did not receive permission to enter.

The security level in Evergreen City seems to have increased several notches recently, and I wonder if it's related to the Plasma Team member that Heath hosted before.

“I don’t know how this task is judged… Although I talked to the staff, but… sigh.” Heath pushed his stall cart and glanced at Evergreen Prison behind him.

Because he couldn't get in himself, Heath could only tell the staff about the differences between the lunchboxes. And since he couldn't see the prisoners, he couldn't get immediate feedback.

Changqing City Prison is not located in Changqing City, so by the time Heath pushed his stall back to Changqing City, it was already past lunchtime. Heath felt he had lost out, since he could have made some money during mealtimes.

"Hey, have you heard? Evergreen Forest seems to be haunted lately. I think the Alliance has even sent investigators in!" Just as Heath was thinking about whether to ask Sister Feng for more money to make up for the losses, two men came over to buy jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) and started chatting.

“Hey, of course I know. Isn’t that what Officer Jenny and the others went to handle?” Another man nodded. It seems that gossip is indeed something people are very interested in.

Heath was diligently making jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes), but at the same time he was listening to the men's conversation.

He knew about the Evergreen Forest, of course. There seemed to be a strange and very powerful Pokémon in there, but Heath didn't know exactly what kind of Pokémon it was.

But what was once something like an urban legend has now become a matter of the League getting involved. Heath is a little curious, what exactly is that Pokémon?

"It's still no use. Evergreen Forest is so big, and the Alliance has been searching since last night, but they still haven't found anything." While the men were still chatting, Heath handed two servings of jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) to the two men.

"Hey, it's just issuing a notice to warn us to be careful..." The men chatted as they left, while Heath pondered the matter of Evergreen Forest.

Heath felt that the little girl he saw last time was more likely a Gastly, since there was a Gastly in the anime that could transform into a human.

However, he currently lacks concrete evidence, and how to communicate with the other party is also a problem.

You have successfully completed your prison meal delivery mission; all forty-three inmates are satisfied with your food.

[You have obtained an important clue (specified): Ingredient Identifier]

Heath raised an eyebrow. Forty-three guests expressed their satisfaction, a number that pleased Heath greatly. This proved that Heath had made a good choice today, but he didn't have any more concrete information.

Otherwise, Heath felt he could increase the number even further. Heath was curious what he would get if everyone was satisfied.

However, Heath still wanted to check his haul and see what he had acquired.

【Important Clue (Designated): You can specify an area to obtain a random important clue within it】

Heath smirked, feeling it wasn't of much use, but then he remembered the Evergreen Forest, and thinking about it, the thing had come at a pretty good time.

Heath decisively chose Evergreen Forest, and the next second a new clue popped up.

She likes sweet and sour flavors, so it's best not to bring her a Poké Ball.

Heath looked thoughtfully at the clue in front of him. The clue could be described as simple and easy to understand. It seemed that the Pokémon was female, liked sweet and sour food, and disliked Poké Balls.

Having obtained this information, and combined it with the golden perfume he had previously acquired, Heath had a preliminary plan in mind, but he still needed to go to the Evergreen Forest to investigate.

Then Heath looked at the other thing he had obtained, which was an object that looked like a magnifying glass.

[Ingredient Identifier: Can be used once a day to identify general information about an ingredient]

The description was ambiguous, but Heath still decided to give it a try. He looked at the leek duck next to him, which was waving a leek as if practicing swordsmanship, and smiled.

Heath was curious: what information could be obtained by identifying a Pokémon like Farfetch'd using food ingredients?

Chapter 22 The Green Onion Duck

Thinking of this, Heath picked up the ingredient detector and shone it on the green onion duck.

【Green Onion Duck, edible and non-toxic, with tender, juicy meat. Stunning it before eating can prevent excessive fright, ruptured blood vessels, and compromised taste.】

Heath's lips twitched. This really was an ingredient identifier, and it even explained how to process it. However, Heath had no interest in eating the Farfetch'd duck protected by the Quartz Alliance.

Heath thought that ordinary roast duck tasted pretty good, let alone this leek duck, which was his companion and family. Heath couldn't bring himself to serve the leek duck on the table.

But then Heath paused for a moment, suddenly realizing he was being a bit silly. This ingredient identifier was supposed to be used when they went to Evergreen Forest.

"I made a mistake... If I used it in Evergreen Forest, at least I could identify the Pokémon's specific information... Wait, can a human identify it?" A bold idea popped into Hiss's mind.

If it really works, then Heath feels like he has discovered an incredible artifact. However, this thing can only be used once a day. Even though Heath is very excited now, he can only wait until tomorrow to see.

"Looks like there's not much business. Let's go, Big Green Duck, to the market." Heath glanced at his watch; it was already afternoon, time for work.

After buying the duck and other ingredients he needed at the market, Heath took the leek duck back to Officer Jenny's dorm and began teaching it how to make BJ roast duck.

Unlike braised pork with tofu, which can be made with a small amount of ingredients, roast duck can be made with a small amount of ingredients to prevent it from causing too much loss. However, this is not the case with roast duck.

The preparation of BJ roast duck is relatively simple, but it can't be cut into small pieces for the leek duck to slowly learn through trial and error, so Heath was very strict in teaching the leek duck this time.

However, Heath's expression was still somewhat strange as he watched Farfetch'd casually swipe down with a leek to gut the duck.