The i all began with Cyclizar.

  Early in the m, the dew dripped from the petals onto the soft grass.

  After breakfast, Naoki went out to milk his Gogoat, as was his routine. Meanwhile, Koraidon, Dragonite, and Cyclizar were outside pying on the grass with a ball that Naoki had bought for them from the toy store the previous afternoon.

  The three Pokémon stood in a triaossing the ball to one another in turn.

  When it was Cyclizar's turn, it actally misjudged its strength, and the ball flew off into the pineapple field.

  Cyclizar let out an exasperated "Gaaaaa" and quickly dashed into the field to retrieve the ball. After searg for a while, it finally found the ball led beside a pineapple pnt.

  As Cyclizar bent down to pick up the ball, something unusual caught its eye—a glowing objeot far away.

  Intrigued, it walked closer and saw somethiraordinary.

  The glowing object ineapple—ripe and radiating a soft light.

  Cyclizar had never seen anything like this before. fused but curious, it hurried back to inform Naoki.

  Upon hearing the news, Naoki rushed to the pineapple field. Sure enough, he spotted the glowing pineapple at a gnce.

  A surprising thought immediately crossed Naoki's mind: "The Gogoat's has produced mutant crops again!"

  Excited, he quickly approached the glowing pineapple to iigate. As he touched it, information about the crop appeared in his mind.

  [Glowing Pineapple: A special crop, born from the energy of the Gogoat's. When used in food preparation, it imparts a "fsh" effect.]

  "Fsh?" Naoki mused. Could it be the Fsh move he was familiar with?

  If so, when ed, the Pokémon's body would emit a light that could dispel darkness and illumis surroundings—perfect for cave exploration or navigating pitch-bviros.

  Naoki's curiosity iqued. He was eager to experiment with this newfound crop. But then, ahought struck him: 'What if there are more mutant crops iher fields?'

  Suppressing his excitement, Naoki decided to remain patient. He took a deep breath and begahodically iing the other crops in his fields, one by one.

  As he examihem, pieces of information popped into his mind:

  [Ordinary ], [Ordinary ], [Ordinary Wheat], [Ordinary Wheat], [Ordinary Hops], [Ordinary Pumpkin].

  "Nothing else?" Naoki muttered, feeling a twinge of disappoi.

  But as he gnced down at the glowing pineapple in his hand, he smiled, f himself. "Having eveant crop is already amazing. I shouldn't be too greedy."

  Naoki po take the glowing pineapple back to his room to cook a its effects. However, just as he was leaving the farmnd, something strange caught his eye.

  In the pumpkin field, among a sea e, e, and golden pumpkins, oood out. It looked ordinary at first, but as Naoki watched, the pumpkin began to ge right before his eyes.

  At first, it shrank slowly, being the size of an e. Then, it began to grow, expanding until it was as rge as a tire.

  Naoki's eyes widened in disbelief at the spectacle.

  Just then, a new piece of information fshed in his mind:

  [Size-as-you-like Pumpkin: A special crop, created by the energy of Gogoat. Wheo make food, it grants the dish the ability to adjust its size as you desire.]

  "Size-as-you-like?" Naoki muttered in fusion. "What kind of strange effect is that?"

  Curious, Naoki hahe glowing pineapple to Cyclizar, who stood beside him, and picked the mysterious pumpkin himself.

  Even after separating from the vihe pumpkin didn't stop ging size. What's more, its weight shifted along with its size—growing heavier when rge and lighter when small.

  Naoki held it carefully, the odd sensation of its shifti strong in his arms.

  He brought Cyclizar to the kit, pg the pumpkin on the chopping board, Naoki watched as it tio alterween sizes.

  O reached its rgest form, Naoki grabbed a kit knife and, with a soft "thunk," pierced the pumpkin.

  To his surprise, the moment the k into it, the pumpkin stopped ging size. But instead of remaining in its rgest form, it shrank back to its regur size.

  "What a shame," Naoki sighed. "I thought I'd be able to make a few more dishes with this."

  Still, there was no use menting. It was time to test the effects of these two magical crops!

  From the descriptions in his mind, it seemed that no matter what dish he made with these fruits aables, they would have two distinct properties: one would give the food a glowing fsh, and the other would allow him to trol the size.

  Naoki khat to make the best use of the glowing pineapple and magical pumpkin, he o be effit, using the least amount of ingredients to create the most dishes without wasting anything.

  "Pineapple be used for sweet and sour pork, pineapple sticky rice, pineapple cake, or even juice." Naoki thought aloud, sidering his options.

  However, making pineapple cake felt a bit wasteful given the special nature of this crop. After a moment of thought, he made a decision.

  Pn:

  Cut the pineapple in half, and use most of the flesh to prepare sweet and sour pork and juice. The remaining pineapple shell? Perfeaking pineapple sticky rice.

  As for the pumpkin.

  A number of pumpkied recipes flickered through his mind, but one in particur caught his attention—pumpkin pie. Simple, traditional, and delicious. It was the perfect dish for this special pumpkin.

  Without further dey, Naoki got to work.

  He started by halving the glowing pineapple, carefully scooping out the juicy flesh with a spoon and a fruit khe diced pineapple ks went into two separate piles—one for cooking, and the other for juice. Then, he filled the hollowed-out pineapple halves with soaked glutinous rid diced pineapple flesh, pg them in the rice cooker to steam.

  While the pineapple sticky rice steamed, Naoki retrieved pork tenderloin, eggs, and a few redients from the refrigerator.

  He cut the tenderloin into cubes, dipped the pieces ien egg, and then coated them in starch. After heating oil in a pan, he fried the pork until each piece was golden brown.

  , Naoki prepared a sweet and tangy sauce, mixing tomato juice, sugar, vinegar, and a few seasonings.

  In the final step, he tossed green pepper, red pepper, pineapple ks, and fried pork into the pan, stir-frying everything together until the aroma filled the kit.

  When it was ready, Naoki turned off the heat and pted the dish—sweet and sour pineapple pork.

  As soon as the dish was finished, information about it fshed before his eyes:

  [Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple (B+): This dish is made using freshly picked glowing pineapple and tender pork. The bance of sweetness and sourness creates a deliciously nutritious meal.

  Cooking Effebsp;Fsh. After feeding this dish to a Pokémon, there is a ce the Pokémon will learn the move Fsh, and its body will glow for 30 minutes.

  Evaluation: A well-loved dish for fans of sweet and sour fvors.]

  Naoki smiled at the description. "Just as I expected," he said.

  Fsh—a useful move, especially wheuring into dark caves. Having a Pokémon learn it could e in handy in future explorations.