Mobius looked at the two people who were being intimate beside her and nudged the frozen Elysia with her elbow.
“This doesn’t seem like you, Elysia. Normally when you encounter this kind of situation, shouldn’t you give your blessings?”
Seeing that Elysia still did not reply, Mobius finally withdrew her gaze from MEI’s side.
The result was that she saw Elysia with a completely red face and unfocused eyes.
“This is… overheating?”
Mobius’s first reaction was that Elysia liked someone she could not have, but after careful observation it did not seem quite like that.
“So fast… really… so fast…”
Elysia looked toward Yuji.
Right now she could clearly feel all of Yuji’s emotions.
Just as she muttered softly, her heartbeat was faster than it had ever been.
“This feeling… I’ve never had it before… but… I really like it…”
Mobius, standing to the side, directly witnessed Elysia’s obvious change of expression.
Something was wrong.
Was that man a succubus?
Elysia’s eyes were almost dripping with hearts!
Wait, these heart effects can’t just appear casually!
It was too terrifying.
Mobius’s own thoughts scared her into taking two steps back.
How was this situation any different from being drugged?!
That man—she absolutely could not be alone in a room with him!
On Yuji’s side, MEI held Yuji’s hand and also ended her action.
Then she remembered Mobius and the others who were still waiting, so she pulled Yuji over to stand in front of them.
When Mobius saw Yuji approaching, she subconsciously took a step back.
“Doctor… was that step back serious?”
“You bastard, what kind of mind-clouding drug did you use?”
Yuji was a little stunned by Mobius’s inexplicable words.
“Forget it. It’s getting late. It’s about time to eat, and after eating we still need to catch a plane.”
Mobius had no interest in explaining so much to Yuji.
She looked at the time on her watch and found that there was still some time before the plane took off.
“Since we’re already here, let us fulfill our duties as hosts.”
“MEI is right. I’ll fully display…”
“No. Today I’ll do the cooking.”
Yuji had just struck a pose when he was sunk by a single sentence from MEI.
Not good, I’m going to die!
Yuji glanced at MEI and discovered that she was serious.
The somewhat hesitant Yuji prepared to say something, but was stopped by a look from MEI.
“Miss Elysia, I’m cooking personally. You shouldn’t refuse, right?”
Ellie, who had just recovered her senses, heard MEI’s words and subconsciously glanced at Yuji.
Right now Yuji’s heart was filled with fear and despair.
Ellie did not understand why Yuji’s heart was so afraid, but Ellie knew that a beautiful girl was personally cooking for her.
“Alright, alright. I’m already looking forward to MEI’s cooking a little.”
Elysia, ah Elysia, aren’t you supposed to guess my thoughts accurately every time?
How did you drop the ball at the critical moment?!
Unbeknownst to her, Ellie, whose mind had already been clouded by the feeling of love, did not even think for a moment.
After thinking for a long time, Yuji finally mustered the courage to reject MEI’s proposal.
“Um, MEI, how about I do it instead?”
Stare————
Don’t casually learn from Elysia.
MEI, you’re not that style, and besides…
“Yu, don’t you want to taste my cooking again?” (Taste me?)
MEI’s words had a hidden meaning.
Yuji understood it at once and turned to look at Mobius, at least to have someone to share the blame.
“Of course not, MEI. You know me. I like MEI’s flavor the most.”
“Smooth talker. Hurry home.”
The four of them sat in the car for a while and soon returned to MEI’s home.
The moment they got home, MEI dove straight into the kitchen. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
Hearing the sound of pots and pans colliding in the kitchen, Yuji kept taking deep breaths.
He still remembered the last time he ate food made by MEI.
It had directly forced out his Immortality passive.
Now MEI’s cooking level had improved, so there was no longer the risk of it being fatal, but the test for the sense of taste was still extremely severe.
“Yu, can you come in for a moment?”
After Yuji entered the kitchen, what he found was a pot that had not yet been turned on and pieces of meat that had been cut into small chunks.
But…
“MEI, why are you using a rice cooker to cook dishes?”
“I suddenly had an idea and just wanted to test it. Come help me cut the fish, okay?”
Yuji followed MEI’s gaze and saw a fish covered in dense wounds all over its body, but it was clearly still alive.
Its gills were still opening and closing, and its scales seemed to have only been scraped halfway.
Did MEI take out her frustration on this fish?
Yuji immediately imagined a gloomy-faced MEI carrying out inhumane abuse on this fish, with black aura filling the kitchen.
No, no.
Yuji quickly shook the scene out of his mind.
MEI was simply bad at cooking.
She would not do that.
She would not do that… right?
There was no time to think so much.
Yuji directly ended the poor fish’s suffering with one cut.
Brother Fish, may there be no MEI and no kitchens in heaven.
After finishing the cutting, Yuji quickly left the kitchen.
He had already felt a thick killing intent.
That was MEI’s killing intent toward the kitchen utensils.
When she cooked, she treated the utensils as opponents, and then boom!
The good news was that the current MEI could control herself and would no longer explode.
The bad news was that it was still disgusting.
The even worse news was that every person present had to eat it.
Before long, MEI carried out four dishes and one soup?
from the kitchen.
“Come taste my cooking.”
Mobius looked at the indescribable things on the table, then looked at Yuji who was holding his forehead, and after confirming that this meal was not specifically meant to poison her, she still could not bring herself to move her chopsticks.
Elysia looked at MEI’s face that looked like a housewife—no, a face that looked very good at cooking—and completely could not tell that the dishes on the table were something MEI could make.
What if it only looked bad but tasted good?
Mobius and Elysia exchanged a glance and both had this thought at the same time, but they still did not dare to move their chopsticks.
Both of them looked at Yuji.
MEI also looked at Yuji with an expectant expression, hoping Yuji would eat the result of her efforts.
Yuji had no choice.
With a blank expression, he ate the paste-like substance in front of him.
“The taste is not bad. MEI, your cooking has improved.”
Seeing this, the other two finally dared to move their chopsticks and began tasting one after another.
!!!!!!!!!!
Not good… it’s a trap!
Yuji’s performance relied entirely on acting.
There was not a single bit of real emotion.
He completely relied on Adaptability and Endurance to force down his own discomfort.
From beginning to end he never swallowed that indescribable dish, because to the stomach it was no different from eating a bomb.
Meanwhile, MEI looked at the two people who had collapsed and revealed a satisfied smile.
“MEI, next time let me do the cooking instead.”
Yuji pulled MEI over and made her sit on his lap.
“Alright… mmph!”
Just as MEI responded, Yuji took the chance to block MEI’s mouth and personally fed MEI the food she had made.
Triple kill!
After some time, the recovered Mobius looked at MEI with a changed gaze.
Who would have known that MEI’s talent in making poison was not the least bit weaker.
Mobius felt she had suffered an undeserved disaster.
She had been perfectly fine all day.
She had neither hooked MEI’s little boyfriend like Elysia, nor idly played with Elysia for half a day like Yuji.
The constantly busy Mobius had received the “poison” carefully prepared by MEI.
Soon this farce ended.
Yuji and MEI also successfully left the newbie village and arrived at a new map—The Flame-Chasers.
The moment they got off the plane, Elysia disappeared without a trace.
“This is my laboratory. From now on, with this you can enter directly.”
Yuji saw a sign hanging on the laboratory door that read: “Elysia and dogs not allowed.”
Then Mobius took out two cards from her chest and handed them to the two of them.
Yuji was a little curious where Mobius had taken the access cards from.
He remembered that the inside of Mobius’s clothes had no pockets.
Then the two of them followed Mobius into the laboratory.
“I’m back, Klein.”
“Welcome back, Doctor.”
Wait, who?
Klein?
Wasn’t she supposed to be introduced to Mobius by Blanca only after the Third Honkai Eruption broke out?
Yuji’s brows furrowed as he realized something was not simple.
He then pretended not to care and casually asked, “I remember there’s a blue-haired girl in your laboratory. Where is she now?”
Why did it suddenly go silent?
Is there a problem with what I asked?
MEI slowly walked in front of Yuji, gently adjusted his collar, then leaned close and asked in a soft voice, “Why are you so familiar with the personnel in Dr. Mobius’s laboratory?”
“Crap!” Yuji’s heart skipped a beat.
Actually, what Yuji asked was not a big problem.
He was only familiar with the personnel in Mobius’s laboratory.
It was not a major issue.
The problem was that the person he was familiar with was a woman.
“Heh, I didn’t expect you to care so much about my laboratory. I just don’t know what kind of thoughts you’re holding.” Mobius added another spark.
On the surface Yuji remained calm in the face of danger, but in his heart he was already “thanking” Mobius very much.
“That’s definitely because of the previous plan. I investigated the Doctor long ago. MEI, you believe me, right?”
MEI cooperatively nodded.
She knew Yuji was hiding something from her, but if Yuji did not say it there was naturally a reason he did not say it.
It was not Mobius’s turn to sow discord.
Seeing MEI trust Yuji so easily, the now-bored Mobius said, “Blanca temporarily left the laboratory for some reasons. Before she left, she introduced Klein to me.”
As for Yuji’s explanation, Mobius did not believe a single word.
“Alright, don’t mind so many useless things. Next we should do some proper work.”
“Do you still remember the condition I mentioned? MEI, you can go out first and learn some information about The Flame-Chasers.”
MEI nodded, then turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
Looking at MEI’s departing back, Mobius revealed a malicious smile.
She first had Yuji sit on the experimental bed, then took out a thick and long syringe from the cabinet next door.
She drew half a tube of an unknown clear liquid and planned to inject it directly into Yuji’s body.
“Wait, Doctor, are you trying to take my life?!”
Yuji was not afraid of injections.
It was just that the thickness of that syringe was almost comparable to his arm.
One shot of that and wouldn’t half his life be gone?
Mobius said nothing and only insisted on stabbing it into Yuji’s body.
In the end, under Klein’s persuasion, Mobius finally switched to a normal syringe.
“So, what is this thing for?”
“You’ll know in a moment.”
“I’ll know in a moment…”
Before he finished speaking, Yuji felt dizzy.
Double images appeared when he looked at Mobius’s eyes.
“What did you… do…”
After falling unconscious, Yuji collapsed onto the experimental bed, while Mobius told Klein to close the doors and windows tightly and forbid anyone from entering.