Lord of the Mysteries

“These dried mushrooms don’t look… very delicious.” Rozanne looks at the bag of dried mushrooms in my hand seriously for a few seconds before replying hesitantly.

It’s obvious that she’s a little embarrassed to say that the mushroom looks dry and black—it causes alarms to go off, and it can hardly whet up an appetite. After all, I’d offered it out of kind intentions.

Hehe… I take this opportunity to change the topic.

“What’s your drink called?”

Rozanne immediately turns around and picks up the beverage bottle on the table. She says with a smile, “This is it! The design looks cool, right?”

The beverage bottle has a streamlined design with a footprint theme. The name is:

“Reporter.”

That’s different from mine… I politely compliment, “Looks good.”

Rozanne twists the cap that has been opened a long time ago as if she’s preparing to take a sip.

I instinctively want to stop her, but after opening my mouth, I realize that I don’t have a reason.

Furthermore, a third of the Reporter beverage is gone. This means that Rozanne has already drank it. There’s no point in stopping her now.

Gulp… Rozanne lowers the bottle and twists the cap back on.

“It doesn’t taste bad. Try it.”

“Okay, okay,” I say perfunctorily.

Rozanne doesn’t urge me any further. Instead, she points at the remaining beverage bottles in the plastic bag.

“You can also switch bottles.”

“No need, there’s no need,” I reply without hesitation.

Either way, I don’t intend to drink it. It doesn’t matter if I switch it or not.

After two seconds of deliberation, I look at Rozanne and probe, “How do you feel after drinking it? Any special sensations?”

“Special sensations? Do you think this is a drug? Erm, it’s moderately sweet and refreshing. The fragrance will definitely be better after chilling it.” Rozanne says, a little pissed.

She doesn’t look like she’s lying… This means that she probably didn’t obtain superpowers from the Reporter beverage… I subconsciously survey my surroundings and realize that my fellow colleagues have more or less drunk some of Rozanne’s beverages, but none of them show any signs of abnormality.

don’t even appear

I picked last time has a special effect? I wonder if that’s considered being lucky or not… I quickly control my doubts and wave the Instigator

get down

stop you.” Rozanne waves her

look at the Instigator beverage in front of me and fall

meant for drinking water. This is something I prepare for taking

curious about what

all of the Instigator beverage into

That definitely isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t help

can’t hold the entirety of a 550-ml bottle

other words, while there appeared to be quite a bit of “Instigator” in it,

dark blue. It’s clear, and it’s quite enticing… I carefully observe the liquid in

from anything else, at

some thought, I decide to throw something into the

I throw? I look around when I suddenly get a bout of

Those dried mushrooms!

plan on eating, so I

really am a

any hesitation, I tear open the packaging and throw the black dried mushrooms into

starting

come from my work’s chat

my work and raise my head, preparing to stretch my

I see a

white and tender mushroom with red star dots all

glance over and discover that it’s

about the size of a palm. Its skin, no—its surface is so tender and supple. On the cap, there are mushrooms of the same

hell is

sways and the cap moves upwards as though it

larger red stars that look like eyes meet

it, and it seems to be looking

mushroom reaches out its many “hands,” and using the edge of the mug as

the next second, it jumps to the floor and

F*ck… I’m still confused.

All of the Instigator

I stand up and chase after

from the fusion of the Instigator beverage

accident I caused, as soon