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.

even appear dazed

beverage 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

to get down

me stop you.” Rozanne waves

the Instigator beverage in front of me and

meant for drinking water. This is something I prepare for taking pleasant gulps of water. I open the cap of the Instigator beverage and pour the

I’m curious about what the liquid inside looks like, and whether it contains some special

I pour all of the Instigator beverage into my

isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t help

isn’t small, but it usually can’t hold the entirety of a 550-ml

appeared to be quite a bit of “Instigator” in

It’s clear, and it’s quite enticing… I carefully observe the liquid in the mug and gather some preliminary

from anything else, at least

decide to throw something into the mug to see if there will be any

when

Those dried mushrooms!

plan on eating, so I can use

really am a

I tear open the packaging and throw the black dried mushrooms into the dark blue liquid, watching them stretch out and expand

changes. I’m starting to think that I’m overthinking

from my work’s chat

I finish my work and raise my head, preparing

see

tender mushroom with red star dots all over

from? I glance over and

surface is so tender and supple. On the cap, there are

the hell is this? I’m

moment, the mushroom sways and the cap moves upwards as though it has

slightly larger red stars that look like eyes meet my

and it seems to be looking

many “hands,” and

to the floor and wildly runs towards the office

F*ck… I’m still confused.

All of the Instigator

up and

product from the fusion of the

to resolve this accident I caused, as