Dr. Mobius, Dr. MEI, are you two chatting?
I'm coming in... eh?"
Elysia, the pink fairy who pushed the door open, was a little stunned by the scene she found in the office.
At some point, a small induction cooker had appeared in Mobius's office.
A small iron pot was simmering on the cooker, and Mobius was stirring the contents of the pot with chopsticks.
MEI, on the other hand, was sitting at the other end, flipping through a book, seemingly not caring at all what Mobius was doing.
"It's obviously a very normal scene, but why does it feel a little scary for no reason...?"
Elysia couldn't help but mutter.
At this time, Mobius also noticed Elysia.
"Elysia, you've come just in time.
How about you come and try my food?"
"This..."
Why do I have an inexplicable sense of crisis?
"What...?
Dr. Mobius, do you know how to cook?"
"Cooking?
Isn't it obvious?
It's noon, you must be hungry, right?
Come and try it."
Mobius turned off the induction cooker and waved at Elysia, while she tucked her hair behind her ears, showing her mature temperament and making her words sound more convincing.
However, Elysia silently stepped back.
Dr. Mobius was suddenly so enthusiastic, there must be a conspiracy!
Normally, wouldn't she ask her with a straight face what she was doing there and then dismiss her?
Feeling that something was not right, Elysia immediately refused.
"Well, I've already eaten at the cafeteria.
I'm not hungry.
Doctor, you and Dr. MEI can eat together."
"I don't dare."
MEI said, raising her head with a deadpan expression.
"Dr. MEI, you are very blunt..."
Then Elysia looked at Mobius.
Only then did Mobius turn her head guiltily.
"I don't dare either."
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"This is not persecution!"
"No! It's murder!"
Elysia raised her hand in protest.
"Murder shouldn't happen."
"You can rest assured that I didn't add anything strange to it, at least they are things that can be found in a normal kitchen."
"Like a rag? Or steel wool for washing dishes?"
Elysia made a precise comeback.
"Elysia, do you think I'm a person without common sense?"
"Yes, it's perfectly normal for a crazy scientist like you, Dr. Mobius, to be labeled 'lacking common sense'."
Elysia answered sternly, without even thinking.
"Correction, they are all ingredients and seasonings that can be found in a real kitchen, or to put it more directly, if I put something in it that could kill someone, I would put on a gas mask first."
Mobius said and snickered twice at the end.
"But since you don't want to eat it, forget it, there will always be someone willing to eat it, but you have to stay here."
"I get it, I get it."
"I know the rules."
"If you leak the secret, I'll punish you, right?"
Elysia's tone became cheerful.
"If that's the case, Doctor, you seem to have already found a candidate, right?"
"Of course, I've already contacted Klein and she'll be here soon."
"Uh... Klein, if I remember correctly, that kid is your assistant, right?"
Elysia asked with a strange expression.
"Yes, she is a very gentle child, much better than her predecessor who was blinded by love."
"Her predecessor, Miss Blanca, right?"
Elysia recalled and said: "But even so, didn't she give little Griseo a gift when she was born?"
"It's just the little friendship we have left. Oh, if Klein wants to run away later, help me hold her down."
"Okay!
Leave it to me!"
Elysia answered enthusiastically.
Although Elysia wasn't the slightest bit curious to try what was in Mobius's small iron pot, if she saw others trying it...
It's fun just thinking about it, right?
Wait a moment...
"Um... if I can't hold her down, will I be the one to try these things here?"
Elysia seemed to realize something.
Mobius looked at Elysia with a deadpan expression, which meant "Do you really need to ask this?"
"Dr. Mobius, you won't have any friends if you keep doing this."
"Do you think I have any friends now?"
Mobius sneered.
"Next time I'll put some hypnotic spray in here."
"..."
This kind of conversation-killing operation can't be saved even if her name is Elysia!
"By the way, Dr. Mobius, where did you get this induction cooker?
Previously..."
"I went for a walk and found a reason to confiscate it."
"What a terrible way to get it."
Elysia felt that today might not be a good day to chat with Dr. Mobius.
It seems Dr. Mobius is in a bad mood today?
In short, the aggressiveness seems a little too strong.
Most topics can be deadlocked after only three sentences.
Well, if she really wanted to liven up the atmosphere, Elysia couldn't do it, but her intuition told her to just forget about it.
"Then... Dr. Mobius, why did you suddenly think of cooking?"
"..."
Mobius looked at MEI, who was flipping through a book as if nothing had happened.
Could she say that MEI stimulated her?
"It was just a whim... Is there a problem?"
"No."
As expected, Dr. Mobius was in a bad mood today.
If she insisted on starting a conversation, it would only bring bad luck, right?
Although she doesn't mind livening up the atmosphere, she prefers to forget about it if it has a counterproductive effect.
Elysia leaned over to take a look at what was in Mobius's pot.
Hmm...
It looks pretty normal at first glance, and there doesn't seem to be anything strange when I smell it.
It's just a small pot of fried rice, so even if this thing tastes terrible, it can't be that bad, right?
But then, Elysia's eyes moved to another object on the table: a faceless metal doll.
"Huh? Is this doll made of Soul Steel? That sounds a little weird... Eh... Why doesn't it have a face?"
Elysia held the doll up, fortunately Tian Shi was not on the doll now.
"But if you don't look at the face, it's still very cute, right~? Dr. Mobius, how about you make one for me?. Make it look like me!"
"I don't have time.
Also, put the doll down, it's expensive."
Mobius tried her best to maintain a calm expression; she knew that if she showed too much emotion at this time, it would definitely arouse Elysia's curiosity.
This fellow Elysia fully meets the criteria of being young, pretty, and having a pleasant personality, making her a truly formidable enemy.
We must not let her meet Tian Shi!
"Hey, how about I draw a face on this doll? "
"What do you want to draw, Dr. Mobius? "
"I am very confident in my drawing skills."
"Then be confident here."
Mobius replied sadly.
"Also, put it down soon.
This is the product that Dr. Einstein and I worked on together.
If it is damaged, the consequences will be serious."
This is not a lie.
After all, the research on this matter is based on Einstein, who put together the puppet technology.
So, after hearing this, although Elysia felt it was a pity, she still put the doll down.
Not long after, someone knocked on the office door.
"Dr. Mobius, I'm here."
"Come in."
After getting Mobius's permission, a green-haired girl in a white coat came in.
"Doctor, what do you want from me?"
"I'll treat you to a meal."
Mobius pushed the chopsticks and the small iron pot together.
"Huh?"
"For me?"
The green-haired girl obviously didn't expect her own doctor to call her for such a thing.
"I thought I had a new job."
The green-haired girl, Klein, sighed, not sure whether it was out of regret or relief.
"But this... can I really eat it?"
Klein looked at the people present.
The only person she didn't recognize was the girl who was reading a book next to her.
"Of course, this is a reward for your hard work for these days' overtime."
Mobius said with a smile.
Hearing this, Elysia silently covered her mouth.
Tian Shi, who was watching the scene on the side, was also speechless.
Mobius could really dare to say something like a reward for hard work and overtime.
This is not simply bullying honest people!
Tian Shi looked at the green-haired girl in front of him with reluctance, for she seemed very moved.
How to say it, as a bystander who watched Mobius cook the whole process, Tian Shi knew very well what this seemingly acceptable fried rice from Mobius looked like.
But... it doesn't matter.
As Mobius said, it really can't kill people.
Klein took the chopsticks and the small iron pot with tears in her eyes, and was stunned when she saw them.
The amount in the pot was pitifully small.
According to scientific data, it was less than half a bowl, only one-third of a bowl.
This amount looked really miserable in a small iron pot that was bigger than a bowl.
"Uh... Dr. Mobius..."
It's not that Klein is going too far, but in this situation... isn't this just a mockery of her?
"Don't worry, eat first, there will be more later."
Mobius smiled brightly.
"This... Okay!"
Klein no longer had any doubts after seeing the smile on her own doctor's face, and immediately added a mouthful of rice to her mouth.
At that moment, everyone, including MEI, put down their books and watched Klein's reaction.
"Hmm... it seems... eh... it should be okay?"
Completely different from what she said, the expression on Klein's face was obviously distorted as she swallowed a mouthful of rice.
"No, that expression is not okay at all, okay?"
Elysia looked at Klein who was trying hard, helplessly.
"Dr. Mobius, do you have any more chopsticks?"
"Yes, I confiscated a bunch."
Mobius said, taking out a handful of chopsticks from the drawer.
Who is the unfortunate one?
No, there may be more than one.
Could it be that Dr. Mobius wiped out the entire department?
"Let me try it."
Although Elysia said she wouldn't try it before, after seeing Klein's expression, Elysia couldn't suppress her curiosity and carefully picked up a piece.
Wait, isn't this piece of "rice" a bit hard?
For a moment, Elysia regretted it, but after all, she had already picked it out and it would be difficult to put it back.
She could only brace herself and put the rice into her mouth elegantly.
"How is it, Elysia?"
"Salt blocks."
Elysia's pretty face twisted.
"It tastes like stones."
Mobius's face darkened.
"No, no matter what, it's impossible to be like a stone..."
However, before Mobius could finish her words, a "crack" sound came from Elysia's mouth.
I was worried whether the problem was with the salt or Elysia's teeth.
"Same as the child, right?"
Mobius was silent.
Facts spoke louder than words.
The sound of the hard object breaking was heard by everyone present.
"No, it's not just the stones... but also, eh... the bitterness.
It's because I put in too much monosodium glutamate."
"Here, water."
MEI had served a glass of water and handed it to Elysia without her noticing.
"Thank you for your help, Dr. MEI."
"It doesn't matter, because in a way... I have a lot of experience."
A lot of experience?
This word is really strange, but Elysia didn't think much about it now.
After drinking a glass of water, Elysia's complexion looked much better.
Then, she looked at the little bit of rice left in the iron pot with a strange expression.
"I really don't know whether to say it's incredibly unpalatable or unexpectedly safe."
Once again, at least, no one died.
"And the rice grains are very hard... Dr. Mobius, if you don't have the talent, don't learn how to cook."
Elysia said this directly: because she felt she was saving lives.
"Or... you can try giving it to Honkai beasts to eat?"
Mobius's eye twitched, but she didn't answer, instead she looked at MEI.
"MEI, come and make one."
The two of them were raised by the same person, I don't believe the difference is that big!
"Fried rice?"
"Of course."
Mobius nodded.
"Okay."
The conversation between the two was very concise.
Then MEI took out her cell phone and turned on the speaker.
"If you want to make a bowl of fried rice with egg, first..."
"Still cramming?"
Elysia blinked.
Then she thought of the previous sentence: "very experienced"... Why do these two people give a sense of being unreliable?
"It's fine, just try to do well at the last minute, I don't believe she can do it better than me."
Watching MEI's actions, Mobius sneered.
Everyone crams at the last minute, so what if you can do it better than me?
Good wife?
I don't think you can be that good!
"Um... Klein, how about we both run away?"
Feeling that something was wrong, Elysia curled her lips and suggested to the sister next to her.
Klein: "..."