Hua Frowned and Realized Something Wasn't Right

But the way Mobius is behaving now... is surprisingly mild?

(This guy...) Mobius looked at Elysia and felt a sense of foreboding.

Clearly, the other party was pondering something.

... Why not just kick them out?

No, no, Liu Bai is still here. No matter what, I have to act more gently.

Moreover, we need to find a way to suppress Elysia's rising curiosity.

Being targeted by this curious and lively guy is not good news—although the other guy can't see Liu Bai either.

"In that case, I'll learn to cook too! How about we start a cooking class?"

After a brief silence, Elysia suddenly made a suggestion.

"...ha?"

"... Huh?"

Mobius and Mei, who had already sensed something was wrong, both looked puzzled.

"Furthermore! Miss Klein will be the taste tester!"

"Huh? Me? A food taster?"

Klein, who had gradually faded into obscurity, was now completely baffled.

"But the thing about food tasters..."

"It's dangerous, but you're the only one I can rely on here!"

Elysia clasped her hands together and earnestly pleaded with Klein in front of her.

"What do you mean by dangerous..." Mobius twitched his lips, very dissatisfied with Elysia's statement. "Putting aside the taste of the food, that amount would not be fatal no matter what."

"That kind of killer cuisine is dangerous to begin with, isn't it?" Elysia pouted cutely to express her dissatisfaction. "Doesn't Dr. Mobius feel any remorse or apology at all?"

"You'll know whether I have any remorse or regret once you come up to my lab bench."

Mobius curled his lip.

"Huh? Why is that~~?" Despite being rejected by Mobius Elysia showed no signs of discouragement and turned to look for Mei.

"I'm sorry, but I think this is too dangerous."

Mei refused without hesitation.

From what Elysia is saying, she wants them to actually learn how to cook... Hmm, that makes the possibility of blowing up the kitchen seem more likely.

After all, a low probability does not mean it is impossible.

"You two have absolutely no motivation..."

Elysia sighed softly, her gaze sweeping around before settling on the doll she had glanced at earlier.

This doll actually looks pretty good... so maybe... we could give that plan a try?

"In that case, whoever wins the competition will get the Soul Steel Doll!"

"Hey! Elysia! Didn't I tell you? That's something important for me and Dr. Einstein..."

"I agree."

Mei interrupted Mobius directly.

"If it's the prize, I'll accept."

"Um... okay... then in that case...?"

The quirky pink-haired fairy looked at Mobius with great interest after a brief moment of surprise.

"Isn't Dr. Mobius participating?"

"... Elysia, is it really okay for you to use my things as a prize?"

"...That makes sense." Elysia thought for a moment, as if she had been persuaded, but just as she was about to put the doll down, Mei's voice rang out.

"In that case, let's get Dr. Einstein involved as well. Besides, I know someone who works with Dr. Mobius on doll research, and I'm confident I can persuade her—that would make it two to one."

Well, the other one is Fu Hua, of course.

"Excuse my bluntness, Fu Hua came, she could kill you all."

Liu Bai complained from the side, "Do you even know the value of being one of the Honkai Impact 3rd?"

Mobius looked at Mei with a dark expression.

(Is this what they call a defensive alliance?)

(Sorry, money understands people's hearts—Miss Elysia gave me a reason I couldn't refuse.)

Dr. Mobius! So-called loyalty is nothing more than a lack of sufficient incentive to betray!

(Hey, isn't this doll a little too tempting?)

While watching the exchange of glances between the two doctors, Elysia unconsciously fiddled with the doll in her hands.

The power was far too great, even frightening Elysia was only planning to make a joke.

After all, she just thought this thing looked somewhat valuable and could be used as a starting point to attract more attention.

Well, according to Elysia's pre-set logic, it should be like this:

Using dolls as prizes—Mei wasn't interested, Mobius disagreed—as a second choice, we put down the dolls and determined what prizes they wanted—collecting prizes to entice them—and the competition successfully began.

But now it seems that Mei is very interested, so much so that she wants to block Mobius's escape route.

Well, this also blocked Elysia's escape route.

(Ah... it seems like we went too far.)

Chapter 129 Hua frowned, realizing something was wrong.

(Am I really going to end up being tied to Dr. Mobius's lab table one day?)

Elysia sensed something was wrong when she saw Mobius's gloomy expression.

When Mobius said he wanted to "tie her to the lab table," what he really meant was, "Don't bother me, go play by yourself."

The expression on Mobius's face right now, translated, is...

—You're dead meat!

What the hell is this doll?!

Elysia regretted picking out the doll on a whim, even though she only wanted to use it as a starting point—but there was nothing she could do about it, as there weren't many things in Mobius's office that could leave an impression on her.

"Um... since everyone... everyone agrees, shall we disband now?"

Klein: "???"

No, no, no! I disagree! I smell death in this so-called competition!

If it's about cooking like Dr. Mei, Klein says she can eat it without any pressure.

But this time, Elysia's random cooking competition... please spare me!

Dr. Mobius followed someone else's video and was able to make it look the same just by adding or subtracting a little material based on intuition.

If there were no video available, I could improvise freely...

"... Doctor." Looking at the pink-haired culprit who had already fled the scene, the salaryman Klein's expression stiffened. "Um, I shouldn't be dead, right?"

"Death? Good idea. As long as the food I make poisons everyone else, I'll be the final winner, right?"

Mobius revealed a rather terrifying smile.

"If you can poison Elysia to death, then you're really something, okay?" Liu Bai smirked.

Although Elysia looked like she was dying when she tasted the food, to be honest, even if Mobius's dosage were increased a hundredfold, it wouldn't kill Elysia.

Well... at most, it'll just mean that seeing Mobius will give me stomach cramps for the rest of my life.

"..."

Klein had fallen completely silent.

Being poisoned by food is an absolutely terrible way to die!

She can accept working herself to death from overwork, but she absolutely cannot accept being poisoned by food!

Just like no one can accept the shame of being killed by a pink bunny!

"Remember to finish your shift before you come to be a taste tester—don't worry, I'll do my best to keep you alive."

"..."

This kind of assurance doesn't sound reliable at all.

No, it should be described as a completely different kind of death notice, right?

Klein silently left the office while mourning his future.

Okay, back to work overtime.

After everyone had left, Mobius looked at Mei with an unfriendly expression.

"Mei... is there anything you want to say now?"

Once no one else was around, Mobius's expression immediately turned cold.

"What do you want to say?" Mei pondered for a moment, resting her chin on her hand. "Is it okay to say that the Doctor is mine?"

"... You want to die with me?"

Mobius glared fiercely at Mei.

"No, I want to win this doll."

Mei stated the facts expressionlessly—but this only made Mobius angrier.

"Mei... get out of here! You're not allowed to step into my office without my permission!"

"You two... is it really necessary?"

Liu Bai re-entered the puppet's body, rubbing his forehead and looking at the two people speechlessly.

"You two have successfully made me realize what a fake sisterhood is."

The ship of friendship can capsize in an instant.

"No, Doctor, let me correct you. Dr. Mobius, who is 12 years older than me, can be considered my aunt in many ways."

Mobius: "..."

Mei's words immediately ignited Mobius's murderous intent.

Let's just kill them. During the cooking competition later, let's deliberately create a violent explosion and wipe out all these bastard philanderers.

"... to save me some trouble."

Liu Bai said rather helplessly, "By the way, Mei isn't really going to bring your senior sister here, is she?"

"Senior Sister Hua... of course not."

She's not stupid. Her senior sister Hua, whom she's never met, is someone even Mobius is wary of. Fortunately, she's not here. Only a fool would bring back such a formidable competitor if she were kicked by a donkey.

However, if you want to learn cooking skills quickly without cheating... if you lack talent, then you can only rely on a master chef to fill the gap.

And coincidentally, according to what Liu Bai had said before, his senior sister was undoubtedly a master chef.

As long as I ask her for advice as her junior sister, she probably won't refuse. I can also take this opportunity to get to know my "ordinary" senior sister. Of course, the competition part must be kept secret.

"I'll go back and prepare now." Mei left expressionlessly, having already planned her next move.

"... Are you really that confident? Although I don't know how good Elysia's cooking is, even if Elysia's skills are bad, she's still just an average person."

Mobius smirked. "No, I should say that guy looks like the kind of guy who'd be perfect for making 'love-filled bento boxes'."

"No, Dr. Mobius, I don't need to do better than Miss Elysia —I just need to do better than you."

Mei had long noticed that Elysia wasn't very interested in the Soul Steel Doll.

Perhaps the other party was trying to get the ball rolling?