Communication from Pandora

Researching potions was a complex, tedious process that demanded constant refinement. Especially considering that he himself would be the potion's future user, Punk dared not slack off in the slightest. Consuming large numbers of fungal cores was nothing; after all, there were plenty of mushroom people, and those cowardly fungi had readily agreed to the decision to "offer up members of their race as tribute."

Besides consuming fungal core after fungal core, Punk devoted all his energy over several decades to researching the magical delicacy known as Stewed Fragrant Mushroom Cluster.

Meanwhile, Punk also carried out his plan flawlessly. He adopted a completely hands-off, let-nature-take-its-course attitude toward everything within the Scott Imperial Nation. As he waited for results, Punk acted as though he had truly forgotten the existence of Interference Mechanism Transfer Mode.

This at least ensured that Aimoda would remain in the dark, while also preventing Punk from falling into the River of Fate's trap and turning cleverness into disaster.

However... even if Punk ignored certain troublesome matters, Interference Mechanism Transfer Mode did not truly cease to exist. When necessary, he still had to set aside his research to deal with minor "accidents" in his plan to shift the trouble elsewhere, such as... the communication request the Mage Tower had received from Pandora.

"What is going on, Pandora One? It has only been fifty-six years. Didn't I tell you not to establish communications with the Mage Tower casually?"

Standing in the center of the laboratory, Punk's gloomy expression appeared even colder beneath the magical lights.

Just moments ago, while Punk had been carefully conducting a fungal core extraction experiment, a projection request from Pandora had been reported to him at once.

According to the instructions the caster had originally given Pandora, she was forbidden from contacting the Mage Tower