After Ethan stashed the corpse, he headed back home.
The crew, having just sampled a "new flavor," seemed pretty satisfied—it was a nice change of pace for them.
Ethan took a shower, changed into fresh clothes, and settled on the couch. He pulled out the mutated fungal crystal core and started examining it.
The crystal core was milky white, radiating dense energy. But unlike the usual ones, this one had streak-like mycelium patterns running through it.
At first, the fungus's abilities had been downright creepy, scaring the hell out of Big Ears. But now that Ethan had taken it down, he'd figured out what was going on. Basically, it was just a mutated Shroom.
Ethan thought about it for a moment. Maybe, just like with Sprout, he could try fusing the crystal core with one of his crew. If they could gain its abilities, it'd be a huge boost for the territory.
With that in mind, he headed down to the street.
