When the words "Growth Alliance" fell into Lin Sanjiu's ears, the first thing to move was her bone wings. The bone wings were composed of countless white and ferocious spikes, like
The open-layered Flower of Bones fully unfolded in the blink of an eye; the force of a ferocious beast pierced the air, stirring up little bits of smoke and dust.
At the same time, she had taken a step back, leaned down, and was ready to go.
Taking the gate of "Journey of Time and Space" as the boundary, there is a bright afternoon sun outside. Under the warm light, even the dust in the air is clearly visible; but inside the door where Lin Sanjiu is, it is cold.
Cool dim——
From this darkness, her amber eyes lit up a little.
... Among the five people standing outside the door at this time, there was a brown-haired woman who looked very familiar. She was the growth type who was caught by Santa Claus in the Muyu Encyclopedia Forum with her.
When he saw her, he naturally understood why this person named Akol could recognize him at a glance.
"Why are you here to arrest me now?" Lin Sanjiu sneered. She had fought several battles in a row before. At this time, her face was covered with gray and blood. Her teeth looked strangely white under this smile.
"...I'm almost tired of waiting. I guess the puppet master is the same, right?"
Akol is a tall, thin young man with clear cheekbones. His whole body is wrapped in a long brown cloak, and only the tips of a pair of boots can be seen underneath. Facing a man who seems to be about to choose someone to devour him.
Lin Sanjiu, he took a step back slightly, then raised a slightly embarrassed smile, and said softly: "Miss Lin, listen to me, you seem to have misunderstood us."
Staring at his pale pupils without any change; Lin Sanjiu raised the corner of her mouth, pointed at the brown-haired woman, and said in a calm tone: "You heard about my whereabouts from that woman, so you specially changed
Lu came to find me...if it wasn't to arrest me, I would like to hear what misunderstanding there is."
A pale hand stretched out from the cloak and held up his short, curly and shiny hair. Akol then said slowly: "...This matter is a long story."
He gestured to the brown-haired woman behind him and said with a smile: "I have heard from Miss Reva that you all fell under the control of Santa Claus, so you had to enter the dungeon. And for some unknown reason
, Santa Claus thinks that our Growth Alliance has colluded with the puppet master...so as soon as he hears about your existence, he will definitely send you to the puppet master, right?"
Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes slightly but said nothing.
Sighing, Akol put his hand back into the cloak, like a fish thrown into the water. The cloak swayed, and calmness returned instantly: "...In fact, our situation is very similar to yours; you
They were forced in by Santa Claus, and most of the members of the Growers Alliance were also forced in by the puppet masters."
"Puppet Master? How could he force so many of you to enter the dungeon at the same time?"
Hearing this question, Akol was young and looked no more than thirty years old. The sad look on his face at this moment made him look like a middle-aged man who was exhausted by life.
Human-like.
"Actually, our Growers Alliance was originally weak among the twelve realms." He smiled bitterly and continued: "About this dungeon, we didn't know anything about it... After all, it's a small organization.
Well. But the puppet master got the news about this copy from somewhere. After learning about the ultimate prize, he planned to come in and find out... You must have discovered by now that only the growth type
Can you survive in the starry sky amusement park?"
Lin Sanjiu nodded.
"Yes, a dungeon specially created for growth types. It can be said to be the first of its kind... Isn't the ultimate prize given by such a dungeon exciting? But although the puppet master is a growth type, after all, the starry sky
The amusement park is too big, and there are other forces that are very interested in this place. The chance of him reaching the finish line first is really very small. It is precisely because of this that he made the decision.
It’s all about growth organizations—that’s us.”
When Akol said this, in addition to the brown-haired woman named Reva, the other three men and women who were probably also affiliated with the Growers Alliance couldn't help but show depressed expressions.
"There are only a few of us in the Red Nautilus. Under the series of actions of the puppet master, many people took the opportunity to switch to the world and ran away, leaving the Twelve Realms... In addition, there were also people who switched to Red Nautilus without knowing it.
From Nautilus, there are only ten or twenty people left in the Growers Alliance at most."
"...Then how did he force you to come in?"
At this point, Lin Sanjiu was actually somewhat convinced; she straightened up and slowly folded the bone wings halfway.
Smiling bitterly again, Akol raised his chin, and a girl with short black hair took a step forward, unbuttoned a few buttons on the hem of her shirt, and then lifted it up, revealing a piece of -
—
Originally, a patch of moist skin should be exposed.
However, instead of skin, what covered her lower abdomen was a cool and hard thing with a lifeless plastic luster - this texture immediately reminded Lin Sanjiu of what she had experienced in the extreme temperature hell.
Plastic mannequins I've ever seen.
"Obviously," the short-haired black-haired man followed Lin Sanjiu's gaze and landed on his belly. He said with a self-deprecating "tsk": "The puppet master can not only turn puppets into people, but also vice versa.
It’s just as good.”
Probably because she didn't want to be stared at by strangers for too long, the girl quickly put down her clothes, shook her hair, and her expression returned to its original state.
"This is a beginning," Akol's voice sounded bitter. "If we don't rush to the finish line as soon as possible and get the ultimate gift package for him, this plasticization will slowly spread to the whole body... In the end
, it became a lifeless toy.”
"This... how was this done?" Lin Sanjiu was so shocked that his face turned a little pale, and he immediately asked: "Don't you have a brother and sister named Lou in your Growers Alliance? Where are they? They were also transformed into
Is that so?"
"The surname is Lou...?" Akol frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his face in sudden realization: "You mean the two children Lou Ye and Lou Qin, right?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart was in her throat at this moment.
——However, what the other party said next was still almost unhelpful.
"I was a bit confused before. I don't know why the puppet master cares so much about their two children... Now it seems that it's probably because of you. As soon as they were teleported back, they started shouting for help.
Waiting for someone at the junction of Sigela Square... This was not a big deal, and the puppeteers had already started harassing us during that time, so I let them go. But I didn't expect that they
But they just disappeared—according to my people, the two children were kidnapped by the puppet master himself."
After taking a heavy breath, Lin Sanjiu's expression darkened.
No matter how much we inquire, the news about the Lou brothers and sisters always ends here - it seems that there is no other way at the moment. The only way to find the two children is to confront the puppet master.
But what really scared her was that the Lou brothers and sisters had disappeared for a while... What if, what if the puppet master turned them all into puppets...
When Lin Sanjiu was deep in thought, Akel looked at her carefully.
After waiting for a while, he cleared his throat deliberately and heavily. Seeing that Lin Sanjiu raised her eyes, Akol immediately smiled at her: "Miss Lin, those two children are not a threat to the puppet master.
There probably won’t be any life-threatening danger for a while. But your current situation is a bit complicated..."
"Oh?" Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows, "How do you say that?"
"After all, tomorrow is the 26th." Akol's tone was obviously as gentle as possible: "Miss Reva has already told me everything about Santa Claus...have you forgotten?"
Lin Sanjiu was immediately shocked - she really almost forgot!
Before entering the park, Santa Claus made it clear that they must return to the place where they entered the park to meet him on the 26th to receive the "gift"-that is, their own lives; however, when
After joining Kurosawa Ji, she was so focused on learning to fight that she didn't notice that the day had almost come.
"Thanks for reminding me -"
Before Lin Sanjiu could finish her sentence, Akol had lowered his eyes and shook his head, interrupting her.
"Ms. Lin, don't worry. There is another reason why I mentioned this matter." Judging from Akol's action style, he seems to be at a high level in the Growers Alliance; when he spoke,
The adults behind him, except Reva, all stood silently. "...You and Ms. Reva came to the Twelve Realms for the first time. Many things are still unclear. Although Santa Claus has been around for a long time,
He hasn't shown up yet, but I had a little idea of his abilities before - let's put it this way, no matter what, you'd better not go out of the garden to see him tomorrow."
"The so-called wishing on the 26th is just a trick; each time Santa Claus performs his 'wishing' ability, it can only last for a few days - and I guess the reason why he asked you to do it on the 26th
Go out, probably because the effect of his ability will end tomorrow; as soon as you go out, he will use the ability on you again in the name of receiving gifts. So, as long as you survive tomorrow, Miss Lin, you will be free
Already."
Although Akol's skin was a little pale, his lips were bright red; he finished a sentence in one breath, and even the few freckles on his cheekbones turned slightly red.
Any evolutionary ability has its limitations, even if it is as powerful as Santa Claus... It can be said that Acol's words probably have a certain degree of truth. It's just...
After a long while, Lin Sanjiu spoke coldly.
"You are asking me to risk my life to trust someone I met for the first time."
"I also know..." The long-faced young man wrapped in a robe sighed, "If Miss Lin doesn't believe me, it's not a fatal thing to be controlled by the ability to make wishes again; at most, it will only last for a while. But,
The reason why I say your situation is complicated is because every time you use the wish-making ability, Santa Claus can make new requests... If you are controlled again, you don't know what he will ask you to do this time."
Lin Sanjiu bit her lower lip and said nothing. She was confused for a moment and didn't know what to believe. After thinking for a while, she took a deep breath, put her questions aside, and stared at
Acol.
"...What is your purpose in telling me this?"
She is not stupid.
If Akel's words were true, then he could completely ignore Lin Sanjiu after learning the news about her - after all, the puppet master asked them to get the big gift package from the finish line as soon as possible, and he didn't know that Lin Sanjiu was also at this time.
In the dungeon, there was no need for them to do these extra things. Since they came all the way and provided her with such valuable information, this was more than just out of good intentions.
Regarding Lin Sanjiu's question, Akol didn't show any signs of surprise. He had obviously expected that she would ask this question.
"It's a bit ugly to say the purpose... Actually, I have a plan to kill two birds with one stone, which is good for both of us, and it requires Miss Lin's cooperation."
"you say."
"From Santa Claus's tone, it sounds like he wants to cause trouble for the puppet master... So, why don't we help him along the way and help him meet the puppet master smoothly?" Coming to see Lin Sanjiu
Akol had obviously made enough preparations beforehand - the complete information he knew made Lin Sanjiu secretly surprised: "Santa Claus will definitely be anxious if he can't see you tomorrow; because once the 26th
Once it's over, he will no longer be able to manipulate you. Miss Lin, did he give you a little thing?"
Touching the Santa hat magnet in his pocket, Lin Sanjiu nodded hesitantly.
It seems that Rewa really trusts the Growers Alliance and actually told everything about the outside world...
Akol took the little magnet and examined it carefully.
"Although the detailed function cannot be seen yet, I guess this should be something that can help Santa Claus locate you and let him find you." The lanky young man returned the small magnet to Lin Sanjiu, thinking slowly while
Said slowly: "It seems that as long as he has this thing, he will be confident that he can come in. In this case, we might as well set up a trap... find a place, put down the magnet, and then we will report a false news and bring the puppet master to the police."
Go to that place...when Santa Claus comes in to look for you because he is anxious, they will naturally meet you."
The young man smiled at Lin Sanjiu again, stretched out a hand from his robe, and made a gesture of tying a pocket.
"No matter who wins or loses, it will be us hiding in the dark who will clean up the mess in the end. Miss Lin, what do you think of this plan?" (To be continued.)
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