The wind blew past Lin Sanjiu in waves, making the tall grass beneath her feet rustle. She tucked her broken hair behind her ears and felt that her skin and blood were gradually cooled down by it.
From an unknown distant direction, there was a dull, faint vibration, as if a god was moving - but it quickly disappeared again, as if it was just an illusion of hers.
She knew she couldn't stay silent for too long, but she really didn't know what to say or what to do.
...She could only think of one solution that wasn't really brilliant.
With a long sigh, Lin Sanjiu felt a deep fatigue rising from the bottom of her heart. She sat down on the ground with a groan and covered her face with her hands. After a while, she raised her head towards the puppet master.
He said: "...Aren't you tired of standing all the time? You sit down too, let's sit down and talk."
For some unknown reason, the pale man opposite suddenly raised one corner of his mouth - this half smile was so light that it was fleeting, like the shadow of a cloud passing by in the water. Lin Sanjiu looked at his half smile,
My heart tightened and I became vigilant.
Seeing that the puppet master was indeed approaching step by step, she couldn't help but straighten her back; but he did not sit down. When he was still a few steps away from her, the black leather boots stopped.
"What do you have to say?"
"Look," Lin Sanjiu said without giving up, "we are in Red Nautilus, haven't we solved all the unpleasantness in the past? What are you going to do now?"
The puppet master lowered his head, his face expressionless. Only the muscles under his eyes suddenly twitched, and the silver glitter suddenly flashed.
"...Don't get me wrong. Just because I won't kill you doesn't mean I like you as a person." He said softly, "If you want to have friendship with me, I'm afraid you'll fall to death."
Lin Sanjiu sighed again. It seems that the puppet master's ability has improved. He can even control gods like Sand Girl - but he is already so powerful, and he still has to ask for a gift package.
What to do?
Does he know the contents of the gift bag?
Thinking of this, Lin Sanjiu said tentatively: "Who told you that I haven't opened the gift bag yet? I opened it a long time ago, and the game will open as soon as I win..."
A mocking smile appeared on the puppet master's face. "Oh? Then what wish did you make?"
He thought what Ye Lan said was true!
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat and she immediately made a surprised expression - she regretted not taking classes with Qing Jiuliu. At this moment, she just hoped that her appearance would not be too exaggerated: "What are you talking about? You don't know yet.
?”
The puppeteer raised an eyebrow slightly.
"After the prize is opened, it is just an ability, not a wish." She waved her hand, "How can it be such a powerful thing? Otherwise, if I make a wish and end this doomsday cycle, wouldn't everyone be liberated?"
"Of course wishes come in different degrees of difficulty."
"No matter how small the wish is, I haven't granted it anyway. Because there is only one McDuck ability in it. If you don't believe me, I will demonstrate it to you."
"Are you going to tell me," the puppet master said word by word, slowly bending down and staring directly into Lin Sanjiu's eyes. "...You saw a living person appear in front of you, you and him
There was no injustice or grudge, but you ignored his cries and begged, or did you kill him for your own selfishness?"
Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth - she didn't know how much the puppet master knew, so she wasn't sure whether she should deny the idea that the gift bag was a human figure. She was cruel, but she still said: "What killing? I, I just
Got the prize."
As soon as she finished speaking, all the hairs on her body suddenly stood up, and something suddenly hit her eyes; she hurriedly pushed forward to create a vortex of airflow - however, the vortex of airflow failed to stop it, and the next second, she was still hit by it.
The thing was lifted far away.
Lin Sanjiu hit the ground with a thud and jumped up hastily; as soon as she raised her eyes, she was immediately stunned.
The puppet master was still just a few steps away from her, and she didn't even know when he caught up with him - he had his hands clasped together, and even one side of his black hair was still hanging down as low as before.
The collarbone seemed to have not moved at all.
"One thing you'd better remember is that I can't stand a lot of nonsense." His tone was still as gentle and polite as when we first met, but it couldn't hide the gloomy coldness in it. "I'm being sent away.
After entering another starry sky amusement park, I saw the final prize and even confirmed the information - in every amusement park, the final prize is the same, a humanoid that is indistinguishable from a living person."
Didn't he see what happened after the gift bag was opened?
Lin Sanjiu was a little confused. She wanted to ask the puppet master what accident happened in another amusement park, but she was afraid of irritating him. At this point, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "...No matter what
What do you say? Anyway, I have already opened the final prize. There is only one ability. If you can take it, I will give you that ability."
The puppet master straightened up and looked at her, all his expressions gone. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell whether he believed what he said - if she was a person who had no burden for killing, this statement would be enough.
Too much to believe; unfortunately, the puppeteer probably also knows that she is not.
However, even if it is just half-doubt...
Under his cold gaze, Lin Sanjiu waited for a while with her neck stiffened. Seeing that he didn't say a word, she couldn't hold it in any longer. She was thinking about Hu Miaomiao, and finally couldn't help but speak first: "
Everything I say is true. Whether you believe it or not, I can't help it. But the cat doctor has treated your injuries, so why should you embarrass it? Where is it now? Let the cat doctor out——
"
"Every statement is true?" The puppeteer interrupted her, showing a half-hearted smile. "Since you still care about that cat, you should think carefully before opening your mouth. Do you think you
If you just talk nonsense, there is nothing I can do to you?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat and she couldn't continue talking.
"After I found out that you got the final reward, I started searching for you. I set out to spy on you in the Twelve Worlds, found the visa officer, and released the missing person information... [ebay] was just a piece of information I planted casually.
Thread, I didn’t expect that it would actually bear fruit in the end.”
Lin Sanjiu didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, and swallowed dryly. The pale man wrapped in black leather looked unusually patient, and spoke again unhurriedly.
"The funny thing is, it wasn't even because of you that I got this special item in the first place." The puppet master's eyes were still fixed on her, but he turned half of his body slightly, snapped his fingers behind him, and then smiled. "
I specially changed my route to the Endless Tunnel just to pick up a product I bought from [ebay]. Now, I also got this product.”
In a daze, Lin Sanjiu raised his gaze, past the puppet master, and towards the grassland behind him.
The grassland in that direction was empty, with only tall yellowing grass swaying in the wind under the white mist. She looked around twice and saw nothing, but when she turned her eyes again, she suddenly
I noticed a few more vague figures in the air.
"With this product, I can even tell which of your words is a lie and to what extent."
The puppet master stood quietly, waiting for the figures to approach - although the puppets' hands and feet were stiff, they were very fast and arrived in front of the two of them almost in the blink of an eye.
Like the black man before, their eyes were dull, and their throats were split in half by a thick suture. When Lin Sanjiu turned her eyes from several people one by one, she suddenly jumped up.
.
...Among these three people, one of them is not a doll.
Lin Sanjiu stood in a daze, staring straight at the familiar face opposite him, almost suspecting that he was hallucinating.
Hu Changzai opened his mouth and almost shouted "Xiaojiu"; fortunately, he realized something was wrong immediately and hurriedly closed his mouth and stared back at her blankly.
He was held in the middle by two dolls, one on the left and one on the right. Apart from his complexion being a little pale and his hair being long and messy, there was nothing wrong with him. Compared with Lin Sanjiu's memory, Hu Changzai
She seems to be a little fatter, and there is even a circle around her waist.
Realizing that the puppet master on the side was staring at her closely, Lin Sanjiu quickly called out [Tornado Whip] and held it in her hand, pretending that she jumped just to defend against the puppet. After a few seconds,
Only then did that substantial gaze move away from her.
"You heard everything, right?" The puppet master turned his eyes to Hu Changzai, and the bright pink around his eyes turned from silver gray to deep red little by little. "Which part of what she just said was a lie?"