After staring at the female puppet in a white dress who had approached at some unknown time, Shen Xing saw that the woman was wearing a pair of high heels, and the heels at the back were not too low.
Just like this, when he came close to me just now, he didn't make any sound. I'm afraid he didn't have the skills to wear high heels for several years!
He stared at the female puppet for so long, but there was no movement from the other side, as if someone had just moved it here, rather than her own approach.
Shen Xing pondered for a moment, hugged the woman, and tested the weight. She only weighed about twenty kilograms.
Then he placed the woman in the white dress close to the wall, making her face the wall.
During this process, one can feel that the material on the female puppet's body is hard and a little bit harsh, but it does not feel like it has any movement.
After placing the female puppet, Shen Xing once again looked in the direction of the suspected Guan Zhixiong puppet.
Get close to the front of the male puppet, place the photo on your phone parallel to it, and compare it carefully. I couldn't see clearly in the dark just now, but now after comparing them, they are exactly the same.
Shen Xing also didn't expect that he was going to look for clues about Guan Zhixiong, but he didn't expect to see the same puppet of Guan Zhixiong? !
His heart suddenly pounded, and he reached out to touch the Guan Zhixiong puppet, and then pinched it hard, but it couldn't be pinched. It seemed to be made of the same material as the puppet of the woman in the white dress.
"It couldn't have been infused with a real person, right?"
Facing this puppet, which was almost the same height as a real person and looked exactly the same, he suddenly felt a creepy feeling after thinking about it.
Put the phone on the wooden table next to you, hold the waist of Guan Zhixiong's puppet with both hands, twist it hard, and with a click, the buckles at the waist joint and buttocks were released.
Shen Xing slowly lifted up his upper body. The weight was lighter, not like a real person being cast. When he looked at the position where the waist was separated, there was an air of plastic material, and he could also see the raised buckles, which proved that this was indeed the case. It's a dummy, not a real body.
It’s just that I don’t know why this guy was made to look like a puppet. Will there be sales if he does this? Who would pay for a middle-aged greasy man whom they don’t even know?
After placing the upper body of the Guan Zhixiong puppet on the buckle above the buttocks, Shen Xing let go of his hand, patted it gently, and then picked up the mobile phone on the table.
At this moment, he felt a chill coming from behind him again, and immediately turned around quickly. What caught his eyes was the female puppet in a white dress very close at hand.
This time, the female puppet was not only closer than before, but her body had even leaned forward slightly, with her head only a slap away from Shen Xing.
Shen Xing subconsciously leaned back to make himself farther away from the woman, but after looking carefully, he found that the woman did not actually move, but just maintained this posture.
The atmosphere in the entire workshop was extremely weird. All the puppets were actually not moving at this moment and remained still. Shen Xing also maintained his backward movement.
Not long after, he reached out and touched the waist of the woman in the white dress. It was as hard as the Guan Zhixiong puppet behind her.
Then he tried to twist the woman's waist slightly, and the same click sound came out, indicating that the connecting buckle had been unscrewed, and the woman's upper and lower body could also be removed.
Without saying anything, Shen Xing immediately took off her upper body, placed it on the table, and made eye contact with the Guan Zhixiong puppet standing not far away.
Now that his target is next door, there is no need to make too much noise here. It is best not to conflict with the moving female puppet. Otherwise, if the next door is disturbed, Motu may leave.
Now just split the female puppet in half to prevent her from disturbing you again.
After doing this, Shen Xing glanced at the Guan Zhixiong puppet. Except for the strange movement of the female puppet in the white dress, there seemed to be nothing unusual about the other puppets in the room.
He came to the small door leading to the next door again, took out the master smart key, and slowly inserted it into the keyhole. From the gap in the door, he could see a light coming through, so Shen Xing opened it very slowly to avoid disturbing the door. Make a sound.
Fortunately, there was always a rhythmic mechanical sound over there, which perfectly covered up some uncontrollable sounds that might be coming from here.
But just as he opened the door carefully, there was a slight rustling sound behind him.
Shen Xing immediately stopped what he was doing, looked back, and then his pupils narrowed slightly.
Because he saw that the half-part female puppet he had just placed on the table in the room had turned its head, raised its head, and looked in the direction where he was.
Shen Xing didn't say anything else, just stared at her, and the half of the woman's body also seemed to be dead, motionless.
"This guy won't move when someone's eyes are on him. Once he stops looking at her, he will immediately approach me."
Shen Xing probably understood the movement patterns of the female puppet in the white dress.
He turned back and continued to open the door carefully, inserted the master key into the keyhole, and then pressed the button that stretched the thin strips on the key's body.
At this time, the rustling sound behind him seemed to be heard again, and Shen Xing had no time to pay attention to it for the time being.
He quickly felt that the key was perfectly pressed against all the gaps in the keyhole, and with a slight twist, it was ready to rotate.
The sound behind him was getting closer, and the frequency seemed to be accelerating.
Shen Xing turned around again and saw that the half of the female puppet's body was no longer on the table, but on the ground next to the table legs, lying motionless on the ground.
However, the woman's head was still raised at this moment, and the plexiglass eyes were staring at her, her lips slightly parted. If you didn't know beforehand that it was a puppet, just seeing the woman's half-body body would scare you half to death.
He took a deep look at the motionless woman. After a moment, he turned back again, pushed the door that had been unscrewed in front of him open a crack, and put the master key into his pocket.
The sound of crawling behind him came again at this time.
Because there was still about two or three meters away, Shen Xing had no time to pay attention to it for the time being. He focused his eyes on the room next door through the opened door.
In the line of sight, I saw an old machine operating in the middle of the workshop next door. A mechanical press as thick as an arm was rhythmically pressing down from above, and the upper and lower press in the middle was released. A mass of something with no discernible material, enduring a strong squeeze.
In front of the machine, with his back to Shen Xing, sat a slightly rickety voice with short silver hair and what seemed to be a beard on his face. He was facing the machine and was doing something unknown.
The furnishings of the workshop next door are very different from those where Shen Xing is. There are only two complete humanoid puppets on display here, and the rest are all puppet-making materials. There are no half-made puppets, or puppets with broken arms and legs. Category.
Other than that, the lights in this workshop were bright, and there was no other sound except the sound of the machinery.
The crawling sound behind Shen Xing was getting closer and closer. He opened the small door wider again, and the light from the next door spilled into the workshop here. He looked back.
He saw the half-body female puppet less than an arm's length away from him, raising her head desperately, and her plexiglass eyes were so round that they seemed to be about to slip out of their sockets.
Shen Xing was slightly startled. He no longer stayed in the room, but immediately opened the small door wider and bent down to get in.
The rustling sounds behind him suddenly began to speed up at this moment. Shen Xing looked back and found that the half-body female puppet had stretched out her hand and grabbed it for him.
At the moment when he looked back, the grabbing movement was slightly stagnant, but he quickly broke through the stagnant state. Even though Shen Xing was staring at him, he still wanted to grab Shen Xing's ankle at an extremely fast speed.
The next second, Shen Xing entered the next room and closed the door directly.
There was a soft snap, and the female puppet's nails touched the door panel, but at the same moment as the door was closed, there was a sudden silence in the workshop.
The half-body female puppet kept reaching out to grab it, motionless, and frozen in place.
Shen Xing focused half of his attention behind him. After noticing that there was no movement coming from the next door, he focused all his attention on this room and the silver-haired old man with his back turned to him.
When private detective Lao Liang sent over the photo of Guan Zhixiong, he also sent a photo of Mo Tu to Shen Xing.
The person in the photo was very similar to the back of the person in front of him at the moment. Shen Xing guessed that this person was Motu.
Although Motu is a master of fine carving and earns a lot of money, he usually wears simple clothes and his face in the photo is also very ordinary. It is impossible to tell that this person is a master.
Shen Xing was already prepared for this.
When he opened the door and came in just now, although there was some noise, it was not as loud as the sound from the pressurizing machinery, and was completely covered up by the sound. Therefore, Motu still had his back to him at this moment, still focusing on something.
Shen Xing did not make any further noise, but inspected the surrounding situation.
When he looked carefully at the two complete puppets in the room, he was slightly startled and found that one of the male puppets turned out to be Guan Zhixiong again.
It seems that there is no difference between this puppet and Guan Zhixiong in the room next door. Even the clothes are exactly the same.
In this way, Shen Xing felt that Guan Zhixiong was not simply a customer of Mo Tu, but that the two might have a close relationship. This led to Xia Hongyu being tricked by the other party when purchasing the dummy.
Now it seems that all the answers lie in this workshop.
Shen Xing was not going to hide anymore. He first glanced in the direction of the small door. After he was sure that the half-body female puppet behind the door would not catch up, he cleared his throat and then spoke softly.
"Motu, I'm sorry to have to visit you in this way."
When the words fell, he originally thought that the other party would be surprised and put down his work.
Unexpectedly, the silver-haired old man just raised his head silently, looked at himself, glanced at it, and then lowered his head again.
Not only did he not look nervous or surprised, he didn't even answer.
"Are you Motu?" Shen Xing became a little confused.
"Of course." The old man said three words without raising his head.
Shen Xing noticed that he was putting thin wire-like objects into the squeezed slot, his movements were very skillful.
And as he released more and more, a large group of squeezed irregular objects was forming.
"Aren't you surprised or curious about the sudden unexpected guest in the house?" Shen Xing asked.
A smile appeared on Motu's face, the wrinkles on his face piled up together, and the few beards tilted up due to the squeeze.
"As a puppet maker, isn't it common for me to see an extra person in the room?"
After saying this, he looked at the two complete puppets in the corner of the room.
"It seems that you are fully confident in dealing with me." Shen Xing also laughed, "This is the first time I know that in addition to being able to make puppets, Master Mo is also a good hand at controlling puppets."
While saying these words, Shen Xing kept paying attention to Motu's facial expression, but he found that the other person was always calm and his expression did not change at all.
Motu put down his work at this time, looked at Shen Xing, and said, "I don't control them. If you see a puppet suddenly move, it's their own behavior and has nothing to do with me, Motu."
"So these moving puppets have been under your control for a long time?" Shen Xing continued: "You are confident about my arrival. Perhaps you rely on the two puppets in this room now."
Motu smiled, glanced over the two wooden bodies, shook his head and said, "I don't know if they can move. I just said that this is all of their own free will and has nothing to do with me."
Shen Xing probably guessed that even among the puppets made by Motu himself, only some could move independently and some could not. This cannot be generalized.
"I don't care whether they can move on their own." Shen Xing said: "I only care about whether you secretly accepted the order and were entrusted by others to mail a puppet that can move and even kill people."
Motu still maintained a smile, as if he had known that Shen Xing had asked this question. He did not answer immediately. Instead, he stood up, turned off the squeezing machine, and then removed the compacted irregular object from the machine. Take it out and step aside.
At this time, Shen Xing finally saw clearly what the irregular object was. It was a mass of hair that was squeezed, and those hairs were exactly what Motu had thrown into the machine one by one.
If you look closely, it looks a bit like dog hair, or maybe... cat hair!
Motu came to Guan Zhixiong's puppet, unscrewed his upper body, just like Shen Xing did at first, then turned the body upside down, and stuffed the irregular object formed by the squeezed hair into the Guan Zhixiong puppet. in the upper body.
Then he reconnected the body to his lower body.
While doing this, Motu said softly: "That's true. But I have taken so many orders, and I don't even know which order you are talking about."
Shen Xing held out two fingers: "Unfortunately, including me and a friend, we received a total of two puppets, and they can all move, and without exception they want to kill us."
After finishing his words, he added: "Now that I can find this place, it is impossible to leave without achieving my goal. Do you want to collect the money and then tell me, or do I directly use my own means to let you tell me? It's up to you." choose."
If Mo Tu just wanted money, Shen Xing could contact Xia Hongyu and let her pay the bill, which would be easy and hassle-free.
But if Motu doesn't accept money and adheres to the principle of keeping confidentiality for his employer, then Shen Xing can only use some special means to get this old guy to tell him.
These words have been made very clear, I believe it is impossible for Motu not to understand.
The old man slowly turned around, looked at himself, smiled and said, "You are a very good puppet prototype."
Before he finished speaking, the lights in the workshop were instantly extinguished, and a thick darkness enveloped them, swallowing up the two people and two puppets in the room instantly.
