The ancient Gothic architectural style, towering spiers and pointed arches, and stained glass windows with biblical stories are somewhat incompatible with the Puppet Town.
There are several large characters written in chalk on the sign in front of the gate.
——Puppet Memorial Shop.
There was a puppet sitting next to the door, with its head in its arms.
"Squeak——"
The door was opened from the inside, the puppet at the door was pushed down, and the head in his arms rolled around, finally stopping at the feet of the man inside the door.
Everyone immediately got into a fighting stance.
"Are you all guests visiting Puppet Town?"
A man in a long robe holds the doorknob in one hand and a sign indicating the opening of business in the other.
Seeing everyone at the door stunned, he released the door handle and hung up the tag. He leaned over to lift the puppet up, then picked up the head at his feet and placed it on the puppet again.
Then he straightened up, adjusted his glasses, curled his lips and asked with a smile.
Chen Jun whispered to the person behind him: "It's not BOSS."
Rong Shi had already put down his guard, "It should be an NPC."
Chen Jun hesitated a little. Is this really just an NPC?
"Since you are a guest, please come in." The man made an inviting gesture.
The store is brightly lit and filled with all kinds of puppets and various costumes.
Everyone followed Wen Ruyan and walked in.
"Aren't you going in?"
The man looked at Wei Shengyou who was standing at the door and looking at him and asked politely.
Wei Shengyou didn't respond, looked away from his back and walked in.
The man followed Wei Shengyou in and walked straight to the back of the cashier after giving instructions to everyone, "You can take a look first and call me if you need anything."
Wen Ruyan looked at the brown haired man behind the cashier for a while, with a somewhat puzzled expression.
It doesn't look like an NPC, but he certainly doesn't have the aura of a BOSS about him.
Next to the racks full of clothes stood a dressing table, which was empty except for a black box.
The wood next to the mirror is carved with countless roses, and the dressing table is covered with bright red wood paint.
It looks a bit weird next to the freshly colored clothes.
Wei Shengyou raised her hand and touched the mirror, and there were ripples on it. She looked at the "Weisheng You" in the mirror who raised the corners of his mouth and smiled at her with an expressionless face.
A soft voice sounded in my ears, "Come and play with me~"
Weisheng covered his hands, and the face spread out in circles of ripples.
She lowered her gaze to the black box on the countertop, where there was a combination lock.
She opened the lower drawer again, and there was a mechanism box inside. Wei Shengyou took out the box.
There is a note underneath the box——
Wei Shengyou temporarily placed the mechanism box in his hand on the table, twisted the combination lock according to the numbers on the note, and the black box opened with a click.
Inside was a ten centimeter silver needle and a puppet wrapped airtightly in red cloth.
She did not choose to move the puppet but picked up the box next to it again.
This box is easy to open, you just need to move both sides upward.
There was only a torn piece of paper inside.
It says--
"Sucking the blood of living people gives life to puppets."
"...Only the puppeteer can enter, please don't trust anyone around you."
The place where the location is written has been intentionally blacked out.
There was nothing left to look for on the dressing table. Wei Shengyou glanced around and walked to the clothes rack.
After searching for a while, I finally found a note in one of the clothes.
She unfolded the note and there was a series of strange lines written on it.
It's Morse code.
I don’t know if it’s the password for the black box.
Wei Shengyou put the note in her bag. She didn't know much about Morse code. She could ask other people later.
She searched the area again and found a diary hidden in the clothes hanger.
She looked at the records written on it about puppets.
According to legend, puppets are spiritual objects that acquire lifelike faces after being carved by puppeteers.
One day, the puppeteer accidentally dripped blood onto the puppet while he was carving it.
The blood penetrated into its chest along the lines of the wood. The puppeteer was surprised to find that the puppet in his hand actually had soft skin like a human being.
The puppeteer added eyes to it, and the first puppet that looked like a real person was born.
To make it more realistic, the puppeteer gave it a heart of stone.
The puppeteer is replaced by the child he created.
Wei Shengyou rubbed the rough paper with a thoughtful expression.
Wei Shengyou picked up the things and planned to go find other people to ask about the Morse code, but something suddenly kicked under his feet.
She looked down and saw a somewhat rusty clockwork.
This thing...
Wei Shengyou quickly opened the black box and took out the wrapped puppet. There was a hole in its back.
She bent down to pick up the clockwork on the ground and inserted it into the gap on her back.
【Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining the S-level item - the clockwork puppet. 】
S-level props?
What's the use of this thing?
Before the question was answered, the thing disappeared from her palm as the voice of the announcement fell.
Wei Shengyou blinked his eyes and turned his palms, with a rare look of confusion on his face.
Missing?
"younger sister."
Shen Shuyao came over and winked at Wei Shengyou, and Wei Shengyou had no choice but to put aside her doubts for the time being.
She was about to reach out for the clues on the table but suddenly remembered her own character.
She raised her eyes to look at Shen Shuyao, pointed at the things on the table and said succinctly, "Take it."
After saying that, she walked directly towards Wen Ruyan and the others without waiting for Shen Shuyao's reply.
Shen Shuyao didn't say anything, just picked up the things and followed Wei Shengyou.
Just as they were about to go out, the door that had been left open suddenly slammed shut.
The man just now looked at everyone with a livid face, "Some of you stole my baby."
Shen Shuyao and others held various clues in their hands: "..."
But the man's eyes only glanced over them lightly.
Not paying attention to what they were holding.
The man's eyes swept through the people in front of him one by one, and finally fell on Wei Shengyou.
"You stole my baby."
Wei Shengyou thought of the clockwork puppet that had just disappeared from the palm of his hand.
First, he gave her the identity of a puppeteer to target her, and now he's deliberately cheating on her?
