Chapter 45: The Shanghai Humanoid
"I don't know why I was able to hear her say, but I think I'll find out why soon. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
I carefully scanned the structure of Shanghai and found a problem.
"Shanghai can't speak because she doesn't have a vocal organ, which is the part of the vocal cords, but her brain structure allows her to emit a high-frequency fluctuation that is imperceptible to humans and most youkai, but my biochemical computer can pick up this fluctuation. I explained to Marisa, "That's why you can't hear anything." ”
"By the way, Alice said...... She seems to be from the demon realm. "Marisa can even forget about this kind of thing, I really don't know what she's in her head, mushrooms?" No wonder she knows what Shanghai is talking about. ”
"Maybe it's because she has her own way of being a maker. "I don't know why, but now is not the time to think about this kind of thing," Qin Yueyang, my name. ”
[Qin Yueyang? I'm so happy! Finally, someone other than the master can understand what Shanghai is saying. 】
"It's not an isolated case, and if you're really speaking through that kind of high-frequency fluctuation, I think there's one more person who can understand it. ”
"Who?" Before Shanghai could speak, Marisa asked first.
"You know, Reizen, she can manipulate waves, so I think she should be able to hear it too. ”
"There are results. Alice came out with a few pieces of paper, "I drew all the possible patterns." ”
"So much?"
"Again, I've removed some unlikely patterns. Alice explained, "I can't be sure of the size of the skirt with a single rag, the size of the dress, the position of the pattern, and the existence of possible patterns elsewhere have to be considered, but fortunately you said that this is a human-made doll, and the ornaments are relatively simple and repetitive, otherwise the number will be increased dozens of times." ”
"I have a couple of questions. ”
"You ask. ”
"Isn't this too big. I pointed to the largest pictures, "These sets can be worn by people." ”
"Because I don't know the type of puppet, I made all the possibilities, and the ones you said are not ordinary dolls wearing, but dolls for ventriloquism. ”
"Ventriloquist dolls?"
"These dolls are very large, not much more than ordinary children, and they are very delicately made, which is very popular with children, and human artists use them to perform ventriloquism to attract children's attention. "However, because it is too delicate, ventriloquist dolls are much more difficult to make than ordinary dolls." ”
"So, if the skeleton I found really died in the Nameless Hill in search of the doll, it must not be an ordinary doll, it must be a doll that is very loved and even regarded as a friend. "I introduced more possibilities from Alice's introduction," so ...... I think there's a good chance it's a ventriloquist puppet!"
"And what are you going to do next?" Alice agreed with my judgment, "and even then, the scope is too large. ”
"I want to confirm the identity of the skeleton. I had already planned, "Do you want to come along?"
"I'm not going. Alice shook her head, "I'm only interested in dolls. ”
"Speaking of dolls, why don't you install a voice organ in Shanghai?"
"When I was manufacturing Shanghai, my technology was not at home, in fact, even now, I still can't make vocal organs. Alice admits that she is not strong enough.
"Maybe I can help with that. ”
"You?"
"I'm a mechanic, and I'm very knowledgeable when it comes to artificial organs. I can understand Alice's suspicions, "After all, I can only rely on Zhenbo to speak, don't I think it's too pitiful." ”
"You...... How do you know that Shanghai relies on Zhenbo to speak. ”
"Because I can understand, I don't believe you asked Shanghai. ”
[Yes, master]
“...... When it's over, maybe I'll go to you. Alice was silent for a moment after listening to Shanghai's reaction, "But let's focus on your business first." ”
"Of course, Marisa, let's go, let's go to the human world to investigate!" I called Marisa, who was bored enough to go to the side of the tree.
"Understood!" Marisa immediately mounted her broom and followed me.
The Inside of Man.
"Where are we going to investigate first?" Marisa was eager to try.
"Eat first. ”
"Huh?"
"Ahh ”
A ramen shop in the human world.
"Yo he, rare guest, sit. "Uncle Kajima recognized me at a glance, and if you want to say why, I found all his pants back," barbecued pork ramen, double. ”
"What about this one?" Uncle Kajima looked at Marisa again.
"Leave her alone, she's not hungry at all. "I didn't give Marisa a chance.
"Little brother, you're really bad enough, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning like this?" Marisa looked at me with disdain.
"Don't you want to eat?"
"Then I can't sit here and watch you eat!" Marisa slapped the table, "Uncle, barbecued pork ramen, four times!"
"Okay. "Uncle went back to ramen.
"Quadruple. I took turns tapping on the table with four fingers, "Have you finished eating?"
"What do you care?" Marisa looked at me and turned her head away with a snort.
With nothing to do, I can't help but start reminiscing about interesting things.
Uncle Kajima, whose real name is Isamu Kajima, once told me that his occupation before coming to Gensokyo was to pilot a giant mecha called Dwarf, and he was the best of them, and was even teased and given the title of 'Cow Taipu Killer', but his wife Marion is also a Cow Taipu...... I don't know what a cow TEP is, but I think it must be hilarious.
"Alright, double barbecued pork ramen. Uncle Kajima's voice interrupted my recollections, "And yours, quadruple barbecued pork ramen." ”
"Eating program...... Activate!" I licked the bowl in three seconds and slapped my hands, "Thank you for your hospitality." ”
Marisa was almost dumbfounded, and Uncle Kajima looked unsurprised.
"Hmph!" Marisa got angry with me and began to gobble up, then ...... Akagi (laughs).
"Well, what are you calling me? After another two seconds to sweep away the rest of Marisa's ramen, I put the money on the table and walked out of the ramen shop with Marisa, "I'll have to carry you out." ”
"I ...... Hiccup...... Marisa tried to retort, but immediately shut her mouth, and now her mouth was full of noodles.
Not to mention investigating the case like this, she has a hard time walking, there is no way, I can only go to Yongting again to ask for some digestive medicine, which can be regarded as saving her.
The investigation is finally back on track, and our target is Terakoya.