The door panel rubs against the ground and slowly opens.

Rin Rin, who had just come out of the inside, was naturally very clear about this door, and even the long spiral staircase that had blocked the view when he entered before came out clearly.

The man who came into contact with her didn't seem to be afraid of her snooping on the secret, so he sent her away.

But the others who traded in it were not so lucky.

As the stone door of the wall opened, the masked people walked out of it one after another. It was clear that their sense of sight had not yet regained, and they had just followed the instructions one by one.

Rin Rin looked at the guide in black outfit, but just happened to make eye contact with the man.

The man smiled at Rin Rin and looked very familiar.

But Rin Rin's heart is a little heavy now, and it is difficult for her to mention her good feelings when she sees anyone in this organization in a short period of time.

"Thank you very much for your trust, your vision will reply in a moment, so I won't bother for now. Let's see you again ...... chance."

The guide's smile was bright, and his black outfit seemed to form a stark contrast between brightness and darkness.

And when he said the last sentence, his gaze seemed to inadvertently stay on Rin for a few seconds. It's like this sentence is exactly for her.

Rin avoided his gaze, pulled the little glutton, and turned away.

"Sister, that person came out." The gluttony stopped and looked back at the masked crowd.

"Which one?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm going to have to take a closer look. Sister, if you have something to do, go first, I'm going to stay here...... ”

As he spoke, the little gluttony had already shaken off his hand and ran towards the gathering place of the crowd.

It still wore the handkerchief that Rin had tied for it on its face, and it didn't feel obtrusive when it blended in with the crowd.

“…… Wait a minute. ”

Rin tried to stop it, but was a little too late.

The little body had already burrowed into the crowd and disappeared.

Although it is important to find clues related to Talos, this place, these people, are too dangerous, and she doesn't want to put Xiao Glutton in danger.

But her outstretched hand was so empty that she couldn't catch the little guy.

……

After leaving the exchange, it was not yet dawn.

According to Rin's original plan, she should take a short break and go to the puppeteer's residence.

But the place he was talking about was so far from the city center that if he had left early tomorrow morning, it would have been nearly night.

After thinking about it, she simply left now, waited until she got to the place to rest for a while, and then make plans by the way to understand the situation nearby.

After deciding, Rin took a few steps into the air and jumped onto the roof.

In the moonlight, she kept running on the roof.

By this time, the trams had long since ceased to run, and nothing was left to do with it except for a few higher-priced taxis still running on the road.

Although the world has been at peace for a while, people's living habits still unconsciously avoid traveling at night.

Because, the night is always rampant with demons, giving people infinite hints of danger.

She ripped off the fox mask from her face, only to feel that her breathing was much easier. The wind was blowing coldly on the face. Occasionally, there will be some stinging due to the speed, but most of the time it is comfortable.

Running all the way, soon out of the city and into a slightly deserted margin.

I didn't expect that the association would hide the puppeteer in such a remote place.

However, aside from the remoteness of this area, what made Rin feel even more incredible was that the person in charge of guarding the puppeteer was neither a demon envoy of the association nor a demon organ.

Rather, the Ikeme family is solely responsible.

When Rin Rin heard the news, it was no exaggeration to say that she was not good.

Thinking of Chi Yi's frequent departure from the association, no one expressed the slightest dissatisfaction for a long time. Originally, I thought that he had family power and held an important position.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's because Chi Yi came to the puppet master to inspect again.

Along the way, countless possibilities flashed quickly in her little head.

I even thought about it, if I really met the puppeteer, would Ikemeichi get in the way and let the puppeteer ignore him?

It wasn't until dawn, and it was almost noon, that Rin came to the place where the man had provided the news.

It's a sparsely populated area, like an unexplored area. In this small town, which is not small, there are occasionally a few houses and residents in twos and threes, but it makes people feel a little unreal.

It's more appropriate to say that they are not so much residents as live monitors.

Rin sat on the top of the town's bell tower, quietly observing the movements around her.

"Such a big city, just to cover the puppet master?" She looked down at the cityscape in front of her, and while she was muttering to herself, she could see how important this puppeteer was to the Society.

After all, since Rinrin's father died, there has been no one to inherit this position for a long time.

And as the daughter of a generation of puppet controllers, Rin Rin has confused the blood of the Yeren clan, so it can be said that she has not inherited even half of the spiritual power of the puppet controller.

The Yunyin Association simply found this new puppeteer out of nowhere, otherwise people's hatred of Rin Rin would be even greater.

She thought so, while waiting for time to slip away.

I don't know how long it took, but Rin's mind began to gradually get foggy, and finally he simply fell asleep in a daze.

In the dream, under the warm and dim lamp, my father was making dolls seriously. After her call, my father looked back and smiled the same as he remembered.

"Rin, you have to remember that dolls are not tools, let alone weapons and sacrifices on the battlefield. Each puppet will respond to your affection...... It's like a mirror, reflecting the truest look of your heart......"

Putting down the tools in his hand to make dolls, he gently stroked the dignified man who still seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and smiled lightly.

'Bell-bell-'

At this moment, a slow and long bell rang, which was particularly clear and deafening in the silence of the night.

Rin Rin seemed to be taken aback, and it was almost reflexively struck before he woke up from his dream and almost fell off the bell tower.

Fortunately, she quickly hugged the wooden fence on her side, and gradually balanced her body, and her mood calmed down a little.

He raised his hand and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, as if he hadn't had such a comfortable dream for a long time.

In the past, her dreams were only killing and crimson. Now in my dreams, I see my father's soft smile, and delicious food, such a warm picture, I don't know how long it has been away from her.

Now that I wake up, I still feel a little nostalgic and reluctant.

It's just that what my father said in my dream......

That kind of real and illusory touch and memory makes her feel as if she has residual warmth until now.

Rin glanced at the night sky, and the heavy clouds obscured the moonlight. Compared with the beauty in the dream, the reality still has too many fly in the ointment.

She put the mask back on, for fear that it would be bad to meet some acquaintances on the road.

Jumping from the top of the bell tower, it didn't take much effort to come to the target building she had locked on earlier.

According to the intelligence, the puppeteer lived in the largest house in the town.

I thought that the area summarized by this description was too large and not easy to find, but when I really came to this place, I found that the so-called largest does not refer to the house.

Rather, the territory covers an area.

The house in front of you is a retro old-fashioned courtyard building, and when you look at it from a distance, you just feel magnificent. Now that I look closer, I feel like I have suddenly traveled back to ancient history, and there is an indescribable peaceful atmosphere.

There wasn't a single mage's guard at the gate, not even a single barrier set up in it.

Rin once suspected that she had made a mistake, but it wasn't until she stepped on the wall and jumped into the mansion that she realized that she had made a mistake.

Within the walls, the bamboo leaves of the garden are intertwined, and the repaired green plants are scattered like a labyrinth.

The courtyard is a little deep, the stone steps are paved, and the green light and spring color of the garden are full of spring, showing a strange tranquility under these hazy nights.

Rin reached out and touched it, but the bamboo leaf suddenly disappeared. And when she withdrew her hand, the vanished leaf quickly returned to its original shape, as if nothing had happened.

After that, the same thing happened every time she touched other objects.

It's as if everything here is an illusion, so that the awe-inspiring person who is in it at the moment can't find the direction at all, and the clue to leave here.

She walked her way up the stone steps at her feet, through the courtyard.

Dry sand water pavilion, white sand and green pine. The rustling sound of the bamboo leaves blown by the wind, and the crisp fall of the bamboo tube after being filled with water, making a 'pop' sound.

The tranquility and softness here make people involuntarily relax and even begin to enjoy the peace and ease.

Suddenly, the direction of the surrounding wind changed seemingly without warning.

A violent force shattered the original tranquility.

Rin dodged sideways, only to see two sharp objects made of sharpened bamboo branches, suddenly coming towards him out of nowhere!

The momentum of the bamboo knife was extremely strong, if she had just indulged a little in this peaceful illusion, I am afraid that she would have been in a different place at this moment.

"Why, it's been so quiet, and it's finally time to start moving."

As he spoke, he summoned his long knife.

said that it was too late, and when her arm was half-rotated, blocking in front of her, the same bamboo blades came in the air!

The bamboo blade landed on the ground, and Rin picked it up casually and pinched it in his hand.

"Compared to the illusion of leisure here, this murderous and invisible guy really can't be more real." Rin sneered, not only mocking at this.

But after these words, the originally quiet garden suddenly became loud, as if he heard the malice in the words, and simply wanted to tear off the mask of tranquility.

The bamboo leaves rubbed wildly in the wind, and then, the blades swept towards her like countless sharp blades!

The long knife in Rinrin's hand temporarily blocked it, but because the blades were too dense, although she finally blocked the bamboo leaves for the time being, her body was thickly wrapped and covered.

The large pile of bamboo leaves almost buried her whole body, and Rin Rin only felt that her body was getting heavier and heavier.

And those leaves, through the multiple dense weights, cut through the awe-inspiring skin little by little, and gradually penetrated into her skin.

The juice contained in the bamboo leaves slowly seeped in, like a goblin sucking the spiritual power in her body, gradually emptying out all her remaining strength......