The small whirlwinds that raged around Rin were about to rush up and tear the people standing at the vent to shreds.

But somehow, as the puppeteer's expression changed, those whirling wind blades came to an abrupt end.

Rin held the knife in front of him, and seemed to be ready to fight to the death and rush out of the whirlwind. I don't want this gust of wind to start unguardedly and end for no reason......

"You ......"

On the stairs, the puppeteer suddenly spoke, as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped talking.

Rin looked up at her, though she didn't know what changed the puppeteer's idea of killing herself. But this kind of transformation is not a bad thing at all.

"What model is your doll?" After a moment of hesitation, the puppeteer still asked the doubts that suddenly haunted her.

“0-25。”

Rin blurted out almost without thinking.

This model was already familiar with it when Rin first entered the database of the Cloud Hidden Association to find doll information. Now that the puppeteer suddenly asked, he must have intended to help with this.

Thinking of this, Rin Rin seemed to be afraid that the other party would regret it, and her face was full of the words 'know everything, say everything'.

“025……”

The puppeteer repeated, the small umbrella in his hand visibly pinched tighter.

"Is that possible! Can you help me fix this doll? Seeing her thoughtful look, Rin Rin hurriedly asked.

"How did you get this doll!" Compared to Rinrin's concern about repairs, the puppeteer is more eager to solve the doubts in her heart.

Because, the puppet at the beginning of Zero was not made by her. Rather, it was the first armed puppets made by the first puppeteer who has passed away.

The so-called first dolls, armed dolls, have just been activated, and work has begun on the production of dolls No. 000 and No. 050.

At that time, in order to resist the almost overwhelming attack of the Yeren Clan, one of the envoys of the Cloud Hidden Association took the lead in proposing that the spirits of the dead could be injected into the puppets to manipulate them, so as to reduce casualties.

Unexpectedly, these dolls, created by mixing spiritual power with stone powder and other materials, are no different from humans, but they have become humanoid weapons that are crucial to turning defeat into victory.

Moreover, the integration of the spirit body and the empty shell body shows the power of one plus one is greater than two.

As a result, armed dolls began to be manufactured in large quantities, from the first batch of fifty, to gradually increase. Until in the end, a large lineup was formed enough to form a corps, an army......

However, the puppets will inevitably have varying degrees of wear and tear or irreversible damage in long-term battles.

As a result, with the end of the war, there were very few armed dolls left who participated in the Battle of Makugawa.

Therefore, the second-generation puppeteer that Rin saw in front of him already knew his identity and origin just by the number of Talos.

"I'm sorry, I might not be able to share this."

Rin subconsciously bit her lip, a small gesture she would inadvertently make when she was thinking or making a difficult choice.

"I promise to fix it for you."

The puppeteer's soft voice came again, but even Rin Rin himself didn't expect that the puppeteer who was so cold to himself before that he didn't even leave half a chance for him actually agreed inexplicably at this moment?

She didn't have time to think about the reason, she just quickly put away the long knife in her hand, bowed deeply to the puppeteer standing at the top of the stairs, and then said loudly, "Really, thank you very much!" ”

"Don't thank me, I'm also conditional."

As she spoke, she had already walked to the door of the attic on the second floor, and beckoned to Rin, who was still standing in the hall stupidly, and motioned for her to come over.

And as soon as he heard the word 'condition', Rinrin's expression, which was originally full of joy, suddenly seemed to have been hit like a thunderbolt from the sky.

She should have thought of it, where in the world is there a free lunch!

But thinking about it from another angle, such a cold Lori suddenly changed her temper and agreed to help, which is already a miracle!

Anyway, in addition to money and life, she can give it.

After thinking about it for a while, Rin Rin had followed the puppeteer's footsteps to the attic. But before she could step into the room with one foot, a cold metal blade that flashed with a cold light landed on her shoulder!

It seemed that as long as she got closer, this small blade would easily cut through her throat.

"Five meters...... This is my biggest concession. ”

In front of me, I saw that the puppeteer in the form of Lori was holding a small parasol and pointed the tip of the umbrella top at the dignified collarbone.

"Good, good ......"

Rin stepped back, moving slowly to avoid the sharp tip of the umbrella against her shoulders and neck. I'm afraid that this little Lori's hand will shake and cut her neck directly.

And it wasn't until the statue retreated, almost ten meters away, that the puppeteer put down the small umbrella he was holding in his hand with a very reluctant expression.

"Is that okay?"

After a tentative inquiry, the puppeteer was silent for a while. Then after repeatedly looking at the distance between the two, he said a soft and glutinous "um".

Rin followed her all the way, and although it was an attic, the space here was much larger than she had imagined.

Compared to the four lanterns placed in the corners of the downstairs, this attic is equipped with six incandescent lamps in the corridor alone.

There was a little dazzle when I first entered, but it was precisely because of this that Rin saw clearly for the first time the person in front of her who was full of danger and unpredictable what was going on in her heart - Lori puppeteer.

In the quiet and narrow corridor, Rin looked at her small and cute back from afar, and still couldn't figure out what kind of power such a young girl hid.

As the corridor extended, the originally harsh white light gradually dimmed. It is like a space-time tunnel with gradual changes of light, from dazzling light to darkness.

Suddenly, the little Lori in front of her turned a corner.

Because the two were too far apart, Rin Rin hurriedly chased after her, for fear that he would accidentally lose her.

But when she quickened her pace to chase after her, she ran into something hard head-on and blocked her back.

"Hiss......"

Rin rubbed her aching forehead, moved her mouth and was about to speak, but when she opened her eyes, she was completely shocked by the scene in front of her.

In the large, empty room, only a few table lamps on the workbench on the wall shone as dazzling as a bright light.

There are all kinds of things on the floor, such as spatulas, detail needles, scissor needles and tubes.

It's just that these things are not unusual to Rin, whose father was the first puppeteer, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.

And what really shocked her was that it was actually hanging on the ceiling as if waiting for the air to dry and polish, and the already hard strips had been made, the thighs and torso of the dolls......

The limbs suspended from the ceiling are suspended in mid-air as if the various parts of the body had been disassembled. Since the joints have not yet been linked, it looks like it has been amputated, revealing a slightly strange atmosphere.

Seeing that Rin Rin recklessly bumped into her, the Lori puppeteer couldn't hold back and glanced at her as if he was distressed.

"The puppet needs to be protected from light, so I don't turn on the lights. Let's talk about the armed puppet that you're going to repair. ”

As he spoke, the puppeteer sat down on the mat placed in front of the workbench, staring directly at Rin and listening attentively.

Rin looked left and right, and saw that there was no place for her to sit, so she simply stood in the doorway, still keeping the distance requested by the puppeteer, and told her all about Talos's basic injuries.

I thought that Talos's injury was very serious, but after listening to Rin Rin's narration, the puppeteer only said silently, "I can repair." ”

The words were so crisp and neat, there was not even half a moment of hesitation.

But while she was happy, Rin also remembered the 'conditions' she had said before, but she didn't clearly explain.

"Then, may I ask if you can tell me the conditions you said before?"

"The condition is very simple, that is, after I repair it, your puppet will be lent to me for a few days to study."

Under the strong light, the little Lori in front of her eyes was as quiet as a lake that had been silent for decades. Nothing seemed to stir up even the slightest ripple in her thoughts.

But those slightly round cheeks look very cute.

After watching it for a long time, I inexplicably had the urge to go over and pinch it.

Rin stared at her, wondering what the word 'borrow' meant by her mouth and the so-called 'research'.

"You're a puppeteer yourself, and if you want to do research on puppets, you don't just come by hand. Why do you ask me to borrow? ”

"Because, the puppet you have is the existence that I have pursued all my life and want to surpass." As he spoke, the puppeteer's calm eyes seemed to finally fluctuate a little.

"I can see the contract mark on your body, it is the mark of the puppet made by the first puppeteer, which is different from me."

The puppeteer spoke slowly, gesturing to Rinrin's arm.

That place had just been cut open by the wind blade, and the entire sleeve was only held by a gossamer so that it wouldn't fall.

And the contract seal was also exposed because of this, and was seen by the puppeteer.

When she said this, Rin seemed to understand something slightly, "Okay, I promise you." But your so-called research, you can't do anything to hurt Talos. ”

Rin Rin looked at the limbs and torsos hanging in the room, and always felt that the little Lori in front of her was not as gentle and cute as it seemed on the surface.

"That's nature."

As the puppeteer agreed at the door, she suddenly raised her hand and beckoned to a corner of the room.

Perhaps the lights on the workbench were too bright, and the other corners were too dim for Rin to notice that there was a figure curled up in the corner.

The doll got up and walked out, but it was the silver-haired doll that was missing an eyeball from before and was found and installed back by Rin.

"This is the puppet I just made, what do you think is the difference between him and your Talos?" The puppeteer stood up, stroked the puppet's smooth body, and the lot number imprinted on his waist, and asked softly.