The puppet's chest was pierced, and it was right, because there was no blood-like setting at the beginning of the design, so not a drop of blood came out...

Other than that, however, almost all of the doll's other reactions are the same as those of humans.

The convulsions of the dying moment, the unbridled flow of tears due to the dysfunction of the glands, the gradual cessation of the heart and lungs, or the simulated heart and lungs... Compared to this ordinary "death", what happened next was much more magical!

A mysterious glow began to envelop the "corpse", and then it dimmed with great speed... The entire basement was plunged into darkness, and even the original lights were shattered, silently, without going up and down, left and right, and without the meaning of time and space, the existence of this world and all those who saw and heard, with absolute knowledge and unprecedented perspective...

He stretched out his hand... If the concept of "hand" still exists, he strives to move towards the primordial light, trying to hold the only light in the palm of his hand. But it was in vain, everything that approached that being turned into dust, and all eyes that looked at that being burned their eyes in turn!

Finally, he lost it forever in the closest place to the target...

The vortex of the root of the fascination.

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"Whew..."

I don't know what the electric stove plate is used for, and the water droplets that fall are dry, and the process of generating the flue gas makes a small noise...

Dream?

He even dreams?

"It's just stupid..."

Araya shook his head and slowly walked from the "throne" full of nutrient troughs... If you're a normal person, you won't want to know what's in the tank. What kind of torture has been experienced by the names that once symbolized life, but now have become the number of the control group, or what kind of fate they have been arranged, seems meaningless now. For Araya, it is important that everything about them is recorded, at least after those uninteresting and worthless lives are gone, there must be some traces of what they once left.

So, why not save?

Is it because the magician's "mystery" is in the way of salvation? Is it because of the adherence to one's own rules that the tragedy is allowed to repeat itself again and again?

No, not really.

Four hundred years have made Araya understand that many short-lived human beings cannot touch the truth, in fact, the so-called salvation, or the salvation that exists in the human thinking circuit, is meaningless at all - whether it is slaughter, instigation or indifference, if you consider it from different angles, it may be a way of "salvation", but this is only a one-sided, incomplete, cruel choice, and even "the believer is saved" is nothing more than self-anesthesia and deception.

Those who cannot be saved, who should be saved, will never be saved, no matter what they do. So what is the purpose of their existence... The Buddha couldn't give him an answer, and now it seems that neither can the world of magic.

Yes, he failed.

Directly invading the soul will cause the target's soul to shatter, and he can't avoid the effect of inhibition, so Araya chose another path of compromise.

Since you can't go in and see the results, it's better to let the results float up to the surface and make physical observations.

Araya used the technique he had researched to directly penetrate the other party's chest, forcing him into a near-death state, and successfully awakened the origin of this miracle, but it was not the vortex of the root of his imagination, and there was no way to save him from the eternal...

There, nothing.

When the body returns to its previous state, it reacts in the same way as an ordinary Origin Awakener, but the most critical Origin is a blank...

In the end, the omission of fate that he thought he had grasped, and the mistake of reincarnation that he thought he held in the palm of his hand, turned out to be just a joke played by the world world and him.

The intermingling of light and shadow, the unclear matters built up in the basement of this Ogawa apartment had disappeared the moment they were seen through, as if they had never existed, as if some omniscient and omnipotent being had told him that the way of salvation had not existed in the first place.

Take a deep breath, but on the surface, there is no sign that he has done this, the only thing that exists, and will always exist, is the burning and restless shadow, self-absorption or self-avoidance...

That's right, that's yourself hidden under the steel shell.

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Cold, shaky.

The night breeze howls by, and the smell of fallen leaves in the park and the smell of dirt after fresh rain wakes up travelers who are lost between countless worlds.

The master of ceremonies used all his strength to prop up his body, opened his eyes, and finally realized that he had left the gloomy underground workshop.

Didn't die.

That's probably what he wants to say right now... Although it is ridiculous, I have heard people say before that death is not something to be feared, and sometimes, it is the greatest torture to live forever. Looking at it now, it should be that there was an existence like him in that world, right?

My head was still a little dizzy, but fortunately there was a bench not far away, judging from the starlight in the sky, it was still a long time before morning, and the master of ceremonies did not have the urge to lie in the mud like a stray dog.

"Atonement..."

He spat out these two words by mistake, probably just muttering to himself. But the panel that is hidden on weekdays gave him a reply... The ominous translucent red icon reappeared in front of his eyes.

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World Realm (1): The Realm of Emptiness - Pain Residue

Embedded Identity: Puppet, Master of Ceremonies (Origin Awakening: None)

Mission: Unknown

Atonement Limit in this World: 1487/1500 points

Remaining Sins: 349657199419 points

P.S. - If the sin value is cleared, you can return to the original world realm, and if you complete the atonement quota of the current world or die, you will enter the next world (the uncompleted amount will be ×2 and counted in the total sin value)

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The master of ceremonies quickly noticed the difference... Embedded identity replaced with your original name? But the body, well, is still a puppet, is there any difference between the two? And then there's the origin... He had heard of this thing, and the origin originally referred to the infinite trace of each person's thousand generations, and the final thing was not some kind of life, but some kind of simple impulse.

But what does it mean to have nothing at origin?

The feeling of fasting made him a little dizzy and nauseous, but he still forced himself to think.

Although he was burdened with desperate sins, even in order to complete the atonement earlier, he did not bear more sin in vain.

The master of ceremonies has decided, even if it seems like a long way off, but he has to try to pay for all his sins, and... And then...

He rubbed his temples vigorously, trying to make himself as awake and realistic as he could.

First of all, let's sort out the current information... As for escaping? Except that Araya released him for some purpose, he really couldn't think of any other possibility for him to appear here, in other words, if Araya changed his mind now, there was no possibility of him successfully escaping, then don't worry about these meaningless things.

First, it is already certain that the pain can repay the guilt value, that is to say, if you are tortured by the absurdity just now, the guilt value will continue to decrease, but there is another problem here, this pain seems to have some special requirements - it is as if the discomfort and pain caused by hunger are now generated, but the guilt value has not changed at all, although it is also possible that the degree of pain is not enough, but the master of ceremonies is still more inclined to the former guess.

After all, Kami-sama wouldn't be so bored that he just wanted to watch his self-harm show... This is probably the only clue that the master of ceremonies can determine so far.

He had a headache, and even shook his head to himself.

Although I have learned about the world of the "Skyclave", I am more unknown to myself than the external environment.

The most puzzling thing is probably the "mission" that has not been prompted until now. This is another way to tell him that the gods are not simply letting him go through the sufferings of the world, and at the same time, is there something he needs to accomplish? So under the premise that death is meaningless to him, the so-called task is most likely related to the value of sin.

…

"Rustle..."

There was some slight noise coming from the depths of the park, but it was probably the accompaniment of the wind blowing through the leaves, and the master of ceremonies didn't have time to pay attention to it for the time being.

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Back to the point.

In addition to this, it is a change in one's own identity. The change from the original "puppet, Kyosuke Miyagawa" to the current title of "puppet, master of ceremonies (Origin Awakening: None)" is definitely not a target, but about this, he didn't grasp the main point ...

And then there's the strange commentary.

- Origin Awakening: None

Regarding the Origin Awakening, the master of ceremonies has heard a little, and it is not surprising that his origin should have just been... It was before he fell into a coma that Araya helped him awaken, this world, in this world that he may be in contact with at the moment, it seems that only Araya has such a technique. He didn't know why he was doing such a thing, but he was sure that he was originally the Ogawa Apartment, another story in the Skyclave, a puppet involved in the spiral of contradictions, so maybe he was now carrying the same bait mission as Rougeba. And aside from these, the most direct example of the Origin Awakened is Bai Chun Rixu in the Sky Realm.

Thinking of this, the master of ceremonies frowned, there was not even a street lamp in the remote park, and those terrible darkness, like an unknown "origin", made someone feel the risk of being swallowed up at any time.

- It was also awakened by the abaya of his own origin, and Bai Chun Lixu, who followed the origin impulse of "eating", launched endless killing in order to satisfy his own **, and even was finally devoured by his own origin and became a monster loyal to "eating", in front of him, there is no difference between humans and steak... And compared to before his awakening, in addition to the terrible madness, he also gained enough power to maintain the madness!

How much force is there?

The master of ceremonies tried to clench his fists, but from the physical point of view, the body's functions have not been strengthened, and the so-called "origin: nothing" means that he is "worthless" from the very beginning like other dolls?

… So, he tapped the bench in confusion.

"Click!!"

Half of the four long wooden strips that make up the seat were broken in two under an understatement blow... There is no doubt that such a physical strength is by no means the design of a normal doll!

In other words, the Origin Awakening has indeed taken effect, and since the Origin acts on the soul, it can still have an effect even if the body is a puppet... What exactly did he awaken from?

"Blame... Monster!!! (Translation, the following text is not prompting, and the protagonist of the dialogue of all the next characters in this world cannot be understood)

The master of ceremonies jerked his head up and looked behind him... The rustling sound that I heard faintly just now turned out to be not a fallen leaf, but a homeless man from the city who happened to spend the night here, and his inadvertent blow just now really frightened the latter.

According to this situation, his strength is about two to three times that of a normal person if he uses it at full strength, but unfortunately, even this superhuman strength cannot make up for the lack of language.

The master of ceremonies, who had never been exposed to Japanese in his previous life, still knows nothing about Japanese. As for what the homeless man was shouting, he could guess a rough idea, but he couldn't understand a word...

He shook his head helplessly, it seems that the gods have no intention of giving him a universal language translator?

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The bitter smile had just appeared, and it was fixed on the cheeks of the master of ceremonies... Yes, he didn't study Japanese, so he shouldn't understand anything, but in retrospect, when he first woke up, he completely understood what Araya was saying...

"Doll, Kyosuke Miyagawa"

"Doll, Master of Ceremonies (Origin Awakening: None)"

… Could that be what it means?

"Ding!!"

The noisy alarm sound pierced the master of ceremonies' mind, interrupting his thoughts instantly, as if someone was playing some heavy metal music close to his ear. The intense discomfort made him hug his head, and then the blood-colored panel reappeared, and the rest of the items did not change, and the only vacancy that had been filled was filled this time.

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Mission: Ensure the survival of the two ceremonies, the survival of Fujino Asagami, and the survival of Keita Minato - 1400 points.

…

I see, most of the mystery has been solved...