The old man seemed to be caught in a memory, and he didn't know what he was muttering, but after a long time, he came back to his senses, saw Yuan Yi's expression, was stunned, and then laughed at himself.

"Mr. Policeman, I know how bizarre these things sound, and you shouldn't believe me easily. If you can, I'd like to give you a suggestion, you can go to the old Henry at the funeral home, or the nearby police station, and say, Edward Anson's approval. I think they'll give you enough proof that Jamie wasn't a murderer and that the curse was real. ”

"But......," the old man's tone changed, "at that point, it will be unrealistic for you to want to get out of the way." As you get to know Mary Shaw, she starts to pay attention to you. Go now, maybe you can still escape. If you look further, there is only one way for you to come, and that is to face Mary Shaw with us. I'm sorry that these words sound like a warning. But for such a serious matter, I can't, and I don't want to be sloppy about it. I just hope you can take it seriously. ”

When the words fell, the old man and Ella both looked solemn.

Yuan Yi smiled, this was the second time he smiled.

"I didn't say I wouldn't take it seriously, in fact, I did believe that the curse was real. ”

"You believe it? That's great! One more helper, and the better our chances of fighting the curse. ”

Ella was surprised for a moment, and her doubts, along with the old man beside her, also showed a hint of sluggishness. This complicated emotion was replaced by surprise in the next moment, and she smiled, and the old man smiled.

"It seems that our police officer, the depth of the investigation is even more thorough than we imagined. Then you are welcome to join us in facing Mary Shaw and facing the curse. ”

"Isn't that what you've been trying to do, from bringing me in to this point. Yuan Yi looked out the window, at the outside of the manor, where a car was coming, he retracted his gaze and looked at Ella, who was slightly stunned, "Your acting skills are good, I have to admit it, if you didn't see it in advance, you are a ventriloquist, and this old man is already a dead man, maybe, even I will be deceived." ”

"Oh, how do you see that?"

It was the old man who answered, he smiled weirdly, and the next second it was as if the puppet line had been removed, and suddenly his face was expressionless, and he bowed his head. His back was thus exposed, and he could clearly see that from the back of his head to his waist, it was all hollow, and his fat and blood were coagulated, looking like pork on a cutting board. And this outer layer of empty skin is only supported by a wooden frame full of control mechanisms, instead of the original spine.

Ella's hand was resting on the wooden frame. At this time, she was smiling like she was when she first met Yuanyi. A pair of eyes, but completely devoid of the soft intestines, or it can be said, without a trace of emotion, like a puppet, an empty shell, inside, there is no thought, no soul, in the void, there is a trace of weirdness.

"You know what?" Yuan Yi stood up and looked directly at Ella, his expression calm, "I prefer you to be the way you are now, real and not fake." You see, the Lord has arrived, and as the first true perfect doll under her hands, am I right? After all, a few seconds ago, I thought you were just an ordinary person who had fallen into an accomplice of evil. ”

Ella grinned, or rather, simply grinned. After a burst of the girl's silver bell-like laughter, it was the old man's voice that had experienced the vicissitudes of life that responded to Yuan Yi.

"You're smart. ”

"Thank you. Yuan's face remained unchanged, and he continued to say what he had just left unfinished, "You see, Jamie is almost downstairs in the car. The puppet named Billy, before Lisa was killed, the two couples received the puppet, most likely in the car. I wonder if Mary Shaw was in the car too, right inside that Billy? So, as her perfect doll, she doesn't need to be her right-hand man, and since you sincerely want me to meet Mary Shaw, why don't you just bring me to her as an introducer?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door downstairs.

In the reception room, where pins can be heard, the knocking on the door is getting louder and more dense. Finally, in an instant, a warm smile appeared on Ella's originally wooden face.

"I'd love to see you meet her. Please come with me. ”

With that, she went out first.

The two of them left the reception room, descended the stairs, and came to the door.

As soon as the door opened, a young man standing outside who was pulling the knocker vigorously was suddenly stunned. In front of him, there was no father, but two new faces.

"You ......"

He wanted to ask, but he just started talking, but he didn't want the two of them to bypass him like this, and walked straight to the car behind him.

"Wait, you ......"

Doubts froze, and he reflexively followed the two. He spoke again, and after hearing the click of a wooden machine, he paused again. A pair of eyes, like the other two, looked into the car, into the back seat. There, Billy, the puppet who had been looking ahead, was turning his head little by little.

"Mary Shaw?" he muttered.

"Clever. A somber voice came from the puppet's mouth.

Unexpectedly, Billy responded. He panicked, took a few steps back, and sat down on the ground with unsteady feet.

"Hahahahaha!"

As if mocking him for his cowardice and incompetence, Billy let out a mischievous laugh.

"Mary Shaw. ”

Yuan Yi took a step forward.

The laughter suddenly stopped, and the puppet turned his head to look at Yuan Yi, his face was distorted and hideous, and his originally rigid eyes began to bloom with vivid brilliance, which was like the eyes of the legendary demon, without a trace of variegated orange and yellow iris.

"Ahh

With a sharp roar, the puppet flew away, smashed through the car glass, and rushed towards Yuanyi.

At this moment, on the left hand side of Yuan Yi, Jamie looked frightened, while opening his mouth wide, he reached out to block it, Yuan Yi's right hand, Ella looked happy and cruel, a pair of eyes, staring at Yuan Yi's mouth, as if expecting it to be like Jamie's, involuntarily opened, looking forward to the scene when Yuan Yi screamed.

At this moment, Yuan Yi slapped the puppet who was close at hand.

"Bang!"

The puppets exploded and the sawdust scattered.

The breeze blew and couldn't move the sculpture-like trio.

It was very quiet for a while.

"Squeak. ”

There was a sound of the doorway, and Yuan Yi turned his head to look into the distance, where the janitor who had just opened the gate of the manor was running hard into the distance, and after a while, he was gone.

Retracting his gaze, Yuan Yi looked at Ella, whose mouth was slightly open.

"You seem surprised?"

Yuan Yi smiled, this was the third time he smiled.

The next second, he disappeared in place.

In mid-air, a sound exploded. Jamie was startled, came back to his senses, and looked at the last person left in the room, Ella, who was still stunned.

"Maybe you can explain to me what it's all about?"

......

The small town of Ravens, shrouded in clouds all year round. This refers not only to the human heart, but also to the actual weather. Especially the long-abandoned puppet theater by the Lost Lake, the clouds here are so thick that they seem to want to be suppressed.

When Yuan Yi came here, it was getting late, and the surroundings were even darker, and he couldn't see his five fingers. However, it was dark and naturally it was difficult for him, and when he walked through the door, he walked around the obstacles, and he was in the center of the stage in a short time.

Looking back, the original ornate theater is now dilapidated. In the distance, the seats, as well as the curtains that fell on the chairs, were covered with dust. Nearby, the seats are even more jumbled and in ruins, the theater has fallen into disrepair and the ceiling and chandeliers have been smashed down. A faint glow leaked through the broken dome. In all directions, the dead branches and vines that inherited this little bit of weak sunlight have long been lifeless.

On the edge of the stage, there is an old piano covered in cobwebs. Yuan Yi stepped forward and stretched out his hand to press on the keys, and a burst of piano music suddenly echoed in the hall. The voice is a little out of tune, and there are some noises in it. Yuan Yi has never learned the piano, only one key at a time, pressing it casually, the piano sound is not a tune, coupled with this inferior sound quality, it is even more difficult to hear.

However, at this time, he showed no signs of stopping. As he pressed, he poured the spell into his eyes, scanned it, and then looked intently into the corner of the auditorium. There, several ghosts were huddled together. The sound of the piano was uninterrupted, and they shook more and more violently, and Yuan Yi's brows became more and more furrowed. He tilted his head to look at the rest of the theater. Everywhere, there are huddles, or individual ghosts, trembling under the sound of the piano. They all have a common characteristic, their mouths are wide open, their tongues are missing, and they are drenched in blood.

He finally retracted.

"Mary Shaw, I know you're hiding here. As you can see, my methods are not yet able to deal with ordinary souls under your control. If you have the guts, don't let me go to you. ”

This is half true and half false. He didn't use all his strength, and he didn't use the guqin, a magic weapon that he was good at. Mary Shaw seemed to be able to guess such a situation, and her voice fell, and after a long time, she did not respond.

"Okay. ”

Yuan Yi reached out and pressed the piano again. This time, the piano did not make another sound, but shattered into a pile of parts with a bang. In the midst of this chaos, the keys, wooden blocks and strings began to reassemble, and finally became villains. The keys or wooden blocks are used as the body, the strings are used as limbs, and the little people are bounced around Yuanyi.

"I heard that you have more than a hundred puppets that you can use for parasitism, and since you escaped here, those puppets are also here? Let's see if your puppets are better or my puppets are stronger. Guys, go, bring me all the puppets in this theater. ”

There was a snap, and all the villains stood upright, performed a military salute, and then dispersed quickly, climbing the walls and climbing the walls, drilling the cracks and drilling the cracks, each showing its ability to go through strange doors, and disappeared after a while.