tokyo creator

Chapter 185 Allies
"So, how exactly does the craftsman control the puppet?" After a pause, Hui Yuanchu continued, "I think, maybe...it's not controlling it at all."

"Another question that I always felt something was wrong a few days ago is - why did Asano Eimi's doll fall from the building? If the doll was controlled by a craftsman, then such an accident that might expose the craftsman should not have happened at all. Right? It was in order to recover the doll that the craftsman had to cause a lot of trouble and attract our attention."""

"There is no reason for a doll to jump off a building...but Asano Eimi can indeed do it. Although she is not that kind of character, under the influence of the Sky Lock, she will really do such a thing."

"But it was indeed a doll that fell from the building at that time...because humans cannot resurrect from the dead, but the dolls were only damaged and had no concept of death." Hui Yuanchu shrugged.

"To explain this conflict, there seems to be only one conclusion, although it seems incredible - at the moment of falling, the doll contained the soul of Asano Eimi himself." Haiyuanchu took a deep breath and said The conclusion of the second paragraph came out, "And this conclusion can be expanded, and it becomes...all the dolls are just filled with their own souls by the craftsmen."

"The craftsman did not manipulate any dolls except Asano Eimi, and it is not a performance... All the dolls are themselves in the soul sense, and they are just living as usual."

"And then combined with the craftsmen's ability to distort cognition, no one, including themselves, noticed this anomaly."

Mana clapped gently at the right moment.

"Spiritual thoughts, wonderful reasoning..." she praised, and then asked, "However, no matter how wonderful it is, it is just an inference. Although this view later proved to be correct, what evidence supported you at the time? Woolen cloth?"

Hui Yuanchu replied, "It's the lock of the sky."

"Yoko Sato, she has some kind of alignment obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is not just a physical problem, but also a problem at the soul level. So, during the whole process of my dealings with her, although I don't know when she was replaced by a craftsman into a doll... …But my soul controls the doll’s body, and I always have obsessive-compulsive disorder, aligning all boundaries and intersections.”

"But this characteristic suddenly disappeared at a certain moment. After that moment, Sato Yoshiko was as if her obsessive-compulsive disorder was suddenly cured and she was no longer restricted to points and lines."

"That moment...is the complete unfolding of the Locks of Heaven."

Huiyuan first remembered the scene where the golden chain network was fully unfolded and all the dolls were pierced and sent up to the sky. He touched his chin: "...Although that scene was horrifying, it also proved my idea. If the dolls are automatic , then the Heavenly Lock will not be connected at all. If the puppet was really played by a craftsman alone, the Heavenly Lock would not have so many branches. This scene is the most powerful proof: everyone Inside the doll is that person’s own unique soul.”

"That is, from that moment on, although Sato Yoshiko was still active, she no longer showed obsessive-compulsive disorder... That was because the real Sato Yoshiko had been pierced by the Sky Lock and fell into a coma and memory erasure. . The person controlling the doll body is indeed the craftsman himself."

"However, it should be similar to a long-distance remote control, so it cannot make too complicated movements, nor can it be synchronized with Asano Eimi... The craftsman himself is actually always inside Asano Eimi's doll."

Mana nodded in acceptance.

Then she asked: "The craftsman is always trapped in the body of Asano Eimi's doll? Why is this?"

"It's not that he is trapped. I just guess that transferring his soul requires a certain price or steps. In short, it is not something that can be completed in a short time..."

"Two proofs. First, it took a while for the Holy Knot students to be replaced one by one. Second, after Asano Eimi died, nearly a week passed before we saw her returning corpse... That is to say, it took a week for the craftsman to transfer his soul into Emi Asano's doll."

Without waiting for Mana to ask again, he continued the topic and explained: "As for why it was transferred to Asano Eimi's doll... I said it was to retrieve the doll that was wandering outside the school. The body versus the soul It has force. Asano Eimi fell from the building. Although her body was a doll, her soul would still be damaged by the reflection of reality... In other words, although the doll can be repaired, Asano Eimi's soul may be real. The soul has disappeared. In this case, in order to get back the doll, the craftsman can only choose to transfer his soul."

"Indeed, it reproduces the situation at that time vividly." Mana malfunctioned again and took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Hui Yuanchu. "Then, since it can't be controlled, why do the craftsmen replace so many dolls?"

Hui Yuanchu immediately remembered the scene before the ball, where the puppet group said one sentence after another, pretending that they were all controlled by craftsmen.

He speculated: "Although they cannot be controlled to make complex actions - after all, the dolls are made by craftsmen. By using some tricks and making the dolls say the right words at the right time, you can achieve a very bluffing effect." ...I think craftsmen probably have this kind of personality. Just like the trees hiding in the forest, if you don't hide yourself behind the dolls, you will feel very uneasy..."

"In addition, the doll is not only the craftsman's cover, but also its hostage. If it weren't for you this time, its usual moves would have come in handy, wouldn't it?"

Mana raised her eyebrows: "Oh? So, except for the doll's normal understanding of itself, it has not been distorted by the craftsman?"

"Well, it shouldn't be possible." "Then why do they misunderstand the time and events and obediently 'reenact' the dance scene to help the craftsmen crack the ruling domain? I thought this was the true purpose of the craftsmen."

Hui Yuanchu smiled: "That should be the effect of the ruling domain itself, which has an effect on the soul of the doll... That matter is also one of the lies of the craftsman. It wants us to mistakenly think that it is important."

"However, it is true that you and Aoi have not been cognitively modified by the ruling domain. Why is this?"

"I think it may be because Aoi is a special existence to Ayano and the Dominion, and I——"

Hui Yuan started to speak half a sentence without thinking, then suddenly stopped talking and stared at Mana.

The girl still smiled at him with ease, handed over the tea again, and whispered softly: "...It seems that a new creator of the group has been born. Do you need to celebrate?"

Hui Yuanchu immediately raised his vigilance to the highest point and became tense.

At this moment, Zhe Lukui's cold voice came from behind.

"It has nothing to do with the group...he is mine."

Hui Yuanchu relaxed.

"Ah la." The smile on Mana's face did not diminish at all. She clapped her hands lightly in a natural manner, "Isn't that more worthy of celebration?"

In the blink of an eye, three glasses of red wine appeared on the table out of nowhere.

Zhe Lukui's face was expressionless, but she picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Ayano, you will handle it well, right?"

"Yeah, of course." Mana nodded.

Haiyuan felt something was wrong when he heard it, and hurriedly confirmed: "Wait a minute, how did you deal with Ayano?"

"It's the same as before." Zorukui said matter-of-factly.

Mana added: "Send to the Ark."

"Okay, is it okay to send it to the Ark...ah? Why is it an Ark?"

Huiyuan was relieved at first, and then suddenly came back to his senses, even more confused.

Oroku Aoi said that this plan was hidden from the group, so if Ayano is sent there, wouldn't it definitely be exposed?
Moreover, Mana must have believed that Ayano was under her protection. How could she agree to send people to the Ark?

Mana immediately understood his confusion and did not say a riddle. She just explained straightforwardly: "No, Ark does not only belong to the group, but is a cooperative project between me and the group... If we get to the bottom of it, in fact, this The owner of the project is me.”

Deeply surprised, Hui Yuanchu glanced back and forth at Orukui and Mana. Hui Yuanchu suddenly remembered the two words Mana had said just now...

contract?ally?
(End of this chapter)