Academy City's Puppet Master

two minutes ago...

"This music is really weird. Have you heard a strange tune?" Merylu asked, licking the ice cream scoop in her hand.

"No..." Yakushiji Miyu on the left said leisurely.

Mei Lilu listened carefully again: "Obviously there is! Ah Yao, did you hear that?"

She turned her head and asked Yuan Shanyao on the right.

But there is no one around.

"Ayao? Where are you?" Meililu looked behind her, but there was nothing there!

She turned [-] degrees and looked around, but there was no trace of Yuan Shanyao.

Even Yakushiji Miyu, who was still by my side just now, is gone!

Meryl found herself completely empty!

On the bustling and bustling pedestrian street, even the pedestrians disappeared...

The next second, when she came back to her senses, Mei Lilu realized that she was not on the sidewalk, but walked into the computer room of an Internet cafe at some point.

The computer room, which was also empty, was neatly filled with old picture tube display screens.It's like traveling through time and returning to the old computer room at the beginning of the century.

On the computer screen, the monotonous blue desktop flickered, and the machine made a low humming sound.

"Academy City still has this kind of place? Is this an experience Internet cafe that takes the nostalgic route again?" Merylu sneered, and then subconsciously wanted to sit down and check these computers—are they deliberately disguised as ancient models? .

At this time, Mei Lilu suddenly realized that she was still holding something in her hand, which was a little in the way.

Looking down, it turned out to be the ice cream I bought just now.

She chose the chocolate flavor. Unlike the other two girls who cared about their weight, Merylu had the habit of exercising regularly, so she didn't strictly limit herself when it came to eating.But since the three of them came out to play together today, in order to keep pace with everyone, Meililu only chose one ball.

I made an appointment with Haruka and the others, and exchanged tastings with each other...

"Huh?" Meryl stood still suddenly, staring down at the ice cream ball, "Aren't I just shopping with Ayao and Meixi? Why did I suddenly appear in such a weird place?"

===Chapter [-] Returning to Sanze Villa===

Mei Lilu was stunned for a moment, and the ice cream in her hand gradually melted.

Seeing this, Meililu stuffed it all into her mouth in a few bites, chewed vigorously regardless of the coldness, and then swallowed the chocolate-flavored ice cream ball with her head up.

"Hiss..." The bone-chilling feeling shot up from the root of the teeth to the brain, and then down the esophagus, freezing to the stomach, "It's so cold!"

Meryl shuddered all over.It feels like the whole mouth, including the cheeks and the brain, are freezing cold, as if the head was suddenly buried in the snow.

At the same time, her spirit was lifted!

Mei Lilu shook her head, then opened her eyes and looked up, finally clearly aware of the strangeness of the environment she was in.

There is a soft but firm song echoing in my ears, matching the grotesque scene in front of me, full of a sense of mystery of disobedience.

"Sure enough, there is a strange singing!" Meililu said to herself, and then shouted loudly, "Ayao! Meixi! Where are you!"

She kept looking around, but stood still, not taking another step.

Knowing that she might be hallucinating, of course Meililu didn't dare to move easily—who knows if there is a dangerous trap in front of her?

After waiting for a while, Meryl did not get any response.

She thought about it, and raised her hand to cover her ears: "This singing is so weird! And it's too loud, it's like trying to get into your ears!"

However, Mei Lilu suddenly found that her hand was raised halfway, as if it was stopped by a force, and she couldn't complete the action of "covering her ears"!

"hateful!"

Merylu was about to fight against this force with all her might, when she suddenly heard another singing voice in her ear.

The new singing voice was not annoying, like a trickle of clear spring, or a refreshing sea breeze, washing away the strange songs that had been stuffed into her ears until now.

The beautiful singing seems to have a magical effect of purifying the soul, making Meryl feel refreshed.

The strange computer room disappeared in an instant, and Meililu looked up, and a blue-haired girl was holding her arm tightly, singing that beautiful melody.

"Meixi, thank you!" Meililu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She found herself at the back door of a certain restaurant—if she had really sat down to play with the computer just now, she would have just sat down in the trash can next to her!

A barrel-shaped robot slid past them.But it didn't attract the attention of the two girls.

"Where's Ah Yao?" Meililu asked immediately after waking up.

"I didn't find her either!" Yakushiji Mixi shook her head, "After I regained consciousness, I only saw you nearby, but I didn't find Yao!"

Mei Lilu's face suddenly darkened.

"What should we do?" Yakushiji Mixi said worriedly, "The 'illusion' we fell into just now can deceive all five senses, so there is no way to be sure where we will go. What if Ah Yao accidentally ran to a dangerous place Do it!"

Mei Lilu said: "It's okay if you just run to a dangerous place... After all, Ayao's ability is not vegetarian. The problem is...to deceive the five senses at the same time..."

Unlike Yakushiji Miyu who didn't know about it, Meililu knew about it—not long ago, A Yaoke was kidnapped once!

"Anyway, let's look around first." Merylu said, "Then, I'll call the police and ask for help."

That's what I said, but the uneasiness and intuition in Mei Lilu's heart had already told her—this time, A Yao was kidnapped again!