Fang Zheng skillfully took off the doll's coat and then examined her carefully from head to toe.

After all, Fang Zheng had only watched the animation before, and he also wanted to figure out what this puppet looked like.

After a careful inspection, Fang Zheng finally had a relative understanding of the doll called Rozen Maiden.

Unfortunately, the body of this doll is different from that of a human. Although her hands and feet are made like humans, her knees, ankles, elbows and other joints still retain the spherical joints of a doll - this is also normal. Fang Zheng remembered that the person who first created Rozen Maiden was a puppeteer, not an alchemist, so it was impossible for him to create an artificial human.

But apart from that, the puppeteer made other parts of the puppet just like humans, even... well, Fang Zheng really doubted whether the puppeteer made this thing so realistically, was it really not to satisfy some of his own bad tastes?

After all, if Fang Zheng was to be honest, apart from the body shape, the structure of the Zhen Hong in front of him was basically the same as the sex dolls that Fang Zheng bought before he traveled through time - that is, it completely simulated a human being.

So he was very suspicious whether the puppeteer had some bad habit.

After all, according to common sense, even if you are making a robot, you wouldn't just sit there and let its body structure really "simulate humans".

Unless there is some special need.

So Fang Zheng dressed Zhenhong again, put her on his desk, took the key from the box, inserted it into the hole behind the doll, and then turned it a few times.

Soon, under Fang Zheng's gaze, the puppet in front of him trembled slightly a few times, then she slowly opened her eyes, stared at Fang Zheng, and then stood up.

Hmm...how should I put it, it's really a bit strange.

According to the uncanny valley principle, most people will feel scared when they see something that looks like a human but is not a human. Just like the dolls from the Higashiyama Shrine that Shizuku collected in the microcosm, every time Hinasaki Shinku goes in and out, she is scared by those things. Even many clients who come to the office for help have been scared by those dolls several times.

But Zhenhong was a little different. Fang Zheng had to admit that the puppeteer was indeed a master, although he was a pervert. But after putting on clothes and especially after waking up, the puppet in front of him felt more like a human, living little girl, rather than a moving puppet.

I don't know what material it is made of.

Although it has ball joints, Fang Zheng has touched it just now. Zhen Hong's whole body is soft and no different from real human skin, whether it is the face, hands or other parts. This is obviously not made of wood or other materials...

“Pah.”

Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, Zhenhong walked in front of him, then she raised her little hand and slapped Fang Zheng.

Then, Zhenhong attacked Fang Zheng's face with both hands.

“Pah pah pah pah pah pah!!”

"…What are you doing?"

Although Zhenhong's performance was quite rude, to be honest, she didn't have much strength at all. The feeling of her small palm hitting Fangzheng's face was just like being hit by a pillow. However, Zhenhong was obviously very unhappy now. She raised her palm and hit Fangzheng's face hard.

"What a filthy male, doing such a shameful thing to me."

"I'm just curious about your body structure."

Fang Zheng shrugged helplessly. It was obvious that the puppet girl just now was not really ignorant of the outside world - huh?

Wait a minute, so that means that when I didn't wind up the spring just now, she was conscious the whole time, but just couldn't move?

Oh? This plot seems to have been read in some hypnosis book.

In other words, when I took off her clothes and touched her body from inside to outside, she actually knew it?

Not only knowing, but also feeling?

No wonder…

Seeing the other person glaring at him fiercely with a blushing face, Fang Zheng scratched his head and silently wiped the water stains on his fingers with a tissue.

"Sorry, sorry, I just thought your structure was very strange, and I didn't think you could be conscious."

"…Okay, I reluctantly accept your apology."

The puppet girl snorted.

"But there won't be a next time."

Having said this, the puppet girl turned around again and looked at Fang Zheng.

"My name is Shinku, and I'm the fifth doll of Rozen Maiden. What's your name?"

"Yuuki, Yuuki Tadashi."

Fang Zheng wisely pretended that he didn't know her at all. The reason why Zhen Hong let him go so easily just now was because she believed her explanation and thought that Fang Zheng was just checking the doll. But if Zhen Hong found out that he knew about her and Rozen Maiden, but still did this to her... then it would probably be a lot of fun.

By the way, Fang Zheng really didn't remember that even if Shinku wasn't wound up, he would still be conscious. After all, that animation was also a childhood memory...

"But then again, why did you come to my place?"

Although I don't remember the plot very clearly, Fang Zheng still remembers that in the animation, the male protagonist seemed to have received some flyers, and then received the suitcase after filling it out. However, I was busy with exams during this period, and I didn't have any similar impression at all.

“This is destiny’s guidance.”

Zhenhong answered casually, not knowing whether it was true or not. She looked around Fangzheng's room and frowned slightly.

"What a boring room. This is not a place suitable for me to live in."

"If you want to live here, I can prepare a guest room for you."

Fang Zheng's room was always clean and tidy, in other words, it didn't have much stuff in it. Basically, there were only some musical instruments, a computer, and a large and comfortable bed. He wasn't a fan of celebrities like other boys of his age, so there weren't any posters or dolls in his room. To be honest, this place often looked more like Fang Zheng's studio.

“That’s not necessary.”

Zhenhong stared at Fangzheng and spoke.

"You've got me going, so from today on, we're going to live together."

“Oh…I see…”

"You don't seem surprised at all?"

Zhenhong stared at Fangzheng curiously, and the latter sighed.

"Believe me, Zhenhong, I've seen too many strange things. A puppet coming to my door for no apparent reason and asking to live with me is not even in the top three..."

"Bang!!!"

However, before Fang Zheng could finish his words, a window not far away suddenly exploded, and then a clown puppet holding a kitchen knife rushed in from the window.

"Really? I don't even have time to drink tea."

Looking at the clown doll in front of her, Zhen Hong showed a serious expression. However, just when she was about to do something, she saw Fang Zheng suddenly swing his right hand.

“Swish swish swish!!!”

The next moment, several flying knives suddenly shot out and nailed the clown to the wall. Seeing this scene, Zhen Hong widened her eyes in surprise and looked at Fang Zheng. The latter stared coldly at the puppet in front of him with a gloomy face.

"Where did you come from to break my window? Are you tired of living?!"

“——!!”

However, the clown puppet had no intention of obeying. On the contrary, it struggled even more fiercely. But the next moment, as Fang Zheng raised his hand again, a flying knife pierced directly into the clown puppet's head. At the same time, it stopped moving and turned into an ordinary puppet again.

"…What a barbaric human being."

Seeing Fang Zheng walk up and take down the flying knife nailed to the wall, Zhen Hong spoke with a complicated expression, and Fang Zheng glanced at her.

"Humans are barbaric by nature. Besides, this guy came to cause trouble for me. I can't just sit there and let him kill me."

“Boom boom boom!”

At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, and then the door was pushed open, and Meigan and Eve rushed in directly.

"Brother, what happened just now? Why was it so loud? What happened?"

Meigan screamed while looking into the room, and then she saw a broken window not far away and was stunned.

"What's going on?"

"It's a long story."

Fang Zheng sighed helplessly, shook his head, and then looked at Zhenhong at his feet.

"Anyway, let's have a cup of tea and then sit down and talk."

After that, under the leadership of Fang Zheng, the group returned to the living room. It must be said that seeing a walking and talking puppet did scare Meikan and Eve, but just like the school teachers in this world didn't care that Eve could turn her hands into knives, Meikan just expressed her feelings about Zhenhong's existence and then quickly accepted it.

As for Eve...she has been in this world for less than a year and has not yet fully established the scope of "common sense".

Not to mention puppets that can talk, I'm afraid Eve wouldn't find it strange if animals could talk.

After sitting down, Meigan made a pot of black tea, and Fangzheng took this opportunity to explain the whole story to the two of them.

"So that's how it is. The thing in that box is Little True Red."

After listening to Fang Zheng's story, Meigan finally understood what was going on.

"So, Xiao Zhenhong will live here from now on?"

Meigan didn't mind this at all, and even welcomed it. Naturally, the more lively the home is, the better.

"Of course."

At this time, Zhenhong put down the small teacup in her hand, then she stood up again, walked across the table to Fang Zheng, and then stretched out her left hand to him.

"But before that, the contract must be completed."

"contract?"

"Yes, you have turned my clockwork, which means you have accepted the contract. You will become my servant and protect me forever. If you are willing, please kiss the ring on my finger."

As she spoke, Zhenhong stretched out her left hand towards Fang Zheng. On her small ring finger, there was indeed a rose ring.

In response to Zhenhong's request, Fang Zheng thought about it for a moment and quickly gave an answer.

"I refuse."