As is the norm in Japanese animation, when the protagonist gets something extraordinary, he will definitely find ways to hide it from others.

But for Fang Zheng, he was too lazy to care about these trivial matters, so...

“So cute!”

“There really is a talking doll!!”

Seeing Zhenhong calmly drinking tea in the chair in front of them, Goto Jun, Hongye Tani Hime and Kaneshiro Sora's eyes sparkled. Fang Zheng had called them before and asked them to come to his house to see some "fun things", and they were quite confused. But after seeing Zhenhong, the three little girls immediately became excited.

"I say, is this really okay?"

Compared to the three girls who were excitedly chatting with Shinku, Toriumi Sakura behaved much more normally. She stood not far away, staring at the scene in front of her anxiously, while whispering to Fang Zheng.

"A talking and walking puppet is so weird. Are you sure it's not a cursed thing?"

"Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big deal. I'm watching you. Besides, don't you think this is fun?"

Compared with the protagonist of the original work, Fang Zheng basically puts Zhenhong in the position of a "rare pet", just like raising a cat master - in fact, strictly speaking, Zhenhong's reaction is similar to that of a cat.

"Yes...it's quite fun."

If it were the group of puppets in the Higashiyama Shrine, Sakura Toriumi would never let her sisters get close to her. But as mentioned before, Shinku doesn't give people the uncanny valley effect. She looks more like a humanoid creature like a dwarf, goblin, or dwarf than a puppet. So Sakura Toriumi doesn't feel scared when she looks at the petite and cute Shinku.

In this way, everyone had a pleasant banquet. The little ones even played a song for Zhenhong to welcome her arrival, and agreed to come and play with her when they have time in the future.

For Founder, this is enough.

"You really work hard."

After the banquet, Fang Zheng returned to his room, but Zhen Hong, who followed him in, sighed.

"Hard?"

"Well, it must be tiring to take care of those kids."

Zhenhong was not stupid. While chatting with those children, she had already understood the situation of her family, as well as the situations of the children themselves. Naturally, she also thought of Fang Zheng's situation.

"It's okay. Habits become second nature. Good and obedient children are still very cute, as long as they are not naughty children."

Fang Zheng seemed very calm. Just as he said, taking care of children was something Fang Zheng was already very familiar with.

After all, practice makes perfect.

"So I'd be happy if you could help me."

"Help you?"

"Yeah, just like you did today, act cute to them, roll around, chat with them or something."

"I'm not your pet."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Zhenhong snorted softly, then she opened her suitcase and got in.

"But I'll think about it. Goodnight."

After saying this, Zhenhong closed the suitcase, while Fangzheng looked at the suitcase and shrugged.

"Good night, have a sweet dream."

After the exams, Fang Zheng's life became peaceful again. Now he was like a salted fish, staying at home most of the time. He would only go to church on Saturdays and Sundays to watch the concerts and the little girls. The little girls now almost regarded Fang Zheng's home as their second home. They would come here every day when they had nothing to do, either to play with Zhenhong, or to play with Meikan and Eve.

It seemed quite normal until one day, Zhenhong knocked on Fang Zheng's door with a serious face.

"Something happened."

"What's up?"

Seeing Zhenhong's serious expression, Fangzheng also put down the book in his hand and looked at her, but Zhenhong did not explain immediately, but just spoke.

"I need your help, can you lend me your mirror?"

"no problem."

Fang Zheng stood up and nodded. There was a floor-length mirror in his room, which was mainly used by Fang Zheng to change clothes. It was just an ordinary mirror, nothing special. When Zhen Hong heard Fang Zheng's words, she walked to the wall, stretched out her little hand, and pulled down the cloth covering the mirror.

Fang Zheng also walked to Zhenhong's side.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Hinaberry... My sister has brought her medium to the dream world, and I have to stop her."

"Hinamei... oh, it seems..."

"Um?"

"nothing."

Seeing the doubtful look that Shinku gave him, Fang Zheng whistled. Although he had indeed watched the animation of Rozen Maiden, the three puppets that Fang Zheng remembered most clearly were Shinku, Mercury Lamp, and Verdigris. Shinku was the heroine, Verdigris was very cute, and Mercury Lamp was the boss, so Fang Zheng remembered these three puppets more clearly.

As for Hinami... Although she appeared second only to Shinku and had quite a few roles, I don't know why she always feels like a nobody. If Shinku hadn't mentioned it, Fang Zheng would have forgotten about this doll.

What did she do?

"So you want to fight?"

"Very likely."

Shinku nodded slightly, stretched out her hand and placed it on the mirror, and then saw the scenery reflected in the mirror began to change. Then, the original reflection disappeared, and in its place, a world that looked like it would appear in a fairy tale appeared.

"Let's go."

After saying this, Zhenhong walked into the mirror, and Fangzheng also sorted out the things at hand and then walked in.

The scenery before my eyes flashed by.

The next moment, what Fangzheng was facing was no longer the original world. Instead, it was a place that looked like a large doll house. The entire sky was wrapped in silk, and the ground was covered with emerald green plush carpets. There were rag dolls and houses that were taller than humans placed everywhere. It looked like a rag doll kingdom in a fairy tale world.

Not far away, a petite doll with golden hair and a pink dress was walking towards the girl in front of her with a smile. The girl collapsed to the ground with a pale face, looking at the doll in front of her, motionless.

"Cypress leaves..."

"Is that the classmate you were talking about?"

"Um."

Fang Zheng nodded. After returning home, he told Zhen Hong about his encounter with Bai Yeba. When he saw the ring in Bai Yeba's hand, Fang Zheng felt something was wrong. Now it seems that something has happened.

The doll looked quite innocent and cute, but Kashiwaba looked at her with an expression of uneasiness and fear. At this moment, Shinku was also staring at the doll and spoke.

"Stop it, Hinamei."

"Why?"

Hearing Shinku's shout, the doll named Hinami turned around and looked at Shinku. When she saw the blonde doll in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Wow, it's really red! Are you here to play with us too?"

...Having said that, although they are both dolls, their temperaments are quite different.

Looking at Hinami in front of him, and then comparing it to Zhenhong beside him, Fang Zheng also sighed inwardly. The two dolls are about the same height, but the doll called Hinami gives people a naive and romantic feeling like a six or seven or eight-year-old child. Zhenhong gives people the feeling of being calm, quiet, and an elegant lady who is about to bloom.

"no."

Shinku shook her head and looked at Hinamichi again.

"I came here for Alice's game."

"Alice Game...!"

Hearing this word, the innocent and romantic smile on Hinami's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by uneasiness and fear - well, to be honest, bullying children does give people a sense of guilt.

"No! Not now!"

"Ah, why?"

After hearing Hinamei's answer, Shinku's expression didn't waver at all. On the other hand, Hinamei on the other side looked like a reluctant child who had to go to school after the holiday or was forced to do homework after watching TV.

"Hina-chan wants to play with Tomoe a little longer! So no!"

I don’t know why, but this tone always reminds Fang Zheng of what those little kids often say, “I’ll do my homework after I finish this game.”

"Then just win the game."

Compared to the seemingly unreasonable Hinamichi, Shinku's behavior is more like that of an older sister.

"The Alice Game is a game of snatching the Rose Madonna from each other. The loser will become a puppet that can't speak or move, and the winner will be one step closer to Alice. This is the fate of us Rose Maidens... Don't you have the confidence to win?"

“Woo…”

Facing Shinku's harsh rebuke, Hinami on the opposite side was like a bullied child and was about to cry.

"Zhenhong, you are a bully!"

"He's really a child who hasn't made any progress at all."

Looking at Hinami in front of her, Shinku sighed.

"You cry and make a fuss every time things don't go your way. That's why you become lonely."

...Wow, you're being too harsh.

Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but glance at Zhenhong. Although it was said that all naughty kids were like this, was it really okay for you to directly provoke him? The other party wasn't a little brat who would cry and go home to his mother if he couldn't win the argument.

Sure enough, as if to verify Fang Zheng's premonition, Hinami also raised her head and glared at Shinku.

"Really red or something... Really red or something... Hina is going to completely crush you!!"

Along with Hinami's crying, the puppets around her suddenly moved, then they jumped up and pounced on Fang Zheng and Zhenhong!

"You're not a MT, is it really okay to just taunt at the start?"

At this moment, Fang Zheng no longer concealed his true intentions. He directly pulled out the gun from his arms and pointed it at the puppets that were flying towards him.

"That's good, ADD!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'll tell you when we get back. Go deal with that puppet, and leave these junk to me!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng aimed at the puppets in front of him and pulled the trigger. The next moment, accompanied by a loud explosion, a ball of fire emerged from the air and instantly engulfed the puppets.

“What are you doing…?”

Seeing this scene, not only Hinami was stunned, but even Shinku was stunned.

"I'm not one of those ordinary, know-nothing brats. Come on, I'm really red!"

“Wow…I definitely won’t lose!!”

Seeing Fang Zheng blocking her attack, Hinami screamed even more. Along with her scream, hundreds of piggy banks appeared out of thin air, dropped from the sky, and rushed towards the two again. At the same time, the piggy banks opened their mouths, and huge coins flew out of them, like flying blades.

"This little devil's tricks are really troublesome!"

Fang Zheng was speechless as he looked at the coins in front of him that were even bigger than himself. He rolled over to avoid the attack of the coins, but the coins almost brushed past Fang Zheng like giant wheels, leaving deep grooves on the ground, and then smashed the walls and houses in the distance into pieces.

"Oh my god, this thing is even scarier than a Pikachu-like Zergling."

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng couldn't help but gasp. Previously, he had seen Hinami's attack methods were all cute dolls, piggy banks and other very little girl fantasies. He thought they didn't have much power... Now it seems that who says cute things can't kill people!

"How are you going to deal with her? I can blow her head off with one bullet from this distance... but I don't think you'd be willing to do that."

Looking at the expression on Zhenhong's face, Fangzheng shrugged helplessly, then he reloaded the bullet again, pulled the trigger, and shot all the coins that were shot at him into pieces.

"I'll find a way to deal with her, cover me."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Fang Zheng reloaded the bullets and nodded. At the same time, Hinamichi launched a new round of attacks.

"One, two, three, go!"

As the coins whizzed down, Fang Zheng and Zhen Hong suddenly separated and ran to the left and right.

"Eh? Ah?"

Faced with this scene, Hinami's little brain was suddenly overwhelmed. She looked to the left, then to the right, and finally decided... to deal with Shinku first!

"Hey--!"

Hinamichi raised her hands, and as she moved, a huge penguin seal suddenly jumped up and smashed towards Shinku.

"boom!!!"

But before the penguin seal hit Zhenhong, a ball of fire burst out from it, directly smashing the penguin seal into pieces. Hinami turned her head in surprise, only to see Fang Zheng on the other side holding a gun and approaching her from the other side.

"What should I do about this?"

Hinami was completely panicked this time. She looked to the left and then to the right, not knowing what to do. However, at this moment, accompanied by a burst of petals falling, Shinku appeared in front of Hinami.

“Don’t come over here!!”

Seeing Shinku in front of her, Hinami screamed in fear. She subconsciously raised her hands, and soon, countless vines emerged from the ground and tightly wrapped around Shinku. However, the next moment, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, the vines wrapped around Shinku were broken.

And Shinku then fell to the ground and stared at Hinamichi.

"That's enough, Hinamei."

"Not yet! I want to be with Tomoe!!"

Hearing what Shinku said, Hinamichi started screaming like a child having a tantrum, then she raised her hand again and tried to summon vines. However, this time, the vines just appeared and then turned into light and disappeared completely.

"Why?"

Hinami was stunned at the scene, while Shinku was staring at her.

"Look behind you."

Hearing what Shinku said, Hinami hurriedly looked back, and then she was shocked.

"bar!!"

Behind Hinami, Baiyeba, who had been lying on the ground, had completely closed her eyes. The thorns that erupted from the rose ring on her left ring finger tightly bound the girl's slender body, as if squeezing the life out of her.

"bar--!"

Hinami hurried to Tomoe's side, calling her name, while Shinku shook her head helplessly. At the same time, Fang Zheng also put away his gun and walked to Shinku's side.

"Hinamei, you've taken too much power from Tomoe. She'll die if you keep going like this. If you want to save her... you know what to do."

“…”

After hearing what Shinku said, Hinami looked at Kashiwaba Tomoe again, then she closed her eyes, lowered her head and kissed the rose ring on the girl's ring finger.

The next moment, the ring began to flash red light, and then... gradually broke into pieces.

At this moment, the whole world was shrouded in dazzling light.