"So, this is the end?"

When the light disappeared, Fang Zheng found that he had left that space and was standing in a girl's boudoir. He knew without asking that this was Bai Yeba's room. At this moment, Bai Yeba was still lying quietly on the floor. It seemed that because Hinami had overused her strength at the last moment, she fell into a coma at the last moment.

However, Fang Zheng made a quick check and found that she was just a little weak, as if she had suffered a serious illness. As long as she rested well, she should be fine.

However, Fang Zheng also noticed that the ring on Bai Yeba's left ring finger had disappeared, which made Fang Zheng secretly relieved. After all, this ring cannot be taken off once worn. Fortunately, it is vacation now. Otherwise, if he went to school and someone with sharp eyes saw that he and Bai Yeba were wearing the same ring, and on the left ring finger... then it would be a big trouble.

Fang Zheng looked at Hinami again and found that the ring on her finger had also disappeared.

"What will happen to her next?"

Fang Zheng looked at Zhen Hong and asked curiously. When he watched Rozen Maiden, Fang Zheng was just a child. The Internet was not well developed at that time. It was not like today where you can go to the online encyclopedia to check everything. So he only knew the general plot and setting of Rozen Maiden, but he didn't know any more details.

For example, what exactly is the “Madonna of the Rose”? The final winner of Alice’s game will become Alice. Does that mean she will become a human being?

These were all questions in Fang Zheng's mind, and now he could obviously find the answers himself.

In fact, after the defeat, Hinami had already proposed to give her Rose Madonna to Shinku, but was rejected by the latter, who said that since you are my defeated opponent, it is up to me to decide when to take the Rose Madonna away. In short, Shinku did not take Hinami's Rose Madonna away, but kept her as a servant by his side.

Of course, that's what Zhenhong said.

But whether Fang Zheng believed it or not was another matter.

Now he was more curious about how Hinamikaze would be able to maintain her actions after losing her ring. After all, if he remembered correctly, Rozen Maiden needed a contract and then drew power from the medium. Just like the heroic spirits in the Holy Grail War needed the magic power of the master to maintain their existence, Rozen Maiden also followed this law.

But now the contract between Kashiwaba and Hinamizuki has been terminated, so what will happen to Hinamizuki next?

"I will give her some of the power I draw from you, and she will be fine."

Looking at Hinami who was saying goodbye to Kashiwaba, Shinhong whispered back, and Fang Zheng reached out and touched her little head.

"I didn't expect that your sister is quite humane."

"What are you talking about?!"

Hearing this, Zhenhong immediately waved her little hand and snapped open Fang Zheng's hand that was stroking her head.

"Don't get me wrong. I only did this because I needed a servant. You didn't want to be my servant, so I had no choice but to choose her."

"Okay, let's just leave it at that."

Facing Zhenhong's answer, Fangzheng chuckled and shrugged his shoulders - choosing a little girl with a mental age of about six as a servant, whether Zhenhong herself believed it or not was a question.

At this time, Hinami had already said goodbye to Baiyeba, stood up pitifully, and walked to Fangzheng and Zhenhong with her suitcase. Baiyeba also raised his head and looked at Fangzheng who was standing there.

"Yuuki...-san..."

"I'm sorry, I'm just helping. I know you may have a lot of questions, but you're not in good health right now. Rest well first and we'll contact each other later."

“Ah… um…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, a shadow flashed across Bai Yeba's face, and then she nodded. Then Fang Zheng followed Zhenhong and Hinami into the mirror and returned to his room.

Just like that, Fang Zheng had another puppet girl by his side, and his home became more lively.

Originally Fang Zheng was worried that Hinami would be unhappy or depressed after leaving her owner, but he didn't expect that this puppet was actually quite heartless. The next day, she was already running around the house lively and even got along well with Meikan and Eve.

Compared to the relatively stable and mature Shinku, Hinamichi is more like a little sister, so Mikan loves her very much. In fact, if you look at it from the surface, Hinamichi is indeed a naive little cutie.

But Fang Zheng knew that the truth was not that simple, because Zhenhong told him that the reason why Hinami pulled Baiyeba into her space was because she wanted to be with Baiyeba forever. But as a human being, Baiyeba certainly couldn't be idle all day like Hinami, a puppet. Even during holidays, she had to go to cram school and help with housework - in short, this caused Hinami's dissatisfaction, so she forcibly pulled her into the field and wanted to imprison her completely.

So, pink turns out to be black when cut open.

Looking at Hinamichi who was happily drawing with crayons in her sketchbook, Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly. After that, he also contacted Baiyeba. Fortunately, although he was almost killed by his own doll, Baiyeba was not afraid of Hinamichi at all. Instead, he blamed himself for not having enough time to accompany Hinamichi all day long... I say, sister, even a saint has to have a limit.

However, since she had no fear of Hinami, Fang Zheng invited her to come and see Hinami if she had time. Anyway, Hinami had lost her contract ability, which meant that if she didn't stay with Shinku, she wouldn't even have the strength to maintain her activities. And Hinami also liked Kashiwaba, so there was no harm in the two of them meeting.

Bai Yeba agreed to Fang Zheng's invitation after a moment of hesitation.

Goto Jun and the others also came to see Hinamichi, and the two sides hit it off almost immediately and had a lot of fun - should we say it's because they are similar in mental age?

Compared to the mature Shinku, Hinamichi's mental age does seem to be younger.

but……

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng shifted his gaze and looked at the figure sitting on the sofa, watching TV with relish.

A mature puppet fascinated by puppet detective shows?

hehe.

“Ding ding ding…”

Just when Fang Zheng was complaining in his heart, his cell phone rang. He took out his phone, took a look at it, then walked out of the living room and answered the call.

"What do you want from me, Miss Sapphire?"

"We have found Kurid's hideout."

Sephira's calm voice came from the phone, but it was a little hurried.

"We need your assistance, Mr. Yuuki."

"It seems that you are quite fast."

Hearing what Sephira said, Fang Zheng whistled.

"We have also been tracking him down, and now we have finally found Kurid's hiding place...but the problem is that we can't just do it casually, so we need someone to help us."

"Why bother saying it so politely when you can just say I'll help you lure those idiots into the trap?"

Fang Zheng yawned, interrupting Sefia's words. The latter was silent for a moment and continued speaking.

"We are recruiting a group of capable bounty hunters to launch a raid on Kurid's base..."

"Then you took the opportunity to sneak in and carry out the assassination. It was a perfect plan."

“…That’s it.”

Since Fang Zheng had guessed it, Sephiria didn't explain much. Fang Zheng just laughed. Are you kidding? How could he not guess it? Although the terrorist attack was unsuccessful, Kurid and his Star Apostles still slapped the Time Guardians in the face. If they could just calm down and do nothing, they might as well disband as soon as possible.

"Of course, our wanted notice is still valid."

Fang Zheng didn't say anything, but Sephira understood what he meant. If he was just a bait, then Fang Zheng obviously had no interest in taking action.

"If you can eliminate Kurid before the Guardian of Time, then the 3 billion bounty... is not a penny less."

"No matter whether he lives or dies?"

"No matter if he lives or dies."

Sapphire lowered her voice again and repeated it.

"Besides, I believe that Kurid won't die so easily."

"Haha, then we'll just have to wait and see. Where is Kurid hiding?"

"You have to go to a place first. When you get there, our people will tell you where Kurid is."

As she spoke, Sephira mentioned a location.

"So, you're not going to just tell me the place?"

"If you are willing to join the Guardians of Time..."

"I don't like puzzle games, but there's no harm in playing them once in a while."

Fang Zheng gave a decisive answer.

"Then the gathering time will be three days from now... That's it."

After getting Fang Zheng's answer again, Sephira didn't say anything and quickly hung up the phone.

Three days later...

Fang Zheng held the phone and thought for a moment.

Looks like I need to talk to Shinku.

After the puppet show ended, Fang Zheng brought Zhenhong back to the room and told her about the incident.

"Work?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Zhen Hong looked at him in confusion.

"Aren't you a student?"

"Work, work, very lucrative work. If this job goes well, I can get 3 billion."

Fang Zheng made no secret of his desire for the three billion.

"So let me ask, if I'm gone for too long, will that be a problem for you guys?"

"certainly."

Zhenhong nodded.

"If the distance between us and the medium is too far, the energy transmission will be interrupted. After that, we can only rely on the energy in our bodies to move. So... the best way is for us to go with you."

"Are you sure?"

Hearing Zhenhong's answer, Fang Zheng took out the Persuader from his arms and waved it in front of her.

"You should have guessed that this is not as simple as going out to do hard labor. This is a very dangerous job."

"That's why I want to go along."

Zhenhong stared at Fangzheng.

"You are my medium. If you encounter any accident, it will not be a good thing for me. Besides... Meikan and Eve rely on you very much, and I don't want them to be sad because of you. Although our abilities are not very strong, I believe we can still help you a little."

"……All right."

Facing Zhenhong's proposal, Fang Zheng didn't know what to say for a moment. Thinking carefully, he had no memory of Zhenhong fighting in reality. Although Hinami had shown a strong fighting ability before, it was because they were in Hinami's domain at that time. To put it bluntly, it was a bit like the inherent barrier of the puppets. It was not an exaggeration to say that the puppets in it were extremely powerful.

But this is the real world, which means that Shinku and Hinami cannot exert the same level of power as they do in the domain.

But it didn't matter. After all, in Fang Zheng's plan, he had never intended to fight that idiot face to face.

In fact, Fang Zheng had already heard from Sephiria that the guy named Kurid might not only not be dead, but also become more troublesome. Otherwise, a mere useless person would not cause the Time Guardian to make such a big fuss and even bring in bounty hunters to divert the target.

But Fang Zheng also has his own way.

"Well, get ready and let's go."