Chapter 176 No. 66 Wutong Road
Yu Sheng suddenly felt a little regretful for creating so many Irenes.
Especially when the three Irenes pounced on him, screaming and scratching him. Originally, when there were less than two dolls, he could easily raise his hands to push them back, but when there were three, he found that he couldn't block them. Especially when one of them was made of rebar and stone, the force of the pounce was like a bag of cement hitting his head. Fortunately, he had a balanced diet recently and his body was still strong. If he still had the physique of an ordinary person, he would not make a sound if Irene pounced on him...
A moment later, Yu Sheng had several teeth marks on his forehead, and three dolls hanging on his body were still beeping. He felt hopeless.
"Get off me," he sighed as he looked at the three dolls hanging on his legs, sitting on his shoulders, and hanging on his chest by the collar, "especially the one wrapped in a towel. Your towel is about to fall off."
Irene finally exclaimed, and Irene and Irene jumped off Yu Sheng, and then the little doll, who was still wrapped in a towel as pajamas, stood on the bed and looked up: "Yeah, where are my clothes!?"
Yu Sheng casually took out the mended skirt from the bedside table and threw it over: "Here you go, I took the time to modify it for you. I just cut off the burned parts and used the decorative ruffles on the hem to mend the obvious places. My craftsmanship is average, so you can wear it for now. I'll buy you a new one in the next two days."
"Oh, okay," the little doll wrapped in a towel happily took the skirt, jumped off the bed and ran to the bathroom, "I'll go change! Don't peek!"
"...Why should I peek at you? I made all three of your bodies!" Yu Sheng's eyes twitched and he yelled towards the bathroom, then retracted his gaze and stared at the two remaining Ires standing on the floor.
At this moment, Yu Sheng suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead: "Oh, I forgot to tell Little Red Riding Hood about Xiao Xiao. I was wondering why I always feel like I forgot something."
"Xiaoxiao's story? The child from the orphanage?" Irene was startled when she heard that, but she quickly remembered the name. "What happened to her?"
"She also entered my 'strange dream', the one about the wasteland," Yu Sheng explained, "and it seemed that she was dragged into the Dark Forest by the nightmare, and accidentally 'fell' into it while trying to escape from the wolves' pursuit..."
He immediately told the puppet in front of him about his experience in the dream, and mentioned the illusion of the hunter he had seen - but he didn't mention the details of how he almost "put on" the hunting suit. Irene listened to Yu Sheng's story in a daze, and a surprised expression gradually appeared on her face. After a long time, she couldn't help but complain: "Why are your dreams so outrageous?"
"I don't know," Yu Sheng spread his hands calmly, "It's not something I can control."
The two Irenes looked up at him suspiciously. After a while, one of the dolls retracted his gaze and raised his hand to support his chin in a serious manner, as if thinking: "But to be honest, your guess about that 'strange dream' does make some sense... According to the situation these few times, it is really possible that it is an independent special consciousness space, not generated by your dream, but you just happen to 'connect' with it when you are dreaming...
"As for Little Red Riding Hood, Xiaoxiao, and that silly fox, they were probably affected by your blood and 'borrowed' some kind of authority from you, so they can also connect to that place."
"So what exactly is that wasteland?" Yu Sheng frowned, "Could it be a foreign land as well?"
The two Irenes said in unison: "You ask me, who should I ask? You don't even know the answer yourself!"
Then, one of the puppets carrying the picture frame waved his hand at Yu Sheng and said, "Forget it. You can't figure it out anyway. I'll give you some 'guidance' next time when you sleep. We'll go in and observe the place carefully. Maybe we can find some clues."
"That's fine," Yu Sheng said, looking up at the sky outside the window and seeing that it was beginning to get dark. "Little Red Riding Hood will be here soon. For now, let's focus on that suspicious 'museum commission'."
Irene's expression became visibly serious.
"I was just about to say this, there is a strong smell of conspiracy behind this matter."
Yu Sheng didn't say anything, just raised his eyebrows.
"You should have sensed it," Irene noticed the change in Yu Sheng's expression and nodded slowly. "If no one was killed and it was just a 'fake commission', it would be easy to attribute it to the association members tampering with the process for personal gain and wanting to privately hide the museum's collections. But now the person who issued the commission is gone - and this is not even the biggest doubt. What makes me feel most wrong about the whole thing is actually the 'sacrifice' in the museum."
Yu Sheng frowned. He still remembered clearly the scene he saw in the museum that day.
The victim bound by iron thorns into the posture of a "weeper", the white exhibition hall stained with blood, the strange and terrifying "security" entity, and... the out-of-control situation that Little Red Riding Hood encountered.
It happened to be when Little Red Riding Hood was about to "come of age" and be swallowed by the Black Forest, and her state was the most unstable.
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The wolves leaped and moved among the shadows of the buildings, entered the quiet old city from the bustling main road, and finally arrived at the deepest part of No. 66 Wutong Road, an open space that could be described as "sparsely populated". The figure of Little Red Riding Hood suddenly emerged from among the wolves, looking up to the front.
After seeing the big house standing quietly in her sight, the expression on the girl's face became a little dull.
Even though she had been mentally prepared and knew that she had been affected by Yu Sheng's "blood", she still felt a little unbelievable when she saw this "fortress-like alien" that even the Secret Service could not detect standing right in front of her.
In her memory, there used to be only an empty space here, with a low wall covered with graffiti at the end of the space.
The wolves retreated silently in the shadows. Little Red Riding Hood took a deep breath and walked towards the old house.
Before she reached out to knock on the door, the plain-looking door was opened.
Yu Sheng stood at the door with a smile on his face: "I saw you at the second floor window, come in."
Little Red Riding Hood was a little slow to react and said "oh", then followed Yu Sheng into the house.
This was her third time stepping into this place. From the helplessness she felt the first time, to the slight nervousness she felt the second time, now Little Red Riding Hood even felt that she had become a little familiar with this ordinary-looking big house.
Then she saw three Ires walking down the stairs in a line, taking turns greeting her as they walked.
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned on the spot, she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes hard, then put her hand down and saw that there were still three puppets - two of them had already gone to watch TV, and one came over and was looking up at this side.
"You are in a daze!" said the little doll.
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"...Why is there one more?!" Little Red Riding Hood turned her head to look at Yu Sheng with a surprised tone.
"Yes, there is one more. The one that I took with you to the Black Forest is a new one, but it seems you didn't notice it." Yu Sheng nodded as if it was a matter of course. "It is a combat-specialized type, specially built to deal with vicious entities like hunger and wolves. I call her Irene MK-II..."
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned as she listened, while Irene beside her immediately said in dissatisfaction: "Don't give me a random model name! If you must give me a model name, think of a more impressive one, such as the Valkyrie type..."
Yu Sheng frowned, thinking that it was unthinkable for her to give a 66.6 cm puppet the code name of Valkyrie. Even if the Valkyrie's shield became a spirit, it would be taller than hers. But he really didn't dare to say it out loud. It was not because the little puppet's scolding was too harsh, but because there were already three Irenes in the house. When they formed an attack formation and rushed towards him, he really couldn't beat them...
Then Little Red Riding Hood was taken to the living room by Yu Sheng while still a little dazed.
Hu Li brought over a plate of washed fruit and placed it on the coffee table.
Yu Sheng immediately checked whether there were any tooth marks on the fruits. After all, it was not okay for Hu Li to secretly nibble on the food for the guests. But he soon realized that if Hu Li really ate the food secretly, there would definitely not be any leftover fruits served - it was more likely that she washed a basin in the kitchen and finally served a plate...
Little Red Riding Hood had no idea what Yu Sheng was thinking. She just thanked Hu Li and suddenly noticed from the corner of her eye that there was something strange among the latter's tails - the other tails were very energetic, but that one was drooping on the ground and looked as if it was broken.
Yu Sheng also noticed that Hu Li had a tail dragging on the ground at this time, and he couldn't help but frowned: "What happened to your tail? Is it injured?"
After hearing this, Hu Li showed a happy look on her face. She walked over and put her tail on Yu Sheng's legs: "Look, benefactor! Is the static electricity gone?"
Yu Sheng was puzzled for a moment, then he reached out and touched Hu Li's tail. Then he suddenly turned his head and nodded to Little Red Riding Hood, who still had a puzzled look on her face: "It's okay, it's the ground wire."
Little Red Riding Hood was completely confused: "......?"
She suddenly realized that it was too early for her to feel familiar with No. 66 Wutong Road. Everything here was full of evil spirits. But on second thought, this seemed to fit her impression of this place. It highlighted the outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Everything in the big house showed a very nervous spirit. For example, there would be an Irene every once in a while, and the nine-tailed fox would drag one of its tails on the ground as a wire in winter to solve the problem of static electricity...
At this moment, Yu Sheng's sudden words interrupted the girl's wandering thoughts.
"Little Red Riding Hood, have you ever offended anyone before?"
(End of this chapter)
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