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Chapter 187 Dolls
She has short black hair that reaches her ears. Compared with this era where thin people are generally beautiful, her chin looks very round. She has a small nose bridge and bright red lips, but her eyes are strange sky blue. Lying in the box like this, the bright red robe on her body makes her somewhat stiff face look like
Corpse in coffin.

"Sir, this puppet was carefully carved by a craftsman in our shop. It is an excellent scapegoat for the afternoon ceremony of burning sins."

The waiter in the store noticed that Zhu Jue had been looking at the doll suits they placed in the store, and took the initiative to come over and introduce.

"Burning sins. Ritual?"

Zhu Jue was a little surprised why the puppet was so exquisitely made and burned, and soon thought that he seemed to have heard about it when he came to Rongxia City last time, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He just followed behind and listened for a while.

"Didn't you notice that there are dolls on these two rows of shelves?"

The "person" who spoke raised his finger and pointed to the shelf next to him, only then did Zhu Jue realize that there were a lot of puppets neatly placed on it.

It's not an animal doll for children to pass the time, but a simulated doll, but it should not be a robot. After all, the fakes of those robot dolls cost tens of thousands of dollars at least. Most of them are wooden or cloth dolls, such exquisite dolls as Zhu Jue sees now are rare, and there are detailed markings on the side of these shelves: For sacrificial offerings.

"Where is this ritual taking place?"

Looking back at Li Qinglian and the other three who were choosing masks from other nearby shelves, Zhu Jue asked.

He is actually not very interested in this kind of burning ceremony, but it seems that there is no place to go this afternoon. Their original plan was to play wherever they want. Now that they have a clear place, it is not a bad idea to take a look at it when the time comes .

"It's on the square of Brahma Mingwang Temple. Many people will go to pray for blessings. Aren't you going to try it?"

"No thanks."

Zhu Jue didn't believe this, so he subconsciously refused, but when he looked at the "person" who had been introducing products to him fluently, he found the black section of her neck that was indistinguishable, and then looked at her head. Only then did I realize that the person I was chatting with was actually a bionic person
In essence, bionics should be regarded as robot puppet?

It introduced Zhujue, the puppet used for burning, to itself, which felt a little awkward no matter how he thought about it, so he laughed dryly and prepared to return to his team.

When he was leaving, he vaguely heard some customers coming in from outside the door. They were talking loudly in front of the android clerk, discussing whether to buy a "high-end" doll to participate in the sacrifice.

Zhu Jue suddenly thought that their behavior seemed to be the same as talking about how much pork cost a catty in front of the pig, because the latter couldn't understand what it meant.

Just like now, the bionic clerk greeted them very enthusiastically and began to introduce products to them.

"Zhu Jue, have you chosen the mask yet? I've decided to get this one."

Li Qinglian held a Snow Maiden mask in her hand, which was more of a bewitching beauty than terrifying, while Wu Tong held a red Tengu mask. Turning her head to look at Olivia, she was looking at a Purple face.

Zhu Jue didn't make too many choices, because he found a beast-looking mask on a shelf, which looked very similar to Feng Ling's appearance when he was angry, so it naturally became the last choice .

"Have you finished the selection? We have to go to the rehearsal of the repertoire in the tourist area next, and settle the bill first."

Li Qinglian waved her mask and went to check out. At this time, someone came in at the door of the store, went straight to the counter, and just passed in front of Zhu Jue and his group.

Zhu Jue and Olivia frowned immediately, and began to pay attention to him consciously or unconsciously.

This man looks very young, but his face is a bit haggard, his clothes are loose and drooping, and the corners of the lined sweater are exposed. It is obvious that he was in a hurry when he went out. When he came to this store, he should It's urgent.

This state of haste and anxiety can easily be associated with some bad things.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jue took a few steps forward in the name of paying the bill.

"Hello, I want to buy some parts for the dolls, here is the list."

The man took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, and Zhu Jue glanced at it. It should be torn from an ordinary notebook. As for the contents on it, although he could vaguely see some words, most of them were Some codes or model data of something, he doesn't know anything about this.

"I'm sorry, sir, although we have some of the items on your list here, they are all mechanical parts that have been installed on the doll. If this is sold to you, the doll will be useless. We still have to rely on this to make money .”

There were people sitting behind the counter, and the outside sun didn't reach that position, so it was kind of dark, with only the smoke of cigarettes rising up.

This boss is not a bionic person, Zhu Jue is sure of this, this business plan is clanging.

There are parts, but they are all on the doll. If you want it, of course, you can buy all the dolls.

"Then you give me those dolls first, and can you tell me where I can buy those parts that you don't have in your store?"

The man was straightforward, he didn't even bargain, he nodded and said that as long as it was a doll related to those parts, he wanted them all.

Zhu Jue grinned at the side, thinking that the owner of this store had slaughtered a fat sheep today, and at the same time put off his thoughts of investigating in the past. Since he was just passing by to buy things, he was still being taken advantage of, so naturally it was fine. question.

Olivia also withdrew her gaze, followed Li Qinglian to the counter to pay the bill, and finally glanced at the man, her eyes paused for a while on the smart watch in his hand, and then followed Zhu Jue and the others to leave.

As soon as he went out, Zhu Jue saw a man in a gray cloak with a hood on his head standing in the corridor outside the shop. He was dressed in some strange attire, but the man was standing with his head down and the backlight, calling People can't see what's going on inside the hood.

Hey~
Feng Ling pulled Zhu Jue's trouser legs, and yelled at the small fried fish at the roadside stall in front of him.

"Okay, let's go."

Forget about the man in the store and the "mysterious man" outside, Zhu Jue picked up the wind chime, and put the mask he bought on top of its head.

(End of this chapter)