Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 130 I am no longer a human being

The super-giant puppet has a huge body, like a small hill, and is covered with extremely thick metal armor all over its body.

Those thick armors have obvious traces of welding and splicing, and it is not difficult to see that they are composed of the torsos and limbs of many puppets.

It turns out that the disassembled puppet parts in other exhibition halls were not only used to strengthen Romeo himself, but also to create this super giant puppet.

It looked down at Li Nanke. Its two lantern-sized mechanical eyes flashed red, and its mouth opened and closed, uttering Romeo's voice:
"Human, today is the day you die!"

"I will kill you, and I will also kill Geppetto who enslaved me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant puppet punched him!
A giant metal fist dropped from the sky, and the terrifying force tore through the air, blasting out a white air wave, and an eardrum-breaking explosion suddenly rang out.

A large amount of rock debris exploded and was blown away by the violent wind.

This punch was like the collapse of the sky. The fierce momentum made people terrified, and the strong wind made it almost impossible for people to open their eyes.

Such powerful force is even more exaggerated and terrifying than champion Victor!
Li Nanke had just experienced a fierce battle and maintained a "frenzy" state for a period of time, and then used his ultimate move "Flame Waterfall".

At this time, his physical muscle fibers were still far from feeling fatigued, but his mental strength, which was already limited to begin with, was close to exhaustion.

This made him mentally exhausted and drowsy, and his temples throbbing, as if he had stayed up all night for several nights in a row.

Now he can no longer actively release any human characteristics, and can only barely maintain the 'Breath of Fire' and 'Armament' that increase the power of weapons.

It would be no problem for him to deal with ordinary enemies in this state, after all, his body is still extremely strong, but it would be dangerous to face the super giant puppet in front of him!
"Boom!"

It hit the ground with such violent bang that it created a shock wave like an explosion. The entire exhibition hall shook and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling fell to the ground and broke into countless pieces.

Li Nanke was unable to withstand the enemy's fierce attack and dodged and retreated the moment the giant metal fist came hitting him. Even so, he still felt suffocated in the chest by the shock wave.

It is simply unimaginable how terrifying the power of the super giant puppet is.

Before he could even catch his breath, the giant metal fist struck again!
"Pinocchio, let's retreat!"

Li Nanke roared at the puppet boy. He knew that he could not defeat the powerful enemy in front of him at the moment. He could only retreat first and then find an opportunity to defeat the enemy after he recovered to full strength.

'Powered protective armor' appeared on his body, and his motion enhancement system and outer space propulsion system were running at full capacity.

Blue flames erupted from behind Li Nanke, and his figure quickly fled towards the exhibition hall door like an arrow.

Pinocchio also knew that he was physically and mentally exhausted after the battle just now, and it would not be wise to continue fighting with the enemy.

When the puppet boy heard the evacuation order, he immediately followed him and fled out of the exhibition hall.

"Escape? Can you escape?"

The super-giant puppet strode forward. Its size and weight were extremely astonishing. Every step it took caused the ground to collapse and rubble and bricks to fly, but its overall movement speed was definitely not fast.

Seeing that the two were about to escape from the exhibition hall, the giant puppet's eyes flashed red, and the two tentacle mechanical arms on the shoulder blades behind it suddenly extended and shot out like a giant python coming out of a cave.

Pinocchio only felt a strong wind coming from behind him, his eyes blurred, and he was lifted into the air.

The mechanical tentacles wrapped around him twice, wrapping the puppet boy tightly, with only his head exposed. No matter how he struggled, he could not break free.

At the same time, another mechanical tentacle attacked Li Nanke as fast as lightning.

Li Nanke seemed to have eyes on his back and rolled away the moment the tentacles attacked.

The exhibition hall door was just around the corner, and he could escape from here if he took a few more steps forward.

Li Nanke's keen senses not only detected the mechanical tentacles attacking from behind, but also realized that Pinocchio had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

Now he can escape from here, but he can only escape alone.

"If you flee now, you'll have to abandon Pinocchio."

"Given the style of Romeo, the King of Puppetry, he will not harm Pinocchio."

"After I escape, how can I fight back and defeat the Puppet King..."

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Li Nanke's mind.

In the end, he found that it was extremely difficult to defeat the Puppet King.

Romeo is not a crazy monster like the champion Victor, but a powerful enemy with a clear mind.

Taunting the enemy with fanaticism can only make Romeo angry, but cannot make him lose his mind. The method that killed the champion Victor cannot be copied to deal with the Puppet King.

Unless Romeo is unable to control the giant puppet.

or……

Li Nanke suddenly stopped and a very bold idea came to his mind.

He suddenly turned around, leaned against the exhibition hall exit, and said something no one had expected to the terrifying and powerful giant puppet:
"Romeo, I give up... I am willing to give Pinocchio to you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the mechanical tentacle that was about to attack again suddenly stopped. Pinocchio, who was tightly entangled by another tentacle, also stopped struggling and looked at his boss in disbelief.

The giant puppet's eyes flashed red, and Romeo's voice rang out:

"Carlo is already in my hands. Even if you are unwilling to give him to me, he will not be able to return to you and continue to be loyal to you."

"You admit defeat... Ridiculous, do you think this is a fight? If you admit defeat, I will spare your life?"

"You are human, you must die!"

"No, no, no." Li Nanke took a small step back calmly, ready to escape at any time.

He gave Pinocchio a look, causing the puppet boy who was about to speak to shut up, and continued:
"Romeo, what you want is to kill Gippetto and break free from the shackles of the Great Contract, but you can't do it, so you can only ask Pinocchio for help, right?"

Red light kept flashing in the eyes of the super giant puppet. Although this human was weaker than it, if the other party insisted on escaping, the probability of stopping him was very small.

Romeo in the cockpit had cold eyes, and the terrible wound on his chest that almost cut him in half was slowly healing.

Like Pinocchio, its mechanical body is made of extraordinary metal and can heal itself.

Now this human did not continue to run away. Instead, he stopped and said he gave up and wanted to negotiate with it. It was obvious that he was reluctant to leave Carlo.

As long as it delays for a while and repairs its injuries, even if the super giant puppet cannot catch up with the enemy, it can leave the cockpit and catch up with the enemy with its own speed and completely kill the exhausted enemy.

"You're right. Dolls cannot violate the big contract. Whether they have self-awareness or not, they can only act according to orders. Carlo is an exception." The giant puppet opened and closed its mouth, and Romeo's voice came out.

For some reason, when Geppetto created Pinocchio, he did not make him a slave to the Great Contract like countless other puppets. Therefore, Pinocchio was able to independently control his own will.

But Romeo obviously did not have such treatment. The Big Contract has always controlled it, and the Puppet King can only be enslaved by Geppetto.

Even because of the existence of the Great Contract, it clearly possesses extremely powerful strength, but it cannot even resist or kill its creator. It can only place all its hopes on Pinocchio, who is not controlled by the Great Contract.

Romeo can only ask this old friend to help him regain his freedom. "According to what you said, Pinocchio is your best friend, but he obviously doesn't know you now and is unwilling to help you. Even if you force him to stay by your side, you can't control his will."

"Your forceful control will make Pinocchio dislike you, hate you, or even hate you, and treat you the same way he treats his enemies, right?"

Romeo's eyes were gloomy and his face was unfriendly. Li Nanke's words undoubtedly touched his sore spot.

Although it intended to use Carlo, he was indeed his only friend and best friend.

When they were still human, they were inseparable friends.

Now things have changed, and both of them have unexpectedly become puppets. Isn't this also the arrangement of fate, allowing two people with the same identity to continue this precious friendship?

But before, in order to help this human, Carlo actually launched a sneak attack on it.

Whenever Romeo thought of this, he felt heartbroken, disappointed and sad, as if the treasure he had always cherished had been taken away by someone else.

All this is because of this hateful human being in front of me!

"We were once best friends, but now we have become enemies and are fighting each other. Romeo, you don't want this, do you?"

Romeo narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, his gaze was filled with murderous intent, and his fists clenched unconsciously.

If its injuries had not healed yet and it had not been worried that this cunning human would escape, it would definitely control the super-giant puppet and attack this hateful human without hesitation.

It couldn't help but grit its teeth and said word by word: "I will help Carlo restore his memory and let him remember that we are best friends!"

Li Nanke chuckled, and seeing that the enemy had been provoked, he continued loudly:
"You said you wanted to restore Pinocchio's memory... I'll assume that the memories you mentioned are real, but do you really have the ability to restore Pinocchio's memory?"

"Let's say you restore Pinocchio's memory, but will he choose you over Geppetto?"

"You should know better than me what the real identity of Geppetto is..."

This sentence seemed to hit Romeo's sore spot, making him silent and unable to refute.

It is indeed Carlo's good friend, but Gippetto is Carlo's biological father!

Although the father was busy with work all day and left Carlo alone in the boarding school and ignored him, because of the blood relationship, Carlo, who had recovered his memory, would not help him kill Geppetto.

It originally didn't know that Carlo had lost his memory. Its previous plan was to have Carlo go to the Alchemy Island and ask Carlo to help it plead with Geppetto to release the big contract that controlled it.

But given Geppetto's character, the probability of success of his plan is less than 30%, but this is his only remaining hope.

Now that Carlo has lost his memory, although he is very sad, he also feels a sense of relief at the same time.

Because Carlo has forgotten everything that happened, this old friend who is no longer controlled by the Great Contract can kill Geppetto without any burden and can completely cancel the Great Contract.

Carlo's loss of memory is undoubtedly more beneficial to its plan.

The only obstacle now is this human. Carlo seems to only listen to the orders of this human, which makes it feel tied up and unable to start, just like a mouse pulling a turtle.

Li Nanke said seriously, "But what if I say I am willing to help you kill Geppetto?"

"what?"

Romeo was stunned where he stood, unable to recover for a moment.

"My goals do not conflict with yours, nor do we have any irreconcilable hatred between us. We may even have the possibility of cooperation."

"You want to get rid of Geppetto, and I want to go to Alchemy Island to kill Simon, the leader of the alchemists. There is no conflict between our goals. The only thing that caused our conflict is Pinocchio."

"This is easy to solve. If I let Pinocchio also set the goal of killing Geppetto, wouldn't it be solved?"

Pinocchio, who was bound by mechanical tentacles and unable to move, blinked his eyes, feeling as if he was being sold out by his boss.

"I can even help you get rid of Geppetto. You've seen my strength. Having an ally like me should help you achieve your goal more successfully, right?"

"Isn't it wiser for us to join forces and each get what we need than to fight to the death here now?"

Romeo's lips moved and he opened his mouth but could not utter any rebuttal.

It fell into deep thought with an expressionless face. What the human said was right. There was no deep hatred between the two of them. The only conflict was because of Carlo.

Now that the other party is willing to let Carlo act according to its plan and the only contradiction has been resolved, why do the two of them still need to fight to the death?
Wouldn't it be better to cooperate with each other and join forces? What could be a more perfect solution than this?
"What good does this do for you?"

Li Nanke said solemnly: "I will help you kill Geppetto, and as an ally, you must help me kill Simon."

Romeo looked hesitant. If the other party had no needs and did not want any benefits to help him, then he was definitely lying and cheating. But the other party also had his own needs, and the two sides could get what they needed by joining forces.

Seeing that the other party was interested, Li Nanke quickly gave Pinocchio a look.

Romeo hesitated for a moment until he saw Pinocchio's expectant expression, which clearly said 'Just agree to it, boss'.

It didn't know why, but it seemed to have lost all its strength and all reasons to object.

The powerful puppet king lowered his eyes, sighed deeply, and whispered:

"Okay, I agree. I'll contact you..."

Halfway through the conversation, when both sides had given in and compromised, and the alliance was about to be reached, something strange happened!
Romeo suddenly froze in place, his lively eyes suddenly became dull, and his expression revealed a hint of hideousness.

"No! You're human!"

"The order I received was to kill all humans except the Creator... The order was to kill all humans except the Creator..."

"Kill all humans except the Creator!"

The giant puppet's mouth kept opening and closing, and Romeo's repeated mumblings came out.

As soon as Li Nanke heard the other party's tone, he knew he was in trouble!
That damned Great Contract must have taken effect, violating the orders given by Geppetto the moment Romeo disobeyed orders and joined forces with the humans.

Just like the underlying logic of the program, once certain conditions are triggered, the Great Contract will take effect, correcting its behavior and thoughts, and allowing Romeo to kill all humans.

The giant puppet raised its huge metal fist again and rushed towards Li Nanke without saying a word.

Li Nanke's pupils shrank, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he shouted out a sentence in a hurry.

These words made Romeo, who was under the control of the Great Contract, freeze.

The giant puppet it was controlling also paused, and its metal fist stopped in mid-air, not striking forward again.

The violent wind from the fist blew Li Nanke's hair back and made his clothes rustle. The huge fist stopped less than one meter in front of him.

The words that stopped Romeo were:

"Stop! I'm not human!"

(End of this chapter)