Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 307 A Smile in Retrospect (Toast Version)
Just as they entered and the door closed, someone walked by carrying a cup of hot tea.

"Mudo, was the door just opened?" the man asked, glancing in the direction of the door.

Rabbi had already "seen" the man as he approached. Carrot stepped forward and deployed a ranged camouflage field. They were now standing right in front of the man, but he was completely unaware.

A response came from inside: "What? No, there are no entry or exit records here. Did you hallucinate while staying up all night?"

"That's probably true." The man yawned and sipped his tea. "The deadline from above is getting closer and closer, and we don't have much time to rest."

He turned back, presumably to continue working himself to the bone.

Seeing this, Rabbi and Radish didn't delay and immediately began searching the scene.

The fact that such mysterious and precious dream alloys are being stockpiled here as if they were free demonstrates the importance that the Royal Armaments Industry attaches to its cooperation with Azdomah.

Although the rabbi was a little envious, she knew that these things were stored away and shouldn't be touched, and besides, she wasn't there to steal them.

She easily found her way to the depths of the laboratory and located the room where a large number of documents were stored.

She immediately picked it up and quickly flipped through it, memorizing everything as fast as she could.

“Research records of muddy materials, the initial finished product of the Dream Alloy…Hydwin…?!” The moment Rabbi read this surname in the massive flow of information, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

"Beep beep..." Radish, who was processing information in sync with Rabbi, also saw it.

Hydwin, which Hydwin?
The rabbi immediately focused her attention on this information, and when the photo and the full name flashed into her mind, she almost lost her composure.

Mom and Dad!
The “dead” label is shocking. Two relatives whose memories were already fading unexpectedly reappear before her, quickly reminding her of their fate.

“Rabbi,” Zheng called out to her.

"I know." She suppressed her voice, casting this part into the storehouse of her memory.

Now is not the time to waver. These are not the things she's looking for; what she's looking for is…

Files on three prototype Dream Alloy dolls.

[Type 1: Standard military war doll frame, comprehensively upgraded based on the use of dream alloy, with as many functional modules as possible added, and subjected to extreme testing...]

[Second Form: Energy Level Testing Doll, an attempt to increase the output energy level...]

[Type 3: Individual soldier test dolls for localized battlefields, created to test the lightness, toughness, and malleability of the Dream Alloy, among other things...]

The files were laid out in detail, even revealing the original purpose of creating these three dolls. Essentially, they were all designed to test the suitability of the Dream Alloy when made into dolls.

The content does not specify where the three dolls were sent afterward, but by combining the existing information with the previously narrowed list, the answer is becoming clear.

He is associated with the Azdoma Group, holds a high-ranking position in the council, has a conflict of interest with the core enterprises of the traditional power system, and is closely related to the puppet inspection agency. He cooperates with the white-clothed man in his actions, but also feels disgust and hostility towards the white-clothed man's actions...

Representative Minks.

It can only be him.

There are quite a few powerful figures in the council who are involved with the Azdomah Group, so after receiving information from Carlo, Rabbi and Robert conducted further screening.

The vast majority of them were traditional members of parliament who firmly stood on the side of the royal family. Compared to these old fogies, Minks, the newcomer, was somewhat conspicuous.

"Even without evidence, if all the clues point to him, it's already obvious. Even if we wanted evidence, we could just grab any person of standing here and ask them, and we'd probably get a positive answer."

After writing down all the files in his hand, the rabbi put them down and murmured, feeling the pain in his brain caused by the overwhelming amount of information he had absorbed.

If it weren't for the vast amount of intelligence they possessed, it would be hard for outsiders to imagine that someone like Congressman Minks could be the real culprit behind all of this.

If we were to draw a blunt conclusion, we could even say that he is the root of all evil, given how things have developed.

Rabi had subconsciously thought that Minks was not a strong suspect, largely because... when Mr. Doll first possessed Carrot and bombarded him, he included Senator Minks' wife and daughters in the attack.

Originally, the rabbi was neither familiar with Minks nor did he have any ill feelings towards him. A promising newcomer, regardless of his policies and goals, was not a bad thing for the stagnant Kabbalah.

This might not have been a bad thing for Kabbalah, but right now, it's a terrible thing for rabbis.

Even for Senator Minks, the fact that the Hedwin family was dragged into his troubles and ended up being destroyed was probably an accident, not intentional.

The rabbi can accept this.

After all, it was an accident that Mr. Doll and Radish's bombardment involved each other's wives and daughters.

Benny walked along the road with his tea in hand: "You should be doing the equipment inspection today, right? I feel like I could fall asleep at any moment, and you're slacking off by making me do it."

Mudo chuckled over the radio, "Didn't they say the Type 1 was coming back for maintenance? We've been so busy lately we completely forgot about it. Minks' been really irritable these days, so we'd better not mess with him."

"I just hope their infighting doesn't drag us into it," Benny said, his gaze sweeping over the equipment.

Whizzing--

A sudden gust of cold wind swept past him, as if something was crawling past at great speed. Benny turned around, only to see an empty corridor.

"I'm really sleepy," he muttered, yawning again.

Crunch...crunch...

Just then, he suddenly heard what sounded like coming from a corner ahead.

"What's that? Is someone working here?"

"Huh? No, no one applied to come in today. Usually it's just the few of us here..." Mudo looked at the schedule, but there was no relevant information.

"Could that sound be from a mouse?"

"Impossible. If rats get into this place, the person in charge will be in big trouble. You might as well guess it's haunted."

Mudo and Benny joked around, neither of them taking it too seriously.

Benny followed the sound and ended up in the warehouse where the Dream Alloy was stored.

He pressed the button on the wall, but nothing happened.

"Mudo, are the lights broken in the alloy warehouse?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Mudo quickly checked and said, "Oh no, it seems to be a wiring fault. The wire is short somewhere. What happened? It just broke."

"Could it be due to aging? It should have been renovated during construction. It seems someone cut corners." Benny could only take out his flashlight to illuminate the dark room.

zizi——

There was a slight static noise coming through the headphones, as if something was interfering.

Just as Benny was about to say something, the flashlight suddenly shone on a pair of embroidered shoes. In the pitch-black surroundings, the stark white light suddenly illuminated a pair of embroidered shoes placed in the middle of the aisle, causing Benny to freeze instantly, cold sweat trickling down his temples.

"What kind of shoes are these? Who left them here? And such delicate, girly shoes at that. Are they yours, Mudo?"

“What… zi… you… ah… zi… back…” The interference seemed to become very strong, and the reply was broken and could not be connected.

After calling out several times to no avail, they could only shine the flashlight forward again, only to be horrified to find that the shoes were gone.

Such a brightly colored pair of shoes was placed in the middle of the aisle, and then disappeared as soon as the light was moved away.

Benny recalled the many horror novels he had read and felt a chill run down his spine.

Whizzing--

The sound of something crawling and moving quickly that he had heard before came from behind him again. He quickly turned his head and caught a glimpse of a black thing darting past behind him.

The flashlight shone on it, but only caught a fuzzy thing, and you could vaguely make out a... human face?
"How could this be... I must be too tired..." Benny's face was pale, and his hand holding the teacup was trembling, spilling the tea.

Crunch...crunch...

The voice sounded again.

Benny turned his head again, the beam of his flashlight extending forward. He seemed to see something lying on a pile of dream alloy in the distance.

That's...that's it!
A golden, perfectly shaped loaf of toast that seems to exude a fresh, fragrant aroma even from this distance.

Seemingly sensing the light, the piece of toast raised its head; having no neck, it could only slowly turn its body.

Benny witnessed an unbelievable and terrifying scene—

Toast is munching on a dreamlike alloy.

(End of this chapter)