Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 315 Mutual
Zheng Fan and Luo Bo were watching a large crowd walk by on the street, making a great commotion, with many people holding boards. Luo Bo's face was flushed as he looked at the sign that read "Severely Punish Rabbi Hydwin" that was passing right in front of him.

"There's nothing we can do. You have to understand that not everyone knows the whole story. Among a series of abstract events, only the images of Little Potato and you are the most concrete. Under the spotlight, most people can only understand up to this point. That's why they regard you as the instigators, or even the core of the problem."

Zheng opened a can of Coca-Cola, which was red and blue with the Pepsi logo and the Coca-Cola signature written on it. This resolved the dispute equally while simultaneously insulting both parties, making him a master of impartiality.

"Beep beep..." The puppeteer is so peaceful, quite different from the impression I had of him.

The radish makes a sound, conveying a message.

"Come on, I'm perfectly reasonable, okay? I'm not some superhuman monster who kills entire families at the drop of a hat." Zheng Fan laughed as he took a sip of his hybrid cola. "It still depends on my mood." Whether the whole family dies or not is uncertain, but the person involved will probably not be unharmed.

"Beep beep..." I understand.

Radish lowered his head: "Beep beep..." After all, we didn't do anything wrong in the first place.

But the unpleasant things still came knocking on my door.

If it were just about the radish, it wouldn't have made much of a difference. But clearly, when people were trying to pin the blame on a specific person rather than a runaway doll, Rabbi Hydwin became the most frequently mentioned name in these large-scale protests.

"Beep beep..." After all, Lavi was only like this because of me. Only when I am a prohibited military doll and indeed an out-of-control doll would I implicate Lavi.

Zheng Fan drank his cola, his expression unchanged: "Do you really have to stick to this line of reasoning?"

"Beep beep..." I only think like this occasionally to spur myself on. I don't really feel sorry for myself. Just like I don't regret meeting Mr. Doll, and even now that I'm in this state, I'm mostly just grateful.

Zheng Fan nodded in satisfaction. This way it wouldn't be boring. Then he took out a glass bottle of hybrid cola and handed it to Luo Bo.

Radish: "Beep beep...?"

"This doll can drink too, you just need to open its mouth. Just use the module I usually use when I possess it," Zheng replied and instructed.

Radish: "Beep beep...?"

“That’s not some eccentric, quirky trick; it’s a module you actually possess, one you can unlock yourself.” Zheng Fan inadvertently uttered words that sounded like a magician revealing a secret.

Upon hearing this, Radish fiddled with it for a while, and because Zheng Fan often used it, he actually managed to find a clue. When it opened its mouth, it felt like a groundbreaking absurdity.

What's even more absurd is that it then unscrewed the bottle of hybrid cola in its hand and drank it down with that mouth.

It certainly has a module that simulates taste signals; otherwise, the kitchen module couldn't be so sophisticated, which is why it also tasted the hybrid cola.

"How about it?"

“Beep…”

Can I say it's not very good?

“You’ve already said it, and this really isn’t very good.” Zheng Fan shrugged, seemingly unconcerned.

The two marching groups seemed to have bumped into each other during their journey, and the leaders of both sides engaged in a heated debate. However, both sides exercised restraint and did not turn the civilized debate into a mere brawl.

“Fools! Rabbi Hedwin may be the spark, but she is by no means the source of suffering! You should not have any illusions about the White-Clad! They will make us slaves forever!” One side clearly harbored radical hatred for the Metropolitan faction.

"No matter how you imagine it, the Tide Army will never treat us well! The current actions of the Tide Army are all because we provoked them first! Rabbi Hydwin was dissatisfied with the wanton violence she suffered, and the Tide Army kindly helped us investigate but was attacked and killed! Afterwards, Rabbi Hydwin and her dolls launched a malicious revenge, and the repeated provocations have led to the current situation!" If there is anything to hate here, it is probably Rabbi.

"Have you ignored the harm that most people have caused to innocent people like us in this process?"

"The person who should be held responsible is the instigator—Rabbi Hydwin!"

What's bizarre, yet not so strange in reality, is that those who support the latter seem significantly more numerous, even in statements whose flaws become apparent upon closer examination.

Radish emitted a meaningless signal sound without any information; if you were to interpret it, it was simply a sigh. Zheng Fan reached out and patted its back: "After all, we really didn't care about their lives or deaths. Even though our fight with the white-clad men would inevitably cause a big commotion and easily affect others, we didn't care about that, did we?"

The fact that we were abandoned has been there for a long time, and it's not up to these people to explain it now.

Radish nodded slightly and finished the rest of the hybrid cola in one gulp.

Often, making a decision doesn't guarantee complete focus. A radish may appear dull on the outside, but its emotional capacity is actually quite high.

It was originally created to defend this country.

Now, standing by the roadside, concealing his presence, he watches as two groups of people find ways to curse his master, even his old master who still longs for his homeland until his death, and then he degrades himself to an out-of-control puppet leading Scalova toward destruction.

Complex feelings are inevitable.

“That’s not something as gentle as complexity,” Zheng Fan interrupted its thoughts at this moment.

"Beep beep...?"

"This feeling is anger, it's that simple. You don't care about your own affairs, but you can't accept that the contributions the Hedwin family has made to this world are also denied, not to mention that the rabbis who have worked hard to take care of you have been slandered."

As Zheng Fan spoke, he couldn't help but laugh again, "And what's interesting is that rabbis are the same."

The radish's signal light flashes at an unpredictable frequency.

“She doesn’t care about her own affairs; her heart has long been numb to the world, and she doesn’t care about anything except her grandfather and you.”

At that moment, the man who had been speaking so confidently and arrogantly suddenly let out a scream and clutched his buttocks.

"What's wrong!?"

"You actually dared to lay a hand on me!?"

"Not us..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the person on the other side let out a scream and clutched his buttocks as well.

The bloodied buttocks of both men became the trigger for the conflict. Both sides abandoned their debating weapons and started fighting with their protest paddles and fists.

This time, the real black-clad toast weaved through the chaotic crowd.

Toast was in a bad mood, so it ran out to clear its head. When it saw someone shouting so loudly, it got annoyed and went straight for it and bit it.

Seeing this, Zheng Fan and Luo Bo exchanged a glance. Zheng Fan couldn't help but shrug and said, "Don't tell Rabi about the toast biting people's butts, or she'll start thinking about the Dream Alloy again."

“Beep…”

Let's really not continue this topic.

The toast was bouncing around, but because there were so many people and it was so chaotic, it was accidentally kicked halfway, causing it to lose its balance and get stuck in the messy crowd.

Seeing this, Radish casually tossed aside the hybrid cola he had finished drinking, strode into the crowd, and in the chaos, pushed past everyone along the way to grab the toast and escape.

"Ouch?"

“Beep…”

Radish and Toast exchanged a glance. Although neither of them had eyes and their faces only had mouths, Zheng Fan thought they were quite in sync.

(End of this chapter)