Zongman, start your journey to godhood by saving the heroine of anime

Avril, who had been examining the roses in the flower vendor's hand, also seemed to notice Bai Ye's unusual behavior.

He turned his head to ask Bai Ye a question.

"It's nothing... I just suddenly discovered a really interesting shop."

Bai Ye suddenly put on an amusing smile.

"?"

Avril was completely baffled.

But the white night was indeed quite meaningful.

"Hey! Avril, do you like dolls?"

"what?"

The sudden question startled the girl for a moment, but she quickly misunderstood and thought that Bai Ye wanted to buy a doll as a date gift for Avril.

He nodded decisively, expressing his liking for the doll.

"I guess... I'd call it liking!"

"Let's go!"

Holding the girl's soft little hand, Bai Ye walked straight towards the doll shop called Rozen Maiden without hesitation.

The name Rozen Maiden might not ring a bell for many when pronounced in English, but its meaning becomes clear once translated.

This is a special doll customization shop called Rose Maiden, a name that Bai Ye is very familiar with.

Combining this with the Philosopher's Stone in his hand, named Blue Rose, which seemed to be attracted by something and wanted to fly into the shop, Bai Ye was basically certain of his guess.

Holding Avril's little hand, they arrived at the shop's entrance, gazing at the shop's exterior, which had a very girlish decor.

You can see that those queuing at the store entrance are either elegant little girls in Western-style dresses with bodyguards, or young girls dressed as ladies and holding parasols.

Clearly, this doll shop offers high-end doll customization services specifically for the aristocratic class.

A sign standing at the entrance also confirmed Bai Ye's guess.

[Due to the owner's frequent absences, our shop is only open on Sundays. Customers who wish to order custom-made dolls should arrive on Sunday and queue in front of the shop!]

Is Rozen Maiden only open on Sundays? Today happens to be Sunday.

Chapter 66 Puppet Master Luo Zhen (Bonus Chapter 4)

The opening hours written on the sign made Bai Ye seem thoughtful.

Logically, Bai Ye should have been waiting in line outside with the girls.

However, Bai Ye is very unpredictable.

Under the astonished gazes of the ladies, he bypassed the long queue and walked straight into the shop.

Bai Ye didn't care about the girls' gazes at all, but Avril, who was being pulled by Bai Ye, couldn't hold back and her face turned red with embarrassment.

However, the girl's strength was clearly insufficient to hold Bai Ye back.

Left with no other choice, he followed Bai Ye into the shop.

Push open the shop door.

The first thing you see at the entrance is a large storage cabinet.

Looking further inside, there was a small room decorated as an exhibition hall. There seemed to be no one else in the room, but there were quite a few exquisite girl dolls placed inside the display cases.

It's as if this isn't a shop selling dolls, but an exhibition hall displaying artworks.

but

A banner in the center of the exhibition hall caught Bai Ye's attention.

【winding or unwinding】

"Should we wind it up or not?"

"Then I would definitely choose Winding!"

Pointing to the words indicating the direction of the wind-up on one side of the banner, Bai Ye noticed that below these two words representing choices, there were two small doors.

Without even glancing at the door corresponding to Unwind, Bai Ye directly pushed open the wooden room beneath the wind-up door.

Inside sat a blond young man, engrossed in his work, seemingly meticulously crafting a doll at his workbench.

"Who is it? Why are you barging into my studio?"

"Didn't I say that all you need to do to customize a doll is write down your requirements and information on a piece of paper and put it in the storage box by the door?"

Upon hearing Bai Ye push open the door, the young man immediately turned around, assuming it was another customer looking to order a custom doll, his face showing the anger of someone whose work had been interrupted.

"Oh? It's you!"

"Oh! I didn't expect to run into an acquaintance!"

However, after their eyes met, both the young man and Bai Ye showed expressions of surprise.

The young man was very surprised to see Bai Ye in his shop again.

But what surprised Bai Ye was...

Why would the owner of a doll shop work as a clerk giving directions in a shopping mall in Suvar?

Indeed, the blond-haired young puppeteer in front of them was none other than the blond waiter who had given directions to Bai Ye and his companions when they entered the Sudan Shopping Mall four days ago.

After being prompted by Bai Ye, Avril seemed to recognize the figure in front of her.

After all, if this young man hadn't haphazardly led the three of them to the top floor, Bai Ye probably wouldn't have encountered that group of girls traffickers.

Then, in a fit of anger...

He unleashed his forbidden technique, wiping out the entire noble family of Suvar.

Avril still vividly remembers the person who could be considered the culprit behind the destruction of Suvarna.

"Could it be that the young man went to Sudan to work as a shop assistant because of this blue rose?"

Upon hearing Bai Ye's words, Avril looked curiously in Bai Ye's direction.

Then they saw Bai Ye take out the Philosopher's Stone from his pocket, which had started to tremble inexplicably after he entered the room.

The blond guy's eyes lit up instantly.

As if seeing some rare treasure they had always dreamed of, they eagerly reached out to take the gem from Bai Ye's hand.

However, the young man's outstretched hand was easily slapped away by Bai Ye.

"If you're in such a hurry, shouldn't you explain what happened before to me properly?"

Hearing Bai Ye's mocking voice, the blond guy finally snapped out of his excitement at seeing the sapphire.

He led Bai Ye to a seating area for guests and poured two cups of hot coffee for the two of them.

Only then did he reluctantly shift his gaze from the blue rose in Bai Ye's hand and slowly begin to introduce himself.

"My name is Luo Zhen, and I am a down-on-his-luck doll maker from Germany. As you can see, I am currently living in England and making a living by creating custom dolls for young ladies."

"Ok!"

Upon hearing the young man's name, Luo Zhen, Bai Ye's eyes narrowed instantly. At that moment, Bai Ye was completely certain that the world he had transmigrated to actually incorporated the worldview of the anime "Rozen Maiden."

Ignoring Bai Ye's thoughtful actions, Luo Zhen continued speaking.

"Haha! Actually, although I make dolls, collecting beautiful gems from all over the world is my real hobby."

"When I went to Suvar, I heard about the theft of its national treasure, the blue rose. I happened to find out through private channels that the genuine blue rose was hidden in the top floor of the Sultanate.

"So I took advantage of your shopping trip. I'm very sorry for the trouble this has caused you two."

At the same time, Luo Zhen clasped his hands together and bowed, sincerely apologizing to Bai Ye and the other person.

"However, based on my previous assumptions, even thieves who steal national treasures probably wouldn't make things difficult for a few tourists who accidentally wandered onto the rooftop."

As she spoke, she rubbed her already somewhat messy hair.

"Of course, it's all hindsight to say those things now."

"However, I do really enjoy collecting these kinds of unique gemstones from different places."

"To express my apology, I'm willing to pay ten times the original price to buy this blue rose from your hand, young man. What do you think?"

"not so good!"

Bai Ye directly refused.

Good heavens, hearing Luo Zhen's self-introduction full of lies, if I hadn't known the background of the original work, I might have been fooled by him.

Is he a gem enthusiast, or is he buying the Philosopher's Stone at ten times the price because he wants to apologize?

This guy really thinks Bai Ye is a lucky tourist who accidentally obtained a gem, right?

The thought of being treated like an idiot immediately darkened Bai Ye's face.

"Of all the things you just said, apart from your name and occupation being true, are you sure there's a single word that's true?"

"what!"

Luo Zhen was somewhat surprised, wondering how Bai Ye had seen through his lie.

However, before Luo Zhen could come up with an excuse to reply, Bai Ye spoke again, this time with a hint of probing.

"Furthermore, the people behind the Sultan aren't just thieves who steal national treasures; they're also a terrifying gang that traffics young girls. Did you know that?"

"Huh? This?"

Luo Zhen was truly shocked to hear this.

"It seems you really didn't know this, so I'll take it as an unintentional oversight."

"but..."

Bai Ye then continued speaking.

"Your actions of taking advantage of our probing have indeed put me in danger while I was with two young girls, and you have no argument about that!"

Luo Zhen: "......"

He genuinely didn't know that. After all, he wasn't a bad person. If he only knew that the Sultan was not only a thief who stole jewels but also a gang that trafficked young girls, he would never have tricked a passerby into helping him scout the way.

Seeing that Luo Zhen still had some conscience, Bai Ye calmed down a bit and nodded.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Pandora's Heart (Two Chapters Combined)

"In the end... you actually thought you could trick me out of this Philosopher's Stone by offering it for ten times the price of a mere gem."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing the words "White Night Philosopher's Stone," Luo Zhen's expression changed immediately, even though he had previously looked embarrassed and apologetic.

"How...did you know about the Philosopher's Stone?"

Luo Zhen adopted a defensive posture and even secretly summoned several combat puppets to sneak up behind Bai Ye, intending to make a move.

To this

Bai Ye simply put on a smile.

With a casual flick of his wrist, a tiny cross-shaped beam of light, about the size of a thumb, blasted the four puppets surrounding him into ashes.

Furthermore, the light power that Bai Ye unleashed this time was entirely effective; apart from destroying the puppet, it did not damage anything in the room.

Upon seeing this, Luo Zhen, who was already wary of Bai Ye, became even more serious.

He reached behind him as if to pull something out.

However, before he could make a move, he was interrupted by Bai Ye's words.

"How do I know about the Philosopher's Stone? You should think about how you left the mall that day in Sudan."

"what!"