Evolution of a Girl

"No, that was Mr. Sugiura Rashin, right?"

Although she hadn't seen the other person much, Tokimi Horikawa still recognized her. After all, the other person's sister was also in the club, and Tokimi Horikawa had been assigned to take care of Haruka Sugiura a few days ago.

"Yes, but it's still not convenient to communicate with him in this situation."

Roppongi Ayame doesn't seem to like Tadokoro Hiroshi very much.

If Luo Zhen hadn't been with Tadokoro Hiroshi, she would probably have gone to say hello.

"Hmm...but Mr. Luo Zhen's temperament is really completely different from before. I didn't recognize him at first."

"That's just an act."

"Eh?"

"It was truly wonderful, that feeling was truly impressive. But Mr. Luo Zhen had a certain soft spot within him, which gave him away. While communicating with Mr. Masami, he appeared normal on the surface, but his heartbeat was actually racing. Well, it was indeed a brilliant display of bravado, at least on the surface."

Horikawa Tokimi really didn't see it...

"Okay, don't worry about those little things, let's continue our tour." Roppongi Ayame said, "But when you get home, don't forget your mission."

"Yes……"

Horikawa Tokimi subconsciously looked at her arm.

Her task was to develop a simple AI for her exoskeleton, starting with the simplest cleaning task. For example, when Tokimi Horikawa turned on the AI while working part-time, her exoskeleton would automatically start cleaning until the task was completed, and then return control to Tokimi Horikawa.

In a sense, this really feels like a blessing for lazy people.

But Horikawa Tokimi always felt something was weird.

It wasn't that she was against it; in fact, she quite liked the feeling. Programming her own body and then watching it move on its own was quite fun. It was just that being in the hospital, being watched by everyone, even though no one was quite sure what was going on, still made her feel a little shy...

"Forget it, this is something to consider later..." Now is not the time to think about this. The more I think about it, the more shy I will become.

She followed Roppongi Ayame and continued to participate in the exhibition.

"But it seems that 'Shinhama' has been removed from the name of the exhibition." Tokimi Horikawa remembered that when she came here last year, the exhibition here still had the prefix "Shinhama".

"Well, since it's the tenth anniversary, we want to turn it into a completely international exhibition. After exhibiting in China, we will go abroad. I think the next stop is Paris." Roppongi Ayame was a little more familiar with this matter.

“Paris is such a romantic place.”

Unfortunately, that kind of romantic place seems a bit far away from my rough ideas...

She raised her head so that the camera on her neck could receive a wider range of content.

The camera has a wide field of view, nearly 180 degrees, which can take in all the scenery in front of it. The resolution of the camera is also very high, which is said to be three times that of the human eye, far more powerful than Horikawa Tokimi's own eyes.

She quite likes this kind of vision. In this state, she can see this colorful world.

After this year, Horikawa Tokimi probably felt that she could understand Roppongi Ayame's thoughts.

It is precisely because my eyes are still in my body that I can understand this greatness that far exceeds human nature itself.

"Is this also Master Yikui's puppet..."

In front of her, a black-haired girl came into view...

……

The blade is rounded off enough again, so add more!

Chapter 166 They are all lonely

International Puppet Exhibition.

Without the prefix, the name becomes simpler but more formal.

There were a lot of people at the exhibition, far more than in the past.

Because there are two puppets appearing at this year's exhibition.

That is the work of Kamishiro Giku.

This master has not been in the public eye for more than ten years, but he has never left.

Because the puppets he made are still the best puppets in the world so far. Even if this is excluded, these puppets themselves can still exist as works of art.

The doll in kimono sat quietly.

This doll has platinum-colored hair and sapphire eyes, but is wearing a kimono and kneeling quietly.

The doll sits here quietly.

It was an inanimate object, so the puppet just stared silently at the crowd in front of it.

This is the posthumous work of Master Shindai Yikui.

It seems impossible to verify whether it is a true posthumous work.

But everyone is willing to believe that this is his last work.

After retiring, Master Yikui only made Otonashi puppets.

It is said that he created this puppet for his own daughter. Others say that he created this puppet to represent his daughter out of grief for the loss of his own daughter.

Kamishiro Gikui—this name wasn't well known at first. But after his death, his hazy and mysterious life became a source of entertainment for the public. More and more people began to know him.

Is the prototype of the Otonari doll really his daughter?

So, where is that lovely person now?

No one knows.

But this does not hinder everyone's discussion.

Because all of this is just to provide them with topics to talk about, and that's enough.

As for the truth, does anyone really care?

The doll is from the "Otonashi" series, but its appearance is unique.

"This must be Master Yikui's return to nature. That's why he designed it this way on purpose."

"Perhaps it's the prototype of the Otona puppet, so it's undecorated."

"Haha, maybe this is the master's habit!"

The spectators laughed and talked freely.

The puppet didn't move.

Many people looked at the puppets and walked to the back.

Because they had seen this doll when they came here last year.

So they came to the back.

Behind the puppet, separated by a piece of thick cardboard, is another puppet.

The puppet is in the center of the venue, on a circular stand.

The two dolls were placed back to back, separated by a thin cardboard.

——This is a doll with black hair.

The girl, full of oriental charm, was wearing a black and white Western-style dress.

The dolls are very delicate.

It's like a girl sleeping quietly.

It has a completely different style from the doll next to it, and it seems to perfectly complement the golden doll.

People say that this was Master Yikui's last work before he retired.

Her long black hair hung down, and her amber eyes looked into the distance.

It's as if he could come back to life at any time.

So lifelike.

"Dolls like these are more like humans," someone said.

Some people also said, "Perhaps it is because the master has exhausted the limits that he has retired. The master wants to create works that are different from the past."

"In terms of style and structure, the dolls are completely different. I had some doubts before, but now I think that the Otoko no Otoko doll is probably the last work." Someone else said.

They are dolls that reflect each other.

After seeing the two puppets, some people suddenly understood.

Just as the show itself advertised.

This is--

"The Gemini Goddess".

The Gemini goddesses sit back to back.

Are they aware of each other's existence?

Do they know that they are the "final works"?

Some people think so.

However, there was no answer to their thoughts.

A lifeless puppet without human emotions.

Dolls have always existed. They are simply shaped into people's likenesses and imbued with human emotions.

People pretend to have created the dolls themselves, and they presume that the dolls should be like themselves.

but.

Even the loneliest particle will undergo some changes when it encounters another particle.

It is precisely because of their loneliness that they gather together in the void, emitting light and heat, and becoming the first stars.

It is precisely because of loneliness that the oldest life originated from a chemical reaction in the primordial world soup.

So, the doll must know something! The doll must feel something!

People come and go, go and come again.

They talked about their imaginations and expressed their ideas. They looked at the puppets and discussed their own lives.

"That's—a mirror. Two sides of a mirror."

This is what the artist who came from afar said.

“But it’s completely different.”

Someone else asked.

"Because what the mirror reflects is always the opposite. That's why it's different."

As he spoke, the artist sighed.

Someone asked why.

“After seeing it, I realized that I would never be able to create such a work of art in my lifetime.”

After seeing such a puppet, the artist realized that it was a level beyond his reach.

Before coming here, he might have had a chance to touch this ceiling in the future.

However, after seeing this scenery, he knew that he no longer had any chance.

"That's why you're crying."

"No. I'd die without regrets just because I've seen this kind of work. I cried because I was so moved."

It's just a lonely puppet.

Yet, such man-made objects seem to have a strange appeal. Such existence is inexplicably moving.

Before becoming a life, human existence is just a blank.

That is "something that has already been completed."

It was "a blank space".