Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 7 Rune Puppet

Su Lun's eyes gradually became a little dignified.

Because he also picked up a fork with his own hand, forked a large piece of bloody meat, and was sending it to his mouth.

If you don't think about it.

He knew that if he didn't find a breaking point, he would be played to death by that "ghost species" sooner or later.

Horrible manor, weird dolls, a ghost species that likes to kill humans

Su Lun's thoughts turned rapidly.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and he had a flash of inspiration: "Since the weirdness in this room has the ability to kill us easily, but it doesn't have this, it means that the 'weird' has wisdom at all, and it's not low."

It's a good thing for him that the monster has intelligence.

I'm afraid that monsters only know how to kill instinctively, that's a desperate situation.

Hit, definitely can't beat.

But judging from his experience in thousands of horror games and horror movies, as long as he is an intelligent NPC, he can get a plot twist (clue) through conversation.

The clues in the study room, corridor, and banquet hall suddenly connected end to end.

Su Lun felt that he probably found the key to breaking the game!

"call"

I let out a sigh of relief.

Su Lun decided to give it a try.

At this time, his expression suddenly turned cold, and he said something inexplicable to the void: "Miss Pestoia, can I talk to you?"

This opening, as if time is forbidden.

Su Lun himself was sending meat to his mouth with his right hand, and it also stopped in mid-air.

Hearing this, the bald man who was eating blood not far away was obviously taken aback, not understanding why Su Lun suddenly said such inexplicable words.

However, at this time, there was a response from the void, "Hey, how do you know my name?"

It was still the low and weird old lady's voice from before.

You guessed it!

When Su Lun heard this, he immediately realized that there was nothing wrong with his reasoning.

The guy from Marcus said before that this "ghost species" found them, but didn't kill them directly, but played a game of peek-a-boo.

As long as you abide by the rules of the game, you can live temporarily; if you violate the rules, you will be killed immediately.

Same as the current situation, this weirdness could easily kill them, but chose to "play".

This also proves that this "ghost species" is not very old; in other words, the psychological age is not very old.

And on this dining table, apart from the corpse, there are only three dolls in total, a gentleman in a suit, a lady, and a young woman. The gentleman sat at the main seat, obviously this is a family of three.

When Su Lun went to the table to observe before, he felt that these three people looked familiar.

If he thought about it again, he would think of a family photo he had seen on the wall of the study room before.

In the photo, these three people are impressively listed.

And in that photo, there was actually a fourth person.

A little girl holding a bear doll!

Then the rest is not difficult to guess, the housekeeper calls it "master" and likes bloody pranks, so the identity of this "ghost species" is only that little girl.

And under that photo, there happened to be a name marked, "Pestoia Isaac"!

Su Lun didn't answer that question, but said directly, "Can I chat with you for a while?"

Although he didn't know what the weirdness of "ghost species" was, it was probably similar to the "ghost" in his impression.

Moreover, since she knew that she was not very old in her heart, there was more room for conversation (fooling).

So, first of all, it has to arouse its interest.

He added: "I can tell interesting stories, I can dance, I can sing, I can play shadow puppetry, and puppet shows. I think Miss Pestoia will like it."

After speaking, the room was silent for a while.

Su Lun thought that the matter was almost ready, but at this moment, the surrounding scene suddenly changed, from a banquet hall to a girl's bedroom decorated in pink.

On the workbench by the window, a little girl in a princess dress was tinkering with some doll parts.

She seemed to be seriously assembling a puppet full of runes. She didn't look back when she heard the movement, and said directly: "You haven't said it yet, how do you know my name?"

Very gentle girlish voice, sounds crisp and glutinous.

The first step is done!

It successfully aroused its interest.

Su Lun took a quick look at everything in the house, and said, "I saw your name on the photo when I was in the study."

He spoke in a calm tone as much as possible, for fear of provoking the other party.

Because he knew that the little girl in front of him, who looked harmless to humans and animals, had a "distorted mentality" that tortured and killed humans.

The little girl asked again: "How did you find me in the study before?"

Apparently, she was talking about that nutcracker thing.

Su Lun thought it was a good sign, at least she took the initiative to speak up and responded, "Because I found that the doll's eyeballs moved."

"Oh, so that's the case."

Hearing this, the little girl slowly put down the rune puppet in her hand.

As if time stood still for a moment, then she slowly turned around.

Seeing this, Su Lun narrowed his pupils and eyes slightly, faintly feeling that there would be a big turning point in the plot. Just in case, he silently made up for himself a special BGM for watching horror movies - "Today is a good day".

If not!

And in the next moment, the little girl turned her face to Su Lun, and suddenly changed back to the low and terrifying voice before, asking sullenly, "Now, do you still want to chat with me?"

It was a scorched face, the facial features were all wrinkled by the high temperature, and there were only three holes left in the mouth and nose.

Normal people would be shocked when they saw this face suddenly.

But to the little girl's surprise, Su Lun's expression remained unchanged. There was no panic, no disgust, no fear. He even stared at the little girl's face seriously, with a warm smile on her face.

If you've seen a thousand horror movies, it's probably hard to be scared.

In horror movies, if there are not a hundred kinds of "killing back" plots, there are eighty kinds, such as sulfuric acid, fire, laceration, abscesses, etc. There are all kinds of horrible and disgusting scenes.

Therefore, when Su Lun saw this burnt face, his heart was not too disturbed.

He knew that just now, his expression of being frightened or frightened might trigger some instant death effect, and he would definitely not be able to continue the conversation today.

However, this first hurdle he passed successfully.

Su Lun went straight to the point: "Of course, Miss Pestoia. I can feel your loneliness"

He imitated the tone of the psychiatrist who treated him back then, and started the conversation.

The little girl was stunned, as if she hadn't thought about what she should do if the other party wasn't frightened by her terrifying appearance.

Su Lun didn't give her a chance to make trouble, and immediately began to tell her own story.

"When I was in the juvenile detention center, I was often locked up. Oh, the juvenile detention center is a place for disobedient children. So, I can experience the loneliness of being locked up in a small room."

"I was born in a very warm family, but my parents left when I was very young."

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If you have read eight hundred books, you will not feel that there is nothing new in this world.

Italian Carlo Gezi said that there are only thirty-six plots in the world: supplication, rescue, revenge, vengeance between flesh and blood, pursuit, disaster, misfortune, release from obsession, and seeking.

When Su Lun saw the face of "Pestoria", he immediately speculated on many plots.

burn?

Either by accident or by being killed.

There is also a family in the restaurant who are made into puppets and sit there neatly, either missing or resenting.

Judging from the limited clues, this should be a harmonious family.

Pestoia should have been born in a family with loving parents, and was killed by an accidental fire when she was about ten years old.

Life is also fixed in that year.

Su Lun wasn't all fooling around, but could really appreciate that kind of loneliness.

Because he told his own story.

Perhaps, only psychopaths can understand psychosis?

He has been given psychological counseling for so many years in the juvenile detention center, and after reading so many psychology books, he is very familiar with the psychological communication methods of problem children.

Although this "strangeness" is very powerful, its supernatural ability can even easily kill a hundred Surens.

But after all, the mental age is just a little girl who is not deeply involved in the world.

Where there is intelligence, there are emotional needs.

This is what the psychiatrist who treated him for his illness said.

The desire to survive overwhelmed Su Lun's guilt of fooling the little girl, and the two started chatting slowly.

"My name is Su Lun, nice to meet you, Miss Pestoia."

"Are you really not afraid of me?"

"Well. I can see that Pestoia is a kind girl."

"No, I killed a lot of people."

"I have also killed many people. That year, a group of hooligans insulted and killed my neighbor's sister. Then I took a knife and chased them for three streets and stabbed them to death. Yeah, maybe they deserve to die."

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Su Lun saw a hint of curiosity from that burnt face, as if he had found a sense of identity from his words.

After a pause, he didn't forget to give some psychological hints, and said again: "Later in the juvenile detention center, the doctor told me that bad people should be punished, but good people cannot be hurt."

"oh."

Pestoia murmured half-understood.

After pondering for a moment, she asked softly, "What do you think is a good person?"

Su Lun: "For individuals, the difference between a good guy and a bad guy is whether they conform to their own values. At least until today, I think those guys deserve to die."

Pestoia was very smart, and obviously understood the deep meaning of Su Lun's words, showing a hint of cunning, and asked, "Then are you a good person?"

Su Lun didn't blush: "Of course."

"cluck cluck"

Hearing this, laughter like silver bells resounded in the room.

The atmosphere suddenly became less rigid.

Girls probably love beauty, and the little girl has returned to her appearance in the photo, blond and blue-eyed, well-behaved and cute.

Su Lun told her own story, and the lonely experience of the two mental patients made it easy for them to find "resonance".

After a while, one person and one ghost sat side by side like good friends.

Su Lun told her some strange stories on the earth.

Pestoia will also talk about what happened in the manor.

"My parents are very powerful alchemists, they are very busy every day, only these dolls will always be with me, unfortunately they can't talk"

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Su Lun didn't ask about the fire, he could guess it with his toes, which would definitely trigger Pestoia's painful memory.

The two chatted about some happy and interesting trivial things.

The plot also unfolded in the direction he expected.

Su Lun's purpose is to survive, obviously, he probably won't be killed.

However, there seems to be something more.

Resonance is always mutual.

Although there was no favorability panel in the game, Su Lun felt that this little girl got along very well with him.

The two chatted for a long time, and Pestoia seemed very satisfied, with a lovely smile on her face.

"Thank you, no one has spoken to me in years."

The little girl thought of something, and said: "But you can't stay with me for too long, or you will be deformed."

"distortion?"

Su Lun thought it was okay to stay a little longer, but after hearing Pestoya's words, he also realized that there might be other dangers in this space.

At this time, Pestoia seemed to think of something again.

She walked to her workbench, picked up the finished rune doll, put it in a beautiful box, and said, "This is a parting gift for you, Mr. Su Lun. Thank you for accompanying me to say said so."

Hearing this, Su Lun knew that he had successfully survived.

Su Lun was not polite, and took the wooden box containing the rune doll.

A simple puppet with yellow skin and a heavy hand, as if there are many metal parts inside, and the most peculiar thing is that there are faint blue light runes on its surface.

He didn't ask much, but smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the gift too, Miss Pestoia."

"Mr. Su Lun, we probably won't see each other in the future. Even if you come next time, I might forget about you"

It was time to say goodbye, and Pestoia showed sadness on her face.

Then, she took off a butterfly brooch from her clothes and pinned it on Su Lun's chest, "This is my favorite brooch. It was a birthday present from my mother when I was six years old. It was also given to you by me." I hope you can do me a favor when you get out."

Su Lun readily agreed: "Okay."

"If you can see my parents in the future, ask for me."

When Pestoia said this, she suddenly stopped and did not continue.

Su Lun asked suspiciously, "What are you asking?"

Pestoia's tone suddenly became very painful, the horrible old woman's voice alternated with the girl's voice, "Ask them why they want to burn me to death."

As soon as these words came out, an inexplicable chill suddenly swept through the whole room.

ah?

Su Lun never expected that she would say such a sentence suddenly.

He immediately realized that the truth of the matter was not that simple.

It turned out that Pestoia was burned to death by her parents?

How is it possible that in a harmonious and loving family, the parents actually burned their favorite youngest daughter to death?

where is the problem?

Is there something wrong with Pestoia, or her parents?

However, there was no time to think about it. At this moment, Pestoia seemed to have been touched by the demon in her heart, and black mist rose from her whole body, and she was about to run away.

Seeing this scene, Su Lun stretched out his hand decisively, and gently touched her head.

Probably because of enough favorability, Pestoia suddenly became quiet under appeasement. She raised her head slowly, and her red eyes gradually returned to calm.

Su Lun nodded solemnly: "Okay! I promise you."

It turned out that she once bravely loved this world, but the world gave her endless pain.

"Goodbye."

Pestoia grinned at him, her eyes were as clear as the starry sky, she was still so innocent and cute, "It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Su Lun."