The doll's room is the last of a series of rooms. Walking out of the unlocked wooden door, the warm sunlight pierced Cui Zuojing's eyes and raised his hand to block the excessively dazzling light.
There was a bustling noise, and they seemed to be on the street of a small town. Most of the houses on the side of the road had only two floors, the ground floor was used as a storefront, and the upper floor was used for living.
There are all kinds of dolls walking on the street, up to Duck, Mickey, Mouse, Barbie, Pikachu, Dumbo... There are also many dolls that Dong Zheng can't name.
"This is the doll's house now," Allen said in a low voice.
At this time, the task interface of the four was updated to [Guarding Heaven]. Before they understood what it meant, they saw the little yellow chicken who was approaching suddenly widened his eyes and gasped, covering his mouth with one wing. , the other wing pointed at them and shouted: "There is someone here!"
In an instant, the whole street was quiet, and all the dolls stopped what they were doing and looked at them all. Their eyes were full of horror. Dong Zheng clearly saw the resentment in the eyes of Doudou of the little yellow chicken. Pass.
Cui Zuojing took a step back and let out a soft "Wow", which only Dong Zheng heard.
"Someone came in!"
"God, get them out of here!"
It was just one sound at first, but in the end, the shouts came one after another, and the strong tiger figurine stepped forward cautiously, and said sharply: "Get out! You are not welcome here!"
There are too many dolls around, and if there is a conflict, it will definitely not be good. Dong Zheng frowned and was trying to negotiate, but the tiger didn't even give him a chance to speak, and he rushed up to do it.
In the distance, a brown bear and a gray wolf waited and watched. Dong Zheng was very sure that once they made any resistance, the two dolls would immediately rush over.
Dong Zheng turned around immediately and said, "Go!"
No one raised any objection, and they all turned their heads and ran away. Fortunately, the other dolls did not step forward to stop them, but just stared at them with resentful and fearful eyes, staring at them closely.
This is like a market place. The street is very narrow. After a few turns, a group of people rushed into an alley. There was a shop on the street. All the dolls came out with masks. Dong Zheng guessed that it was a mask shop and turned towards the back. With a wave of his hand, he slowly slowed down and walked into the store.
The wind chimes at the door rattled. Dong Zheng casually touched the faceless man's mask on the shelf at the door and buckled it. Looking around, there were many people in the store, all concentrating on choosing their favorite masks. The owner sat behind the counter and knitted sweaters. Time hasn't the figurine noticed them yet.
Except for Victor, everyone else also took a pleasing mask to cover their facial features as human beings. Cui Zuojing picked up a black mask of The Phantom of the Opera and looked in the mirror expressionlessly, feeling like an emotional killer, amused by himself.
A doll went to the counter to check out with a selected mask. Dong Zheng was relieved to see that he took out a few buttons from his pocket as currency and handed it to the shopkeeper.
He also had a bag of buttons in his pocket that he got after he bought the bean paste shortcake for the female ghost, which just came in handy now. Dong Zheng turned around and wanted to ask everyone to put on masks too, and suddenly stuck his face with V for Vendetta, shocked.
Alan laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Lin Hangzhi brought a bull's head and deliberately lowered his voice: "The bull warrior will never take off his mask!"
Dong Linhai is playing with the two little ears on top of Batman's head. Dong Zheng frowned worriedly and went to checkout at the counter.
The little raccoon doll shop owner didn't realize that they were human at all. He raised his head to count the number of masks, and continued to focus on the things in his hands, and said directly: "Five masks, twenty buttons."
Dong Zheng counted out twenty black buttons and gave it to him, and walked out of the mask shop with integrity.
Many dolls passed by them, and Linhai whispered, "Okay, so what are you going to do now? What do you mean by guarding heaven? This place doesn't look like it needs protection."
Dong Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, let's wait and see how it changes."
After that, he looked at Cui Zuojing, who was turning his head to look behind him, and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Cui Zuojing retracted his gaze, a little not used to the weight on the bridge of his nose, bent his index finger and pushed down the mask, saying, "I suggest you find a place with a lot of people temporarily, and take a proper rest while collecting information."
It has been four or five hours since they entered the box, and the subsequent process is not known for how long, and everyone feels tired to varying degrees. Allen suggested, "Would you like to find a hotel or hotel?"
Lin Hangzhi: "But is there really a restaurant in this place? How do dolls eat?"
"Dolls shouldn't be able to talk and walk."
The clues and information collected in the school before seemed to be completely useless. After spending some time, they were finally lucky enough to find a suitable place, a small bar in the corner of the alley.
The bar is not big, the lights are dim, there is a long bar and a few tables, the stairs leading to the second floor are covered with narrow curtains, and there should be private rooms above. Cui Zuojing guesses that many residents in the town will go to get off work after work Come over for a drink.
There were not many people at this time. Chip, the bartender behind the bar, was reading a book with relish. Seeing them come in, he straightened up and asked, "Do you want to drink something?"
Victor's eyes lit up immediately, he jumped on the high stool, raised his head to the little raccoon and said, "Have a glass of vodka, just add ice."
Cui Zuojing couldn't stop it, so he could only say: "You can only drink a little. If you drink too much now, you will definitely get drunk."
Victor's tail was raised happily. His body was an unneutered male cat, with two balls under the base of the tail, and the fluffy look was soft and easy to touch.
In fact, Cui Zuojing sneaked many times while Victor was asleep.
Dong Zheng stroked Victor's head and said, "Have a cup of Chivas."
Fu Zhe is a non-drinker. He can't even see the shadow of a wine bottle in the ancient castle. The last time he drank was on the rooftop in a bloody night, but for Dong Zheng, beer was no different from water, so it was not enjoyable at all.
Cui Zuojing reminded: "Just take it easy, don't greedy for this cup if you are poor in alcohol."
"No, I can drink very well." Allen knocked on the bar very socially and said, "Tequila, add more lemonade."
Lin Hangzhi is an honest doctor. He has never been to a bar or the like in the real world. After a long while, he finally pointed at Alan and said, "Give me a copy like him."
Dong Linhai: "Lam Bar, add Coke."
In the end, Cui Zuojing did not choose alcoholic beverages: "Come here a bottle of Sprite."
Not long after, the five people sat side by side on the stools and all got the drinks they ordered. Victor was standing on the bar, licking the pure vodka in the glass with a face full of intoxication, his head was almost sticking into the mouth of the glass, Cui Zuojing I swear Victor had never been so excited to tease him with catnip before.
As expected of a fighting nation...
Although there were not many people in the bar in the afternoon, there were still two or three tables besides them on the first floor, chatting with each other. The five of them were very tacit and did not talk. They concentrated on eavesdropping on the conversations on other tables, trying to obtain useful information.
On the table next to Dong Linhai sat a polar bear and a chicken with black-rimmed glasses, like a colleague, chatting about trivial things about the neighborhood. He sipped the rum, and finally got a moment and a half of relaxation from the time he entered the box, listening to each other.
Suddenly, Jizai lowered his voice and said, "If I remember correctly, the catastrophe predicted by the astrologer is coming soon."
Catastrophe? Dong Linhai's ears immediately froze.
The polar bear sighed: "Yeah, it's been two days. Yesterday, I met Da Duck in the food store and asked a question. He said that he didn't know how the catastrophe would happen, so he had to let the guards first. Be prepared and think about countermeasures when the time comes.”
Lin Hai secretly poked Dong Zheng with his elbow and gave him a wink. Dong Zheng understood and listened intently to the conversation over there.
"I'm a little worried... Although we have successfully resisted the previous disasters, those are only small-scale, and this one predicted by the astrologer can determine the survival of the town."
"Yeah, we need to spend a long time treating the wounded after every disaster. If we don't get it right this time, many of our companions may really die."
The dolls were silent, and after a long while, the polar bear said firmly: "But no matter what, we will definitely protect the town and the master, and we must not let her suffer any harm."
It is estimated that the dolls in the whole town know about the impending catastrophe, otherwise these two would not have been mentioned in a crowded place like a bar without any taboos.
The two dolls probably didn't want to continue such a heavy topic, so they started talking about other things. After more than ten minutes, they pushed the empty wine glass aside, got up and left.
The polar bear just pushed open the door of the bar, looked out, and immediately turned to the chicken who was still packing his things: "The master is here! Come and see!"
The polar bear didn't deliberately lower his voice, so all the dolls in the bar heard it, they all got up and ran out to see, even the little raccoon put down the glass that was being wiped and walked out from behind the bar, throwing the five customers in front of him behind his head .
Dong Zheng and the others also took the opportunity to look over. Lin Hangzhi Allen didn't hear the previous conversation between the two dolls, and his face was full of confusion.
When they walked out of the bar, they found that the streets were already crowded with all kinds of dolls, all looking at the other side of the road, whispering excitedly to the people around them, like a large fan meeting.
And where they were looking, a girl in full costume was walking along with several Barbie dolls. She looked about eleven or twelve years old, with long blond hair, eyes as blue as the sea, and her left foot was slightly sloped when she walked.
"Agatha?" Dong Linhai whispered everyone's wishes based on the girl's appearance and thin body.
They silently watched the girl pass by, unaware that they were different. Agatha smiled and greeted the toys, accepting flowers and small gifts from them, just like all the doll residents in the town. their favorite princess.
Sure enough, he guessed it well. The source of Agatha's nightmares. The school was reduced to hell under the domination of mutant dolls, and those who had bullied her died tragically.
And she lives in a paradise created by the dolls of this party.
Just thinking about it, Dong Zheng Yuguang caught a glimpse of someone staring at the door of the clothing store on the opposite street corner, and immediately looked there vigilantly.
Nothing at all.
Dong Zheng frowned and glanced at Cui Zuojing, who was standing next to him. The young man was also staring in that direction, his most often expressionless face.
When talking to people, Cui Zuojing did smile, but Dong Zheng observed him for a long time and found that Cui Zuojing's eyes never showed any fluctuations and intense emotions. Cui Zuojing never smiled when no one was paying attention to him.
It's like... all the smiles are faked to make others feel that he is easy to get along with.
Aware that Dong Zheng was looking at him, Cui Zuojing smiled as he expected and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Dong Zheng looked back and continued to recall the feeling of being peeped just now.
That shouldn't be an illusion.
The author has something to say: Note: Chipmunk, Disney character.