"Puppets? Do I understand..."
"Yes, turning a living person into a puppet and throwing it out. This kind of transformation is not irreversible, but the current method... Sorry, this is confidential, because other tricks are involved. In short, the people who were expelled from the store The bodies of living people will be turned into puppets, and the souls will be trapped in the store forever."
"Trapped in the store in what form? Clerk? Merchandise? Or something more strange?"
Dad smiled:
"I found that your imagination is very rich. Is this the necessary talent to become a writer? But no, the souls stranded in the store will be thrown into the fuel furnace by puppets to supplement the energy for the operation of the store. Although continuous entry The two people in the store are separated by at least 10 hours, but if there are really two customers entering the store in a row, and the former does not tell the story, then the customer behind can see that scene."
Jenkins nodded, understanding the function and characteristics of A-01-1-0034.
"So as long as people who can tell stories enter the store, wouldn't this store be very useful?"
If Jenkins was allowed in, he vowed to remove all useful things inside. But he immediately thought of another thing:
"Wait, ABC is included, then I might meet..."
"It's not that simple, how can the weird thing be used by us mortals?"
Dad shook his head, with a warning in his tone.
"I told you before, never try to use a trick, even if you think it is 100% safe. According to historical records, only 2% of people who enter A-01-1-0034 can be safe came out with merchandise. In fact, the whole store was filled with malicious whispers and eerie murmurs. Even the basement where the cultists held their rituals couldn’t be more terrifying. If you want to use A- 01-1-0034, the first thing that should be ensured is not being able to tell stories, but that the resistance of the spirit and soul is high enough, otherwise you should not think about being able to come out after stepping into the store.
Also, it's up to the puppets to judge which stories are good enough and which are just rubbish. Even if you can successfully trade with the puppet who claims to be the acting store manager, you may not be able to walk out of the store-there is a copy of the person who entered, 'all' special things that have been seen, and those special things will not be modified. limit. I think you should understand, right? "
Jenkins swallowed, which meant that if he entered the store, he would be sure to see a counterfeit of A-01-2-0198, Little Girl Selling Flowers. Even if it's a fake, even if it's deteriorated countless times, it's still a flower girl.
This alone is enough to dispel his idea of seeing and seeing.
In order to prevent people with ulterior motives, try to use counterfeit shops to do something. Now, the entire area has been blocked on the grounds that "the gas and steam pipes are leaking at the same time, and an explosion may occur at any time." Even the residents were temporarily evacuated. However, A-01-1-0034 generally does not exist for a very long time. According to the records so far, its longest stay record is only ten days.
"Goddess bless, please don't let me have anything to do with it."
Jenkins painted the holy emblem on his chest devoutly.
On Saturday afternoon, Miss Mihail came alone to retrieve the Ouija board that Dad helped identify. Although Dad didn't go to take a nap, he was called away during lunch, which seemed to be related to the magic eye.
Anyway, when Miss Michael opened the door Jenkins was the only one reading a book while teasing the cat.
"Good day, Miss Michael."
Putting down the history book in his hand, Jenkins walked out of the counter and greeted him. Miss Michel waved her hand back, and the two maids who got off the carriage also came in, but they just stood inside the door of the store and did not follow up.
"Please wait here, the Ouija board is at the back, I'll go get it right away."
He straightened the reclining chair in front of the fireplace, and then turned to go to the warehouse behind the store.
When we met last time, he was still hiding in the closet. Although I didn't see anything at the time, it was very embarrassing to think about it carefully.
"Is Mr. Oliver not here?"
"Oh, my father was called by a regular customer to look at the goods. I heard that they are a batch of new goods that have just arrived. He will only be back in the evening. However, the result of the appraisal is that he kept it. I will fetch it for you in a while."
Seeing that Jenkins wanted to go to the back, Chocolate stood up from the pillow on the counter, jumped to the ground, and rubbed his face against his trousers.
The man knelt down and picked it up and put it on his shoulders.
"Miss Hesha didn't come with you?"
He asked casually, only caring for the cat, and didn't notice that the blond girl's drooping fingers trembled.
"No, she has other things."
Trying to restrain the desire to ask about the relationship between the two, Miss Mihail stood where she was, watching Jenkins open the door to the backyard.
Instead of sitting in the chair in front of the fireplace, she brushed her hair and walked to the counter, took off her hat and looked at the book Jenkins was reading just now.
"Secrets and Desires: A History of Ancient Psychics and Nobility."
She whispered the name of the book, thought for a while, then reached out and turned the folded book to the front.
Since Jenkins left it on the counter, it was a normal book. What is recorded in it is the aristocratic mystic researcher in the eyes of ordinary people. Of course, most of them are vulgar and bloody stories. The ladies who are bored in the court and the maids and servants who are driven crazy by the rules will never forget the "interesting" things like psychics.
In the long history of mankind, false and true mystical studies have always been entangled with the uppermost nobles. And the old man asked Jenkins to read this book in order to let him study the history of the aristocracy and be familiar with heraldry, and at the same time, he would be in awe of rituals such as psychic contact with souls.
"The things are brought, the Ouija board is there, the figurine and the ghost board are here, and the identification results written by the father are placed..."
Jenkins pushed open the back door and came in, not minding Miss Michael looking through her book without permission. Turning around, he closed the back door with his foot, leaving the cold air outside, and asked casually:
"My father lent it to me. He said that as an apprentice in an antique shop, you need to read at least one hundred history books to pass. Which part have you seen?"