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The girl noticed the puppet's movements immediately.

She stared blankly at the puppet in her arms and asked hesitantly: "Bony?"

The puppet turned its head, jumped out of the girl's arms, and stood directly in front of the girl.

The girl's eyes widened and she called "Bony" again. This time the tone was full of surprise.

The puppet took two steps in front of the girl and stretched out his hand to the girl.

The girl took hold of the puppet's hand, picked it up, and spun it around happily. She laughed heartily and kept shouting "Bony" and "Bony", her surprise was beyond words.

The cheerful voice was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The girl stopped jumping around in circles, held the puppet in her arms, and threw herself against the door panel, "Mr. Bear! Did you make Bony come back to life? Thank you! Mr. Bear! Oh my god! Thank you!"

Knock knock.

"Oh, ah...I...how can I help you? I can't get the key..." the girl said lowly.

The puppet jumped out of the girl's arms and stood at the door. The stick hand knocked on the door.

The girl tilted her head in confusion, "Are you going to...break this door? But this..."

The girl pressed her hands on the door and tried her best to push the door panel, but she couldn't. She tried punching and kicking again, but it only made her hands and feet hurt.

The girl looked at the puppet pitifully.

The puppet shook its head at the girl, knocked on the door again, and raised its other stick hand as if to draw something.

The structure of this puppet is not much different from that of a teddy bear. Its limbs are all sticks, and it is unable to make complex movements at all. Its expression was also fixed, and it could only face the girl with its crooked face.

The girl has no tacit understanding with it, no telepathy.

After racking her brains and guessing several times, but only getting responses from the puppet shaking its head, the girl finally gave up completely and sat down on the ground.

"It would be great if I could know what you are thinking..." The girl muttered, and an idea came to her mind, "That's right! I can know what you are thinking!"

I felt the power flowing inside the girl.

She didn't create a space, she just used her own abilities to communicate with the puppets.

She succeeded.

The puppet's consciousness was intermittent and disorganized, but after repeating the same word several times, the girl understood its meaning.

"You want to stay? Why? You...don't want to be with me?" the girl asked sadly.

The puppet shook its head, and the thought passed over again contained the word "bear".

"You want to stay here with Mr. Xiong? What should I do?" The girl was still sad.

The puppet walked up to the girl and patted the back of the girl's hand with his stick hand.

"Key?" The girl received another word.

She clenched her fist, "Well! I will definitely get the key!" She changed the topic and looked at the puppet pitifully, "But, but... when I go to find the key, can't you accompany me? You Do you have to stay here?”

The puppet gave an affirmative answer.

"What if you stay here and are discovered?"

"What if Karan asks me where you have been?"

"Please... don't let me go back alone. We have never been separated."

The girl gave many reasons and begged several times. The puppet still shook his head.

The girl stopped talking, just looked sad, and sat there for a long time. But she couldn't convince the puppet, so in the end she could only stand up and leave with three turns.

After walking away, the girl turned around and waved to the puppet, "Wait for me! I will be back soon with the key!"

The puppets in the distance are also waving.

The girl put down her hands, stood there and took a deep breath, then turned around and ran out quickly.

I looked back at the puppet, watching the hallway scene slowly collapse. New scenes are established.

The girl and Karan were sitting opposite each other and they were eating.

The girl pretended to be casual and asked Karan about the seal.

"That is the legacy left to us by the great Altos." Karan smiled, "There are many such legacies in the association."

The girl didn't understand.

"We superpowers are born with our abilities. But the founder of the association, the great Jana, created a tool that can leave our abilities behind after we die," Karan said.

I looked at Karan in surprise.

"Of course, the abilities that remain are subject to great limitations. The abilities can only be maintained in that fixed state and cannot be changed, enhanced, or extended to some other ways of use." Karan explained, "If I die now , my ability can only stay at 400 to 500 degrees Celsius, and the destructive power can only destroy an object the size of a basketball court. "

"Oh..." The girl still seemed to understand.

The way I looked at Karan had changed.

This woman's superpower is fire, which I've seen before. This superpower is probably the most... boring. Not much variability. In other movies and TV shows, fire superpowers would probably be cool. But in reality, the functions of this superpower that I can think of are very monotonous.

She might be able to burn the ghost. Just like Ye Qing can beat the ghost out of his wits with one fist. That's all. Pure destructive power.

After hearing what Karan said now, I realized that everyone's superpowers can evolve.

Karan also expects the same from himself. She is not simply pursuing destructive power.

"It would be nice to do more with flames, if possible. Well, like, create something." Karan's hand moved across the table, leaving scorch marks on the table. Karan shook his head, "There is no point in keeping my ability forever. In this regard, it is far from Altos."

The girl said: "I think your ability is cool!"

Karan smiled and said, "Your ability means it will be retained forever."

"Ah..." The girl blinked.

"Strive to become stronger. Your abilities will become an important strength of the association."

"Oh..." The girl nodded, and it took her a moment to realize that this was not what she wanted to say. She struggled for a while, looked at Karan, and raised the topic for the second time, talking about the seal.

"Yeah. When Altos was alive, the seal was free. He could lock things up as long as he wanted." Karan said.

I found that my previous guess was wrong. Not to imprison time, but to imprison the body. But in this case, what about those living things? How to seal this? Just like in prison, there is also time to eat and relax?

"After he died, his abilities were fixed and he became a place like a different space. The entrance and exit are within the association." Karan continued.

The girl nodded. She has already entered that different space.

"The control of abilities has also become mechanized. It is not controlled directly by Ertos' own consciousness, but it is equipped with a key. One key opens a door. The number of things that can be sealed is also limited to the number 107. ”

I was surprised again.

107, this is Aoba’s initial number of files!

This number...does it have any special significance?

"Oh." The girl didn't think deeply about it at all and accepted this setting casually.

"The association distributes keys, and those with positions will receive some keys and can use them freely. Ertos' abilities have become the public property of the association." Karan smiled, "The power of each of us is In this way, we are contributing to the association, and the association will make the world a better place. The evil things that kill our families and friends will one day be completely eliminated by us... and no one will experience what we have experienced. Those things..."

The girl's mind was filled with keys. She looked at Karan's smile and started laughing.

At this moment, a longing for the future arose in her heart. That future has no specific appearance, but it makes her full of power.