Aironi

no one.They approached the stage gradually along the aisle.The puppets are almost knee-high, controlled by extremely delicate mechanisms, and make various movements according to the established trajectory.There was music playing from an unknown place behind the scenes.Although there are no exhibitors and no audience, they continue to operate.This theater called Injuye staged a perpetual one-act play.

Sanji and Luo walked up to the stage and carefully observed the play that was being performed.

"If there are any clues...it's probably this drama, right?" The blond man tried to understand what they were playing.

"It's about how a young man who broke into another world will go back."

The two turned their heads at the same time.The one who said this was standing on the edge of the stage, a puppet in a tuxedo and holding a book in his hand.The two walked up to the puppet and looked at it.Don't know if this guy is really talking to himself or if it's just a voice that keeps repeating like the music.

"I am alive, but I am not far from death." It bowed to them, the puppet's joints were not flexible, and even a little stiff when making movements, "People from the outside world, there is a clock in the Moulin Rouge , you must leave Yodha Anja before the bell strikes 12 o'clock, or you will become like us."

The blond man was taken aback. "You? And the puppets on the stage, are you all the ones who came in by accident?"

"All the puppets are former human beings. The only thing waiting for us is death. For every additional dead person, there will be a new cross grave on the hill near the church. You should know how many people have been buried here. "

"Where is the Moulin Rouge?" Luo frowned, it seemed that it was not easy to go back.

"The upper reaches of the Yetai River. The scene behind me is the Moulin Rouge. The story tells the story of a boy who strayed into another world and came to the Moulin Rouge, was rescued by the dancer Tessali, and finally went back." The puppet replied respectfully and politely. .

Before it could say anything, the doctor grabbed Sanji's wrist and took him out. "Let's go, I hope there is still time."

The ghost knows how long it has been delayed in this place. If it is true what the guy said, if you don't leave before 12 o'clock, you will become a puppet in this place, then you will be in big trouble.You must rush to the indicated Moulin Rouge as soon as possible. If the deduction is correct, the clues in the opera house point to that mill.

"Eh? Wait..." The blond man turned around and hurriedly thanked the doll before being dragged away by Luo.

The doctor knew that what they were going deep into was a foreign world constructed and controlled by another force, and if they wanted to survive here, they had to follow its rules.One's own ability is a reflection of the construction of the space. Of course, those who enter can mess around, but they must not exceed the limit set by themselves.It is safest if you can leave under the condition of obeying the rules, otherwise you have to consider extreme measures.At least at this moment, he doesn't intend to do anything out of the ordinary.But that doesn't mean he won't.

"Good luck to you. Once you enter, you will lose all your freedom. The other world is the garden of Aironi. It can change everything. It is the supreme god. It has already made changes, and you cannot escape. You You can only go to the second world after Yoda Anja, and that world is called..." The puppet standing on the edge of the stage mechanically turned to face the stage.

"—Yongwasinghe."

[10. The Dancing Girl at the Moulin Rouge]

The only river around here is the Ye Tae River that the puppet said.It was already night, and no one could tell how much time was left until midnight, so Luo and Sanji could only act as quickly as possible.

The rain that was about to fall seemed to have no intention of falling in the end, and the dark clouds rolled away unknowingly, revealing a small piece of clear starry sky.The river flows quietly, and after turning a bend, a huge waterwheel stands impressively in the white porcelain moonlight.The doctor and the cook looked at each other, finding affirmation in each other's eyes.The warmly glowing building tens of meters away from the waterwheel should be their destination—the Moulin Rouge.

Approaching the building, you can hear cheerful music faintly coming from the room.A thick door plate hung above the wooden door, and "RED" written in cursive script confirmed their guess.The doctor opened the door first and walked in. As expected, the building was empty.

It is empty, but there are many exquisite figures.

All kinds of puppets less than knee height are dancing lively group dance in the mill.And they are all very beautiful female dolls. Although the costumes are not as gorgeous as the actors in the theater, everyone looks happier.And I don't know if it's an illusion, but the puppets here seem to have more freedom.When they heard the door knocking, they all stopped and turned around.

"Is it a newcomer?"

"No, I don't think so. Look, they still have their own bodies."

The blond man carefully knelt down on one knee in front of the doll in a beautiful red dress closest to him, and spoke softly. "We accidentally broke into another world. Can you tell us how to get back, this beautiful Lady?"

"How long until midnight?" The doctor looked around for the clock that the puppet in the opera house spoke of.

"In the attic," the beautiful puppet pointed him in a friendly direction, "you must leave here before the midnight bell strikes, or you will never go back. You still have time. As for how to go back, it is up to you." I can rely on Tessali."

The two immediately rushed to the attic along the steps.No sooner had they stepped on the floor than they saw the clock standing in the very center of the room.The dark brown sunken wood is cast into a huge clock body nearly two people tall, with a simple and majestic style.It is a very important prop that can be noticed at the first sight of it.What they were most concerned about was the hour and minute hands on the dark golden dial, and the time displayed at the moment was eleven forty.

"There are still 10 minutes." Luo breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that the time would be enough and they could leave before midnight.

"It's two people..." A voice sounded behind them without warning.

A puppet stood in the shadows of the attic, neither breathing nor beating, so neither of them noticed it until she spoke.Seeing them turn their heads back, the puppet took a few steps forward to leave the shadow.It wore a pointed black hat and a robe of the same black. This attire was strange among all puppets. It was more like a witch than a dancer.

"Don't blame me for not warning you in advance—with the two of you, Yoda Anja may be changed."

The doctor frowned. "What does it mean?"

He felt that what he was most worried about was happening, and he and Heizuwu could not return as smoothly as imagined.But this is only a "likely possibility", a "feeling".

The puppet no longer looked at them, but fell into deep thought alone. "Are you the Garudas we have been waiting for? Or are you the same as everyone else, just the Buddha in the hands of Ayloni?"

Sanji and Luo looked at each other, not knowing what these words meant.

"However, didn't someone go out?" The blond man thought for a while, "I mean, if what happened in that theater is true..."

"Most of them are true, only a few are fabricated," the puppet continued his words lightly, "I am Tessali in the play."

The dancing girls at the Moulin Rouge.

"If that's true, what else do you know? Why can it change if you say two people? How will it change?" Luo took a step forward, his voice sank dangerously.

"You must now make a decision whether to accept our prayers and leave this place, or you will become like us. I will not answer those questions," Tesalie led down the steps, "because you have no time .”

[11. The clock strikes twelve at midnight]

Luo and Sanji had heard the wonderful singing of Zhu Qi in the Moulin Rouge, and it was the singing that they heard in the first place.The voices of the puppets are long and ethereal, sacred and wonderful, and the moment you hear them, you can connect everything in front of you with beauty.

The dolls surrounded the two of them and sang this wonderful song in unison.This should also belong to a kind of dharma, and it is certain that in Yoda Anja, their blessings are very effective.As if endless power was pouring into the body from the singing, Luo and Sanji suddenly discovered that they seemed to be able to feel more things around them, and there was an indescribable feeling surging in the body, constantly changing... At the same time, Their bodies all began to glow.Not only the two of them, but also the puppets around them, and the whole building were emitting dim light.

Tessali didn't join in.It stood alone in the farthest corner, with its head facing the two people in the center of the Moulin Rouge, wondering what it was thinking about.

If you don't leave, you will become a puppet and die here, so those two people must go.It can feel that Yoda Anja has changed, although the change can't be described or known for sure, but it can vaguely feel that these two people will embark on a completely different path from what it knows.

Luo and Sanji waited quietly.Time passed minute by minute among wishes.If all goes well, they will return directly to IRONY, and they can leave after solving the problem of the Straw Hat House.

The singing voice drifted away gracefully, and the light in the Moulin Rouge became brighter and brighter.Tesalie stared at the scene in front of her, feeling more and more uneasy from the bottom of her heart.At the moment when the light reached its brightest, the clock upstairs rang without warning, and midnight finally came!

The black-haired man's gaze pierced the air like a sharp blade and went straight to the black-robed man.