Puppeteer [Interstellar]

Alice actually knew that puppet!

Lyle couldn't help showing surprise, and he couldn't help asking Alice: "Do you know him?"

Lyle's question seemed to make Alice stuck. Alice hesitated for a moment, then glanced carefully at the puppet behind Lyle again, but shook her head at Lyle: "I misunderstood the person, he looks very similar... ...but he's not Scar."

"Who is Scar?" Lyle wanted to know this, if the puppet behind him looked very similar to Scar...then maybe there really was some kinship connection with that so-called Scar Not necessarily.

Thinking about it this way, Lyle turned his head to look at the golem who was following him honestly behind him. In fact, Lyle was still holding the hand of the golem. This time, the golem didn't stare at Lyle. Two people holding hands.

Realizing the puppet's focus, Lyle's face began to heat up again. He hastily let go of the puppet's claws, and hurriedly turned his head away from looking at the puppet. Naturally, he didn't see the puppet's slight disappointment. eyes.

Alice over there didn't notice the relationship between the two of them. She touched her chin, her eyes were a little wandering, and she seemed to be remembering something. After thinking for a long time, Alice said to Lyle: "Ska is my military school five years ago. A classmate I knew at the time, he was very good, he graduated with the first grade in the school at that time, and later went to serve in the military, but..."

"But what?" Lyle asked, tilting his head.

"He died." Alice said, "Going to the battlefield, driving a mech to fight against the Zerg, and then died on the front line. I attended his funeral at that time, and his parents were crying all the time."

This seemed to be a slightly sad memory for Alice. She sighed and said, "So no matter how you think about it, Scar shouldn't appear here, and this puppet looks a little different from Scar in fact. ...Well, Biska looks much better, and his body is also taller than Ska. "

After listening to Alice's words, Lyle couldn't help but look back at the puppet behind him. This time, the puppet's eyes went to Lyle again. His beautiful red eyes were no longer the deep blood red. , shimmering slightly, the color is very bright, as if the color of the pupils can reflect the change of his mood.

"But what I want to ask you is..." Alice over there changed the subject, stared at Lyle sharply, her tone became high, and she asked seriously, "Where did you get the puppet? Are you a puppet master!?"

"I... no, I'm not a puppeteer!" Lyle hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, "This puppet... this, he is..."

Lyle talked about Ai Ai for a long time and didn't take it for granted. Alice over there saw that he was flustered, but she didn't force him. She looked at the puppet carefully again and said to Lyle: "This should be that puppet. A golem stolen by a group of red bird pirates, right?"

Lyle nodded yes.

Alice said: "We can't take him."

Lyle was a little bit reluctant, and kept tugging at the corner of his clothes: "But..."

Seeing Lyle's hesitation, Alice narrowed her eyes: "No but... You, did you make a contract with him?"

When the contract was mentioned, Lairton's face became hot again. Thinking of all the things the puppet had done before, he continued to tug at the corner of his clothes in shame, "This...it seems...isn't it."

"What is it like? Is it really?" Alice asked Lyle seriously.

"I don't know, but he does obey my orders." Lyle blushed, but said with certainty.

Alice was surprised this time: "Do you follow your orders as soon as you come up?"

"Yeah." Lyle nodded obediently.

Alice on the other side touched her chin thoughtfully, squinted her eyes to look at the puppet over there, and after seeing the strange logo "SSS-001" on the puppet's neck, she seemed a little worried, and she frowned. He frowned and said to Lyle:

"Although I don't want you to take this puppet with you, I'm afraid you can't bear him." Alice said after deliberating, "Or you can stay."

"Eh?" Lyle didn't know why, and looked at Alice anxiously: "Aren't you taking me away?"

"I think so." Alice said, "If you make a contract with this puppet, those people will never hurt you, or even if someone hurts you, this puppet will protect you."

Alice continued: "The puppet is the scarcest resource in the alliance, and it is also the most precious thing. Also, the puppeteer who makes a contract with the puppet is also unique. As long as you make a contract with him, the puppet will be I will only recognize you as the master for the rest of my life.”

"Even if they don't admit it, there is no doubt that you become a puppet master. At that time, they will have to send you to the puppet master training base. Where will you successfully graduate and get a puppet master license? This is a completely different path from now. Why go on an adventure with me?"

Alice is right, Lyle does not need to follow her to take risks, as long as he stays with this golem, after being found by the alliance troops who rushed over, they will definitely not hurt Lyle, and Lyle will be there I can go to the legendary puppet master training base.

"But I don't want to go." Lyle lowered his head, expressing his reluctance. Although he met Alice by chance on this passenger ship, Lyle unknowingly regards Alice as someone he can rely on , Alice is much older than him, although she is a weaker woman, but she feels very kind to Lyle, and Lyle likes her a little bit.

"You also saw it in that hall before, father...General Rein gave up all the hostages and aimed to kill all the pirates. We have heard these words. This kind of thing that humiliates the face of the military, They will definitely kill everyone to silence the news and prevent the news from leaking out. Even if I make a contract with this puppet, they have no way to kill me, but they may use other means to coerce or even control me."

Lyle bluntly stated his conjecture and expressed his feelings to Alice: "So I don't want to stay. I would rather believe in you, who is a stranger to me, than trust the coalition government."

Alice smiled wryly: "You are such an interesting child... would you rather believe me? Then I will tell you first, if you run away with me, you will have to suffer a lot in the future."

Lyle nodded firmly, "Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

Alice couldn't laugh or cry, "Who asked you to take care of me?"

Lyle hesitated for a while, and said to Alice: "But you are not in good health, don't you need someone to take care of you?"

"Well... that's not wrong, I really need someone to take care of me." Alice thought for a while, then looked up at Lyle, "Okay, I will take you with me, as for the demon next to you Ou... Forget it, I know a puppet master. If there is a chance, I will take you to meet him. Maybe I can give you some advice. I don’t know much about puppets myself. However, you and The puppet's situation seems a bit abnormal."

However, right now, no matter whether it is normal or not, the two of them have no way to get to the bottom of it. Alice has successfully obtained the authority of the escape ship by hacking into the passenger ship system, so Alice remotely activated an escape ship in the docking port, and then , Alice continued to use the computer for a quick operation that Lyle couldn't understand at all, and Alice said to Lyle:

"What's going on now is that I've set the skylight at the port of call to open automatically after 10 minutes, so within 10 minutes we have to get into that escape boat quickly, because the oxygen here will be pumped out after the skylight opens, All the surrounding doors will be sealed and it will be a complete 'vacuum' environment, so we have to move fast, and then after the skylight is opened, I will drive the escape boat through the skylight and leave the passenger ship."

After Alice finished speaking, she operated on the computer in the monitoring room for a while, and she called up a monitoring screen, which appeared in mid-air in the form of a virtual screen. The monitoring screen showed a certain corridor inside the passenger ship, where a There was a fierce battle, a group of soldiers wearing alliance uniforms fought with the red bird pirates, the soldiers pressed hard, and the pirates retreated steadily.

Pointing at the surveillance screen, Alice continued to tell Lyle: "People from the Union military have arrived on this passenger ship, and now the pirates are at a complete disadvantage, being suppressed and beaten by the military people. By the way, these soldiers not only Killing pirates, seeing ordinary passengers is also shooting randomly, the people on the passenger ship have been almost killed by them."

"We don't have much time." Alice said with a serious expression, "This surveillance site is very close to the docking port, and the pirates probably want to escape here through their combat spaceships. Before they come, we must hurry! Otherwise, even our It will also be intercepted by the alliance army."

After Alice explained a series of situations to Lyle and arranged an action plan, they started to act. After Alice made sure that they had arranged everything, they left the monitoring room and headed towards the escape spaceship that Alice had activated in advance. It's just...they're going too slowly.

Alice really couldn't walk fast, and he had to take a breath after two steps. Lyle wanted to just hug her and walk, but looking at his thin arms and legs, it might be slower to hold Alice, so he turned around decisively. Looking at the puppet next to her, she ordered: "Hold her! Follow me!"

The puppet stepped over and hugged the person horizontally before Alice could react. This time their speed of action immediately increased. Lyle ran in front, and the puppet followed him. The son ran to the scheduled escape ship, almost within reach.

But just before they climbed onto the escape spaceship and entered the door, a group of people came in at the door of the docking port over there.

A group of pirates wearing red bird uniforms came in. As soon as they rushed in, they rushed directly towards their own K7850 small combat spaceship, making it clear that they wanted to board the spaceship and escape.

"Quick!" Alice put one hand on the puppet's shoulder and urged Lyle in a low voice: "They haven't found us yet, the skylight will open soon, and we have to go before they find us and react!"