[Hunter] Red Eye and Doll

In that distant desert, there is a mysterious ancient city - [Matel].

In the past, Martel was called the [Land Abandoned by God] by outsiders.The hot and dry weather, the people of Martel who lived in despair and pain gradually disappeared with the passage of time.

Since then, Martel has truly disappeared into history.

Only one [Matel's Undead] is still wandering in that abandoned city.

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[Hoo hoo...]

In the middle of the night, strong winds blew up sandstorms.

A boy fell inside Martel...

[Crackling...crunching...]

A figure gradually walked towards the boy and picked him up.

While hugging the boy, he stretched out his hand to touch the tear stains on the boy's face and walked forward unsteadily.I saw that his body movements were uncoordinated, as if he was not human...

Soon after, the boy woke up.

"Hmm...here is...?"

When the boy woke up, he found himself lying in an abandoned house with a fire burning beside him.

Just when the boy was about to stand up and be a little vigilant, a voice came from the darkness.

"Master human... are you awake?"

"!"

The boy was a little scared, but he calmed down and asked, "Who's there!"

[Crackling...crunching...]

The figure slowly came out of the darkness, and the moonlight revealed his appearance on his body.

Only then did the boy realize that she was actually a tattered and messy doll in front of him.

"Did you save me?" The boy was not afraid of her.

The doll nodded.

The boy thanked her "My name is Kurapika, thank you for saving me. What's your name?"

"Name?" The puppet questioned.

Then she replied to Kurapika "I don't have a name, human-sama".

Hearing what the puppet called him, Kurapika frowned and corrected, "My name is Kurapika, not a human being. By the way, where is this place?"

The puppet turned its head to look at the moon outside the window and said, "This is [the land abandoned by the gods] the ancient city of Martel".

"Matel?"

I heard from the elders before that Martel is a city where houses are built underground in order to avoid the local cruel climate and strong sunlight.It has gone from a prosperous city to ruin hundreds of years ago.

It is said that the ancestors of their Kuruta people also immigrated from Martel...

"..."

Thinking of the elder, Kurapika's mind flashed back to the scene he saw when he went to Kuruta Village a few months ago...

All the clansmen, including their own parents, were brutally killed and their eyes gouged out... Hateful spiders!He will never spare them!

He was so excited for a moment that his eyes turned red.

Seeing this, the puppet came over to give him a hug, and reached out to touch his head... although the whole movement was not smooth.

After Kurapika recovered, the puppet went to find water and food for him.

"Thank you".

For what the puppet has done for him, he can only thank him blindly.

Afterwards, the doll makes Kurapika sleep on her lap.Due to her strength, Kurapika couldn't break free.He gave up struggling and could only lie down obediently...

"..."

He looked at the damaged half of the doll's face, and unconsciously reached out to touch it.

The puppet felt a little sorry and said, "I'm sorry...my face...is very ugly..."

Kurapika shook his head "No".

Then he asked "Why did you save me..."

The puppet looked into the distance with nostalgia and said, "I've been waiting for your return...for so many years...always..."

"!"

The elders also said that the Kuruta may one day return to their homeland.Is it because of this that he can unconsciously approach here in this vast desert...

He who lost his family and his goal of survival was replaced by endless hatred.When he didn't know what to do, he walked here as if attracted by something.

Then he fell down and was rescued by Miss Doll.

Seeing that Kurapika was not sleepy, the doll asked, "If...you don't mind...let me sing you a lullaby".

"..." Kurapika didn't answer her.

The puppet took it as the default, and slowly sang the immortal melody that had not been interrupted for hundreds of years.

"Lacrimosadiesilla

Quaresurgetexfavilla

Judicandushomoreus.

Huicergoparce, Deus,

Pie Jesu Domine..."

Listening to the doll's nostalgic singing, Kurapika fell into a deep sleep...

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During this period, due to the sandstorm season, Kurapika was unable to leave Martel for a long time.The puppet told him that the sandstorm would not stop until several months later.

During this time, Kurapika lived with the doll.

He found that the puppet would walk to the square in the center of the city at a fixed time every day and sing that song repeatedly.

The puppet told him that in the city of Martel, which was full of despair and suffering, it was heading towards destruction.The people at that time created dolls that could make them forget such painful days, even for a while.Dolls that can dance and play songs.

Hundreds of years after that, the city was destroyed, and no one came to listen to the music anymore, only her doll kept moving...

No matter how many years, decades, or even hundreds of years, she kept singing the same song and waiting for everyone's return without regret.

Finally, she waited for Kurapika.

The doll smiled and said, "Your arrival gave me the motivation to continue my activities, so thank you."

She didn't tell him that before Kurapika came, there were other people who entered Martel by mistake.

When people stray into the city by mistake, the puppet asks in a sincere voice, "Do you want to hear me sing?"I am a puppet].But when people saw her broken appearance, they regarded her as a monster, so they beat her and scolded her.

Even so, she has been waiting obsessively.

"..."

For some reason, Kurapika felt very sad when he heard it.Then he also tells the puppet about him.

He originally lived in a happy tribe, but the arrival of the Phantom Troupe ruined it all.They killed everyone and took everyone's eyes to auction!

Kurapika was spared because he was outside.

——Listening to Kurapika's description, she could feel the resentment in his heart.All she could do was give him a hug.She is a puppet, no matter how close to a human form she cannot fully understand their feelings.

During this time, the relationship between the two of them has improved a lot.

Kurapika also named the doll "Lara".

Although he said it was convenient for him to call her, the puppet... Lala was still very happy.

For the first time in a long time she had her own 'name'.

The travelers who got lost here in the past, they all called Lala [Matel's Undead].

——Indeed, Lala looks very much like a 'dead' now.

Kurapika then found a comb to tidy up Lala's hair, and wrapped up Lala's damaged half of his face with a bandage.

"That's all right," he said with a smile.

"Thank you, Kurapika."

Lala's current appearance is somewhat similar to that of a human being.If you don't look at the obvious seams on her face and joints.

During these months, Kurapika temporarily forgot all the pain with Lala.When the dust storm died down, he knew it was time to leave.

Although he was a little reluctant to pull.