Subjected to the vibration and a series of bounces, it directly followed in the footsteps of the lone hand—
falling into the dust.
With its palm facing upward, it fell stiffly; its fingers twitched slightly, and then...
it moved no more.
"Six!"
Mono turned around once again.
He had to admit, the tactile feedback of hitting these arms was actually quite good; smashing them was truly addictive.
In this manner, the two of them cooperated in silence.
By the time the last hand jumped out of the cabinet and a heavy thud echoed, everything had returned to silence.
Mono panted as he tossed aside the deformed puppet hand he had been using to smash. Even if the feedback was good, there were just too damn many of these hands.
Mono silently glanced at the dozens of hands lying on the ground; there were truly a lot. He didn't know what the doctor intended to do by making so many moving hands.
As he was catching his breath, a pair of small hands reached out from behind to grab his arm and support him.
"Mono... are you tired..." a familiar voice came.
"Tired? Ha... haha~, what... what are you joking about? I... I feel like I, *whew*... could take on ten more..."
Facing Six's inquiry, Mono insisted he wasn't a weakling.
Six looked at Mono, who was speaking while panting heavily, her dark, expressive eyes filled with doubt.
Mono... just loves to save Face, doesn't he...
After resting for a while, the two walked to the door.
The wooden door was somewhat dilapidated and had been sealed with several wooden boards. Mono placed his hand on a board.
Six also placed her hand beside his.
"Pull!"
Following a surge of pulling force.
*Creeeak!*
*Snap?*
The boards, which weren't very secure to begin with, were pulled right off.
The sealed passage was successfully cleared.
"Don't just look at me, hurry up and crawl through."
Mono patted Six's head.
On the other side of the doorway, there was no unusual movement or sound; it was very safe.
Six silently stepped forward and passed through the gap in the door.
Mono followed closely behind.
The other side of the door was also a room.
Two dilapidated cabinets were placed in the corner.
A chandelier hung in the middle.
However, Mono's attention was drawn to several objects on the wall. Under the room's light, adult Faces were hanging on the wall. Only Faces, with no limbs or bodies.
Some Faces were incredibly bloated and fat, while others were thin and long.
Some had massive mouths wide open, some gazed with hollow eyes, and some wore eerie smiles.
Mono walked a bit closer.
This time, he saw them even more clearly.
Everything on the Faces was depicted with great detail.
The expression on every Face was different.
Upon these Faces, one could see emotions such as fear, greed, tyranny, bloodlust, coldness, malice, and so on.
The feeling they gave off was very vivid.
It was as if these Faces were alive.
But it was certain that these things indeed had no life.
Mono observed them silently, then quietly picked one up from a table.
*Ding!*
"Composition: Si..."
"Analysis: A forged object of extraordinary craftsmanship, carrying a trace of a living being's obsession. Recommendation: Alchemy can be used to transfer the obsession to other objects compatible with carrying obsessions, serving as a driving force for the object."
Seeing this information, those dolls flashed through Mono's mind. Why did they move?
Could it be related to these Faces?
Mono pondered, then slowly set down the Face in his hand.
These didn't seem to have much to do with him.
He was only here to find the doctor, not to solve mysteries.
Besides, even if they were related, so what?
Everything had already happened, and he had no way to reverse it.
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