Lin Sanjiu widened her eyes in a daze. For a moment, she didn't know how to react.
She had even thought of what she was going to say next. She wanted to use this opportunity to persuade Puppeteer to let the people of Progressor Alliance go. However, her words were stuck in her throat. All she could do was let out a gasp. "Huh?"
Puppeteer sneered and got up. Lin Sanjiu quickly followed behind him. Both of them exchanged their Stamina Points on the touch screen and sent the boy away.
"Are you saying that Progressor Alliance leaked the information about the pocket dimension of the Starry Carnival Amusement Park to you?" Lin Sanjiu asked incredulously, "If they don't want anyone else to get the Ultimate Gift Pack, why would they tell you about it?"
Puppeteer raised his chin slightly, and a hint of sarcasm flashed across his pale face. "The relationship between me and Progressor Alliance is not something that just happened a day or two ago. There are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Twelve Worlds Centrum. Sometimes, even I need a few secret allies to get things done. Rather than working with people who are about to be eliminated, I would naturally look for a Growth-type. I just didn't expect that they would do this behind my back. "
Lin Sanjiu bit her lip tightly. Her face was dark.
The current situation was very clear. From a certain perspective, Aker did not lie to her.
From the beginning to the end, his plan was to stall Puppeteer until Santa Claus arrived so that both of them would suffer heavy losses. It was also because Aker was mostly telling the truth aside from the part about the siblings that he managed to gain Lin Sanjiu's trust. However, it was only natural that he wouldn't come to Lin Sanjiu's rescue as planned.
However, that wasn't the worst part.
"In that case, what you said about me holding you back for at least an hour was all nonsense," Lin Sanjiu's voice turned cold as she realized the real problem, "It's hard to tell when Santa Claus will come here!"
"An hour?" Puppeteer gave her a sidelong glance. Half of his face scrunched up. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if it was out of disgust or surprise, "Do you really think you can hold me back for an hour?"
Lin Sanjiu was speechless and kept quiet. At the very most, she had only spent less than thirty minutes on the other party …
"The Progressor Alliance should know very well that you can't keep me here for so long." Puppeteer turned his head away. It seemed like he was too lazy to look at her anymore. Following his gaze, the three puppets with the artist on their shoulders crawled out from the back of the shop. "… If I'm not wrong, that cuckold will appear at any time."
"Santa Claus is indeed dressed in green …" Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment, but she resisted the urge to ask what happened between them.
"Fighting with you helped me loosen up my muscles. Let that old thing come — why, it's not a living person. " At this moment, the puppets tossed the artist to the ground. Puppeteer glanced at the man who was tied up like a rice dumpling and waved his hand. "I can have as many special items as I want. Take this thing and scram."
As long as he didn't attack her, Lin Sanjiu didn't mind his bad tone.
There was no point for her to stay here any longer. She could leave Santa Claus to Puppeteer. She had to find Aker as soon as possible. Lin Sanjiu touched the artist and turned him into a card. Then, she nodded at Puppeteer and bade him farewell. She turned around and ran back the way she came.
After all, Puppeteer was temperamental and unpredictable. If she didn't leave while she could, who knew what would happen to him later.
Obviously, it didn't matter to Puppeteer whether Lin Sanjiu stayed or left. The only difference was whether he felt annoyed when he saw her or not. Therefore, even though Lin Sanjiu had carefully placed her guard behind her and walked for a long distance, she didn't notice anything amiss.
She turned around and saw that the thin, pale figure seemed to be gathering his puppets.
She quickened her pace and dashed into the barbeque shop where the fight had taken place.
"Madam," Lin Sanjiu called out as she stepped on the broken glass on the floor. "Are you here?"
The Pocket Dimension creatures in the Starry Carnival Amusement Park would immediately appear when the players summoned them. The moment Lin Sanjiu finished her sentence, a sluggish female voice suddenly rang out from behind her without any warning. Lin Sanjiu was startled, "Renovating the shop. We won't be selling barbeque for the next few days. "
"I'm not buying barbeque," Lin Sanjiu quickly turned around and saw the madam standing behind her. She was wearing a cheongsam and had a listless expression on her face. "I want to ask you about the player called Aker."
"Didn't I tell you? Since you don't want to eat barbeque, I can't take your Stamina Points for free." Lin Sanjiu didn't expect the madam to reject her outright. However, just when Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat, the madam pointed to a small shop not far away from Pumpkin Route. Her red nails glistened in the dark, "Why don't you go to that shop and ask? They are still open."
Even though it was an extra procedure, Lin Sanjiu didn't mind taking a few more steps as long as she could get Aker's coordinates. Following the lady boss's guidance, Lin Sanjiu walked all the way to the end of the Pumpkin Route. If she walked any further, she would arrive at the venue of the amusement park. Lin Sanjiu could not tell what kind of attraction it was, as she stood under the gloomy sky.
Perhaps because it was already late at night, there was only a small shop with a narrow entrance. A warm bamboo lamp was lit at the entrance. It was easy to find.
"What is this shop selling?"
Lin Sanjiu mumbled to herself as she lifted the curtain at the entrance.
The decor of the shop was very unique. The coarse linen curtains under the shadows of the bamboos looked a little Japanese. However, as soon as she stepped into the shop, she was stopped by the arm of a man who suddenly appeared inside the shop.
"What do you want?" The bald shop owner, who was obviously a Pocket Dimension creature, had a nervous expression on his face. "Women shouldn't come in as they please!"
Why can't women enter —?
Even though Lin Sanjiu was filled with doubts, she still told him the reason for her visit.
The bald shop owner used his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He didn't seem to know what to do. He stuttered, "This … This … Even though I know the location of the players, I can't tell you if you don't want to buy anything …!"
"Why don't you let me in?"
However, before Lin Sanjiu could finish her sentence, she shifted her gaze and noticed three small vertical lines of words on the door frame beside the curtain. The words were written in an enchanting pink color — "Amorous Shop".
Lin Sanjiu immediately understood.
She widened her eyes and slowly turned her head to stare at the shop owner. When the middle-aged man saw that Lin Sanjiu understood, he became even more embarrassed. He rubbed his hands and said, "You see, we have just opened our shop, so we are not ready to receive female customers yet … Why don't you come back next week …"
"Who wants to come!"
This wasn't the time to talk about this. Lin Sanjiu didn't have the patience to listen to him. She pushed him aside and strode into the shop. Just as the shop owner staggered and almost fell to the ground, a woman cried out in alarm. Lin Sanjiu looked up and realized that there was a customer in the shop.
A man who looked like a posthuman was sitting at a table in the corner. His hand, which was holding a wine glass, froze awkwardly in the air.
Sitting beside him was a short woman with curly hair. Both the man and the woman didn't know what to do with the tall woman who had barged in. They stared at Lin Sanjiu for a moment, but none of them moved. Lin Sanjiu ignored the bald man behind her and strode to the table. She grabbed the short woman and pulled her up.
"Hey. What are you doing — "
The male posthuman had just started his sentence when his vision blurred. The woman with wings and a ferocious-looking face had snatched the wine glass from his hand.
"Dang!" The short woman clinked her glass with Lin Sanjiu's. Lin Sanjiu forced her to tilt her head back and finish the glass.
"She has drunk with me," Lin Sanjiu turned to the shop owner and extended her wrist, gesturing for him to collect his Stamina Points. "Can you tell me the coordinates of player Aker now?"
With a bitter face, the shop owner scratched Lin Sanjiu's wrist. "Alright, alright, after I tell you, you'll be fine. You have to leave … If you stay here, you will affect my business … Aker is currently on the Ursa Major Route. He has already cleared the game. He is now on his way to the next attraction on the Ursa Major Route. "
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She unconsciously let go of the short woman's collar. The latter immediately plopped back into her seat. "He is still on the Ursa Major Route? Are you sure? "
According to Aker's plan, Santa Claus was about to meet with Puppeteer. Lin Sanjiu found it hard to imagine why Santa Claus would continue to clear the levels so leisurely if she was in his shoes. If it were her, he would have already rushed to the Pumpkin Route and waited to reap the rewards.
Could it be that he planned to rush over when the battle was nearing its end?
Lin Sanjiu didn't know why, but she felt that something was amiss. If she didn't rush over to check on the situation and if something unexpected happened, Aker would be in deep trouble …
Lin Sanjiu ignored the tavern owner's pleas for her to leave immediately. Instead, she pulled a chair over and sat down on it. After some thought, she took out a paper crane. She decided to tell Puppeteer about her suspicions. No matter what, it was best for her if Puppeteer won.
With such a woman sitting in the middle of the room, it was impossible for the shop to do business. Other than Lin Sanjiu, everyone else was sweating profusely. Fortunately, Puppeteer wasn't too far away. Within a few minutes, the paper crane flew into the shop and landed on Lin Sanjiu's arm.
However, Lin Sanjiu was stunned by Puppeteer's response for a few seconds. She didn't understand what he meant.
"... Who is Aker?" His gloomy voice was filled with anger after being interrupted. "And why do I have to know his coordinates?"
"Puppeteer doesn't know Aker?
As the mastermind of all this, Aker has never come into contact with him before? "
Just when Lin Sanjiu was trying her best to digest the information, she thought that the paper crane had finished playing the recording. Suddenly, she heard a soft "Hey."
"But this name sounds familiar," he said slowly, "I think he's an errand boy from Progressor Alliance."
Lin Sanjiu didn't exchange names with Puppeteer at all. But no matter what, "errand boy" didn't match the impression that Aker had left on her.
Lin Sanjiu was filled with doubts. She didn't care if her repeated use of the paper crane would anger Puppeteer. She tried her best to explain the situation to Puppeteer and released the paper crane again.
After the paper crane disappeared, the three people in the shop did not speak or move. Apparently, they were all hoping that Lin Sanjiu would leave as soon as possible.
As Lin Sanjiu stared at the door, the paper crane finally flew into the shop again. This time, Puppeteer took some time to respond to it.
"… You still don't know who's in control of the Progressor Alliance?" Puppeteer sounded a little surprised. "Ten months ago, the power of Progressor Alliance fell to someone else. Of course, if it wasn't for my secret help, that guy wouldn't have gotten his position so easily. I'm not sure who Aker is, but the person in charge of the Progressor Alliance is a man called Geran. "
Just when Lin Sanjiu's skin tensed up and she thought that she had misheard, she heard a soft "clang" behind her. It sounded like the sound of a wine glass knocking on a table. However, she didn't know why, but she was very sure that wasn't the case.
Lin Sanjiu slowly turned around and stood up from her chair.
The male posthuman, who was drinking and eating intimately with the woman a moment ago, seemed to have changed his expression. He sat quietly behind the table and stared at Lin Sanjiu.
"When you mentioned Aker, I thought it was a personal grudge …" After some time, the male posthuman spoke. His face was a little pale, "Since you mentioned Mr. Geran, I understand."
Lin Sanjiu didn't move. Her body was tense, and she didn't even dare to blink.
The posthuman was holding something tightly in his hand. Only a little bit of green could be seen peeking out from between his fingers. Even so, Lin Sanjiu knew that it was the Santa hat magnet.
In the end, it was too late for her to move.
Suddenly, the lights dimmed. The small, dimly lit shop was shrouded by a huge green shadow. (To be continued.)
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