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Chapter 96: The Puppeteer

Translator: Pluto Editor: Tehrn

"Hello, everybody Let me introduce myself, I am Puppeteer"[1]

This was the first sentence that the e

The "stage" he was standing on was a shipping container which had been flipped to its side by the Beret Men Just uided to the stage by the multitudes of mannequins and dolls who see a microphone, his words sounded clearly in each of the 219 Posthu out fro containers, were forced by the mannequins to line up in orderly rows, then, the inally, there should have been

However, during the process, more than ten people tried to resist and escape These failed escapees were caught, and their legs were cleanly a upper bodies of those people on their shoulders and walked past the stage, possibly bringing them up to be examined by Puppeteer The man touched each of those Posthuhtly each time After that, the mannequin promptly threw the people off their shoulders and into the dried up ocean below the if those people lived or died

Lin Sanjiu noticed a huround near to her when she heard Puppeteer speak again

"If you do not wish to get hurt, please give me your kind cooperation I only have this siet hurt," Puppeteer s courteous

The crowd below started getting restless, but just like the last winter gust in spring, the co weirdos stared at theh he was still s It was impossible to tell how old he was His occasionalman, yet, when he crossed his arht fit whatever age he was labeled with

To add to that enigma, it was difficult to tell what his personality was froe: his top consisted of an aamation of multiple black strips with slits in bethich revealed his pale, delicate skin; it was best described as a leather jacket thrown into a blender He wore a large, scarlet red, cockscomb-like accessory on his back which swayed as he walked and a pair of black, thigh-high boots

"I have a question," he had a ht everyone’s attention i the 219 of you?"

The crowd reet some answer from the others, were probably new Posthumans, and Hyperthermal Hell was the first New World they experienced; therefore, they knew nothing about theconsular officers Those who looked down and kept quiet, or turned pale with shock, were probably fro for a few roup of 219 is still too s a little unsatisfied by the response He could only do the next best thing, "Fine Which of you have information about the Consular Officer here?"

Lin Sanjiu’s heart tightened when she rezai Despite knowing that it wasn’t quite possible for Puppeteer to spot her a her head as if she was trying to hide what she knew When she looked down, she suddenly noticed the tre in front of her

She was puzzled The current situation didn’t seem that scary

Somehow, the short man couldn’t stand properly, it felt as if he would fall any second Unexpectedly, hevoice, "Ma… Master Puppeteer"

As there was total silence, Puppeteer, as standing on the stage, heard his voice even though it wasn’t loud

[Master Puppeteer? Isn’t that too much of a kiss-ss?]

An unfathomable smile appeared on Puppeteer’s face "Speak"

"Yes, yes… I spent four to five ion However, I heard that he traveled to the North… so, you ht not find him here," the short man replied fearfully

Lin Sanjiu noticed the tords "this region" If she thought about it logically, considering the size of Earth, if there were only one Consular Officer in each world, the probability ofthe Consular Officer would be way too small

Puppeteer’s smile faded as he asked, "Oh, can anyone provide me additional information about the Consular Officer here?"

There was silence once again

"Ah, alright It isn’t that I don’t want to believe all of you, but I think I still need to check each of you to confir here," Puppeteer’s voice was still gentle and cordial as he walked and explained himself at the same time A platoon of roup of security guards

He walked to the first person standing in the first row The teenager instantly beca to do?"

"You don’t have to be nervous," Puppeteer said gently as if he was consoling a child, but everyone could still hear his voice clearly, "I just want to know if you’re a Consular Officer It won’t hurt"

As he said this, he had already touched the teenager’s forehead, and it happened in an instant

The teenager looked as if he was just about to resist, but before he even took out his weapon, Puppeteer had already moved on Just as proer stood aardly, not knohat to doa little disappointed, Puppeteer ignored him and continued to the next person "I am not a Consular Officer, or whatever! Can I leave?" the teenager shouted

Puppeteer nodded "Of course But you’ll have to wait a little while"