Asta, Why Are You Just Standing There?!

Great.

Maybe it wasn't Teletubbies, but In the Night Garden was completely unnecessary too.

So what the hell kind of world was this...

Just as Lin Nai began questioning his life choices, a mirror suddenly appeared before him.

"You can't survive without fighting!"

"Huh?"

Before Lin Nai could make sense of it, a fist shot out of the mirror and smashed fiercely toward his face.

Lin Nai hurriedly leaned back, barely dodging the attack.

The moment he steadied himself, he saw someone who looked suspiciously like a Baiter Alien driving a jeep after someone who looked suspiciously like a Babar Alien.

"The plan to destroy Zofi was made by the Ultra Brothers! You bastard! You Babar! Charge at me!!"

"Fuck! The Baiter Alien is still chasing me!"

Lin Nai: ???

He was certain that wasn't what the Baiter Alien had originally said.

Besides, wasn't Zofi one of the Ultra Brothers too?

Soon, those two ran beneath the sunset that symbolized their youth and vanished from Lin Nai's sight.

Well, although the only one running was that dog—no, the only one running was Babar.

He was taken away by the Baiter Alien.

After a while.

Lin Nai looked around curiously. "Why did it suddenly get so quiet again?"

Yet the moment he spoke, a black luxury sedan came charging out from nowhere.

For some reason, Lin Nai seemed to hear a line: Wasn't the sidewalk wide enough?

Looking down, he discovered that the grass had somehow turned into a pedestrian crossing.

Tch!

Lin Nai decisively performed a backflip, dodging the black sedan's attack and landing on the ground.

But when he turned around, he saw three people aiming guns at him and pulling the triggers.

Lin Nai hurriedly rolled aside to evade the attack. He raised his head, intending to strike back, only to find that both the people and the car had vanished.

Lin Nai felt a headache coming on. This place was far too bizarre.

What the hell was this place?!

System!

Where was the system?

System, save me!!!

Unfortunately, no matter how loudly Lin Nai shouted in his heart, the system never appeared.

Lin Nai clutched his aching head. This was really troublesome...

What should he do next?

Power...

Right, could he still use his power?

His physical condition did not seem to have changed.

With that thought, Lin Nai closed his eyes, sensing the energy coursing through his body. After carefully controlling it, he compressed it...

Then he unleashed it all at once!!

Boom!!!!

Dazzling light burst from Lin Nai's entire body, engulfing everything around him.

The sounds grew quieter and quieter until they disappeared.

When Lin Nai opened his eyes again, the entire space had become darkness, with nothing in it.

Rather than darkness, though, it was more accurate to say there was simply nothing at all.

After all, he could still see his hands and body, which meant it was not darkness in the normal sense.

Whether it was the baby-faced sun from before or the ground Lin Nai had been standing on.

All of it had disappeared.

"Whew... so where exactly is this?"

Wait!

What was happening?!

"Urgh! What... cough, cough! Ah..."

Lin Nai painfully clutched his throat. It felt as though something had appeared inside it.

No.

His body was beginning to hurt and burn too, while his hands and feet seemed to be getting cold!

What was this now?

Was this ice and fire tormenting him at once?!

What exactly was going on...

Then Lin Nai's vision went black, and he collapsed.

"Lin Nai! Lin Nai! Wake up!"

"Mm..."

Smack!!

Lin Nai groggily opened his eyes, and then Herta swung a slap at him.

Successfully knocking him senseless.

What happened? What happened?

Lin Nai blankly looked at Herta standing beside his bed.

"Whew, you're finally awake." Herta let out a sigh of relief. "What happened? Your physical condition was clearly wrong just now."

"I... I don't know."

Lin Nai scratched his head, utterly unable to figure it out. "What exactly happened just now?"

"Who knows? You suddenly started shouting things like, 'You can't survive without fighting,' 'Why are the streets so quiet?' and 'Wasn't the sidewalk wide enough?'"

"Then your body started glowing for no reason. Your temperature rose, your hands and feet turned cold, you were sweating all over, and you were clutching your throat."

Herta reached out her cool little hand and placed it on Lin Nai's forehead.

By the way, why was a puppet's hand so soft?

Seeing Lin Nai's somewhat dazed expression, Herta moved her hand from his forehead to his head and vigorously ruffled it for a while.

"Does it hurt?"

"No, I don't feel anything."

"That's good." Herta frowned. "Come to my office tomorrow. I'll examine you personally."

"Okay..." Lin Nai obediently nodded.

Herta gave him a surprised glance, then pondered for a few seconds before warning him:

"Spend less time playing with that Stellaron Hunter brat. She'll lead you astray."

Mm...

Silver Wolf had said the same thing: Talk to Herta less, or she would lead him astray.

Did he look like the kind of person who could be led astray so easily?

Surely not?

He did not look that innocent...

Still, speaking of which.

"Herta, when did you get here?"

"..."

"Herta?"

"I am Herta. I am currently busy. This is the remote puppet's automatic response mode: Hello, hello, hello, everyone. Have a pleasant day. Good night."

Watching the puppet return to its original position and pull its coat over its head as if covering its ears would make it unable to hear, Lin Nai could not help but laugh.

What was that girl doing?

But...

Forget it.

"Thank you, Herta. Good night."

Lin Nai smiled and shook his head. After saying that to the puppet in the distance, he pulled up the blanket and lay back down.

This time.

He slept very peacefully.

After confirming that Lin Nai's breathing had stabilized.

The puppet carefully removed the clothing from its head, avoiding any noise as it softly said:

"Good night, my proudest collection."

After saying that, Herta lowered her head to look at the puppet's legs, which were clad in Belobog's specialty black silk stockings.

"Mm... but what is up with this guy? Does he like this kind of stocking?"

Herta puzzledly touched her own leg, a question mark appearing over her head.

She did not really understand that guy's tastes.

But.

Since he liked them, this puppet could keep wearing them.

It did not matter anyway.

Mm, should she wear some herself the next time she saw Lin Nai?

With that thought, Herta logged off.

Meanwhile, the puppet's violet eyes gave off a faint glow in the darkness.

It had fully entered monitoring mode.

Herta claimed that she was not some kind of peeping maniac. She had only hurriedly put aside her research and logged into this puppet after noticing that something was wrong with Lin Nai's condition.

Mm...

She only watched occasionally, that was all. Occasionally.

Asta, Why Are You Just Watching?!