After returning to the Hunter's Dream, Aoko discovered that Alice Kuonji's doll was sitting on the edge of the flower bed. Her head hung low, her eyes were closed, and she breathed faintly, seeming to be immersed in sleep.
Although she knew the original Maria doll could end up like this, could Alice Kuonji's doll in the Hunter's Dream sleep too?
Aoko walked over to Alice Kuonji's doll, bent down, and leaned closer for a careful look. Her delicate, fair skin seemed to give off a faint glow, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly. Han Shaoxun repeated that name, looking utterly bewildered. After staring blankly for a while, he finally understood what was going on. For some reason, he suddenly felt relieved.
Everyone lowered their heads. The matter of Ji Manrou and me fighting had long spread throughout the General's Residence, and they presumably feared me to some extent. Who was Ji Manrou? She had lorded over the General's Residence for years. If I dared deal with her, what was there to fear from a mere dozen servants?
The moment I entered the smoke, both my sight and hearing were stripped away. I swung my dagger twice, trying to carve out a path, but the formless smoke was incredibly troublesome. No matter how I slashed and swung, it did not change in the slightest, leaving only a few traces of movement.
Two soldiers immediately rushed in from outside and dragged the crazed, clawing, screaming Hua Guancai away. During the struggle, the blood-red mask happened to fall to the ground, and Hua Guancai caught it on her toe. A streak of blood immediately spread from where she had just been standing, creating a gruesome sight.
Just as Hua Xuanji had expected, there really was a bottomless, pitch-black cave two meters beneath