The Empire of Shilin
Chapter 923

The Pitfall-Loving Gossip Tengu

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Three-Headed Suigintou were a group of strange little creatures with many unimaginable abilities and behavioral patterns. They often appeared in groups near Imperial Affairs Academy, though sometimes one of them could be seen running around outside alone. They came in all sorts of outfits, from domestic maid uniforms to jungle special forces gear. But regardless of how they were dressed, one thing remained the same: they always looked incredibly busy. Everyone in Shadow City knew about these strange little things, but few truly understood them. Ordinary people only knew that Three-Headed Suigintou had countless ties to the Imperial Department and were dolls modeled after the Empire's Little Princess. Thus, most Shadow City's civilians believed these little things were probably mechanical servants or playmates reserved for Royal Family Members. In a sense, they were not wrong.

The three-headed dolls active around the academy district handled all kinds of work every day. They tended the school's flowerbeds and lawns, pruned branches, cleaned roads, repaired facilities, washed windows, and could even be seen rushing out of the campus supermarket with shopping baskets as large as hills balanced atop their oversized heads, then darting into the Misakas' dormitories. Rumor had it that fully armed Three-Headed Suigintou also patrolled the academy at night. These little dolls, barely half a meter tall, held miniature lightsabers like fruit knives and psionic beam rifles, with Micro Spatial Implosion Bombs hanging all over their bodies. They hopped through the school on patrol, specifically cracking down on people who pasted miracle-doctor advertisements and fake-certificate notices on the outer walls under cover of darkness. Before Three-Headed Suigintou appeared, night patrols in the academy district had generally been handled by teachers—usually Empire Commanders or heroic spirits—and student council officers. Taking all this together, some people in Shadow City speculated that these adorable

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