The Screaming Puppet
Xu Huo carefully searched every part of the battle puppet, but aside from the few basic instruments it wore and the device where a puppet's heart should be, he found no other special spatial instruments.
Of course, he hadn't expected every battle puppet to be able to enter and leave this space freely. Besides, the materials used for this puppet were clearly inferior to those of the puppets that hunted Players outside.
After taking the puppet apart with a few slashes, he went to the wall where the puppet costumes hung and asked, "Do you know how to get out?"
Most of the puppet costumes had gone quiet on the wall. Even the few that had been struggling fell silent at his words, their arms and legs dangling like those of real empty puppets.
Xu Huo curled his lip and walked out of the transfer station.
The painted woman had already dismantled another puppet. Her methods were much rougher than his: the puppet had been crushed into a ball, and its instruments had been removed. She was crouched on the ground, examining them.
Puppet people were working near the transfer station, but they tacitly pretended not to see what the painted woman was doing and carried on with their work.
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow and grabbed one of them. But before he could ask anything, an alarm sounded from its body. It clutched its head and screamed on the spot, "Robbery! Someone's robbing us!"
Only then did the surrounding puppet people drop their goods and gather around. Two battle puppets arrived as well. They were dressed differently from the puppets in District 039, perhaps belonging to a group tasked specifically with maintaining order. They ran over, blowing their whistles.
Xu Huo and the painted woman rose