Linden Tree Street · No. 8 Tram Line.
[Realistic Doll Shop]
"This is the unfinished product you asked for."
Peluoqi, the alluring shopkeeper wearing a monocle, introduced it to the man in a strange mask standing before her.
Wearing the [Emoticon Mask], Xia Xiu studied the doll before him:
The doll lay inside an iron container resembling a coffin. She had exceptionally pale skin, with a crystalline luster and translucency. In the sunlight, you could even see the blue veins in her arms with perfect clarity.
Her face, however, had no skin covering it. All she presented to the world was a bloody network of facial nerves.
"Since she's unfinished, I haven't adjusted her realism parameters much, and her skin's distortion rate is relatively high."
Peluoqi approached the doll, then used her index finger to pull open the blood-streaked eye socket. Three tiny white marks were engraved along its lower wall.
"I placed the identification code for the [Homunculus] along the lower wall of her eye socket. It's a fairly discreet spot, and most people won't notice it."
Peluoqi turned toward the masked man and raised her chin slightly as she addressed him:
"Well? Does she meet your requirements?"
Although she had phrased it as a question, Peluoqi sounded quite confident. She had always had complete faith in her work.
"Excellent!"
Looking at the doll before him, Xia Xiu offered his praise freely.
In any case, if Xia Xiu had made this doll from scratch, he certainly could not have produced such fine detail. His [Flesh Sculpting] was not a technique geared toward making creations with such beauty and lifelike qualities.
To be honest, although members of the Church of the Flesh possessed the immensely powerful [Flesh Sculpting] used to create BIO Species, their aesthetic tastes were all somewhat deranged.