Ark: The Cycle of Light and Darkness

"Are you... calling me?"

The doctor pointed to himself in disbelief, and asked as if to confirm something:"Is the person you were calling my mother just now?"

"Do you think I'm a fool? The doctor's caution seemed to have a backlash. The little Sakaz girl said unhappily:"Besides you, are there any other living people in this place?""

The doctor suddenly felt a little shuddering, and secretly glanced at the three operators behind him from the corner of his eyes.

(I am the only one... alive?)

It is obvious that he, Migru, Cross and Yan Rong are four people together. When entering this room, although it is obvious that the status of these three operators is very different from normal situations, at least they will still have a basic response to their commands.

But in the eyes of this little Sakaz girl, it seems that The three"operators" behind him are not living creatures at all.

"Well... for the time being, I still have companions. How about just ignoring them?"

The doctor tried to use words to make a final struggle. After all, no matter how strange the little girl in front of him was, she was just a seven or eight-year-old girl. Maybe she was just joking with herself?

However, after listening to the doctor's words, A strange expression appeared on the face of the little Sakaz girl who called herself"Lecia".

It was not fear, not suspicion, but...pity?

She stood on tiptoes and stretched out her hand to touch her. The doctor's forehead, but Lecia, who still failed because of her height, shook her head angrily and gave up her action.

"Uncle, do you have a fever? How can these three dolls be considered living creatures?"

Suddenly, as if she thought of something, a look of disgust suddenly appeared on Lecia's face, and she quickly took a few steps back.

"Could it be that the uncle is the type who can talk to dolls? The night was dark and windy, and I was lonely and unable to sleep. The uncle's sinful hand reached out to——"

"——Stop, stop, stop, it’s all a mess!"

The doctor shouted, interrupting Lecia's delusion in her mind, causing the latter to feel unhappy.

But the doctor didn't care about Lecia's face, but bowed his head and remained silent because of Lecia's words.

(If , if the existence of 'operators' is actually just a product created by this castle based on 'rules', then it actually explains well why the investigation team quickly started fighting among themselves and became separated from each other...)

Obviously, within the rules of this castle, by constantly breaking into the 'rooms' connecting various strange places, you gradually get deeper into the castle, and through winning or surviving again and again, you can accumulate enough strength to assist your exploration. It is the key to finally completing the"trial" of the castle.

In such a trial, intruders are obviously not allowed to"cheat". That's why some of the teams they bring lose contact early, and they can only command The situation of these so-called"dolls" fighting appeared.

I am afraid that these dolls were modeled after the familiar operators in my mind.

Thinking of this, the hooded man couldn't help but sigh - if it had been before It would be nice to summon not a three-person team of Cross, but a team of elite operators.

(However, obviously this cannot be the case...)

When he thought of the so-called"rules" restrictions, the doctor could only smile bitterly and shake his head.

"Hey Hey hey! Uncle, why are you so dazed again? You're not really the kind of person who uses dolls to satisfy your evil desires, are you?……！"

Lecia's expression was a little strange, and her eyes towards the doctor became very wary.

"No...I'm sorry, I just thought of something and accidentally got distracted."

The doctor was relatively close to the little Sakaz girl in front of him, so he couldn't help but apologize.

This was not only because she was the first living person he met who could communicate, but also because of the... It exudes a certain sense of familiarity and intimacy.

Even if this is just a product created by the"rules", after experiencing the loneliness and a little fear of exploring the castle alone for such a long time, I can meet such a strange and cute person. The little girl is still very happy.

The doctor glanced at Cross behind him, who was still expressionless.

(If Crosby can chat with me at this time, even if I have to listen to the buzz all day Dayo is better than now……）

"Forget it, let’s not talk about it—Uncle, actually… I have something to ask you."

She was more or less just an eight or nine-year-old child. Lecia became less angry almost the moment the doctor apologized. At the same time, because she had something to support her, her voice became softer.

"oh? Want to ask me for help?"

The doctor's eyes moved.

Now I'm afraid I have to do my best to survive in this weird castle, but I don't know what help I can give to the little girl in front of me?

"That... is Mr. Big Lock."

Before the doctor could react, the little girl named Lecia took out an ugly bear rag doll from somewhere and stuffed it into the doctor's arms.

(Big... Mr. Big Lock?!)

The doctor was also shocked by this move, but after discovering that the other party did not mean any harm, he relaxed and raised the delivered puppet in his hand to look at it carefully. The designer of this puppet seemed to have a different species With such an aesthetic understanding, his body was covered with bandages, his eyes were sewn shut, and there was a strange collar like a candelabra around his neck. The metal halo behind his back was not known to be imitated by the Lateran high-ranking papal knight. But the gear-shaped shape is not flattering.

To be fair, this is really a very... very ugly puppet.

After handing the puppet to the doctor, Lecia looked at the doctor expectantly.The expression on her face made it impossible for anyone to refuse her request.

"Because Lecia is in a hurry, she can't take care of Mr. Dasuo... Uncle, can you help Lecia take care of Mr. Dasuo?"