The first disturbance appeared on a street not far from the "Grasna Building".

In the pitch-black curtain of rain, droplets splashed against swaying lampshades, highlighting an artistic street, a very inconspicuous "Wax Museum" at the corner of the street, its doors suddenly opened as night fell.

The creaking noise was masked by the sound of the falling rain.

A hunched figure, moving slowly, emerged from the wax museum.

He did not care about the rain pouring on him, as if overwhelmed with excitement, he trembled and walked step by step towards the street corner.

Behind him, the open doors of the wax museum, accompanied by a grating noise, a series of stiff, slow-moving figures, stepped in unison, closely following the hunched figure in the front.

In the dim radiance, a dozen pale, eerie faces appeared, mostly men, dressed differently, but all meticulously, clearly indicating their identities before death.

Their torsos, limbs, and joints exhibited the "black cracks" unique to dolls, a sign any observer would immediately recognize, revealing that regardless of their past, these figures are now... dolls.

Moreover, they were intricately detailed puppets, under some disguise almost indistinguishable from real people.

They followed a middle-aged Caucasian, dressed in an exquisitely tailored suit, holding scissors, chisels, and other sharp blades, his face paler than the "dolls" behind him, only his lips bright red like blood.

Dark circles nearly extended to his cheeks, his eyes murky and evil, with a sickening malevolence.

His hair was long gone, only greasy wisps remained, slicked back on top of his head.

Tang Qi watched this clearly evil Transcendent from far away, capturing only a fragmentary Information Fragment.

"Extraordinary Creature: Devoted follower of Borusa, a Puppet Master who has surpassed 'Professional Level'..."

As he read the fragment, Aise Grasna also sensed it.

Tang Qi then turned to look at the girl, watching her cold demeanor suddenly sharpen, a fierce killing intent rising in her high and eerie red eyes.

Just as the repulsive middle-aged Puppet Master was about to provoke an attack from a "Western Federation Supernova".

His "partners" emerged collectively.

In that moment, Tang Qi saw through the spectral light bursting from numerous fragmentary Information Fragments in his eyes, as if witnessing a faint starlight.

Across the vast downtown of Green Chief City, terrifying scenes unfolded.

From various streets, shops, or residences.

Ghostly figures emerged one by one.

Almost every figure was followed by several, or dozens of zombie-like dolls.

A few "Puppet Masters" with just one figure behind them.

Among them, naturally, some were novices.

But also, some were truly fearsome strong individuals.

Tang Qi's gaze skipped over most who were destined to be "cannon fodder" Puppet Masters, looking towards a massive square several streets from the Grasna Building, called "Chief Square", the core area of this cultural metropolis.

Several Puppet Masters surpassed other partners, appearing around the square.

Among them, one figure who caught Tang Qi's attention was a young man with a distinct demeanor.

He wore a somewhat unkempt overcoat, with an old suit underneath, a clean-shaven head, handsome features, but deep-set eyes, and pupil-to-eye disproportion, along with an excessively pale complexion, making him appear melancholic and eerie.

Anybody could imagine how such a young man could vastly attract artsy young girls, rebellious women, or thrill-seeking females.

In his hands, there were no scissors or chisels.

Just a strangely unique "pocket camera" hanging in front of him, popular a few years back.

Behind him followed only one young female doll.

This girl had a plump figure, flesh on her waist, chest, and limbs, not fitting the aesthetic standards of the era, but beneath a thin veil, her face showed a purity amidst confusion, with three incredibly real, sparkling tears on the corners of her eyes and cheeks.

As if time stood still.

Even an ordinary person with no education in aesthetics, upon gazing at her, could not help but think:

"She is a sublime work of art!"

At this moment, the creator of the young female doll,

A young man with a completely different demeanor from his "peers", drew Tang Qi's attention.

As his gaze focused, the young man, the camera in front of him, and the young female doll behind him, all had a complete Information Fragment appear:

[Extraordinary Creature: Evil Puppet Master.]

[State: Normal.]

[Information Fragment One: A devoted follower of the Evil God Borusa, possessing great Talent, a very picky, and incurably obsessive-compulsive Puppet Master, his 'doll-making' lasts as long as he is satisfied, and he will not stop until he makes a satisfactory doll.]

[Information Fragment Two: During the doll-making process, other 'finished products', although considered curiosities worthy of art by other Puppet Masters, are still destroyed by him.]

[Information Fragment Three: As a follower of Borusa, this Puppet Master named 'Heath Rudolph's' lifelong pursuit is to transform himself into the ultimate doll, to be sacrificed to the great Borusa.]

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