An Unsuitable Job for A Puppet

"Become a Novelist" Not everything that happens here deserves believing — Urban Legend [Supernova Serial] An Unsuitable Job for A Puppet Chess Master Fay Posted on August 15 Continuing: A prescription of ages past containing the secrets to longevity was stolen. The girl from the Ten-Lords Commission who looks like a porcelain doll gave chase. She had to catch up before the secret was leaked, to apprehend the criminal... "Madam," a short foxian female judge calls out cautiously. "Not even the Ten-Lords Commission could identify bioelectric signals without any evidence. This judgment seems a little arbitrary..." "The point is not the signal itself," the girl being called Madam interrupts. "A secret prescription from the Theophany Era is hidden in the Elixir Research Terrace, and was stolen by an Outworld thief..." "You mean...?" Asks the foxian tentatively, afraid of being remonstrated by her leader for not knowing. "Has all items stored in the Elixir Research Terrace been advertised so widely that even Outworlders know about it? Has it become common knowledge?" Says the girl, pausing to add: "Go and look into things there, including any previous doctors who've been fired or quit." "Miss, please stop. This is the men's restroom..." Before he can finish, the Vidyadhara man guarding the door of the men's room feels a cold object on his neck. Looking down, he sees a scepter in the shape of a spear-tip. According to his own words, he has been able to safely survive his first 300 years by relying on three words alone: "understand the situation." So he immediately smiles and says: "It's urgent, right? Then I won't stop you, haha." Then, he escapes in a strange pose, turning his head with an apologetic smile as he flees down the dark alleyway. The dark-haired girl uses her scepter to lift the filthy curtain over the restroom's doorway and walks inside. Behind the curtain, a strong stench stimulates her olfactory center. A quick analysis is completed within a nanosecond: It isn't the smell of ammonia, but a pungent odor of sodium hypochlorite. Perhaps the vast majority of law-abiding citizens of Xianzhou would never imagine an apothecary hiding out in an abandoned public restroom like this. In the deepest part of the apothecary, a man who appears to be a physician is lost in thought. Before he can react, a young girl approaches him like a ghost. A chain, as if it had a life of its own, coils around him, binding him tightly, while the sharp tip of a staff presses against his throat. "Who did you tell about the secret prescriptions kept in the Elixir Research Terrace?" The girl asks, then slightly releases the pressure so that he can speak. "Prescription... I don't know about any prescription... Ugh..." He only manages to say a few words before the girl tightens her grip, blocking up the words in his throat. "Who is he?" She demands, again relaxing her right hand slightly. "Ahem... I don't know... Ugh..." "How many of the Ten Lords' interrogation methods have you heard of? I'll ask you one last time: Who is he?" She retracts the spear-like scepter and, in a display of strength disproportionate to her size, easily lifts him up off the ground. "Ahem... Coventry! Ahem... Albert Coventry! There, I said it! I told you. Please spare me!" The man suddenly feels all his strength has left his body. Both his legs give way as he collapses to the ground. When he comes back around and tries to see the girl's face, he realizes that the entire nightmarish interrogation process is as though it never existed — only the rustling sound from the alleyway remains. Xianzhou Smartie Posted on August 15 Master! I've been waiting for your work for a long time. I'll read every single one. Thank you master! Snowy Coat Posted on August 15 This chapter is good. Six-Eyed Flying Fish Posted on August 16 Fay really is the Xianzhou King of Hardboiled Fiction. Every chapter weaves back and forth, revealing shocking surprises! It's unbeatable! Chess Master Fay Replied to: Six-Eyed Flying Fish, August 16 You overstate things. I don't deserve such praise. In my opinion, there are many hard-boiled novelists who are better than I. Six-Eyed Flying Fish Replied to: Chess Master Fay, August 16 No way! You're so humble — you definitely deserve the title of the Xianzhou King of Hardboiled Fiction. There's none better than you out there! Philosophy Mad One Posted on September 15 From a psychoanalytic perspective, the author comes off as a big Other, and must learn to restrain the sliding of the signifier with the awakening of the ego. Chess Master Fay Replied to: Philosophy Mad One, September 16 What is all this you're talking about? Judge's Dog Posted on October 28 Judge, ahhh! Why are you rewarding him, arghhh!!! Don't hit him, hit me instead!!! Hit me! Let me be your dog, ahhhh! Snowy Coat Replied to: Judge's Dog, October 28 Where do you live? Let's talk offline. Judge's Dog Posted on October 29 I deeply understand and reflect upon my inappropriate words. I will be cautious in word and deed, and be an upstanding pillar of the Xianzhou community. Please stay safe in online book review sites: The long arm of the law can still reach you there.