Chapter 54: The Sunlight Turns Against Us?
“…I’m not Lianhua, I’m the Puppet Master.”
The Puppet Master had no clue how to respond to Night Star, so this was all she could muster.
“No, you are Lianhua. No matter what, that’s something we can’t change.”
“I don’t know you.”
“That’s fine! Let’s get to know each other again. My name is Night Star. Be my friend? I want to be your audience, is that okay?”
“Is that how it works…?”
The crimson threads on the Puppet Master’s fingers gradually faded, and the hero behind her shrank back to his original size, symbolizing the vanishing of anger.
Puppet shows don’t have to be performed on stage—without an audience, it’s meaningless.
Even without a stage, as long as there is an audience, a performance can still happen.
Isn’t that right?
Her mind was all jumbled.
The Puppet Master felt something awakening inside her, making her a bit anxious about what was to come.
What will happen?
What will she turn into?
So unsettling, and so afraid.
Night Star sensed the Puppet Master’s mixed emotions, looking pretty anxious, and quickly tried to calm her down.
“Are you feeling uneasy?”
“Yeah, why?”
Before Night Star could answer, a hovering car approached from a distance, landing atop the Spire Tower, from which two figures emerged.
One was a black-haired man, and the other a black-haired loli.
Wang Chao frowned slightly. “Mo Tu, why are you here? This doesn’t seem like your kind of place.”
“Oh, just dropping someone off.” Mo Tu shrugged, clearly unconcerned about breaking a few rules by appearing in front.
Standing beside him was Ye Lan, the one he had brought along.
Ye Lan ran up to Night Star and the Puppet Master without hesitation, holding several puppets—the butler, the noble lady, and the villager.
Wang Chao tried to grab her back, but was stopped by Mo Tu’s hand.
“Hey, what are you trying to do?”
“I should be asking you that! Letting a little girl get close to a dangerous Star Eclipses trigger? What are you thinking?” Wang Chao was getting a bit hot under the collar.
“I have my own considerations,” Mo Tu replied with a mysterious smile.
Wang Chao huffed, clearly baffled by him.
Ye Lan stood in front of Night Star and the Puppet Master, giving the Puppet Master the same intense look as Night Star.
The Puppet Master returned Ye Lan’s gaze, feeling a bit odd.
Is this the same person?
They felt identical… perfect for a starring puppet… wait, no, an audience member.
Ye Lan extended the puppets in her hands, sincerely saying, “This is the puppet you dropped.”
The Puppet Master stared at them, dazed.
She really liked these puppets; they felt like they belonged to her.
But the most important one wasn’t among them, that one was still lost, and she didn’t even know where it was.
“I’m actually… looking for something very important… no, Lianhua is looking for it… Compared to performing, searching has become the biggest obsession, but I can’t find it…”
The consciousness controlling her body was the Star Eclipses named “Puppet Master,” not the real Lianhua.
But in a way, she was born from Lianhua and was a part of her, acting upon Lianhua’s final obsession, which was, after all, the meaning of her existence.
So… she wanted to find that lost thing.
“I see…”
Night Star smiled slightly, taking off her backpack and pulling out a simple wooden puppet.
“Hey, is this what you’re looking for?”
The Puppet Master’s focus zeroed in on the puppet in Night Star’s hand, her expression going blank and her arm trembling slightly.
So familiar… I want to cry, I want to hug it.
Her heart was racing, telling her that the puppet in front of her was the one she had been searching for all along—more important than anything.
“Little Lian…” the Puppet Master blurted out, tears sparkling in her eyes.
She reached out to touch the ordinary-looking puppet, pulling it into her embrace.
And then, a tense scene unfolded.
The puppet emitted a gentle glow, as if it was absorbing something from the Puppet Master.
Mo Tu narrowed his eyes, already realizing what was happening.
“Oh~ So that’s how it is. No wonder.”
The puppet was absorbing the Star Eclipses power from the Puppet Master, seemingly trying to transfer its carrier.
Supernova Star Eclipses are different from regular Star Eclipses; they possess remarkable intelligence. Aside from their slightly odd thought processes, they’re not lacking in anything.
Once the puppet absorbed the energies from the Puppet Master, it essentially became the source of her power.
In the future, the Puppet Master should have found the puppet herself, then transferred her powers, only to have a Watcher discover her weakness and seize the opportunity to break it.
Everything was falling into place.
At that moment, Yao Can and Chi Hao, both Sunlight-level Night Watchers, arrived at the rooftop.
The five Sunlight Night Watchers gathered in one place.
Yao Can coldly scanned the area with the strongest Star Eclipses aura and stated, “We need to resolve the Star Eclipses issue as quickly as possible. My suggestion is to eliminate the trigger directly; Supernova Star Eclipses can’t last for that long.”
Yan Que and Chi Hao remained silent, seemingly in agreement.
Wang Chao tightened his grip on his light sword, casting a glance at Night Star and Ye Lan, who were beside the Puppet Master.
“Shall I take charge?”
“Sure.”
Wang Chao was the most suited for the final crusade against the Star Eclipses; he often dealt the final blow to the triggers.
Perhaps this time would be no different.
However, everyone was caught off guard when a black-haired man stepped forward, blocking the four.
Mo Tu smiled slightly, looking at the four with calm eyes, and said, “Sorry, but passage is prohibited here. I can’t let you eliminate that Star Eclipses.”
The four Sunlight Night Watchers were dumbfounded.
They never expected Mo Tu, their comrade, would stop them for the sake of a Star Eclipses.
Yao Can’s expression instantly darkened.
“Mo Tu, what are you doing? Have you betrayed the Night Watchers?”
“Not exactly betrayal; I just believe this Star Eclipses shouldn’t be eliminated.”
“Ridiculous! Can’t you see what she’s done to this city? Just because she looks like a little girl, you feel sympathetic? This is a Night Watcher’s taboo!”
“Say what you will. I have my own thoughts; maybe forcibly eliminating the Star Eclipses would actually be more dangerous.”
“You…” Wang Chao was left speechless.
He couldn’t fathom that Mo Tu, who hailed from Yun Chang City like him, would show such audacity.
Unless he had a very good reason, this had to be some kind of madness.
Then Mo Tu waved his hand, and the power of the Stars manifested.
“Chakra Map—Void Realm.”
A powerful Star force enveloped the four, locking Mo Tu himself in too.
Yao Can and the others realized they were no longer on the Spire Tower but in an incredibly strange place—a unique space created by Mo Tu.
“How should I put it… you’ll need to wait here for a bit, while I seek the most perfect solution, one that won’t cause any repercussions. If we don’t want this land to suffer, we can only let the most suitable person step up. We’re just the path clearers here, got it?”
