The Slaughter Cape.
Xu Xiaoshou crossed his arms at his chest and looked at the puppet child that was doing the same. He then asked with a doubtful tone.
“What do they call you?”
“Jie…”
A shy voice was heard, yet it was no longer saying the word ‘Mama’ before and had said something else instead.
Xu Xiaoshou was delightfully surprised, noting that the child actually knew other words. While it was just a name, yet it was making progress.
“Little Jie, I, Xu Xiaoshou hereby extend my invitation again to you. Do you want to come with Mama?” The young man said, trying to puzzle the thing.
After the Sky Tree took form, the Tianxuan Gate was finally stabilized.
Yet, Xu Xiaoshou dared not stay for a moment longer. He wanted to get back to the portal and leave as soon as possible.
However, he needed to see to the matter with Jie the puppet child before that.
If the puppet child proved to be obedient and controllable, then it would definitely be a formidable weapon and it would do him more good than harm.
However, he wasn’t sure if that thing would actually behave. As such, if it was proven not feasible, he wouldn’t force it.
He already had a ‘Raging Giant’ which he had trouble containing and if he were to put yet another time bomb by his side, it would only be a matter of time before things go south.
“Mama…”
Jie’s voice sounded hesitant.
Repeated tests showed that he was indeed able to detect the child’s emotional fluctuations through ‘Sense’, which was one of the reasons why he dared to try to control such a devastating weapon.
“There isn’t much time for you to think about it, as I’m about to leave soon. If I were to stay here any longer, I’d probably be trapped in here.”
He looked up at the sky. “You see this world? While it’s patching up, yet it’s actually no different from that hole that trapped you. You just have more space out there, that’s all.”
“The true world lies outside…”
He halted as he recalled what Elder Sang said all of the sudden, that puzzling theory about the world.
He thought that perhaps even that world outside wasn’t actually the true world.
“Mama…” Jie looked at him and seemed to be moved.
Xu Xiaoshou didn’t mull over the matter too much and flashed a beaming, relieved smile, saying, “the point of living is to see a greater, wider world out there, right? What’s the point of keeping oneself trapped in a dinghy place, eh?”
Jie walked up to him and was no longer crossing its arms. It put its arms on Xu Xiaoshou’s shoulder and nodded.
“Mama.”
Xu Xiaoshou wore a twisted expression as he felt as if his shoulder blades were about to crack. He hissed and said, “Alright, alright, I know what you mean, just let go for now and don’t do anything rash.”
Jie looked up and doubt was seen in its red eyes.
“Let… let go! Release your arms and do it like me. Cross your arms!”
The corner of his mouth twitched and he was feeling not alright at all.
Go**damit, if I were to take this thing outside, it’d still be fine if it just come and pinch me somewhat, but if this thing were to play with other kids and got riled up…
“Let’s kick ball, eh?”
“Yippee!”
The head flew…
“Wuuuu, you killed the friend!”
“Alright, easy there. Let’s hug.”
The person shattered…
Xu Xiaoshou was feeling his legs wobbling, not daring to imagine the scene any further. If Jie were to not be able to control its own powers, there would definitely be trouble once they got outside.
He rather regretted his decision of extending such an invitation.
“If you’re going out with me, then we’d need to set up rules.”
Xu Xiaoshou crossed his arms before his chest all the time. Jie finally regained composure and imitated what he did.
“First, you couldn’t go about attacking people.”
Jie nodded.
“Second, unless I say otherwise, you’d need to stand with your arms crossed before your chest. This is utmost important.”
Jie nodded again.
“Finally…”
Xu Xiaoshou paused, wondering if that thing actually understood what he said.
He wondered what would happen if that thing were to simply nod without actually comprehending what he said.
“Could you shrink yourself?” He asked.
A puppet could probably shrink and hide itself, and if it were to be capable of doing so, taking it outside would be a piece of cake.
Jie nodded.