First, the physique needed to be tested. Even though Xu Hai looked like a weakling, Wen Wen still had to conduct the test...
Ten minutes later, Wen Wen's expression was blank as he switched back to his fox demon physique.
It was truly remarkable that as a disaster-level monster, switching to his physique provided no boost; in fact, his physical capabilities had slightly decreased.
Wen Wen's own physique and the monster's physique merged, resulting in the physical condition he displayed.
This relationship was not additive but multiplicative.
Wen Wen himself was a two, while other monsters were a four, and the final result was an eight.
Xu Hai's physical condition was zero-point-five. After merging with Wen Wen, it became one...
Of course, this was just an example. The actual changes were far more complex and involved numerous factors, not a simple, crude multiplication.
However, Xu Hai's physique possessed extremely keen inspiration and a wide perception range, which was why he could always detect Wen Wen first.
But when converted to this physique, his strength was too weak, and the risk was too high, so it could only be used at critical moments.
Next, Wen Wen began testing Xu Hai's ability, which was called 'Puppet Technique'.
Puppet Technique had two states: controlled and uncontrolled.
In the controlled state, as long as the puppeteer could conceive of it and the puppet possessed the ability to accomplish it, everything was possible.
However, the optimal number of controlled puppets was one to two. When the number of controlled individuals became too large, the control ability would weaken, and only simple commands could be executed.
The uncontrolled state allowed for setting behavioral patterns, enabling the puppets to perform simple actions according to the puppeteer's intentions, much like the staff and guests in the inn.
As a standalone ability, it could be considered quite powerful. Unfortunately, while Wen Wen gained the ability to control puppets, he lacked the technology to create them.
The technology for creating puppets was knowledge, not an ability, so Wen Wen couldn't obtain it from Xu Hai.
Wen Wen possessed many strange items, but he couldn't craft little people.
"When he wakes up, I'll ask him how to create puppets. If he doesn't tell me, I'll starve him for two days." Xu Hai was already a captive, and Wen Wen had no worries about him not confessing.
Then, Wen Wen looked at Xu Hai's handbag.
Among all the monsters, Xu Hai was the only one who had returned other spoils of war to Wen Wen, although these spoils might not have been valuable.
It was a black briefcase, forty centimeters long, thirty centimeters wide, and twenty centimeters high, which didn't seem to hold much.
When Wen Wen opened it, he found some exquisite small toys inside. The most eye-catching were two plastic figures, about ten centimeters tall.
"Hmm... These are figures from the Sakura Region, usually processed in the Hua Fu Region. I remember these things being quite expensive. A former employer liked this kind of item; each one cost over a thousand yuan. These two here are much more exquisite than what that employer collected."
Wen Wen placed his hand on one of the figures, which had long black hair and wore a sailor uniform with black knee-high socks, and gently squeezed it.
"Mmm, it's quite plump. They used silicone for the material, and the nose and eyes are quite detailed. Monsters shouldn't possess such high-quality figures. I'll confiscate it and sell it at a high price to some rich otaku, hehe..."
He picked up the figure, a lecherous smile on his face, and prepared to remove its skirt.
"Since it's made so realistically, is it just as realistic underneath the clothes?"
As a man, when he saw figures or other toys wearing clothes, he felt an urge to take them off and see their internal structure.
It was instinct.
As he was halfway through pulling the skirt off, the figure suddenly changed. Its body rapidly expanded, its weight increasing a hundredfold, transforming into a figure the size of a real person...
No, this was no longer a figure; it was a real person!
Wen Wen lost his grip, and the woman fell to the ground, bouncing slightly.
He had only pulled the skirt halfway down. Continuing to pull it down felt too extreme, but putting it back on felt reluctant. He scratched his ears and cheeks in frustration.
"What... what is this principle? What just happened?"
Wen Wen walked around the woman in confusion, circling her several times. After careful examination, he finally understood what had happened.
This woman was not a figure or a real person, but a human-shaped puppet created by Xu Hai!
He pinched the puppet's hands and feet and found no weapons inside, so this beauty was not for combat but for Xu Hai's collection.
Given that, Wen Wen put the skirt back on the puppet.
First, the puppets created by Xu Hai were definitely deceased individuals. Taking off the pants of a deceased person felt unsavory.
Second, since they were his collectibles, he must have used them. To be honest, having been used by a man whose underwear smelled so foul, Wen Wen felt a bit disgusted...
The other figure inside the box was a similar puppet, a blonde beauty dressed in a wedding gown.
After taking her out, he waited a few seconds, and she also transformed into a life-sized figure.
"These are just ordinary puppets. If the puppets had the ability to change size, there would be no reason for them not to have used it at the inn. So the problem lies with this box."
The space inside this black briefcase was not large. Besides these two figures, there were also some miniature sundries that looked like small toys.
Wen Wen took out those miniature sundries. After a few seconds, those sundries also transformed into their normal sizes.
Looking at the whips, collars, candles, and other items scattered on the floor, Wen Wen looked at the box with understanding.
"As expected, although this box is small, it can hold a lot of things... but it's easy to take things out, so how do you put things in?"
Wen Wen scratched his chin, picked up a whip, and placed it on the open box. After a few seconds, the item shrank several dozen times in Wen Wen's sight and dropped into the box.
"Good stuff! Really good stuff!"
Wen Wen hugged the box, a happy smile on his face, like a child who had received their desired toy.
"However... this thing isn't very useful to me for now..."
Each time something was taken out or placed required a few seconds. In that time, Wen Wen could already enter the containment facility, put things away, and come back out.
However, with this box, Wen Wen could further conceal the existence of the containment facility. At least he would have an excuse when he suddenly needed to produce something in the future.
"Good things are never too many."
Wen Wen played with the box repeatedly. After his excitement subsided, he set the box aside, intending to use it often in the future.
Finally, he looked at the two puppets with a lecherous smile.
Of course, he wasn't intending to do anything inappropriate.
He was worried about not having puppets to use, and these two puppets had just delivered themselves.
"I inherited that guy's abilities. By rights, I should be able to use his puppets too."
Wen Wen snapped his fingers, activating the Puppet Technique. When using this ability, it wasn't as crisp and clean as other abilities; there was a sense of lingering connection.
Invisible threads extended from Wen Wen's fingertips, slowly seeping into the sailor-uniformed beauty's body. After establishing a connection, Wen Wen could control her actions.
Wen Wen tapped his chin, then his eyes lit up. He picked up a small ball from the pile of sundries and threw it to the puppet.
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Thus, the beautiful puppet caught the ball and began bouncing it, dribbling, passing it between her legs, bouncing it, passing it between her legs, throwing it, turning around, wriggling her body...