Chapter 176

Then he began studying it.

【....】

0 begging for flowers

【.... Oh my!】

【Did I shrink?】

【Am I dreaming?】

Topaz touched the Gong Sect,

and a miracle happened!

He had actually shrunk by who knows how many times,

and entered the interior of the sandbox city.

【You certainly are.】

Dr. Ratio, who was in front of the sandbox, listened to Topaz's exclamation,

and calmly nodded.

【Professor, you've gotten so tall!】

【I actually came into the sandbox, and I've become so small...】

【How about we just leave like this?】

【Find another chance to stuff me into Sunday's collar, and use this method to infiltrate the family...】

Topaz said somewhat happily.

【Heh...】

Topaz's wildly imaginative words

made Dr. Ratio laugh out of exasperation.

【Alright, I was just joking.】

【Sigh, let's just look for a way to open the door.】

Topaz put away his playful mood,

and began exploring within the sandbox city.

A moment later, he discovered a puzzle.

And the puzzle pieces had flown off the moment he arrived.

With no choice, he had to go collect the pieces back,

【Hello, welcome to the Moment of Gold base model.】

【I am the Oak Wooden Soldier, responsible for guiding your tour of the base model—at your service.】

Following the guidance, Topaz arrived before an Oak Wooden Soldier,

and began listening to him speak.

【Then let's hear about the guidance.】

Topaz spoke with great interest.

【You you you you you, welcome to the Moment of Gold base base base model—】

【I am the Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Oak Wooden Soldier, responsible for guiding your tour of the base model el el el—】

This Oak Wooden Soldier, somehow,

the moment Topaz opened his mouth to ask him something, he started glitching.

So, Topaz couldn't help but kick him.

【Tour—at your service.】

【Generating generating generating generating generating guidance for you, please wait wait wait wait wait wait....】

【Wait.... wait..... wait.... wait....】

Seeing that the previous kick hadn't been very effective,

Topaz kicked him again.

【... Search Search Search Search Search Search has located the nearest check-in point!】

【Please look look look look look—behind me, this gachapon gachapon gachapon gachapon machine model—】

【Model Model Model—】

【Ah!!】

The Oak Wooden Soldier suddenly let out a sharp, agonized shriek,

and then crashed.

【What's going on?】

【Do all the family's toys try to scam people?】

【I didn't do anything, Professor, you have to testify for me.】

Topaz looked at the Oak Wooden Soldier lying on the ground unable to get up,

and said with a strange expression.

【I didn't see anything.】

Dr. Ratio told a barefaced lie.

【The gachapon machine..】

【There's nothing to operate on the ground, is it that one on the ceiling?】

【Professor, do me a small favor—】

Topaz arrived before the gacha machine the oak wooden soldier had mentioned,

then looked up at the winding key above the gacha machine,

and shouted a line at Dr. Ratio.

Dr. Ratio understood at once,

and stretched out his giant hand to wind up the gacha machine's key for Topaz.

Immediately, the gacha machine started up,

and a capsule rolled out,

【It really is like this.】

【These models even have internal structures identical to the real buildings—the only difference is that no one lives in them.】

【Sunday placed a miniature model like this somewhere he can see the moment he wakes up every day—does he really think of himself as the "Giant" of Penacony?】

Topaz watched this marvelous sight,

and couldn't help speculating about Sunday's intentions.

Then he walked over to the capsule and opened it,

and, as expected, inside was one of the puzzle pieces.

He picked it up directly,

【There's another piece that flew up to the floor above—I have to use the pinball machine to bounce up there.】

【But it's probably not going to be that easy.】

Topaz began to look for the pinball machine.

【Sure enough, there's only the base of a pinball machine here—completely empty.】

【—Professor, I have to rely on your wisdom again.】

Topaz had no choice but to turn to Dr. Ratio for help once more.

【No need to shout, I can hear you.】

【The pinball machine model must be placed somewhere in the hall, just like the Gong Sect one.】

【Wait, I'll be right back.】

【... Finally, a moment of quiet.】

Dr. Ratio turned and left, beginning to search for the pinball machine for Topaz.

【That's it... pleasant moments of solitude always pass in a flash.】

Dr. Ratio quickly found the pinball machine model,

but he couldn't help sighing.

【Ha, you're back—!】