Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

After 6500 singularities were invested, the originally full storage pool immediately shrank by more than half.

But now Koizumi and Sakurai had no time to feel sad. They stared at the options in front of them.

After the third upgrade, the mannequin appeared with a three-choice special effect.

[Option 1: Precise imitation. Option 2: Manual control. Option 3: Soul connection.]

Sakurai Izumi turned his head and glanced at Koizumi's expression.

Just as she had guessed, Koizumi stared at the words on the screen, his eyes full of fanaticism.

Xiaoquan was so excited that her breathing became a little rapid. She stared at the third option that appeared in front of her and blurted out: "I want to choose Ling..."

Sakurai Izumi held Koizumi's hand and shouted to stop him: "Calm down, you can't choose the third option!"

Koizumi was interrupted.

Sakurai hurriedly continued, "I know what you're thinking. If you choose the third option, the effect might be to create a puppet body for me, so I can appear in the outside world with you at the same time."

Koizumi looked at her enthusiastically: "Don't you want to? We can finally be together..."

"No! At least not now, absolutely not!"

Sakurai Izumi interrupted firmly again: "First of all, this is not the point now. You must prioritize your performance plan. Aren't you going to save Zhufu Jingguang?"

This sentence was like a bucket of cold water poured on Xiaoquan's head. She closed her eyes for a moment, but she obviously still did not give up completely.

"If you can come out with me, then I just need to pretend to be Zhu Fu Jingguang..."

"But this is just the effect you speculated, it's impossible to be sure, right?"

Xiaoquan shouted, "System, come out and explain what this soul link means? System!"

[Ding! The system cannot give a clear explanation for the relevant skill effects, please explore freely. ]

As soon as Sakurai saw Koizumi's expression, she knew that the answer she got might not be what she expected.

She patted Koizumi's hand soothingly: "If you want to save people, you must not choose the third option for safety reasons."

Koizumi: "We can consider other plans, or upgrade another level 3 dummy..."

"It's too late. Even if you only sleep four hours a day and spend the rest of the time collecting singularities, how much can you collect? This dummy puppet has solidified our faces. To be safe, you must make a substitute for Zhu Fu Jingguang. This is what must be done now!

"The remaining time is barely enough for you to make a second third-order puppet, but definitely not enough for a third one! In fact, even this second puppet is a stretch. You must reserve enough singularities for yourself to deal with unexpected events that may occur at any time, as well as to pay for the repair singularities that the payment system will deduct regularly. You know very well that this number must not be less than four thousand, otherwise it will be too dangerous."

"And even if you really want to be a third puppet in the future, it shouldn't be for me. In my opinion, you'd better be a substitute for Ash. Whether you use it to assist you in acting or to perform dangerous tasks for you, it can add a lot of convenience to your actions.

"Look, no matter which angle you analyze it from, I'm definitely not the first choice, right?"

Sakurai Izumi reached out and hugged Xiaoquan, patting her back gently: "I know you long for companions, and I also hope to go out and help you, but definitely not now. And I have more important things to do. I also have to monitor here and help you change the props in your backpack. You can't give up your biggest trump card because of such a small matter, right?"

"And maybe even if you choose manual control, not only you, but I can also go out and use a vest. If necessary, I can still appear outside with you at the same time, just with different identities. Isn't this more useful than having two Sakurai Izumi appear at the same time?"

Koizumi hung his head on Sakurai Izumi's shoulder without moving. After a while, he said sullenly, "Why are you so calm? It's not like you at all..."

"...Quan, remember this, you must remember it well. You'd better use Sakurai Quan to complete the system task once and for all, because I will absolutely not live with you again. After I leave, who knows if you will have the same luck as me and a reliable person will appear to help you? Never let yourself fall into the endless cycle of death and resurrection! You can't bear that kind of experience, don't become like me..."

She took a deep breath and said casually, "After the performance is over, I think you can start to consider accumulating singularity points. I think this mannequin is more worthy of a fourth upgrade than your disguise mask. If you really don't want to find a man, just create one yourself. You won't have any psychological burden, right?"

Koizumi smiled and raised his head from Sakurai Izumi's shoulder: "Why do you always think about this kind of thing?"

Sakurai smiled and said, "You are so charming. I think everyone I see is interested in you. Why don't you find a man for yourself and announce that you have a boyfriend, so that they can stop thinking about you."

"That's not what you said!"

"Then tell me, why did Zhu Fu Jingguang get anxious as soon as he heard that you and Ash's vest were having an ambiguous relationship?"

Koizumi stared, "...Huh? I, have an affair with Fujiwara Yuto? What the hell!"

Sakurai was speechless: "Ah, you are so...slow as hell."

Koizumi stared at her in confusion for a long time. Seeing that Sakurai really didn't intend to explain, he took a deep breath and said, "Okay. I choose the second option, manual control."

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It turned out that Sakurai Izumi's analysis was correct.

The third upgraded mannequin not only retains all the functions of the second upgrade, but also adds a new "login" operation method. Moreover, both Koizumi and Sakurai Izumi can log in!

However, because the dummy itself does not have the function of speaking, it cannot speak after logging in, nor can it make any facial movements, and can basically only maintain an expressionless state.

However, despite this, when the two Sakurai Izumi stood in front of the mirror together, Koizumi was so happy that he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He reached out and hugged the puppet operated by Sakurai next to him, and sighed: "No matter what, it can be regarded as my wish come true."

Sakurai Izumi looked in the mirror and twitched the corners of her mouth very reluctantly.

Koizumi sighed, "I was really carried away just now. From this perspective, Soul Link is most likely a skill similar to remote control, or a monitoring ability like shared vision. However, since it is not 'remote control', but the word 'soul' is used, there may be restrictions on personality binding."

She let go of Sakurai Izumi and smiled helplessly, "It seems like there's one more thing to learn. Let's learn sign language together. Even if you don't usually come out to control the puppets, if I need you to come out to assist me, at least there's a way to communicate."

Sakurai Izumi nodded.

Koizumi looked at the expressionless face of the puppet: "Don't mention it, I really should build a body for Ash's vest. After Gin lost his car last time, he firmly believed that there was a hidden assistant beside me, and he has been keeping a close watch on me, so that I have to be careful when I transform for fear of being seen by his eyes.

"If Ash has an independent body, it can effectively prevent the possibility of my exposure, and can also remove Dr. Gu from this fake identity. Even if Ash's identity is really in trouble in the future, it will not be traced back to him."

Sakurai Izumi nodded repeatedly.

Koizumi tilted his head and smiled, "I never thought that I would have the chance to have a boyfriend in my lifetime. It seems that you have more experience than me. Then I'll leave the question of how to date in the future to you, dear."

However, Sakurai Izumi was considering another issue.

She picked up the note and wrote something on it.

[Since human models can evolve similar remote monitoring capabilities, do you think humanoid dolls can? 】

Koizumi took a breath.

Since she came here, she has never come into contact with such girly toys, and has never thought of buying such meaningless things. So there is really no doll in her storage space.

[Or, it doesn’t have to be a human-shaped doll, as long as it has eyes. ]

Koizumi: ...

"I'm going to dress up and go out to collect singularities, and then try to get a few in! Or, there's no need to buy dolls at all, just pluck two plastic eyeballs off!"

Sakurai Izumi: …

Ah, this... is something I didn't expect.

To be honest, with your current temper, it’s no wonder you don’t have a boyfriend…