The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

"This was a gift from an unknown guest to the Star Train. But strangely, when we opened it, we found nothing inside."

"Dr. Edward from the Dream Shop told me that dreams are formed from memories. If the core is empty, the dream bubble cannot form."

"So, I thought, as the hotel doorman and the one who knows Pinocchio best among the Star Train friends, you, Misa, should be able to help us solve this mystery?"

Himeko asked softly.

"Yes, the place they are now in is the dream bubble that Mikhail gave them."

"Hmm... I don't know much about dreams," Misha said, looking puzzled. "But if you all want to understand what this big house is... I'll try my best."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Ji Zi said softly.

"Sister Jizi," Sanyueqi whispered in Jizi's ear, "I'm still confused. Why are you so sure this dream bubble in Misha River is related?"

"I can't say for sure, I just have some guesses." Jizi's eyes flashed. "But since Misha feels familiar with this place, it means my guess may be correct."

Xing looked around and scratched his head. "This place looks familiar."

"Of course it looks familiar to you, because this is where you and Miss Liuying met your 'death'—now we should call it Mianmian." Ji Zi nodded and said, "Considering its connection to Liumeng Reef, it's not difficult to understand why it appears here."

"This place looks familiar to me. It's where Xing and the others encountered danger before! And the place where Hanabi sent Xing and Liuying back then was actually the dream bubble that Mikhail gave to the Starry Sky Train?"

Su Zhe frowned, his head was itchy and he felt like he was going to grow a brain.

"This Fireworks inexplicably sent Xing and Liuying in. Is she trying to hint at something? ... This is weird. Who is she? Why does it feel like she knows everything?"

He seriously suspected that Hanabi had peeked at the script of Star Core Hunter Elio.

(Hanabi: Actually, I was the one who planned the script.)

"Brother, you might be overthinking this." Su Shi, however, had a different thought: "Since this Dream Bubble was given to the Star Train by Mikhail, would he really just sit there and wait for someone else to give it away? After so many betrayals, even if he trusted Gallagher again, he would definitely have other plans."

"Brother, what you mean is that Hanabi did indeed just put Xing and Liuying to sleep, but this 'sleep' state directly triggered the backup mechanism left by Mikhail, teleporting them both into this dream bubble?"

"Yes, for a hero like Mikhail who has been through so much, if he really only has Gallagher as a backup... that would be quite despicable."

"But, brother..." Su Zhe spread his hands. "Even so, Hanabi did make them both fall asleep. 'The impossible thing in dreams is deep sleep'—that's what Latio said. So, Hanabi went to such great lengths to make Xing and Liuying fall asleep. Does that mean she also knows about this mechanism left by Mikhail, and is therefore using it?"

Otherwise, why would Hua Huo be so bored that she came here specifically to let the two of them sleep?

……wrong.

It’s hard to say about others, but the Masked Fool... maybe he’s just too bored.

Su Che suddenly remembered the nature of the Masked Fool. There was nothing that group of people could not do!

…………

"There are doors everywhere. Which one should I go in through? Misha, do you know?" Sanyueqi looked at the numerous doors around him and felt worried.

"Hmm..." Misha thought for a moment and chose a door. "I think it might be this way? I'm not sure, but let's give it a try."

"After saying that, he opened the door and walked in, followed closely by Xing and the others."

"We walked through the corridor behind the door and entered another room, instead of wandering around madly in the same room like Xing and Liuying did."

"He actually chose the right one right away!" Sanyueqi exclaimed, looking Misha up and down. Could Misha really be connected to this dream bubble?"

“It’s strange. This isn’t a hotel, and it’s very different, but I still feel like I’ve been here before, and… stayed for a while.”

"Misha looked even more surprised than Sanyueqi."

"If I remember correctly, there was a warm fireplace down that corridor. The Clock Boy and I often warmed ourselves there and listened to the crackling of the wood."

he said, pointing down a corridor. Then he turned and pointed to a small door.

"This room over here... is where the toys are. I like to spread out everything in the boxes on the floor and make up stories for each one."

Misha started to panic as she spoke. "No, no, didn't I grow up in Liumeng Reef? And what about this place..."

(Misha’s childhood home…let’s call it Xiaomi’s Home.)

"Could this Misha have escaped from a dream bubble?"

Pu Songling suddenly remembered the "Painted Wall" he wrote in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

That monster just ran out of the painting!

Could this Misha be a similar being? Isn't that a youkai?

Pu Songling hurriedly tightened his clothes and felt a gust of cold wind blowing, which was very scary.

He wrote these things to scare others, but why does it seem like he's only scaring himself lately?

…………

"This may be a phenomenon called amnesia. Don't worry, Xiao Misha. Everyone forgets some parts of the past, but they are not gone, they just sleep in the depths of the mind. Similarly, we can also find them back."

"Since you have an impression of this place, let's go to a few more rooms and see if we can remember more, okay?"

Himeko consoled him.

"Okay. Then... let's go check out the two rooms I mentioned earlier."

"A few of us went to the room with the fireplace first."

"When they got to the room, they saw lines of words floating in the air."

"Okay, Mikhail?" "So, you have to protect yourself too..."

"These words floating in the air are so nonsensical that Sanyueqi is scratching his head."

““Mikhail—now we all know him as ‘The Watchmaker.’ So, who is he talking to, Misha? Do you know anything?”

"Misha is also confused."

“I’m sorry, I don’t know much about the ‘watchmaker’ thing, but Mikhail… was my grandfather’s name.”

"Grandpa? Could this Misha be a descendant of a watchmaker?"

"So, this Pinocchio is also part of Misha! Such a big shot is actually relegated to being a waiter in a hotel..."

The storyteller thought of some classic scenes and his eyes became blurred.

One day, Misha accidentally broke a tourist's luggage. The tourist was very angry and called the hound family.

The hound family was relentless and determined to punish Misha.

At this time, Gallagher passed by and was shocked to see Misha. He knelt on one knee and said, "Welcome Mr. Misha, the grandson of the watchmaker!"

Misha's mouth curved into a huge arc.

——The Dragon King returns... No, the Clock King returns!

"Okay, okay, let's stick to this for tomorrow's book! I'm sure everyone will like it!"