Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 370 - 229: Hidden Mechanism Easter Egg, Raising Mrs. Winter’s Suspicions (Part 3)

Chapter 370: Chapter 229: Hidden Mechanism Easter Egg, Raising Mrs. Winter’s Suspicions (Part 3)
Mr. Carter and the staff witnessing this scene were so scared their legs went weak.
"Hey, you all—"
Mr. Carter could no longer bear it and wanted to go forward to stop them.
However, he had just taken a step when a long arm suddenly reached out, blocking his path.
He turned his head in a panic and met a pair of narrow, beautiful eyes, stunning in their beauty yet exuding an awe-inspiring intimidation.
Nora Scott enunciated each word slowly: "Let them play."
"But, this is our—" Mr. Carter stammered.
The treasure of the museum!
Thirty million!
Glory!
Let them play?!
You say it so easily!
Nora Scott said calmly, "If anything happens, I’ll explain to the old curator."
Besides, you’ve had five years and still haven’t discovered the secret within...
You might as well let her friends play with it.
"..." Hearing her mention the old curator so calmly, Mr. Carter felt a bit reassured, though still worried, "It’s best if nothing happens, right?"
"It’s not as fragile as you think," Nora Scott said coolly, "Unless there’s malicious damage, a slight bump or fall won’t be a problem."
"..."
You seem to know a lot!
Mr. Carter looked at her mournfully, with a pitiful face.
"Instead of treating it like a treasure with no practical use..." Nora Scott paused, raising an eyebrow, "Don’t you want to see how many more mechanisms it hides?"
—Don’t you want to see how many more mechanisms it hides?
That sentence successfully calmed Mr. Carter down.
He does!
The Mechanical Puppet has been in their museum for five years, and only now do they realize that this "treasure of the museum" actually hides mysteries. If not for this accident, they would never have known about the hidden mechanisms!
Anyone would want to explore it thoroughly.
But still, this is the "treasure of the museum." Even a slight damage is too much responsibility for them to bear...
Mr. Carter was in a dilemma.
At this very moment, another "click" was heard, and a new mechanism in the puppet was triggered.
From the puppet’s toes, two blades popped out again.
Just like the mechanism on its head, pressing the button again would retract the blades automatically.
Manager Smith and the staff watched with their hearts in their throats.
Meanwhile, Clement Winter, Henry Chapman, and Katherine Collins were thoroughly enjoying themselves, not treating it as a precious "treasure of the museum," but rather as an interactive toy filled with hidden surprises, completely devoid of Mr. Carter and the others’ cautiousness.
"It seems like there’s another mechanism on the waist."
Clement Winter spoke out joyfully.
Katherine Collins approached for a closer look and after observing for a moment, said, "This isn’t a button. We need to move these small dots to form a pattern, right?"
"Does it require brainwork too?"
Clement Winter, whose skill points were entirely in music, was instantly deflated.
Henry Chapman moved them aside, bent slightly, and studied the mechanism area they pointed out. Before long, he pieced the pattern together.
At the same time—
The wooden blocks around the puppet’s waist popped open from the middle to the sides.
This time, what popped out wasn’t a blade, but a Soft Sword. The flexible blade swayed in the air, bringing surprises one after another.
"Ahhh, it’s so amazing!"
Seeing this, Clement Winter was about to jump up from the floor.
Katherine Collins tilted her head, curiously asking, "How do you close this one?"
At this moment, Nora Scott glanced over and casually replied, "Just push it back and close the shell."
She said it so easily, yet with utmost confidence.
All the eyes in the room invariably fell on her.
Katherine Collins, half-convinced, nodded and then pushed the Soft Sword back in, closing the opened waist shell, and sure enough, it returned to its original state.
Seeing this, Mr. Carter widened his eyes in shock, turned his head stiffly, and his voice trembled in the air, "How do you know—"
"Routine operation," Nora Scott said calmly and composedly.
"..."
Oh!
Mr. Carter breathed a sigh of relief.
So, she’s an expert, no wonder...
But then again, how could the master of Mechanical Techniques who made this puppet be so young?
Experts have analyzed that creating this Mechanical Puppet must have taken more than ten years.
Next—
The three laymen thoroughly studied the Mechanical Puppet, uncovering all the mechanisms they could find.
For instance:
The right wrist can detach, with a dagger hidden inside;
There’s a five-pointed star in the chest cavity, extremely sharp at the tip, usable as a hidden weapon;
Both thighs hide weapons, similar to a ninja’s shuriken;
...
The whole body, every inch, is a mechanism.
And Mr. Carter and the staff, initially filled with shock and terror, by the end, had become—