"Bob, like I mentioned earlier. If you live nearby and don't mind us, we can deliver the doll to your place," Emily hurriedly answered. She wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Bob and inform him of the various services they could provide him for extra cost. Basically, bug him in person like every other door to door salesperson.
"No, need. But since you are willing to do in-person delivery head to the Red Rose Resort. It is 12 miles from your establishment. I have booked a room there, you can collect the room key at the front desk by sharing the booking itinerary I will share with you. Drop the doll there and leave, understood?" Ace instructed Emily and Abby.
"Red Rose Resort, sure. Are you staying there Bob?" Emily continued to try and get closer to Bob only to fail. She seemed to be unaware that her overzealousness was annoying the customer.
"That doesn't concern you. It's 9:20 a.m. now, so can you deliver the doll to that room before noon today?" Ace asked hoping to animate his third Toy summons this noon.
"Sure, Bob. As a matter of fact, we can deliver the doll to the room before 11 a.m. today. But will you be meeting us there?" Emily agreed and inquired if she would get to meet Bob. Her persistence to meet Bob was starting to get annoying so much that it showed on his face. Noticing this Abby spoke up, "Bob, don't worry. We will drop the doll and leave. We respect our customer's privacy."
Listening to Abby, it dawned on Emily that maybe Bob did not want to meet them, and hurriedly nodded agreeing with her colleague.
"That's good. Send me a text when the delivery is done," Ace nodded at Abby before hanging up the video call.
'Master, I have shared the booking itinerary for the drop room with the Oracle Doll Makers,' Dame Wasp informed Ace as he hung up on the call.
'Good. Let us head there now. We have a long drive ahead of us,' The Red Rose Resort was 36 miles from Ace's uncle's ranch. The reason Ace chose a drop zone so far from his location was because it was 21 miles from the nearest Curse Mall. Ace planned to visit it after he had animated Emi Nakamura's sex doll as this third Toy summons.
An hour and a half later, a Darth Vader black Buick Regal Turbo-T parked in the Red Rose Resort's parking lot. From within it, Ace monitored Abby and Emily's truck leaving the parking lot after texting him that they had delivered the doll to the room booked by him. Seeing that Oracle Doll Makers respected his privacy as advertised, Ace sighed in relief thinking he could continue to do business with them in the future.
Then, Ace summoned Dame Wasp in her 1/100th form with camouflage and instructed her, "Rose, go into the drop room, check the doll, and inform me once you carry the doll case. Then, I will recall you both directly into the back of the car."
"Master, that might not be a good idea. I can feel a couple of curse energy signatures in the resort," Dame Wasp informed Ace. Being summoned her cybernetic senses immediately picked up on the curse energy in the surroundings.
"It is not surprising that curse masters are staying at the resort considering we are 21 miles from the Curse Mall. As long as we do not disturb them they will not disturb us. Besides, with my mastery of 'Curse Shroud Arts' and your camouflage they might not even detect our presence let alone cause us trouble. Once we get the doll, let's immediately leave for the Curse Mall," Ace assured Dame Wasp.
Ace was not worried about the other curse masters because they would be wary of other curse masters just as much as them. People mostly avoid trouble unless they stand to gain something from it. Fighting an unknown curse master was too much trouble for an unknown innate curse tool. Otherwise, considering the strength of the Steal Song Society, they would hunt curse masters for their innate curse tool instead of wasting time planting and nurturing new curse masters over the period to harvest their innate curse tool.
Being cautious was good but Ace also needed to grow his strength fast. The only reason he was safe now was because of the misunderstanding between the Steal Song Society and the Curse Investigation Bureau. But considering the allure of storage type curse tool, once the misunderstanding clears, Ace will have nowhere left to hide.
Ace was not naive enough to believe that Loki or any other member of the Steal Song Society would leave this matter alone. Once the heat on them wears off, some of them will look into this matter again. Even if they did not, Ace owed it to his family to prepare for such a possibility. He could not put his family at risk because of his incompetence since its consequence was death.
"Okay, master," Dame Wasp agreed and headed to the drop room to collect their new partner.
In her 1/100th form, Dame Wasp easily entered the room. Then, she quickly used her cybernetic eyes to scan the doll case and the doll within it, making sure everything was in order. She carried the doll case and used the status screen to inform Ace that she was in possession of it and that he should recall her.
Receiving the signal from Dame Wasp, Ace immediately started the car, and on his way out of the resort he recalled Dame Wasp in the back seat. Instantly, a big black military truck appeared on the back seat. Confirming that everything was okay, Ace continued to drive out of the resort heading to the Curse Mall.
"Rose, how is the doll? Is everything okay, it isn't missing anything, right? Can I begin to animate it?" Ace inquired Dame Wasp, instead of hastily animating the doll.
"Yes, master, from what I learned about silicon dolls on the internet, this doll created by the Oracle Doll Makers is top-notch. The technique they used to make dolls is advanced compared to what is used on the market. Making the doll more human-like. It must be because of their background as a plastic surgeon."