- Henrik's goal is to create a sentient clockwork doll which he could keep both mind and body as his possession even if Ilya is aware of his imprisonment. To achieve this, he has set a ground rule that is for Ilya to "obey humans". Ilya's system is also tuned and updated every night which explains the monke wrench.
- Henrik and the mystery man have known each other but haven't met in a long time. He is most likely an inventor too and is aware of Henrik's goal of perfecting a sentient "doll".
- "perhaps there's something impossible for you too" is what the mystery man said once he realized Henrik's creation has disobeyed orders.
- Current Ilya is the only doll whose mind escaped Henrik's possession; gone rogue (like in Detroit: Become Human)
This reminds me a bit of Kaidoku Funou by AtR lol
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/no_love_zone/nbt/ibx_chapter-17/pg-6/
What he meant by the "Hansel and Gretel" remark is about how he's getting breadcrumbed(like in open-world game or web navigations) so it's like "What is this breadcrumb effect?".
This isn't even relevant to the comic lmao
Idk about the rest of the manga but that particular story intrigued me because I keep imagining the uke with a Chris Griffin type voice.
I'm choking on your cu-m wtf