I am quite certain the puppet plays a part in the Smirking Ghost Stumps' strange behavior. This detector shows the force of darkness emanating from the puppet and displays it on the screen. If the puppet was inside the Smirking Ghost Stumps, then it would have been moving, but look, it's not moving at all.

That means the puppet is somewhere around the Smirking Ghost Stumps, but not necessarily being carried by them. Nearby the excavation site, you'll see a #pile of relics#k lying around. Maybe the kid hid the puppet in there.

In order to stop the Smirking Ghost Stumps from continuting to be violent, we'll have to defeat them all and retrieve the puppet. Your task right now is to head over to the [map 101030101], blast all the piles of relics, and find the s. The monitor shows that there are 5 puppets out there. Please retrieve them all.

You do know how to break apart a pile of relics, right? Just use a regular attack on it, and the pile will crumble.

Eh...? You don't want to do it? I already gave Tru a reward for helping me out and all…

Wow, you managed to find all the s in the area. Okay this is going straight into the report.

First, we have to wrap up this project, and that'll take a bit of time, so I want you to stop by later, when you turn Lv. 25.

You have yet to find 5 s? Find a pile of relics at [map 101030101] and break it apart using regular attack to find the s.