rpbooks Chapter 147 I am the Clown
Chapter 147 I am the Clown
Sadako's hands were trembling.
She never imagined that simply coming to see her friend's performance would lead to a murder on the spot.
Call the police! You absolutely must call the police.
This is her only thought at the moment.
The man next to her suddenly stood up, but Sadako didn't have time to look anywhere else; she had already pressed the emergency call button.
But as she pressed the call button, a hand snatched her phone away.
Sadako felt a surge of anger and confusion, and looked up.
The anger vanished instantly.
Jiu Zhiche sat down next to her, and the original person was forcibly replaced by him.
The man who had switched seats didn't dare to mutter curses under his breath until he sat down. The man's grip was so strong that he felt like his shoulder was about to be crushed.
"Don't call the police yet."
Jiuzhi Che whispered in Zhenzi's ear.
Joe led the dog-man to Sadako's vicinity, his attitude playful: "Miss, you can't make phone calls in the circus. Hand over your cell phone."
Sadako: "Your cell phone is a personal item; you have no right to take it away."
"Whether you own it or not is not up to you. From the moment you stepped in, you became the property of our circus."
A cold smile appeared on Qiao's face, exuding an air of superiority.
Many people die every time the circus performs.
In his eyes, most of the people here were just consumables.
Sadako was furious. She had never met anyone like this before; there was absolutely no respect in his words.
And... she had just wanted to ask what this person next to her was, always crawling around her feet, twitching his nose, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Jiuzhiche stomped on the dogman's hand, and the dogman immediately let out a miserable "woof woof".
"Keep your things in order, including yourself."
"You think you—ah!"
Joe barked louder than the dog-man because Jiu Zhiche slapped him on the shoulder, and he suddenly felt as if hundreds of pounds of stone were pressing down on him, causing him to kneel on the ground.
The shouts caused some viewers to turn around and look.
Joe shuddered; it was the commander's gaze, and he couldn't be mistaken!
"Let go! Just don't hand it over!"
He begged for mercy.
Jiu Zhiche withdrew his hand, and Qiao stumbled away from the audience, with Gouren limping after him.
Sadako felt a sense of relief.
Then she became worried again, "Ah Che, they're blatantly killing people. If we don't call the police, what if they keep killing..."
Because of her worry, she briefly forgot the embarrassment in her dream. Her brows furrowed slightly, her lips pursed, and her body unconsciously moved very close to Jiu Zhiche.
"Some people can be saved, some are beyond saving."
Jiuzhi Che shook his head slightly. In the distance, some people's life force was still relatively normal, but somewhat flickering. Others' life force had already plummeted to rock bottom, like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.
Sadako didn't quite understand, but that didn't matter; she trusted Kyuji Che's judgment.
"Sadako, what brings you to the circus?"
"I have a friend who works here, but there were no tickets left. I came here a couple of days ago, and the uncle who leads the troupe on stage gave me a ticket."
Sadako didn't want to come; she couldn't shake off her unease. But then she thought of her friend and worried about her friend's situation because she couldn't get through to her friend on the phone.
"Commander?"
Jiuzhiche's gaze fell on the stage. The leader had the flame of life on him, which made him look a bit ominous, but that didn't mean he was human.
It's not difficult for demons or other monsters to imitate normal humans.
Could he be Miyamoto Takeshi?
Why go to all that trouble to have Lelia deliver the tickets to me? What am I planning?
And what about the immortality that Miyamoto Takeshi talked about? Is it related to this circus?
"What's your friend's name?"
"Lelia, she should have been working in the circus for two years."
"I am the Joker!"
The laughter from the stage interrupted their conversation. A clown with a big red nose came out riding on a large ball, juggling a small black and white ball in his hand.
Jiuzhiche has good eyesight and can see clearly that the small ball is his eyeball.
Suddenly, the clown slipped and fell off the ball, his foot twisted at an abnormal angle, and he began to wail.
The troupe leader said helplessly, "Everyone saw it, his performance was a failure. Someone, take him away! Next one!"
Next up is the fire-breathing acrobat.
Sadako suppressed the churning in her stomach. It was the first time she had ever seen such a bloody scene. What's more, the audience around her, including the actors, all seemed very abnormal.
What about Leilia?
Does she also have to perform those disgusting acts?
Just as she was about to look away, a hand gently pressed on the back of her head.
Jiu Zhiche pulled her forward, and her face was buried in his chest.
A faint, indescribably pleasant scent filled my nostrils.
The nausea has subsided.
"Don't look."
His clear voice dispelled the gloom in her heart.
Sadako suddenly didn't want to get up.
However, the time for separation always comes.
"Sadako, give me your ticket."
"Is there a problem with the tickets?"
In Jiuzhi Che's hand was Sadako's ticket, which had now turned mostly red.
Sadako's eyes were full of surprise.
"There are rules and regulations in a circus."
Jiuzhiche lingered in front of the lion cage for a while before noticing the sign behind it. Most people would probably only be attracted by the lion and not see anything else.
The sign listed several requirements.
1. Audience members are not allowed to flirt or banter in the audience.
2. Audience members are not allowed to change seats without permission; once seated, there is no going back.
3. Audience members are not allowed to make phone calls inside the circus.
4. Tickets are linked to the ticket holder.
5. Audience members have an obligation to cooperate with the circus performance.
After hearing Jiuzhi Che's description, Sadako's breathing slowed down.
"I suspect that if the requirements are violated, a black ballot will turn into a red ballot."
As for the fate of the red ticket, it could be death, or it could become expendable material in that shrew's mouth; it's all uncertain.
What about black tickets?
It's not a good thing either.
Those selected by the circus to receive tickets are people chosen by the circus, or rather, by the ringmaster.
Their fate is gradually slipping out of their own control.
Sadako began to worry about Lelia; what kind of circus was this?
She glanced at the people around her; their faces held a mixture of fear and fervent fervor...
The circus possesses a strange and mysterious magic.
"You're scared, let me do it."
A voice echoed in her mind, and Sadako was about to refuse: "Wait..."
The next moment, her gaze changed from worry to composure.
Jiuzhi Che carefully folded and put away Sadako's ticket.
His ticket was already thrown into the lion's belly; after all, the rules didn't say it couldn't be thrown away.
But whether black market tickets are a protective shield or a huge trap remains uncertain.
Therefore, he needed to collect Sadako's tickets first, lest Sadako fall into his trap.
Black Sadako watched his actions and curled her lip in disdain.
She has all of Sadako's memories, so she can naturally guess some of Kujiro's thoughts.
Do you really want to protect Sadako that much?
Jiuzhi Che noticed Sadako's change at a glance: "Black Sadako, I'm going to investigate their backstage area. Be careful."
"Why should I listen to you, you lecherous man?"
"Pervert" is a term I've never heard of.
Jiuzhi Che ruffled Hei Zhenzi's hair and left the audience.