"Squeak-squeak-"
Under Richard's gaze, the door to the black castle slowly opened, followed by an extremely harsh sound, which was horrifying to people's ears. People couldn't help but imagine some scenes: nails scratching the glass. , chalk across the blackboard, key across the bottom of the rusty iron barrel...
Richard frowned deeply, knowing the cause of this situation.
Apparently the sound of the door opening contains a special frequency sound that can stimulate the human brain to produce an inherent response.
The reason why the human brain has this inherent reaction is due to instinct from ancient times. During the Homo erectus period, when Homo erectus did not yet have language, humans used sounds of this specific frequency to warn their companions that danger was approaching and to flee quickly.
With evolution, this instinct is used less and less by humans, and finally it is hidden deep in the brain and is rarely stimulated. However, some close relatives of humans that have not evolved, such as chimpanzees and apes, are 100% preserved.
This information flashed through Richard's mind quickly, he tried hard to suppress his physical discomfort, and looked at the castle door with vigilance. After all, according to the current situation, no matter how you look at it, what comes out of the castle door does not look like a kind thing. Maybe it was because of his noon temptation that angered the clown, and the clown made some arrangements for revenge.
What could that be
"Let me take a look!" Richard said in a deep voice, his arms slowly leaning forward, and the short energy storage staff in his sleeves slid out little by little. At the same time, the free energy elements in the magic source in the body began to operate, and he prepared Be prepared to attack at any time.
And just then—
There was a "pop" sound, and the castle door that had just been opened and was not very big suddenly closed quickly.
Before Richard could react, he heard a voice behind him: "Passerby, I'm here! Haha, you keep giving me surprises, I think I should also give you a surprise. Well, although it's very clumsy , but seeing you nervous, I think it’s a success.”
Richard turned his head suddenly and saw behind him a clown standing on a stone on the side of the road.
Richard raised his arm slightly, and the short energy-storage staff in his sleeves stopped sliding, but the free energy elements were still running. He looked at the clown with vigilance, and said slowly: "Mr. clown, what a coincidence, we meet again. Yes. According to what you just said, are you ready to admit that some things are specially arranged for me? "
"By the way, you should have always known that I arranged this for you, right?" the clown said.
"But you also know that I know you are arranging it for me, right?" Richard said.
"So, it seems that you know it, and I know it, and you know that I arranged it for you." The clown said without changing his expression.
"It seems we can keep talking forever." Richard said.
"Ha!" the clown laughed, "it seems like we can go on and on like this."
"But it doesn't mean anything." Richard waved his hands, "As long as we make it clear that both of us know that each other knows each other, and we are sure to prepare for a showdown."
"That makes sense." The clown nodded.
"Then what exactly is Mr. Clown going to say in a showdown with me?" Richard asked. "For so many days, he has been carefully arranging many things for me, controlling my schedule, just talking once, playing a game, and then helping to solve the problem. This theft incident shouldn’t be Mr. Clown’s original intention, right?”
"You're right." The clown looked at it seriously and agreed. He suddenly thought of something and asked aloud, "But before I answer everything, aren't you curious about the outcome of the circus after you left at noon today? You You should be able to imagine what the ending will be, but you’re not sure, right?”
"Then, please tell me, Mr. Clown."
"Okay." The clown said, "At noon, after you dropped the money, the circus people started fighting. First, the big man Tyne killed the leader Oliver, and then the lame McGee. A sneak attack on Tyne caused him to bleed to death.
Later, the animal trainer Thors released his lion and killed the lame McGee. After Mikey died, Thors prepared to deal with Amy and had evil thoughts. He tore off Amy's clothes and tried to force himself to have sex with Amy. Out of helplessness, Amy pretended to obey, and then at the critical moment, she bit off an important part of Thors' body and swallowed it.
Tsk, poor Thors, he bled to death, and Amy was also bitten to death by a lion. I'll come find you after the lion drags Thors' body away. "
Richard looked at the clown, blinked his eyes, and said, "It's really a tragic ending. However, I have a doubt, Mr. Clown."
"What?"
"Are you considered a member of the circus?" Richard asked, "Did you temporarily pretend to be a member of the circus in some special way, or have you really been living with him for several years? I think the latter option is unlikely, right?"
"Ha." The clown smiled and said, "You have to find the answer yourself."
Then the clown's tone became serious: "Let's talk about business."
"Uh, okay, please speak." Richard made a gesture of invitation.
The clown spoke, looked at Richard and said, "You should know that I have been trying to get in touch with you and then conduct certain tests on you."
"Yeah." Richard nodded.
"And the reason why I did this is because you were trying to explore some secrets of the former Black Spirit Empire, which attracted the attention of me and the members of my organization. For safety reasons, we have to do some tests on you." The clown said slowly, "That's not to say that no one is allowed to explore this secret, but for a certain purpose, I and the organization behind me must ensure that those who explore are not enemies."
"Enemies? Do you have enemies? Who are they?" Richard asked, "In addition, is the organization you mentioned related to something in the private library of the king of the Black Sacred Mountain? In other words, are you Not from the so-called holy mountain?”
"Stop, stop, stop!" The clown made a pause gesture and said seriously, "Passerby, you want to know too much, and many of them I can't tell you. You can only try it yourself. Just try to figure it out. What I tell you is only what you should know, do you understand?"
"Okay then, Mr. Clown, you continue." Richard said.
The clown continued: "Based on the topic just mentioned, my original purpose of testing you was to determine your identity, but actually before the first test, I had a guess that you are probably not an enemy. The reason is simple, you Much better than the enemy.
So I made some adjustments to the test content. In order to understand you better, I specially designed three levels. That is, the educational conversation we had at the beginning, the clown chess competition that followed, and the theft incident at noon today.
I have standards for passing these three levels. I want to rate you based on your performance to see how good you are. But when I went through the first level, I realized that I was wrong: you are not better than the enemy, but you are too much better, and the degree of excellence exceeds my highest estimate. "
"In other words." The clown was not joking at all, and said seriously to Richard, "Your existence cannot be described by excellence. You...should not exist in the evaluation system."
"Well… "