Clown House
Unlike the magic area, which has a large area and multiple rooms connected by circuitous passages, it is suitable for different types of magic training and assistant cultivation.
The Clown House is hidden deep inside the circus. There is no elevator connected to it, and the only way to get there is by taking a special "roller coaster".
There are two factory buildings in the underground area that looks like a dark cave.
On the left is a factory building painted in black and white and finely polished, more like a dance studio.
The right side is mainly red bricks with colorful colors. The specifications of the factory building are the same as the one next door, but it looks extremely bloated. The bloody graffiti painted on the wall tiles with spray paint is even more violent, swollen and full of viciousness.
Any outsider who applies for the apprentice clown job, once they pass the pre-screening by Poker Face, will be sent here on a roller coaster. Without any prompts, they will make the most important choice of their life here.
If you choose the black and white factory on the left, you will be pierced through the body by various steel wires and suspended as soon as you enter.
If you cannot fall asleep within one minute, you will fail the test. If you wake up from a nightmare within one hour after falling asleep, you will also fail.
But this kind of clown assessment is much simpler than the one next door. At least some apprentice clowns have come out of the black and white factory to serve the circus.
Once you choose the colorful factory building on the right, you will never be able to leave. It seems that you are permanently staying there, and you can still hear their voices occasionally.
He did not die, but took on another form as an apprentice clown, a form in which he could neither live nor die.
Today is a special day.
Since there were no new people coming to the clown house, the young woman in black and white stockings walked out of the black and white factory and took the initiative to visit the neighbor next door. Compared with the fear she had when visiting in the past, she is now quite calm.
Slippery, black octopus tentacles grew out from under the woman's skirt and grabbed hold of the heavy sliding iron door. With a sizzling sound, the rusty rollers slid away with difficulty.
In the center of the open and empty factory,
There sat a clown full of evil and hideous appearance,
He held a needle and thread in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other, and was trimming, cutting and sewing the flesh hidden under his clothes. Low cries kept coming out from inside.
"Boss, I'm going to take a day off today and go play with Uncle Jaan."
"reason."
The girl put her finger on her lower lip and said, "Well, well, an interesting person came and they invited the circus because of me.
I thought he would apply for the apprentice clown position, but he ended up going to Uncle Jaan.
I'll go check him out and see if I can dig him up."
"As long as your performance is well rehearsed."
"Thank you, Boss. Bye!"
The girl smiled and waved, then slowly backed away on tiptoe.
When she was about to leave the factory... Bang! The clown sitting in the middle of the factory suddenly had his back flesh explode uncontrollably, and the swollen and twisted abscess tentacles madly rushed towards the girl.
When it is about to be curled up and swallowed,
The girl had already stepped out of the factory lightly, and used the curved hook of the umbrella in her hand and the tentacles under her skirt to instantly close the sliding door.
There was no change in his expression, as if he was used to this kind of thing.
He jumped onto the roller coaster and headed into the circus.
…
Magic House
After Jain slightly tidied up his sea-blue hair, he quickly took out the Guyin Fox mask from an alien dimension and put it on himself.
He did not take the initiative to cover his face.
Instead, the mask is used to cover the abyss structure between the eyes, so as to reduce the impact of "abyss phobia" on others. Otherwise, before the magic show even begins, the audience will have fallen into the abyss and be smashed to pieces in their seats, and even their souls will not be at peace.
William looked at the magic hat badge on his chest and asked, "Am I a member of the circus now?"
“Barely, but if you want to officially become one of us, you need to participate in at least one performance and get the boss’s approval. Only then will the ‘seed of fear’ planted in your brain be connected to the fear network created by the boss, and you will become a member in the true sense.
Being praised by our boss is one of the greatest honors for us as performers.
You have to prepare well. If you can win the boss's applause, your career in the circus will be much easier. If you are good enough, you may even get a chance to have an interview with the boss."
"I'll try my best." After deepening his understanding of the circus along the way, William's interest in it has increased exponentially.
"Go ahead and start your training. When the other assistants see your badge, they will give you specialized training until you find the type of magic you are best at."
After William sincerely thanked him, he left Jan's magic house.
The corners of his mouth slightly turned up, it seemed that his choice was right. As a famous magician in the circus, when Jaan first appeared in the nightmare, he often showed concern for his juniors, and even gave the greatest assistance to Catherine who was not in the same department as him.
While actively rescuing Catherine, he also tried his best to avoid a conflict between the clown Art and humans.
In William's mind, such a 'friendly' boss is the best choice for entry.
…
William returned to the winding passage and was thinking about who to practice magic with.
Who would have thought that Pinu Ulisse, who was in charge of leading the way, was still standing at the entrance of the passage.
"Mr. Ulisse, you are still here~ That's great, can you teach me some magic?" William also seized the opportunity to start with acquaintances, and by the way, he could also use his identity as a leather slave to get closer to them.
"Ahem~ According to the rules, newly employed assistants can indeed apply to other assistants for learning. I am good at "disguise", if you are interested, follow me."
Ulisse also pretended to be calm. He still couldn't figure out why this young foreign human was favored by Mr. Jain and even took the initiative to open the door for him before he changed his clothes.
As he walked, he spoke in the tone of a senior: "Every qualified assistant will be assigned a magic house. Once you find the magic direction that suits you, you can submit an application for your own magic house to the circus. At that time, a receptionist will come to help you create a room and give you some basic props.
The rooms at first were very simple.
When you complete one performance after another, earn fear for the circus, and get a qualified evaluation, you will get a "currency reward", which you can use to renovate and expand the magic house, and even go to the circus's fear store to buy things. "
"The fear store?"
“Yes, they sell fear-inducing products specially produced by the circus, which help develop our own “phobias”.
One of the prerequisites for taking a central position in a circus like Mr. Jaan is to have a unique and mature "phobia".
That’s all for later, you should learn magic first.”
"Hmm..." William focused on memorizing the important information.
Soon we arrived at Ulisse's magic room, and when we opened the door, there was a pungent smell of rubber.
"Welcome to my disguise room. As you can see, disguise is the magic I am best at. Occasionally, I will perform as Mr. Jaan's stand-in."
Ulisesina was quite proud when talking about this.
But in fact, he was a stand-in for Jaan only once, and only appeared on the stage for a few seconds, and most of the time he was disguised as someone else.
William stepped into the magic house and looked at the one-bedroom and one-living room in front of him.
Various paints and sebum solutions were piled on the shelves, and the pungent smell came from them.
The wall directly opposite is covered with various completed and air-drying human face masks, which are perfect, exquisite and flawless.
William's sharp eyes quickly discovered the unique part of the mask.
It is a delicate, dark mask of a woman with white foundation.
"Mr. Ulisse, is that mask yours too?"
Ulises was also a little confused when he looked in the direction William pointed.
"Hmm? This mask is so strange... Why don't I have any impression of it? Maybe I made it unconsciously during my creative fantasy period."
Ulisse himself was quite curious.
When he took the initiative to approach the mask and tried to touch its material to recall the origin of this human skin mask.
Buzz~ (Thought wave)
Not only did he touch the skin of the mask, he also felt the flesh beneath the skin, and even saw two pitch-black eyeballs that shouldn't have been there growing out from between the eye sockets.
at the same time,
All the masks in the room began to come alive, growing eyeballs, black mucus flowing out of their mouths, and even tentacles sprouting out and flying in the air.