The "nightmare rehearsal" is over.
Swish~ The conical tentacle was pulled out from the port at the back of William's head and retracted into Catherine's octopus-like brain.
"Wow, it's so exciting! William, you can actually come up with such a 'highly performative' show. If you can really achieve the rehearsal effect on the spot, maybe you can achieve 'Max Awesome' in the finale performance, that is, the effect of maximizing fear.
That is to let the audience surrender all their fear and completely immerse themselves in the melody of fear."
Phew~
William covered his head again and reviewed his dream rehearsal while taking a deep breath.
He already had a general idea of the upcoming performance, but he was well aware that there would inevitably be more variables in the reality and he couldn't take it lightly at all.
William also noticed the side from the corner of his eye. "Hmm? Was this mural... formed during the process of our brains joining together?"
"Wow, it's so beautiful! It seems that our brains are very compatible~ Hehe, this mural will stay in your room forever, so that you can think of me at any time, William."
"Okay, Catherine, help me go up and inject nightmare substances into those audience members so that they can better immerse themselves in the scene."
Before leaving, Catherine gently bumped William's waist with her arm, "Hey! I have to accompany you in training like this, and I have to take the trouble to help you release nightmare substances. It's impossible for me to just say thank you afterwards, right?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Didn't you always remind me not to be influenced by Art? How about you take some time to let me be deeply influenced by you, so that I can become more like a human being and more easily indulge in those base desires?"
"Let's wait until the performance is successful."
"Then I'll go up first. The finale performance will probably start in two hours. You should adjust your state quickly and don't make any mistakes."
Catherine skipped out of the magic area. She seemed not to have been so happy in a long time.
A few minutes later, Catherine, dressed as a waitress, appeared in the performance area with a large plate of freshly baked octopus cookies and distributed them to the audience one by one.
No matter whether they were in a bad state and dazed, or they were conscious and temporarily unaffected by the circus, when they smelled the aroma of the biscuits and cast their eyes on the surface of the octopus biscuits that seemed to be wriggling, their hunger was instantly aroused.
Take the biscuit and put it in your mouth.
When they try to grab extra cookies, Catherine's whip will come down, bringing pain while also quenching their greed.
"Don't eat too much~ William just wants to be in a 'half-asleep, half-awake' state. If he falls into a complete sleep, it will be detrimental to the performance that follows."
Just when Catherine's cookies covered half of the audience, a breath that made her, a key member, uneasy came from the front, accompanied by a sharp sound of "click, click, click!"
Like some kind of "high heels".
"Kather... Lin, you really are doing something that goes against the 'rules' here."
The sound was very strange, as if it was emitted by two bands at the same time. One sound was like a sharp sword piercing the ears, and the other sound was like a long finger piercing the throat.
"You! Why are you here?"
"You are here as a key member, so why can't I be here too? The finale of the trial run was originally to be performed by a young acrobatic troupe under my command, and they have been rehearsing hard for many days.
As a result, yesterday, Mr. Jain temporarily submitted a particularly interesting magic show and replaced my team.
So I came here today to take a look, but I didn't expect you to be doing something illegal here to warm up for the next performance. This is not okay, the main members cannot interfere with the trial performance, this is the internal rule of the circus.
If you take these illegal cookies and leave now, I won't mind. But if you continue to do illegal things, I will have to report it to the boss. "
Catherine's heart tightened. What she was doing was just a trivial matter, but if this little thing got to the ears of her boss, it might become a big deal, and she might even be unable to get rid of it for a long time.
"Haha, I'll give you all the remaining cookies. I cooked them all with my heart and they taste great.
If you have time, please come to the clown house to play."
Catherine handed over all the remaining cookies, then turned around and left through the nearest exit.
When Catherine walked out of the venue with a smile on her face,
Swish! She tore off the entire scalp, and the faces of the women inside Catherine's head were extremely hideous.
But after thinking about it, he could only suppress his anger, "This woman... I can't fight her now~ I have to let this matter go. I have to go back and inform William. If there are no cookies to plant the seeds of nightmare in advance, it will be difficult for the audience to fall asleep."
In the audience stand.
The mysterious woman threw Catherine's cookies and the plate into the trash can and walked down the aisle with a model-like gait.
Her fingers touched the center of eyebrows of the audience members who had eaten the cookies one by one, making them regain consciousness, or even more sober than usual.
The audience who woke up were immediately attracted by the woman's figure and found it difficult to look away, but...
As they gazed further, they felt more and more strange.
This seemingly perfect woman always feels like there is an extra "part of her body" when she moves, and it is definitely not a visual problem, but a real extra limb.
Or having an extra leg when moving,
Or when you touch their forehead, two hands are placed between their legs, but a third hand reaches out.
Or when you shake your head you can vaguely see two heads,
The more I indulged in her figure, the more I felt uncomfortable. A kind of uncanny valley effect continued to spread in my mind.
When they looked away, they still felt that there was some strange female body climbing on them, reminding them to stay alert and not be hypnotized or fall asleep.
“Since you want to be the finale, you should show some real skills instead of doing these little tricks. Let me see what kind of performance the newcomers in the magic section will bring, right
Will I make a fool of myself in front of so many people? Hahahaha… I’m really looking forward to it.”
The woman had four beautiful white legs under her skirt, three of which were raised on top of one, and she sat alone in the empty space in the audience.
In addition to the normal female head growing on her neck, her four arms also hold another one.
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Or maybe she was the former head of the acrobatic troupe and the personal maid who had followed her boss for a long time.
But with the arrival of Mr. Rabbit, the acrobatic crown on her head was pulled off.
However, this former queen of acrobatics is still the core pillar of the entire acrobatic troupe, and her troupe's contortionist performances can still shine during official competitions.
She hated Mr. Rabbit at first, but now her attitude has completely changed. She regards Mr. Rabbit as the person she admires and loves the most.
So much so that she began to hate those who might threaten Mr. Rabbit's status, the most prominent of whom was the chief magician, Jaen.
Therefore, when he learned that the magic area had changed the finale performance, he came over to deal with it personally, believing in his heart that Jaen was deliberately targeting the circus.
…
Magic zone.
Everything was ready, and William, who was about to go on stage, received the bad news brought back by Catherine as soon as he went out.
I could only shake my head helplessly, "I have imagined all kinds of accidents that might happen during the performance, but I didn't expect there would be accidents before the performance..."
"What can we do? This woman is so petty! According to her personality, she will definitely eliminate all the nightmare seeds and may even give the audience mental strength in return."
"Is that so... It means that dreaming is basically impossible."
“Yes, even if I share my nightmare ability with you now, that woman will definitely find out and report it to the boss.
There is only one way now, that is to go to Uncle Jian and ask him to mobilize other assistants in the magic area to assist you, so that the performance can be completed smoothly. "
"No... Mr. Jaan is already troublesome enough for helping me with the stage setting. If I let the entire magic district clean up my mess, I won't be able to stay here any longer, and everyone will naturally look down on me.
Katherine, please do me one last favor and help me get a prop big enough to mount on the stage in ten minutes."