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William, who had rested well, rushed over as soon as possible. Catherine did not choose to come because of the unpleasantness they had last time.
Using his brain to sense the epilepsy, William quickly found the "Crow Area".
Zuo Ke, who is also only wearing a unique mask, is conducting special training for a strange Crow Man... or to be exact, a family of five.
A crow, whose physique is larger than that of an adult tiger, stands on a tree trunk with human-like feet, performing a difficult show following Zuo Ke's instructions.
There are four skeletal human heads hidden among its feathers, which will split out separately in some special levels to assist the main body in completing the performance.
William quietly approached the current park and stood quietly outside the glass cover to enjoy the performance.
However,
Just before the end of the performance, perhaps because of excessive physical exertion in the early stage, or perhaps because the previous action was too tight,
When completing the final finishing move, the Crow Man's body was unable to stand completely steady, and he could only make an unnecessary flapping movement of his wings, using air resistance to stabilize his body and complete the performance.
Next second.
Bang!
There was a sound of brains exploding, and the Crow Man's limp body fell from the tree trunk and landed heavily on the ground. The foul-smelling brains flowed out from his skull, and he was completely dead.
Two eyeballs filled with despair and fear rolled around the glass cover where William was standing.
Zuo Ke also noticed the arrival of his friend at this time. The ferocity and anger on his face disappeared instantly, and he showed a kind and even friendly smile.
"William, you're here! I'm so sorry to have you see such a disappointing scene as soon as you arrived. Such trash cannot stay in my zoo.
If they make mistakes even in their daily training, they may not be able to do even one move properly during the stressful official performance. It seems that we need to find other materials for bird performances."
As an outsider, William naturally couldn't comment on anything and could only nod in agreement.
Zuo Ke tapped his left palm with his right hand, remembering something, "Oh right! I heard that William, you directly maximized fear in the trial operation performance room yesterday, and even got the boss's approval.
Poker Face, who came to report the information to me, was also quite surprised, but I thought it was expected.
We epilepsy patients are the elite among the patients, not to mention special epilepsy patients like you, William, who are even more talented than me in some aspects.
A trial operation in a certain area is no problem.”
"Haha~ I'm just lucky. Even though my performance was very complete, I haven't figured out the meaning of fear, and I don't know how to define my phobia, so I came here to ask you for advice."
"Oh, that's what happened. I thought you were going to the kitchen and came here to pick me up."
William scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Haha~ I don't have any inspiration to cook yet. I'll go to the kitchen when I have a new idea. Even if you have a gold card, you can only go there ten times. If you just go there casually, it would be disrespectful to the chef."
Zuo Ke stood upright and nodded in a philosophical manner.
"Yeah, that's right! Come with me, let's talk in my cave..."
The so-called animal cave is the management room of the zoo, and it is also Zuo Ke’s personal living room in the circus.
William thought it would be a primitive house.
However, when he came to the cave entrance which was hung with deformed skeletons and used as a door curtain, he realized that he had completely underestimated the circus's chief animal trainer.
The animal cave is located at the lower end of the zoo.
An underground cave that exudes primitive animality, is filled with sacrificial totems and decorated with animal heads.
Living downstairs, you can monitor the status of the entire zoo and visit any park at any time.
“So big!?”
"Do you think the space that the chief can occupy is small? You must have been to Jaan's room, so you have formed a fixed mindset. His room looks like three bedrooms and two living rooms, but in fact each bedroom has its own unique space.
In terms of house size, my cave is only ranked fifth.
Jaan's Magic House should be second.
Come on, with your talent, once you become the chief performer you will be able to collect a lot of essence of fear in the official performance room, and then you will easily be able to own a mansion inside the circus.
This is a very important inherent asset. When the circus is recognized by the Old World and becomes a new source of infection, our personal rooms can be transformed into real Old World land.”
"The circus wants to become the new source of the epidemic? Never mind. I feel like the topic will go too far if we continue like this. Let's get to the point."
"Well... follow me!"
The deepest part of the beast cave.
A large number of stone pillars are set up here, some of which have been carved into certain animal shapes, while others remain uncarved and remain in the shape of stone embryos.
There is a large round bed surrounded by stone pillars, which is also where Zuo Ke rests.
"Senior Zuo Ke, do you carve beast figures here every day?"
“Only at night when the zoo is closed, I will come back here to start my creation, carving out the indescribable beasts drawn in my epileptic brain, and then using them as a template to transform the patient into a beast.
I believe you understand that what I have is "beast phobia", which evokes the fundamental fear that arises from the deep genes of living beings when they first see primitive ancient beasts.
In order to achieve the ultimate terrifying effect, I must carve out the most perfect beast and find the most perfect beast embryo. At least now I am still far from it.
Okay, now let’s talk about your question. Come here ~ let me see the whole process of your last performance, let me see how you brought fear to the audience
In theory, your performance can maximize fear, and you should be able to easily identify the direction of your "phobia". Do you really have no idea?"
"Really not, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way to bother you."
William accepted the request of the trainer Zuo Ke, and sat on the big round bed together, both in a kneeling position and cutting open the brain.
Similar to how epileptic patients greeted each other in the past, the two people bowed 90 degrees at the same time to put the exposed epileptic brains together.
Through this form of "brain patch", the epilepsy virus deep in the brain can communicate in the most direct way.
Picture after picture of the performance was transmitted to Zuo Ke's brain, in addition to William's thoughts and feelings during the performance, all the details were read.
I don't know how much time passed, but it felt like their brains were stuck together, and they had to pull hard to slowly tear them apart, and each of them was contaminated with each other's brain sticky substance.
Zuo Ke covered his skull and put his hands on his chest, and the beast eyes under the mask stared into William's eyes.
"I know why you still can't find the direction of your phobia after an almost perfect performance. You made a very simple, but fatal mistake."
"Why?" William raised his head, sat upright, and listened carefully.
“Because you yourself refuse to acknowledge this fundamental fear that stems from past memories, and even hold the naive idea that you have overcome the fear and are no longer afraid.
You are simply replicating the process of fear generation and letting others experience it again.
This kind of replica performance is fine for trial runs, but it cannot be performed on a formal stage.
Fear is the root of all emotions. The first emotion produced by the conscious life that was first born into the world is the fear of the unknown of all things in this world.
This emotion is engraved deep in the soul of all living things and cannot be eliminated. The so-called "overcoming" is just an excuse used by the weak to cover up their own weakness.
As the chief performers, we are also dominated by fear every moment, but we do not resist or deny it. Instead, we acknowledge its existence and even enjoy the feeling it brings.
Magnify this fear infinitely in your heart, take the initiative to get close to this hard-earned fear, and then spread and share it with others in the way you are best at.
If you're going to try to deny fear, deny this most primal emotion, then... the circus is not for you.
What I said may be a bit harsh, but you must know this, William.
No matter how painful your past experience has been to you, don't reject it or hide it, but be sure to acknowledge its existence! Because the root fear that this experience has created in your heart is a treasure that most people cannot obtain.
Allow yourself to be in fear and embrace it!
By then, you will understand the true meaning of phobia, understand the original intention of the circus, and the relationship between epilepsy and phobia will be solved. "
"I understand... Thank you, Senior Zuo Ke."
Zuo Ke scratched his agitated brain and then reached out to pat William on the shoulder, "I really envy you~ You have had such an experience since birth, which has formed such a strange and unique fundamental fear.
Most people aren't as lucky as you. I'm looking forward to seeing what your phobia will look like when it develops."
William couldn't help but shook his head. He didn't expect that his experience in the orphanage would be regarded as a treasure by others.
"I know what to do!"
Having gained some enlightenment, he no longer hesitated, stood up and went to his magic house.
"Hey! Remember our agreement. Be sure to call me when you go to the kitchen. Ever since I ate your rice noodle rolls last time, I feel like the taste has become weird."
"must."