In a blink of an eye, a week passed.
The new department - Theater has its first inspection, with a chief (magician Jaan), three poker-faced supervisors and a hundred employees visiting the theater.
Everyone will fill out an objective form after the visit.
Finally, the completed audit form and the brain of an employee who participated in the review were handed over to the boss.
The theater finally passed the first review with an overall score of 83 (out of 100), and even got a high score of 97 in the individual score of "artistic design".
The boss also fulfilled his promise and gave William another month's vacation. During the vacation, the theater will be fully managed by Deputy Minister Mahat J. Nash.
Of course, if anything goes wrong during this period, William still needs to take more than half of the responsibility.
An hour before leaving the circus.
William listed the theater's development plan, personnel recruitment and other plans within a month in detail and handed them to Nash, and at the same time instructed:
"I only gave you a rough plan. It is up to you to make your own subjective judgment on how to operate and develop in this month."
Nash took the paper with an extremely serious expression and said, "I will try my best to imitate your way of thinking to manage the theater, so just rest assured!
Lord William, you are going back to the human side to deal with troublesome things, right
What a pity~ The world infection is not yet complete. If someone like me wants to go there, there will be various restrictions. Otherwise, I would like to go with you to help."
"Just take care of the theater. We'll need your help in the future."
"Okay, sir..." Nash's face suddenly changed from a playful one to a ferocious one, "Whoever dares to offend you, I will tear him into pieces."
"I'm leaving."
Nash instantly switched back to his humble smile, "Sir, shall I take you to the exit?"
“Just take care of the theater.”
William picked up his black suitcase and left the theater.
Nash kept standing on tiptoe and looking around until William's figure disappeared at the gate.
"My Lord, just go and do your own thing! I will definitely take good care of our little house, hehe!"
…
William breathed a sigh of relief as he walked out of the door.
During the week I spent with Nash, I found that he was indeed very enthusiastic. He was always at the forefront of everything, and was extremely efficient. He could dispatch a group of poker-faced people to help at will.
But Nash's thinking is too morbid, and often makes people feel psychologically uncomfortable.
"Let's get along slowly. Overall, it's pretty good. If I can make good use of this guy Nash, I will have less worries in my future circus life."
But if he does something that seriously crosses the line, we have to consider compulsory indoctrination. 』
William stood at the intersection in the center of the circus, looking at the rabbit gate that was always blocked. Mr. Rabbit had not come back for a while, and no one knew what he was doing.
Walking on the way to the circus exit, William always felt that something seemed to be missing during this period of time.
"Catherine hasn't contacted me for a whole week since that night... Is she really angry?"
Just when William was thinking about this, a sound of footsteps came from the front.
Naked socks stepping on the ground,
Catherine, who seemed to have grown a little taller, was wearing a cooler and tight-fitting outfit as she was heading from the Clown House to the Ministry of Magic, and she happened to meet William in the corridor.
However, Catherine just looked straight ahead.
It was not until William took the initiative to say hello that the other party reluctantly responded with a professional fake smile, and it could even be seen that the fake smile was supported by the octopus tentacles in his mouth.
"Katherine, where are you going?"
"Ministry of Magic, what about you?"
"I've been granted a month's vacation. I plan to go back to the human side to check on the situation."
"oh."
Catherine barely paused, and just passed by after a brief exchange.
William was thinking more about the human side, and he swallowed the words of apology he wanted to say.
The two figures gradually moved away and disappeared around the corner.
"Forget it... I'll apologize when I get back."
Just like the last time he left the circus, after William selected a rough coordinate, he was directly teleported to a high-altitude area near the coordinate point.
Bang!
His feet landed firmly on the ground, on the bloody plain dozens of kilometers away from the Cancer Palace.
…
tunnel
The connecting channels formed when the old world infected the human world will increase in number as the number of gray zones increases.
However, the existence of the channel is limited by the conditions that not everyone can enter and exit freely.
1. Silver Circle Restriction - Before the world infection is complete, the Silver Circle patients in the old world can hardly pass through the channel. If they want to pass through, they must pay a certain price and will always be under pressure from the world, which is not worth the loss. Except for special circumstances, few Silver Circle patients go to the other side.
2. Total number limit - The total number of patients traveling from the Old World to the Human World must not exceed a certain amount, and this amount will increase with the degree of infection in the world.
3. Human restrictions - Humans traveling to the Old World are not subject to specific restrictions including Rule 1. They can choose any channel to go to the Old World, but they must use the same channel when returning, otherwise they will not be able to return to the human world.
Black Ascaris Station-Holy Grail Mountain Pass
A large number of patients gathered in the inn, waiting in line, hoping that it would be their turn to go to the other world. After all, most of them no longer had any opportunities in the old world and did not belong to any large organization or the source of the epidemic. Only by going to the new world could they find room for development.
At this moment, a black car arrived at the entrance of the post station.
Card!
When the metal soles stepped into the inn, everyone stopped moving instantly.
"The Knight of the Tumor!"
This small inn had never received a figure like the Noble Tumor Knight, and most people had never even seen him. However, as long as they smelled the strong tumor smell, they could tell of his noble identity.
When they looked up, they found that in addition to a slender knight with a tumor, there was also a mysterious man in a neat suit who also exuded a terrifying aura.
At this time, the station manager who was rarely seen on weekdays and was also a manager of the Blackworm Company came in front of the two.
After a brief exchange, the two touched the passage and disappeared.
This situation caused a stir at the scene. "Huh! How can patients in the Silver Circle come and go freely? Shouldn't they sign some kind of binding agreement? Could it be that the two people just now were both human?"
"Impossible, how can a human become a Tumor Knight..."
"Has the world situation changed? It seems that the time for the world to be infected and the two sides to unify is approaching."
Buzz!
World travel.
When William and Jin, who were crawling in the passage, saw the exit at the other end, they had already breathed in the fresh air of the human world and their whole bodies relaxed.
This journey to the old world was indeed very long, so long that William had a little idea of what it meant to be human.
"Mr. Allman, who is in charge of the passage, should have rushed back to Zion for support."
Just as William stepped out of the passage with a relaxed attitude,
Buzz! A heavy pressure came from the front, accompanied by a three-meter-long black heavy halberd.
This time,
William no longer dodged, but caught it steadily with one hand.
"Mr. Allman, we don't need to be nervous!"
When William finished speaking, he found that the black heavy halberd was still exerting its power. In front of him, the simple and honest guardian of the passage had changed his appearance.
Black parasites like tentacles floated on its back, and black slime continued to seep out from between its cast iron helmets.
"Being parasitized? Jin, is there any way?"
When William asked this question, Kim had already sat on Allman's shoulders.
"There's no hope. More than 80% of his body is infected. I'm afraid it has already invaded his brain a month ago. But his willpower is strong enough. He is always in a state of confusion and has not been completely controlled by the parasites.
But if you want to eradicate the parasites, there is only one way to go, and that is death, the two have been completely combined... There is nothing that can be done about it, after all, he is blocking the Black Worm Company from doing business.
If he had left the tunnel earlier, he wouldn't have ended up like this."
Jin raised his finger and slowly moved it closer to Allman's head, "I'm going to kill him!"
"No, I'll take care of it."
“Okay!”
As Jin jumped and dropped his shoulder, William suddenly pulled the heavy halberd in his hand, dragged "the parasitized Orman" in front of him with brute force, and grabbed the opponent's face with one hand to pull off the mask.
"Although the brain tissue has been eroded by parasites, some parts of it remain intact, and the individual consciousness barely exists... It is indeed impossible to recover, so this is the only way."
William pulled off Allman's mask and looked him in the eye.
"enlightenment"
As the word "epilepsy" was engraved on the surface of the brain, the parasitized Allman calmed down. At the same time, William also used the manipulation of the epilepsy brain to make Allman's self-consciousness float to the surface and take the dominant position.
Although there are still parasites floating between the eyeballs, the eyes have become much clearer.
"William!"
"Mr. Allman, your health is not good. It is impossible to restore your human form... Go to live in the old world with this parasitic body, and continue to seek knowledge and grow.
As long as you stick to your gentlemanly character, you can pass on civilization even without human gestures."
Allman didn't say much. He put on his cast iron mask, saluted like a gentleman to express his gratitude, and then entered the passage he had been guarding.