I'm wandering in the world

Chapter 212 The Clown
The Celts believed that at a certain time of the year, the souls of their loved ones would come to visit them in a unique way. So the living relatives would dress up to imitate the dead to welcome the arrival of their relatives, and also drive away the malicious ghosts with all kinds of bloody and terrifying appearances.

Before the founding of the United States, this custom can be traced back to countries such as France, Ireland, and England.

Halloween has changed over time, and has finally become a holiday that is more about having fun than commemorating.

Late at night, on the streets of New York, USA.

There was a man in a white shirt who had just returned from work. His 28-year-old face was full of fatigue. The dirty and despicable face of the stupid department manager in the company during the day emerged in his mind. The saliva that sprayed out when he humiliated him was so disgusting!
The man really wanted to leave the company, but his financial situation did not allow him to do so. As a typical American, he had too many debts to pay off every month.

This is a country where even gangs have to pay taxes honestly.

It was just past midnight...

The man quickened his pace. He didn't have the money to buy a car, so he could only take the bus or walk, which was a very risky thing to do in the middle of the night. Fortunately, he had received safety education from his parents since he was a child, so he would subconsciously avoid those dark alleys at night...

Fortunately, the lights of the late-night convenience stores on the side of the street brought a little comfort.

The man suddenly stopped.

Outside the convenience store, under the dim street light, stood a man in a full set of orange clothes. He wore a black and white clown mask with a weird and evil mouth corner raised high on his face, a black hat on his head, his legs crossed, his body leaning against the street light pole... He held a cane in his left hand and swung it lazily back and forth...

The man was silent for a moment and stood there subconsciously.

The clown suddenly stood up straight, walked over quickly, raised his right hand and gave the man a candy, and made a gesture of walking away slowly...

The bright red candy looks like a beating little heart.

The man was a little dazed for a moment. He hadn't experienced Halloween for many years. Seeing that the man didn't leave, the clown gestured at his clothes in a puzzled manner.

The man said, "Yeah, I was working on Halloween and I didn't have any Halloween clothes on."

The little girl said, and turned her right hand. A row of fan-shaped playing cards appeared in her palm, indicating the man to draw one.

A good old fashioned poker game...

The man picked a card at random. Before the game even started, he could guess what would happen next.

Sure enough, after drawing a card, the clown reproduced the card in a pile of playing cards with exaggerated performance techniques. Seeing this, the man smiled helplessly and said, "Is that it...Okay, I'm leaving."

Little did he know that when he said this, the shadow on the clown's eye sockets suddenly deepened. He rolled up his left sleeve, and a switchblade appeared in his right hand. He cut without hesitation, took a playing card stained with blood, put it back into the deck, shuffled it, and finally pointed with his finger.

The man was shocked to find the blood-stained playing card in his shirt pocket.

He realized that he might have encountered a magic madman who was going crazy on Halloween wearing a clown mask...

leave here.

Go home quickly.

The man passed the clown and quickened his pace. Unexpectedly, something hit his chest and he lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground...

fuck!

When he came to his senses, he saw that the clown had run in front of him and hit him with his black cane.

Damn...

madman……

I have to go as soon as possible!
The man got up and found the clown blocking his way. He quickly turned around and ran, but the clown seemed to teleport and appeared on the other side.

No matter how slow.

The man also discovered the problem and said in a choked voice: "Please let me go..."

The clown remained unmoved, teasing the man back and forth like a mouse playing with a cat, until he was completely powerless. Finally, he took out a silver mask and put it on the man's face, then took out a large red cloth and covered him with it. He performed a great trick of changing a person's life, and suddenly tore off the red cloth, and the man inside disappeared without a trace...

Empty streets.

The clown made a gesture of thanks to the non-existent audience, then clapped his hands happily, and spun around with a cane on his right arm...

He suddenly stood up straight, as if he sensed something, and leaned 45 degrees to one direction. He put his left hand next to his ear as if listening. After a while, he recovered his posture, spread his hands, acted as if he got nothing, and walked away with a step that ignored everyone.

Sitting on the roof of the convenience store was a young man wearing a black shirt, black trousers, and casual leather shoes. Between his left hand, he was holding a piece of talisman paper that had just turned to ashes.

The young man is Chen Qingyuan. He didn't expect that he would travel directly abroad this time...

And as soon as I got here, I encountered something like a clown.

In the United States, people may not have much feeling towards zombies, the Grim Reaper, or even God, but the appearance of clowns will definitely make most people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts. Cultural differences also plant different fear objects in people's hearts. If in China, a hideous clown is not as scary as a bride standing quietly on the street in a bright red wedding dress late at night...

But Chen Qingyuan had already seen the clown who had just appeared before he even checked the video sent from his phone.

This clown in an orange-red suit and top hat had been seen on the Internet before he traveled through the heavens.

At first, it was just three Halloween shorts. The clown wandered around on Halloween night, killing any passerby who disrespected his performance. His behavior was extreme and double-standard. He could only disrespect others, but others could not disrespect him...

Crazy, weird, scary, and almost invincible are the characteristics of this clown.

In addition to appearing in three short videos (trilogy), this clown also appears in another movie called "The Clown", except that the clown in the movie has a bald head, while the clown in the short film has short hair. Ignoring this difference, they are the same clown...

Chen Qingyuan just wanted to save the man who was working overtime late at night, because this man was the first man to be persecuted by the Joker in the first short film of the Joker trilogy.

But when he was about to make a move, an invisible atmosphere of terror instantly enveloped him!
I have a feeling that I will die if I make a move.

Chen Qingyuan realized that this clown acted according to a certain pattern most of the time. Even when killing someone, he would perform a talent show first...

Respecting the clown can increase your chances of survival.

It's just probability...

The moment Chen Qingyuan was about to make a move, the clown immediately sensed his presence and fortunately he acted decisively and burned a piece of concealment talisman paper.

Ding……

The sound of a text message coming from the phone...

Chen Qingyuan opened the link and found that there were actually two videos. This was the first time this happened.

He clicked on the video to watch it.

The first video is the Joker trilogy short film.

The second video is a movie, which tells the story of an old policeman's death and the series of experiences his two children have when faced with the sudden appearance of a scary clown.

Compared to the short film, the clown in the movie is not only more bizarre and evil, but can also see through people's hearts and do whatever he wants. His methods are extremely cruel. He doesn't even need to perform, he can kill people just by feeling uncomfortable. For example, after the old policeman died and was buried in the cemetery, the gravekeeper drove the clown away and was killed...

The clown in the movie is more like a psychological reflection of the two heroine sisters and their family members, and the embodiment of dark thoughts. However, at the end of the movie, the clown still exists, and there is no reliable solution...

Chen Qingyuan has two analyses of the Joker's identity.

First, the Joker is the embodiment of this family’s dark psychology.

Second, clowns are actually demons from the American hell. There are too many clown demons...

Funny appearance, eccentric personality, neurotic but able to understand human nature are their representative characteristics.

Mission content: [Investigate the difference between the two clowns, eliminate the clowns; eliminate the root of the clowns, and increase the reward]

Oh?
This trip was full of surprises.

Two clowns were assigned directly, and there were also advanced tasks...

Correct the orthodox law and kill the foreign demons.

Chen Qingyuan almost laughed out loud.

The worlds that the Gray World arranges for him all have a certain degree of danger.

But the main purpose of traveling through the world is to [complete the mission], not just to kill him, so every world, no matter how outrageous, will have life.

Just like when the clown killed someone just now and discovered him, the talisman paper was able to successfully deceive his senses. There was no awkward setting where Eastern Taoism could not eliminate Western demons, and Western prayers could not eliminate Eastern evil spirits...

As long as it works.

Chen Qingyuan jumped down from the convenience store, picked up the red candy that had fallen to the ground and peeled it open. The inside was also red, and the candy looked like a dried blood clot, which was disgusting.

He flicked the candy away.

He took out pomelo leaves and wiped his whole body with them, then burned a piece of talisman paper.

"Clap clap clap..."

There was intense applause.

Chen Qingyuan looked back.

Under the street light, the clown in an orange suit squatted on the ground in a very unrestrained posture, with a cane hanging around his neck and his hands in white gloves clapping desperately, as if he had seen a wonderful performance.

good good!
Play like this!
Chen Qingyuan wiped the teardrop mole with his right hand, and immediately put on a Taoist costume. He smiled and said, "Happy Halloween!"

The clown squatting on the ground froze his hands, and slowly stood up from the ground, walked over with a cane, and kept looking around Chen Qingyuan, wondering what he was thinking.

He made a move as if he had thought of a better idea.

He spread out his right hand, and a fan-shaped pile of cards appeared in his hand, signaling Chen Qingyuan to draw.

Chen Qingyuan casually drew a 4 of hearts, showed it, and put it back, motioning him to continue.

The clown seemed to dislike Chen Qingyuan's expression, but continued to perform. He changed the pile of cards in his hand back and forth, threw them into the air, stretched out two fingers and pinched them, and what appeared in front of Chen Qingyuan was the four of hearts that he had just chosen.

"Clap clap clap clap!"

"Wow, this is amazing! You are so amazing! How can you be so great? Halloween without you is like the world without light..."

Chen Qingyuan applauded and spoke words of appreciation.

The clown, who should have been satisfied with the praise, did not feel a bit of happiness. The shadows in the eye sockets of his mask deepened, and he knew that the weird Asian youth in front of him was just perfunctory.

But judging from the behavior of both, there is nothing wrong. One is a performer and the other is an audience. After the performance, they appreciate the performance.

It's that simple……

According to normal procedures, Chen Qingyuan should be allowed to go...

But the clown didn't want to. He only wanted to see two expressions on Chen Qingyuan's face, one was the fear before death, and the other was the sincere appreciation for the performance...

Let’s have another one.

The clown pulled out a silk scarf from his jacket pocket, shook it a few times, and was about to start a new performance.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qingyuan held his shoulder and said, "Halloween is so special, how can you perform alone and be so tired? How about I perform one too, and you can interact with me?"

Halloween comes every year.

This was the first time the clown had encountered someone like Chen Qingyuan. He immediately became interested and clapped his hands, making a thumbs-up sign.

Without saying anything, Chen Qingyuan took out a large oil barrel from the tear mole space, placed it on the ground, opened the lid, and made an invitation: "Come in."

The clown looked at Chen Qingyuan meaningfully, put his crutches aside, and jumped into the oil barrel.

This kind of oil barrel is used to store gasoline. It is a good thing for Hong Kong gangs to destroy corpses and cover up traces. There are tens of thousands of dead souls on the sea, and the gasoline barrel is half full...

See the clown go in.

Chen Qingyuan poured gasoline into the tank as if nothing had happened, and then he touched the tank with his hand, and then he snapped his fingers. The gasoline inside was instantly ignited, and the flames were blazing, and the temperature spread! The clown was engulfed by the flames, and the hat on his head, the suit on his body, and the mask were all on fire.

The clown sat inside and clapped hard, even wanting to stand up and applaud.

He suddenly found himself stuck inside a gasoline barrel, unable to stand up. An invisible force was restraining him...

The gasoline barrel was shaking violently.

Chen Qingyuan smiled and said, "The show is still going on, don't worry."

He came behind the gas barrel, and with a flash of cold light in his hand, the Evil-Breaking Sword pierced through the gas barrel and stabbed directly at the clown!

The clown, who was originally quite calm, suddenly became uncalm. The long sword entered from his back and came out from his chest. There was a hissing sound, black smoke billowed, and his body shook violently. With an explosion, the gasoline barrel exploded, flames shot up into the sky, and a large number of playing cards scattered from the air...

The ground was in mess.

The loud noise triggered sirens from cars in the distance.

The fire hydrant next to it was also crooked, and a column of water more than three meters high was gushing out from the crack, just like rain...

The clown appeared under the streetlight, holding his cane upside down to make an umbrella gesture. There was no umbrella, but the water sprayed from the fire hydrant formed an umbrella shape above...

He looked at Chen Qingyuan quietly.

Chen Qingyuan also looked at him quietly.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent...

Chen Qingyuan narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You are such an uncooperative audience. On such an important holiday as Halloween, your behavior of running away from the battlefield... really loses points."

Very bad points!
These three words made the clown look up suddenly. The shadows in the eye sockets of the mask almost became substantial, and the red diamond mark between his eyebrows was as red as blood.

He put his right hand on his chest to pretend he was hurt, took out a candy from his pocket and was about to approach Chen Qingyuan, but suddenly stopped and stuffed the candy back...

sizzle...

The light bulb of the street lamp was flickering. In the intermittent flickering, the clown raised his hand to say goodbye, and then disappeared with another flicker.

(End of this chapter)