Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 281 I'm Not Here to Be a Hero
"Clap clap-"

Jasmine's face, which was painted with exaggerated makeup, shook slightly.

My hands couldn't help but clap.

The cherry-like mouth opened slightly and exclaimed: "Smart."

"Most clowns, including me, only realize their responsibilities after being in office for a long time without knowing the reason. And you get almost the correct answer just by watching some pathetic clips."

"You're the smartest clown I've ever met."

Facing Jasmine's admiration.

Wu Wang just raised his hand and shook it.

"Come on, I'm not a clown. In modern society, forced buying and selling is unacceptable, let alone forcing coolies into signing a contract to sell their bodies."

"Do you really think I'm a nineteenth-century slave?"

His eloquence did not anger Jasmine.

She just walked up to Wu Wang barefoot.

He suddenly pulled out a big treasure from behind and handed it to him.

It was a puppy made of a balloon.

This is something clowns often use to entertain children. After blowing up long balloons, they rotate and tie them together to form animal shapes. Even now, this thing is very popular among children in playgrounds.

Wu Wang subconsciously took the balloon she handed over.

But unexpectedly, the moment the fingers touched.

The puppy balloon exploded into pieces with a bang.

Generally speaking, anyone would be startled if a balloon suddenly exploded in their hand.

But who is Wu Wang?
His name must be recorded in a separate book in the King of Hell's book of life and death.

I've experienced all sorts of fancy ways of dying.

Not to mention a balloon suddenly exploding in your hand, even if a real grenade exploded.

He must have been annihilated with a smile on his face.

pat-

What's strange is that the puppy balloon burst.

From it fell a jagged stone.

Jasmine picked it up from Wu Wang's hand.

Place it right in front of your eyes, almost poking your eyeballs.

He asked with a dark look in his eyes, "But you're not entirely right. We're not just pretending."

"Do you know why the balloon just burst?"

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the edge of the stone was a little sharp.

Presumably that's why the balloon popped.

But Wu Wang just shrugged and said, "Maybe it's because I ate an orange during one of the actors' segments."

"Orange juice on your hands contains limonene, an organic compound found in the peels of citrus fruits."

"It can destroy the molecular structure of rubber or latex, causing the balloon surface to become thinner and lose its elasticity, making it unable to withstand the internal air pressure and eventually bursting."

"If you are unable to understand this knowledge due to the times, I can reluctantly teach you..."

Click——

Wu Wang hadn't finished speaking yet.

The stone in Jasmine's hand was crushed into pieces by her.

As she watched the stone powder slip through her fingers, her tone became more angry and even... hateful.

The makeup that already looked like she was crying became even more hideous.

It has a sense of déjà vu of "IT".

Unfortunately, her forehead is not that big.

"It's because the balloon itself is filled with impurities that will destroy it!"

"The clown is a gimmick in the circus, and even more so, a scapegoat!"

"That damned leader took in those weird freaks in the name of sunshine and smiles, wanting to give them a place to settle down."

"But if something happens in the circus, the first people to suffer are the clowns."

"We are like the alarm bells he hangs outside the door. Every time we ring them, the circus is prepared to deal with unexpected events."

"All we have to pay is our insignificant lives."

She was so angry that her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

In an instant, Wu Wang discovered that the surrounding environment was no longer a wilderness.

But in a prison.

Deng!Deng!Deng!
The lights in the prison cell came on, blurring the view.

The faces of the people trapped in each cell were also revealed.

They are all clowns.

Looking around, there were at least over a hundred people in clown costumes being detained.

Everyone had tears of joy painted on their faces.

His face was squeezed between the cold railings until it was slightly deformed. He tried desperately to get out of the gap which was much narrower than the width of his head.

Like a lab rat trying to escape.

"The captain is full of morality...

"He became a hero to these freaks, and he saved them from the inside out."

"But what about us?"

"We are like a balloon wrapped around a sharp rock, preventing it from being thrown away. Even if it bursts, we just need to replace it with a new balloon immediately."

Jasmine walked up to a cell with a vicious look on her face.

He reached in and grabbed one of the clowns by the collar.

Then he took out a small knife from behind his back as if by magic.

He stabbed the clown straight in the neck.

The blood from the punctured carotid artery gushed out like a fountain, not only dyeing Jasmine's face from clown white to a strange red.

He even painted Wu Wang's head, who was not far away, red.

The blood flowed from the forehead to the cheek, and finally slid to the corner of the mouth.

Wu Wang stuck out his tongue and licked it lightly.

The smile on his face grew brighter.

Speak two words from between the teeth -

"sour."

That's right! This clown's blood is actually acidic!
Even when he first entered this strange prison, Wu Wang smelled a sour smell so strong that it made him want to vomit.

He was very familiar with this smell.

That is the sour taste of a [fake person].

The reason why it is so strong is probably because all the clowns trapped here are [fake people]!
There was no living person except Jasmine!

Sure enough, the clown was stabbed in the neck by Jasmine.

There was no expression of pain or even anger at all.

Just keep on wanting to leave the prison.

Even though there was blood spurting out of his neck, it did not affect his activities at all.

Jasmine was so angry that she grabbed the knife and cut off the other person's head with a skillful method like a butcher cutting up an ox, and dropped it to the ground.

Pointing at the head, he gasped, "Did you see it? His name is Li Lei."

"He should have been a loving husband to me, but now he has become like this."

"Neither a human nor a ghost!"

Having said this, Wu Wang suddenly interrupted her.

He moved a little closer to take a closer look at Li Lei's condition.

I am absolutely sure that this is a [fake person].

Then he frowned and asked, "There should be some kind of power in the circus that can resist the invasion of [pseudo-humans]."

From the moment he and his servant entered the circus.

Everyone I have ever met is not a fake person.

And even the meat fed to the lions is [fake human flesh].

This proves that they have some ability to suppress the [fake people].

Then why did the clown become a [fake person]?
In response, Jasmine sneered, "Yes, that's the magic of the clown."

"By becoming a clown in the circus, you can protect everyone in the circus from the [fake people]."

"Because under the clown's performance, even those who entered with a legitimate ticket will be exposed. They will imitate humans and laugh uncontrollably, unable to stop."

"Then others can easily identify them and feed them to animals."

"Animals that have eaten [pseudo-human flesh] will become increasingly intelligent, and may even possess a certain level of intelligence."

"It can eliminate the harm of the [fake people] and strengthen the power of the circus."

Having said that, Jasmine looked at Li Lei again.

This time there was a hint of pity mixed in with the anger and hatred.

And the sadness of the rabbit's death and the fox's grief.

He muttered to himself, "The price is that the clown will gradually begin to become a pseudo-human."

"This assimilation is inevitable. We will become the new [pseudo-humans]."

"Like disposable consumables, every time a clown protects the circus and is assimilated, he will be fed."

"Then the leader will go among the normal people and find a new clown, and the cycle will continue."

Hear the story here.

Wu Wang had already figured out the current situation in his mind.

I also understand that the harm caused by [fake people] is not caused by the circus.

This thing is most likely the [Great Disaster] recorded in [Jasmine's Diary].

The danger posed by [fake people] is not limited to this apartment.

But all over the world.

According to the situation described in the diary.

They called Apartment 404 their sanctuary.

It seems that when the whole world discovers the existence of [fake people], it will probably be too late to reverse it.

Humans have long been at a disadvantage.

"Feeding all of humanity..."

Wu Wang muttered to himself.

This copy of [Hope] doesn't seem to be very promising.

Instead, despair is everywhere.

The more you understand its past, the more you can feel the despair that oppresses people to the point of suffocation.

Let's imagine--

When at some point you discover that the friends around you are not real human beings, but their identities have been replaced by some human-like monsters.

You are so scared that even your legs are shaking.

But you dare not tell anyone, for fear that the monster will target you.

I went home and tried to talk to my lover about it.

You may find that your lover is not surprised and may even ask you, "Is there anything strange about this?"

You suddenly realize that even the person next to you is a monster. You run away in panic.

I returned to my familiar hometown and found my parents who were over 50 years old and their hair was even turning gray. I wanted to take them away from this strange place.

But unexpectedly, your parents just smiled and told you to forget it all.

Pretend to know nothing and live happily and carefree until the conditions are ripe and you are taken and replaced.

At this moment, you are crazy.

Suddenly I felt like I was living in a Truman World without boundaries.

Everything around is false.

Things like social interpersonal relationships, a day of marriage brings a hundred days of grace, and even filial piety being the most important of all virtues are all fake.

There wasn't even a real human being around.

You start to run away, but you don't know where to go.

Because the whole world is full of monsters.

There's even an illusion - perhaps this is a world of "pseudo-humans", and you are the monster that doesn't fit in.

This kind of despair is enough to make people breathless.

From this perspective, there is really nothing wrong with some of the descriptions in the diary.

The whole world is in such a bad situation.

The clowns at the Sunshine Circus have the ability to identify [fake people] in batches, and the animals can also eat [fake people].

It is indeed an organization that can save the world and fight against disasters.

Even if the clown is a consumable product.

But a clown must be able to distinguish tens of thousands of "fake people" during his limited life.

After all, the speed of assimilation certainly cannot be so fast that it happens in an instant.

Otherwise there wouldn't be just hundreds of clowns here.

It is impossible for Jasmine to survive until now without being assimilated.

"Oh~ wait... I understand." Wu Wang suddenly thought of something.

He looked at Jasmine with interest and said, "It's not that you haven't been assimilated, but after discovering this secret."

"You chose to escape, or even betray, right?"

This is why Jasmine hid in the apartment for so long!

She was afraid of becoming a victim!

It makes sense, after all, she is just an ordinary person.

It's normal to have fear and selfishness.

Sure enough, after hearing Wu Wang's ridicule.

Jasmine turned her head sharply.

He laughed crazily and said, "Yes! I'm scared! I don't want to die!"

"But do you know how powerful the leader of this circus is?"

"He can give such magical powers to an ordinary person. How can I dare to hope to escape from him?"

"Besides, where is there any hiding place outside?"

"This apartment may be the only place in the world where humans exist."

Her tone became increasingly frantic.

Even his eyes began to be filled with bloodshot.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Since I can't escape or hide, I will choose revenge!"

"Why use my life as a bargaining chip? Why not use those freaks to die?"

"I want revenge on this damn circus for bringing the scourge of [fake people] into it!"

"Make the clown's magic completely ineffective!"

Boom——

When Jasmine roared to this point.

The surrounding environment changed again.

The dark prison disappeared, replaced by a plain shrouded in storms.

The dark clouds were as heavy as lead and hung low, making it hard to breathe.

The wind howled like a wild beast out of control, tearing everything apart frantically.

The heavy rain poured down like bullets, hitting the ground, and the splashing water seemed to pierce the earth.

In this clown mirror, she seems to be the master of everything.

Everything changes according to her mood and behavior.

I think about the past fragments of those people I just saw.

It was also Jasmine who secretly controlled the clown mirror.

Standing in the storm, Jasmine looked at Wu Wang and asked with a ferocious expression, "Now, it's up to you to make your choice—"

"You are destined to become a laughing clown destined for misery."

"To satisfy the captain's hypocritical heroic ideas."

"Sacrifice yourself to save the few remaining humans and these pathetic freaks."

"Or join me in burning them with tears and the flames of revenge!"

"Let all of humanity be buried with us!"

"Roar at this damn hopeless world!"

She had figured out her thoughts and even her plan for Wu's demise.

The woman initially wanted to stew [fake human flesh] at home.

It was intended to be secretly fed to the performers in the circus.

After all, just because the animals here can eat it doesn’t mean the actors can too.

What if all the performers in the circus also turned into [fake people].

Then the Sunshine Circus would be dead in name only.

The only disaster relief organization was destroyed.

And it would definitely not be a good idea for her to show up in the circus now.

After all, I have been away for so long.

It just so happens that Wu Wang plans to become the new Joker.

If he succeeds in the job and agrees to revenge, it will be much easier to act.

It can be said that Wu Wang is now also her hope for revenge.

But there are some issues that Wu Wang still hasn't figured out.

Or perhaps even Ms. Jasmine doesn't know—

Why did the troupe's leader grant the Joker these abilities? What abilities does the troupe's leader possess himself? Why did he have to save those eccentric actors? What was the purpose of their existence?
The apartment manager's side is also full of mysteries and secrets.

Oh, and there's the kid next door. His secrets are probably related to the apartment manager.

This revenge might not be as simple as Jasmine imagined.

Perhaps, she did from beginning to end.

Just a clown really.

Thinking of this, Wu Wang suddenly asked curiously:

"Hey, in this mirror, can you change locations at will?"

"It's so cold and windy here, it's a bit cold. I need a change of scenery and a change of mood."

Jasmine, who was venting her anger, was stunned when she heard this.

My emotions are a little incoherent.

I'm here to destroy humanity's only hope.

You asked me if I could change the environment and mood?

Wu Wang continued, "How about this? You change to an environment where I can think carefully and calmly, and I'll give you an answer after I think about it. How about that?"

Hear this request.

Jasmine was silent for a moment.

Finally, he asked, "This mirror records the past of the performers in the circus."

"Their misery remains in the mirror, and outside the mirror is a brand new life."

"What kind of change of scenery do you want? I can't guarantee it will be available."

Wu Wang raised his eyebrows.

He grinned and said, "I prefer to look at the sea and think. The weather doesn't matter to me."

Jasmine thought about his suggestion for a moment.

He stamped his feet and retrieved the past of the magician's assistant, Lily, the skinny woman who looked like a skeleton soldier.

She was born and raised by the sea, and the villagers made a living by fishing.

Because of the strange thinness.

Believed to be the illegitimate daughter of a siren.

In an instant, the roar of waves crashing against the reefs was heard.

The moist sea breeze also hung on their faces.

It was so cold that it stung.

Obviously in Lily's memory, the sea here is not as friendly as she imagined.

The so-called sunny beaches do not exist.

There is only cold and unforgiving water.

It looked almost the same as the previous storm, and was equally depressing.

"Is this the sea? Are you satisfied? I'll only give you five minutes to think about it."

"Otherwise, I'd rather wait for the next clown to come and lock you in this mirror forever."

Jasmine snorted coldly.

But she found that Wu Wang ignored her threats.

Just walked towards the beach by myself.

Until the water reached his knees.

Then he turned and looked at himself.

In his hand was a strange brass key pendant that he had obtained from somewhere unknown.

He said with a mysterious smile:

"Actually, I didn't think this thing could be taken out until I got close to the sea."

"Now, our status may not be so equal."

Click——

Wu Wang stretched the key toward the sea.

It's like inserting into an ancient door.

It turned gently and made a strange sound.

It was as if the gears of some kind of lock were slowly opening.

The distant sea seemed to be responding to Wu Wang's actions, and a whistle sound that Jasmine had never heard before came from it.

"Right, please answer..."

"I'm not here to be a hero."

"I'm here to beat you up."

(End of this chapter)