Chapter 130: Chapter 130: The Counterattack Begins
Translator: 549690339
Due to their respective attributes, Bella, who seriously dreads fire, was left to guard the Clown House.
On the basis of their relationship, Han Dong had saved her life before.
According to the System prompt, Bella’s relationship with Han Dong had become ‘friendly’… Under normal circumstances, Han Dong and Bella would be friends in this event.
This relationship could only be broken if one’s main interest was violated.
Han Dong, who had learned of the Clown’s Conspiracy.
Seemed to hit the primary interest of the Parasitic Body – Bella.
That’s why, hearing Bella’s knocks and greetings, it felt rather strange… Revealing the conspiracy comes with a price.
“Miss Chen Li, you go back to the prison first… We’ll let you out when it’s critical.”
“Be careful.”
“Don’t worry, this is not yet the ‘worst situation’ I anticipated… As long as the brain upgrade is successful, there’s still room for salvation.”
Bella was waiting outside the basement door.
If there was a hint of anxiety in her eyes, the translucent tail would be curled up in a loop.
When Han Dong came out of the basement, he deliberately moved his body around, putting up a serious front as if he was about to go to war, giving orders with a grave face:
“Bella, since you can’t fight the monks head-on, why not try a side attack?
There are still a lot of residents left in the town. You could transform them into parasitic hosts who can fight pretty well. Have them grab their shotguns and gather in this street.
In case the clowns fail in the first battle, they will retreat to this street for the last stand.”
“Hmm… okay.”
However.
Although Bella agreed verbally, she didn’t take any action.
“What’s wrong?” Han Dong asked.
“I don’t think it’s necessary. If even the clown can’t beat him, what’s the use of those parasites I control?”
Han Dong spoke coldly, “Hmm… Could it be that the clown has given a mandatory order for you to keep an eye on me without leaving my side?”
The sudden shift in topic left Bella stunned, then she laughed and said:
“Haha, what are you talking about?
The Clown and I are mortal enemies, and you’re the one who saved my life… I just genuinely think there’s no need for propagation.”
Han Dong continued:
“Hmm… Just be honest, I already know about your relationship.
The clown never intended to keep you from the start.
If I hadn’t pulled your main body out in time, and resurrected you in the Main Operation Space, your fate would be the same as that of the ‘Mutant Doctor’. Used by the clown and then thrown away like garbage.
Why would you still help him?”
When Han Dong finished saying these words.
Bella stopped pretending.
Her arms mutated, growing some hard shell, saw-like teeth, and the parasitic sucker unique to the species.
“Closeness change alert, your closeness with Bella has dropped from ‘friendly’ to ‘hostile’, please be careful.”
A sharp laughter came out of Bella’s mouth:
“Haha! No wonder the clown asked me to stay here to watch you… Indeed, you’re the only variable in this team… But it’s too late now.
Captain clown is about to successfully implement the first step of his grand plan, and you people are just ‘experience value’ to strengthen him.”
The words just fell off.
A large number of parasitic threads poured out of Bella’s mouth, without considering the ‘favor of her life’, and pounced towards Han Dong.
“Too late?”
“Open Eyes”.
The eyes of the Little Demon opened from the center of his brow.
Gazing into the eyes of the Little Demon.
Bella’s spirit trembled, her forward rush instantly stopped, and her body began to convulse involuntarily.
Streams of filthy blood flowed from her open nostrils.
Faced with such a polluting force, Bella, being the host of the parasite, had no solution.
Wind gathered beneath her feet.
Quickly closing distance to Bella, Han Dong was propelled by the Griffin Aura, his palm pressed against the back of her head.
“I thought I could pass it on to a friend, but it seems the Clown completely isolated you… When you think about it, that Clown tricked me three times! One way or another, I’ll repay him for this.”
“Wait…”
At the sight of impending death, Bella exhibited a horrified expression.
Whoosh!
Brain evolution.
Han Dong’s control over appendages became more precise.
The Parasitic Body clinging to the cerebellum was swiftly extracted… Bella died.
The desiccated Parasitic Body curled up into a ball and Han Dong took it as a tool.
“After this event, this Parasitic Body, which can be used for Body strengthening, should fetch a good price in the Holy City.”
He stared at Bella’s desiccated body on the ground.
Han Dong took a deep breath, ready to head to the scene.
Why was Han Dong so sure that ‘Bella’ was on the Clown’s side?
Because in the large clues labelled with ‘Derry Town’ ancient books, the situation in the sewers, combined with other clues and Han Dong’s deduction were noted.
The ‘Remodeling Plan’ for modified humans wasn’t initially proposed by the Doctor… but was suggested by the Clown.
From the start.
The Clown and the Doctor were collaborators.
The Clown would regularly lure some of the more negatively emotionally charged townsfolk into the sewers through ‘Mind Influence’, after which they were transformed by the Doctor.
Normally conscious Aberrants returned to the town to be used by the Clown.
Because their minds were normal, the Clown would let them lead normal lives without interference, only exercising control at critical moments.
The lower-grade mentally unstable Aberrants were used to destroy the [Exit].
That’s right.
The destruction of the exit was also part of the Clown’s plan.
A small crack was deliberately created, letting the Other Residents cross over slowly… bringing Purgatory Monk-Togu over.
As soon as the plan was achieved, the Clown immediately killed the Mutant Doctor.
This was also why the Clown didn’t care about the twelve Aberrants in the Main Operation Space and went to the office of the Mutant Doctor alone.
He wanted to kill the Doctor before their relationship was exposed.
In the Clown’s view, the Doctor had no further use… and would only get in the way.
The Purgatory Monk-Togu, being the Other Residence, had higher value.
Everything above was included in the ‘Clown’s Conspiracy’… from the moment Han Dong and others arrived in Derry Town, everything that happened was driven by the Clown.
Han Dong muttered to himself:
“If everything proceeds according to the Clown’s plan.
If the Monk Togu were to be defeated, the Clown definitely wouldn’t kill him.
He would likely use some kind of seal or imprisonment, capturing Togu alive.
This would cause us to fail at the main storyline ‘Main Quest: Save Derry Town, Kill [Purgatory Monk-Togu]’.”
By then, the Clown’s intimacy with me would immediately change from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Antagonistic’.
The main task would revert back to the original state.
In the Clown’s eyes, we’re merely some decently capable employees.
Assisting him to penetrate the sewer area, helping him to seal the [Exit] that had already released a resident, and then assisting him in capturing this resident alive.
In the end, he could kill us to obtain the Fate reward, and also gain important intelligence about ‘Old Derry Town’ from Togu.
“What a… hassle.”
When Han Dong was done analyzing, he actually relaxed his brows and showed a wicked smile.
“Unfortunately, I’m not going to work!”
As Han Dong pushed open the Clown House’s main entrance, ready to rush to the battle scene.
However, right in front of him on the ‘Disappeared Street’, there stood the rotten residents painted with red lips and having red globes hung on their arms.
And there were endless streams of rotten residents, continuously pouring out of the century-old buildings on both sides.