Chapter 98: Chapter 98: The Joker’s Party (7th Update, Request for Monthly Ticket Draw)
Translator: 549690339
Just as Han Dong triggered the side event “Hilarious Parents”…
Cass and the others were in the residential community, questioning the elderly locals, especially those who were alone with a history of missing family members.
They were investigating matters regarding the clown.
But the investigation results were disappointing.
Many elderly people claimed that their family members were taken by the clown.
But to questions of what the clown was, or what clues and information they had, the elderly just shook their heads.
Even more so, when they talked about the topic, their eyes were filled with fear.
As if talking too much about it would get them taken away too.
Just like that, the three of them gradually made their way to the end of the community street.
“Let’s call it a day. It’s hard to make any substantial progress with this aimless exploration. We might as well start from the side events at the school. Let’s go home and rest, we might need to face a lot of parasitic hosts tomorrow.”
“Boss Cass, there’s something on the street!”
Just as the team was about to disband, Koslin—wearing special goggles— made a discovery… A red balloon was tied to a tree branch.
“Hmm!?”
The squad was on guard, with Cass as the leader, they slowly approached there.
Just in this process, Han Dong sent a message… However, before dealing with the red balloon, Cass had no time to attend to the message.
Just as Cass approached the tree with the balloon, he saw a mother and her daughter on the other side of the tree. The little girl was crying, saying that she lost her balloon.
After a series of checks, the mother and daughter were confirmed to be normal people.
It was a false alarm.
Cass immediately climbed up the tree, took down the balloon, and gave it to the little girl.
Just as they were watching the mother and daughter leave, a familiar figure was jogging towards them… looking carefully, they found it was a worried-looking Han Dong.
“Brother Aron? Weren’t you studying the parasitic bodies at home?”
“I happened to spot a target that looked like the clown through the window, so I followed him! Followed him to a strange building… I texted you earlier, but you didn’t reply.”
Cass checked the wind-up device and found a message asking for help from Han Dong.
In fact, Cass had some suspicions about Han Dong who suddenly appeared in the middle of the night… but after checking the “honest” wind-up device, he let his guard down.
“Where’s the building?”
“At the end of the block ahead… Shall we go?”
“Let’s check it out, it would be great if we could identify the clown’s lair in advance… Lead the way.”
“Ok.”
Soon, the squad stood in front of an old, abandoned building… In sharp contrast with the surrounding bungalows, it gave the impression it hadn’t been lived in for hundreds of years.
“Let’s go!”
Cass took out the “Lion’s Shield” and led the way.
Fiya was following behind in second position.
Han Dong was third, Koslin brought up the rear. Just as Cass was about to enter the building,
Boom! A gunshot exploded from the end of the team.
Han Dong, who was in the third position, was hit by a point blank “Explosive Shot”, his head was nowhere to be found, and the wound on his neck was completely burnt.
The one who shot the gun was Koslin, who was in the last position.
His eyes were cold and unhesitating!
As for this sudden incident, Cass and the others didn’t react unusually. It seemed like they had expected it.
Snap!
When Han Dong’s headless body hit the ground, it burst like a balloon, shattering into red balloon fragments.
Hee hee…
A bizarre laughter came from inside the building.
Pennywise the Clown peeked his head out and appeared at the building’s entrance.
A grimy white clown outfit, a face base-painted in white, with lips and nose all tinged in red.
A slightly drooping head, looking at the threesome with a peculiar gaze, she blurted an eerie giggle then said:
“How did you find out?”
Cass held the shield in front of him, cautiously answering:
“Derry Town has been placed under full curfew. There’s hardly anyone out on the streets at night… then a mother and daughter appear, happened to be holding a red balloon.
More importantly, our friend Andwa made his appearance at this time.
As for the other details, we’re not at liberty to discuss.”
“Only the clever ones… can participate in the grand party I host. You people are clever! Please come in.’
Then, the clown was making a gesture of invitation and asking the three of them to enter the dilapidated building.
At the same time, the System voice came:
“Hidden event activated: Clown’s Special Party (Time-limited)
Briefing: Acquire Pennywvise’s approval, become a ‘Guest’
Requirement: Participate in Pennywise’s once-every-twenty-seven-years night party and complete the corresponding clown games according to the related directives and requirements.
Reward: Pennywise’s token of thanks.
Note: You must decide within one minute whether to enter the building associated with the event. If you don’t, this hidden event will never activate again. ”
“One minute! ”
There’s definitely not enough time to reach out to Han Dong.
But such hidden event is rare to come by; if it can be completed, an unexpected reward could be earned…perhaps vital clues directly related to the clown can be garnered.
Previously in the space of fate, before Han Dong joined the squad, the three of them overcame numerous obstacles to make it through…just a hidden event, it won’t be a problem for the three of them.
Moreover, according to Cass’s experience and the circumstances he learned from his mentor, once a hidden event is triggered, it should be completed as much as possible.
The difficulty wouldn’t be particularly high, and unexpected rewards were obtained afterward.
Before entering, Cass attempted to send a message to Han Dong. However, as soon as they stepped into the territory of this dilapidated mansion, or stepped onto this ‘nonexistent street’, the signal had been completely blocked.
Just like that.
The first night of ‘Clown’s Resurrection (Surface Chapter)’ was over.
Han Dong, who woke up in the morning, still felt some pain in his lower body region.
However, with the help of the fungi, this injury that had not damaged the internal organs or bones had recovered seven or eight percent…it didn’t affect his movement essentially.
Just as Han Dong woke up, the System voice rang again:
“Your teammates, including Cass Martini, are participating in a special hidden event in a certain special space … The current fate event is adjusted to ‘Single-Player Mode’ until they complete the event or die.
Note: In the ‘single-player mode’, the cooperative setting will be hidden, and the difficulty of all kinds of events will be correspondingly reduced.”
“No wonder Cass is not replying to the messages, they triggered a hidden event right at the beginning…damn, there are really a lot of events in this movie.”
Han Dong was not too worried.
In his opinion, the teammates he chose would not die easily.
“Single-Player Mode… quite suitable for me.”
Han Dong, who just got up from the bed, stared at the desk, was stunned for a moment.
Various medicines were placed on the desk, even a pile on the ground…all this was done by Chen Li who was squatting in the corner.
“These medicines…what’s going on?”
Chen Li in the corner lifted her head slightly and said casually:
“After you fell asleep, I sneaked out to buy some medicine…l don’t understand foreign languages, so I had to bring back every kind of medicine I could.” “It seems like a robbery…”
“The shop attendant was frightened by me and fainted. I shattered the surveillance camera and corresponding computer; there should be no problems.”
“…emmm, thank you.”
Fortunately, since Sophia was not around, Han Dong really had to rely on medicine to accelerate wound healing.
With one hour left before school, Han Dong, who had applied ointment to his wound, turned his attention to the “Comedy Gift Box”..