The Modern Age of the Mysterious

v1 Chapter 423: Advance and retreat 2 difficulties

i am a clown !

I'm what's called a clown! ?

Sean's hairs stood on end!

Olivia turned her head and saw Sean's appearance in the mirror, she couldn't help being surprised and put on a defensive posture.

Although a weird clown is reflected in the mirror, the crimson bond still connects the readers around.

No matter what it looked like in the mirror, Olivia knew that it was Sean standing beside her: "What's going on?"

Sean forced himself to remain calm, he shook his head a little heavily, his thoughts spinning.

Suddenly understood a lot of things before.

"Moonlight and the others met someone exactly like themselves in the maze.

"However, they did not mention the details of encountering the clown."

The palm of the hand holding the Springfield carbine was sticky with sweat:

"Only me, I met that clown.

"This game has been foreshadowed before it starts.

"The clown who met me in the labyrinth garden didn't 'pass by' me..."

Sean closed his eyes in pain:

"It went into my body instead.

"In this game, I am the clown."

Even if she is as straightforward as Olivia Fengling, she realizes something at this moment:

"Find the clown, kill him, and trade for freedom..."

Worry was revealed in the red eyes—she would naturally not hurt her readers, but...

How should this game end?

After standing in front of the mirror and thinking for a long time, Sean finally freed himself from the static state.

He turned his head, with a serious expression in the firelight: "Olivia, don't let them know."

"They" naturally refers to Max and his group.

They were indeed reliable allies before, but if they knew that they were "clowns"...

I am afraid that the other party will never trust me again.

When trust is broken, cannibalism follows.

Even if Sean didn't remind her, Olivia could still think of this.

The Seiko girl bit her lower lip lightly, a rare nervous expression appeared on her indifferent face, she nodded lightly, not knowing what to do.

Seeing the expression on Olivia Fengling's face, Sean closed his eyes and nodded vigorously.

The implication was obvious: don't worry.

Then, he stepped back a few steps and walked out of the cave.

Outside the entrance of the cave, I met Max and Holly who had already searched.

Although his face was calm, Sean still felt his hairs stand on end—they can't let them find out that I'm a clown!

"Did you find anything?" Sean was satisfied with his steady voice.

Max shook his head and looked at the darkness behind Sean: "What about your side?"

At this moment, his hoarse voice made Sean feel a little uneasy.

"A mirror like the one in the entrance.

"I thought, if we can find the clown, maybe this is the exit."

Since it was only a temporary alliance, they would definitely conduct a second check—Sean couldn't hide the existence of the mirror behind him.

Hearing that the mirror was found, Max and Holly both walked towards the depths. Sean stood there as a matter of course.

At this moment, what he thought of was the dead who had their hearts gouged out at the entrance, and the poem read by that weird puppet when entering the garden:

"midnight.

"You're startled by that weird face outside the window.

"When I was about to take the door and escape...

"You just remembered that there was a mirror, not a window—"

"Fear has always been in you,

"Could it be, in order to eradicate fear,

"Can I just cut out my own heart?"

Sean cursed fiercely in his heart: "Damn it!

"Is this the reward for the first promotion?!"

The poem clearly hints at a way to complete the game—

As the clown himself, cut out his own heart.

"So..." Somewhat difficult to control the messy thoughts, he saw those people who had lost their hearts appearing behind him again, "So those people at the door are all victims of their hearts gouged out?"

Does this mean that this game is already doomed to have a victim?

Only when the victim cuts out his own heart according to the hinted poem, can others be freed?

Max and Holly are still checking the mirror.

Sean's thinking continued: "Could it be like the time in Undercurrent Street, replacing my heart with spiritual matter?!"

He dismissed the idea almost immediately: "That time the heart came back quickly, and this time...

"I'm afraid I will sacrifice my heart this time.

"A heart formed from spiritual matter won't last long!"

It doesn't work.

what to do?

what to do? !

When Max and Holly reappeared in front of him, Sean had already adjusted his expression—as if nothing had happened, calm and composed.

Behind Max, the shadow was talking to him.

Sean didn't like the feeling very much, so he just turned around and pretended to be defensive.

"Shaw..." Max said, "We have a proposal."

Sean turned around to show that he was listening.

"The mirror at the entrance, when our whole team reflected together, there was a hint about the game...

"I thought maybe we should have everyone stand in front of a mirror to get a hint of what to do next?"

Sean knew that, based on the experience at the entrance, the others would definitely think of the option of looking in the mirror together.

However, he didn't expect it to be so fast. He thought there would be more time to think...

Therefore, when Max proposed to look in the mirror so quickly, it seemed like a thunderbolt exploded in his heart.

Whether he chooses to look in the mirror or not, his secrets will be exposed!

But there was only a proper expression of approval on the face: "It's worth trying."

That was all he could answer.

Because there is no loophole in this logic, if he forcefully finds a reason, it will only cause suspicion to explode in advance.

Behind Max, Holly seemed to have noticed something, and leaned over to the remnant soldier's ear and said a few words.

The remnant soldier raised his nose. Before he said it, Sean, who was highly nervous, finally noticed—

The air is getting a little weird.

It smells like the smell in the acid room.

And the throat, just like before, began to hurt hotly.

"The acid..." Max said, "after the tide ebbed, it seemed to start to permeate the entire haunted house..."

The amount of acid is so large, if it all diffuses out, the concentration of acid mist in the air will be extremely high.

It is entirely possible to burn people's lungs, trachea, and eye mucous membranes~lightnovelpub.net~ until death.

"It seems that this haunted house is starting to urge us." Max shrugged.

In order to proceed to the next step, the captains on both sides summoned the players who were stranded behind.

A group of seven reunited, but Sean was not optimistic at all.

"Xiao and I found the same mirror as the one at the entrance..." Max, who seemed to be waiting for Xiao En to speak, found that the ally he admired didn't seem to intend to speak, so he continued, "We decided to do the same as before entering the haunted house." Let’s go look in the mirror together and see if we can get any further hints.”

"Then hurry up..." Black Death Doctor has already walked towards the hole indicated by Max, "The acid is filling the air, and within ten minutes, our lungs will all be burned..."

A group of people walked towards the cave.

Only Sean stood still.

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