Clown Game
Chapter 303 - 290: The Murderer (Part 2)

Chapter 303: Chapter 290: The Murderer (Part 2)

"Hey!!"

The fatty paled in shock, hurried forward to stop him, but before he could actually do anything, Chen Xiao had already retrieved the key. And the clothing... was naturally intact.

"Huh, I didn’t expect you to have a conscience," Chen Xiao said, still with his dead fish eyes, tossing the key to the other person.

"Heh... that was just the reaction of a mentally sound person, nothing special towards you, don’t get delusional, okay... but what’s with the clothing?"

"The clothing? It’s just bulletproof, nothing to make a fuss about," Chen Xiao responded nonchalantly, putting the clothing back on.

"What?! Bulletproof? Just like that? You guys really are the black super special police, aren’t you! Come on, what else do you have, any black tech like teleportation? Show me! I can handle it!"

The owner Xiao Yu appeared relieved to have the keys in hand, and his pent-up tension began to fade, so he started spouting nonsense as if by reflex.

"I don’t have any of that stuff..." Chen Xiao muttered dismissively.

"What about a particle compression cannon? Doraemon’s Anywhere Door, a shrink flashlight? At the very least, your shoes should make phone calls, right? Call the police now!!"

"Pack up your anime ideas, will you? I don’t have any weapons, you think I enjoy staying in a place that stinks of third-rate art?"

Xiao Yu shrugged his shoulders; of course, he knew Chen Xiao couldn’t leave immediately. This idle chat was just to build up his own courage.

At this moment, he used the key to open the iron door, and the wind that had been blocked behind finally found an outlet, gushing forth before quickly dissipating.

Behind the door was the scene just shown on TV; Xiao Nan lay quietly inside the glass cover, while on the other side, a crowd of rats squeaked noisily, making one’s skin crawl.

Xiao Yu quickly ran over and yanked open the door of the glass cover.

"Wake up! Wake up!" he shouted, patting Xiao Nan.

And Xiao Nan finally slowly opened her eyes.

"Hm...??" She looked around sleepily: "Where is this?"

Xiao Yu grabbed her and bolted out. "This is just a reality show, everything you saw is just props, so don’t be afraid. Now I’ll find a place for you to stay until after the recording..."

"We’ve been kidnapped..." Before Xiao Yu could finish his lie, Chen Xiao directly blurted out the truth without any cover.

Xiao Yu’s face turned green. He hurriedly tried to signal to the other person with frantic glances.

Chen Xiao didn’t pay him any heed and continued, "You were probably knocked out and brought here, this is an underground room, a deranged killer wants to play with us till we die here... look at that." He nodded towards a large group of rats behind her. "According to his plan, you were supposed to be eaten by these rats, while Jingjing and Xiao Yu’s cousin are probably in other rooms, both in a similar situation..."

"Bastard!!" blurted the fatty in a fury, interrupting Chen Xiao: "She’s just a kid!!"

But after hearing what Chen Xiao said, Xiao Nan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew, it’s just a killer after all. I was terrified." She murmured softly, then looked at her boss: "So... can you put me down?"

"Huh??" Xiao Yu froze on the spot, still holding Xiao Nan in his arms, his big belly pronounced, which indeed did not make for a very elegant sight. "Uh, okay..."

He set the other person down somewhat awkwardly. Xiao Nan, very composed, patted her skirt (yes, she hadn’t changed out of her maid costume yet). "What are you standing there for? Go find them quickly. The smell here is terrible, and if we stay too long, it’ll get into the uniform. The guests certainly won’t like that..."

"Right, that makes sense!" Chen Xiao pondered for a moment and then nodded.

The coffee shop owner, who was completely out of sync with the current atmosphere, opened his mouth several times to speak but could not find the right words. Finally, he exclaimed in exasperation, "Um, um, um hey! What do you mean the smell will get into the work clothes? This isn’t the time to talk about that! And Xiao Nan, haven’t you realized that being with this person for too long is affecting your brain??"

Xiao Nan calmly adjusted her glasses. "Hmm, why don’t you find a safe place to wait for a bit, Boss? We will come and find you very soon."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes as if concentrating hard on thinking about something. Suddenly, the ground in front of her rippled, and a fireman’s axe just appeared out of nowhere...

Owner Xiao Yu’s eyes bulged as his mouth hung open. "I-I-I-I—I... what is this??"

"Hmm? An axe, can’t you see?" Xiao Nan replied somewhat puzzled.

"I’m not asking what it is. I’m asking how did it just appear??"

Xiao Nan bent down to pick up the fireman’s axe. "Oh, well, that’s a long story..."

Xiao Yu immediately cried out, "What do you mean ’long story’? You think those four words can get you off the hook???" He felt as though something inside him had just collapsed.

But it seemed that Xiao Nan wasn’t in the mood to pay him any attention, calmly handing the axe to Chen Xiao and stretching out both hands. A katana commonly seen in Japanese movies just appeared in her hands.

Xiao Yu’s expression froze....

"Eh? Is this all we have? Don’t we have grenades or portable RPGs or something?" Chen Xiao complained while swinging the axe in his hand, seemingly dissatisfied.

"Hmm... after you took me out, my power has weakened a lot. It is difficult to create things without schematic diagrams or textual explanations... and I don’t know how long these items will last."

"Alright, I figured it would be like this, but for someone who used to bring such terrifying monsters to life with just a glance at some text, the decline in your power is a bit too much," Chen Xiao lamented.

Owner Xiao Yu couldn’t hold back anymore. "You jerks! What are you two talking about?! Can you stop ignoring me?!"

"??? Boss, why are you still here? Didn’t we say you could hide?"

Xiao Nan looked at him somewhat puzzled, seemingly surprised that he hadn’t fled...

"I... I... I’m going to help with the rescue too. I have some fighting ability, you know! Here! Give me a weapon," he bellowed hysterically, as if triggered.

Xiao Nan seemed a bit helpless, sighed, and closed her eyes. The next second, a pipe wrench appeared in her hands, which she then casually handed to Xiao Yu.

The recipient looked less than pleased. "This... isn’t this weapon a bit too shabby?"

Chen Xiao put on an expression of someone who doesn’t know the value of things. "What do you know, a pipe wrench is the protagonist’s standard weapon! In many novels and comics, heroes rise up wielding a pipe wrench. Stop complaining and keep up."

He said it as if it mattered a great deal, then flung the fireman’s axe over his shoulder and walked towards another door in the room.