Clown Game
Chapter 371 - 356: Escape_2

Chapter 371: Chapter 356: Escape_2

Seeing that nobody paid attention to him, Chen Xiao snorted coldly and immediately put on a disdainful expression, "So it’s all like this, huh? Everyone kept quiet about the time you deceived me and sent me to the interrogation room. But when I react poorly, you’re all nitpicking. Have you all forgotten who dug the hole first? Who was it that threw me into such danger, and then acted as if nothing had happened, waiting by the door for me to open it for you? You speak grandiose words and then pose as the victim; is this the ’Splitters’ way of doing things? If so, what’s the point of any reason? Just come at me with your blades!" Chen Xiao thundered, finally spreading his hands slightly: "Come on!"

...

...

Song Xuan didn’t move, and it seemed Lin Fan hesitated for a moment. For a time, the looks in everyone’s eyes seemed a bit relaxed. And with that final shout, Eyeball-kun already walked over and stood quietly beside Chen Xiao.

"Uh— he’s right, we were the ones who used him first. We were in the wrong first." Locksmith said indifferently, "And indeed, whether it was entering the Pacific Division or eventual departure, it was all due to his efforts, so..." he said faintly, and being an elder, his words carried some weight.

"Tch—" Lin Fan looked displeased and unwilling, but still turned around and left.

Song Xuan looked at Chen Xiao, then at Eyeball-kun standing beside him, seemingly more charming as she smiled: "Hehe, you’re right, so this time we’re even, consider it quid pro quo." She retracted the dagger she was holding: "But even so, it doesn’t change the fact that I despise you. So you better not give me a reason to slit your throat. Best of luck."

Saying this, she too turned around and left Chen Xiao.

"Phew—" Chen Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Having teammates like this is really troublesome!" he said, turning his head to give Eyeball-kun an inquiring look.

Then Eyeball-kun suddenly popped in place.

"...Hmm... I’ll take that as agreement, I guess." Chen Xiao said helplessly, before turning to the others not too far away: "Hey, shouldn’t we be going now? The commotion just now was not small, and if someone comes later and sees this thing, it won’t be easy to explain." Chen Xiao said, pointing at Eyeball-kun.

"Let’s go!" the Postman said: "But I can’t carry too much at once." With that, he climbed back into the containment area, pressed the button connecting the humanoid sleep capsule and the ground, then disappeared with a flash.

Soon, with a ’pop’ sound, he reappeared next to the Nurse and Locksmith, and then disappeared again. Like this, one by one, the people on the shore vanished as if erased from the scene, and before long, the entire coast was left with just an empty white shell.

...

During this time, within the Foundation’s ’Supreme Council’.

"Damn it, how has that damn woman not arrived yet?" the black-haired man paced back and forth, visibly agitated.

"Well, it’s normal for a woman to be late to a rendezvous, isn’t it?" the chubby fellow said nonchalantly, still with a lollipop in his mouth.

"Yes, yes! Calm down, don’t be hasty! I know all that, but how can I calm down!" The black-haired man seemed even more agitated: "The Dark Realm had just emerged not too long ago, and now there’s trouble in the Pacific Division again? Invaded? Stop fucking joking! Are the casualty statistics out yet? What about the containment materials? Dammit! Dammit!"

The more he spoke, the angrier he got, and he banged on the table fiercely.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the setting for this Supreme Council meeting is at the top floor of a skyscraper, the wind is a bit strong, and the direct sunlight doesn’t feel too hot, one could see the distant buildings and the coastline from here.

"You said... old hag?" a woman’s voice came through.

The man with black hair immediately turned his head and helplessly twisted his mouth, "I... I’m just a little annoyed!" he explained poorly.

When this woman had appeared was unknown, but she didn’t mind it and slowly flipped open the notebook in her hand: "The discovery was made an hour ago, but the intrusion evidently occurred earlier, probably because all signals were blocked. Estimating from the time when the head of the division’s interrogation room died, it might be about 2 to 4 hours prior to discovery. It was the work of ’The Splitters’, containment for C-225 failed, but it has been subdued, whereas containment for C-211 was launched into the deep sea... and has not been found yet. As for the number of fatalities... 110, 80 of which were Ziliang!"

"Ah!??" the man in black exclaimed in shock, "Ziliang was there?"

"Yes, maybe you can ask him about it later, but I doubt you’ll get any clues," the woman said as she closed the notebook, "Oh, right, I checked the alarm record, it seems to be another XK-level anomaly alert... we have no leads yet."

"XK-level danger? There must be an error with the alert! Anything of that level would be within my containment scope, so... it’s impossible!" the elderly man hesitated to say.

I should mention that an XK-level danger is the highest level of danger defined by the Foundation. This type of danger doesn’t need any specific trigger or guidance; its mere presence can be effective, so abilities that require complex operations like those of the Locksmith are not included. How dangerous could it be? To put it simply, at its lowest it could potentially lead to the extinction of the entire human race, and at its highest... well, humans would be gone, so whether it could destroy the universe became irrelevant.

There are very few anomalous items that possess this level of danger, and most are under the supervision of the elderly man. Regardless of how dangerous or terrifying the item, it is almost impossible to break control. This isn’t to say the old man is exceptionally powerful, it’s just that he happens to specialize in containment, his physical condition is that of an ordinary elderly man.

"Hmm... It could be a diversion created by the intruders to mislead us. After all, if it really were an XK-level danger, there would be more than just over one hundred people dead. The good news is, the loss this time is minor, just a C-class item, it’s a stroke of luck in an unfortunate situation. The most important thing now is, to figure out their method of infiltration," the woman stated.

Immediately after, the man with black hair frowned, "It sounds like there isn’t much loss, but... is that all?"

"What do you mean?"

"Over the past year, more incidents have occurred than many previous years combined, The Splitters’ activities are becoming more frequent, those anomalous items are also growing restless, even I can sense that something is unfolding... don’t you feel it?" he scrutinized the woman with suspicion.

The woman, unfazed, replied, "Indeed, things have been chaotic recently, I also feel as if something big is about to happen, but there’s nothing shown in the notes." Saying this, she shook the notebook in her hand, "So... let’s just do our jobs. We’ve gone through tough times before, and we’ll get through this one too!"

Everyone nodded helplessly...

At that moment.

"Oh, are you done talking?" the chubby guy saw that the others had stopped speaking and spoke up, "Then let me mention something, you might be interested. About half a month ago, a D-class field team went to handle a D-class anomaly at the border of Southeast Asia, it was supposed to be a small issue, but the team never returned. Afterwards, the local research area sent several more teams to investigate, but they only found remains of some equipment... Fortunately, a piece of video evidence was not damaged among this equipment and within the records, we discovered this!"

With that, a video appeared before everyone, filled with blurry images, shaking, screams, and gunfire. Suddenly, a tentacle burst into the frame, followed by a spurt of blood. Right then, the video froze. Although blurry, one could still make out in the corner of the frame, a tall figure—Dos!