The Last Gentleman
Chapter 492: Hypnosis

[Performance Stage]

With the joint act of a group of female contortionists coming to an end, a large quantity of Fear liquid was collected into glass bottles at the lower end of the stage. The "full bottle level" exceeded the qualification value by 80%, which could be considered quite perfect, and there were absolutely no issues with it being the finale.

At this moment, the poker-faced host for the Red Heart Q took to the stage.

She first commanded the receptionists to carry out a ’scene cleanup’, removing audiences who had been drained of their fear value or had already committed suicide, and then allowed the last group of audiences to enter the venue in their entirety.

The ticket distribution for the final day was increased to 300% to ensure a full house.

Additionally, the host noticed that the famous second leader of the Gymnastics Group—Sisters Natalie—had arrived early at the scene, seemingly very interested in the finale.

By the time the venue was nearly fully seated, two important persons arrived.

One was the Assistant Clown Catherine and the Magician Jian,

It was the first time Red Heart Q, who had hosted many trial-operation finales, saw so many important figures arriving at the same time. She raised her voice and used the standard language of the Old World for the final hosting.

"Up next is the final act of this performance, brought to you by the team of magicians in an immersive act.

’Birth and Death’

Due to the special nature of the act, we will be transforming the entire stage setting. Please wait a moment."

As the Red Heart Q pressed the red button in her hand,

Buzz! The performance stage began to visibly expand to the size of a soccer field.

Rumble~ Machines in motion

Floor and ceiling simultaneously lowered pre-built hidden structures, which interlocked to form an entirely enclosed dark scene, resembling both a research facility and a prison.

The sole large door of the structure faced the audience and was wide open, and that pitch-black entrance actually gave off a faint feeling of abyssal absorption.

The Natalie Sisters looked at such an entrance, the severed head they held in their hands showing disdain.

"A door containing a trace amount of Abyss attribute, huh? Coupled with the cookies previously distributed by Catherine, the effects of double attribute induction are layered. Even if an ordinary person were just randomly invited, the audience would follow in succession, wouldn’t they? Truly unimpressive, and they boast about hypnotic magic.

However, how should this be handled now? None of the audience members are currently influenced by the cookies, and their thoughts are even clearer than usual."

As they contemplated this, the Natalie Sisters couldn’t help but collectively turn their heads to look at Magician Jian, who was sitting on the other half of the venue.

"If more than 80% of the audience refuse to enter, this magic performance act cannot proceed normally, and it would become a huge joke within the circus... Hm? What’s that?"

With the dark structure completed, the lights went out.

A full moon descended from the canopy, with genuine moonlight emanating from within, bathing the entire place.

The star of the act was seated on the moon in a reclining pose, his silver hair trailing down, and his forehead adorned with an Ash Eye that could not be found anywhere else in the circus.

This very real full moon was the special tool that William had Catherine acquire,

After all, Catherine’s "Hundred Treasure Box" had the ability to realize nightmares; with enough nightmarish material, coupled with imagination towards specific substances, it was possible to create objects nearly indistinguishable from reality.

What William could never have anticipated was that this moon, used for the performance, would have no difference from the actual moon,

Leveraging William’s fully activated Moon Transformation attribute, it instantly achieved a universal Moon Transformation effect.

The Natalie Sisters also shifted their attention upward, puzzled yet unable to pull their eyes away.

"Who is this person... I’ve never seen such a staff member in the Magic Area? The sun and moon, no wonder Jian would sponsor him, construct such a stage, introducing a potential newcomer?"

But what William, lying on the moon prop, planned to do was not just that.

As all eyes focused on him, he casually rose from his reclined position, one by one undoing the buttons of his clothing as if desiring to reveal his body before everyone.

"Is this guy a flasher like Zock from the Zoo?"

While the Natalie Sisters were puzzled, William had already removed his shirt, displaying his bizarre yet almost perfect physique,

At his abdomen, the cavity filled with white liquid was particularly conspicuous under the moonlight.

"Such a peculiar and perfect physique!

And that at the central part of the abdomen is... the Gate of Life! Something’s off, the Gate of Life of the flock is always leaking black fertility liquid; why is his white?"

As the Natalie Sisters focused on the Gate of Life,

Perhaps influenced by the moonlight, through this round Gate of Life, they could suddenly recall a time from when they were very young, a period so distant and nearly completely forgotten when the conjoined sisters were born with a double abnormality.

When they were born everything seemed normal with no visible conjoined structures.

As the two slowly grew up, they discovered that when one of them opened her mouth, there was actually another mouth nestled inside, with two tongues stacked on top of each other.

When injured, beneath the skin there was astonishingly another layer of skin, and between the split bones there was another bone.

The sisters were completely overlapped with one another, even the food they swallowed was divided and processed through two separate esophagi.

When gathering information, the neurotransmitters would be sent to two entirely different brains resulting in different outcomes.

However,

In the Old World, a place that revered disease, they were not shunned but instead were worshipped as deities by the local villagers.

Until a mysterious person spreading Fear came to the village and invited them to embark on a journey.

Hum!

As her thoughts returned from her memories, Natalie stood up from her seat and even unconsciously took a step forward, showing a tendency to head towards the pitch-black building.

"I am actually affected as well!?"

At that moment, the pupils of all the audience members were covered with a layer of moonlight film, their thoughts going back to childhood, to the time they were just born, even to the time they were still in the womb.

Indulged in the blissful moments wrapped in the womb, unwilling to wake up.

Drawn by the building’s entrance, they stepped into a setting called the ’Black Mountain Orphanage,’ heading to an area known as the newborn incubation room, waiting for the performance to officially begin.

Just as the Natalie sisters marveled at the silver-haired youth’s Skill,

Catherine nearby had torn off her entire face, and her eyeballs were dangling below her cheeks, making the most direct ’grimace’ at the sisters.

...

The ’Grey Wilderness’ where the Circus was located.

Because it wasn’t covered by the Underground Sun and it was close to the ’Extremely Dark Land’, apart from being invited by ticket, hardly anyone would come here,

Step~

At that moment, a traveler wrapped in a cloak suddenly stepped into this area, with a Great Sword full of bandages on his back.

Beneath the cloak,

An exposed eye was silver in color and also shaped like a New Moon.

"Moon... there’s actually the Aura of the moon here.

The sick moon of the Old World has long been destroyed, the New Moon is hidden behind me, there should not be a third moon, and the moon people created under my command could not possibly reach this extent.

Let’s go have a look, and if there’s a competitor, it might be good to kill them off in advance."

The young man carrying the giant sword walked with heavy steps, occasionally coughing twice, and then a female nurse would lift her long leg and use a tissue clamped between her toes to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He soon arrived at the area with the strongest sensation, but visually, there was still nothing, just the Grey Wilderness.

Only now, there were a lot of bicycles stopped here, with the ground also showing dense footprints.

"An overlap of Illusion Technique and spatial skill? No, it’s a kind of ’container’ that can sustain a high-ranking space on its own, and it might even involve ancient space technology.

Inside, it seems that some very interesting ritual is taking place... Intriguing, let me have a look."

The young man revealed his other eye, an eye that resembled a full moon; it felt as if the eye was actually a real moon, just stored within the orb of the eye, waiting for the right moment to mature.

Hum!

A special domain of moonlight was released, revealing the outline of the Circus Tent in the moonlight, exposing it to the gaze of the young man’s Moon Eyes.

"Oh? Could this be the Circus of the Old World I have heard about?"

As the young man wanted to step further, more than a dozen sharp and dangerous playing cards flew down and lodged into the ground.

Suddenly, the backs of the playing cards grew flesh, turning into impeccably dressed ’Poker Faces.’

The leader was the Jack of Spades, the head keeper with a scepter.

"Entry is forbidden to those not invited, please leave."

The young man courteously offered a gentleman’s bow, "May I ask what show is currently taking place inside? Is it by any chance related to the theme of the moon?"

"If you do not show a tendency to leave, we will be forced to expel you."