the last gentleman

Chapter 1112 Fading
【The City of Evil-The Backside of the World】

Circus of Fear

Snapped!
As Zed crushed the head of the last red-clothed individual with one foot, the broken flesh had no way to heal. Immediately, a large amount of black hair representing fear emerged from the cracks in the flesh and devoured the remains.

The eighth disaster, which is the [negative side], was completely destroyed by the circus on the physical level, and was completely swallowed up by fear on the conceptual level.

Because the First Abyss has returned to its former peak, the all-pervasive fear can be said to have completely restrained the [Cluster], and this targeted operation was successfully won.

But the sense of crisis hanging in the hearts of everyone in the circus has never been let go, and there is an uncontrollable anxiety in their souls.

Because it was born in the lesion,

They could all feel that the lesions were undergoing a huge change and had been deeply damaged. The pathogens in their bodies were eager to return to the hotbed to maintain the ecosystem there.

but,

The circus still fundamentally trusts William, the former chief.

After all, William's invasion plan against the City of Evil and the elimination of the Eighth Disaster were simply perfect.

Judging from this incident, perhaps William will be able to take down the first disaster on the big stage set by the lesion.

“If you want to eliminate the first disaster, you will definitely have to pay a high price.

The large-scale destruction of the lesion is inevitable... We continue to launch the terror attack on the [City of Evil], bringing more disasters to the show, and strive to drown the entire city in fear. "

Just when the boss made the decision to let Catherine continue to distribute circus tickets to the public,

All the people present suddenly trembled.
The one with the biggest emotional fluctuations was Catherine. She lowered her head and said nothing. Huge octopus tentacles suddenly grew out of her lower body, and she ran straight to the exit of the circus.

During this process, I kept repeating a word in my mouth.

"impossible……"

Just as Catherine was about to leave the circus gate, a playing card with a wall drawing on it was thrown in front of her, completely blocking the exit.

At the same time, Jaune walked out of the wall and whispered, “Even the best gambler doesn’t have a 100% chance of winning… William’s failure is already within our consideration.

The only option left is to execute the worst plan, and escape from the current universe as a circus before the great annihilation comes."

"No... William couldn't have made a mistake. His crazy brain could never make a mistake! His death might also be part of the plan. I want to go back and take a look!"

Catherine has been following William for the past two years. She knows better than anyone how tired William is and how much he has given up for this moment.

Although she didn't know William's core plan, she believed that William's plan would never fail.

Even though Mr. Jain, who had taken good care of her in the past, stood in her way, Catherine still released her strongest force and tried to destroy the exit.

Even if William was really dead, she had to see the body with her own eyes.

At this moment, a sound of fear came from behind, as if endless black hair was wrapping up everyone's soul.

“It’s a bit strange~ I just reviewed the final plan proposed by William, especially when it comes to dealing with the first disaster, it seems that he is not fighting the first disaster alone.

How many people came to our circus at that time?"

When the boss asked this question, everyone answered "two", William and Lainie from the Forest of Fertility.

Even with the clear memories of the Sabbat, there was only one more empty seat.

"Let's go and take a look...see the condition of the lesion. Even if we can drill a hole to leave the universe and go outside at our current level, we may not be able to survive for too long.

The lesion is our birthplace, and our performance is far from reaching the highest level."

Since the boss had made the decision, the entire circus immediately left the City of Evil and moved closer to the plane where the disease was located.

……

The City of Evil, deep inside the hotel.

Lainie has stayed here because of the nature of her abilities.

At this moment, she was sitting in the bathtub, at a loss as to what to do because of the feeling transmitted by the [Life Gate].
Although she knew that the plan to fight the First Disaster was dangerous, she did not expect William’s aura to completely dissipate.

The feeling of discomfort filled her body, but Lainie did not cry. Instead, she tried to find the cells left by William in her body, trying to regenerate him through "reproduction".

Nothing helps.

William did not die, but completely disappeared on a conceptual level.

Even so, Lainie still searched for as many remnants related to William as possible inside the birth gate, recalled how he had rescued her in the cave, and tried her best to give birth.

However, something strange happened during Lainie's search. She found some broken gene sequences similar to William's, but after comparison, they were not William.

When she looked closely at these sequences, Lainie's maternal instinct was actually activated, as if these broken base sequences came from the DNA of one of her children.

But there was no such 'child' in her memory, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not find the answer.

But the maternal instinct subtly stimulated her soul, telling Lainie that this 'child' had once existed and even lived with her.

At this moment, Lainie's thoughts were no longer on William. She got up and searched the hotel room for possible traces of her lost child.

But whether she looked through the accommodation records or asked the manager, the answer she got was that she checked into the hotel alone, and even when she first came to the evil circle, it was just her and Lorian.

No clues,

"No, my 'child' must have existed!"

Lainie returned to the bathroom where she felt the strongest.
She soaked her whole body in the ice-cold bathtub, and when she tried to search for any remaining DNA fragments in her body again, she found nothing.

This made her wonder for a moment whether William's death had brought about too great an emotional shock, which in turn caused problems with her thinking.

Gradually calming down, Lainie prepared to return to the site of the disease and return to the sheepfold to make a final resistance.

But just as she stepped out of the bathtub and passed the sink,

Buzz~The light in the bathroom suddenly flickered.

In that flashing moment, Lainie seemed to see a black shadow through the mirror, a black shadow hanging by its neck in the center of the bathroom.

Although it was only a moment, and I couldn't see anything clearly,

But Lainie knew that it must be her 'child' and she had to rush back to the site of the disease to find the answer.

……

【Lesions】

Due to William's death, the various materials that he turned over are being restored one after another.

Even the new focus of the world itself is the same.
The original abyss gradually changed back to the "double ice cream ball" structure, except that a huge pit was opened in the [Middle Region], leading directly to the area of ​​the old world.

The whole world is littered with the remains of the burning evil sun.
The stage created by all the joint managers of the source epidemic area was also completely destroyed.

A crescent moon with a blood-red cross on its surface was sinking into a huge pit in the middle region.

Deep in the pit,

In the "self-dream", Reuben was not excited about finding the crescent moon, and even his attention was not on the crescent moon.

Instead, he looked in surprise and vigilance not far away, towards the location of his most trusted barber, Sweeney Todd.

Without warning,

No perception,

Todd's head had been completely chopped off.

There was no sign of regeneration, and even the malicious nature of the disaster quickly dissipated along with the corpse.

The [Revenge] feature of the fifth disaster, which should have appeared, did not take effect, as if it had been erased at its source.

Reuben moved his feet and approached carefully, wanting to see what was going on.

When they were halfway there, Todd's body completely disappeared, and Reuben was also stunned for a moment.

"What am I doing? The new moon is right in front of me, why am I walking here? Is it because I'm too excited... No! Something is wrong!"

All memories of the number 'five' disappeared from Reuben's head.

But his extremely developed central brain, which connected the dreamland with the chaotic world, vaguely sensed something.

In order to find out this sense of disharmony, he no longer wrapped his body in the dreamland, but released it completely, covering the lesion and searching every suspicious corner.

But still nothing can be found.

"Am I too nervous? Why should I be nervous? Is it the mental pressure transmitted from above before transcendence?"

Just as he turned around and was about to touch the new moon, his brain instantly had a short dream, a dangerous dream.

He dreamed that he was beheaded.

(End of this chapter)