The final gentleman

【zoo】

William rushed over immediately after resting, but Catherine did not choose to follow because of the unpleasant encounter last time.

Using epileptic brain sensing, William was quickly found in the ‘crow area’.

Zoke, who also only wears a unique mask, is conducting special training on a strange arakkoa... to be precise, it should be a family of five.

A crow, larger than an adult tiger, stood on a tree trunk with human feet and was performing a difficult performance following Zouk's instructions.

There are four skeletal human heads hidden among its feathers, which will be separated separately at some special levels to assist the main body in completing the performance.

William quietly approached the current park and stood quietly outside the glass cover to enjoy the performance.

However,

Just before the end of the performance, maybe it was due to excessive physical exertion in the early stage, or maybe it was because the previous action was very reluctantly connected,

When completing the final finishing move, the arakkoa's body could not stand completely, and could only make a superfluous wing fanning motion, using air resistance to stabilize its body and complete the performance.

The next second.

Snapped!

There was a sound of brains exploding, and the crow-man's limp body fell from the tree trunk and fell heavily to the ground. Foul-smelling brain matter flowed out from between the skulls, completely dead.

Two eyeballs filled with despair and fear rolled over the glass cover where William stood.

Zoke also noticed the arrival of his friend at this time, and the ferocity and anger on his face instantly disappeared, and he showed a kind and even close smile.

"William, you're here! I'm so sorry that you saw such a disappointing scene when you first arrived. Such a waste cannot stay in my zoo.

If you make mistakes even in normal training, you may not be able to perform even one move well in a formal performance under great pressure. It seems that you will have to find other materials for bird performances. "

As an outsider, William naturally couldn't comment, so he could only nod in agreement.

Zouk tapped his right hand on his left palm and remembered something, "By the way! I heard that William you directly maximized fear in the trial operation performance room yesterday, and even got approval from the boss.

The poker face who came to report the information to me was also quite surprised, but I thought this was expected.

We epilepsy patients are the elite among patients, not to mention special epilepsy patients like William You, who are even more talented than me in some aspects.

A mere trial operation is of course not a problem. "

"Haha~ It's just that I'm lucky, and even though my performance is very complete, I haven't understood the meaning of fear, let alone how to define my phobia, so I came here to ask you for advice."

"Oh, so that's what happened. I thought you were going to the kitchen and came all the way to call me."

William scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Haha~ I don't have any inspiration for cooking yet. Wait until you have new ideas before going to the kitchen. Even the gold card is only limited to ten times. If you just go there casually, it will be disrespectful to the chef."

Zouk stood standard and nodded in a rather philosophical thinking manner.

"Yeah, that's right! Come with me and go to my [Beast Cave] to talk..."

The so-called den is the management room of the zoo, and it is also Zucker's personal room in the circus.

William originally thought it would be a primitive dwelling,

However, when he came to the hole filled with deformed skeletons that served as a curtain, he realized that he had completely underestimated the chief trainer of the circus.

The den is located at the lower end of the zoo.

An underground cave exuding primitive animality, filled with sacrificial totems and decorated with such animal heads.

You can monitor the status of the entire zoo by living here, and you can go to any park at any time.

"So big!?"

"Do you think the space that the chief can occupy will be very small? You must have been to Jain's room, so you have a fixed mindset. His room looks like three bedrooms and two living rooms, but in fact each bedroom has its own unique charm.

In terms of house size, my cave only ranks fifth.

Jain's Magic House should be second.

Come on, with your talent, once you become the chief, you can collect a large amount of fear essence between official performances, and then you can easily own a mansion inside the circus.

This is a very important inherent asset. When the circus is recognized by the old world and becomes a new epidemic area, our personal rooms can be transformed into real old world land. "

"The circus wants to become a new epidemic area? Forget it, I feel that if we continue talking like this, the topic will be taken too far, so let's focus on the key points."

"Well...come with me!"

The deepest part of the cave.

A large number of stone piers are set up here, some have been carved into some kind of animal shape, while others remain in the shape of stone embryos without being carved.

There is a large round bed surrounded by stone pillars, which is where Zoke rests.

"Senior Zoke, do you carve animal shapes here every day?"

“Only when the zoo is closed at night, I will come back here and start creating, sculpting the indescribable beasts that I have drawn in my mind, and then use this as a template to transform the patient into a beast.

I believe you also understand that what I have is "beast phobia", which evokes the root fear deep in the genes of a living body when it first encounters primitive ancient beasts.

In order to achieve the ultimate fear effect, I must carve out the most perfect beast and find the most perfect prototype of the beast, at least for now I am still far from it.

Okay, now let’s talk about your problem, come here~ Let me see the whole process of your last performance, let me see how you brought fear to the audience?

Theoretically, if your performance can maximize fear, you should be able to easily identify the direction of your "phobia". Really have no clue? "

"Really not, otherwise I wouldn't have come here to disturb you."

William accepted the request of the animal trainer Zork, and sat on the big round bed together. They both showed a kneeling posture and cut open the brain.

Similar to the greetings between madmen in the past, the two people bowed at 90° at the same time to bring their exposed brains together.

Through this form of "brain stickers", the epilepsy virus that exists deep in the brain can have the most direct communication.

Pictures of the performances were transmitted to Zork's brain one after another. In addition, William's thoughts, feelings, etc. during the performances were also read. All details were read.

An unknown amount of time passed, and it felt as if the two brains were stuck together, and they were slowly torn apart by twitching hard, and each other was contaminated with the other's brain goo.

Zouk, who covered his head, put his hands on his chest, and the beast eyes under the mask stared into William's eyes.

"I know why you still can't find the direction of your autophobia after an almost perfect performance. You made a very simple and fatal mistake."

"Why?" William covered his head, sat upright, and listened carefully.

"Because you yourself are unwilling to admit this [rooted fear] derived from past memories, and even hold the naive idea that you have overcome the fear and are no longer afraid.

You are simply recreating the process of fear and letting others experience it again.

Such a replica performance is fine for trial operation, but it cannot be put on the official stage.

Fear is the root of all emotions. The first emotion produced by the conscious life that was first born in the world is the unknown fear of everything in the world.

This emotion is engraved deep in the soul of all life and cannot be removed. The so-called "overcome" is just a rhetoric used by the weak to cover up their own weakness.

As chief performers, we are also dominated by fear every moment, but we do not resist it or deny it, but acknowledge its existence and even enjoy the feeling it brings.

Magnify this fear infinitely in your heart, take the initiative to get close to this hard-won fear, and then spread and share it with others through the way you are best at.

If you want to try to deny fear, deny this most primitive emotion, then... the circus is not for you.

What I said may be a bit harsh, but you must know this, William.

No matter how painful your past experience has been to you, don’t reject it, don’t hide it, you must acknowledge its existence! Because the [rooted fear] this experience creates in your heart is a treasure that most people cannot access.

Allow yourself to be in fear and embrace it!

By then, you will understand the true meaning of phobia, understand the original intention of the circus, and the so-called relationship between epilepsy and phobia will be easily solved. "

"I understand...Thank you, Senior Zoke."

Zouk scratched his excited brain and then reached out to pat William on the shoulder, "I really envy you~ Having such an experience since birth has formed such a strange and unique root fear.

Most people are not as lucky as you. I really look forward to seeing what William looks like when your phobia develops. "

William couldn't help but shook his head, never expecting that his experience in the orphanage would be regarded as a treasure by others.

"I know what to do!"

After receiving the enlightenment, he no longer hesitated, stood up and headed towards his magic house.

"Hey! Remember our agreement, you must call me when you go to the kitchen. Since the last time I ate your rice rolls, the taste has become strange."

"must."