When the image on the light curtain appeared, at this moment, on a high school stage, many students looked at the drama on the stands with curiosity, waiting for it to begin.

About three minutes later, the lights went out.

Soon, the curtain was pulled up.

Consistent with the information in the original light curtain, it can be seen that the performance began with Gonzalo’s speech at the coronation ceremony.

At this time, in the scene where Isabella was talking nonsense on the stage, SCP-701-1 was suspected to be observed. An abnormal shadow that did not belong to any actor was reflected on the back wall of the stage.

However, this shadow disappeared completely in just three seconds, and only the strong people in the heavens and the world could observe it with their keen eyesight.

But, just these few seconds of appearance had already given them considerable pressure, and many people’s foreheads were sweating coldly, because they seemed to be looking at some unspeakable void.

Although there was only a shadow, the terrifying atmosphere emanating from the light curtain made people swallow their saliva.

After that, the drama began to develop further.

Among them , but the first difference from the script.

It is the planned conversation between Francisco and the famous woman.

【Indirect observation of SCP-701-1】

【A figure from the right side of the stage is reflected on the back wall. Antonio stops and looks surprised.”

【Then the shadow disappeared】

【Antonio begins a monologue demonstrating that he now believes Isabella’s story】

【This monologue is consistent with the rest of the play and is accurate to the linguistic conventions of the Caroline era.】

【But Antonio’s line in this scene】

【The description”does not exist in the original text” made many viewers feel fearful.

Unlike the unknown brought by the antimeme, as a drama, The Hanged King’s Tragedy is more unknowable.

And the expectation of the supreme divinity.

The things discussed between the two parties are completely different from what the original drama should have said.

These people are like characters in history who have been replaced. They perform on their own.

It can’t help but be so.

Even the many students who are watching can’t detect what’s wrong.

Then, with the fall of this curtain.

After rising again.

The stage is empty.

After that, Francesco and the famous prostitute are on the stage.

Antonio returns; the performance continues according to the script

【Act II

【Gonzalo learned that Isabella had revealed the truth and was discussing countermeasures with the conspirators.】

【Rodwick confirmed that at least three people witnessed the queen’s collapse: the Duke of Sortino, his daughter Anlinda, and a priest named Quinnery.】

【To cover up the truth】

【Gonzalo immediately began planning the murder or capture of the three of them.】

【He ordered Isabella to be imprisoned in a convent and fabricated a lie that the queen was mad.】

【Isabella unexpectedly accepted Gonzalo’s sentence with resignation, and the usurper then withdrew to meet the ambassador of Alagadda】

【In the city where they stayed,】

【Francisco brings Antonio the news that the queen is imprisoned】

【Together, they began to plot revenge.] At this moment, at the beginning of the second act, the whole universe witnessed the being in tattered robes, with sacred shackles wrapped around his hands and throat like a corpse, and could clearly see pale tendrils sliding in and out of the tattered robes.

For a moment, the universe held its breath.

He entered and stood at the edge of the stage.

And until the end of the first scene of the second act.

However, as the script would have it, Gonzalo’s dialogue ended, mentioning the appointment with the ambassador of Alagadda.

He exited from the left side of the stage.

When the lights went out, the projection of the Hanged King turned and followed him.

Then, the story of the third act began.

【Act III】

【According to the original script, Peruccio and Gonzalo invite Duke Sortino to dinner】

【They killed him and ordered the royal chef to cook a stew with his body. Gonzalo ordered Alinda, who had witnessed the murder, to be imprisoned in a monastery.】

【Antonio pretends to be crazy and is admitted to the monastery】

【Isabella and her loyal maid Beatrice, warned, planned to poison Antonio.】

【Antonio saw through their plan and forced Isabella to drink poison, killing her.】

【at this time】

【Francesco got lost in the monastery and wandered aimlessly into the room where Alinda was imprisoned.

As the performance of Act III continued, the Hanged King was seen again in the first scene.

He appeared at the edge of the stage when Gonzalo and Petruchio murdered Sortino.

The scene ended with Gonzalo ordering his chef to make a stew out of the body. The script recovered from the scene showed that this scene was deleted during rehearsal.

The third time the Hanged King was seen was near the left side of the stage when Antonio killed Isabella.

Although it looked like nothing had changed, at this time, all the people in the world held their breath because they could feel the storm coming.

It can be said that the word”weird” is not enough to describe this feeling.

However, the students still stood there honestly, seemingly unaware of it.

Then, as the story of Act III ended, an indescribable sense of oppression gradually enveloped the entire scene, causing all the people in the world to whisper.

Hades:”Something is coming, the oppressive feeling of the Hanged King’s projection. No, it’s not even a projection, it’s just a trace of countless auras.”

Ultraman Noa:”Well, it’s neither light nor darkness, but some kind of supreme weirdness above. These students seem to be subtly influenced by the aura. I’m afraid something big will happen in the fourth act.”

Homura Akemi:”He is indeed a scary guy, but his strength should also have an upper limit….The existence of the Ultimate World should not be able to become stronger indefinitely, right?”

When the powerful people of the heavens and myriad worlds discussed, the light screen continued to play

【When Antonio kills Isabella】 (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

【Appears near stage left】

【Fourth sighting】

【Starting from the fourth act, the Hanged King starts to appear more and more frequently, and gradually becomes more real.】

【According to the original Act 4】

【In the palace, Gonzalo tells Petruchio that in return for an unspecified”tribute”, he received a tasteless poison from the ambassador of Alagadda.】

【Gonzalo planned to poison the stew made from the Duke of Sortino’s body and serve it to the court to silence him.】

【First scene】

【The Hanged King enters with Gonzalo and remains with him throughout the scene.】

【There are two key moments in this scene.】

【First, Gonzalo seems to nod to the Hanged King when he mentions the Alagadda ambassador, which is the first time an actor has reacted to the Hanged King’s presence.】

【Second, the scene ends differently than the script says: Act 4, Scene 1 ends with Gonzalo thinking about his own misdeeds.】

【In fact, he seemed more concerned about whether the tribute to the ambassador was sufficient.】

【Lights out】

【Fifth sighting】

【The Hanged King in Act 4, Scene 2】[]

【According to the script】

【Rodovich leaves the stage, orders the usurper’s plan, and Gonzalo then has a moment of remorse: in a soliloquy he describes the regret his crime has brought him.】

【But in any case, he is now in a difficult situation.】

【at this time】

【Francisco introduces Antonio to Alinda, and the three escape from the convent.】

【Alinda gives a lurid account of the murder of her father; Antonio promises to marry her once his revenge is accomplished.】

【Afterwards】

【He left to find a knife that killed Gonzalo】

【There is a hilarious interlude between the palace guards and the comic priest Quinnally】

【But in this performance】

【Antonio did not leave, but stood before the Hanged King, who handed him a long dagger.】

【Records show that the knife was not mentioned on the prop maintenance list or in any records kept by the production.】

【The Hanged King and Antonio go down together】

【At the end of the scene】

【According to the script】

【Rodwick takes the stage and orders Quinerly to follow him……I have never seen a priest on stage since then.】

【Antonio enters stage left at the end as he leaves to search for a knife for his assassination.】

【Sixth sighting】

【When Quinerly and Rodwick left】

【The Hanged King appears on stage left]

Lights come on.

Act 5, Scene 1

【According to the script】

【The guests came to Gonzalo’s banquet. Gonzalo toasted again, this time to the ambassadors representing the Gentiles.】

【The dishes are served; however, before the banquet begins, Antonio appears, holding a signed confession he received from Petruchio offstage.】

【In detail���The truth about Sforza’s murder was cleared up and Antonio’s bloodline was proven】

【Gonzalo was deposed by the angry courtiers. But instead of killing him, Antonio pardoned the usurper and exiled him to a monastery to become a monk.】

【He then ordered Francisco to plan his wedding to Alinda】

【The play ends with the courtiers dancing. The banquet scene begins.

The play now continues as planned.

Antonio appears, holding a parchment.

From here on.

This is where the play begins to deviate significantly from the original script.

Antonio calls the parchment a manifest of the ambassador of Alagadda, proving that Gonzalo has kept more tribute than he intended to give to the ambassador.

Rather than Petruchio’s confession as described in the play.

Now.

The Hanged King now appears from stage right.

All the actors seem to notice it.

Gonzalo stands up, cursing in the tone of an aside to the audience, and runs to stage left.

The remaining actors – including Alinda and Francesco, who appear from stage left – physically block Gonzalo and pull him back onto the stage.

The Hanged King now moves to the center of the stage.

Standing in front of Gonzalo’s throne.

A noose is lowered from the stage.

The actors push Gonzalo to the gallows, where he begins to curse in Italian, and the noose is raised.

The actors release Gonzalo.

He began to suffocate.

Antonio’s expression was fanatical.

It made all the people in the heavens and the worlds tremble with fear.

“With this, the tribute is paid.” The actor took the dagger and stabbed Gonzalo in the abdomen.

“Sizzle——!”

Gonzalo’s intestines spilled onto the stage.

Scarlet blood spilled onto the ground, and at the same time, Alinda snatched the dagger from Antonio.

“Thus, the blood of fools shall belong to the Hanged King.”

Anlinda cut Antonio’s throat.

Blood spurted out!

The entire stage became extremely bloody.

Afterwards, the powerful men from all over the world were surprised. Each actor had a corresponding noose hanging from the stage.

At this moment, the actors gathered under the noose.

Anlinda stood beside the Hanged King.

“With this, all our blood belongs to the Hanged King.”

After the words fell, many actors chose to hang their necks, and their bodies were hung on the stage.

With an astonishing sense of oppression.

It emanated from the incarnation of the Hanged King’s aura!


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