Chapter 137 - The Screening for ‘Léon: The Demon’ (1/2)

“How have you been, Leon?”

“Good.”

“Okay. Let’s talk business then.”

The screening for ‘Léon: The Demon officially began.

It did not have a beautiful operatic performance like the opening of ‘Beauty and the Demon.’ Instead, it went straight to the point.

The opening cut scenes of the dark and messy Squirrel Street, the close up and simple conversation between Léon and his employer… they’ve established the prevailing theme of the movie.

Why… would it be the Squirrel Street?

Having lived in Norland year-round, Kaos was extremely flabbergasted by it.

Even though the opening scene for ‘Beauty and the Demon’ was in a village, the village had a peaceful atmosphere.

As for the Squirrel Street, it was the most filthy nook in the city illuminated by magic. There were countless grand and epic settings and buildings for one to make a movie at, so why would the setting for the movie be a tavern in the Squirrel Street of all places?

Many other nobles held the same question as Kaos. ‘Beauty and the Demon’ had simply left behind too deep of an impression on them.

Every scene in that movie resembled a fairy tale’s setting!

The actors and actresses in ‘Léon: The Demon’ all came from the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe, a theatrical troupe renowned for their gorgeous settings and performances.

Because of that, the audiences were all expecting for this movie, with the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe performing, to be able to bring forth a dazzling slight like the graceful dance between Belle and the Demon Prince in that castle. In fact, they were even hoping for this movie to surpass that…

But, what happened next in ‘Léon: The Demon’ completely ruthlessly shattered the expectations of the audiences who came to watch the premiere with romance in mind.

There was a peaceful village. There weren’t any dance scenes. A romantic story about the encounter between a prince and a young girl was not present in the movie at all.

There were only ice-cold ‘firearms’ and a bunch of underground associations engaged in the ‘magic craving crystal’ trade.

When the grim demon hitman used his special ‘weapon’ to utterly crush and then kill the members of those underground organizations, Kaos was able to hear many noble ladies among the audiences screaming in fright.

The noble ladies living sheltered lives were momentarily unable to comprehend the scene filled with blood and corpses.

Kaos frowned. He did not expect for the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe that were known for their graceful and gorgeous performances to film such a bloody scene.

In the movie ‘Beauty and the Demon,’ not a droplet of blood could be seen. As for ‘Léon: The Demon, it was filled with blood right from the start. Accompanying the blood were over a dozen corpses.

Later on, the fat leader of the underground association took out an arcanotech ‘communicator.’

The hitman Léon slowly walked out from the shadow behind him and placed his knife on the fat leader’s neck. At that moment, Kaos felt his body shivering from head to toe. It wasn’t because he was afraid. Rather, it was because that scene was simply too cool!

The beginning scenes had completely revealed to the audiences how powerful that demon hitman was.

What will happen later? Would they meet the main female lead played by Miss Gallolei?

Kaos was fortunate enough to have seen a couple stage plays performed by the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe. Without a doubt, the Flower of Farucci, Miss Gallolei, was the focus of all those stage play performances.

He was certain that the main female lead for the movie would also be Miss Gallolei. Even though Gallolei’s attire was completely wretched and unpresentable when compared to her attire from all her stage plays, Kaos was certain that she wouldn’t have a normal identity in the movie.

Perhaps she might be the princess of a certain nation and was receiving help from the demon hitman?