Chapter 53 - Corridor (1/2)

The first row could see it. The second row could also see it.

When they were in the hotel lobby, not many people noticed the vase sitting on the side but now that it is on the stage, they all recalled it.

The clown looked down at the silent audience. The exaggerated smile also became smaller.

But soon he smiled again and, along with his movements, the “humans” in the vase moved up and down as if they were dancing.

Su Min was a bit disgusted by this performance. He just felt that the organisers for this performance must be mentally ill.

How could the director come up with such a story? Are they not afraid of it being censored? It must not have been easy passing the evaluation so the ending must be something positive.

Su Min thought that if he survived until the finale, he would at least be able to report to the police and pretend to be scared.

As minutes and seconds passed, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Li Chi Yu sat uncomfortably in his seat. He glanced at Le Ling and sighed: “Do we have to watch all these performances until the end?”

At first, he was quite calm but now he could no longer calm down. This was definitely a matter of life and death.

And if his goddess died here, he cannot escape the blame.

Su Min thought about it and said: “There may be a secret behind the stage.”

The whole performance theatre was surrounded by darkness. Nothing could be seen in the darkness, but the clown had appeared from behind the curtain. This probably meant that their base camp was back there.

Like many theatres, there was a backstage.

Their backstage was probably hiding many things, including the things needed for these performances.

And Su Min had something that he also wanted to know. The only one performing was this clown magician. It was too few.

It was really amazing that performances like these could have its tickets sold.

Of course, there would always be flaws in all movies. For example, in the previous movie the setting was that you cannot make a sound, but the ending ended up making people vomit up blood.

Chen Su remained sitting next to him.

Su Min thought of something and suddenly turned around. He asked curiously. “Would the clown make you perform?”

Chen Su: “No way.”

Su min nodded thoughtfully, “Then he is probably afraid of you.”

Chen Su knew what he was thinking. He smiled, “Yeah.”

He was indeed afraid of him. If that wasn’t the case, he wouldn’t have lost during that hat trick and he also wouldn’t have acted like nothing had happened.

Li Chi Yu asked in surprise: “Who are you talking to Su Min?”

He heard him earlier and thought he was talking to himself, but he soon felt that it wasn’t the case. He seemed to be talking to someone.

But no matter how he looked, there wasn’t anyone sitting next to Su Min. It was more than likely a ghost.

Su Min said calmly: “You heard wrong.”

Li Chi Yu: “…………” He didn’t believe it.

Su Min no longer continued to ask Chen Su questions. He once again concentrated on watching the clown on stage occasionally blow his whistle and the “humans” moving about.

Even if they were angry, they couldn’t do anything.

Perhaps it was because of the poor response from the audience, the clown was very angry. He had blown the whistle several times but was just greeted with a group of trembling, silent audience.

A performance like this was meaningless.

When he looked at the audience in the first row, he saw that there were no expressions on their faces. Those who didn’t know what was going on would have thought that they were watching Animal Planet.

The clown snorted and smashed a vase.

A vague figure of a human fell out from the vase. Their limbs were still intact, but it had become swollen and atrophied. All weak and limp, it laid paralysed on the floor.

The clown saw that the audience were still expressionless.

He was furious. He quickly finished the show and left the stage without caring about the vases on stage.

The “human” in the smashed vase once again crawled back in.

Su Min said: “The clown left.”

As soon as he left, everyone in the room fell into a long silence. After a while, they finally started to think about their means of escape.

Li Chi Yu asked: “Should we run away?”

Su Min thought about this for a second and said decisively, “Yes.”

It was pointless waiting around for their deaths. It wasn’t something he would do and, if they waited until the very end, they may just be falling in their trap.

Le Ling turned around and said: “We just need to find a place we can escape to.”

Su Min looked around. He pointed by the stage, “I checked that place out before. We should be able to hide there. When we have the chance, we will enter the backstage.”

But it was still risky.

Jiang Taozhi’s lips were pale. She whispered: “If we try to escape, will we end up the same as that man from earlier?”

Su Min glanced at her, “It’s possible.”

He said this honestly. This was a gamble and they would have to rely on luck to see whether things would go well. The protagonists naturally shouldn’t die here, but he couldn’t say it with certainty.

Jiang Taozhi lowered her eyes and said with her head bowed: “I……I’m not escaping……”

The four fell silent for a long time.

This was the first time Su Min encountered something like this. In the previous two movies, they had always progressed through the story together.

But he could understand Jiang Taozhi’s decision. Even he himself couldn’t guarantee that he would be able to survive until the end.

Li Chi Yu tried to persuade her: “There’s no point waiting here.”

Le Ling said: “Let her think for herself.”

Jiang Taozhi shook her head. She gripped tightly onto her phone: “I don’t want to die like this……..The magician isn’t here so it should be fine…….”

Su Min: “You’ve decided?”

Jiang Taozhi nodded hesitantly.

Su Min said calmly: “Since you’ve decided then that’s that.”

One’s life and death depend on their decisions and actions.

Su Min didn’t waste any time. He looked back at the remaining audience and said: “We don’t have much time. We should move as soon as possible.”

Who knows when the clown would appear again?

Because the clown had left the stage, the lights were off. With everything shrouded in complete darkness, it helped them move around undetected.