Chapter 848: Inside the Theater, On the Stage

Inside the Theater, On the Stage

At that time, behind the theater door, it was empty, gloomy, and dark; there was no warm light to attract the eye.

Not until Cheng Shi pushed the door open and the light from outside flooded into the theater did he see clearly, by the faint light in the wind and snow, the play being performed in this theater and the densely packed audience watching the play below.

And at that moment, Cheng Shi's pupils shook, and he stood frozen on the spot.

He stood at the entrance with a horrified expression, not daring to move again for a while.

Because he clearly saw that the orderly auditorium was packed with people, and floating above every seat was an ear that looked as if it had been torn off!

Those ears were bloody and mangled, dripping with dim and foul-smelling black blood. As Cheng Shi pushed the theater door open, they all contracted in unison, then slowly turned, facing their countless cochleae toward this outsider who had interrupted the performance.

When this scene, which exceeded imagination, happened before his eyes, Cheng Shi's scalp went numb, and goosebumps broke out all over his body.

In his heart, he frantically questioned Brother Mouth about what was going on. However, the one responding was not his own mouth, but... the performer on the stage who had stopped the performance.

It was also an ear, and it was no different from the many ears in the audience. If one had to distinguish it from all the other ears, perhaps its performance was more flexible than the stiff ears below.

When it saw... this was too strange. Perhaps when it heard Cheng Shi break in here, it smiled and greeted Cheng Shi.

"You're back," it said.

Cheng Shi was terrified. He had never expected that after the deceitful mouth and the abstract tongue, there would be such a horrifying ear.

But he still responded. Of course, the one responding to the ear was not the Clown with a buzzing brain, but the Clown's uncontrollable mouth.

"It's him who wanted to come; I couldn't stop him."

Brother Mouth's words were clearly distancing itself from this matter, but who knew that as soon as it finished speaking, the ear on the stage immediately replied:

"Since I've found the way forward, how could I not come and show off? Rotten Ear, staying in this theater, you are ultimately not as useful as my method."

"..."

"..."

This tone of speaking was ninety percent similar to Brother Mouth's, and the remaining ten percent was more in the style of that invisible ghost in the mist.

So... did the Ear peek into Brother Mouth's heart and respond to its hypocrisy with the Lips of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi's true inner thoughts?

Cheng Shi blinked in confusion, instantly realizing he had been deceived again.

So Brother Mouth didn't not want to meet the Ear; it was simply hoping for a day like this to return to this theater and show off in front of the Ear.

Its silence with the Tongue of Lying was not a real reaction at all, but a pretentious stance. They were afraid that his conviction wasn't firm enough, so they used this reverse provocation to goad him into coming to Sandres!

Fine, fine, fine!

I see that there is ultimately no shortage of my position as a Clown on this stage!

Cheng Shi laughed in anger, but soon this exasperated laughter changed style and suddenly became radiant.

Because he realized that the ability of this Ear of Secret-Peering was just too perfect.

Isn't this the same set of things the God of Fun used to deal with him when he went to see Him? In that case, as long as he possessed the Ear, did it mean he would also possess the ability to read the secrets in others' hearts?

This was just too great.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's gaze toward the ear on the stage suddenly became fiery, and even those sanity-draining audience ears below became somewhat... cute.

However, Cheng Shi didn't just focus his attention on the stage. In his mind, he was still thinking about what the "way forward" Brother Mouth mentioned just now was, and what it was showing off to the Ear.

This wasn't the first time he had learned about things related to this. As early as in front of the door of Avlos, when he encountered 【Time】—who had not yet become his benefactor—in that prison of 【Time】 in Dor-Gode, there had been a similar conversation between Him and Brother Mouth.

He asked Brother Mouth: "Did you find it?"

Brother Mouth's answer at the time was: "Yes, I found it."

So was that "finding" the "way forward" the Ear mentioned?

And what exactly could this way forward be?

It couldn't be...

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's gaze condensed, and he didn't continue to think deeply. Seeing Brother Mouth being retorted to the point of silence for the first time, Cheng Shi felt it was time to set up a stage for these two old acquaintances—oh no, old facial features.

So he nodded gracefully toward the stage, then turned around, closed the door, walked to the nearest audience seat, picked up the ear "sitting" on it, and placed it on the seat next to it with a fake smile, calling it:

"I'm a bit fat, good brothers, you two squeeze in."

Then he sat down on the moldy, rotten audience chair and began to act as an audience member in the theater with a straight face.

This scene "listened" all the ears present into a daze. The Lips of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi even wanted to say something, but opened its mouth several times without being able to speak.

The ear on the stage clearly hadn't expected the person who had merged with the Lips of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi to be so... unique. But on their stage, the more unique a person was, the more they could get the favor of the spotlight.

Or rather, everything should have been like this; the Clown's mouth should grow on a Clown's face.

The Ear smiled, then bowed slightly to the audience below: "The performance is over. Please leave in an orderly fashion. You are welcome to come again."

"..."

As the voice fell, the curtain also scattered. The ears that had just been sitting around Cheng Shi immediately became lively as if they had heard the "bell for the end of class." They left their seats happily, ran to various parts of the theater, and then slowly fell to the ground, becoming withered and rotten.

They seemed to have fallen asleep.

And not until this moment did Cheng Shi discover that in front of the audience seats near the stage, piles of decaying fragments and scattered limbs were accumulated on the ground...

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva slightly, feeling that the scene was somewhat horrifying, yet also feeling that his own situation was somewhat awkward.

No, buddy, did I add so much drama for myself for nothing?

Are you teasing the Clown here?

Why didn't you make a sound earlier when the performance was about to end?

What kind of performance could be so coincidental that you ended it the moment I walked in? I...

Wait!

Could the so-called performance be a group of ears gathering here to listen to the secrets of the invaders in the mist?

Huh?

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi blinked in confusion and said: "Brother Mouth, what is this situation?"

The Lips of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi didn't respond again. Cheng Shi was helpless, then turned his head to look at the ear on the stage, greeting it somewhat awkwardly: "Brother... Ear?"

The Ear smiled. It floated in front of the curtain, seemingly carefully examining this person, Cheng Shi. After watching for a long time, it nodded, and then turned into a wisp of white light, landing directly in Cheng Shi's palm.

"?"

No, that's it?

Is it really a free pass?

Now Cheng Shi was truly dumbfounded. He rubbed the Ear of Secret-Peering in his hand and said in disbelief:

"Could this be a dream?

Did I fall into Zhen Yi's trap?"

Saying this, Cheng Shi tightened his brows, immediately took out the Tongue of Lying and threw it around. As soon as the tongue appeared, it lay on the back of an audience chair, stretched lazily, and said:

"It's still better at home. Comfortable, it's just that no one has cleaned this place for a long time; it's a bit dirty."

Saying this, the tongue actually bounced back and forth twice, flipped over, and fell comfortably asleep on the back of the chair.

"..."

Now Cheng Shi finally got the hang of it.

He remembered Brother Mouth's reaction when he heard the place name Sandres from the Dragon King's mouth. It said at the time:

"Sandres... what a distant memory."

Looking at it now, the mouth, the tongue, the ear... everything that could constitute a mask... could it be that they were "born" here, from this theater in Sandres?

"Did I guess right, Brother Mouth?"

Cheng Shi didn't dare to say his guess out loud, but he knew Brother Mouth could hear the call in his heart.

"Brother Mouth?

Brother Tongue? Brother Ear?

No, three big brothers, at least make a sound."

"Wrong."

The Tongue of Lying responded casually, but the next second, the tongue that was planning to sleep stood up nervously, because when its voice fell, the ear in Cheng Shi's palm suddenly spoke gloomily:

"That's right, it's here!"

A brilliant light exploded in Cheng Shi's eyes, and the arc of his mouth could no longer be suppressed.

What a great Ear of Secret-Peering, what a great Sandres!

Perhaps he really had approached the truth about them.

Whispering: The length estimation was wrong. The reason why squinting Mr. Zhang saw through the fake Cheng Shi wasn't written today; it's delayed by another day. However, the foreshadowing is all in the previous text. If you are interested, you can go back and flip through it. If you find it troublesome, just wait for tomorrow's chapter. By the way, bowing and thanking you for following. That's it. ===== CHAPTER 849 =====