You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 167 The Truth of a Foodie (Please Order)

Illya said seriously:

"As far back as we can remember, we've never left our respective stalls, and we don't even know why...

It felt like an invisible stamp of thought had been implanted in my brain.

Until we met you, you seemed to have some strange power that could suppress this kind of thought imprint and allow us to act freely.

Therefore, we must follow you to leave Paradise."

……

At night, everyone came to an abandoned circus site.

The pile of tents that were once dazzling and beautiful are now ravaged by time and are in a dilapidated state.
The originally colorful animal patterns have become blurred, and the mottled paint looks even more eerie in the darkness of the night.

In the center of the station is the circus theater tent.

It is like a huge ghost ship, lost in the corner of the sea of ​​time.

The tattered ribbons fluttered in the wind, and the canvas was twisted and deformed by the years, with holes all over it.

John and his three companions carefully walked into the interior of the stage tent.

In this abandoned theater, the old wooden chairs exude a decayed smell, and the faint moonlight shines through the cracks onto the ground, forming strange spots of light.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

John shouted, but the theater was still silent.

There were some wooden life-size dolls scattered around on the chairs.

They are of various shapes and sizes, men, women, young and old, like spectators forgotten by time, sitting there quietly, staring into the void.

The doll has a strange and stiff smile on its face and its eyes are empty.
In the dim moonlight, these dolls looked like a group of ghosts, waiting for some strange ritual.

Seeing this, Fan Shi subconsciously shuddered: "These puppets are portrayed too realistically. The more they resemble human beings, the more I feel the uncanny valley effect..."

Suddenly, the flash of the spotlight cut through the darkness of the theater.

A tight drum beat sounded on the theater stage.

Then, a cat girl in a clown costume came onto the stage.

She wore a huge, colorful round hat with tiny, twinkling light bulbs on the brim.

A pair of orange furry cat ears look like two wings gently flapping.

There is a red heart on the little nose and exaggerated red lips, as if she is always laughing.

But even though her face was painted bloodless, it still couldn't hide her delicate and lovely face.

She wore a tight colorful vest on her upper body and a wide flared skirt on her lower body, paired with rainbow-colored stockings, which set off her tight and beautiful legs.

At this time, the puppets around began to cheer and whistle a lot.
"Aren't these things fake?"

The three cat girls were so scared that they gathered around John and huddled together for warmth.

There were also sounds of heavy breathing among the audience at the preview.

"Fuck, those puppets suddenly made a sound, it scared me to death, it was like they were right next to me."

"It seems that Taoyuan Township has invested heavily this time, utilizing Dolby stereo technology."

……

The clown cat girl on the stage seemed more nervous than usual when she saw there were a few more people in the audience.

"My name is Emma, ​​and I'm a clown in this circus. Now, please enjoy my performance, meow~
Blue Road~"

John and the others looked at each other and found that Emma seemed to be a newcomer.

She tried to ride her mini tricycle around the field, but every time she started, she fell off the vehicle, making a sweet "whoosh" sound as she fell.

Then, she took out five colorful balls and performed a toss and catch show. However, every time she tried to toss a ball, she would accidentally bounce the other balls away, and finally lost the ball in a panic.

Finally, she decided to perform the fire ring show.

However, when she tried to cross the fire circle, she was always hesitant and tried to take small steps. As a result, she was so timid that she suddenly braked in front of the fire circle and walked around it with her face covered.

The barrage flooded the screen:

"Oh, Emma, ​​my wife is so cute~"

"This innocent guy really hits my cute spot."

"The scene where they went through the fire ring made me laugh like crazy. It was so silly hiahiahia!"

"Even though she looks clumsy, she's just the right person to be my wife."

"Gentlemen upstairs, draw your swords!"

Because the performance failed, Emma covered her face and stood on the stage awkwardly.

The puppets in the audience began to mock Emma:

"God bless her, is she really acting? This is a nightmare."

"Hahaha, a clown? What a joke! How could your circus attract such trash?" "How pathetic! He's just a stray cat picked up by Mr. Bart, and yet he dares to embarrass himself on stage."

"Don't waste our time, get down quickly!"

"Refund! Refund! Refund!"

Emma forced a smile as she bowed and hurried backstage.

John and the three cat girls exchanged a glance and followed them backstage.

At this moment, Emma walked off the stage, and the forced smile on her face collapsed instantly, her eyes filled with helplessness and frustration.

She squatted in the corner, clutching her hair tightly with both hands, her head lowered almost to her knees.
Her tender shoulders trembled unconsciously, and her beautiful eyes were already filled with tears:
"Meow, they are right, maybe I am just a homeless kitten,

A clown who will never be accepted, never be understood.

I have really tried so hard to make others laugh that I have never laughed myself..."

Live broadcast room barrage:
"It's so heartbreaking. The animation really captured the atmosphere."

"My wife sticks to my wife, my wife doesn't cry. (づ￣ 3￣)づ"

"That bunch of stinky wood can be burned with a fire, and they can no longer talk nonsense."

At this time, some live viewers also analyzed from a professional perspective:
"The lighting and shadows in this circus theater scene are incredibly realistic. Since it's 3D rendering, the animation must have used ray tracing technology, which is used in game development."

“Also, did you notice that when we entered the circus tent just now, we used John’s first-person perspective, and when we filmed Emma’s performance, we used tracking camera techniques to increase the sense of immersion.

This kind of camera movement is rarely seen in domestic animations."

"This photography technique is amazing. It can already compete with Japanese animation. Taoyuan Township is awesome!"

……

Seeing Emma crying, John, the straight hamster, stretched out his chubby little paws, not knowing how to comfort her.

Just then, Illya took out a fragrant scallion and multi-grain pancake.

"Want to eat?"

Emma sniffed the aroma of the pancakes.

"Um……"

She took the pancake, licked it with her tongue, and took a small bite.

Her beautiful eyes lit up, she closed them slightly, her long eyelashes fluttered, and she turned into a kitten.

The tears stopped instantly, the effect was immediate.

The barrage of comments:

"Hahaha, give me back the sadness I just felt!"

"No matter how unhappy I am, I can forget everything when I encounter something delicious. This is the truth about foodies..."

"A silly girl like this is perfect for marriage."

At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice sounded from the backstage:

“Emma, ​​the guests are still not satisfied, you must continue to prepare for the next one.”

The voice came from the darkest corner of the theater, where there was a black curtain hanging, and the person who spoke was behind the curtain.

Emma said, "But, Mr. Bart, I always fail in my performance and can't make the guests laugh."

Bart, the circus's leader, said in an extremely cold tone:
“Then you just keep performing and keep practicing until the guests recognize you.

Until that day, you can’t leave the sect, you can’t go anywhere.”

After hearing this, Emma's eyes, which had finally brightened up, dimmed again.

She stood up and straightened her clown costume because the drumbeat for the next performance had already sounded.

However, the audience is still the same puppets, nothing has changed.
The puppets began to cheer and applaud, as if they had forgotten their previous complaints and scoldings.

John tried to stop Emma from going on stage, saying, "What's the point of you continuing to perform the same repetitive act?"

Emma shook her head:

“I don’t know where my parents are. It seems that I grew up in this circus as long as I can remember.
In this world, only Mr. Bart is willing to take me in.
This circus is the meaning of my existence.

I cannot stop until Mr. Butt's demands are met."

Illya said, "But those puppets are just dummies. Can they really impress them?"

Emma nodded: "Mr. Bart said that even a fake person has a soul."

She then continued to perform.

After she came on stage, Bart's emotionless sneer came from behind the curtain:
"It's no use, stranger. This is the cycle Emma can't escape. Every day is the same old routine. There's no hope, no change.

Next...she is about to start her 26582nd performance."

(End of this chapter)