Progress on Both Sides

While Cas was fighting two henchmen.

The perspective shifts to the Joker.

He was being held up in mid-air by Togu, who was gripping his neck with one hand.

Squeak squeak squeak~ (A hoarse sound!)

The clown was about to die from the scorching heat of the lava.

Little did they know, what Togu had caught was just a "small balloon"... its body slowly deflated and shriveled.

The real clown is already floating directly above a Red Balloon.

Seize this opportunity and drop vertically.

Holding a heavy hammer in both hands, he struck Togu's head with all his might.

Boom!

The ground is cracked.

The ground where Togu stood had sunk nearly half a meter deep.

This can be considered the Joker's full-force attack in his current state.

Moreover, the hammer's surface was completely damaged due to the enormous impact it had endured.

Togu's head was also completely embedded in the broken giant hammer.

But...

Togu's right arm still swiftly grabbed at the Joker, seemingly unharmed.

Seeing this, the clown looked helpless. "Togu, you're such a masochist, you're too hard-pressed!"

The Joker is quite agile.

The moment her arm reached for him, she stepped on her clown shoes and spun three and a half times in the air to create distance.

Various projectiles were also launched during the event.

Poisonous throwing knives

clay bombs

fine needle,

The sounds of various metal impacts and explosions echoed in the alleyway.

The clown landed with a helpless expression, shaking his head left and right.

"Hey... is this funny? This can't even hurt you."

The dust has settled.

Togu stood in place, completely unharmed.

The clown's hammer has been completely melted down.

In addition, part of Togu's body was hammered into the ground, causing lava lines to spread out and transforming the alleyway into a hellish zone.

The situation became tense.

At that moment, Cas and his two companions stepped out from the other end of the alley.

The clown wiped the sweat from his brow and whispered, "These little guys are really good at Combat Power, much stronger than the previous teams that came to town... Come on! Take down Togu here, so my Great Plan can proceed smoothly."

Crackling and popping (sounds of flesh and bones expanding and bending)

The Joker's body is undergoing a change never seen before.

What is the true nature of [Pennywise]?

Even Han Dong, who was the first to come into contact with the Joker, couldn't predict it.

The Joker can pull out all sorts of gadgets from his body, grow four creepy Grasshopper Legs from his waist, and regenerate at an incredibly fast speed in a short time when most of his left side is destroyed.

Currently, new capabilities are being demonstrated.

The clown kept stuffing Red Balloon into his mouth, causing his body to swell until he became a fat clown.

It was huge, taking up almost half the street... The purpose of doing this was to increase its resistance to attacks.

After successfully gaining weight, the Joker and Cas exchanged glances.

The fat clown and Cas attacked simultaneously, forming a pincer movement.

At the same time, a large number of Red Balloon floated out of this alleyway.

Cas and his companions can use one hand to grab the drop wire of the balloon and quickly move through the air to avoid accidentally falling into the lava while dodging.

Koslin had already set up his Sniper Rifle on the third floor of the building, with a specially made "Holy Water Armor-Piercing Round" loaded.

A portion of the Seed Energy is consumed; this portion belongs to the "mechanical" energy and can be directly applied to any form of machinery to modify and strengthen it.

In an instant, Koslin's Sniper Rifle had its muzzle lengthened further and its internal air compression increased further.

Pull the trigger!

Boom!

The recoil pushed Koslin, who was lying on the ground, back more than ten centimeters.

With the aid of steam-powered arm armor, the Shooting Accuracy against static targets can reach 99.93%!

An Armor-piercing Bullet containing a high concentration of holy water struck the monk in the temple just as he was caught in a pincer attack.

The spark ignited...

When a bullet comes into contact with the skin, the bullet head is instantly flattened.

Of course, the penetrating power of this bullet is no joke.

The temple was pierced, but inside were layers of high-density infernal chains that blocked it... The bullets could not penetrate them, and even a single chain was difficult to budge.

At this moment, the gunpowder inside the Armor-piercing Bullet projectile ignites.

Boom!

The violent explosion in the small space simultaneously caused highly concentrated holy water to be splashed out.

Clang! Visibly, a small portion of the iron chain that was slowly moving inside the wound was corroded away, but new iron chains immediately filled in the gaps.

The holy water was indeed effective, but not as well as expected.

However... the fact that he could injure the monk Togu means that there is a possibility of defeating him.

The battle in purgatory continues.

Shift in perspective.

[Clown House - Secret Basement]

While Han Dong was upgrading the Faceless Head, the entire basement was affected... or more precisely, it was affected by pollution.

The basement was originally clean and bright, with graffiti of various clown patterns on the walls.

It gradually became similar to the ' Portable Prison ' controlled by Han Dong.

Numerous cracks appeared on the cement wall, and semi-solid tentacles grew out of the cracks, swaying eerily in the air.

The upgrade process for the "Faceless Head" is quite unique.

The moment the upgrade began and tentacles crawled all over Han Dong's head, his consciousness was no longer there.

Instead, they arrived at a Port Town called Innsmouth.

The sky was gray and gloomy.

The dock was filled with the stench of fish.

The Western Port Town in the early 1990s incorporated a bizarre sea monster style.

Here.

Han Dong was completely absorbed in the story, forgetting about "It (the first part)" and the Holy City of Nointena.

A true replacement of memories.

Here he was a fisherman, with no relatives, no friends, and only a small wooden hut of less than ten square meters located near the dock.

They spend more than twelve hours a day fishing at sea.

Due to the chaotic security situation in the port area, many dead marine creatures have piled up here, including some giant octopuses, which stink to high heaven... but Han Dong has long been used to it.

Due to high tides and the climate, Han Dong's cabin was damp all year round, but he didn't care at all.

Just continue living like this, without desires or wants.

Even when the water inside the cabin reached halfway up his calves, Han Dong didn't care at all. He showed no aversion to the Seawater and continued to live a normal life.

Even Though though the fish that were caught had tiny octopus tentacles growing on their scales, Han Dong didn't care at all. Once cooked, they had a unique fresh taste of sea fish mixed with octopus.

Thirty years have passed.

Han Dong gradually discovered that he had grown cheeks and webbed feet.

While shaving, tiny octopus tentacles occasionally grow out from the replacement beard hairs.

No longer picky about whether the fish is cooked or not, I just stuff it into my mouth.

They stayed on the sea for longer periods and didn't even want to go back.

One day, Han Dong steered his fishing boat away from his usual fishing area and headed towards the far reaches of the sea... In the dim light, he seemed to see a huge, dark octopus emerging from beneath the small fishing boat.