"What was that about?
I looked far too ordinary, nothing special about me. Fine, if he didn't want to pick me to go onstage... but why did he have to make such a disgusting expression?"
Han Dong felt offended and even wanted to step forward and argue with the magician.
Just then.
A deep voice reached the magician's ears directly. "Since someone has volunteered to take part in the act, let him come onstage. After all, those are the rules our circus has established."
Startled awake by the voice, the magician looked at the young man again... The clown that had just appeared in his vision had faded away, leaving only the young man standing there and waving.
Even so, he hesitated for a moment before allowing Han Dong onto the stage.
"Mr. Magician, you seem to have quite a prejudice against me?" Han Dong deliberately stood beside him and spoke softly as he stepped onstage.
Unexpectedly, the magician made no attempt to hide it. While selecting more audience assistants, he spoke with Han Dong.
"What is your relationship with Pennywise?"
"It seems you're an old circus employee as well. Did you notice it during the performance of Night of Terror?"
"Please answer my question. Otherwise, I may have you try an Ultimate Magic trick that has yet to be completed."
Han Dong had no intention of concealing anything and answered candidly.
"Since you can tell that part of Pennywise is mixed into me, I'm sure you can also see the difference between us... Or rather, I'm a level above him.
He was merely a 'benefactor' on my path forward. I squeezed every last bit of value out of him and killed him completely long ago."
The magician was startled by those words. Though he had despised the previous clown,