"Is it really okay?"
A circus troupe member was holding a longsword. Although it had not been sharpened, it was still quite sharp.
A muffled voice came from inside the box. The beautiful girl said they could begin.
At the request of this beautiful girl, she not only wanted to perform a vanishing magic trick, but also offer the crowd a much-loved sword-piercing act. However, the wooden box she was hiding in was nothing more than an ordinary prop box!
The sword was not a retractable prop, either. If it were really thrust into the box...
This joke seemed to have gone a little too far... Everyone instinctively looked toward the circus leader, J. Yet J suddenly stepped forward and said calmly, "I'll do it."
As he spoke, before the troupe member could react, J had already taken the longsword in hand. "I'm going to start."
"Go ahead. I'm ready too, Leader! Don't hold back—poke me a few more times if you like, as long as you're happy~"
Since the box was an ordinary one, it naturally had no openings suitable for a longsword. Piercing into it would require considerable force; he had to stab through the wooden boards first.
"Leader, are you actually going to do it?" Kaz the strongman could not help saying. "We don't even know where this girl came from... Someone could die!"
Leader J glanced back at Kaz the strongman. At that very moment, he thrust the longsword straight into the wooden box... The entire blade disappeared inside!
At the same time, a shrill scream rang out from within the wooden box.
"Something's wrong! Something really happened!"
Several of the nearest troupe members turned pale in shock and hurried over to the box, working together to pry it open.
"Where is she?"
The box they