Who felt the deepest after seeing this scene? Naturally, it was another clown.
If they had never been treated with disdain by others, perhaps some people would never understand a clown's heart.
Cheng Shi stared blankly at the scene. He neither rushed forward to kill those nonsensical scholars nor felt any sympathy for Kraun or thought of taking him out of this "sea of suffering." He merely slowly curled his lips and began laughing like a madman between Ai Si and Squinty Old Zhang.
The laughter contained far too many complicated emotions, making it difficult for anyone who heard it to comment.
Ai Si's expression was also somewhat strange. She turned her head away, her face filled with conflicting emotions. Zhang Jizu, on the other hand, seemed unaffected. Not only that, but the sidelong glance he cast at Cheng Shi also carried an inquisitive look.
He realized that Cheng Shi must have had a past that could hardly be called warm, but was certainly fascinating.
At a time like this, however, he restrained his curiosity well. He did not ask any questions, instead continuing to focus on the "plot" that followed.
After going through this ordeal, Kraun's attitude clearly changed. Although he played the scholar more convincingly, some of the brightness that should have remained in his eyes had vanished.
He was like a walking corpse, wandering through the underground pipes on instinct, learning everything about this place. From time to time, he would banter with the scholars he encountered and make them laugh.
For a while, no one could tell whether Kraun was pleasing others out of a bodily instinct or consciously trying to awaken himself and find his original self again—the self who knew nothing of so many "secrets."
In any case, after exploring the underground pipes for