The Greatest Cosplay and BGM in Film History

Halloween.

Round Clam Town.

The porches of every house were already decked out in festive finery.

Jack-o'-lanterns were undoubtedly the stars of the show, their rough orange-yellow rinds carved into grinning ghost faces and wide-open eyes.

Some were even modeled after classic movie monsters.

Some bared fangs, while others dripped "blood beads" made from syrup. LED bulbs inside them swayed as they glowed, like scattered flecks of gold.

An old oak tree on the street corner was wrapped in black ribbons and plastic spiderwebs, with realistic venomous spiders hanging from the webs.

Whenever the wind blew, they swayed back and forth. Passing children either shrieked and ran away in fright or bravely reached out to tug at them. Laughter and cries of alarm mingled together and drifted far down the street.

When Li Dan pushed open the bedroom window on the second floor, he leaned against the frame and swept his gaze over the bustling crowd below, suddenly recalling this day last year.

There had been the same jack-o'-lanterns and the same noisy voices. Back then, he had only recently arrived in Round Clam Town, sitting alone at home eating frozen pizza while listening to the cries of "Trick or treat" outside the window.

On the lawn, the neighbor's child wore a Spider-Man bodysuit and chased after a girl dressed as a unicorn.

At the distant intersection, a truck decorated with skulls slowly drove by. The young people in the truck bed raised beer cans and cheered, while red lights flickered in the eye sockets of the metal skulls.

"Time really flies," Li Dan murmured softly.

Just then, a crisp jingling sound drew closer. Looking down, he saw Dumpling riding a miniature bicycle, his tiny body wrapped in a black cloak.

The hood covered most of his face, leaving only