Kirk launched a sudden attack. The Two-Faced Clown had no weapons at hand, but he was relying on his high defense and Health Points, figuring that Kirk couldn't kill him in such a short time. He only needed four seconds for his twin blades to return to his hands. Then the enemy who had been forced into close combat would suffer the terrifying melee damage of the blades. This was the Two-Faced Clown's signature move.
The golden mask on the Two-Faced Clown's face wasn't some cheap imitation meant to scare people. It was the genuine national treasure of Carthage, passed down for hundreds of years, and it came from an ancient Carthaginian legend. According to the legend, Carthage had been founded by Queen Dido, daughter of King of Tyre. In his epic poem Aeneid, the ancient Roman poet Virgil told the story of how the Trojan hero Aeneas fled there and fell in love with her. When Aeneas abandoned her and set out to find a new home, she threw herself onto a funeral pyre in despair. Before she died, Queen Dido said, "Love is tears and laughter; distance is life and death." When a later king of Carthage ascended the throne, he was deeply moved by her story. He ordered skilled craftsmen to use the treasures in the royal treasury, along with Queen Dido's ashes, to make this golden mask. It took them decades, and the mask was passed down ever after, making it the greatest national treasure.
The mask's crying face was the front. It symbolized the brevity of life and the bitterness of love, the longing of men and the resentment of women, and was used for close combat. The smiling face was the back. It symbolized heaven and hell, a life free of suffering and worry,