Uchiha Madara, Evan, and Mel looked at McBain and the others with a hint of pity.
This town was indeed extremely hostile toward traveling performers. Ever since McBain and his group arrived, they had clearly found it difficult to adapt.
The townspeople shut their doors or ran away as soon as they heard they were traveling performers. Forget letting them perform here—there was not even a single listener!
"Do they really dislike music that much? Even if they don't like music, they shouldn't act like this!" McBain said curiously. "Could it be that they were scammed by some other traveling troupe before?"
Uchiha Madara smiled. "Maybe. Why don't we look into it?"
McBain said, "That seems to be our only option."
The group split up to investigate. McBain was responsible for learning what the townspeople thought, while Forte and the others went to find out what had happened in the town before. As for Uchiha Madara and the others, they covered the entire town with all kinds of posters to make sure McBain's performance would have an audience!
However, a day later, McBain and the others were shocked to discover that every single poster had been torn down!
"How is that possible? We worked so hard putting those posters up—why were they all torn down?!" Evan and Mel were deeply dissatisfied. Only Uchiha Madara sighed softly. "From what we've learned, they really do hate traveling performers. Maybe they were deceived before."
At that moment, Forte finished his investigation and returned to the group. "Grandpa, these people really do hold a great deal of resentment. I found out that not long ago, a traveling band used performances as a cover for hypnosis and theft. The people in this town were swindled by that traveling band many times, which is why they