He said gravely, "It should be an abnormal curse that dredges up and amplifies the negative emotions in his heart. Curses like this are usually triggered through one or more conduits, and once triggered, they become incredibly vicious."
And furthermore.
If the Executor and the others really had seen the outline of a clown inside his body...
Then it was indeed very similar to a certain curse he had learned about before.
But even the Night Doctors' literature contained very little information about this curse.
The only record was in a report from decades ago, describing what a Night Doctor had witnessed while traveling through Mist City.
According to the account, that ancient city in the Dark World had released an Ancient and Mysterious Being, causing curses to run rampant throughout the city. Thousands of creatures had been engulfed by the curses and driven mad.
And the curse that had afflicted them was precisely that clown curse.
Anyone afflicted by it would develop increasingly distorted perceptions as time passed.
Under the curse's influence, they would also grow frenzied and agitated, repeatedly activating the conduits within their bodies and sending the curse further out of control.
And if they failed to escape its influence before it spiraled completely out of control...
Those uncontrolled negative emotions would slowly form a new, insane consciousness inside the host.
Then it would replace that person entirely!
That was the most dangerous aspect of this curse!
"Because the curse supposedly originated from an evil clown that had been released, and because the victims' distorted perceptions manifested in such extreme madness, this curse was named..."
"The weeping clown!"
Raven spoke in a grave voice.
A few minutes later, having temporarily suppressed the curses inside their bodies, the two hurried through the streets.
Raven had already sent