Welcome to Oumagadoki Circus

Around 7:30 p. m., at this usual time, the residents of Oumagadoki City would have already gone home to wash up. Their nightlife wasn't particularly exciting; they would watch TV, play on their phones, and then drift off to sleep.

But even though it was completely dark today, many people remained on the streets, just as they had during the day. They were all gathered at the entrance of Oumagadoki Park, waiting for the gate to open.

The entire gate was made of iron, and due to its long use, it was covered in rust. However, no one cleaned it, and it was blocked by dense trees. Even if the audience looked through the cracks in the gate, they could not see the tent on the other side. They could only see the reassuring yellow lights shining there.

Several police cars lined up, their flashing red and blue lights forming a cordon, preventing the growing crowd from entering before the allotted time. A few young police officers maintained order while speaking into their walkie-talkies, seemingly checking with their superiors.

Suddenly, a little girl standing in the corner, whose hand was being held, seemed annoyed and spoke up, "Mom, you're not a child anymore. If you want to come, come by yourself. You don't need to use me as an excuse. I don't want to see any circus performance."

A woman with her hair tied up knelt down next to the little girl and placed her hand on the girl's forehead, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Yūko, this is a circus performance! Your mother has never seen anything like this in the city before, and the introduction says it's a rare animal show. It would be a real shame if you didn't want to see it!"

Yūko said softly, somewhat reluctantly, "Mom, it's not that I don't want to be with you, it's just that I don't want to see animal trainers making animals perform various actions under the threat of whips. That doesn't bring me any joy at all."

The two women talking were Mrs. Qiyuan and her daughter. Yūko was often ostracized by some girls at school because of her Quirk, and she was very sensitive. Although Mrs. Qiyuan was not very clear about the psychological changes of children, she knew that Yūko needed something to distract her. Fortunately, there was a circus performance today, which would surely cheer Yūko up!

It was precisely because of this mentality that Mrs. Qiyuan insisted on dragging Yūko to the venue to queue for entry.

"There won't be any cruel scenes, Mom can guarantee that." Mrs. Qiyuan took a crumpled brochure out of her handbag, unfolded it, and placed it in Yūko's hand, pointing it out to her. "Look, it says here, 'This is a wonderful journey you've always dreamed of but never experienced, suitable for all ages, best enjoyed with family.' Can you bear to see Mom watching the show alone?"

Seeing Mrs. Qiyuan blinking pitifully as she spoke, even though Yūko knew it was false advertising—that only one out of ten words on the promotional page might be true—she simply couldn't bring herself to refuse.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

The moment those words were spoken, Yūko saw her mother's face light up with a smile. Her mother immediately pulled her into a hug, nuzzling her as she said, "I knew Yūko wouldn't leave Mommy alone!"

Yūko thought to herself, "What a troublesome adult," but for some reason, she suddenly felt a little relieved.

Time passed quickly, and the iron gate of Oumagadoki Park creaked open, slowly opening amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd.

Suddenly, several searchlights from the police car shone on the iron gate at the same time, and then, a pale face suddenly appeared from the crack in the gate!

"Ah!" Some of the people who were intently watching were even startled and screamed!

"Hey, look closely, that's just a clown." Someone next to those who shouted tugged at their sleeve, trying to suppress a laugh.

The person who cried out opened their eyes and looked closely. They had bright red hair, a round red nose, and that signature smile. Wasn't that the Joker?

As soon as the clown peeked out, he suddenly saw a row of police cars in front of him and the headlights shining on him. He quickly raised his hands above his head and, while rubbing against the gap, revealed his whole body.

The clown, dressed in ill-fitting, extravagant clothes and red pointed boots, stumbled as he moved, his left foot slipping onto his right. He ended up right in the middle of the police car, and the searchlight shone forward as he moved. Seeing this, the clown grabbed his chin with both hands, looked around in terror, and then, with a look of despair, suddenly crouched down, covering his head with his hands in despair!

By this time, many people had realized that the clown had started his performance the moment he appeared, using the movement of the searchlights on the police car to instantly portray himself as a criminal caught red-handed after committing a theft!

The crowd burst into laughter, their shouts of "Hahaha!" ringing out. After they finished laughing, they clapped their hands from the bottom of their hearts!

Just a few moves were enough to make people burst out laughing; the circus performance is truly something to look forward to!

After hearing the applause, the clown glanced at the crowd with a questioning look, then quickly looked away, his body trembling as if he were terrified.

The crowd had just stopped laughing when they saw him make that gesture, so they started laughing again.

Steel Gate Rikishi walked heavily to the Joker, patted him on the shoulder, and the Joker opened his eyes. Seeing Steel Gate Rikishi pointing to the audience still clapping, the Joker jumped up as if in disbelief, rubbed his eyes, took a handkerchief from his pocket with one hand, and with the other hand, he took out a small bottle of perfume from somewhere, sprayed it a few times, and then vigorously wiped his face.

The Steel Gate Rikishi patted his shoulder again, seemingly helpless, but the clown was caught off guard and staggered, kicking backward with one foot and supporting his body on only one leg, his arm swinging straight and rotating slightly.

But this still couldn't stop Newton from controlling his body and falling forward. His face looked extremely panicked, and his arms were spinning wildly like propellers. Suddenly, several ribbons seemed to have a soul and popped out of his sleeves, making a crackling sound!

As if suddenly mastering a technique, the clown abruptly began to spin, gradually shifting from a tilted position to an upright one! The clown's spinning speed gradually slowed down until it finally stopped. He seemed to be dizzy, clutching his head and tilting it downwards. Suddenly, the hat on his head fell off. The clown panicked and frantically grabbed at it in mid-air, but he couldn't stop the hat from hitting the ground. The hat spun a few times before landing squarely in front of the clown.

The clown, as if he had lost something important, suddenly plopped down on the ground, his gaze unfocused. He steadied himself, then slowly reached for his hat—

The moment the clown's hand touched the hat, the hat suddenly moved, and a paper crane flew out. Then, more and more paper cranes flew out of the hat, like a tide covering the clown's frightened figure as he fell to the ground!

It felt like an eternity had passed, yet also like less than ten seconds had elapsed; it felt as if an endless array of paper cranes had risen into the air, and the hat returned to its calm state.

Everyone stared blankly as the paper cranes formed an archway in the sky, resembling a magpie bridge. Some of the pure white cranes had been imbued with vibrant colors, forming words. A searchlight shone upwards at the opportune moment, revealing the words on them—

Welcome to the Oumagadoki Circus

A hand reached out and picked up the hat that had been frozen in place. It was the clown. He gave a gentlemanly bow to the crowd and retreated back inside.

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