[Zhongyingmei] The clown is actually me

"Me,? A hero?" Emma pointed to herself.

Jack subconsciously took out a cigarette from his pocket, but when he took it out, he realized that there were children in front of him, so he could only put the cigarette back in his pocket angrily: "Do you know the concept of 'take everyone away'? Orphans There are more than 30 children in the yard, many of them are under 6 years old, and there are babies who cannot walk and need to be taken care of by adults. You can’t run away with them.”

"I know you're going to call me childish,? I can't leave them on the farm knowing they're going to die!" cried Emma, ​​her unwavering green eyes like a sparkling gem. Shining with a warm light.

Unexpectedly, there was no mocking look on Jack's face, but a complicated and dreamlike expression. He squatted down and looked at Emma at the same level,? The shadow of this sun-like girl was in his eyes Jumping, like the brilliance of brilliant fireworks.He stroked Emma's short hair, which was as beautiful as gold, and said with a serious expression he had never seen before: "No,? I won't laugh at you. On the contrary, I like you very much."

Emma was taken aback for a moment.

"Slickness, vulgarity, and sophistication are nothing to be proud of,? No matter what age,? Innocence, sincerity, and integrity should not be laughed at. I like your firmness and enthusiasm,? Just like the sun." Jack laughed Laughing,? Patting Emma Pengsong's hair,? "But, do you include Isabella among the 'everyone'?"

"Eh...?" Emma opened her eyes wide, "...Mom?"

"Yes, Mama Isabella. If any one of you escapes, she'll die, won't she. She'll be shipped out, lying on the ghost's table. You know that, don't you?"

A strange fear gripped Emma, ​​as if a pair of cold hands were climbing up against the spine, and Jack's words seemed to have breathtaking magic power, which was the devil's persuasive temptation.Ray saw Emma's embarrassment, pulled Emma back, and protected her with the same thin body of the boy: "We can't protect ourselves, and we have no time to take care of our mother. She works for ghosts and is our enemy."

"She is a cannibal child, just like you, manipulated and oppressed by ghosts. She also tried to escape from this 'Neverland', but failed. The most important thing is," Jack nodded Ray's heart, " You still love her, even though she has been lying to you for 11 years, selling your brothers and sisters to prevent you from escaping, you still love her. Because she is your mother."

……Yes.

Emma lowered her head and asked her heart.Yes, after witnessing Coney's body and seeing the pocket watch transmitter in her mother's hand, she kept telling herself that her mother was already the enemy.But deep down, there was a young girl leaning on Isabella, her own soul.More than ten years of companionship, upbringing, loving teaching, gentle voice like spring breeze, and countless embraces that were open to her day and night, these warm memories re-entered her mind and shook her heart. .

Ten years of companionship, how could it be easy to let go.

Emma knew that part of her anger when she learned that her mother was serving the ghost was out of sympathy for Connie, and part of it was the resentment of being betrayed.Now these angers have turned sour, leaving only the indisputable sorrow of anger.What she couldn't forgive was why her mother, as a human being, had to serve those ghosts?

Looking at their faces, Jack knew that the fire was almost over, so he stopped fanning the ghostly wind.He stood up.He took a sip from the white porcelain teacup and said to them: "It's fine if you don't want to answer. Today's information service is over. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. However, this service is definitely not free of."

Emma took a step back: "What do you want?"

"Secrets, struggles, inner words...whatever, and above all, be fun. As long as it's fun enough, I'll give you what you want."

Norman stared at him: "Then you are a big free guest at the opening today?"

A look of surprise appeared on Jack's face: "How come? The reason why I told you about the outside world is because you have already paid for it."

An ominous premonition welled up in Norman's heart.I saw Jack took out a worn-out orange game console from his pocket, which looked like a product of the [-]th century. Under the eyes of everyone, he handed this medieval toy to Lei, as if the pope and the prince were handing over a heavy crown. like.He put on the mask again, smiled and said to Ray: "Congratulations, Ray, you were fired by Isabella. You no longer have to spy on your siblings in exchange for mom's reward. This is One last thing, let's toast to your five years as a collie."

"He can't be trusted." After Jack left, Norman said succinctly, "We got a lot of information about Jack. He can bypass Emma and return to his room. There are edible children dedicated to "Him" hidden in his refrigerator, which shows that the identity is more noble than we think, and it may even command ghosts; third, he is very strange. He doesn't care about the weather, the phone line in the room cut off, and his English pronunciation, an accent we've never heard before, but he said 'I was born in a ghost world', proving that he might have been a cannibal child, but not only was his surname Latori, the neck No numbers yet."

"It's impossible to have secret passages. We have lived in the orphanage for ten years. It makes no sense that someone who has only been here for less than a week is more familiar with this building than us. And I checked, there is no such thing as a secret passage in this house." stuff," Ray said.

He just explained to Emma and others what happened in the past 11 years. Since the age of six, Lei has voluntarily become his mother's shepherd dog, secretly monitoring the children, and exchanging the information for "rewards."He obtained parts from these rewards and made something that could disable the transmitter. Just press it against the ear once, and the transmitter behind the ear would not work.He worked alone for five years, just to allow the three of them to escape together.

"If the phone still works..." Norman mused, "but why did he cut the line?"

Lei replied, "Isn't it because you think it's noisy?"

The three of them were silent for a while, and all of them laughed: "Impossible!"

But with a smile, the laughter suddenly subsided, Norman looked up and looked at the ceiling: "...No, it's not impossible. Jack is a weird person, but he has a noble status, it seems like he can do it thing. If he really did this, then his status is higher than what we presuppose, not only is he not restricted by ghosts, he can even serve ghosts in reverse!"

This is simply a trump card!Norman took a deep breath. Now, they can escape completely. Knowing the external situation, Lei can neutralize the transmitter, and he is familiar with the internal situation of the farm. The preparations and supplies in the past five years are very good adequate.If it was just the three of them, and the two older children, they could have escaped—as long as they didn't take the other children from the orphanage with them.

However, Emma wanted to take her brothers and sisters and run away together.

Emma was easy to deceive, she was kind, strong and warm, she had no doubts about what Norman said, it was easy to deceive her.But, no - Emma can't be tricked.In any case, he wanted to fulfill Emma's wish, and he hoped that Emma would always stand there smiling.

At this moment, Norman keenly noticed that Emma's mood was not right. The girl with golden red hair kept her head down, as if she was thinking about something, and he asked, "Emma, ​​what are you thinking about?" What?"

Emma raised her head and looked at Ray and Norman: "No, no."

"Your 'I have something on your mind' is written all over your face." Norman sighed, "Emma, ​​it's not difficult to guess, you want to take Isabella away too, right?"

Emma froze for a moment, then lowered her head, twisted her fingers together, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I have been thinking about whether I can take my mother away with me... In the final analysis, she is also a child-eating child, and she has to do this in order to survive. We should hate ghosts, not mothers."

"Impossible. Compared with eleven or twelve-year-old children, ghosts must be more guarded against adult riots like mothers. The most likely situation is that mothers have chip bombs buried in their bodies. As long as they leave the range of the farm will die." Lei said calmly, "Emma, ​​don't be sentimental, it's hard to take all the children out now, let alone bring another adult."

"But I..."

"No, but, Emma." Lei's tone has never been colder, "We are going to escape from prison, not to play house, and we are not living in fairy tales! There are countless ghosts and adults outside the door, we Whether these older children can survive in the world of ghosts is a problem, but you still want to take the children to escape. If you still insist on taking the babies away, then I can no longer help you. I carefully I have been preparing for five years, not to see you two die on the farm because of burdens!"

He finished speaking hoarsely, turned and slammed the door and walked out of the room.The figure was elongated by the wash of moonlight, following behind him like a black sword hanging in mid-air.He walked through the dark corridor alone, stood quietly in the corner for a while, the moonlight shone on his eyes, and the two dark pupils were as smooth as a mirror, finally he sighed deeply, pushed the door away into Jack's room.

Jack was still wearing that gorgeous dress, sitting on the chaise longue in the corner of the room, he wasn't surprised when he came in, he just smiled slightly: "What's the matter, Mr. Retired Shepherd Dog?"

Lei stared at him, his black pupils empty: "Can you save everyone on this farm?"

Jack was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Yes, I can let your younger siblings, as well as Norman and Emma you value, go to the human world and live a free life without worrying about being eaten by ghosts. If If you are willing, even Isabella will not die. She can love you in another world."

"It's not free, is it?"

"Yes, smart kid." Jack closed the book and said with a smile: "The price is that you have to stay as a sacrifice to 'His'. Your genes will be donated to the mass production farm, and future In the mass-production farm, there will be countless copies of you, and they will grow up like domestic animals in a harsh environment, and there is no chance of establishing a complete personality."

"What, I thought it was such a terrible price." Ray sighed. At this moment, he looked mature like an adult. He approached Jack and held out his hand, "Deal."