clown game

Chapter 29 Meeting
A small living room with old carpets and warm lighting. Two single sofas are placed diagonally. Charcoal, from time to time exploded "crackling" sparks.

A man and a woman are sitting on the sofa.

The man is in his 30s, with a medium build, black hair scattered casually on his forehead, and wearing a jacket that can be bought anywhere. Although his face is too angular, he is still handsome.At this moment, he was fiddling with the teacup in his hand in boredom.

The woman looks a bit older, but she will not be over 40 years old. She is wearing daily home clothes and has a very ordinary face, but it can give people a sense of grace and luxury. Her hands are straight He is curled up on the sofa in a comfortable position with a book. Oh, and he has beautiful hands.

Neither of them spoke, only the sound of pages rubbing and charcoal burning.

……

After a while, the black-haired man probably felt that it was too boring, so he asked, "What's going on in the "Dark Realm"?"

The woman flipped through a page of the book, and replied casually: "There are not enough volunteers, and there is no progress."

"Oh..." the man said lightly, but couldn't find anything to talk about afterwards.

So, fell into silence again.

……

Another 5 minutes passed in silence.

Suddenly, the man felt that something was blocking the light from the fireplace. He raised his head slowly and found a boy appeared not far in front of him at some point.At most 15 years old, short and fat, wearing what should be the largest boy's tracksuit, but it still looks a bit small.

"Oh, you're here~" the black-haired man said briefly, then lowered his head and fiddled with the teacup in his hand, as if the sudden appearance of a boy was a very common thing.

The boy took a few steps forward, and sat directly on the carpet, "It's so early!" He said casually, his obviously overnourished fat made his "sit down" movement look very clumsy.

"I don't like making people wait." The black-haired man said

The woman has been reading the book, not wanting to join the conversation between the two.

The boy took out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in his mouth. He didn't care about the woman's indifferent attitude, and looked at the man, signaling if he wanted a lollipop.

The man shook his head and asked, "What do you think of this proposal?"

The boy took a sip of the lollipop, took it out, looked at it, and said casually, "It's pretty good, what else can I do?"

The voice just fell!

A small space on the carpet twitched, like a TV screen with a bad signal, and then a burly figure stood there.

This is a man, at least two meters tall, wearing a large black suit, through which he can still feel the muscular muscles it wraps.

But what was incompatible with this figure was that his face was a little plump.

"Hey, hey! We're almost there." The man clapped his hands and said, looking a little impatient.

The woman on the side frowned, and tried hard to look away from the book: "Aren't you waiting for him?" She was a little depressed, obviously just happened to read the interesting part.

"Ah, that old stubbornness, I'm slowly persuading him when he comes." The man said, "Besides, he's been so busy recently, I don't know how long he will have to wait."

The boy didn't speak, but nodded with a lollipop in his mouth, expressing his agreement.

The woman sighed helplessly. Although she felt a little unhappy, she also felt that what the man said made sense, so she folded the page and closed the book with a full face of reluctance!

The boy looked at the woman's indifference, and couldn't help asking: "You made this proposal, why do you feel like you don't care at all?"

The woman moved her body a bit stiff due to reading a book for a long time, and replied absent-mindedly: "You are not stupid!"

The boy smiled with a lollipop in his mouth.

"Actually, I think you should discuss it with us first, after all, this is not a trivial matter!" It was the burly man who said this, his voice was a little low and calm.

The woman looked helpless: "I said last time, he will be executed, and there will be no time to discuss it at that time!"

The boy sucked on the lollipop vigorously, and at the same time pulled the stick quickly to pull out the candy, making a "pop" sound.

He babbled and said, "That is to say, you think that group of idiots in the "Anomalous Creature Research Area" can execute him?"

Although the boy seemed to be concentrating on the lollipop, everyone present could hear that the shallow line in his words was: "Why are you in a hurry!"

The woman looked at the boy with a smile in her eyes, but the others obviously felt the chills on their bodies.

"What are you doing again, are you two going to fight again?" The man stopped the two people who didn't see each other impatiently.

Suddenly, the space in the corner of the room flickered again.

An old man appeared and walked slowly towards the crowd.

He was very short, and with his hunched back, he looked much smaller than a boy.

"It's arguing again!" He said, as if seeing the younger generation bickering, he wanted to say a few words but was powerless.

eyes full of tiredness
"Okay! Everyone is here, let's start this time!" The man shouted: "I think this proposal is good."

He raised his hand, as if at a "where to go this weekend" family voting meeting.

The old man moved the small bench from the corner.

"I think everything should be done according to the rules, otherwise there will definitely be trouble!" He said slowly and seriously.

The woman knew that he would definitely say that, so she rolled her eyes helplessly, as if she wanted to talk about fashion trends with an old man who was out of the era.

"Rules? So what do you want to do? Execute him? Then wait for the next lunatic to appear? Or lock him up and sink to the bottom of the sea?" she said.

"If that works, we don't have to bother"

the old man is silent
Seeing that the old man stopped talking, the boy interrupted and said, "Isn't it good now, someone is watching him, he can't get out!"

The woman glanced at her mouth. In fact, she liked children a long time ago, until she met this guy.

"This is only temporary. He will be infected sooner or later. What you are doing is making up for your mistakes! At that time we may have to face two terrible guys!"

Everyone present frowned, as if recalling a very bad memory.

The woman rubbed her head: "Look at what you made. Fortunately, people think he is dead now. I can't even imagine the moment when the lie is exposed!"

The boy pouted and sucked on the lollipop, made a "squeaky" sound, and said, "Actually, just take the."

"no!"

"veto!"

The old man and the man said almost at the same time, without even thinking about it.Even the burly man, who has never been very talkative, shook his head.

The woman frowned and stared at the boy: "That little blue fat man can destroy the world! Do you know?"

She said angrily.

"We have all agreed that the "Dimensional Realization" proposal is terminated and will never be activated again!"

The black-haired man also interjected, "That's right, our world has enough to worry about!" He had an expression of bitterness and hatred.

The boy whispered with aggrieved face: "Oh, I know. I was just thinking about it at the time, who knew it would become like that."

The old man's brows and eyes were a little loose, obviously he also felt that the woman's words made sense, but he always felt a little uncomfortable because he was used to following the rules.

So, he asked again: "Then how can we guarantee that he will be honest? We don't know what he is thinking at all?"

The woman pursed her lips and smiled: "No, we don't need to know what he thinks, we just need to know what he is after."

The boy followed the words and said, "Interesting?"

"Yes, interesting!" The woman nodded:
The atmosphere is quiet, people are thoughtful!
Seeing that the other three fell silent, the man hurriedly urged, "Okay, okay, since you can't do anything about him, then follow him. This is a very simple and effective solution. In fact, you all think this proposal is not bad. , right, then there is no need to waste time!"

He doesn't like this way of thinking that has to carefully consider everything. It's not that he has no brains, but he is a very direct person.

The old man's temper was obviously the opposite of his, so he still hesitated and said, "I still don't think it's good to include such a dangerous person. Actually, we can promise him."

The woman interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

"Come on, he doesn't have the word promise in his mind. For him, restraint and suppression won't help. We can only give him what he wants."

"And let's talk about taking in dangerous people, who in the Omega Squad is not a dangerous person!"

As she spoke, she turned her head and glanced at the black-haired man sitting beside her.

The man smiled, as if he thought it was a compliment!
"Even if there is really no other way in the end, we still have a last resort, don't we?" The woman added while the iron was hot.

The old man thought for a while.

"Well, okay!" The old man nodded and said.

Seeing the old man let go, the man looked very happy, and immediately raised a hand and said, "I agree."

The woman smiled too, raised her hand and said, "I agree!"

The boy bit the crushed lollipop and raised his hand: "I agree!"

The old man thought for a while, and finally raised his hand: "Mmm. I agree!"

At this time, everyone looked at the burly man who was always silent. In fact, everyone knew that he would agree.

Sure enough, he raised his hand and said in a steady voice, "I agree!"

In this cozy little living room, everyone said the same three words and raised their hands in the same way, like some kind of ceremony.

"The proposal is approved!" the man said, his tone obviously relaxed.

"It's finally over, I still have things to do over there, let's go!"

"Well, I'm leaving too!" said the boy, biting the last piece of lollipop.

The flame in the fireplace seemed to be blown by the wind, twisted greatly, and then went out with a "whoosh".

At some point in the small living room, there was no one there, as if the five people had never been here at all.

There are still golden-red embers on the pitch-black charcoal, and blue smoke is slowly floating.

Still warm.

Quiet.

(End of this chapter)