Han Dong saw someone win the lottery, displaying a satisfied smile.
It wasn’t about relief, but rather a desire to witness this circus lottery system.
From the sudden situation during the dance, Han Dong had roughly guessed someone would avert their gaze for more than five seconds.
The visual impact brought by the dance and the situation of the audience’s death significantly drew attention... The rules announced by the leader before the show might be completely forgotten in a short time.
By coincidence, this person’s eyes were stained with blood, and by habit, he wiped them, perfectly aligning with a five-second gaze diversion.
This poor fellow was named Jiafulong,
his body carried the blood of a rhinoceros, belonging to one of the purest rhinoceros species in the current world... With his innate strong physique and bloodline advantage, his arrogance even led to establishing a base on a planet that escaped Star Government control.
facing the threat of the lighting technician, he was utterly dumbfounded, not daring to resist at all.
Within ten seconds, he ascended the stage.
He reached the lottery roulette illuminated by the spotlight, a roulette ten meters in diameter, divided into a hundred different ’reward’ areas.
Some areas had names of severe punishments marked on them, such as: [Hell Racing], [Barrel Man], [High School Falling], [Beast Walker].
Another part of the area marked with a [?]
The remaining about 1/10 was a green area, seemingly indicating a safe zone.
The lighting technician’s voice reached Jiafulong’s brain through light,
『Turn the "roulette" with all your might, don’t even think about playing tricks, because if I catch you, you’ll be executed immediately, and I won’t let you die instantly!』
His power has already been sealed, so even if Jiafulong wanted to play tricks, he couldn’t.
He could only hope his luck was somewhat good.
As he spun the roulette, the lottery machine emitted rather cheerful music and lights... because the frictional resistance was minimal, the roulette kept spinning at high speed for a long time.
Even while waiting, Jiafulong was already drenched with sweat, and his legs began to tremble.
All eyes were glued to the roulette; they cared little about Jiafulong’s survival but were curious about the roulette’s outcome.
After about five minutes, the roulette finally showed signs of stopping.
Just before stopping, a green area was slowly moving around,
Jiafulong, seeing a chance for life, tensed his entire body... How much he hoped the pointer would stop on this area.
Ultimately, it slightly moved past and landed on the next column—[?].
As Jiafulong displayed a disappointed expression as if wanting to smash something, the lighting technician’s voice rang out:
"Not bad luck, huh? You barely missed the death zone... The green represents those particularly unlucky ones; once chosen, execution is carried out."
"What?" Jiafulong was shocked, his mindset turned upside down.
"Did you think it was a safe zone? Made a mistake and still want to escape punishment?
This management mechanism does not exist in the circus... You have pretty good luck; the [Random Punishment] has a certain chance of drawing a reduced sentence. Let’s see how your luck fares?"
"Right behind the question mark on the pointer; a thing that absolutely determines your fate should be viewed personally."
With trembling hands, Jiafulong took down the question mark cardboard behind the pointer... When he flipped it over, a clear large screen projection appeared above the stage, displaying the text to the entire audience.
「The protagonist enters!」
"What does that mean?"
Jiafulong did not quite understand; these words seemed unrelated to punishment.
You actually drew such an interesting extra item.
Simply put, under normal circumstances, it is common staff who carry out punishments... "The protagonist enters!" means your punishment will be personally executed by one of the team members.
Come on, spin it again!
Perhaps you can draw another [?], adding more extra items to the original punishment, making the final act even more thrilling."
The atmosphere at the venue was instantly ignited.
Jiafulong, toyed with to the brink of collapse, could only continue spinning. Now he had only one thought in his mind: as long as he could survive.
Tick-tock, tick-tock!
The colorful lights on the roulette sparkled, and joyful music echoed like a death knell in his ears.
The pointer finally hovered over a normal punishment section, corresponding to—"Doom Throwing Knife."
This clearly wasn’t a good name.
Before Jiafulong could react, two handymen emerging from the darkness had already completely restrained him... In terms of physique, the circus staff outfitted with black metal masks were even larger than Jiafulong, the rhinoceros man.
Soon, he was secured on a human-sized roulette.
""Doom Throwing Knife" is one of the most common punishment items. The executor wears a blindfold to throw knives at a high-speed spinning punished person, a total of ten knives.
This high-risk performance is typically undertaken only by two mutually trusting actors.
Today, it will be personally executed by our protagonist [Clown-Bajins].
Good luck, Mr. Jiafulong."
a slender figure of average height descended onto the stage’s center.
The light instantly shone on him, revealing the iconic black-and-white makeup representing joy and sorrow.
The clown first bowed ceremoniously in all directions, displaying a sinister smile when facing Han Dong’s position, meeting eyes with him.
"Hmm? You’re sitting in the front row, interesting."
"Such an exciting performance, of course, I want to be in the front row," Han Dong laughed in response.
The team member actually proactively communicated with an audience member, drawing surprised looks toward Han Dong’s booth, but they quickly shifted their focus back, mindful of the five-second punishment rule.
The clown straightened up, returning to his essential task.
Looking at the bound Jiafulong on the roulette, he kindly reassured with a smile: "Don’t be nervous~ My swordsmanship is quite precise; you’ll be fine as long as no strange accidents occur."
Several thin needles appeared between the black-and-white clown’s fingers.
Instead of using a cover, he directly inserted the dense needles into his eyeballs.
The blood flowing out of his eye sockets was black and white, just matching his makeup.
This action shocked the whole venue, drawing everyone’s attention.
Even Han Dong on the floor watched the clown intently, using the opportunity to observe his capabilities.
The circus crew exerted all their strength to spin the roulette, with Jiafulong bound, rotating at a speed of ten revolutions per second.
Ten throwing knives appeared at different positions on the clown’s body,
some clutched between fingers,
one even gripped in his mouth,
instead of being thrown one by one, they were all shot out in sync with the clown’s jump-spin motion!
Upon landing, the clown smoothly finished with a graceful motion, maintaining a smile throughout.
When the roulette gradually stopped,
Jiafulong was already dead, preserving a miserable death expression.
All lethal parts like the head, neck, heart, and lungs were hit without the slightest deviation.
The black-and-white clown had already withdrawn the thin needles from his eyes; even as blood continued to seep, he remained fixated on the roulette.
"Nice, inch-perfect! Mr. Jiafulong, it was a pleasure working with you!"
The black-and-white clown began hopping forward, grasped the gradually cooling corpse’s hand, raising it high to bid farewell to the audience!