American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 336 Are you fucking satisfied now?

Jamie opened his mouth, not understanding what Roy meant for a moment, but after seeing Roy find a seat and sit down, he realized what was going on.

However, since the big boss said he wanted to watch the show and seemed so calm, Jamie had no choice but to suppress his fear and sit down next to Roy.

After Roy and Jamie sat down, the puppets also sat down in unison.

Mary Shaw's voice continued to come from the stage.

"Today, to welcome our distinguished guests, the puppet theater has specially arranged a puppet show."

A puppet show? Roy wanted to see what Mary Shaw was up to.

At this moment, Roy had already activated his Eye of Truth, his golden pupils scanning the theater, searching for Mary Shaw's figure.

But neither on stage nor off stage, there was no soul of Mary Shaw. The bodies of those puppets were filled with the souls of other people. Mary Shaw had disappeared somewhere.

Suddenly, Roy noticed that the soul of one of the female puppets was actually Jennifer's soul, and she was now sealed inside the puppet and completely controlled by Mary Shaw.

Roy frowned deeply, suppressing his impulse and not taking immediate action.

"Today, we're going to perform a puppet show called 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'! Long, long ago, there was an old man named Pinocchio who had no wife or children. One day, he found a magical piece of wood in the wild that could cry and laugh, so he carved it into the shape of a child. Pinocchio treated this puppet as his own child and named him Pinocchio."

As Mary Shaw narrates, various puppets appear on stage, moving according to the story and making sounds that correspond to their identities.

Roy gradually sensed something was wrong because the lights in the theater were dimming. At first, he thought it was his imagination, but when he looked up and saw the lights overhead turning a dark blue, he realized something was amiss.

Could this theater have been enchanted?

Roy subtly nudged Jamie beside him. The guy was initially terrified, but now he was engrossed in the puppet show.

However, the performances on stage seem to possess a certain magic, immersing people in them. Jamie is an ordinary person, and it's very likely that he was influenced by this.

Roy's willpower was high enough, and Mary Shaw's performance was so understated, so they weren't affected.

If Mary Shaw had let Ella go on stage and do a pole dance, Roy wouldn't have been completely unmoved.

The performance on stage continued. The story of Pinocchio is well-known. Now Mary Shaw has told the story of how Pinocchio ran away from home because of his mischievous nature and suffered a lot because he listened to the words of bad people.

"A blue-haired fairy rescued Pinocchio. The blue-haired fairy was kind-hearted and wanted to guide Pinocchio to become a good boy. However, Pinocchio was too rebellious and lied all the time, so the blue-haired fairy cast a spell on Pinocchio. Whenever Pinocchio lied, his tongue would grow longer."

Roy:? ? ?
That's not right! The original story was supposed to be about the nose!

Wait a minute, a longer tongue seems more useful than a longer nose. Maybe the princess would like that, cough cough!
Just then, the Pinocchio puppet on the stage began to lie for the first time.

The fairy asked Pinocchio, "Where are your family?" Pinocchio replied that he had no family. The next second, Pinocchio's tongue suddenly popped out of his mouth...

As the voice-over described it, the Pinocchio puppet's tongue popped out on the stage, its long tongue stretching for dozens of meters, pointing directly at Jamie, who was engrossed in watching the puppet show.

Jamie was startled by the situation and was about to scream when Roy punched him in the neck, sending him into a deep, baby-like sleep.

Once they're asleep, they definitely won't be able to be woken up.

Roy reached out and grabbed the tongue that was launched at him. Only then did Roy realize that the tongue was not a prop, but was made of real flesh and blood.

A puppet shouldn't have a tongue like that, and then Roy notices that the puppet playing Pinocchio on stage is a bit unusual; there are some rotten spots on its face.

Could this guy be Jamie's brother-in-law?

Mary Shaw really pulled a fast one by having Jamie's uncle kill Jamie!
Now that Roy has grabbed the tongue of the puppet playing Pinocchio, the performance can no longer continue, and then all the puppets in the theater stand up.

Henry said Mary Shaw had a hundred children, but Roy now roughly counted that there were definitely more than a hundred dolls.

It's possible that Mary Shaw made some dolls after she became an evil spirit.

Why did you interrupt my performance?!

Mary Shaw's voice echoed throughout the theater, sounding quite angry.

This guy doesn't seem to like being interrupted during his performances.

That's perfect. Roy will act like a brat today and provoke Mary Shaw to force her to show herself.

"Your performance was absolutely terrible! The story was so clichéd, your voice was completely emotionless, and the stage and costumes were so cheap..."

Roy kept pointing out the shortcomings of Mary Shaw's puppet shows, and every time he pointed out a flaw, the theater would tremble.

"Shut up! You don't understand my art at all!"

Finally, Mary Shaw could no longer tolerate Roy's negative comments and appeared directly on stage.

As you can see, this Mary Shaw is not in a soul state, but rather in a physical state with a puppet body.

This state allows Mary Shaw to avoid much harm to her soul and also allows her to remain on Earth longer.

"My children, kill this troublemaker!"

At Mary Shaw's command, all the puppets on the scene floated up, including Uncle Jamie, whose tongue was being held by Roy.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of dolls swooped down on Roy, all of them covered in sharp claws—the same kind that had previously scratched Jennifer.

"Well done!"

Without warning, a large long sword appeared in Roy's hand, cleaving the puppet charging at him in two.

With Roy's current strength and agility, these puppets were finely chopped into minced meat before they even got close to him.

The only exception was the doll that sealed Jennifer's soul.

To prevent any accidents, Roy grabbed the doll and stuffed it directly into his inventory.

"Do not--"

Mary Shaw was furious to see the doll, which was like her own child, hacked to pieces by Roy.

What angered Mary Shaw even more was that Roy took Billy, Mary Shaw's favorite doll, from his inventory and executed him with a cleaver in front of her.

"So? Are you fucking satisfied now?"

Roy originally genuinely wanted to work with Mary Shaw, but the old hag wouldn't give him any face at all.

Now that the two sides have completely broken off relations, Roy has no choice but to force Mary Shaw to work for him, since King Solomon's knowledge contains many ways to control evil spirits.

Mary Shaw was furious. She began chanting spells that Roy had never heard before, and soon the scattered puppet fragments on the ground began to float up again.

These puppet fragments, through magic, came together to form a gigantic puppet that reached up to the ceiling. "Roy Black, I'll kill you!"

This giant puppet looks quite imposing, and also very ridiculous.

Imagine hundreds of puppet heads appearing on a single puppet, some of which were roughly pieced together from pieces chopped up by Roy. An ordinary person who saw this would have nightmares that very night.

But for Roy, this was nothing. He had even seen the Kraken, a giant sea monster that was hundreds of meters long. How could he be afraid of this thing that was only a few meters long and looked strong but was actually weak?

No matter how you piece a doll together, it's still made of wood. Can it be made of iron?
Faced with the giant doll's attack, Roy neither dodged nor evaded, but caught the doll's fist with one hand.

The enormous impact created a shockwave, kicking up a cloud of dust, but Roy remained completely still.

Mary Shaw on stage looked horrified. She knew Roy was physically strong, but she didn't know he was this strong.

It's important to know that the giant doll that Mary Shaw magically fused together possessed power equivalent to a great demon, meaning its average physical attributes reached around 60. With such high attributes, it should theoretically be able to roam freely on Earth.

Roy gave a cold laugh.

"That's it?"

Then, to Mary Shaw's astonishment, Roy grabbed the giant puppet's arm with one hand and threw it onto the stage like trash.

Boom!

After a loud crash, Mary Shaw was unable to dodge in time and was crushed under her beloved doll.

"Heh! I want to cooperate with you properly, but you won't listen. You insist on suffering before you're willing, is that it?"

Roy slowly walked toward the stage, dragging the executioner's blade. Mary Shaw, who was crushed under the giant puppet, struggled desperately, but the giant puppet was too heavy, and Mary Shaw was unable to move.

Just then, an iron hook flew out from the corner, aimed directly at Roy's head.

Roy was actually on guard against the Iron Hook Man's sneak attack, so he dodged the hook by slightly tilting his head, but a few strands of his hair were cut off by the hook.

Based on Francesca and Lilith's descriptions, it's easy to see that the Iron Hook Man is a cunning old fox who excels at stealth, disguise, and ventriloquism.

You must be wary of such a person's sneak attacks as long as they are out of your sight.

As expected, just as Roy was about to grab Mary Shaw, Hook Man finally couldn't resist and launched a sneak attack on him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Everyone hates the old fox, so Roy didn't hesitate to let Mary Shaw go and prepared to deal with Hook Man first.

They quickly located the Iron Hook Man's position and then used the Ghost Wolf's explosive power to rush over.

But the Iron Hook Man vanished in the blink of an eye, causing Roy's strike to miss its mark.

This guy seems to possess some kind of spatial ability, or perhaps Roy's True Eye cannot see through his invisibility.

The former is more likely, after all, at Roy's current level, only illusions or invisibility at the Demon King level can fool him.

But if it really is spatial ability, then it's more complicated.

Roy, carrying the executioner's knife, carefully observed the surrounding environment, trying to locate the Iron Hook Man.

After searching around without finding the Hook Man's location, Roy could only threaten him verbally.

"Hook Man, I know you're Hook Man! If you don't come out now, I'm going to execute Mary Shaw!"

“I know you won’t do that, Roy Black! You still need Mary Shaw to work for you, don’t you?”

The Iron Hook Man's deep voice came from all directions of the theater. This guy was also a master of ventriloquism, so Roy couldn't determine his location by his voice.

"You seem to know what I'm after?"

Roy dragged his executioner's blade as he walked step by step toward Mary Shaw, seemingly unaffected by the Iron Hook Man.

"Yes, I not only know your name and purpose, but also your origins! You're from Waterfall Town, aren't you?"

Roy stopped in his tracks. Although his face remained expressionless, he was inwardly very surprised.

It's quite normal for Hook to know his name and purpose, after all, he heard Roy's name when he was impersonating Jack Schnetter.

When Roy first captured Mary Shaw, he also mentioned his intention to cooperate, which was all open secret.

But it's unusual that the Ironhook Man knows Roy's hometown, as he has never revealed it.

Moreover, Roy's information is classified as top secret within the FEA, and only the top two officers of each branch office and senior executives at headquarters are authorized to access it.

This is what Gerald told Roy himself.

So don't be fooled by Roy's FEA badge, which makes him seem like just an ordinary agent. In reality, he holds a very high position, but agents of lower rank are unaware of it.

"How did you know?"

Roy continued walking toward Mary Shaw, still looking very relaxed.

“I also know a lot of secrets about you, such as the things you’ve done.”

Here, the Ironhook Man became somewhat mysterious; Roy didn't believe that this guy could really know about certain events.

"Oh? Then guess what I did this summer? If you guess right, I'll let you go!"

Roy's words silenced the Iron Hook for a moment. He certainly couldn't say what Roy had done in the summer, so he could only change the subject.

"Then do you want to guess what I did to those women in the hospital? If you guess right, I might let you go."

That's a blatant provocation!
Even though he knew that with Lilith present, Hookman probably wouldn't be able to harm the four little ones from the Apocalypse Society, Roy was still very unhappy.

"I advise you to think carefully before you speak, or you'll be in for a world of hurt later!"

By this time, Roy had walked up to Mary Shaw, who had completely given up struggling and lay motionless on the ground, not saying a word.

Roy pulled Mary Shaw out from under the giant doll with one hand, only to realize that the body was no longer filled with a soul; Mary Shaw's soul had somehow escaped.

No wonder the giant doll went silent after it was thrown out; Mary Shaw had run away!

"Fuck! He ran so fast!"

Roy cursed under his breath and was about to throw away Mary Shaw's body when he noticed strange noises coming from inside it.

Here's a cut ending from the DVD version of Dead Silence.
(End of this chapter)