American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 445 I don’t even want to act anymore

"You mean your daughter is lost? Dalia, don't cry! Where are you? I'm coming right now."

After hanging up the phone, Roy looked at the four girls beside him.

"Something happened to Dalia, I need to go there."

Upon hearing this, Melly was somewhat worried, as she had a good relationship with Dalia and Ceci.

"Roy, do you want us to help you look for it?"

"No need, no need! Nothing should happen. You guys continue having fun here. When you're tired, go back to your villa in Beverly Hills."

Roy has the Hound Ring and is familiar with Ceci's scent. Once he transforms into a Ghost Wolf, he can find Ceci very quickly.

Jennifer and Nydia might not have had enough fun yet, and Roy might have already found Cecily.

"Alright then! Roy, come back soon!"

The four girls each gave Roy a passionate kiss, drawing envy from those around them.

Dalia's neighborhood wasn't far from Santa Monica Beach, so Roy decided to run there.

However, there were just too many people on the ground, so Roy couldn't run very fast at all.

With no other option, Roy could only quickly climb onto the rooftops of the surrounding buildings and then use parkour to quickly pass through the crowd.

Roy had never actually studied parkour, but he had watched some parkour-related videos, and with his superhuman physical abilities, he was able to learn it quite well.

It doesn't matter if it doesn't look proper; with Roy's current physique, he wouldn't have any problems even if he jumped from a height of 1000 meters.

As a result, some people saw a person dressed as Captain America running quickly across the rooftops as if walking on flat ground.

Roy was running so fast that it caused a lot of gasps.

"Oh my god! Look up there, it's really Captain America!"

Everyone looked up at Roy, and in just a short while, at least dozens of people had seen Roy.

Fortunately, Roy quickly ran into the city and disappeared from sight.

Presumably, the next day, fake news similar to the exposure of the federal government's super soldier program will appear in Los Angeles.

After running for about 10 minutes, Roy arrived at Dalia's location and saw her wearing a strange white dress, sitting on a park bench with tears in her eyes. Two men with very awkward expressions were standing next to her.

"Dalia, why are you still crying? What are they doing here?"

One of the men quickly offered an explanation.

“Mr. Black, we are FEA agents. Half an hour ago, we mistook Ms. O’Connor for a criminal, which caused her to lose track of her daughter.”

Upon hearing this, Roy had a general idea of ​​what had happened, and then waved his hand.

"I understand. You didn't do it on purpose. I'll take care of Dalia. You can go back to your duties."

The two FEA agents, feeling like they'd been granted a pardon, quickly bowed to Roy and left the park.

"Dalia, don't cry, I'll take you to find your daughter right now."

Dalia stood up and wiped the tears from her face.

“After what happened last time, I swore I would never let Cecily be in danger again! I never expected this to happen today…”

Roy patted Dalia on the back to calm her down.

"Don't do this, Dalia! We all know it's all a misunderstanding, and Ceci has only been missing for half an hour, she'll be fine. I'll find her right now!"

Roy first activated the Hound Ring and discovered that Cecily was not within the detection range of the Hellhound phantom, so he asked Dalia.

"Dalia, has Ceci passed through here before?"

Dalia nodded, sobbing.

"Yes, she sat on this bench just half an hour ago."

Roy immediately entered his ghost wolf form and began to use his nose to detect Ceci's scent.

Cecily was here half an hour ago, so her scent was very clear, and Roy quickly found the direction she had left in.

"I know where she is, come with me!"

When Roy brought Dalia to Cecilia, they saw her happily following behind a clown in yellow, holding a clown-shaped balloon in her hand.

"Cessi!"

Dalia called out her daughter's name with great joy. At that moment, she only had eyes for Ceci and completely ignored the yellow-clad clown next to Ceci.

"mom!"

Cecilia was also very surprised and ran towards her quickly, without being stopped by the yellow-clad clown beside her.

The mother and daughter hugged each other.

"Mom, why are you crying?"

"No, it's probably just that the wind was too strong and sand got into my eyes. Cecily, didn't I tell you not to go to places with few people?"

"I didn't mean to! I just ended up here... Oh right, Mom, this clown uncle saved me!"

It was only then that Dalia noticed something was off about the atmosphere, and then she realized that the clown in yellow standing opposite her was the same clown who had frightened her so much before.

Roy is currently in a standoff with the Yellow Joker.

The two had fought six months ago, when Roy failed to catch the Yellow Joker and let him escape. He never expected to run into him again today.

Dalia quickly hugged Cecilia and stepped behind Roy.

Cecilia found it a little strange, because from her perspective, the clown in yellow was a good person.

"Mom, Uncle Roy, what's wrong?"

Roy didn't answer Cecily, but instead asked her a question.

"Ceci, you just said that this uncle saved you?"

Sisi nodded.

"Yeah! Just now, a group of weird clown uncles tried to steal the candy I finally got, and this uncle taught them a lesson for me!"

Hearing this, Roy was a little surprised.

In Roy's mind, the Yellow Clown was someone who liked to force people to perform, much like the mainstream crosstalk performers described by a certain crosstalk master.

If there are conditions, we should perform; if there aren't, we should create them to perform.

The Yellow Joker was also staring at Roy; he seemed to remember Roy.

It's impossible not to remember; last time, Roy kicked the Yellow Joker's head off with a world-class goal.

The black, hollow eyes on the white mask stared straight at Roy.

"Dalia, take Ceci and step back. Let me say hello to the Yellow Clown."

Dalia was very obedient and picked up Ceci, retreating more than ten meters away.

Hey! Do you remember me?

The clown in yellow rested his walking stick on his chest and nodded. "It's good that you remember me! I remember our magic duel last time ended in a draw, how about another one?"

Upon hearing this, the clown in yellow tilted his head, seemingly considering Roy's suggestion.

A few seconds later, the clown in yellow nodded and gestured for Roy to go first.

"Then I'm about to begin! Now comes the moment to witness a miracle!"

Same old lines, same old routine.

Roy put the shield, painted with Captain America's logo, into his inventory.

Such a large round shield has disappeared; anyone with a brain knows something's wrong.

The Yellow Joker had seen Roy perform a similar trick before, so he didn't show any surprise.

Since Roy was using supernatural abilities, the Yellow Joker didn't hold back. He took a silk scarf from his pocket, flicked it casually, and the scarf immediately caught fire.

Roy was certain that the Yellow Clown wasn't hiding a lighter; his perception was far greater than it had been six months ago, and conventional magic tricks couldn't fool him.

Therefore, the Yellow Joker is now also using supernatural abilities.

The clown in yellow's magic trick wasn't over yet. Flames quickly rose from the bottom up and burned onto his dirty white gloves, but the gloves didn't catch fire. When the flames went out, a flower appeared in his hand.

This is actually a very common magic trick, but the scarves used by normal magicians are specially made and soaked in chemicals, which will burn out in a very short time. Then the magician will quickly replace the burned scarf with a flower.

Unlike the clown in yellow, who burned the scarf for a full minute before it was completely burned.

"Hmm—just so-so magic. Watch me instead!"

As he spoke, Roy took the shield out of his inventory again. The shield appeared in his hand without any warning, causing the Yellow Joker's eyes to flicker.

Then, Roy held up the shield with one hand, giving the impression that he was putting all his strength into it.

The next second, the shield actually floated up, as if it had its own consciousness, and hovered around Roy.

However, compared to conjuring items out of thin air, this magic was quickly seen through by the Yellow Clown.

The Yellow Clown could clearly sense that there was a humanoid, invisible thing next to Roy, holding a shield and circling around.

This is a soul substitute ability, but because it's not very useful, Roy actually used it as magic.

However, while it's clear what Roy's techniques are, it won't be easy to surpass his level of brilliance.

The clown in yellow scratched his head, seemingly trying to figure out what magic trick he could use to defeat Roy.

A few seconds later, a light bulb suddenly appeared above the Yellow Clown's head, a scene so cartoonish that Roy's pupils contracted.

The last time I encountered such a cartoonish character was a month ago with the Underworld Grand Master, whose abilities were also very cartoonish.

Roy began to realize that the Yellow Clown would be no easier to deal with than the Underworld Wizard.

All cartoonish characters share one characteristic: they can go toe-to-toe with anyone, completely ignoring any numerical differences.

Even mice can defeat cats, and woodpeckers can beat up hunters...

The clown in yellow took off his top hat and reached inside to pull out a cloak commonly seen in magic shows.

Then, the guy snapped his fingers, and the magic cloak in his hand floated up on its own, covering his body from the chest down, leaving only his feet exposed.

Goodness, this time they're really not even pretending anymore!

Then, the clown in yellow, holding a walking stick, began to tap dance.

You know what, this guy's tap dancing is pretty good, which shows that he's not just good at magic tricks, but also has other talents.

As the clown in yellow danced, Roy quickly realized something was wrong, because the clown's upper body started to move to the left, while his feet moved to the right.

So that's the trick!
Roy immediately recalled the Hong Kong movies he had watched in his past life, which featured many of these kinds of dances.

However, dances in Hong Kong films are usually performed by two people, one in front and one behind, using visual illusion to deceive the viewer. But the Yellow Joker performed it all by himself, so it's estimated that his body was really split in two.

Dalia and Ceci rubbed their eyes at the same time; their mouths were big enough to fit a fist.

After a two-and-a-half-minute performance, the clown in yellow put away his magic cloak and bowed to Roy and the others.

"That magic trick was alright. Now it's my turn again, right? Can I borrow your cloak for a moment?"

The clown in yellow didn't refuse; he rolled up his cloak and tossed it to Roy like a basketball.

"Watch carefully, I will only perform once!"

Roy wrapped his large magic cloak around himself, covering his entire body completely.

The next second, the magic cloak landed, and Roy inside vanished.

Dalia and Ceci were so surprised they could hardly close their mouths; this scene was clearly beyond their comprehension.

Even the Yellow Joker feigned shock, sensing that Roy hadn't used any spatial teleportation abilities; Roy had truly vanished.

The clown in yellow exaggeratedly clutched his head, then picked up the magic cloak from the ground and examined it from all angles, as if trying to see Roy out of the cloak.

A moment later, Roy suddenly appeared behind the clown in yellow and patted him on the shoulder.

"How about it?"

The clown in yellow stood there, stunned, as if he had suffered a huge blow.

After a long pause, the Yellow Joker stiffly raised his hand to applaud Roy, which seemed to indicate that the Yellow Joker had conceded defeat. He couldn't think of a magic trick that could beat Roy's, nor could he break Roy's magic trick.

Roy really didn't expect that the Deception ability would make the Yellow Joker admit defeat; in fact, he was about to run out of shows.

After the applause, the clown in yellow turned to Roy, removed his hat and bowed, then took something from his top hat and put it in Roy's hand.

"For me?"

Roy opened his hand in surprise and found a multicolored black diamond in his hand.

Well, this sentence seems grammatically incorrect, but in Roy's opinion, the diamond in his hand does indeed emit multicolored light, but the diamond itself is black.

You have obtained the Heart of the Universe!

The Heart of the Universe? That sounds pretty amazing?

I wonder which is more expensive, the Heart of Africa or the Heart of Africa? (XD)

After handing the diamond to Roy, the clown in yellow turned and walked away into the distance.

Roy did not stop him. Although the Yellow Clown liked to force performances on people, he did not seem to be an evil dark creature, otherwise he would not have helped Ceci.

Perhaps this guy's sense of good and evil is different from humans, so Roy didn't attack him, but instead initiated a second magic duel.

Regardless of winning or losing, Roy will not make things difficult for the Yellow Joker.

Unexpectedly, they won and even received a reward.

The yellow-clad clown in the distance disappeared into the darkness, so Roy picked up the Heart of the Universe to see what was going on.

[The Heart of the Universe: A diamond containing the ultimate secrets of the universe; this diamond can only play its true role when order and chaos are in balance.]

Hmm, I don't understand what it means, but it seems pretty impressive.

Dalia

(End of this chapter)