Inside the circus.Barnum's laughter pierced the hearts of the crowd like sharp knives.
[General Thumb] looked at the half-dead [Hu Zizi] wrapped in hair on the siren head, and glanced down at his more and more compact palm, and the ugly head showed a sad expression of a dead rabbit and a fox."
It turns out that the appearance behind the circus is far less joyful than on the stage?"
However, at this very time.A slightly teasing voice rang out, interrupting Barnum's laughter.The laughter of the "......" came to an abrupt end, and Barnum turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a man with slightly drooping eyes looking at the scene in the circus, and said to the circus director with a nonchalant expression: "How do I remember that you used to look a lot fatter on stage than you do now?"
”Listening to Spike's teasing, Barnum's gaze swept over the two agents Zhou and Amanda beside him, the corners of his mouth under the top hat curled up into a mocking smile, and he turned to look at Jenny Lind on the side and smiled: "It looks like everything you've done has been in vain, Jenny, you tried so hard to help them escape from the circus, only to have them come to the door on their own." ”"......"
Amid Barnum's taunt, Jenny Lind looked at Amanda next to Spike, the expression on her face not changing in the slightest.In fact, as she said to Hu Zizi.None of them can escape the circus, Mary?
So is Shaw, and so is Amanda."
I'm sorry to interrupt your tirade, though I can feel your smug......ness at the moment," Barnum was interrupted, and Spike looked at the circus master who had changed dramatically in front of him, and said, "Of course, this is not difficult to understand, after all, according to the introduction of your life history, you yourself are extremely selfish, self-righteous and greedy. ”"A history of life?"
Hearing this description from Spike's mouth, the agent next to him, Zhou, subconsciously frowned and cast a puzzled expression at him."
Didn't you notice?"
Under Agent Zhou's puzzled gaze, Spike looked at Barnum, who fell silent on the other side, and explained: "Whether it is [Lobster Man] [General Thumb] or the freak show after that, it is exactly the same as the circus that has been recorded in history, and the name of that circus is called Barnum's largest circus in the world......"
"I'm right, Barnum. ”"He's Barnum?
That circus director!
”Hearing Spike's explanation, Agent Zhou couldn't help but turn his head to look at the circus leader in front of him, with a look of surprise on his face.Being able to make Agent Zhou, who has very few expressions, show such an expression, naturally represents the impact on his heart at this moment.After all, Barnum is not a nobody.On the contrary, Barnum, as a representative of the darkest period in the history of public relations, is also the object of great controversy in history.In the first half of the 19th century, a vigorous press campaign arose in the United States, initially based on the credo of "all propaganda is good", in order to attract readers to become hired and to deceive the public, Barnum is the most typical.By artificially creating a social sensation and making a fortune from it, this period of disgrace in which the public interest was completely disregarded and "the public was fooled" is also known as the "Barnum period".Even Barnum commented on his performance by saying that he was popular because the show included ingredients that everyone loved, so he made "people fall for tricks every minute."
Based on this history, there is also the Barnum effect in psychology today that bears its name.It's just that Barnum in history was born in the nineteenth century, and if he lived to this day, he would have lived for more than 100 years and nearly 200 years, but Barnum in the circus in front of him does not look like he should be 200 years old."
It looks like you've done some research into my past."
Barnum did not admit or deny Spike's name.He reached out and lifted the top hat on his head, grinning and revealing his sharp teeth: "Unfortunately, all this can't change your next ending, in the circus, I am the only master, everyone must follow my orders, are you ready!"
”…… The edge of the small town of Bandera.Agent Phil, who was left alone, glanced apprenanently in the direction of the town's circus.In the town, all kinds of animals transformed by the curse of aberration wreak havoc on all nearby facilities, and frequent gunshots are constantly ringing out.The townspeople, apparently unaware that these aberrant animals were also transformed by the same inhabitants as them, instead thought of them as terrifying monsters.Agent Phil was a little powerless about this.After all, with his current appearance, if he rushed to tell those residents the truth, he might not be able to finish all this before he could finish speaking, and the residents who fired the guns would be directly dealt with as monsters like aberrant animals."
Where's Spike?"
Just as Agent Phil was uneasy, a faint voice suddenly sounded from his side.Detective Phil turned his head, only to find a tall figure in a red suit standing beside him at some point, and the other party appeared silently.The appearance of the figure looks extremely young, but the temperament exuded by the body is very mature and elusive.In the other party's doubts, Agent Phil subconsciously said what Spike had told before: "Circus." ”"Thank you."
Hearing Agent Phil's answer, the figure in the red suit nodded lightly at him.In the next second, the figure disappeared like a blurred image.As the man vanished, it took a few seconds for Agent Phil to come back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream.He shook his head, looked at the empty scene in front of him, and remembered what Spike had left before he was strong."
Is this what Spike is talking about?"
He frowned and thought for a moment, not waiting for Agent Phil to figure it all out.From the road connected to the town, the sound of a large amount of dust and shaking interrupted his thoughts.It was the army that arrived.Looking at the endless tanks and armored vehicles in the distance, Agent Phil immediately gathered his inner thoughts and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.He hadn't forgotten what he was like now, and he was still affected by the curse of aberration, and he didn't want to be directly eliminated by the army that rushed in.