Global Collapse-Chapter 633 - 601: Almost Seven Hundred - s!_1

His expression was unpleasant, and he even rolled his eyes several times as he spoke. Gu Mian followed the direction Teacher Slaughter's eyes rolled and saw another familiar figure: Lu Yi. So, Lu Yi was the one conversing with Teacher Slaughter.

He was standing in a dark corner next to the audience seats; shadows obscured the spot. Without looking closely, one wouldn't have noticed anyone standing there at all.

Wasn't it said he wasn't in the audience during the carnival? I spent so much time looking for him upstairs.

Gu Mian focused his gaze on the silhouette in the corner.

Lu Yi leaned against the dim wall with one arm across his chest, a cigarette in his other hand. Unlike the other excited Upper Class People, Lu Yi seemed uninterested in the performance on stage, his gaze never leaving the cigarette in his hand.

At that moment, on stage, a Lower Class person with trembling hands held a pair of scissors, making his final choice. With trembling hands, he cut the blue one of the two strings.

The venue quieted down, everyone focusing intensely on the guillotine that glinted coldly. The blade did not fall.

After a brief moment of silence, a tremendous cheer erupted from the audience.

The Lower Class man holding the scissors was shaking and abruptly slumped to the ground. The Lower Class man beneath the guillotine straightened up, a smile appearing on his face, though fear still lingered. They swapped places.

The vigorous cheers from the audience didn't affect Lu Yi. He didn't even glance at the dramatic scene on stage, apparently uninterested in this type of performance.

Gu Mian suddenly recalled the Snake-headed Mask's appraisal of Lu Yi—"He's a good man."

A good man... So, was he not watching the performance because he couldn't bear to see the cruel game on stage?

Gu Mian felt the term "good man" didn't quite fit the image of the Upper Class People in this world.

Yet, according to the Snake-headed Mask's previous description, this troupe leader did indeed sound like a good man.

Just as Gu Mian was trying to figure out Lu Yi's character, Lu Yi, down below, seemed to sense something and looked up in his direction.

And so, Gu Mian at the window made eye contact with Lu Yi, who was by the audience seating.

Gu Mian: "..."

After making eye contact with Gu Mian, Lu Yi, the circus leader, showed no intense reaction. He glanced at Gu Mian for a few seconds, then looked away as if he had seen nothing.

After Lu Yi looked away, he exchanged a few perfunctory words with Teacher Slaughter, then retreated a few steps and disappeared into the darkness.

Teacher Slaughter glared in the direction Lu Yi had left, flustered and exasperated, even swinging his short arms as if he wanted to hit someone.

But by then, Lu Yi was nowhere to be seen.

Gu Mian, standing by the window, rubbed his chin. Was he coming to see me? He's indeed quite different from the other Upper Class People. If Teacher Slaughter had seen me earlier, he would have been screaming and calling for security by now.

"Daddy."

Just as Gu Mian was gazing at Teacher Slaughter down below, he suddenly heard a voice from the side.

What in the world?

He turned his head towards the source of the sound, only to see that the little girl in the red skirt had somehow appeared beside him and was gazing up at him.

"What did you call me?" Gu Mian held a shoe in one hand and rubbed his forehead with the other.

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007, spying from behind the curtain, also noticed Lu Yi.

It wasn't until she saw Teacher Slaughter that she followed his gaze and spotted Lu Yi.

But just a few seconds after she saw Lu Yi, he turned and left.

007 noticed that before Lu Yi left, he seemed to glance in a certain direction. Curious, she looked towards where he had gazed.

Her angle wasn't good, and it took considerable effort, but she finally saw where Lu Yi had been looking.

She saw Gu Mian again. He was standing behind a window above, holding a bright red object in his hand, and looking down, meeting the eyes of a pale face beside him.

007 noticed that the owner of the face looked a lot like the little ghost girl she had seen recently.

She discovered that the human and the ghost were actually having a peaceful conversation!

The girl's expression was serene. Her mouth formed two syllables. 007 couldn't hear what she was saying, but from her lip movements, it looked like... Daddy?

Gu Mian was turned sideways to 007, so she couldn't see his expression or read his lips clearly. However, she could see his mouth opening and closing, as if he were speaking for a long time.

He's probably saying something like, "Who's your Daddy? Don't just claim anyone as family. If you go around randomly calling people 'Daddy' on the streets, you're liable to get beaten to death!"

Watching the scene, 007 felt somewhat disoriented.

Usually, when a human and a ghost appeared together, the human would be the one fleeing desperately, scared out of their wits.

Normally, when Gu Mian and a ghost appeared together, the ghost would be the one fleeing desperately, scared out of its wits.

Unexpectedly, the situation today was quite harmonious.

No one was fleeing in desperation, scared out of their wits.

"What are you watching?" A voice pulled 007 back to reality.

She regained her senses and looked at the person who had spoken.

It was the Snake-headed Mask.

"Nothing..." 007 stepped forward to block the Snake-headed Mask's view. "Just checking on the stage situation."

She remembered the little ghost girl had been clinging to this person earlier; she didn't know if it was a coincidence or deliberate.

She also remembered that the Snake-headed Mask was from the Circus base and likely knew more about Lu Yi.

007 was sure Lu Yi had seen Gu Mian upstairs earlier but hadn't made a sound. This made her feel that Lu Yi was indeed different from other Upper Class People.

The Snake-headed Mask looked at the curtain. "It's the third act now. I'm in the fifth group to go on stage, so I still have some time to prepare... Oh, right, your friend is also in the fifth group, isn't he? I remember we were in the same carriage."

007 nodded. "He probably won't be coming back."

When she saw Gu Mian earlier, 007 hadn't seen the five children, so she guessed they had already been killed.

After Gu Mian kills someone, he'll definitely run. He wouldn't come back to perform on stage. Besides, it looked like Lu Yi went up to find him. After meeting Lu Yi, there's even less reason for Gu Mian to return.

The Snake-headed Mask's thoughts were completely different from 007's. Don't be sad; it's not certain. If those Upper Class children get bored of playing, they might let their captives return. People have returned before, although… He didn't continue speaking.

Although they were torn apart, 007 supplemented in her mind. The Snake-headed Mask had said that two people were sent back before; when they returned, they were already torn apart.

In the Snake-headed Mask's mind, Gu Mian was already torn apart.

007 imagined Gu Mian torn apart and appropriately displayed a hint of sadness.