Finding the Entrance

Why work with the Joker? And also forming a 'whiz-bang duo' with the Joker to travel to the incredibly dangerous sewers.

It was based on three main points.

One, Han Dong had read through the diary that was submerged in water and had also reached a series of cryptic messages on the end page!

Bella has had several head-on encounters with the Joker, Bella's choice is to escape to the hidden sewers of the school.

Once in the sewers, she would escape the Joker's trail each time. The Joker will only stand at the well and watch, never go down.

This shows that the Joker is really concerned about the sewers, rather than intentionally trapping Han Dong.

Secondly, if he didn't, Coslin would be dead not to mention.

There would no longer be a chance to work with this ultimate boss, and he would be strongly targeted by the other team.

It would be difficult for himself and his two remaining teammates to find a breakthrough in Derry Town, and he might end up gradually losing himself or dying just like the trainee knights who had come to Derry Town before.

Third, once Han Dong can head to the hidden sewer area with the Joker himself.

Meaning that Derry Town, for the time being, becomes an unmanaged Game Town, Cass and Sophia can get some really useful clues in the meantime.

One last thing, intuition.

Han Dong's gut tells him that this is the only right way to move the plot forward at the moment.

To take down "The Return of the Joker (Table Chapter)", there had to be another way to go.

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Day three of entering Manifest Destiny Space.

The biological clock had Cass waking up at 07:30 sharp.

Sophia, who was sleeping in the big bed, was still hugging her pillow.

"Is Brother Andeva up already? I didn't think I'd be so tired that I wouldn't even notice a movement next to me."

Just as Cass stepped out of the bedroom and into the first-floor hall, he was immediately drawn to something small on the tabletop.

An envelope was pressed under a Coslin-like doll.

It corresponded to Han Dong's handwriting.

"Brother Cass, what's wrong?" Sophia slowly descended by the stairs, still looking sleepy-eyed.

"Change your clothes, and get ready to start a carpet exploration of [Derry Town] to gather as many clues as possible! This vacuum period was secured for us by Brother Andeva, it must not be wasted."

Sophia sounded confused, "A vacuum period? What happened to Andeva?"

"He went to the sewer area with [Joker Pennywise], so Derry town will be completely safe from interference for a while.

We must seize this time to investigate everything about the Joker and get the ultimate intelligence up to 50% or more.

If we do make it out alive this time, we must split the lion's share of the rewards with Brother Andeva, who has given so much for our squad."

"Him and the Joker, how is that possible?"

Sophia stared at the Coslin doll on the table.

Remembering last night's series of experiences, she immediately understood something, "Could it be, that the one who joined us yesterday and left the party was!?"

"That's right, the Joker disguised himself as Coslin and mixed in the middle of the squad. It was fortunate that Brother Andeva found out, or else the consequences would have been disastrous, I just never would have imagined how the Trainee Knight got mixed up with the final boss.

Judging from the contents of the letter, Brother Andeva seems to be in a cooperative relationship with the Joker."

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It was also early in the morning.

The sun has just risen from the sky.

Two special students were standing in front of the entrance of the Derry Town Basic High School.

Han Dong and Joker (Coslin look-alike, only with red lips and a little blush)

Why didn't you go straight into the sewer last night?

It was written above in the diary.

Bella usually enters the sewers between 08:00 and 10:00 AM, only when she encounters special circumstances and will enter the sewers at other times, but never dares to stay long.

Also, as the Joker said, the sewers are the most dangerous at night.

Thus, after last night's date.

Han Dong laid right down on the bench on the street and slept, while the Joker sat on the bench across the street, needing no rest.

The Joker kept smiling throughout the night, dropped his hands in his lap, and just sat there while keeping his eyes on the sleeping Han Dong.

It should also be noted that due to the death of the parasitic subject and the 'restoration' of the Destiny Space for the school, the entire middle school returned to normal, completely unchanged.

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The Joker said, "Sewer entrances are hidden throughout the school and change daily, you find them!

After all, you've read Bella's classmate's diary.

If you can find it, I'll reward you with a balloon, oh."

"Good."

Actually, the diary didn't mention any information about the location of the 'entrance'.

Nor did it mention any patterns.

The first time Bella was able to find the entrance was when she was extremely lost herself, running around the school building and finally found the entrance to the sewer in an abandoned utility room.

After becoming a parasitic subject, Bella, on the other hand, relies solely on her own senses to find the entrance.

Fortunately, Han Dong happened to be holding the [Perfect Parasite] in his hand, using it as a 'compass' that would react to the sewer entrance once it was near.

The fossil-like parasite was carried in his pocket, and he began his search for the entrance.

There was no reaction even after walking through the entire school building.

One could only continue to search for the annexes in the middle school, Eventually, when Han Dong reached the lower floor of the lab, the parasite in his pocket squirmed a little.

"It should be in this building!"

With each floor up, the parasite's writhing became more and more intense.

"The entrance to the sewer is on the top floor!?"

Han Dong had some difficulty understanding.

Since it was a sewer, shouldn't it be underground?

Such an odd setting, on the contrary, confirmed to a certain extent that the 'Mysterious Sewer' really did not belong to Derry Town, but was a space that existed on its own.

Han Dong himself became more and more curious about the 'sewer' as well.

All the way to the door of the men's toilet at the end of the top floor!

The burst of dripping sound from inside made the parasite start to move vigorously.

Han Dong had no choice but to place the parasite in one of the tempered glass test tubes he had prepared in advance.

"Not bad, finding it so quickly! I'll send you a small balloon."

This was the third balloon that Han Dong had received.

The red balloon's size could be changed on its own, and Han Dong also asked curiously at this point, "Is there any use for this balloon?"

"When you're lost, poke it!"

"Mm."

Han Dong shrunk the three balloons to the size of ping-pong balls and hung them from his waist.

Unfortunately, the two had just stepped into the men's room when they bumped into a group of 'delinquents'.

High school students with earrings, nose rings, and tattoos seemed to have just arrived as well.

They were about to share their hard-earned private goods with their buddies, these were much more powerful than cigarettes.

The most typical target of bullying for the two junior students who had popped in and were on the small side like Han Dong and 'Coslin'.

"Two dwarfs, what are you doing here so early in the morning? Is it so hard that you guys are 'lovers' and come here to do shameful things? Ha-ha, since you guys bumped into me, don't think of going out!"

Faced with this situation, Han Dong looked at the Joker with a helpless face.

"Aren't all the people in Derry Town under your control?"

The Joker looks confused, "When did I say that? How boring it would be to have all these people under my control.

The more variables there are, the more realistic and interesting the game becomes.

For crap like this, I wouldn't even bother trying to control them."

"Who are you calling trash, you fucker!?"

The lead blondie directly grabbed the Joker by the collar, lifted it and pressed it against the wall.

This time.

The terrifying images of the original "Joker Returns" movie flashed through Han Dong's mind.

But Han Dong had a sneaking feeling that what was going to happen next would be even worse than the plot of the original movie.

Honestly, Han Dong didn't really want to watch it, or fear of being 404ed.