The timeline ends.

Han Dong joins the team.

Since Han Dong's 'parents' have been cleared, this building is owned by Han Dong alone, which can be used as a temporary base for the team.

The squad gathers in the lobby, ready to unlock the hidden rewards.

"Joker's thanks".

Compared to Han Dong's "Laughing Gift Box", the volume of the thank you gift is larger...... For safety reasons, Kosling uses a mechanical device, spaced more than three meters apart, and opened it carefully.

Zizizizi!

As soon as the lid is opened, a pale pink smell overflows from the inside of the gift box, which looks weird but is actually harmless.

Hahaha~ha~

The clown doll with a spring device attached to the bottom pops out from the inside of the gift box.

For a moment, all the team members were on alert.

Han Dong's 'eyes' quickly swept over the doll, confirming that it was just an ordinary doll, and slowly approached it.

The clown doll's hands hold a piece of paper forward, and an old-fashioned camera hangs around its neck.

These two items are the rewards corresponding to the hidden event.

"After completing the main story of "Return of the Joker (Table)", you can use the exchange ticket to exchange for a Destiny item when you settle the final reward.』

"Obtained a hidden clue 'old camera', whose function is unknown."

"Item vouchers! Worthy of a reward for hidden events! ”

When he saw this reward, Cass was overjoyed!

Of course, if you can't get through this event, it's not very useful.

Han Dong is not very interested in the voucher, and his attention is mainly on the hidden clue "old camera".

The camera is equipped with a film roll, and all functions can be used.

Then comes the 'lead collation' phase.

The TV in the living room was removed.

The interface of the "Auxiliary Clue Collector" is projected on the video wall.

The clues obtained by Han Dong, the "Laughing Gift Box" and the "Flooded Diary", are located in different locations, and there is no substantive clue between the two.

The icons for medium-sized leads are noticeably larger.

Also, the diary icon has a line that connects to a larger side icon...... It seems that the method of opening this large branch can be found through 'auxiliary deduction'.

Hidden clues are different.

When the clockwork device sweeps over and reads the information of the "old camera".

There are no clue icons on the interface.

What reacted was the [clown icon] in the center.

About 15% of the area of the clown icon gradually lights up! A small amount of information about the Joker is revealed.

"Part of the Joker's message has been revealed!?"

Han Dong was surprised at the same time, and reached out to click on the "Flooded Diary" icon and the clown avatar in the center to see what information the auxiliary system could give.

"Flooded Journal: In the Dre Town Basic High School, there is an entrance to the 'Hidden Sewers'.

(There are all kinds of strange creatures entrenched in the sewers, please make sure the team is strong enough)

Special note: Once you find the entrance to the sewers and enter it, a large side story will open.

The hidden sewer referred to here seems to be different from the sewer system in the town of Drew...... Belonging to the place of origin of the parasitic subject - Bella, there must be a lot of secrets hidden inside.

"The secret sewer corresponds to a large branch line.

Bella, who has mutated internally, is not controlled by the Joker, and even tries to build a parasitic army to fight the Joker.

Can it be inferred from this that the clown himself cannot interfere with this [hidden sewer]? ”

Han Dong, who was suspicious, continued to look at the next clue information given by the system.

"Ultimate Intelligence-[Joker. Pennywise] has 15% unlocked.

Information:

(1). The clown does not appear to exist in the neighborhoods, suburbs, or public buildings of Drew.

(2). The camera may be able to find the entrance to the 'Disappearing Street'.

Note: The unlocking degree of the ultimate intelligence does not exceed 50%, please do not actively contact the clown.』

This will move on to the final stage of the discussion.

Based on the above clues, consider what the 'next step' should be.

Cass stepped forward, first staring at the complex projection of auxiliary clues, and sighed:

"The fate events we have experienced before simply do not have so many side events, let alone three levels of large, medium and small...... There are only about four branches of the general fate event.

After completion, it will greatly promote the progress of the main story.

Although, this is a four-star difficulty destiny world, but there are too many side quests, right? ”

Cass's statement confirms one of Han Dong's ideas to a certain extent.

There are so many side plots and hidden events, which are the characteristics of "Return of the Joker", and Han Dong also has a rather terrifying conjecture......

Han Dong gritted his teeth and decided to tell his terrifying conjecture before Captain Cass made his 'next plan'.

"I have a horror conspiracy theory that I want to share with you."

This is not the first time Han Dong has come up with advice.

As soon as he said this, the team members immediately sat on the sofa next to him and listened to Han Dong's point of view first.

"From the moment I came to the world of "Return of the Clown", there was an indescribable sense of abnormality.

After going through these events, I found a problem.

The clown's desire to attack itself is not strong, and it can even be said that there is no desire to attack!

Whether it's a side event or a Joker's Party...... None of the clowns launched an active attack.

I always felt like the clown was enjoying it.

I even suspect that some of the side events may have been deliberately created by the Joker.

It arranges large and small events, deliberately asking us to trigger and complete, and even actively set clues and rewards.

And after it has arranged all this, it only needs to watch the play in secret, and when necessary, slightly change some 'parameters' to increase the viewing and interest of the event.

At the very least, the three events we have completed so far are directly or indirectly related to him.

In the [Parasitic School] incident, if it weren't for his interference, we might have one more 'teammate'.

In addition to the subtle changes I observed in the town of Derry in the past two days (the increase in the number of balloons), the whole town is like a "playground" controlled by clowns.

Rather than being participants in Destiny, we are more like outsiders to this clown game.

If we can't break free from the clown's bondage, we will eventually die or be trapped here forever, and become a normal member of the town and live our lives in Dree Town.

At that time, we were no longer able to recognize ourselves.

I hope to take this into account in the next 'planning'.

Otherwise, we end up fighting our best to complete the events, and in the Joker's opinion, it's just a few games in his amusement park. ”

The conspiracy theory given by Han Dong made the team members break out in a cold sweat:

"This! Brother Aaron, what do you mean? With so many side events, some of them are fictional by the Joker? ”

"Hmm...... So, let's go ahead and pick some side events that the Joker didn't directly intervene in to complete.

The Joker is not in control of the world of Destiny, and there must be areas and mysterious events in this world that he does not understand or control. ”