Chapter 305: The Circus
Mo Xiaoyao and Jiang Yan were behind the crowd, and slowly walked into the tent, both of them were seated in the right number, and no one was crowded.
Just like those projects, the tent isn't too big from the outside, but it's spacious inside. In the center of the venue is a circular stage about half a meter above the ground, surrounded by a wide loess road, from Mo Xiaoyao's only experience of watching the big circus on the spot, it should be reserved for real circus performances, plus play a buffering role between the stage and the audience.
On the periphery of this circle of loess road, there is a circle of spectators spliced together by long benches, in the form of a stepped style. At intervals, about the length of four benches, there is a passage for people to go up and down the stairs.
Facing the first and second rows of the stage, there are about 20 individual seats with armrests, which should be the VIP seats in the clown's mouth, and from the perspective of the effect of watching the show, it is indeed the best seats in the entire tent.
When Mo Xiaoyao and the others came in, there were already a lot of phantom NPCs sitting in the venue, and they didn't know when they came in. In addition, there are some NPCs wearing the same uniform as the vendors outside, with belts around their necks and a large tray attached to them, walking back and forth in the aisles, selling their goods.
"Light sticks, small speakers, cheering flags, poster boards, ribbon jets, all kinds of support items, come and buy them!"
"Popcorn, lollipops, sweet plum juice, spring water, all kinds of sweet, salty, bitter, spicy, you name it, come and buy it!!"
"Souvenirs, souvenirs, souvenirs from Mr. A's circus, come and buy, don't miss it if you have money!"
Not in a hurry to buy things first, the two of them found their place to sit down according to the guidance of the A-word brooch, fortunately, they were next to each other. Mo Xiaoyao looked around and found that the players who could come in were scattered to various positions in the tent.
"It doesn't look like it's all next to each other." Jiang Yan turned his head sideways and said to Mo Xiaoyao, and casually summoned a waiter with a wooden plate to sell, "What are you selling?" ”
The waiter's appearance is not those phantom NPCs, but more like a plastic model with various clothes in the window coming to life, very flexible, and very fluent in speech, only that face makes people have a toothache.
NPC came to Jiang Yan with a wooden pallet and showed him his goods: "Light sticks, small speakers, support flags, poster boards, ribbon jets, all kinds of support items, everything, guests buy one, right?" ”
Jiang Yan leaned forward to look, Mo Xiaoyao also leaned his head over beside him, and the items here still followed the rules of the stalls outside, and if you don't buy it, you can't see the effect. The two of them looked at each other, one took the support flag, and the other took the poster board, these two are not the lowest price, but they are the most cost-effective they can choose at present.
"What effect?" After the NPC received the money and was satisfied to find the next customer, Jiang Yan spoke, and the index finger and thumb of his right hand kept twisting the small flagpole of the support flag, "I'm going to increase the favorability of the actor by 50%." ”
Mo Xiaoyao put the A4-sized poster board on his straightened legs: "Resist 3 environmental disturbances." ”
Jiang Yan: "...... What do you mean? ”
"Literally." Mo Xiaoyao held the poster board and looked up slightly at the empty stage in front of him, "This thing can't even be taken out of this tent, guess what will happen in a while?" ”
Jiang Yan: "...... Not a good thing anyway. Let's buy the other two first. As he spoke, he summoned two more waiters, and the two of them bought popcorn, lollipops, plum juice, and apple juice respectively.
On the souvenir, the two coincidentally chose the badge of a small tent with wide stripes, and there was a sign with the word A hanging under the tent.
"You thought of it too?" Jiang Yan played with the badge in his hand, looking at Mo Xiaoyao's eyes bright, obviously having a heart with his teammates made him feel very happy.
"That's the only one who has anything to do with Mr. A. Since it's Mr. A's circus, I have to go back with something detracting. ”
Mo Xiaoyao still felt a little sorry in her heart, she also saw a small doll in the souvenir, the kind with a double ponytail, looking at the craftsmanship, it should be produced by a witch, but unfortunately the price was too expensive, so expensive that the rest of the money she and Jiang Yan together was not enough to buy, so she had to retreat and choose a cheaper tent badge.
Circus badge (ordinary)
Introduction: The design from Mr. A is one of his proudest works.
Application: Wear on body.
Feature: Unknown. You can take out a copy.
Note: Guess who will like it, who will hate it, and who will want it?
Jiang Yan turned over and fiddled with the badge in his hand: "I always feel that this thing will be useful in the future." ”
"Hmm." Mo Xiaoyao responded, threw the brooch into his pocket, took a sip of the sweet plum juice on the side, and frowned, this taste is a bit too much.
Jiang Yan didn't look up, but it was like having eyes on the top of his head, and he casually stuffed a lollipop to Mo Xiaoyao: "Well, fortunately, the effect of one bite is the same as eating it all, otherwise it would be really fatal." ”
Food and drink, each giving them a 30% speed and dexterity bonus, are limited to the tent. Coupled with the effect of the things I bought from the vendor before, the buffs on the two of them are enough to have two rows if they are visible.
Mo Xiaoyao was just about to say something, when all the lights in the tent suddenly went out, and several beams of light staggered back and forth above the circular stage, and finally landed in the middle of the place.
The clown who sold tickets at the door before came on the stage at some point, and on his shoulder, there was a man of short stature who looked like a dwarf.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my circus." The dwarf looked short, but his voice was unexpectedly loud, and he could still be heard by everyone without a microphone.
The Phantom NPCs seemed to know Mr. A, and after he finished speaking, there was a round of applause, accompanied by cheers and shouts, which made the atmosphere lively.
Mr. A was evidently pleased with the effect, and with a slight bend of his two short legs, he jumped over the clown's shoulders and on his head, and bowed in all directions, behaving very gentlemanly.
"Thank you for your support, thank you! I know you can't wait to see the show, so I'm not going to dwell on it and enjoy our show! ”
As the words fell, the lights on the stage went out, and the whole tent was completely out of sight. Mo Xiaoyao straightened his back, laid the poster board flat on his bent knees, and listened vigilantly to the movements around him, but his right hand on the stool was suddenly pressed down.
She was full of excitement, she couldn't help but shout, her left hand took out the high heels from her bag, and just as she was about to smash them in the dark, she heard Jiang Yan's voice ringing in her ears, and she could even feel the warm breath spurting from his mouth.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Mo Xiaoyao stiffened his face, stopped what he was doing, and just wanted to say something as an answer, the lights on the stage turned on again, and then the light was bright, and the audience was no longer pitch black, at least he could see the snacks and drinks in his hand, as well as the people sitting next to him.
Jiang Yan looked at Mo Xiaoyao's high heels held in the air, and before he had time to take them back, he calmly withdrew his left hand that was covering people's right hands, pretending that nothing had happened, and said softly: "I thought you would be afraid of the dark." ”
"I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of people." Mo Xiaoyao held up a poker face, calmly put away the murder weapon in his hand, took his eyes off Jiang Yan's face, and cast his eyes on the other side of the stage, "It's started." ”
"Well, don't let your guard down." Jiang Yan responded, and also looked at the stage, at this time the first show was acrobatics, and the NPCs who appeared were all scattered around the circus before, performing ball throwing, fire-breathing, somersaults and the like.
I thought something would happen, and the two of them kept their bodies tense and vigilant, but the show was one after another, and nothing happened, as if they were really watching a circus performance on the earth before, it was enough to cheer, eat and drink, and wave the support items in their hands.
Mo Xiaoyao quickly figured out the key to it: "I remember that Mr. A mentioned that let's watch the band perform at the closing ceremony, and the clown also mentioned the Thunder Band, and the key point should be on them." ”
Jiang Yan lowered his eyes and thought about it, and recognized Mo Xiaoyao's speculation, and felt that his companion was really good, able to notice all kinds of clues that were easy to ignore, and combine them, and then guess an answer that was closest to the truth according to the current situation.
He hoped that after returning to the ship, he would have an in-depth conversation with Mo Xiaoyao, since the two sides cooperated so tacitly, they would almost introduce themselves to each other more at that time to increase their understanding of each other.
And after going back this time, the distribution of forces on the ship will definitely usher in a new reshuffle, and it is time for him to talk to Mo Xiaoyao about his future development plans.
Jiang Yan thought about it while watching the circus performance with Mo Xiaoyao next to him. In all fairness, the level of these actors is very good, even on the earth that has not exploded, it should be the top level in the industry.
So the time to watch the show is not difficult, but when Mr. A came on stage, Jiang Yan actually felt a little unfinished.
Mr. A still stood on the clown's shoulder, and the other party carried him onto the stage, because of the excitement, his face was covered with a layer of oil, and it glistened in the light of the stage lights.
First, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then shouted his last line into the microphone in front of him: "Then, in the remaining 10 minutes, please enjoy the last program of this closing performance - the wonderful performance from the "Thunder Band"!" ”
As the words fell, the lights on the stage flickered, and then, a band of 8 people appeared on the stage out of thin air.
Suddenly, lightning and thunder roared in the tent, and small whirlwinds more than half a meter high appeared in various places in the audience, sweeping away many nearby phantom NPCs.
Screams, thunders, instrumental playing, the roar of the lead singer, all kinds of sounds filled the tent for a while. Tomb Hunter East White