2006, Christmas Eve.

Perhaps Christmas is not valued in our country, but in Western countries, Christmas has a special meaning.

On this day, family and friends gather together for a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the roaring fire, play the piano and sing, and chat about life by the way; Then it's time to go to bed at night, and the little ones start pretending to be asleep, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive......

That's not the case for everyone, though, at least for Jason. For Frank, Christmas is all about making a profit.

That's right, he's a thief and a robber. Other people's holidays are his working days, others rest at home, and even the homeless will get together at this time, but he is desperately trying to make money outside...... What a professional.

But no matter who it is, what status, what status, everyone will look forward to Christmas and miss it...... After all, we've all come all the way from childhood.

Jason. Frank hasn't been home for many years, and his memories of his elderly mother are fading.

"It's so cold this winter...... "The cold wind Jason's nerves and wakes him up from his fantasies. Christmas is the same thing to him as it always has been.

Jason shrunk back, tightened his hood and mask, and navigated the snowy streets, searching for his target.

"It seems...... Can you only steal it......" Jason muttered to himself as he was about to make a plan, when his eyes suddenly noticed a figure not far away. "There are still people walking the streets like me...... Peer? While sighing, he sneaked over to that side, and it seemed that even if it was a peer, Jason didn't plan to let it go.

The night has given me black eyes, and it's fitting that I use them to do something unseemly...... Years of professional habits had allowed Jason to adapt to the darkness, and when he was less than ten meters away from the figure, Jason could see the man clearly.

The owner of the shadow is a clown who sells balloons.

The blood-red balloon in his hand stood out in the darkness.

Jason, who was about to go over and rob with the attitude of trying not to get pregnant, suddenly stopped.

"Man, do you want balloons?"

The clown turned his head and looked in Jason's direction, smiling a oozing smile.

"This guy ......" Jason gasped as he looked at the clown walking towards him, instinctively terrified...... He didn't know why, but Jason was already running back when the clown in his ridiculously clunky costume swayed closer and closer to him.

"Man, do you want balloons?"

Once again, the clown's shrill voice rang in his ears. Jason was on the track and field team in high school and was still very confident in running, but what he didn't expect was that the clown in the bulky costume had been following him from a short distance!

"Don't, don't come here!" Jason yelled.

"Why? I just want to sell a balloon. The Joker's tone revealed sadness, followed by anger. Everyone is afraid of my ......! ”

The Joker's distorted face suddenly appeared in front of Jason, and Jason was pinched by the Clown's throat before he could scream, and he was about to suffocate with great force.

"Ah...... Ahhh......hhhh......h I don't...... I'm afraid of you, let me down......"

"Really?" The clown's strength loosened a little.

"Really!"

The Joker let go of him, happily put his arm on Jason's shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "That'...... I'll show you who I really am...... If you lie to me, you're going to die a miserable death......"

The next day, the police found the body of the "Harmony".

“…… What does it mean to be harmonized with a corpse? Xing Xiaolou squinted at Lin Tianxiang and asked with a grit in his heart.

"It's just too bloody to describe." Carol, who was sitting next to her, replied enthusiastically for Lin Tianxiang.

It's two o'clock in the afternoon on January 28, and Lin Tianxiang, Xing Xiaolou, Yan Yurou and Sherlock Holmes are gathering in a sparsely populated Starbucks to discuss the case.

As for the others...... Because nothing has happened to return home.

"This is the first case, and it is also a case where the truth has not been ascertained...... Lin Tianxiang took a sip of cappuccilo, and continued, "Since then, there have been terrorist incidents about clowns in various states in the United States...... Of course, most of them are just imitations carved by someone. ”

In addition to making up the number of words, the most important thing is to explain the case to Xing Xiaolou, who chose to stay with Lin Tianxiang. Of course, due to the fact that there are too many crimes, a few special ones are picked out.

On February 4, 2007, a driver was driving on the highway when he heard the sound of a light bulb horn (a light bulb-like toy that the clown likes to hold in his hand and teases children, which makes a horn sound when pinched...... Just when he felt inexplicable, he noticed a clown sitting in the passenger seat......

On June 16 of the same year, atop the head of the Statue of Liberty, a clown was found standing there waving down...... When and how did he get there?

Clown incidents are becoming more and more frequent, and some young people who have died have begun to actively look for clowns. On the 29th of the same month of the same year, at ten o'clock in the evening, a group of young people drove and encountered a clown standing in the middle of the road, and the clown was still carrying a chainsaw...... In a panic, Bill, who was driving, stepped on the accelerator and hit it...... But the clown got up from the ground and began to chase after the car with a shrill laugh...... Later, they disappeared until now.

"If you want to say that the possibility of a group committing a crime is relatively high......" Xing Xiaolou herself felt that she had said a nonsense, and everyone sitting here knew the situation better than her. But...... Why do they do this? ”

"Since even Abraham attaches great importance to it, it must really have something to do with politics, right?" Lin Tianxiang sighed, "The main problem now is that the scope is too large, and it is not easy to start, unless you are lucky enough to run into one." ”

…… This kind of thing can't be called luck, right? You think you're farming rare monsters! Xing Xiaolou silently complained in his heart.

Suddenly, Carroll slammed up from her seat, and just when everyone thought she was thinking something, she shouted at the top of her voice, "Waiter! Where's my parfait?!! ”

I said...... That's not the point, is it? Miss Carroll......" Xing Xiaolou reminded in a low voice, "and...... It always felt like we were too eye-catching......"

"Nonsense." Lin Tianxiang replied, "Who called you ugly in disguise?" From the moment I entered the door, I was cut by the sight of male passers-by. ”

"That's really sorry......" Xing Xiaolou said insincerely, considering that he is now a public figure, he is the most well-disguised of this group. In that case, why are you still pulling us out? Wouldn't it be nice to be in an apartment? ”

Here is an explanation that at the moment they are in Las Vegas, where clown incidents are most frequent.

"Hawkers, it's rare to come here, and there are a bunch of beauties with you, what a pity if you don't pull them out for a walk?" Lin Tianxiang replied shamelessly, "Go to the casino at night? ”

"Hey...... That's why you decided to come to Las Vegas, right?! ”