Clown Game-Chapter 84 - 72 He Only Killed Himself

Chapter 84 -72: He Only Killed Himself.

Chapter 84 -72: He Only Killed Himself.

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At the break of dawn, the quietness of Shell Street gradually gave way to the passing foot traffic.

Chen Xiao rubbed his thumb and pushed open the door to Boss Xiao’s coffee shop.

“Hi!~” he greeted with what he considered an enthusiastic tone, then revealed a disgustingly sly grin, while muttering to himself, “Fatso opens up pretty early.”

Boss Xiao looked at Chen Xiao’s face and said without any niceties, “Your face looks all dark and sallow.”

Chen Xiao shrugged and replied, “Hungry, plus I didn’t sleep well last night.”

Then, he hesitated for a moment, pointed at his dark circles, and asked absurdly, “Do you believe me if I say, under the light, it looks like I’ve been poisoned?”

Boss Xiao didn’t take it to heart and muttered, “How would I know, I’ve never been poisoned.”

Chen Xiao asked again, “Then, if I say a person could die or turn into a vegetable after fainting… you believe that?”

Boss Xiao said, “Doesn’t that happen all the time in TV dramas from certain countries?” He then turned his head to look at Chen Xiao, “Did you come here to chit-chat first thing in the morning?”

Chen Xiao glanced away sulkily, “Alright… cake, the sweetest one.”

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Before long, the cake was placed in front of Chen Xiao, of course without the words “Please enjoy.”

At that moment, the sound of an ambulance could be heard from outside.

“So early… who’s having a heart attack?” Boss Xiao murmured to himself and started wiping the bar.

“Kidney failure…” Chen Xiao stuffed a spoonful of cake into his mouth, then nodded contentedly, feeling it was much tastier than last night’s bread and milk.

Boss Xiao was taken aback, didn’t hear clearly, and asked again, “What did you say?”

Chen Xiao, savoring the taste of the cream in his mouth, said, “Kidney failure, who knows, maybe there’s stomach bleeding and vitamin C poisoning too.”

Boss Xiao gave a dismissive snort, “Pfft… like you would know.”

Chen Xiao ignored him, continuing, “When the human body loses 2.5% of its weight in water, circulatory failure begins to occur. Like you… probably only need to pee out four or five pounds to be there.”

Boss Xiao frowned in disgust, unsure why Chen Xiao was telling him this, suddenly, he slapped the table somewhat angrily, “Hey! I’m not even close to 200 pounds, okay! And… who pees out four or five pounds anyway!”

Chen Xiao smacked his lips and went on, “You don’t necessarily need to pee you know, sweating counts too, especially when you’re dehydrated rapidly under a highly stressful state. If you consume a large amount of sugar at that time, you might feel a bit energized for a short while, but your body is already at its limit. Once you sweat, the sugar in your blood will exacerbate the failure of your kidneys. It’s a vicious cycle, heh heh heh.”

For some reason, Chen Xiao chuckled to himself, then continued, “Although you can consume a large amount of vitamin C because it can be easily excreted from the body, by the time a person consumes 200 milligrams a day, at least half of that dose is pointless. If at that time it can’t be excreted in time… and accumulates beyond seven or eight grams, it can cause some serious trouble. Imagine chugging two bottles suddenly…”

Boss Xiao slapped the table impatiently, “Alright, alright, I don’t want to listen to your incessant rambling… are you a doctor? Even if you were, no one would want to be your patient looking like that. Finish up and get out, your face is bad for business!”

Chen Xiao was taken aback; he hadn’t seen this fatso in a few days, and yet his snarky skills had improved.

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Just then, the sound of a wind chime rang out, and Chen Xiao turned his head to see a somewhat frail young woman entering, with good skin, long hair, and a delicate air about her.

“Hi…” She smiled and greeted this way.

Contrary to her appearance, her voice was full of energy, almost tomboyish, and at that moment, she seemed quite excited.

“Oh… you’re here!” Boss Xiao waved and said.

Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow, sending an inquisitive look his way.

Boss Xiao immediately glared back with dead-fish eyes, grumbling in a sinister tone, “This is my cousin, just moved nearby last week, hey hey! Don’t get any funny ideas… um… of course, she’d only feel disgusted after seeing you.”

Chen Xiao paled with alarm, “Your cousin has grown up to look like this? Then did you mutate from your mother’s gene pool or what?”

As an otaku, Xiao Yu felt challenged in the field of banter and was naturally reluctant to admit defeat. Just as he was mustering up his strength to retort…

…his cousin came over excitedly at that moment. She glanced at the corners of Chen Xiao’s mouth but didn’t show much emotion, then she said to Boss Xiao Yu with a rush of enthusiasm, “Guess what I did last night?”

Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly opened his mouth wide and slammed the towel onto the table.

“Ah??? You actually did it??”

His cousin nodded her head emphatically like a victor.

Xiao Yu’s face suddenly became somewhat angry, “This is ridiculous! Do you know how dangerous that is? Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you were exposed??”

He yelled, which was hard to imagine coming from the normally sedate otaku. Then he asked with some worry, “Are you hurt?”

His cousin waved her hand indifferently, still very excited, “Of course not, you should have seen how scared he was, probably wet his pants right then. And look, if you really went to that convenience store to argue with him, you’d most likely get beaten up, and afterwards that guy would still follow me every day. So it’s better to be harsh, like now. I reckon even if that guy doesn’t quit his job, he won’t dare wander in this direction anymore.”

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“He’s not going to follow you anymore…”

Just then, Chen Xiao chimed in out of nowhere.

Both Boss Xiao Yu and his cousin were stunned, utterly perplexed as they looked at him, “What did you say?”

Chen Xiao continued eating his cake as if nothing were amiss, “I said that guy won’t follow you anymore because he… um… even if he’s not dead, he’ll have to stay in the hospital for a while.”

His cousin frowned. It was her first time seeing the man in front of her, and the impression she got of him could be summarized in one word: “ugly!”

Undisturbed by the looks he was getting, Chen Xiao went on, “When a person is extremely nervous, their psychological defenses become particularly fragile. At that time, if you let them stew in their own wild thoughts for a while, they’ll start connecting dots on their own. Then, with just a little guidance along their line of thinking, it’s like the first domino in a line…”

As he spoke, he made a pushing motion with his finger, “During times of tension and exhaustion, anybody would have a headache, and people don’t pay too much mind because they know it’s not harmful. But if someone believes they’ve been poisoned or have contracted some illness, that discomfort is amplified immeasurably. They’ll attribute all feelings of discomfort to the poison or illness. Even if someone in front of them wobbles a bit, they’ll think their vision is failing. This is a subconscious self-protection mechanism, not to mention the sense of taste; some people can even forget about something they burned just a few hours earlier.”

“Moreover, next time don’t use pig’s blood; its metallic smell is too strong and can be recognized immediately. And try something like reporting the loss of a kitten or a puppy, or the disappearance of a store mannequin—otherwise not even a single police car will show up, and it’ll all be uncovered the next day.”

Chen Xiao spoke so quickly, as if talking to himself, that the other two had trouble keeping up.

Xiao Yu, feeling uncomfortable, quickly slapped the table to interrupt him, fearing that his cousin might be exposed to some disturbing ideas.

“Hey, what’s all this talk about death, living or staying in hospitals? You sound like you know about someone following my cousin these past few days. Don’t tell me all you creeps know each other!”

Chen Xiao remained silent, finished the last bite of cake, then stretched his mouth into a smile and said, “Bye-bye…”

Then he turned and headed for the door.

His cousin looked puzzled as she watched Chen Xiao open the door, saw him take out his phone, grin delightfully, and then disappear from her sight.

“Who is he? I feel like he seems to know a lot?” his cousin asked, furrowing her brow.

Boss Xiao Yu scornfully glanced away, “Just a pervert; better to keep your distance from him!”

His cousin nodded thoughtfully.

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“Oh.”

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