After watching the "Open-Air Swimming Pool Cinema," everyone was well aware that William must be quite exhausted, so they refrained from seeking private conversations with him and devoted themselves to the upcoming magic banquet.

Moreover, everyone had their own thoughts about this Otherworld cinema.

Many Circus members who had been involved in the ancient wars had a lot to contemplate, as they believed the Old World was not yet prepared to establish contacts with the outside, nor were they ready for another war.

Members who had not participated in the wars, however, were quite excited and wanted to take the opportunity to visit other worlds and experience the local culture.

After Chef Timi wheeled the boss away, everyone else also departed in succession.

William, floating in the pool, also said goodbye to everyone,

especially when he saw his deputy, Nash, who stood erect and saluted, signaling that he would take care of everything at the Theater and that the boss should just rest well,

and that he would present a dish that would surely satisfy everyone at the magic banquet tomorrow.

It was only after William had said farewell to all the people who had come here that he suddenly remembered someone seemed to be missing.

One person was missing from the crowd that had stood on the shore before;

it seemed they had left right after the boss had finished speaking.

"Catherine, did Art come by?"

But Catherine rested her chin in one hand, "Ah? Did he? My eyes have been blessed, and I can see very clearly~ If Boss Art had come here, I couldn’t possibly be unaware.

However, as Chief, he does have the qualifications to monitor me, his deputy, at any time, so maybe he was watching the situation here through other means just now."

"No, that’s not right! I’m sure I saw Art standing at the back of the crowd."

"You really don’t believe it, do you~"

With a wave of her hand, Catherine summoned a mannequin that fell from the top of the factory and quickly exited the current factory.

The visual images obtained by this mannequin would be directly displayed on the water’s surface. Indeed, the lock hanging on the doors of Art’s factory was still tightly closed, with no signs of being unlocked.

Then a soft tentacle wrapped around William’s neck, using its suckers to massage the back of the head, neck, and shoulders, "William, are you maybe too nervous?"

During the massage, these octopus tentacles actually began to transform into human hands, and each finger had tiny suckers, enhancing the sensation of pressure.

"No~ Maybe it was because I sensed Art’s surveillance, and Madness Brain materialized this sensing into a tangible form."

Catherine swam up to William, her eight-petaled pupils staring straight at him, full of allure.

"Who cares whether he watched or not, Boss Art is not interested in men or women, the only thing that can stimulate him is wanton evil... Come on, tell me what gift you want.

I’ve said that as long as it can grant me insights and enhancement from the Deep Sea, I will satisfy you in any way. Not to mention I actually obtained something from the Otherworld, and such an interesting Pope’s Divinity.

The reward will be as generous as possible, just make your request, no matter how perverse, I will do my best to fulfill it."

Unbeknownst to when, clouds and fog had formed above the pool, and large raindrops kept falling, while a thick fog rose from the water’s surface, pushing the atmosphere to a climax.

Seeing that William had yet to react, Catherine pressed on, "If you think it’s not fun with just me, you can call the sisters over too.

Just now, their younger sister was watching us in the water and was almost biting down hard enough to break her jaw, haha."

But then, William’s body shimmered with starlight, and in the blink of an eye, he stepped from the pool to the shore.

While crouching down, he extended a hand toward Catherine, who was still in the pool,

"I’ve been dealing with seawater all this time and really don’t want to soak in the water anymore, let’s go to the square and grab something to eat.

I don’t have any excessive demands, just asking to hold a hand is enough. After all, when we were there, you, Catherine, were always somewhat reluctant to do so."

Looking at William half-kneeling on the shore,

looking at the hand stretched out to her,

for some reason, Catherine still felt some reluctance within her,

She was willing to repay him in any way, even if it meant being hung up and tortured or whipped with all sorts of strange methods;

it didn’t matter to her,

even watching William take pleasure in the arms of another meant nothing to her.

But faced with such a demand, she felt a bit of aversion.

Seconds passed,

and Catherine swam to the shore and, in the end, reached out her hand.

When their palms touched, the evil in Catherine’s heart dropped significantly, and she became calmer.

[Circus Public Square]

Two servings of freshly made meat sauce spaghetti sat before her,

a dish that had once been one of Catherine’s favorites but now tasted bland,

lacking the chewiness and slurpable satisfaction of fried instant noodles, not to mention the flavor explosion brought by the mysterious seasoning packet;

she couldn’t eat more than a couple of bites.

The cocktail beside her no longer tasted as good as it once did;

Catherine’s mind was filled with thoughts of happy water.

"It’s so boring~ It would be great if I could go back to that world again! Ah, I didn’t manage to bring a mobile phone back with me, and there are so many series I haven’t watched yet.

William, after I absorbed the incarnation of the Buddha Mother of the Sea of Flowers, my abilities related to the sea, including dreams, have improved. Perhaps I can create a more stable passage to the other world.

How about we go there again someday? You, or Mr. Yi, probably want to go back too, as you must have plenty of personal affairs to deal with there."

Who knew, as soon as Catherine finished speaking, she was met with a deathly stare from William’s back, as if signalling her not to meddle.

William quickly smoothed things over, "Let’s see what the boss has planned first, and Catherine, can you show us what changes have occurred in you?"

"My changes? Mainly in two aspects.

The first one is the ’Ocean Physique’ possessed by the Buddha Mother, which makes me more attuned to the sea than before, my proficiency in manipulating seawater greatly surpasses that of the past, and my body’s reserves of seawater have also increased.

I can even slowly transform ordinary water sources into seawater suitable for me."

As she spoke, Catherine lightly touched the rim of her glass with her finger, and the content quickly turned into a miniature ocean, complete with various sea microorganisms moving and growing.

"And the second point?"

"Isn’t it obvious?" Catherine pointed at her petal-shaped pupils, "The Buddha Mother herself was adept in ocean-related illusions, and the key lies in the eyes, or what’s called ’Pupil Skill’.

Now, I have obtained this divine power, which has taken my nightmares to a whole new level.

This kind of Pupil Skill can serve as a carrier for dreams, helping me to more effectively erase the divide between reality and dreams... like this, for example."

Catherine’s eight-petal pupils slowly rotated, her gaze landed on William’s plate of spaghetti.

In a flash, the spaghetti turned into living sea cucumbers wriggling on the plate, not illusions but real sea cucumbers.

William was also surprised, "Hm? The effect is this good? In that case, why don’t you just create instant noodles or happy water directly for yourself?"

"That’s so boring! I don’t want to eat anything falsely created, I want to eat the real instant noodles from that world! Ritual, do you understand at all~"

"Fine, we’ll go there again when we get the chance."

With a turn of Catherine’s eyes, the spaghetti returned to its original state.

William, naturally having lost his appetite, looked at the transformed food before him and the miniature ocean in his glass, then a thought struck him.

"Catherine, how about we try creating a magical feast dish together? The boss doesn’t have any requirements for us, so it could be a good way to showcase your current level to everyone through the dish.

It might even help you secure the position of Chief Clown in the future."

"Sure."

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