Chapter 90: The Gluttonous Fox

  Under the gentle words, the child quickly calmed down and was taken away by his parents with a thousand thanks, while Mr. Latin only looked at Gallo deeply and left.

  Finally quieted down, Gallo returned to the market to re-purchase what she needed. Occasionally, a few people recognized Gallo as the circus director who caused a stir yesterday, but they didn't come up to say much, just looked at her for a few eyes and left, saving Gallo a lot of trouble.

  "Father, what do you think about this?" Ladain stood in front of his father and reported everything he had seen by the river earlier.

  Laya City Lord closed his eyes, his fingers lightly tapping on the table, as if thinking about something.

  "After a long time, he spoke up 'Lading, don't get involved in this matter anymore. Also, stop contacting those people again. From the beginning, I felt that they were not simple, now it seems to be true. Fortunately, they didn't make any bad moves, and I estimate they will leave within these few days.'"

  "Are you leaving?" Ladin said in a low voice, Raya looked at his son "Don't think about it, kid. That woman is not someone you can touch and have, just like the clouds in the sky, beautiful yet out of reach, don't think too much."

  "It is..." The young man was a bit downhearted, his first love had ended under such circumstances.

  Garo didn't know that she had reduced some trouble now, but at this moment, she was still relatively satisfied. After the Latin young master left, in the quiet time, she could finally take a good look at what she needed. To enter the Forgotten Swamp, a lot of preparation is required, especially food and water. Water is essential, as most sources are undrinkable, according to Bai Ke. Food was simpler, Chinese people were famous for eating anything that flew in the sky, ran on land or swam in water.

  Thinking of this, for some reason, Garo suddenly remembered his only friend on Earth, Jack, who was also a foodie. His famous saying was: "Two legs, humans don't eat; four legs, tables and chairs don't eat." He carried out this principle very strictly, almost running all over China, trying every delicious dish, no matter how spicy the Sichuan cuisine was, or how exotic the insect dishes of Miaojiang were, or even the special fish dishes of Hainan Island.

  Garro shook his head vigorously, feeling a bit strange. What was wrong with him? He suddenly thought of Jack, and his thoughts had already begun to change. Was this good or bad?

  "There's quite a lot of stuff here," Galen exclaimed in admiration. After all, it was impossible for everyone in the city to be farmers; there had to be some merchants.

  It's okay, Garo still has a lot of money on him. According to his needs, he purchased a large amount of freshwater and food, all of which were non-perishable items. Additionally, in case of an emergency, he also bought a considerable amount of barley wine, which was less likely to spoil compared to water. Apart from that, Garo took a stroll around and unexpectedly discovered a merchant selling spices. Without saying a word, he directly purchased several bags, thinking they would come in handy someday.

  There's still a performance tonight, can't escape it, might as well go back and prepare first. Back at the inn, not bad, everyone's already up, looks like they're in good spirits, probably made peace with themselves already.

  "Hehe, everyone's up already, not bad, not bad. So, today we still have to perform once more, but the program will be changed. Come on, let's take a look." Garo waved his hand and several notebooks were thrown onto the table.

  However, everyone's expression turned strange. After exchanging a few glances, no one stepped forward to take it. Shana stared at Galo with her eyes wide open, "Uh... Sister Saro, this isn't another Mermaid Saga, is it? If so, I absolutely refuse to act."

  "Alright, don't worry about it, this time it's not that exaggerated. And for the sake of you guys' mood, I specially found a comedy book, is that okay?"

  "Oh..." A very low voice, it's clear that they didn't have much hope for Gallo, almost suffocating him.

  "Never mind, just take a look yourself, and perform as usual tonight."

  The moonlight at night is not bad, very bright, but now people do not want to look at this, they go in threes and fours, walking towards the circus tent outside the city, because they have learned a message, this strange troupe that brings surprises to everyone has been replenished, today will be their last performance.

  Yesterday's performance has completely spread the word, and those who didn't come are even more regretful. Many nobles heard about it and were extremely interested. Since they missed yesterday's performance, today's is absolutely not to be missed! For this reason, Gallo specially added many seats.

  Very soon, more than 90% of people had taken their seats. The time was earlier than last time. Gallo looked around and nodded to indicate that it could begin.

  The whole tent suddenly darkened, and everyone knew that this was a signal for the performance to begin. Soon, all sorts of sounds in the field slowly quieted down, waiting for the start of the show.

  Soon, the tent lit up again and Gallo appeared on stage. "Thank you all for visiting our circus again. Due to time constraints, we regretfully have to leave this friendly city tomorrow, which makes us all very sad. So, today we will present an even more perfect performance as a gift to everyone."

  Among the applause of the crowd, the first to appear was Shana, but this time she took over Kernas' beast show and brought two giant gorillas.

  Shana reached out and touched the giant ape, then turned her right hand and made a gesture. One of the giant apes let out a loud cry, stepped forward with both hands on the ground, and with great force, its body rotated and it stood upside down on the field!

  "Good!" Everyone was generous with their applause, brilliant! It wasn't until now that people believed it, such a performance would never disappoint.

  Next, one after another high-difficulty movements appeared, and the giant ape slowly retracted its left hand under everyone's gaze, surprisingly doing a single-handed handstand! Although it only lasted for a short while before letting go, it was already enough to astonish others.

  Then, after a brief rest, another giant ape stood in the middle of the arena, and another one charged towards it. Just as they were about to collide, the first one stomped its foot and jumped up, while the other one approached at just the right moment and caught it perfectly. The two giant apes went up and down, with the upper one's feet stepping on the lower one's shoulders. What an unexpected performance!

  Next, one after another clever movements continued uninterrupted, filling people with a sense of excitement and making it hard to imagine that two giant apes could perform such brilliant actions. When the performance of the two giant apes finally came to an end, the crowd still had a lingering feeling of unfulfilled desire.

  Right away, the second program started, and unexpectedly, Jiā Luó himself came on stage, bringing with him... a ferocious fox?

  That's right, it's that speed-named guy with yellow fur, and at this moment, he looks incredibly cute. On his belt, there is a large bracket with number cards from 1 to 9, which makes people start looking forward to it again.

  Jia Luo smiled slightly and looked at the fierce fox "Little guy, behave yourself, let's warm up first, what is one plus three?"

  Everyone was stunned, and they saw that the fierce fox stood up, walked to the bracket on that side, stretched out its mouth, and directly bit down the four-character signboard, putting it under Jaro's feet.

  Garo held up a sign with the number 4 on it and waved it around, at which point everyone finally understood and shouted out loud "Ah, no way, that's so clever!"

  "My goodness, it's too awesome!"

  "Awesome! One more time!"

  Jia Luo put down the signboard. "Alright, but let's do it this way - we welcome everyone to give questions and test this little guy out. However, I hope everyone will take note that the questions shouldn't be too exaggerated."

  "Good! Young fellow, what is five plus four? If you answer correctly, I'll give you some candy!" A loud voice came over, from a noble with his wife and child.

  The ferocious fox jumped up, biting down the No. 9 sign, and Jaro readily took out another No. 9 to replace it. The ferocious fox swayed step by step in front of the nobleman, threw the sign away, then opened its mouth to bite the sugar on his hand, and swished its tail as it walked back one step at a time.

  "Alright." Everyone cheered, and one by one, questions were thrown out. However, it was strange that the fierce fox seemed to be ignoring them, not moving at all, while Gallo was smiling on the side without saying a word.

  While everyone was wondering, a little kid shouted out "Little fox, eight minus one equals how many? If you answer correctly, this fragrant fruit is yours."

  The ferocious fox immediately got up, picked up a seven-card sign, put it in the child's hand, and then swallowed the small fragrant fruit with one bite.

  Now everyone understands that getting the little fox to answer questions comes at a cost. Now the pot has been opened, and all those with snacks in their hands start asking questions one after another. The reward is the snack they were originally going to savor themselves, which now all goes into this little guy's belly. Who knows how his stomach can hold so much?