Chapter 64

"This is Pennywise's method! Remember? That terrifying guy was not completely killed by us 27 years ago!"

He stood up and looked at everyone: "After you all left the town, only Beverly and I stayed here. Beverly had some issues, while I continued investigating Pennywise, waiting for his appearance!"

"Pennywise?"

Andy felt his asthma starting to act up again.

Beverly brought another piece of bad news: "Everyone! I just called Stan's wife, and Stan has committed suicide."

Seeing that the moment was right, Mike immediately took out the prepared notebook.

"Just last Friday, three kids went missing in the tunnel under the stone bridge in the woods. Red balloons were found at the scene, and then…"

With each statement Mike made, the suppressed emotions of the group grew even more intense.

"Until this morning, the case I personally took over involved three elementary school children who were killed in a room…"

"Mike, stop talking."

"Not only will we be in danger, but more children will die!"

"Mike, you're drunk."

Mike slammed the notebook on the table: "Have you all forgotten our vow? When the clown returns, we must come back to deal with it!"

His sense of justice and recent investigation made it hard for him to calm down, especially seeing his old companions, who had pulled him out of the abyss, now showing doubtful expressions.

"This is what we must do. We defeated the clown before, and he has a psychological shadow over us!"

"Give it a rest, that's just a child's fantasy."

"I'm more inclined to believe it's the work of a deranged killer."

But the others didn't believe it. Their memories were partially missing, not just about the town but also about the monsters of Derry. They couldn't remember them, only feeling an instinctive fear that drove them to want to escape.

"Mike, this is too exaggerated."

"Stay a few more days! At least you should try to recover some lost memories, right?"

Mike hadn't thought of immediately getting everyone to take action. As long as they stayed together, Pennywise would surely come to intimidate them one by one, and they would definitely believe it then.

…

In another corner of the restaurant, Randy also received a note.

It was delivered by a little girl.

"Randy, is our agreement still valid?"

"Pennywise, that bastard, already knows I'm here. He probably won't show up tonight."

Randy tore up the note. He had been using his perception ability throughout, and he was well aware of what was happening in the private room.

But he hadn't detected any trace of the clown.

The guy was very cautious now, staying far away, using unaware people to deliver messages.

"So cowardly. A practitioner of the dark arts should act according to their will, how can they be so timid?"

That afternoon, after dealing with Michelle, Randy investigated the scene and then dragged Michelle's body into the clown's lair, planting seeds and fertilizing them. It would probably take three or four days for them to fully bloom.

The clown's territory had now become Randy's private space. Anyway, the clown was too frightened to return home.

The clown's lair was a very precious treasure! Inside were large amounts of nutrients! Even conservatively speaking, it could help Randy cultivate ten different types of lotus flowers with various abilities!

So Randy didn't want the Losers' Club to progress too quickly. If they went underground too soon, the valuable nutrients would be lost and recovered by the police, causing significant loss.

At the same time, Randy was also very envious of the clown's abilities and wanted to get rid of Pennywise.

Cooperation was out of the question, but he could play both sides.

Delay the Losers' Club's progress while hunting down the clown.

Randy continued to perceive the activities in the private room.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade everyone, Mike later suggested inviting everyone to his house.

There, he had the materials he had collected about the clown over the years and a complete solution to deal with the clown.

Everyone raised their hands in agreement, but Ricky still had another suggestion: "How about we delay for another 27 years?"

Mike countered: "The clown won't stay the same. It becomes stronger the more people it eats, and now we're all in our thirties and forties, at our prime! In 27 years, we'll all be 70."

Ricky shrugged: "It's not that serious. In 27 years, I'll only be 67!"

Seeing that no one laughed, he helplessly added: "Don't mind me, I'm just trying to lighten the mood."

Then everyone packed up and headed to Mike's place.

After they left, Randy also followed out of the restaurant.

The sky was already dark outside. The hand-clapping curse had probably started working. Randy was also curious to see what kind of trouble that curse would bring.

In the darkness, Randy moved quickly and soon arrived in front of Beverly's house.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a message from Beverly, which basically said that she might be late coming back and that it was too dangerous for Randy to wander around. He could stay at her place.

Randy didn't reply. Just as he was about to head next door, his phone rang again.

He took it out and saw it was from Jackson.

"Hello? Randy, why didn't you call today?"

Randy was confused, still trying to process what was happening, while Jackson started complaining on his own.

"Ah, I just got off work. It was a bit easier today, just handled three child abuse cases in the morning…"

Apparently used to talking, Jackson always wanted to share whatever police matters came up.

Since Randy still needed Jackson's help for information, he didn't hang up and just responded with a smile.

Jackson also talked about his deceased black colleague. Although it was obvious Randy had framed the colleague, no one at the police station suspected it. Instead, Mike thought something was off and suspected someone was committing crimes in Pennywise's name.

Mike was meticulous and had a plan to deal with it.

Jackson then mentioned the town's fourth murder case.

"This scene was even more brutal! Besides the unrecognizable body, the whole room was splattered with blood! But it doesn't matter. My heart has long been calm. Honestly, I'm quite looking forward to what the fifth case will be like tomorrow!"

Randy thought, you're probably going to be disappointed because this hand-clapping case will be ended by me tonight!

Whatever Satanic cults, how dare they cause trouble on my turf?

Randy also inquired if there were any missing persons cases today.

"There have been quite a few, but so far, no one has come to the police station to complain."

Three kids weren't enough to make the clown stronger, but they should help with its recovery.

So it seemed the clown had temporarily stopped its actions, probably trying to deal with the Losers' Club.

Could it be that it plans to bully the Losers' Club and use other monsters' powers to fight back?