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The King in Yellow

Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.

Stranger: Indeed?

Cassilda: Indeed, it's time. We all have laid aside disguise but you.

Stranger: I wear no mask.

Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda) No mask? No mask!

--The King in Yellow, Act 1, Scene 2

Inside the quiet conference room, Gu Jun read through the book quietly. He did not jump to the last chapter immediately but started from the first, The Repairer of Reputation. He encountered a Mr. Wang Erde in this chapter, a wicked gnome who cooperated with the main character to bring down America, to build a King of Yellow's kingdom in its place. Hastur's direct descendent would be made king… These narrations, the King of Yellow, The Yellow Sign, Hastur, they reminded Gu Jun heavily of the Yellow Brotherhood…