The audience again burst into loud applause, cheers, and whistles. Red and Blue removed their handkerchiefs and bowed. Madalen had stiffened in her seat, gripping the arms of the chair tightly and staring in horror at the seemingly dead man. Then she noticed another stream of blood coming out of the wound in his heart. She looked at the audience around her; they didn't seem to notice, everyone was enjoying the spectacle. She felt mad among madmen. The twins left, putting the wheel closer to the severed woman.

Then Yellow came out. He started doing stunts with fire. At first, it seemed innocent; he threw small torches into the air and twirled them with his hands without getting burned. Finishing his tricks, he took a larger torch and lit it. He asked a young man from the audience to come to him. Madalen didn't like this at all. After tying him to a stake, he placed a pile of straw under him and lit it on fire. The man, as if he were made of paper, immediately caught fire and began to scream.

"That's it!" Madalen rose from her seat and screamed, "What's wrong with all of you? Can't you see that they are killing people? Where do you find the joke?"

The audience turned and looked at her, and then everyone started laughing. Madalen felt even more shocked than before. Yellow hadn't heard her because he had gone backstage, leaving the man alone to burn.

After a while, Jio appeared in the center of the stage, along with the whole troupe. They wore clown masks, which looked scarier than ever. She could tell them all apart by their hair. In their hands, they each held a dangerous, sharp object. Jio held a katana sword. The twins had their classic knives, shining in the semi-darkness. Purple was holding a chainsaw instead of the simple saw he had used to cut the unfortunate woman in two earlier. Green had a spiked club, and a whip hung from his waist. Pink was holding a large kitchen knife, and chains with studs were attached to his belt. Yellow held a well-honed axe.

"And once again, our show ends here," Jio spoke through his mask. Then a strange, happy song started playing from the speakers inside and outside the circus, making the atmosphere very playful. Spectators began to laugh as the clowns approached the audience menacingly.

"From here, I think, you start running," Jio addressed the audience. Then the laughter stopped abruptly, and the circus suddenly went dark. Most people got up and started running; some stumbled, others screamed, causing a commotion. For some reason, however, no one was leaving the circus.

Jio walked over to the seats where Madalen was. He stopped almost in front of her. She felt him looking at her through his mask. He raised his katana. For a moment, Madalen thought her life was over. Her breath hitched, and her heart began to beat rapidly. But the katana was intended for the person next to her, a middle-aged man who looked unfazed.

"I said, this is where you start and run," Jio said, thrusting the sword hard into the spectator's chest. The man let out a muffled sound before he died.

Thick blood began to flow like a rivulet from where he had impaled him, staining the chair a deeper red. Jio hadn't paid attention to Madalen in the dark; he didn't seem to notice her after all.

The rest imitated Jio and began to kill the audience in hideous ways. The circus turned into a slaughterhouse. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the chairs and making the dark red velvet even redder. A pool of blood appeared in the center of the great tent. Madalen was frozen in her seat in fear, watching the mad clowns slaughter the crowd. She saw every creepy detail. Purple was cutting with the chainsaw, twirling around himself as if dancing to the rhythm of the playful music. Green had his whip out and was mercilessly lashing anyone in sight. After they fell from the pain, he would hold his spiked club in the air and bring it down hard on their heads, cracking the skulls in two. But he didn't stop there; sometimes he hit their heads five or ten times until they were unrecognizable. Pink, with the kitchen knife, was happily chasing the audience and stabbing anyone he caught in various places until they died. Blue and Red sat motionless back to back, throwing their knives at moving targets. Their aim was very precise, hitting either the chest, the heart, or the head. Their pockets and clothes were full of hidden little knives, and they seemed to never run out, as if they were plentiful.

Yellow used the axe like it was a plastic toy. He threw it at the backs of the fleeing audience, knocking them down covered in blood, or cut off their heads as if they were plastic dolls. Meanwhile, Jio sliced anyone who passed by him or whom he was chasing with his katana. His cuts were so precise and delicate, it was as if he were performing some kind of samurai sword dance.

All this bloodshed started to make Madalen dizzy and nauseous. Her clothes and face were covered in blood. Suddenly, she heard a muffled, eerie laugh, like someone was finding amusement in this whole situation. But no one seemed to notice. It sounded like the circus itself was laughing. It was very strange. She rose shakily, out of breath, feeling like her heart was going to break from racing, and started to run away.

Arriving at the entrance, she opened the curtain so agitatedly that she tore a piece of it, only to discover that the exit was invisible! Through the entrance, instead of seeing the exit of the amusement park, she could see the inside of the circus! But how was that possible? Whether she was going in or out, she was back in the circus! It was like a loop!

"Where are you going?" she heard Jio's voice behind her. She turned sharply to see him holding his katana menacingly up, ready to cut her down. Madalen closed her eyes and waited to feel the sharp blade of the sword against her skin.

"Madalen? What are you doing here?" she heard Jio's worried words. But Madalen did not answer, she was at a loss for words. She opened her eyes fearfully, expecting him to attack her at any moment.

"You weren't supposed to see that. You better get out," he said calmly and opened the curtain for her. Madalen was then shocked to see the amusement park appear in front of her. Somehow, Jio revealed the exit.