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Henry's father stood behind him with a gloomy face, looking at Henry with eyes full of rage.
Henry, who was about to shoot the cat, suddenly halted his action and started to sweat. When he turned back, he saw his father standing behind him with a grim expression.
"What are you doing?" his father asked in a low tone, but Henry felt the pressure in it.
Henry didn't know how to reply. In the whole town of Derry, Henry was only afraid of his father.
"I... I... I was just playing," Henry replied, lacking the courage to look into his father's eyes.
"What game?" his father said, taking a step towards Henry.
Henry's hands and legs started to shake in fear, his voice breaking as he spoke to his father.
Seeing that Henry didn't answer, Henry's father took the gun from his son's hand, looking at Henry with a mocking face.
"What are you doing with my gun?" he said, his voice devoid of emotion.
"I... I... I was just cleaning your gun," Henry replied, still avoiding eye contact.
"Lei..." Henry's father shouted at him angrily.
Without saying anything, his father started to walk away but stopped after taking a few steps and turned back to look at his son.
Suddenly, he loaded his gun and pointed it at the ground near his son's legs, shooting until the bullets in the magazine were empty.
Henry's face turned pale, and he covered his face in fear, while Vic stood behind the garbage can, shocked and silent.
"Look at his face. You'll know how scary a cat he is," Henry's father said mockingly, then went to his police car and left the house.
At the hotel...
Jojo was deep in thought while looking outside.
"Jojo, the kids are here," Rosalie informed him about the kids' arrival.
"Okay, let them in," Jojo said, taking a seat on the couch.
Bill, Ben, and the others arrived, except Eddie, who came to the hotel to visit Jojo with a confused look, wondering why Jojo had invited them there.
"Where is Eddie and the girl?" Jojo asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Brother Eddie was a mama's boy. His mother came to Eddie when she heard about the stone fight we had with Henry and his gang, and as for Beverly, we don't know," Richie, who had transformed into a fanboy, said with a twinkle in his eyes.
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Everyone present was shocked to see Richie's change in behavior, a complete 180-degree turn.
"Be careful. Pennywise has already marked you guys as his prey," Jojo warned them once again.
"Always keep something for your protection with you," Jojo advised them.
Jojo sighed with a tired expression, thinking about the troublesome abilities of Pennywise, who could use unbelievable tricks and escape like a cockroach in his base, where fear filled the air.
"He might be much stronger inside than outside. What a drag..." Jojo sighed, feeling weary.
Jojo was pondering the troublesome nature of fighting Pennywise in his own domain, filled with fear.
"Jojo, what are you thinking about?" Carlisle, who noticed Jojo lost in thought, asked him.
"I was thinking about the place where we're going to fight Pennywise, because it's his place, filled with fear," Jojo replied without hiding his thoughts from Carlisle.
After hearing what Jojo was thinking, the others also started to contemplate deeply about it. After all, they had just witnessed Pennywise's ability to play tricks.
Henry's house...
Henry was complaining and cursing his father, sitting with his friends on top of his red car. Suddenly, he felt someone calling him. When he turned to look around, there was no one.
"What happened, Henry?" Vic asked Henry, confused by Henry's behavior.
"He always scolds me and mocks me. One day, I will prove to him that I am not scared of him," Henry said, kicking the front tire with anger.
He noticed a red balloon hanging on top of the mailbox. Somehow, he felt a connection to it. Henry was drawn to the red balloon and slowly started to walk towards the mailbox.
"Hey, Henry, where are you going?" Vic questioned Henry, seeing Henry walking towards the mailbox, completely ignoring his friend's calls.
When Henry arrived near the mailbox, he heard a faint voice, low enough to be heard only by him.
"Open it... Open it... Open it..."
Henry slowly reached his hand and opened the mailbox. Inside, he found a gift box covered in red wrapping paper, addressed to him.
When Henry opened the box, he found the knife he lost when he was bullying Ben near the Barrens.
As Henry took the knife, he felt rage and anger building up within him for no apparent reason, directed towards his father. He stared at the knife for a moment and made a decision in his mind, then went into the house.
Upon openingthe door, he saw his father watching a comedy show on TV, laughing wholeheartedly at one of the characters.
Suddenly, he heard one of the characters on the TV say, "Kill him... Kill him... Kill him..."
The voice started to intensify in his mind. He slowly walked towards his father, who was still unaware of Henry's presence.
When Henry looked at the TV again, he saw a clown standing and urging him to kill his father. Though he tried to resist, the temptation of the voice was overwhelming.
He placed the knife against his father's neck before his father could react. With a swift press of the button, the knife pierced through his father's neck.
Henry's face was fully covered in blood as his friends, who had entered the house, looked on in shock and fear.
Now completely consumed by madness, Henry laughed menacingly at them.
"Come here help me with some thing." He said with crazy smile on his face.
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