How did I turn the victim into Feng Aotian?

Junji Ito Art Exhibition

It would be a lie to say I have no impression.

My friend Luna from my hometown collected the works of this cartoonist, but I had only seen the cover at that time.

The main reason is that the things drawn by this cartoonist are weird and depressing, making it impossible for Beren to forget them.

Beren had a subtle expression on his face, and followed the excited Shilok into the exhibition hall.

"What's this?"

There were several flying balloons with human heads coming up.

Of course, it is not a real human head, but a balloon with a human face painted on it.

"It's a collection of short stories called "Balloon Heads". It's very realistic. The story is that after an idol dies, her head turns into a balloon and flies up to the sky. When ordinary people see her head, they can't help but hang themselves. Then, one by one, their heads also rise up to the sky and turn into balloons."

Beren frowned: "Is this a story a normal person could come up with?"

“It’s interesting because it’s abnormal.”

Beren felt both angry and amused when hearing what Shilok, who looked like a pure black-haired girl, explained.

What makes me angry is that we have to go to such an evil place for our first date.

What’s funny is that Shilok actually dared to bring himself here.

Looking around, there were quite a few young men and women in the painting hall... Is it really because my aesthetic taste is not good?

The two of them admired these bizarre and terrifying paintings along the way. To be precise, only Shilok was admiring them, and Beren accompanied him.

"Oh, I didn't expect that there are works by Mr. Ito here. This work "Whirlpool" has a human face twisted into a circle, and the complicated wiring. The effect is so scary and domineering."

"Oh... horror and domineering can be used together."

Beren listened to Shilok's passionate explanation while observing the paintings.

It is indeed as he said, every stroke can be seen to be carefully drawn, giving these paintings a strong impact.

She began to take some interest in these paintings.

But most of the time, attention is more focused on Shilok.

Standing under the light, Shilok looked radiant as he introduced his works, and his love for things was beyond words, which attracted Beren unconsciously.

Rather than appreciating the painting, it would be more accurate to say that she was appreciating the Shilok who was introducing the painting.

He can share the things he loves, which means he really wants me to see the real him....

"The things you like are quite strange. If I were a normal girl, I would definitely get furious if I came to a place like this that has no romantic atmosphere at all for a date."

"Fortunately, Belen, you are not an ordinary girl, you are a super girl."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing his unyielding look, Beren couldn't help but smile.

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Why is this happening?

Hill, who was watching from afar, felt very uncomfortable.

Should I say that she is worthy of being the woman my brother likes?

You adapted so quickly and seem to be enjoying it?

I mean, she has been looking at my brother the whole time... She must be thinking about how to take advantage of my brother, what a bad woman.

After the art exhibition, they went to a cat cafe, and Hill continued to follow them at a distance.

The woman turned her face away with a very reluctant look, but isn't she happily petting the cat in her hand?

And the way my brother pets the cats is too professional, those two damn cats (pun)! Hill really wants to trade places!

Could it be that the brother deliberately took the girls to see scary things first, and then to see cute things to create the suspension bridge effect?

The possibility is quite high, after all, my brother can score in 35 seconds with Minesweeper.

Ah, it's moving again.

It appeared, the lunch box made by my brother, Hill wanted to eat it so much...

Damn it, that woman even helped my brother to feed him. Did she even want to put whipped cream on my brother's face and lick it clean for him? It's so perverted, so filthy! So obscene!

Hill watched secretly and took a vicious bite of the bread he had just bought. It tasted dry and tasteless.

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"Come to think of it, Shilok, you know so much, do you also know why I steal things?"

After eating a delicious seaweed pork chop bento on the second floor of an open-air cafe, Belén took a sip of caramel macchiato coffee to slowly soothe the greasy feeling.

"I do not know."

"Hey, you are... again..."

A smile appeared on Shilok's lips and his eyes narrowed. Beren knew that he was not lying.

"I don't know everything, Beren. I just happen to know what I know, and sometimes things don't turn out the way I want them to."

Shilok looked at the ripples on the surface of the water in the cup, feeling heavy-hearted.

It's cheating to use such a melancholy look.

Beren's heart tightened, and he almost couldn't help but want to hold him in his arms and comfort him.

"So, Beren, do you want to tell me your secret? I'd love to listen."

The melancholy disappeared in an instant, and Shilok asked happily.

Beren knew that he didn't want to say it, and smiled nostalgically:

"There's no special reason. I was in the countryside when I was about 8 years old. The first thing I stole was my grandma's seal. I just thought it was fun. When my grandma found out, she spanked me and I couldn't sit on the stool for the whole day."

"Does it still hurt now?"

"How can it be."

Beren poked Silok in the face.

She looked at the people coming and going in the distance. They were chatting in the sunshine in the square, and the atmosphere was full of harmony.

"Then I thought, stealing from ordinary people will be punished if you are caught, but what about stealing from bad people? It is more difficult and more interesting, and usually they will not tell anyone about it."

"And you really did that? And you weren't discovered?"

Beren thought for a while:

"Correct."

Shilok said “Oh oh——”, with some admiration in his eyes.

"You probably wouldn't have thought that a top student like me would do something like this."

"To be able to graduate normally from medical school, you are indeed an excellent student."

"I admit that I'm a little weird. Normally, after being taught a lesson by my grandmother, I should never do such a thing as stealing again. However, I haven't done it for a long time since I left my hometown for college. There are so many cameras in big cities. After coming here, I basically gave up."

“It doesn’t matter. I’m much more weird for liking you, but your point is not even a problem.

Shilok looked at him with interested and gentle eyes.

A warm current suddenly surged in Beren's heart, making her chest feel a little numb.

He quietly reached out his hand, about to take Beren's hand -

With a "pop" sound, Beren gently slapped it away.

Shilok, you are not ordinary either.

Ordinary people would give me some advice if they heard me say this.

You accepted it all.

No, I know.

He had accepted it a long time ago, but I didn't quite believe his good intentions.

....It is indeed not bad to have someone who recognizes you.

"Don't be so proud. Don't think you can do anything to me just because you said you like me."

"Haha, I've been discovered...ah."

As if declaring sovereignty, Beren's slender white hand suddenly covered Shilok's hand.

Shilok looked surprised.

Beren smiled sweetly, revealing her white teeth.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm in the mood to hold hands right now, so you can hold hands."

His fingertips hooked into the gaps between Shilok's fingers and gripped them tightly, feeling warm and smooth.

The first time we held hands, my heart didn’t pound as I had imagined. Instead, I felt a strange sense of security.

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Hill was standing under a tree across the street from the cafe on the first floor, looking at the two of them with resentment.

She took out her cell phone and planned to make a call to interfere——

"Hello....Excuse me, are you Shilok's sister?"

A girl with light blue hair spoke to him.

The skimpy babydoll top and shorts look tailor-made for her.

Light blue hair, three-dimensional facial features, and this aristocratic aura pretending to be a commoner...

Hill stared at the girl who spoke to him. The cold gaze that penetrated his sunglasses made the blue-haired girl at a loss.

I always feel like there is an impression there.

"enmmm......."

She closed her eyes, held her head, and tried hard to remember.

111. The Mystery of Belem

Hill chose to ignore it and turned away.

"Please wait! Why did you leave without saying a word——"

"Mom said not to talk to strangers."

"I'm just an ordinary high school girl passing by!"

"It's suspicious enough that you emphasize your ordinariness, big sister."

Besides, she also has the (self-perceived) important task of determining whether the woman her brother knows is a good person.

After Hill took two steps, the blue-haired girl became anxious and at a loss.

"Well, yes, it was Cas. Cas asked me to come! He asked me to come and see how Shilok is doing."

Cass?

Hill stopped.

That upstart friend of my brother?

Does that mean she knew about Hill through Cass?

At this point, Hill finally made the connection and understood why the person in front of her looked so familiar.

This woman must be Cass's relative.

Hill urged the other person to continue with his eyes.

"Cas told me that his friend Shilok is coming for a date today... He sent me to check out the situation. What if that woman has bad intentions?"

"..."

It turns out to be the same goal as mine.