Chatty Hollywood

"Something made of human skin!?"

Before Judy could answer, her life assistant Anna exclaimed,

"Could it be..."

"Ana, let me do the talking!"

Judy smiled bitterly and stopped her assistant. This made the assistant lady realize her recklessness, and also remembered the harm that incident had caused to her boss.

"Judy, I'm sorry! I shouldn't-"

"It's nothing. It's been a long time since it happened."

The movie queen waved her hand to show that she didn't care.

"I just think it's better for me to talk about that matter. After all, I am the real person involved. And -"

Judy glanced at Charlotte;

"In this case, my choice to remain silent should be useless, right?"

"You can choose to hire a lawyer."

Charlotte's mouth twisted, revealing a wicked smile,

"Perhaps ghosts are more interested in their tongues than in the souls of ordinary people."

"..."

The long silence finally ended with Charlize on the side patting Charlotte.

"Your joke is so cold!"

"...Then let me start talking!"

After Charlotte's interruption, Judy's depression and sadness were relieved a lot. But even so, her face was still filled with gloom,

"Shortly after I won the first statuette for "Pear Blossom", I did receive a human leather product, which was a human leather book. Of course - "

Judy smiled bitterly,

"——I didn't know that at that time. I only knew that the leather cover of the book was very smooth, as smooth as, like--the skin of an eighteen-year-old girl."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but feel a chill. Charlize and Anna on the side also shuddered uncontrollably under the influence of her tone.

Charlotte, on the other hand, was not affected. In fact, this guy with an abnormal brain circuit thought of a question for a moment -

Judy, did she expose something?

However, Charlotte, whose emotional intelligence is not negative, would not ask such a suicide question.

On the other side, Jodie Foster’s narration continues:

"It's an ancient-looking book, but it's pretty well preserved. The content inside is actually the Ancient Persian Scriptures."

"Persian Scriptures!?"

Charlotte suddenly interrupted Judy's narration,

"Is it the Zoroastrian Bible?"

——Zoroastrianism is an ancient religion popular in ancient Central Asia and the Middle East. It is also known as Zoroastrianism and is the prototype of Mingjiao in "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer".

Of course, Jodie Foster didn't know this. She majored in literature in college and had an average understanding of ancient religions. She shook her head,

"I don't know if the "Persian Classic" is the religious scripture you mentioned. Even this name was told to me by Anna and others after consulting a history professor..."

"I'll tell you the rest! I did the identification of that book."

Anna took over from Judy,

"Because we didn't know who sent it to Judy, in order to avoid danger, after discussion, we decided to send the book for inspection and identification. Then - we found out that it was a book with a cover made of human skin."

Having said this, Anna's expression became very unnatural,

"Besides, it's not made of the skin of dead people - according to the historian who identified it, in order to achieve the smoothness of the cover of that book, you must -"

"It has to be skin taken directly from a living person, right?"

Seeing the image of a soft girl, Anna couldn't speak anymore, so Charlotte simply said,

"and,

If I guessed correctly, it must be the skin of an eighteen-year-old virgin, right? "

"..."

Ana didn't speak, but nodded with an ugly expression.

"Well, as scary as it sounds, it wasn't anything too unusual in the Middle Ages."

Charlotte rolled her eyes, and at first he was not consoling.

"In that era, there were cases of criminals' skins being turned into books. Although it was not many, it was not an isolated case either."

"What's the use of making a book from the skin of a criminal?"

I have to say that Charlize is indeed a courageous girl.

After listening to the real-life version of "American Horror Story" for half a day, not only was she no longer frightened, but she became very curious.

In order to dilute the depressing atmosphere at the scene, Charlotte was also willing to cooperate:

"Human skin books are often made from the skin of criminals to record the crimes they committed and the records of their trials, as a warning to others not to commit crimes!"

"That's really a terrifying warning!"

Charlize stuck out her tongue;

"But the book in human skin that Judy received is probably not made of the skin of a criminal, right?"

"yes!"

Charlotte sighed;

"I can use the skin of an eighteen-year-old girl to make a book, and the book is recorded in the Zoroastrian "Persian Classic"..."

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said,

"Judy, I think that book is probably the source of your current troubles."

"That human leather book!?"

"Yes. Haven't you ever wondered why the cover of that book still remains as smooth as real human skin?"

Charlotte pointed out the problem directly,

"No matter how well-preserved, processed leather products cannot have the same feel as the skin of a living person. Speaking of which, Judy, what you just said wasn't just a description, was it?"

"of course not."

Jodie Foster quickly clarified,

"Why would I randomly describe it at this time? It feels exactly like the skin of a living person."

"That's right!"

Charlotte said with certainty,

"That book should contain magic power, so it always feels like living human skin. Not to mention——"

"According to the knowledge I have, it is speculated that Zoroastrianism, or Zoroastrianism, may have been the original source of monsters like Huapi."

"But, according to what you said before, shouldn't monsters like Painted Skin come from China?"

Charlize couldn't understand Charlotte's statement, and the latter explained,

"It is true that the ghost Painted Skin comes from China, but it does not mean that its origin is also China. In fact, many ghosts around the world have the same origin, and some are even the same kind of ghost."

"You mean..."

"The same goes for painted skin."

Charlotte shrugged.

"In the East, they are called painted skins, and in the West, they are called shapeshifters. Of course, there are certain differences between the two, and they are more similar to two subspecies of one species. In Central Asia and the Middle East, they also have A subspecies—"

Charlotte glanced at Judy and Anna;

"Assassin! This is the original etymology of the word "assassin" in English. They are also known as the Old Man of the Mountain. They are a well-organized assassin organization."

"Compared to painted skins and shape-shifters, Assassins have a stronger ability to change. It is said that they borrowed the power of the evil god from Zoroastrianism and can transform into old people, children, women and adult men at will, carrying out unpredictable attacks. Assassination.”

Having said this, Charlotte showed a helpless smile,

"This is why I speculate that Zoroastrianism is the source of painted skin. After all, except for Assassin, the legends of several other subspecies have never mentioned the source of their power."

——In other words, apart from speculation, there is actually no other evidence?

Charlize, who knew Charlotte better, understood the meaning of the other party's words. At the same time, the girl also began to doubt Charlotte's intentions——

The reason why this guy is so concerned about Judy, or the painted skin, is not simply because he thinks he can take the opportunity to explore the origin of the painted skin. He is out of curiosity! ?

Thinking of this, Charlize suddenly felt that the Jodie Foster in front of her was much more pleasing to the eye.