Is this cartoonist mentally ill?

"What on earth is this?"

Ke Xinjie's hair stood on end. After reading the comic, she was still thinking about this issue.

In general horror stories, weird stories happen, whether they are supernatural or man-made.

All have their reasons.

Obviously, after seeing the incredible behavior of Shuichi's father, especially the one who made his body appear in a whirlpool, and finally caused his whole body bones to shatter and die.

With this, we can be sure that this is definitely not a man-made reason.

There is definitely something supernatural in this Black Vortex Town, including ghosts, curses, evil gods, witchcraft, etc. It's all possible!

It's just that I still can't figure out what this is...

I can only watch the subsequent series.

And the first issue of Comics Horror Night magazine, there are other horror comics.

Ke Xinjie planned to continue reading other thriller comics serialized in the magazine, but just when she was about to turn to the next page of the magazine...

From the corner of her eye, she seemed to see Shuichi's father's body twisted into a whirlpool on the magazine page next to her...

It seemed to be moving, spinning like a vortex!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Ke Xinjie broke into a cold sweat and jumped up from her chair in fright!

But when she opened her eyes and looked directly at the comic again, she found that there was nothing "moving" about the weird and twisted comic.

That cartoon is still the same. Although it is very strange, it does not break away from the shackles of static comics.

"Could it be..."

Ke Xinjie's fingers were trembling a little, and she said with lingering fear, "Is it my imagination?"

But she didn't know why, looking at the twisted cartoon, she always felt that Shuichi's father in the barrel looked real.

I should say, it's like... ghost stories, ghosts in comics.

Ke Xinjie's eyes were in a trance again, and then she seemed to see Xiuyi's father in the comics smiling at her...

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Just like the heroine Kirie in the manga, she was so panicked that she ran out of her room in fear!

But when she came to her senses, she calmed down again, "Calm down...calm down, that's just a comic, just an ordinary comic."

"There are no supernatural beings in this world. We have to talk about science..."

"I am a staunch materialist fighter. Everything in the world is made up of materialism, and there are no such things at all."

"I'm just scaring myself..."

After a while of cheering and brainwashing herself, Ke Xinjie finally puffed up her chest again.

She plucked up the courage and returned to her room again. She took another deep breath, and then looked at the comic magazine on the table.

This time I looked directly at the picture in the comic again, and sure enough, it was still the same as before in the comic.

What moves, what spins like a whirlpool...

That was all her illusion.

What kind of ghosts, curses, evil gods, etc. in horror works...

What doesn't exist, doesn't exist at all!

Ke Xinjie finally managed to suppress the fear in her heart, but if she was asked to read horror comics again...

But she didn't have the courage anymore.

"I have to go to work tomorrow...I'll watch some TV, watch some light-hearted TV, and then go to bed later."

Ke Xinjie comforted herself, then stepped forward, took a deep breath, and closed the magazine directly.

Then she ran out of the living room and turned on the TV she hadn't watched in a long time.

She found a TV station that was broadcasting light-hearted romantic dramas, and began to try to shift her attention from the weird human vortex scenes in the comics to light-hearted and humorous TV plots.

I just don’t know why…

She felt her heart tighten when she saw the hero's father in the TV series stirring the milk in the cup with a spoon.

Another vortex...

Suddenly, the crazy face of Shuichi's father in the comics appeared in her mind again.

No...can't think about this...

Ke Xinjie tried to ignore the plot, but the TV screen showed the next scene of the heroine driving, those four fast-rolling wheels...

Does it look like a whirlpool?

Cold sweat broke out on Ke Xinjie's forehead. Why do vortices always... keep appearing? !

Immediately afterwards, she kept noticing the existence of whirlpools in the TV series...

The patterns on the heroine's clothes, the bowls the hero and his family use when eating, the water the supporting characters stir when making coffee, the hangings on the street...

"No...this doesn't look good."

Ke Xinjie felt like she was going crazy, so she quickly switched TV stations.

However, in the following dramas, vortexes still seem to be everywhere, and things related to "whirlpools" can be seen everywhere on the TV screen.

"I won't watch anymore!"

Ke Xinjie's fear of the whirlpool could no longer be suppressed, and she quickly turned off the TV.

But when she stood up and wanted to go back to her room and go to bed...

But she discovered that "whirlpools" were everywhere in her home!

The fan on the ceiling above her head, some patterns on the sofa beneath her, the patterns on the shoe cabinet, the front-loading washing machine at home... and the fingerprints on her fingers! ! !

Wait... that covered basin on the balcony...

Suddenly, the comic image of Shuichi's father curled up in a wooden tub appeared again in her mind...

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!"

The fear in Ke Xinjie's heart could no longer be suppressed. She ran directly back to bed, and then wrapped her body tightly in a sheet in the hot weather.

But at this moment, she suddenly thought...she was shrinking like this, didn't she look like a whirlpool...

She burst into tears and straightened her body to sleep like a salted fish.

only……

She couldn't sleep, and she felt...

Somewhere in the room, the twisted body of Shuichi's father was watching her quietly.

It seemed that he wanted to assimilate her into a fanatical whirlpool maniac who twisted his body into a vortex.

Ke Xinjie didn't dare to turn off the light at all, but with the light on she could still see the Comic Horror Night magazine on the table, and the cover of "Vortex" on the magazine made her hair stand on end.

She turned over again, planning to stay out of sight.

But turning your back...

"You can make the vortex by yourself..."

Suddenly Ke Xinjie seemed to hear Xiu Yi's father's voice, as if he was watching her from behind! Saying what he said to Kirie in the manga.

Ke Xinjie was frightened to death. She turned around instantly, only to find that... there was nothing at all.

And there seemed to be no sound just now...

It seems like it was her illusion again...

"woo woo woo woo--"

Ke Xinjie started to choke. She was really... almost frightened...

Why... why does she want to read this comic? !

…

the next day.

"Sorry...store manager."

The manager of the milk tea shop felt a little strange when he heard Ke Xinjie's weak voice on the phone.

"Xinjie...are you sick?"

She asked curiously, "Why does the voice sound so..."

"……Yes."

Ke Xinjie was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, and then said, "So can I take leave today?"

"After all, your health is important, so you should go see a doctor today and have a good rest."

The manager of the milk tea shop gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay...thank you manager."

Ke Xinjie was on the bed, with bloodshot eyes open, and hung up the phone.

Yes, she was up all night.

No matter what she did, the image of the whirlpool remained in her mind all night.

The most important thing is that from time to time, she has a feeling that Xiuyi's father has stepped out of the comics, looking at her, and then talking.

Ke Xinjie tried recording there with the recording function on her phone to see if there was really sound.

However, it turned out that it was her auditory hallucination.

However, as time passed, it seemed that the trance-like visual and auditory hallucinations gradually disappeared.

Ke Xinjie was not so afraid.

It's just...she hasn't slept all night, and she doesn't have the energy to go to work now.

So she had to take leave.

And now she still couldn't sleep, so she had to wait until she was too sleepy to sleep again.

So Ke Xinjie used her mobile phone to log into the Penguin software.

She is also considered a Sheniu patient, so she has joined several groups.

Among them are the ACG Culture Hobby Group, the COSER Comic Exhibition Hobby Group, the Chainsaw Man Official Fan Hobby Group, and... a horror movie fan hobby group.

Ke Xinjie had an idea as soon as she saw the horror movie fan hobby group.

She wanted to see...if others would feel the same way as she did after reading the "Whirlpool" comic.

If there is, then there is a high probability that it can be proven that it is just because the manga "Uzumaki" is too scary.

And not because... she was evil.

At this time, the horror film fan hobby group.

More than a dozen group friends are active in the water group——

Sadako, my wife: "I would like to visit that Kunshan hospital. And aren't pseudo-documentary movies very popular these days? Maybe it will be a hit if I make one."

So handsome that he was chased by ghosts: "I saw a blogger went to check it out before and even posted a video and found nothing at all."

Caught by a Ghost: "Have you watched any good horror movies recently? It's so boring. The recent movies are not very scary."

Brother Jie doesn't want it: "There are no horror movies. I recently read a thriller comic and thought it was quite scary. Anyway, I couldn't sleep all night."

The one Brother Jie doesn’t want is naturally Ke Xinjie. She is also considered an old person in the group.

As soon as everyone saw what she said, they suddenly became curious.

Li Gui Massage 300 person: "Brother Jie, you couldn't sleep after watching it all night? Comics? Are they so scary?"

If you're pretty, you can be a ghost: "Comics... I feel like there aren't many novels or comics that are very scary. Brother Jie, I don't believe it."

When Ke Xinjie saw this, she typed a reply directly: "Then you go and take a look to see if it is scary or not. You will know after watching it."

Caught by a Ghost: "What's the name of the comic? I'm very curious!"

Sadako, my wife: "I believe Brother Jie, Brother Jie is very ruthless. I watched "The Curse" before and said it was quite scary, but she said she fell asleep when I got home at night. He is ruthless!"

Brother Jie doesn’t want it: “I thought it might not be that scary at first, but I feel like I’m a bit possessed after reading this comic...”

Li Gui Massage 300 person: "Okay, okay, this is how you play, right? I don't believe it is so evil!"

If you are beautiful, you can be a ghost: "If you say so, I won't play anymore. I don't want to seek death like those supporting characters in horror movies."

He is so handsome that he is chased by a ghost: "Coward! Brother Jie, tell me your name and I will go and see him!"

Brother Jie doesn't want it: "The name of the comic is "Whirlpool", and it was serialized in the magazine "Comic Horror Night"."

Li Gui Massage 300 person: "I'm going to buy a copy now and come back and give it a try!"

He was so handsome that he was chased by a ghost: "I'll buy it after get off work in the evening. I'll see what happens tonight."

Sadako’s wife: “That’s right, what if I’m so cowardly? Let me show you how. Not only will I watch it, I’ll also watch it at night! That’s how enjoyable it is!”

Friends in the watching group all said that they would buy a copy and read it when they get back.

Ke Xinjie suddenly felt a lot more at ease, and the funny conversations among the group members diluted a lot of the fear in her heart.

Then... she seemed to feel that something in her mind had disappeared, and she felt a lot more relaxed.

"ha--"

Then she yawned and fell asleep peacefully...?

No, Ke Xinjie frowned in her sleep.

In the dream, the strange whirlpool and Xiuyi's father's twisted body emerged, and fear lingered in Ke Xinjie's heart.

…

In the afternoon, she finally woke up in a daze.

However, the nightmare scene from her sleep just now emerged, causing Ke Xinjie to break out in a cold sweat.

But for some reason, the fear in her heart seemed to have weakened a lot.

She just thought that the fear caused by "Vortex" in her heart had subsided.

Ke Xinjie got up and went to a fast food restaurant to have a meal. When evening came, she read the magazine "Comics Horror Night"...

When she thought about the remaining parts that she had not read, she gathered up her courage and opened the magazine.

Only this time, it seemed that the comics no longer gave her the feeling that there was an evil spirit living in the painting.

So Ke Xinjie started reading other horror comics.

This time, although she was also very scared.

But her fear was very stable. It was the same as watching horror movies before. There was no visual or auditory hallucinations like when she watched "Vortex" last night.

"The whirlpool is more scary."

After reading other horror comics in the "Comics Horror Night" magazine, Ke Xinjie took a deep breath and commented, "Mainly, these settings are familiar, what kind of evil ghost, what kind of murderous maniac... too It’s common.”

On the contrary, it is the setting of vortex... although it is a very common pattern and pattern in daily life.

But as a horror setting in a horror work, this is really...

First time meeting.

Moreover, the twisted human body vortex, because it was a human body, gave Ke Xinjie a feeling of fear deep in her heart.

She was also afraid that she would be like Shuichi's father.

Especially after the illusion caused by too much fear.

That would be even scarier.

Thinking of this, Ke Xinjie thought about it again, "I wonder if everyone in the group has watched it and how they are doing?"

So she opened the Penguin app on her phone again.