Soul Painter

Return to Boston from Phoenix.

Gao Fan fell into a short state of doing nothing.

Every day, I lay on the reclining chair on the terrace on the third floor with "The Volume of the Seven Sages" as my pillow, and watch the scenery of the Charles River.

In Boston, under the oppression of the silver key, "The Volume of the Seven Sages" appeared extremely well-behaved. Even when Gao Fan went deep into the ancient ice field in the palace of his inspiration, he did not see any strange sights, whether it was the seven sages or the eternal devil. , They all hid in some corner.

However, they were hiding, but the fate arranged by the silver key kept rolling forward like the wheel of history.

One evening in mid-May.

On the terrace, Gao Fan was so comfortable drinking beer that he would not get drunk, under the caress of the evening breeze, embracing God, while listening to the TV NBC local TV station Art Channel, which was broadcasting the "The Strongest on Earth" art exhibition of the Devil School News, while drowsy.

Anna is standing behind a drawing board. She is depicting another university across the Charles River, which will expand Govan's "occupation" of Boston. Perhaps one day, with the two painters' superb skills, they will be able to Own the whole country or even the whole planet in inspiration.

At this time, the report on the painter on the TV program had ended. At the end of the report, the TV host regretted that Gao Fan’s failure to hold the exhibition in Boston really hurt the hearts of the citizens, and hoped that relevant organizations would come forward to lobby Gao Fan to put The venue of the exhibition was changed back to Boston.

Immediately afterwards, the host began to broadcast world art news. Among them was a news about the "Millennium Emperor Culture Special Exhibition" to be held by the British Museum. The exhibits came from the Gupta Empire in the fourth century BC, the Egyptian Empire and the Chinese Empire in the first century, The Inca Empire in the sixteenth century...and more.

One hundred years ago, the empire on which the sun never sets used the tide of colonialism to plunder cultural treasures around the world, creating a collection of astronomical figures and values ​​in the British Museum. , which can be displayed in the British Museum.

Anna suddenly saw that Gao Fan, who was already half asleep and half awake, suddenly sat up straight at this moment, staring at the TV screen for a long time, then suddenly grinned and said something inexplicable : "Coming~"

Then Gao Fan seemed to listen to who said what.

He said again: "Well, well, that's right, let's go."

Then he said: "But, be careful, don't be photographed, at least cover your face, how much trouble was caused to me when I burned the painting last time."

Then say: "Go now~ I can't wait."

Anna stared at Gao Fan like this, not afraid, but she was weighing in her heart whether Gao Fan was talking in his sleep or had a mental problem.

At this time, Gao Fan turned his head and saw Anna's gaze, and grinned: "It's okay, I'm chatting with myself."

It's a mental problem. Anna nodded.

At this moment.

Suddenly, snowflakes flashed on the TV screen again.

Immediately afterwards, a human face appeared, which had obvious oriental characteristics. It was a very old man. In the snowflakes, this black and white face occupied the entire TV screen, abrupt and frightening.

"Give up, for your family and friends, and for the safety of the world..."

"Otherwise! You will regret it!"

"Give up, for your family and friends, and for the safety of the world..."

"Otherwise! You will regret it!"

"Give up, for your family and friends, and for the safety of the world..."

"Otherwise! You will regret it!"

...

The face on the TV screen repeats this sentence repeatedly in Chinese, the face that lacks color and has an unbalanced structure because it is very close to the screen, at this moment it looks extremely scary.

Gao Fan was also taken aback and almost fell off his chair.

But God was furious, and he slapped the TV.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Fan fell into the gap of the reclining chair half of his body and struggled to get out. Anna hurried up to rescue him. It's pathetic physical coordination to kick the slipper off and almost fall over.

"Scaring me, right? You think I was scared too much, right!" Gao Fan yelled, pointing at the TV.

Anna watched Gao Fan arguing with the TV, and felt that Gao Fan was getting more and more crazy.

"Quick! Find out where this thing comes from!" Gao Fan pointed to the TV and said to Anna.

I? Anna was slightly surprised.

"No, of course it's not you, and you don't know how to investigate cases. Lu Zhi is too far away, Lawrence is busy, who else in Boston can help me..." Gao Fan flipped through for a long time, and found a business card. The content of the business card was 'Kennedy, LP Organization Administrator, phone number'.

...

Kennedy, a former Boston congressman and current director of the LP organization's management committee, received a call from Gao Fan.

It was eleven o'clock at night.

This surprised him and surprised him.

It feels like being called by God.

You must know that Gao Fan has never actively contacted any member of the LP organization.

Although the LP organization was established because of Gao Fan and his paintings, it seems to be far away from Gao Fan.

So Kennedy packed up his clothes and went to the painter's residence on the banks of the Charles River.

After nearly 20 minutes of close talks with the painter, Kennedy gained the trust of Gao Fan, and the LP organization formally established contact with Gao Fan for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, Kennedy began to investigate the tape that suddenly appeared in the middle of the night.

In fact, this was a broadcast accident. The sudden appearance of oriental faces and Chinese has become a nightmare for many people.

NBC Boston, a local television station, is also investigating, pointing to a staff member on duty.

The strange thing is that although the employee's entry time, work records, social security number and other information can be found, most people in the TV station have no impression of this employee, and the reaction to this name is "yes." Is this person? ’ ‘How can I not remember? ’ ‘It turned out to be my colleague? '

Human beings with such a low sense of existence are really rare.

And after Kennedy, the representative of the LP organization, began to investigate the incident with Gao Fan's instructions, the incident quickly upgraded from a simple work error to a case, and the police then intervened to conduct investigations on the staff member. After asking, the result was also very strange. The staff member said that it was not instigated by anyone, but he had to complete the job.

"I studied directing in Maryland, went back to Boston to work, and entered NBC TV station. All of them are for broadcasting this tape. No one ordered it. This is my mission in life." He said.

The answer was unbelievably weird.

Whose mission in life is to broadcast a videotape from an unknown source at midnight?

When Kennedy sent the results of the investigation to Gao Fan.

Gao Fan realized that this was another threat.

The threat from the Eternal Devil, however, in Gao Fan's promised land, in Boston, the Eternal Devil can no longer use mysterious and unknown methods to interfere with Gao Fan's life, and his performance of playing with fate can already be seen clearly.

Chapter Four~