Chapter 93 Painted Skin 2

——In other words, a monster with a male soul, wearing a skin exactly like mine, seduces other men into bed, and finally kills them! ?

Based on Charlotte's explanation, it can be deduced that Jodie Foster is not well.

In fact, not only Judy, but also Anna and Charlize, who had already learned part of the truth from Charlotte, felt a little sick when they heard this.

However, they quickly grasped the key point——

"What do you mean by sacrifice and relief?"

——Charlize has never heard Charlotte explain this before.

"To put it simply, it means finding someone else to take your place."

Charlotte made an analogy,

"As long as the heart of the killed man is sacrificed to the prototype of the skin twice in a row, and the man is killed the third time, the soul trapped in the monster's body will be freed."

"Relief? Does it mean going to heaven!?"

A somewhat naive Anna asked.

"How can this guy's soul go to heaven!?"

Charlotte looked disgusted;

"Going to hell or dissipating is their ending, although I don't know which one."

Having said this, Charlotte glanced at Jodie Foster again,

"However, even if the previous soul is freed, it does not mean that the killing of Huapi will end. The soul of the third killed man will enter the monster's body, re-form a new Huapi, and start the cycle again."

"But since the soul inside the monster is human, why don't they stop killing?"

Judy cannot understand this behavior;

"They were originally victims, why did they become perpetrators?"

“Isn’t that how society works in the first place?”

Charlotte didn't take Judy's words seriously.

"Every perpetrator was once a victim. They accepted the other person's logic from the perpetrator, so they became new perpetrators. What's more, they can't resist the instinct after becoming a monster."

"instinct!?"

"Seduce men and then kill them. That's the instinct of a monster."

Charlotte smiled maliciously and said,

"This instinct is even stronger than normal hormonal impulses, and is as irresistible as the need to eat and drink, even if the soul in the monster is a super straight man like Chamberlain."

"A super stallion, right!?"

Judy, who also knew Chamberlain's deeds, sneered at this person.

"But letting a man like that do it...well, this can indeed be regarded as a kind of torture. But where did the original soul of this monster come from?"

"I'm not sure about this either."

Charlotte shook her head;

"There is a saying that the first painted skin was a man who was abandoned by a man. He dressed up as the wife of the man who abandoned him to seduce other men."

"..."

Although they could understand the meaning of each sentence, together, the three women present preferred not to understand.

——Even the lesbian Jodie Foster is no exception.

"If possible, I wish I had never heard of this."

Judy shook her head, as if trying to shake what she just heard out of her mind.

"But now that you've got rid of that monster, does that mean this nightmare is over?"

"If that were the case, he wouldn't have told you about it at all."

Charlize on the side interjected with a stiff expression.

"Sally's right."

Because Charlize had expressed her attitude before, Charlotte didn’t feel dissatisfied either.

“The really scary thing about painted skin is that as long as the source is not solved,

Even if it is destroyed, it will continue to regenerate. "

"regeneration!?"

The movie queen suddenly thought of something terrible.

"You mean, somewhere out there, there is a monster who looks exactly like me, seducing others like a bitch and killing people like a madman?"

"I think you understand the seriousness of the matter."

Charlotte shrugged.

"This is how Painted Skin harms the woman as the prototype - he doesn't kill the woman, but he destroys her reputation."

"It's not just a ruined reputation for me!"

Judy stood up excitedly,

"If that monster is photographed by the paparazzi using my appearance to seduce men outside...I will soon be infamous."

"This does not include the possibility that the FBI will come to trouble you after investigating similar situations."

Charlotte made another stab at the back,

"I think you'd better have someone following you from now on to prepare an alibi for you, otherwise..."

"This is really a big problem!"

Judy walked around nervously,

"The media and the FBI together will definitely drive me crazy! By the way-"

She suddenly stared at Charlotte expectantly,

"Can't you control this painted skin that you destroyed? Then can you--"

"cannot."

Charlotte knew what Judy wanted to say, so he interrupted her directly,

"Just like the body will rot after a person dies, the skin will not be preserved for long. The same goes for the yellow gas."

"Even if I am willing to testify, the FBI is willing to believe in magic and ghosts, which in their opinion should be similar to "One Thousand and One Nights". This evidence itself will not be preserved for long."

"So, finding a way to completely eliminate the painting skin so that it cannot regenerate is the only way to solve your problem."

Charlotte made her final conclusion.

"is that so?"

Judy nodded helplessly,

"Then, Charlotte, I'll leave this matter to you, okay?"

"Yes, yes -"

The original purpose of telling Judy was to solve the problem of painting skin, so Charlotte could not refuse to agree. But he also put forward his own conditions,

"However, if we want to completely solve the problem, we also need your help Judy."

"My help!?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Essentially, all ghosts and monsters can be said to be born from the dark side of people's hearts. And since the painted skin is based on you, it is inseparable from you."

"related to me!?"

Judy pointed to her nose.

"certainly!"

Charlotte glanced at Charlize and Judy's assistant Anna, and tried to explain to them in the most common language,

"According to my recent research, movie stars are a group that can easily attract ghosts."

"During the dark 90 to 120 minutes in the cinema, the audience is distracted and can easily project their various inner emotions and desires onto the star characters on the big screen. This is the source of the power of ghosts."

“So when ‘The Turn’ was showing—”

A similar experience made Charlize understand Charlotte's words better. She thought about it and said again,

"So, what you are saying is that Judy is entangled with monsters like Painted Skin because of what movies she has acted in?"

"That's right!"

Charlotte glanced at Charlize appreciatively;

"If nothing else, don't you think that some of Hua Pi's behaviors I just mentioned are closely related to a movie starring Judy?"

"what movie!?"

""The Silence of the Lambs"!"