Chapter 96 Assassin’s Creed

Judy had no idea what was going on in Charlize's head.

At this time, she was more concerned about the relationship between the painted skin and Zoroastrianism that Charlotte said.

"If the origin of the painted skin is really what you said, then why did they later become only women?"

"This is related to the spread and evolution process of ghosts. Even writing a paper may not be able to explain it clearly."

Charlotte looked like a ghost scholar;

"Fundamentally speaking, the evil god of Zoroastrianism, which is the source of the power of painted skin, became weaker in the process of being introduced eastward to China."

"Will becoming weaker cause this change?"

Judy doesn't quite understand Charlotte's logic.

"Yes. This is just like when a person's income decreases, in order to balance the expenditure, he will reduce his expenditure accordingly."

Charlotte gave an example that everyone can understand:

"Because Confucianism and traditional ancestor worship are deeply rooted, Chinese people's belief in general religious gods is far less devout than in Central Asia."

"The evil gods of Zoroastrianism faced the same problem after they were introduced to China. And because of its unique dual god system, this religion has been banned in China many times, which greatly weakened the power of the evil gods."

"So, in China, the changeable Assassin evolved into a painted skin that can only transform into women?"

Judy somewhat understood what Charlotte meant,

"The occurrence of this kind of evolution is actually somewhat similar to Darwin's theory of evolution. It is all completed by environmental changes?"

"Yes, it's all the world's fault. Bah, it's all caused by environmental changes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Of course, in the process of evolving into painted skin, it may also have been integrated with some local legends in China. This is somewhat similar to the situation you are encountering now, Judy."

"Current situation?"

"In modern times, the belief in Zoroastrianism is close to extinction, which makes the power of the evil god extremely weakened, but the movie "Silence of the Lambs" has a great influence."

Speaking of this, Charlotte glanced at Jodie Foster,

"The fear hidden deep in the hearts of the viewers who watched that movie is the magic power that can be absorbed by the evil god. So after you come into contact with the human skin book..."

Charlotte did not continue what she said, but Jodie Foster, as a smart person, has roughly understood it——

"In order to absorb this magic power, the evil god in the book created a painting based on me?"

"Although it's not quite accurate, it can be understood this way."

"But it still doesn't feel right?"

Judy asked another question,

"I received the human skin book after "Pear Blossom" won the award in 1989. At that time, "Silence of the Lambs" had not yet started filming. Why would the evil god use this movie as a basis to create a monster skin?"

"This is the opportunity issue I mentioned before."

Charlotte scratched her head,

"The evil god contained in the human skin book can indeed be said to be the source of the birth of painted skin, but it still needs an opportunity to fully activate it. Otherwise, a monster should be born soon after you receive the human skin book!"

"But what the hell is that opportunity?"

After receiving too much information from Charlotte that would collapse her worldview, Judy felt that her brain was about to explode.

"Damn Hinckley, if he hadn't sent that book—"

"etc!"

Charlotte suddenly interrupted Judy's soliloquy,

"Judy, is the Hinckley you are talking about John Hinckley? Did he send you the human skin book!?"

"Yes, after investigation we found that the book is indeed related to John Hinckley."

here,

Assistant Anna took over the conversation and continued,

"To be precise, it was Hinckley's fans who sent the human skin book to Judy under his instructions."

——A fan of Assassin Hinckley? ?

Neither Charlotte nor Charlize knew what to say for a moment.

No way, this is America!

In this fertile land, there are a lot of curiosity lovers, even perverted killers who kill a lot of people have fans, and there are even girls crying and shouting that they want to give birth to monkeys, not to mention John Hinckley?

Don’t forget, this man also assassinated the president, and the assassin was Ronald Reagan, who led the American people to win the Cold War. How could such a person have no fans?

For the American people, a president who dies of unnatural deaths is a good president. Lincoln and JFK (Kennedy) are immortal because of this, and those who killed them naturally have countless fans.

Had John Hinckley not succeeded in killing Reagan, his fan base would have expanded tenfold!

——After arming her mind for a long time with logic that sounded absurd, but thought about it carefully, Charlotte finally asked:

"Do you know why he gave you that human-skin book?"

Jodie Foster did not answer this question. Anna on the side said,

"Based on the original FBI questioning of him, it seems that it was purely to express his love for Judy."

——Well, mentally ill patients have broad minds, and I don’t understand their world.

Charlotte shook her head helplessly,

"Then how did he get that book?"

"According to Hinckley himself, he found it when he was exploring a haunted house near his home when he was very young. He said he liked touching the book cover--"

At this point, Anna suddenly paused, while Judy next to her became even more ugly.

"He likes the feeling of touching the book cover, right? He thought I should like it too, so he instructed the fans to find that book and give it to me. F——"

The actress, who has always been well-educated, rarely uttered several words starting with F before she took a breath and continued,

"Damn it, I do! But that doesn't mean I'm a pervert like him! It doesn't mean I will like him!!"

"You don't have to pay too much attention to this problem, Judy."

Charlotte spoke to comfort,

"Why do you think those people in the past made that book like that? They just wanted everyone who got the book to like that feeling. So, it's normal that you would like it."

——Assuming you are a man!

Charlotte didn't say this.

In fact, knowing Jodie Foster's lesbian attributes, he felt that her experience here was no different from that of a man.

Simply liking the feel of human skin books is not a problem...

"It's like those medicines. Everyone who has used them knows that everyone likes them."

Charlotte gave an example,

"This is our instinct and there is no need to be ashamed. As long as we know it is wrong and don't do it, it will be fine."

"yes!"

Judy nodded, but her face was still extremely ugly.

"I think we'll stop here today!"

Charlotte stood up;

"I understand that what I said is a bit sensational, and you may need some time to digest it. So I won't talk about the rest of it."

"But--"

Judy's frantic attempt to stop Charlotte was like a drowning person trying to hold on to a dead branch.

"Don't worry!"

Charlotte held Judy's shoulder and patted it twice.

"I will help you solve the problem! However, before that, you need to stabilize your emotions, and I also need to do some research."

After saying that, he turned to look at Anna aside,

"If I'm not wrong, the reason why monsters like Painted Skin didn't appear immediately after you came into contact with the human-skin book, but didn't show up until now, must be because of what happened to the owner of the book, Hinckley, recently——"

"You want me to investigate?"

Anna understood Charlotte's intentions.

"Yes. After all, Judy is related to that matter. It should be easier for you to ask the FBI and the mental hospital about his situation than it is for me."

At this point, he added,

"By the way, what did you do with the human skin book later?"

"It was taken away by the FBI. It should be in an evidence vault somewhere now!"

"Yeah?"

Charlotte smiled mysteriously,

"Although I don't think there is much hope, you can also ask if the book is still there!"

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"So, you think the human-skinned book has been stolen by the mastermind, right?"

As soon as she got into the car after leaving the hotel where Jodie Foster was staying, the curious Charlize couldn't wait to ask her questions.

"Steal!?"

Charlotte's tone was very disdainful,

"The premise is that the book must really be in the hands of the FBI."

"What? You mean-"

The blond girl was surprised for a moment, but then she started laughing.

"Sure enough, you are also lying!"

"Hey, how did you know?"

This really made Charlotte a little curious.

Judging from the way Charlize looked just now, she probably didn't see the problem, but why did she know she was lying?

"Because you are obsessed with spells, ghosts, etc.! You can't wait to solve the problem every time. For this reason, you have even used methods like drugging——"

At this point, Charlize's face turned red.

"So, if there is no problem, how can you be so considerate and give Judy time to calm down?"

"..."

——Sally, for a moment I suddenly want to propose to you, what should I do?