Chapter 16 Storytelling
"What are you talking about?" Chester looked at Pennis in confusion and asked strangely: "I don't really understand what you mean."
"Well, it's no wonder, after all, what I said is not so clear." Panis patted his head and looked like he suddenly realized: "Then let me say that. I accidentally found a wrinkled sheepskin. There were some interesting news on it. Don't you want to hear it?"
Chester's face was gloomy and he looked at the two bearded old men as if he wanted help: "Uncle Dark, uncle mayor, why has this person been saying such strange things?"
The mayor's eyes flashed, and he sat down bearded by Old Dark, whispered: "I think there are some parts of his words, Little Chester, and I think it's interesting. You can also listen to them, maybe you will get something unexpected."
"Yes, hehe, you can listen." Panis took out a piece of thin sheepskin from his pocket, and gently opened the sheepskin bit by bit, and said casually: "Thanks to the people of Xueyuan for their habit of using sheepskin as a writing tool. If it were plain paper, it would have been soaked long ago and it would not be possible to keep it so complete. By the way, Mr. Chester, can you guess where this sheepskin was found? I think you are so smart, you must be able to guess."
"I can't guess." Chester said in a muffled voice: "What do you want to say? Just say it out loud, don't hide like this."
"Okay, then I'll announce the answer." Panis lowered his voice in a mysterious tone and said, "We found Ner's body on the snow field just now. He was so miserable. He was like the claw marks left by monsters. Even his belly was cut open, and his intestines were exposed half of it. Before he died, he was still covering his stomach with his hands, looking like he wanted to stuff his intestines in. You should still remember that miserable scene."
"How could I remember?" Chester said with gritted teeth, "I'm not there at all."
"Hehe. It doesn't matter whether you remember it or not. Let's continue talking about the situation at that time." Panis finally carefully unfolded the sheepskin. The sheepskin was covered with blood. "Later I found out that he didn't seem to be covering the wound with his hands, because two fingers had been put into the wound. Think about it. It must be a reason for it. So I flipped through the inside of the intestine where he reached into the finger. It turned out that before he died, he would rather endure the pain than hide the sheepskin in his stomach. How terrible perseverance would be required to endure the pain to do such a thing? What secret is hidden in this sheepskin?"
"What is it written?" Lina said impatiently: "I'm so annoyed that I'm so annoyed. Read it out quickly."
"The content is actually very simple." Panis groped on the sheepskin with his finger: "It's just a girl. He wrote an apology letter to a boy who grew up with her. The letter said that she chose another person and felt sorry for the apology child. I hope this child can forgive her and not hate her."
"Well, it's really simple." Lina, as a result, handed the bloody sheepskin handed over by Panis, said while looking: "Wait, it's not right, this person who was apologized..."
"It's strange." Panis said with a mysterious smile, squinting his eyes, "The person who was apologized was not the loser we imagined, Mr. Chester. But Mr. Neo, who had turned into a cold corpse. This is inconsistent with the information we received before. Shouldn't the lucky one chosen by Miss Betty be Mr. Neo? Dear Mr. Chester, I wonder if you can explain the secret hidden here?"
"I don't know." Chester's breathing was a little rapid, but he remained calm, "It wasn't written to me, how could I know what secrets were hidden inside? If you knew you would tell me."
"Okay OK, okay, I'll tell you." Panis shrugged and said, "Let me tell you a story. This story was compiled based on some existing situations. If there is anything wrong, I hope everyone can point it out."
"In a world covered with ice and snow, there is an inconspicuous town. There are a pair of friends who are as close as brothers. Just call them Tom and Jerry. They grew up with a beautiful girl since childhood, and the girl called her Ariel. Tom and Jerry gradually fell in love with Ariel at the same time, and Ariel fell in love with two brothers at the same time, and was in a dilemma in the choice."
"Finally, one day, Ariel made up her mind to make a decision. She chose the older Tom. While confessing to Tom, she wrote a letter to Jerry. In the letter, Ariel wrote the process of her choice very clearly and apologized to Jerry. Jerry was very sad and desperate, but he respected Ariel's choice and his friend Tom, who was like his brother. So the next day, he invited Tom to his house and gave his blessings to Tom."
"Tom also expressed his emotion about Jerry's behavior, but for some reason, his words always inspire Jerry intentionally or unintentionally, which eventually made Jerry have an idea to leave this small town and go to the north to explore, leave this sad place, and go to the wider world outside to find new feelings."
"Jerry is a very impatient person. After he had an idea, he did whatever he wanted. That night, he packed his luggage, entrusted his family to his most trusted brother, and drove the sled to leave the town. Tom and Jerry grew up together and were reluctant to leave Jerry, so he accompanied Jerry on the road to see him off in the snow and snow. After more than an hour, Jerry was worried that Tom would encounter danger on his way back, so he hugged and said goodbye to Tom."
"But Jerry never dreamed that when he was hugging, his abdomen was suddenly cut open by a sharp blade. He looked down and found that Tom was wearing a claw cover made of snow leopard claws, breaking Jerry's abdomen. The attack succeeded. Tom ignored Jerry's shocked eyes and hissing questioning, and used the weird claw cover to attack Jerry frantically, leaving countless scars on him. It was not until Jerry fell into a dying coma that Tom did some tricks in Jerry's luggage.
He quickly left with a ski. Tom and Jerry actually knew that Jerry could no longer live, but Tom never dreamed that even though Jerry was sad and desperate, he always carried the farewell letters left to him by his beloved. Before he died, Jerry wanted to reveal Tom's behavior, but was afraid that Tom would find something when he looked back and checked his body, so he put the letters Ariel gave him into the wound of his stomach, just to leave a clue to the person who found his body."
"What do you think of my story?" Panis's smile was weird: "Isn't it very interesting?"
"Not really." Lina hugged the book and shook her head, "Tom's behavior is simply inexplicable. There is no reason or purpose. It would be reasonable if he was a loser, but he obviously got Ariel's feelings, and Jerry was the loser. What reason does he have to set this trap and kill a friend who is as close as a brother to him?"
"Of course, if you just tell this story, there is no reason at all." Panis nodded, "But if it is linked to another aspect of the story, everything will be explained."
"Tom is a very good young man, smart, strong, brave. His only disadvantage is that he always loves to take risks. In order to earn a few more gold coins, he would rather go on adventure hunting more powerful prey. Of course, in the eyes of the villagers, this is not a disadvantage, but from another perspective, what if he is not adventurous, but simply likes money?"
"Like the eldest sister?" Lina asked with her head tilted, "Will you be crazy when you hear the impact of gold coins?"
"Ahem, of course not that serious." Panis said with a dry cough: "Anyway, I like money more, which is the only reason I can guess. Of course, it may be other reasons, but in general, it can be attributed to personal desires and desires. So, one day, two people came to him and negotiated a deal. They bought Tom to do something bad to a girl in the village, which would eventually lead to the death of the girl, and Tom could get everything he wanted."
"Tom hesitated because this girl happened to be Ariel, a friend he grew up with since childhood. On one hand, he wanted everything and on the other hand, he loved the girl he loved the most. Tom hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind."
"It just happened that on this day, Ariel came to Tom and expressed her choice and feelings to Tom, wanting to live with Tom forever, and told Tom that he had made it clear to Jerry. Tom was very happy and very happy, and secretly encouraged Ariel to take Ariel to the north and live the life of a wealthy and superior person."
"Tom's promise made Ariel happily forget everything. He immediately obediently followed Tom's advice, left a letter to his father according to Tom's oral statement, and then never appeared in front of people again." Pannis's eyes swept on Chester's face, and asked with a squinted eyes: "Dear Mr. Chester, where do you think Ariel, who has never appeared in the story, will be now?"
Chapter completed!