Chatty Hollywood

Will Ward!

This is the name of the last person whose heart was ripped out by a painting and died.

It is not difficult to know the name. Thanks to the American people's love for crime news, Charlotte just flipped through the newspaper and found the information she wanted.

There is no other way, we have to make it public!

When interviewed by reporters, except for some information that the police feel needs to be kept confidential, other information will be reported truthfully or exaggeratedly.

Naturally, this also includes the names of the victims.

In fact, Charlize was right next to Charlotte when she was looking up information on Will Ward. Charlotte told her at that time that this would be the name of the soul inside the painting skin next time.

And knowing the true name of the ghost always has some benefits.

Thinking about Alexis' time, Charlize also understood a little bit.

Therefore, the girl was not surprised to hear Charlotte shout this name. What really made her feel strange was what happened next——

As the name was called out, the ferocious monster was obviously stunned. The next moment, he turned into a yellow whirlwind and flew into the leather bag in Charlotte's hand.

"Is this the end!?"

Watching the strange bag squirm in Charlotte's hands for a while and then gradually calm down, Charlize obviously couldn't accept it.

——Where is the good show she is waiting to see?

Charlize knows that Charlotte likes to be prepared before facing ghosts and is not the kind of person who relies on brute force to win, but this time it is too easy! ?

Last time he summoned Arnold and Sylvester and showed Charlize the real idols. Why was he so calm this time! ! ?

"What are you expecting?"

Charlotte glanced at the disappointed blond girl, and suddenly felt that it was not a good thing to lose awe of ghosts after seeing too many ghosts.

"How's the boy doing?"

Charlize pointed to Nick Schleiden, who was still unconscious on the ground.

"I was just stunned."

Charlotte gave her a light kick with her toes;

"This guy is quite talented when it comes to playing the role of fainting!"

"What will happen when he wakes up?"

"wake up?"

Charlotte shook her head;

"When he wakes up, he probably won't remember anything."

"Did you cast any spells again?"

"That's not true."

Charlotte explained,

"I just think that the self-protection function of the human brain will make him selectively forget this matter. Of course, even if he can't forget it, it doesn't really matter. After all, he was frightened by the appearance of the painted skin without seeing it clearly."

"so--"

"So when he wakes up, I can just fool him with a few words."

"Okay, you have the final say!"

Now that she was already in the hotel room, Charlize simply leaned on the bed. This made her feel a lot more comfortable after being very tired after a day of filming.

"Speaking of which, why did you clean up the painting so easily just now? Wasn't it quite troublesome the time before?"

Looking at the leather pocket in Charlotte's hand, the girl was still curious.

"Well..."

Charlotte explained to Charlize while packing up the skin that had been peeled off by the Painted Skin Monster on the ground,

"Monsters like Huapi are actually very similar to animals in nature."

"What animal?"

"Hermit crab!"

Charlotte waved the skin bag he held in his hand,

"This thing is its shell! Just like hermit crabs, they instinctively like to live in the shell."

"shell!?"

Charlize looked at the skin bag in Charlotte's hand speechlessly,

"Okay, you successfully ruined my good impression of hermit crabs...wait, did you mean-"

"Yes,

This pocket is made from the painted skin that I got last time. "

Charlotte confirmed the girl's guess,

"After the monster left its former skin, I immediately called out his name when he was alive. Under the influence of mana, this would cause him to fall into brief confusion and follow his own instincts involuntarily."

"What instinct?"

"Back to the shell, no, back to the skin."

Charlotte shook the pocket that had just been filled with painting skins in her hand.

"Because he had just come out of his own skin, facing another pocket made of painted skin, he subconsciously got into it under the spell of my spell."

"In other words, there is still a magic effect here?"

Charlize shook his head, as if trying to wake himself up.

"But even if you trick the monster into that pocket, how can you ensure that he doesn't tear the pocket? After all, he is very strong and has sharp claws. Is there any special sealing spell on the pocket?"

"That's not true. Apart from the special material, this is just an ordinary pocket."

Charlotte denied the girl's guess,

"Furthermore, attaching spells to ordinary items is not something I can do with my current magic power."

"That--"

"Have you not noticed that monsters like Huapi cherish their skins very much?"

Charlotte raised the skin of the painting that had been rolled into a ball by him.

"Except for the openings for entry and exit, they will not, or rather cannot, harm their own skins. This gives me the possibility to use the power of the painted skin to trap the painted skin."

"Can it still be like this!?"

Charlize was visibly stunned.

"It's nothing special."

Charlotte smiled and gave an example,

"Sally, have you read the story about Heracles in Greek mythology? Isn't it similar to the way Hercules skinned the Nemean Lion?"

"Lion of Nemea!?"

Charlize was stunned,

"You mean the Twelve Trials of Hercules?"

As she spoke, the girl began to recall her modest knowledge of Greek mythology.

"It is said that the Nemean lion's fur was hard and invulnerable. Heracles strangled it with his arms. Later, in order to peel off the lion's fur, Herakles had to borrow the lion's claws because other weapons could not Pierce the lion's fur..."

At this point, Charlize understood.

"This story, similar to the story between the strongest spear and the strongest shield, is spread in the legends of various countries."

Charlotte explained,

"Strengths always complement each other. For monsters like Huapi, their skin is the most indestructible thing. So, I turned over the skin bag left by the previous Huapi, with the original outside facing in, and I made it A pocket that could trap such a monster.”

"...Can I just say you have a really good imagination?"

In the end, Charlize could only give this comment.

Charlotte didn't care about this.

He looked at the leather bag in his hand that would squirm from time to time.

"In any case, trapping this painting skin instead of directly destroying it can temporarily prevent the creation of new painting skins - although it will only last about half a year! But this time is enough for us to do a lot of things. "