Chapter 72

【This guy's life is a bit pitiful. 】

[It is more than pitiful, it is simply tragic. ]

【But I admire him very much. After going through so much, he still sticks to his original intention.】

【It’s actually not easy to be a good person. 】

[Does anyone in the US know this guy? Is what Carrett said true? How does he know so much?]

[I know him. We went to the same university. I don't know anything about his past, but I heard that he was beaten up by Jack from the football team during college.]

[NIA? I know that girl of Jack's, too. She's a sorority girl. She's a complete jerk. It's a shame that any guy would fall for her.]

[You are not talking about that pretentious blond woman, she is such a bad person.]

[Wait, first of all, who can explain the sorority? What is it? Is it a club?]

[Sororities are a unique organization in American universities. Many universities have them. Originally, it was established by a group of upper-class students who wanted to break the monotonous religious school rules. There is also a fraternity composed of male members. The original intention of the sorority was to pursue women's rights and equality, but now, it is basically a fixed small circle of upper-class girls in universities who communicate with each other and hold banquets. ]

[The shadow of the sisterhood will appear in American TV series, that's it. 】

[Sisterhoods in TV dramas often hold parties in large villas. Don’t doubt it, it’s true.]

[Originally, it was opened by members of the upper class, so there are high requirements for appearance and capital for those who want to apply to join the sisterhood. 】

【The annual membership fee is not affordable for most people. 】

[In short, the poor should forget about it. ]

[That sounds amazing.]

【But that girl doesn't come from a good family. I'm talking about Jack's girlfriend. Her family is average, and all the money she uses is squeezed from men. Now we don't check your family background when joining a sorority. We are not detectives. We assume that anyone who applies for a sorority has the money to pay the membership fee. We pay more attention to the fashion sense and behavior of the girls who reiterate their application. We don't want to go out with people who will embarrass us.】

【There are so many sororities here. 】

【Everyone who is able to apply for a sorority will apply. The name of a sorority alone is prestigious. By the way, I am also a sorority, but I have already graduated from college three years ago.】

【It’s been five years since I graduated.】

[In short, can I understand it as an organization like the student union? ]

[Hmm...it's still different.]

【Let’s talk about Jack and his girlfriend. 】

[What girlfriend? We broke up a long time ago! ! ! ]

[…Wow!]

[So you're the Jake from the football team who beat up Hildegard?]

In an apartment in the United States, a man with brown curly hair and stubble on his chin was sitting in front of a computer desk and watching the subtitles scrolling in the comment section. He scratched his head in annoyance and kept typing out replies on the keyboard.

[Okay, I'm the stupid Jack. Damn it. I'm sorry about Hilarious. That woman lied to me, she said Hilarious was a stalker. Hey, my girlfriend was scared and asked for my protection, of course I was... Anyway, I'm sorry.]

【What happened next? 】

Jack picked up a cigarette, lit it, and continued typing: [What else? Later, that girl dated me for a while after graduation. During this period, she cheated on me with a rich man. Then she dumped me.]

【pitiful.】

[So skilled, right? He starts with one, and when he decides the other one is better, he switches immediately. It's a seamless connection.]

[So, what Carrett said is true? What happened to Hildegard is also true?]

【Anyone who knows Hierophant please come out and verify this?】

This comment was followed by many irrelevant comments. After a while, one comment finally came out: [In middle school, Hirford was called to the back of the teaching building by a girl, who loudly told him to reject his confession and warned him not to send love letters or gifts anymore, accusing him of being shameless. We were there at the time and all laughed.]

【Why are you all here? 】

[That day our class had a physical education class, and we had to go to the classroom at the back of the teaching building to get the equipment. The girl was in the same class as us, and she told us not to leave immediately after getting the equipment, because there would be something interesting to watch.]

[No need to verify, it's proven.]

[So you all laughed at Hildegard and didn't believe that the girl was actually pretending to agree and deliberately playing a trick on him? ]

[Who cares. Whether she agreed or not, to be honest, the way the little fat kid looked like he was about to cry was hilarious.]

[It's his fault that I got cheated, right? Use your brains. How can a pig-like guy like him get one of the prettiest girls in the school? ]

[I think you guys are going too far.]

[The topic has gone off track. What I want to know is, can Kairet know all the information about a person just by looking at him? Is it his unique ability, or does it apply to all weird people? ]

[It’s impossible that all the weird things will happen. 】

[It should be a unique skill, or perhaps a very powerful monster can do it? ]

[Is this important? Why bother with it? Do you all have a secret?]

【Of course it is important! Think about it carefully. If they can see all our information at a glance, and the other party is a very smart weirdo, they can do a lot of things. For example, they can pretend to be us to deceive our relatives and friends. Or pretend to be someone whose name is already vague in our memory. Everyone has such people. My deskmate in elementary school, my physical education teacher in junior high school, my dean in high school, a distant relative who I haven't contacted for several years, and my former neighbor who I haven't seen for more than ten years after moving. If a weirdo pretends to be these people and approaches us, how can we tell them apart?】

【I can’t tell. 】

[So the only person you can trust is yourself? ]

[I think so. Be alert.]

[Of course, we should also be wary of people like Carrett who know about past experiences and then try to deceive people.]

[I feel like I might not survive in a month.]

[Prepare your will. I have already written it.]

[No, are you really that pessimistic? Maybe you can survive.]

[I am not pessimistic, I am just preparing for a rainy day. If something does happen, I have some words to say to my family and friends, and I also have some money to leave for them, including the money in my bank card and mobile phone account.]

[I have many game accounts, which are very valuable and need someone to inherit them.]

[Will we still be able to play games then? Entertainment is based on a peaceful world. If something strange happens, it will be the end of the world.]

【Maybe the future of 'games' will be about playing tricks? 】

[Oh, you mean the immersive horror game where you only have one life? The kind where you die if you fail the game?]

[Quickly stop chatting here, let's go to the photography area, the first sacrifice has been made! ]

[Does this art museum have a photography area? ]

[Yes, it is very small. There is an exhibition hall on the east side of the third floor. The main works are still oil paintings and sculptures. ]

Many people switched the live broadcast screen to the photography area.

After entering, I found the floor was in a mess and stained with some blood.

Time goes back fifteen minutes.

Louis was also a visitor to this art museum. He did not come alone, but with his partner.

That’s right, not a girlfriend, but a partner, because his romantic partner is also a man.

This is not a strange thing in the United States. Even if they walk hand in hand on the street, no one will look at them twice because it is common.

Louis and his lover are both photographers. They like to travel together and take all kinds of beautiful photos. Louis' biggest dream is to open a photography studio, but he is short of funds now. He and his lover are working hard.

The lover's name is Cole.

What Louis regretted most was choosing to come to the museum today to view the photography works here, otherwise he and Cole would not be trapped in this place.

After the gray mist appeared and disappeared, he and Cole did not notice anything unusual at first because they were in the photography exhibition area in the corner of the third floor. Most visitors to this art museum came for paintings and sculptures, and no one cared about photographs. Few people were as obsessed with the beauty of photographs as they were.

Therefore, when they were taken to the alien space, there was no one around him and Cole. They were the only ones in the entire photography exhibition hall.

There were no tourists who had lost their relatives or friends around, and it was some distance away from other exhibition halls. The biggest feature of this building was its excellent sound insulation.

The photography exhibition hall did not notice any changes immediately, so when other tourists gathered at the gate and found that they could not get out, they were watching the photographic works.

While others were banging on the door in despair and then running away after finding a huge, hideous head above their heads, they were whispering about photography techniques.

As other visitors dispersed to other exhibition halls, Cole and Louise studied the advantages of one of the photographs and what they could learn from it.

Everywhere else is a mess, only this place seems isolated and very quiet.

"It's like a world for two of us." Louis whispered to his lover, "Look, there's no one else here."

At that time, Cole also laughed, put his arm on Louis's shoulders, and whispered, "Yes, so even if we kiss here, we won't be discovered, right?"

The United States is a very open country, but any behavior that would affect others' viewing of art is still prohibited in art museums.

But there's no one else here now.

So the two of them moved closer and closer, and suddenly Louis saw the photograph they had been staring at, which was a weathered father holding his child. The original photo showed the old father looking away with fatigue and sadness, but now, the old face in the black and white photo was staring at the two of them with interest. The child who had closed his eyes opened his dark pupils and looked at them with a smile.

The look between the father and son in the photo seems to be saying: Go on, we are watching.