Started as a comics editor

Chapter 13 Unknown
Li Xue raised her head again and looked at Tang Yao. Her slender white fingers were pinching the draft drawing, and the joints were white because she was holding it too tightly.

But Tang Yao didn't look at her. Instead, she looked at her phone boredly.

Maybe he was annoyed that Li Xue read too slowly.

"..."

Li Xue swallowed softly, then looked at Tang Yao's pretty profile, then looked down at the scene of the human head and balloon kissing on the drawing paper. After repeating it twice, she still couldn't figure out the relationship between the two.

Just like he couldn't understand why the human head balloons appeared in the plot.

but.

but.

Even without a cause, she still felt fear.

The fear came inexplicably, as if it was brought about by the realistic painting style, or the bizarre plot.

In short, the atmosphere of impending storm finally broke out when the human head balloon appeared.

That gloomy and ambiguous feeling completely enveloped her and attracted her.

Although secretly I was wondering what the hell was going on.

But deep down I really want to know what happens next.

So what the hell is this!?
Li Xue thought about it, calmed down a little, and turned to the next page again.

Follow up.

She really wanted to know what happened next.

In comics.

After witnessing the strange scene, Kazuko ran all the way to the police station to explain the situation. The police went to the woods with her, found nothing, and said she was dreaming.

There was nothing in the original place, and the human head balloon disappeared.

Hallucination?
Li Xue heaved a sigh of relief when she saw this page… As expected, Tang Yao must have used bizarre images to describe the character’s psychological state.

After all, she doesn't look like the type of person who would draw weird comics.

Although this is bold, it is just bold.

Ok.

Li Xue couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or relieved, so she continued to scroll down.

In the comics, it is the next day, and Kazuko is telling her friends about the bizarre incident that happened last night on her way home from school.

Of course, several friends also thought she was dreaming.

While several people were discussing this matter.

A few black dots appeared in the clear sky...

One of the female companions pointed to the sky and said that the black spot looked like a balloon.

Hearing this, Kazuko looked up suddenly and saw a black dot in the sky approaching. It was indeed a balloon...

1, 2, 3, 4!

Four in total.

But, it wasn’t an ordinary balloon, it was… a human head balloon!
The floating and inflated human heads corresponded exactly to the four of them. They looked exactly like them, except that they had turned into balloons, with ferocious expressions and no bodies below the neck. There were only rope loops...rope loops used for hanging.

Four human head balloons quickly approached the heroine and her three companions. The ropes at the bottom of the human head balloons rushed straight towards them, as if they were going to put the ropes around their necks.

The heroine and her three companions immediately screamed in fear. Two of them were unable to dodge and were dragged up by the balloons with their faces on them and hanged in the air.

Li Xue: “!!!!”

She paused again in turning the pages, then straightened her back, took a deep breath, and forced herself to suppress her roller-coaster-like mood before turning the pages again.

In the end, because they were being chased by their own human head balloon, Kazuko and her only remaining classmate quickly hid in an alley in a panic.

The human head balloon was too big to fit in.

But it still floated at the entrance, staring at them intently.

At this moment, a resident on the second floor of the alley heard the scream, opened the window, and found the human head balloons. He also shouted "monster" in horror, then hurried into the room, picked up a crossbow, and shot an arrow directly at one of the human head balloons.

puff--

Onomatopoeia for leaking air.

The human head balloon that was shot screamed loudly with a terrified expression, and it really looked like a balloon that had been punctured, shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The heroine Hezi saw this scene, and was shocked, but she slowly breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around as if relieved and said to her only remaining companion: "That's great, the balloon is deflated."

just.

But she didn't get any answer from her partner.

Turn around and look.

The heads of the only classmates left beside her shrank like punctured balloons. The muscles disappeared, the bones melted away, and the skin lost its elasticity, eventually becoming flaky, like wrinkled rubber... "!!!!!!!!!!"

Li Xue squeezed the manuscript tightly again, her beautiful eyes widening as she watched the head deflate like a balloon. She felt sick all over!!!
this moment.

She finally understood why this comic was drawn in a realistic style!!!
With the realistic painting style, the faces of the people in the comics are too normal. Because they are too normal, when the opponent's head really deflates like a balloon, the impact, fear, and horror generated are unprecedentedly strong!

Because the more normal it is, the more real it is, and the more shocking the visual experience after the collapse will be.

Li Xue stared at the extremely shocking scene in the comic, her heartbeat instantly skyrocketing. She was stunned for a full minute before turning to the next page.

But what’s even more shocking is yet to come.

In the comics, the heroine Kazuko saw her friend’s miserable condition and ran home frantically.

On the way, she saw countless human head balloons floating up, including her own, her parents', her younger brother Yosuke's, her teachers', and her neighbors', almost covering the entire sky.

Realistic painting style.

Countless balloons shaped like human heads were floating, with ropes tied to the bottom, filling the entire sky.

A grand horror carnival, a huge horror party developed from an introduction... unfolds in an instant.

The plot also started to go in a crazy direction...all the way!!

The comic world is in chaos. The heroine Kazuko finally escapes back home. The family is restless at home, and the whole town seems helpless.

The TV host was announcing the precautions, but the next second he was lifted up by his own head balloon.

The situation at Kazuko's home was gradually deteriorating. Even in this situation, his father still wanted to go to work, and thought that as long as he protected his neck, he would be fine. However, as soon as he went out, he was directly lifted up by balloons with his arms and neck, and rose into the sky along with countless balloons with human heads in them.

Next, it was the heroine's younger brother. Because there was no food at home and no one went out to find food, he would die sooner or later.

So the heroine's brother took a sharp umbrella and said he would stab the balloon if it dared to come over, and then walked out the door.

But as soon as he went out, he encountered his own human head balloon.

Finally, the heroine's mother also collapsed because her husband and son did not return. She rushed out of the house and never came back.

In the comics, more and more people are hanged, and the whole world is filled with inflated human head balloons, as if the world is collapsing.

No.

It's collapsed!
The timeline of the comics also returned to the beginning.

‘Knock knock knock. ’

Someone is knocking on the window.

Kazuko huddled in the corner of the room, shivering. She was covered in cold sweat and her face was full of fear.

Because she lives on the second floor...the only thing that can knock on the window is a human head balloon!
Her parents didn't come back, and her brother who went out to find food didn't come back either. He didn't know what was happening with his brother and the others, whether they had escaped successfully or failed... Anyway, she was the only one in the whole house now.

She hid tiredly beside the desk, listening to the knocking on the window and the calling outside, and was about to go crazy... but no one came to save her!

And just at this moment...suddenly, Kazuko heard her brother's anxious voice coming from outside the window.

Her brother told her that he had found food and also asked her to open the window quickly.

The hungry, frightened and on the verge of collapse heard her brother's voice and immediately ran to the window as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

However, she was still holding on to her last bit of strength and did not rush to open the window, but instead began to observe.

Outside the window, a thin figure was vaguely reflected... It certainly didn't look like a human head balloon, it was indeed her brother...

Hezi felt as if he had been pardoned and immediately opened the window.

only……

After opening the window, all that appeared before her was her brother's body.

His body was hung in front of the window, pierced by the umbrella he had brought out. The iron bones of the umbrella were deeply embedded in his stomach. He was sticking out his tongue, and died in a tragic way.

There was a rope loop around his neck, and tied to the rope loop was a balloon with the heroine's brother's head.

He hung his body, looked at his sister who opened the window, and said, "Sister, thank you for helping me open the window..."

And next to her, Kazuko's own human head balloon grinned.

At the same time, the rope tied to the tail flew towards the heroine.

……over.

"..."

The story ends abruptly, with no explanation of the outcome, leaving it entirely up to the reader's imagination.

The perfect amount of white space adds a touch of intrigue.

The whole story has no cause, no result, and no idea what the future will be like.

This isn't just some grotesque depiction of a character's psychological state! It's a sheer horror unfolding... a carnival of terror!
Li Xue opened her red lips slightly, and looked at the last scene in a daze. Then her body trembled violently, and she froze in place, as if she was trapped in unknown terror.

(End of this chapter)