Soul Painter

When the boss bid farewell to Gao Fan and Wu Haoxue, he said with emotion: "I only heard that trainee investigators are dangerous, but I didn't expect it to be so dangerous. You guys hide pollution sources in the toilet..."

"Boss, I'm really sorry, we didn't mean it." Wu Haoxue apologized sincerely.

"It's okay, actually it doesn't matter. As an investigator in the current situation in Dongpu, I will definitely do something. It doesn't matter if it is polluted." The boss said again, with a somewhat heroic tone and expression.

"What are your plans? Don't overthink it!" Wu Haoxue said hurriedly.

"I have a plan and I need manpower. Are you interested in participating..." the boss asked.

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The mystery lingering on "Portrait of Three Pillars of Heroes" will probably take a long time to dissipate, or it may never dissipate.

So Gao Fan and Wu Haoxue moved a piece of the ruins from the Chernobyl explosion home and hid them in the toilet. This kind of behavior will make the boss feel emotional. Knowing that the trainee investigators are dangerous, they have tried to avoid contact with them as much as possible. It's not like they can do such a thing.

Putting such pollution sources at home will naturally continue to produce pollution. Fortunately, as long as this painting is not seen by humans, it will not have any impact.

Each source of pollution affects the world in different ways, some of which are very weird, such as a seed that must be isolated with pure water was shown to the students in the STK training camp.

Once out of pure water, the seed will be absorbed by any substance it comes into contact with, and become the nourishment for its growth. If there is enough nutrition, it will grow into a towering tree, just as magical as Jack's pods in fairy tales.

Sounds amazing, but what if it was planted on a human body?

Facing the instructor's question, Wu Haoxue shivered with other students.

Generally speaking, the way a pollutant affects the world is related to its 'prototype', for example, seeds grow and flames burn.

And this painting, limited by its prototype, will not be polluted if you don't look at it.

So Wu Haoxue just needs to close his eyes to go to the bathroom, and he will be fine. He forgot to remind the boss for a while.

But after a few days.

Wu Haoxue found that when Gao Fan came out of the toilet, he always had an aftertaste on his face, and the number of times he went to the toilet became more and more.

"Teacher, are you... all right?" Wu Haoxue thinks that Gao Fan's age hasn't reached the stage of frequent urination, urgency and incessant urination, right?

"I can see doubts about my physical condition from your eyes..." Gao Fan patted his chest and said, "I tell you, I am in excellent health!"

But the mental state does not seem to be very good?

Wu Haoxue observed Gao Fan cautiously, and found that Gao Fan was indeed in a rather abnormal mental state, his eyes, tone, and movements all had an obvious psychotic temperament. At the same time, at this time, Gao Fan repeatedly asked to go out for a stroll , which made Wu Haoxue very puzzled.

"Teacher, there are troops everywhere outside now. The boss said that although the control is looser, citizens still need a pass to travel, and we don't have a pass..."

Wu Haoxue was talking, when he suddenly saw Gao Fan smiling and holding out two pass cards.

The access card is one of the measures of the current military control in Kyoto.

Only one person per household can purchase daily necessities with the pass.

But where did Gao Fan get this certificate, there are photos of Gao Fan and Wu Haoxue on it... Wu Haoxue reached out and touched it, and immediately understood that it was a painting, even the two-inch photo on it was painted on it Yes, including the texture of the plastic cover, which is clearly visible and lifelike.

"Teacher, it's a pity to draw the pass at your level, but draw the Japanese yen." Wu Haoxue complained.

"I drew the yen too~" Gao Fan took out a few banknotes, he pondered, "I just didn't find the right paper, it feels a little flimsy..."

"...You are really well prepared." Wu Haoxue said.

"Then let's go!" Gao Fan wanted to go out again.

"Why?" Wu Haoxue didn't understand.

"Collecting the wind." Gao Fan said in a natural tone, "I have already said that I want to draw a pillar for Dongying, but I can't draw it out of thin air, so I need to collect the wind."

"How can the pillars be painted... Come on, even if you want to paint, now is not the time. There is no one on the street, who do you paint?" Wu Haoxue wanted to persuade Gao Fan.

"It's because there's no one on the street that's why I'm going to a place with a lot of people." Gao Fan looked at Wu Haoxue like a fool, "If there are people on the street, I can draw them on the balcony. Well, the pass can be drawn according to the drawing, let alone human beings, but there is no one."

Indeed, the apartment they live in is a corner of Kyoto, which is remote. After entering the current military control period, there are almost no pedestrians on the street, and only a few familiar faces come and go every day, which is probably not high enough to draw.

"Let's put it this way..." Wu Haoxue watched Gao Fan put on his shoes and was about to leave, "As entrusted by the operator, protecting you is the top priority. If you have to go out at such a time, it is out of consideration for your personal safety , I will knock you unconscious and tie you up."

Gao Fan stopped putting on his shoes.

He looked back at Wu Haoxue.

Looking at the calmness on the face and the stubbornness in the eyes of this eighteen-year-old boy who is taller and stronger than him.

So Gao Fan muttered while taking off his shoes: "You traitor..."

Go back to the small living room.

Gao Fan lay sprawled on the small sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling, suddenly turned over and stood up, and was about to go to the bathroom, but was stopped by Wu Haoxue again.

"Teacher, are you polluted by that painting?" Wu Haoxue frowned at Gao Fan, "I think you seem irrational."

Not very rational...?

Gao Fan looked at his own system, his Sanity was 63/100, and his spare Sanity was 5/100.

"Oh~ you're right." Gao Fan added 5 points of Sanity to his sanity, and now his sanity has become 68, "Well, I'm much more sanity."

Gao Fan said, then turned sideways to avoid Wu Haoxue, and went into the bathroom.

"Close your eyes!" Wu Haoxue shouted outside the bathroom.

"Understood!" Gao Fan stared at the "Portrait of Three Pillars" placed above the toilet cistern with his eyes wide open.

Sanity is decreasing.

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Wu Haoxue recorded how often Gao Fan went to the toilet recently.

Once an hour, for at least ten minutes each time.

There must be something wrong with this.

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And Gao Fan also found out that Wu was studious.

It was at night that Wu Hao learned to sneak out of the apartment.

Okay... don't let me go out, you go out secretly by yourself.

Gao Fan secretly followed Wu Haoxue late at night one day, and followed Wu Haoxue who was sleeping in the living room to go out. Then, Gao Fan watched from afar. Wu Haoxue did not take the usual path. The courtyard wall, and then jumped to the second floor of the house, walking on the ground among a row of small independent Japanese-style buildings, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

The 'investigation' skills are enough for Gao Fan to identify Wu Haoxue's whereabouts, but Gao Fan can't climb the wall...

So Gao Fan stood with his arms folded in the slightly cold evening wind for a few minutes, muttering, 'Isn't this bullying? ’, cursed and went back to sleep.