Ten Days End

To be honest, Aries's request is very simple. The person in his mind already has a general outline, and only a face is missing.

But how can this face be so easy to find?

After all, Aries said "You can't use a face in the real world", so where exactly can we create this face?

"That...can a cartoon character be used?" Jiang Ruoxue asked.

She seemed to have the same idea as me. If you can't use a face in the real world, I'm afraid only cartoon characters can be realized.

"I rarely watch cartoons." Aries said, "Can you find it?"

I understand what Aries means. Even if it is a cartoon character made up out of thin air, Aries must see that face.

"We can help you find it." I said, "But the path you are taking is too rare, and no one can guarantee success."

"I understand." Aries said, "Whether it succeeds or not, I will remember this favor."

Jiang Ruoxue and I said goodbye to Aries and started the journey to find the "face".

Jiang Ruoxue came to see me this time, and it will take a few days before she will be reborn and return to her room. We still have some time.

But how difficult is it to find a "face" in such a big city...?

Especially a completely virtual cartoon face that does not exist in the real world.

We walked through many nearby buildings that looked like residential buildings, and our main search targets were posters on the walls and bookshelves at home.

But every room here seemed to have been looted, with cracks and burns all over the walls, and paper products were severely damaged, basically unrecognizable. We could barely find a few intact ones, and the cartoon patterns on them were just simple sketches, with only ordinary lines outlining the facial features. I substituted a living person's face, and it felt completely unmatched.

Just when we were at a loss, I suddenly remembered the strange snake.

Although I haven't carefully read every book, if I think about it carefully, there should be comic books in the bookstore, right? Even if there are no comic books, there should be sketches or painting tutorials, right? There should be completely fictional faces on them, which may help Aries.

"Ruoxue, come with me."

I took her to the game site of the Earth Snake, and happened to see several people crying and coming out of his site one by one, followed by the White Snake with tears in her eyes.

Jiang Ruoxue was a little confused by this weird scene.

"What's going on?" she asked, "Why are so many people crying?"

"Uh... I can't say, I haven't been here for a long time."

Seeing the White Snake reluctantly shaking hands with several people and saying goodbye, I also felt it was outrageous. Could it be that the "Mutual Aid Association" was established? But why do everyone look so sad?

Isn't this place to help people get out of sadness?

Earth Snake turned around and saw me. He wiped his tears with his hand, then shook his head and said, "I should have said hello to you, but I'm in a bad mood now, so I won't accompany you."

"Wait... wait a minute..." I hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Earth Snake... I need your help with something, it won't take too long..."

"Not now." Earth Snake said angrily, "I didn't expect to hear so many sad stories in one day. I'm in a very bad mood now. Although... I still have to thank you for your idea. After changing the name to "Mutual Aid Association", there are indeed a lot more people..."

"Sad Mutual Aid Association...?" Jiang Ruoxue seemed to be holding back a smile, and squeezed out a few words from her lips and teeth, "Is it a competition of misery?"

"You..." Earth Snake glanced at Jiang Ruoxue, then sighed deeply, "What do you know, you little girl... It's really easy to empathize with other people's sad stories... I'm going to cry for a while now, no one cares about me."

"Don't...!" Jiang Ruoxue also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "White Snake, this is a bookstore, right? Do you have a book?"

"Yes." The White Snake nodded.

"Can you lend us one?"

"No." The White Snake said.

"Huh...?" Jiang Ruoxue was stunned.

"That won't work." I interrupted, "I've dealt with him, and he doesn't want to lend his book."

"What if we only want one page?" Jiang Ruoxue asked again.

"Stinky girl, no means no, even if you only want a corner." The White Snake said, "If you want me to lend you the book, you have to join my "Mutual Aid Association" and share sad stories with me every day, or leave. I'm in a really bad mood and don't want to argue with you."

Although Jiang Ruoxue and I saw the "Mutual Aid Association" for the first time, we knew that this place was not suitable for the two of us when we saw the crying faces of several people when they left just now.

"Wait a minuteWait a minute..." Jiang Ruoxue scratched her head, "Dishe, do you think this will work... Although the two of us can't join your "Mutual Aid Association", I can give you some other help."

"Other help...?"

Jiang Ruoxue nodded gently after hearing this: "You found a way to form such a strange organization by yourself, which shows that you are a very kind person, right?"

"It's not kind, but this organization is really important to me." Dishe said.

"Anyway, you are willing to listen to other people's sad stories, which is amazing to me." Jiang Ruoxue said again, "So I thought of a way to help you end your sadness."

"End... sadness?"

"Yeah!" Jiang Ruoxue nodded, "I won't tell this method to ordinary people. After all, it's my secret. If you want to hear it, you need to give us a sketch book. Deal?"

I think I've said it more than once... I really admire Jiang Ruoxue.

Dishe thought for a while after hearing this, and then asked with a little doubt: "Can you really help me end my sadness? "

Jiang Ruoxue did not answer, but stretched out her hand and spread it forward: "Books."

White Snake was silent for a moment, nodded: "You wait."

He walked into the bookstore and began to look for it, while Jiang Ruoxue and I stood outside the door waiting. After a while, Earth Snake's voice came from the house: "There are no sketch books... Can comic books be used?"

"Yes!" Jiang Ruoxue answered outside the house.

After a while, Earth Snake walked out of the store with a palm-sized comic book in his hand. The packaging of this comic book looked very old, called "20th Century Boys".

"That's it, is it okay?" He handed the book to Jiang Ruoxue.

"Okay." Jiang Ruoxue nodded after taking the book, and then handed the book to me.

I briefly flipped through the book and found that the characters on it were different from the common comics, and they were a little more realistic. I hope it can help Aries.

"Tell me how to end sadness. "The Earth Snake said with a sad face.

"Fool..." Jiang Ruoxue smiled evilly, "Listen carefully, if you feel sad... you can try to die."

I was shocked when I heard this, thinking that the White Snake would suddenly attack and kill both of us in the next second, but he was just slightly stunned after hearing it, and then nodded slowly.

"That makes sense..." His mouth gradually opened, "If I feel sad, I can die! You are so right!"