Chapter 244: Vortex Illusion
"What the hell is this?"
Yuka's hairs stood on end. After reading the manga, she couldn't stop thinking about this question.
In general, horror stories are strange stories, whether they are supernatural or man-made.
There are reasons.
And it's obvious that after seeing the incredible behavior of Shuichi's father, especially the one that made his body look like a vortex, he ended up breaking all his bones and died.
Based on this, it can be determined that it is definitely not an artificial reason.
There must be something supernatural in this Black Vortex Town: ghosts, curses, evil gods, witchcraft, etc., everything is possible! It's just that now it's impossible to know what it is...
I can only see the subsequent serialization.
And in the first issue of the Manga Horror Night magazine, there are other horror manga.
Yuka planned to continue reading other serialized horror manga in the magazine, but just as she was about to turn to the next page... she seemed to see Shuichi's father's body twisted into a vortex...
It seemed to move and was spinning like a vortex!
"Ahhhhhhh...!".
Yuka was so scared that she broke into a cold sweat and jumped out of her chair.
But when she opened her eyes and looked at the manga again, she discovered that the strange and distorted manga was not moving at all.
The manga was still the same. Although it was very strange, it was still bound by static.
"Could it be...".
Yuka's fingers trembled a little and she said with a lingering fear, "Could it be my illusion?".
But for some reason, looking at the distorted manga, she always felt that Shuichi's father in the barrel was real.
It should be said that it was like... a ghost living in a ghost story manga.
Yuka's eyes became dazed again, and then she seemed to see Shuichi's father in the manga smiling at her...
"Ahhhhhh...!"
She was like the protagonist Kirie from the manga. She was so scared that she ran out of her room in a panic!
But after regaining her senses, she calmed down, "Calm down... Calm down, it's just a manga, just any old manga."
"In this world... there's nothing supernatural, we should talk about science...".
"I'm a firm materialist fighter, everything in the world is made of materialism, there's no such thing."
"I'm just scaring myself...".
After encouraging herself and brainwashing herself, Yuka finally regained her balance.
She plucked up her courage and returned to her room. She took a deep breath and looked at the manga magazine on the table.
This time, she looked directly at the manga's image again, and sure enough, the manga was still the same as before.
What was moving, what was spinning like a vortex... was just her illusion.
The ghosts, curses, evil gods of horror works... don't exist, they don't exist at all!
Yuka finally managed to suppress the fear in her heart, but if she were asked to read horror manga again... she didn't have the courage.
"I have to go to work tomorrow... I'll watch some TV, something relaxing and enjoyable, and then I'll go to bed."
Yuka comforted herself, took a deep breath, and closed the magazine.
Then she ran out of the room and turned on the TV she hadn't watched in a long time.
She found a TV channel that was broadcasting a lighthearted romantic drama and began to try to divert her attention from the strange images of human vortices in the manga to the lighthearted and humorous TV plots.
I just don't know why...
When she saw the male protagonist's father in the series stirring the milk in his cup with a spoon, her heart sank.
Another vortex...
Suddenly, the crazy face of Shuichi's father in the manga appeared in her mind again.
No... I can't think about this...
Yuka tried to ignore the plot, but the TV screen showed the next scene of the female protagonist driving. Those four wheels spinning at high speed...
Do they look like vortices? Yuka's forehead was covered in a cold sweat. Why are there always... always vortices? Then, she continued to notice the existence of vortices in the TV series...
the pattern on the supporting actresses' clothes, the bowls when the male protagonist and his family were eating, the surface of the water that the supporting characters moved when making coffee, the ornaments on the street...
"No... this doesn't look good."
Yuka felt like she was going crazy and quickly changed the TV channel.
However, in the next drama, the vortex seemed to be everywhere, and everything related to "vortices" could be seen everywhere on the TV screen.
"No, no!"
Yuka's fear of vortices could no longer be suppressed, so she quickly turned off the TV.
But when she got up and wanted to go back to her room to lie down... she discovered that there were "vortices" everywhere in her house! The ceiling fan above her head, some patterns on the sofa below her, the patterns on the shoe cabinet, the drum of the washing machine at home... and the fingerprints on her fingers!
One moment... the clogged sink on the balcony... Suddenly, the manga image of Shuichi's father curled up in the sink appeared in her mind... "Ah..."
Yuka didn't dare to turn off the lights, but when she turned them on, she saw the horror magazine on the table. The cover of Vortex made her shudder again.
She turned around again, intending to turn a blind eye.
But as she turned...
"You can create the vortex yourself...".
Suddenly, Yuka seemed to hear the voice of Shuichi's father, as if he were watching her from behind! He repeated the same words he said to Kirie in the manga.
Yuka, scared to death, turned around instantly, but found that there was nothing there.
And it seemed that no sound was heard at that moment...
It seemed that it was her illusion again...
"Wuwuwuwu...".
Yuka began to choke; she was... about to get scared...
Why... why did I want to read this manga?
...
The next day.
"I'm sorry... Manager."
The manager of the milk tea shop was a little surprised to hear Yuka's weak voice on the phone.
"Yuka... are you sick?" he asked with curiosity. "Why is your voice so...?".
"...Yes."
Yuka was silent for a while on the other end of the phone and then said, "Can I take a day off today?".
"After all, your health is important, so you should go to the doctor today and get a good rest."
The manager gritted his teeth and said.
"Alright... Thank you, manager."
Yuka was lying on the bed, her eyes bloodshot, and she hung up the phone.
Yes, she didn't sleep all night.
Whatever she did, the image of the vortex appeared in her mind all night.
The most important thing is that from time to time she had the feeling that Shuichi's father was coming out of the manga, looking at her, and then speaking.
Yuka tried to record it with her mobile's recording function to check if there was really a sound.
However, it turned out to be an auditory hallucination.
Over time, the visual and auditory trance gradually disappeared.
Yuka was not so scared.
It's just that she didn't sleep all night and now she has no energy to go to work. So she had to ask for leave.
And since she still couldn't sleep, she had to wait until she was too sleepy to fall asleep.
So Yuka logged into Penguin Software with her mobile phone.
As she is a sociable person, she joined several groups.
Among them are the ACG culture fan group, the COSER manga exhibition fan group, the official Chainsaw Man fan group, and one... a horror movie fan group.
As soon as she saw the horror movie fan group, Yuka had an idea: she wanted to see if others would have the same feeling as her after reading the manga Vortex.
If so, it is likely that it can be proven that it is simply because the manga Vortex is too scary.
It's not because... she has encountered evil spirits.
And at that moment, in the horror movie fan group, a dozen members were actively participating.
Sadako, my wife: "I'd like to go to Kunshan Hospital to see it, and aren't those pseudo-documentaries very fashionable lately? Maybe I can make a movie and it will become popular."
So handsome he was chased by ghosts: "I saw a blogger go before, and he even posted a video, but there was nothing."
The ghost-trapped master: "Are there any good horror movies to watch lately? It's very boring. Recent movies aren't that scary."
Jie Ge doesn't want to: "No horror movies, I recently read a horror manga and it scared me quite a bit. Anyway, I couldn't sleep all night."
The "Jie Ge who doesn't want to" is, naturally, Yuka, who also considers herself a veteran member of the group.
When everyone saw her say this, they were immediately curious.
300 Ghost Messages: "Sister Jie, you couldn't sleep after reading it all night? Manga? Are they that scary?"
If it's pretty, the ghosts are fine: "Manga... I feel like there aren't many novels or manga that are that scary, Sister Jie, I don't believe it."
Seeing this, Yuka wrote directly, "Then go take a look. Whether it's scary or not, you'll know after reading it."
The Ghost-Trapped Heavenly Master: "What's the name of the manga? I'm curious!".
Sadako, my wife: "I believe Sister Jie. Sister Jie is a very ruthless person. She said The Grudge was quite scary before, but she fell asleep the next night upon returning. How ruthless!".
Sister Jie, don't do that: "At first I thought it wouldn't be that scary, but after finishing this manga, I felt possessed by a ghost..."
300 ghostly massages: One: "Well, well, that's how you play, isn't it? I don't believe it's that weird!"
If it's pretty, the ghost is also fine: "If you say that, I won't play. I don't want to be like those supporting characters in horror movies and die."
So handsome he was chased by a ghost: "Coward! Sister Jie, tell me the name, I'll read it!".
Brother Jie doesn't want to: "The manga is called Vortex and it's serialized in the magazine Manga Horror Night."
300 ghostly massages per person: "I'm going to buy a copy right now and try it!".
So handsome he was chased by a ghost: "I'll buy it after work tonight, we'll see what happens."
Sadako, my wife: "That's right, if you're so cowardly? I'll show you! I'll not only read it, but I'll also read it at night! That's what I call fun!".
Seeing that all the friends in the group said they would buy a copy when they got home, Yuka immediately felt much calmer, and the fun conversations in the group diluted the fear in her heart.
Then... she seemed to feel as if something in her mind disappeared, and she felt much more relaxed.
"Ha...".
Then she yawned and fell into a peaceful sleep... right?
No, Yuka frowned in her sleep.
In the dream, the strange vortex and the twisted body of Shuichi's father appeared, and fear invaded her heart...
And in the afternoon, she finally woke up in a daze.
However, the nightmare scene that had just appeared in her dream made her break out in a cold sweat.
But for some reason, the fear in her heart seemed to have weakened a lot.
She thought that the fear that Vortex had instilled in her had dissipated.
Yuka got up and went to eat at the fast-food restaurant. At dusk, she looked at the Manga Horror Night magazine...
Thinking about the parts she hadn't finished reading yet, she plucked up her courage and opened it.
But this time, the manga did not convey the feeling of evil spirits to her.
So she started reading other horror manga.
This time, although she was also very scared, her fear remained stable, as if she had seen horror movies before, and she didn't have hallucinations like those from Vortex the night before.
"Vortex is even more terrifying."
After reading other horror manga in the Manga Horror Night magazine, Yuka took a deep breath and commented, "The main reason is that these scenarios, like evil spirits and killer demons, are familiar to me... They are too common."
On the contrary, the vortex scenario...
Although it is a very common pattern and design in daily life, it is the first time I see it as a horror scenario in a horror work.
And the twisted human vortex, being a human body, instilled in Yuka a deep fear. She was also afraid of being like Shuichi's father.
Especially after the illusion caused by excessive fear. It was even more terrifying.
Thinking about this, Yuka remembered, "I wonder if everyone in the group has seen it and how they are." So she opened the Penguin software on her phone again.
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