End of ten days

To be honest, Aries' appeal is very simple. The person in his heart already has a general outline, only missing a face.

But how could this face be so easy to find?

After all, Aries said "you can't use real-world faces," so where exactly are we going to create this face?

"Is that...cartoon character okay?" Jiang Ruoxue asked.

She seemed to be thinking about it with me. If I couldn't use a real face, I'm afraid only cartoon characters could do it.

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

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 go look for it for you," I said, "but the path you are taking is too rare. No one can guarantee success."

"I understand." Aries said, "Whether it works or not, I will remember this kindness."

Jiang Ruoxue and I said goodbye to Aries and began our journey to find "face".

Jiang Ruoxue came to see me this time. It would take a few days before she would 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 cartoon face that does not exist in the real world and is completely virtual.

We visited many nearby buildings that looked like residential buildings, and the search targets were mainly posters on the walls and bookshelves at home.

But every room here seems to have been ransacked. The walls are all cracked and burned. The paper products are so damaged that they are basically unrecognizable. I can barely find a few complete ones with cartoon patterns on them. It's just a simple drawing, using ordinary lines to describe the facial features. I substituted a living person's face, but it didn't match at all.

Just when we were at a loss what to do, I suddenly remembered that strange snake.

Although I haven’t read every book carefully, but thinking about it carefully, there should be comic books in the bookstore, right? Even if there are no comic books, there should be sketching or painting tutorial books, right? There should be completely fictitious human faces on them, maybe they can help Aries.

"Ruoxue, follow me."

I took her to Earth Snake's game venue, and happened to see several people crying in tears walking out of his venue, followed closely by White Snake, who was also in tears.

Jiang Ruoxue was confused by this strange 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 White Snake reluctantly shaking hands with several people and saying goodbye, I felt outrageous. Could it be that a "mutual aid association" had been established? But why do everyone look so sad?

Isn't this place a place to help people get over their sorrow?

Earth Snake turned around and saw me. He stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, 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 stay with you."

"Wait... wait a moment..." I hurriedly walked forward and said, "Snake... I have something to ask you for help. 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 right now. Although... I still want to thank you, this stinky girl, for your idea to change the name to There were indeed a lot more people after the "Mutual Aid Association"..."

"Grief Mutual Aid Association...?" Jiang Ruoxue seemed to be suppressing a smile, squeezing out a few words from between her lips and teeth, "Is there a tragedy competition?"

"You..." Di Snake glanced at Jiang Ruoxue, and then sighed deeply, "What do you know, you stinky girl... It's really easy to listen to other people's sad stories... I'm going to cry for a while now, no one else Take care of me."

"No...!" Jiang Ruoxue also hurriedly walked forward and said, "White Snake, is this a bookstore here? Are there any books?"

"Yes." White Snake nodded.

"Can you lend us a copy?"

"No." White Snake said.

"Eh...?" Jiang Ruoxue was stunned.

"This won't work." I interjected from the side. "I have dealt with him, and he is unwilling to lend his books out."

"Then we only need one page?" Jiang Ruoxue asked again.

"Stinky girl, if you can't do it, you can't do it, even if you only need a dime, you can't do it." White Snake said, "If you want me to lend you the book, you have to join my "mutual aid club" and come and share sad stories with me every day. Otherwise, just leave. I'm in a really bad mood and don't want to mess with you."

Although Jiang Ruoxue and I were both seeing the "Mutual Aid Association" after it was formed for the first time, seeing the way a few people were crying when they left just now, we knew that this place was not suitable for the two of us.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Jiang Ruoxue scratched her head, "Di Snake, do you think this will work... Although we can't join your "mutual aid club", I can give you some other help."

"Other help...?"

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

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

"No matter what, it's amazing to me that you are willing to listen to other people's sad stories." Jiang Ruoxue added, "So I thought of a way to help you end your sadness."

"End...sorrow?"

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

I seem to have said it more than once... I really admire Jiang Ruoxue.

After hearing this, Earth Snake thought for a moment, and then asked with a little doubt: "Can you really help me end my sadness?"

Jiang Ruoxue didn't answer, she just stretched out her hand and said, "Book."

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

He walked into the bookstore and started rummaging around, while Jiang Ruoxue and I stood outside the door waiting. After a while, the voice of the snake came from inside the house: "There are no more sketch books... Can comic books be okay?"

"Okay!" Jiang Ruoxue replied outside the house.

After a while, Di Snake walked out of the store, holding a palm-sized comic book in his hand. The packaging of this comic book looked very ancient, and it was called "Twentieth Century Boys".

"That's 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 looked through this book and found that the characters in it are different from common comics and have a little sense of reality. I hope it can help Aries.

"Tell me how to end my sorrow." Earth Snake said sadly.

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

I was startled after hearing these words, thinking that the white snake would rise up in the next second and kill us both, but he was just slightly startled after hearing this, and then nodded slowly.

"It makes sense..." The corners of his mouth gradually opened, "If I feel sad, I can die! You're so right!"