The mural showed a gaunt man being thrown into a pot of oil, his mouth wide open in a scream as he sank into the boiling liquid. His face was twisted in pain. Strangely, the sound of crying seemed to come from the painting itself, as though the figure was wailing in distress.
'Is this person in the painting crying?' This eerie scene scared the long-armed guy so much that he bowed to the mural, repeatedly apologizing and begging for mercy. Watching him made me angry—he was such a coward! "What the heck is that creepy thing in the painting? How dare it try to scare me!" I said.
Without a second thought, I pulled out my shotgun, aimed at the wailing figure, and pulled the trigger. With a loud blast, a hole appeared in the wall, and to my surprise, a thick, stubby snake dropped out.
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