Chapter 46: Oil Paintings in the Art Museum
Art gallery.

When you put your heart and soul into something, time flies by.

Not long after, Sakura finished her painting. After comparing the painting in the sketchbook with the statue, Sakura nodded affirmatively.

The painting is so lifelike.

"The painting is done!"

Xia Yu, who was darkening the shadows on the dark side, took a quick glance and the pencil in his hand suddenly paused, and the tip of the pencil broke with a click.

Xia Yu: "..."

What a soulful painting! The messy lines are majestic, and the intermittent lines are like insects crawling. If he didn't know that Sakura had been painting seriously, he would have thought that this was just a doodle drawn by Sakura while she was unconscious.

I didn’t expect that the person looks cute, but the painting is so abstract.

"Ahem, the painting is not bad, the style is very... unique."

Xia Yu coughed lightly and gave a compliment against his will. After all, he was still a child, so there was no need to be so harsh on him.

"is it?"

Xiaoying scratched her head a little embarrassedly, and turned to look at Xia Yu's sketchbook: "Xia classmate, what about you?"

"Wow."

Seeing the sketch in Xia Yu's sketchbook, Xiaoying couldn't help but exclaim. Although there was no color, the light and dark depths of various details were vividly displayed, and the relationship between light and shadow was also perfect. It could even be included in an art textbook.

“It’s a really nice painting.”

Sakura couldn't help but admire that in comparison, her paintings looked like a child's doodles.

"Of course. After all, I am a man who wants to be at the top even when painting."

Xia Yu was not humble at all, after all he was so powerful.

"By the way, Chise, how about you?"

After looking at Xia Yu's paintings, Sakura couldn't help but turn her head to look at Tomoyo. She was sitting between Xia Yu and Tomoyo, so she could easily see their paintings by turning her head.

In Chiyo's sketchbook, a lifelike watercolor painting appeared on the paper. At this moment, Chiyo was coloring the painting, and the picture looked extremely harmonious.

“It’s a really nice painting.”

Sakura exclaimed again, thinking back to Xia Yu's sketch and then looking at Chise's watercolor, she suddenly felt that she really couldn't draw.

We are all elementary school students, why is there such a big gap between us? Wow...

Coincidentally, at this moment, Chiharu and others waved at them in the courtyard, and Sakura also waved back.

"Tomoyo, Xia-san, do you want to go to the courtyard and take a look?"

Chiyo stopped painting and replied, "I'll finish this painting first before I go."

Xia Yu also changed to a new pencil at this moment, and started drawing in the sketchbook again, and replied casually: "Me too."

"Then I'll go first."

Sakura put away her sketchbook and pen and prepared to go to the atrium to see how the others were drawing.

There must be people who can draw similarly to her. People like Xia and Tomoyo are a minority. That's right, that's it.

But just as she was halfway there, a small commotion suddenly caught her attention.

A young, pretty-looking child was about to destroy an oil painting hanging on the wall.

The main subject of the painting was a cold-blooded woman in a dark blue dress and with long white hair. Before the child could get close, the security guard rushed over and stopped him.

However, when the security guard was not paying attention, the child suddenly broke free from the security guard's restraints and ran towards the painting again. The security guard hurriedly chased after him.

Just as the noise was growing louder, the woman in blue in the painting suddenly moved.

She raised her index finger and made a "hush" gesture.

The next moment, the world seemed to have pressed the mute button. Neither the running security guards nor the tourists chatting around could make the slightest sound.

But only Sakura noticed this scene. She put her hands to her ears but didn't hear any sound.

It was not until the security guard came to the child and caught him that the world seemed to gradually return to sound.

Sakura came to the painting with some confusion. The woman in blue in the painting also returned to her original posture. Everything just now seemed to be an illusion. "Huh?"

Just as Sakura was looking at the painting, she suddenly found a small tag below the painting, which seemed to be the name tag that the child had just dropped.

After picking up the name tag, before Sakura had time to observe it carefully, the call to assemble suddenly came. Sakura could only put aside her doubts for the time being and ran towards the assembly location.

Not long after, the class teacher organized all the students to leave the art gallery and prepare to return to school.

Although sketching classes can be conducted outdoors, unlike extracurricular teaching days, students do not stay outside the whole day and still need to return to school.

While waiting for the green light, Sakura became more and more concerned about what had just happened, and couldn't help but talk to Tomoyo and Xia Yu beside her.

“A painting that moves on the wall?”

"That's right!"

Sakura nodded fearfully: "After the woman in the painting moved, the sounds around her suddenly disappeared, although only for a moment..."

As she spoke, Sakura began to gesture with her hands and feet. "Could it be that? The unhappy and frustrated painter who passed away was holding a grudge. The painting must be cursed to be so scary!"

"So it's possible that a ghost is possessing the painting?"

Xia Yu suddenly guessed, and then said with a sinister expression: "Xiaoying, maybe there really is a ghost hiding in that painting. Can you guess where the ghost was most likely floating at that time?"

"Where is it floating?" Sakura couldn't help but shrink her body, and suddenly felt a chill around her.

"Think about it. Generally speaking, ghosts like to float behind others. Does that mean the ghost is floating behind you?"

“Ehh!!!”

Before Xia Yu could finish his words, Xiaoying's scream had already resounded through the sky, and this scream directly attracted the attention of the surrounding students.

Xia Yu didn't feel anything, as he was used to being stared at, but Xiaoying's face turned red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly apologized to the classmates who were scared by her.

After all the classmates looked away, Xiaoying couldn't help but glared at Xia Yu angrily: "Xia, you are so mean. You scared me again!"

"Hey hehe~"

Seeing Sakura's angry look, Tomoyo beside her also covered her mouth and chuckled: "Sakura, you can use magic, why are you still afraid of ghosts?"

Hearing this, Sakura silently shed tears in her heart. She was just afraid. Even if she could use magic, so what? She would still be afraid.

After laughing, Tomoyo suddenly pointed at his chin with his index finger and guessed, "Xiaoying, do you think it could be that?"

"That? Ah... the Clow Cards!"

After hearing Tomoyo's reminder, Sakura was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, that's right, maybe it wasn't a ghost, but the Clow Cards?
Just like the phantom card last time, this one might also be a new Clow Card!

"Hehe, I can prepare new clothes for Sakura again."

Chiyo covered her face with one hand and couldn't help but fantasize: "Is it a witch of the night? Or a thief hiding in the darkness? I really want to try both."

Sakura was a little embarrassed about Tomoyo's fantasy and said, "Tomoyo, it's better not to investigate at night..."

Before Sakura could finish, Tomoyo crossed her hands firmly and shook her head: "No, magical girls must have their own uniforms, I will not back down."

"I think, since we are going to investigate, we should keep a low profile as much as possible..."

Xia Yu next to him suddenly touched his chin and made a suggestion. Xiaoying was touched to hear Xia Yu actually speaking to her: "Xia classmate..."

"So let's set the theme as Phantom Thieves. Phantom Thieves come to the art museum at night and steal the Clow Cards that are causing trouble. Isn't that exciting?"

"That's right!"

Zhi Shi's eyes lit up, he stepped forward and grabbed Xia Yu's hand, excitedly looked into his eyes and said, "Xia Yu really understands, so let's set the theme of tonight as Phantom Thieves."

The next moment, Tomoyo and Xia Yu turned their heads to look at Sakura at the same time, their eyes shining, and they spoke in unison.

"Sakura, what do you think?"

"Don't refuse."

"..."

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(End of this chapter)