The Collection Manhua

Title: The Collection Genre: Horror In the serene town of Willowbrook, the whisper of curtains drew closed whenever Oliver passed by. Children avoided his gaze, and adults spoke in hushed tones about the tragedies that shadowed his family. But Oliver paid no mind to the rumors; his focus lay solely on his collection. The collection began innocently—seeds from unusual plants, a lock of his sister's hair, a cracked porcelain doll. But as misfortune befell those closest to him, the items within his jars grew more sinister. A rusted nail from his father's workshop, a locket with his mother's portrait missing, a blood-stained handkerchief never explained. Detective Hastings, a hardened investigator with a piercing gaze, took notice of Oliver's peculiar habits. His suspicions lingered like a storm on the horizon, threatening to expose the darkness that lurked within the boy's home. As Hastings delved deeper into the town's history, he uncovered secrets long buried beneath layers of deceit and fear. But as the truth unraveled, Oliver's stoic façade cracked, revealing a boy haunted by his family's legacy. Each jar held not just a memento, but a piece of his fractured past, a puzzle begging to be solved. And as Hastings closed in, Oliver realized that the key to absolution rested within his collection—buried amid the relics of the ones he had lost. In the dim light of his room, surrounded by the eerie glow of jars, Oliver stood at a crossroads between darkness and redemption. And as the town braced for the revelations that awaited, a chilling realization dawned upon them all: sometimes, the most terrifying monsters reside not in the shadows, but within the depths of one's own heart.