Library

The protagonist is a foodie, and one day he wakes up and finds that there is "something" in his stomach. It is not a tumor, but a living thing, like a sac with a small mouth. It will coo when he is hungry and force him to eat. But ordinary food is not enough to feed it. What it needs is "emotional energy" - such as the feeling of embarrassment when others are embarrassed, the feeling of anger when seeing a couple quarreling, or even the feeling of guilt after doing something wrong. The protagonist felt that this was quite satisfying at first, as he could feed off other people's emotions, but he gradually discovered that this "parasitic stomach" was becoming more and more greedy, and began to force him to actively create negative emotions, and even control his behavior. The "obstacle" is that he wants to get rid of it but finds that the contents of his stomach are connected to his nerves. The "accident" may be that he meets another person who is also parasitized, and that person tells him a terrifying truth: they are actually "vessels" of an ancient gluttonous ritual. The "reversal" may be that the protagonist finally discovers that the so-called parasitic stomach is actually the embodiment of his own inner desires. The more emotions he eats, the less human he becomes...