37 Catalysis
When I looked for the six-eyed dog in the old toilet again, it was gone. There was no further hearing of anyone missing in the school.
I've looked up all the legends related to the end of the world. According to the diary, the so-called end of the world has not happened, but it is coming, so someone needs to stop it. The Doomsday Illusion exists to screen the brave. Therefore, I am looking for the end of the world, which is not far from the present.
After demarcating the time period, I found a total of five doomsday legends, the most influential of which was the 1999 World Doomsday Prophecy. There are many theories about the origin of this prophecy, but according to the official version, the prophet was Nostradamus, a well-known psychic in France. A whole lot of information about this person can be found in books in the relevant field.
He was a celebrity, and I used to read his astrological writings. In the book, he uses science to explain the mystery, and uses the mystery to make up for the science, not to mention how much educational, but it is indeed an interesting read.
But this man died ten years ago.
The 1999 prophecy of the end of the world is the last prophecy he left behind.
I have not found the original prophecy, but the gist of the prophecy is that in 1999 the planets in the solar system will be arranged in the shape of crosses, the king of terror Anglo will descend, and the messenger Mars will rule in the name of happiness.
Another version is along the same line, but does not mention the "planetary cross".
As for the origin of Anglo and Ars, there is no unified theory at all.
The prophecy itself has been metamorphosed many times in circulation, and there are many occult organizations established according to different versions. Not only did the believers gather in real life, but they also spread it on the Internet, and with the people who joined in the fun, the information about this prophecy multiplied and piled up like garbage, and the credibility of the relative ones dropped to almost a decimal place.
Although both nuclear war and Resident Evil can lead to the end of the world. However, the situation mentioned in the diary seems to be more mythical. There are inexplicable Authority, but in general, the spindle is more like an out-of-control man-made machine born to fight the apocalypse.
Therefore, I decided to start with the information of myths and legends, and look up the information about the portrait of the six-eyed dog.
After entering the second year of high school, there will be remedial classes, all statutory holidays will be cut in half, and Saturdays will also have half-day classes. After the tutorial class, I was ready to go to the school library as I had done during this time.
The classroom suddenly became noisy, and I don't know who first brought up the topic of the end of the world in 1999.
"Crosses? I've heard it's a nine-star alignment. ”
"How did the end of the world happen?"
"It's like a great flood."
"Isn't it the outbreak of nuclear war?"
"Now the global warming effect is violent, maybe the polar reversal, the first ice age."
"Is there a relationship between the greenhouse effect and the Ice Age?"
"I don't believe in these nonsense, and the predictions are not scientific at all."
"Who said that prophecy?"
"I don't know the way, who knows the way?"
At this time, Bajing, who stayed on duty, suddenly asked me:
"Does Gao Chuan also believe that 1999 is the end of the world?"
Her voice immediately silenced the others, and everyone turned their eyes to her. Hachikei's face was still expressionless, and he hadn't spoken on this topic in the previous casual conversation.
“…… I don't know what to do. I shrugged, "It hasn't happened yet, there's no evidence, and the version of what everyone knows is very inconsistent." ”
"That's a cunning statement." Someone grunted.
"I believe it." Hachijing suddenly said, "I can hear the sound of hell." ”
The strange gaze suddenly focused on her. Although the students swore to discuss it before, it seemed that it was just talking. No one truly believes that the end of the world will come.
There are only eight scenes that take the initiative to admit.
And she said "can you hear the sound of hell"?
It feels like the end of a detective novel, where the character who is determined to be not suspicious confesses that he is a criminal.
She looked at everyone without fear.
The calm expression and gaze are full of cold power.
Everyone was frozen in enthusiasm, lost the interest in continuing to chat, and successively picked up their schoolbags and walked out of the classroom.
"I know that something strange happened to Senior Shirai." After the others left the classroom one after another, Hakkei still stood there and said to me, "Takakawa, I think you also know a little bit about it. ”
It's quite perceptive. But why do you have to be obsessed with this kind of thing? Eight Scenes has never been the kind of person who likes to snoop on other people's secrets.
"I love anagrams and mystery games." She seemed to see through my thoughts and said, "It's fun to make all the things that don't make sense." ”
"Then you can do it yourself. Miss Detective. ”
I smiled and walked towards the door, where Hakkei just stood quietly, so I turned around and asked her a question when I got to the door.
"Did you know that there are vicious dogs with six eyes?"
"Zhilu Dao." She said.
“…… Can you tell me? ”
"Hell is the watchdog."
The watchdog of hell, also known as Cerberus, is also known by many other titles. In the description, not all of them look like six eyes. In terms of quantity, the image of the three heads appears the most. In the book "The Divine Comedy, Dante's Dream - About Monsters and Mappings in Hell", which was republished three years ago, there is an illustration of a six-eyed Cerberus that bears some resemblance to the old toilet in memory.
What is certain, however, is that the illustrations of Cerberus in the book do not drag one into a post-apocalyptic fantasy.
This raises another question, is the apocalyptic fantasy entered from the Cerberus portrait really a proving ground for the brave? How much credibility does the Doomsday Agent's words have? As far as the term "doomsday agent" is concerned, it has a diametrically opposite meaning.
This is the end of my research on the diary, and the truth is still hidden in the fog, but I am already very tired.
In the evening, I received a call from Sakiya, who asked me to meet at the gate of a nearby park. When was the last time you were invited by a cute girl? I can't remember. I decided to take this opportunity to relieve my nerves, so I deliberately dressed up.
I decided to bring Quark over and introduce it to Sakuya, and she might find it interesting. I also pulled out a coupon for a nearby restaurant and made a rough plan for tonight's trip. ,
When I walked to the entrance of the park, I saw Sakuya standing under the park guide route sign from a distance. The late summer evenings were already cool, and she wore a light blue lace long-sleeved shirt over a white pleated skirt.
She hadn't been sick since the last time they met on the flyover, and it seemed that the strange pentagram wasn't playing any strange role.
She would occasionally call me, and I would tell her what I had been working on lately, but even when we met at school, it was just a faint greeting. It's the first time I've asked me out.
Sakiya stood there quietly, not looking like she was in trouble.
"Have you been here for a long time?"
"I'm calling you here."
"I'm sorry, but couldn't you call earlier?"
"In that case, Takakawa-san won't apologize for being late, it's very boring."
Please apologize to all the uninteresting humanitarians in the world.
"Ah, what is this?" Sakiya's gaze fell on my shoulder, and she gently covered her mouth and exhaled softly.
"My pet, it's called Quark."
"Can you touch it?"
"Please, it doesn't peck."
Sakiya leaned up, and the faint scent of oranges surrounded me. As soon as her hand touched Quark's feathers, Quark, who had been docile, flapped his wings and flew up. Sakiya was taken aback, retracting her hand like lightning, her overwhelmed gaze shifting back and forth between me and Quark.
I also looked strangely at the quarks hovering overhead.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not in a good mood."
"I just fed him his favorite food."
Quark circled a few times and flew away towards the park.
"Yikes! Flew away, doesn't it matter if it's okay? ”
"It'll go home on its own." I said, looking down: "It's so late, what's the matter?" ”
"That...... If there's nothing to do, can't you call Takakawa-san out? ”
Sakiya put her hands behind her back and stared at me with watery eyes hidden behind her glasses.
"So, would you like to have dinner together?" I waved the coupon in my hand at her: "I'll pay for it." ”