Chapter 10: The Mysterious Disappearing Mountain
"Although the commission was accepted, but minister, how do you want to check it?"
Luo Ling said, fiddling with her doll pencil case embroidered with a large crocodile head.
"Anyway, there are still clues." The minister sat down behind the mahogany table in a rare and serious manner, turning the pen in his right hand and looking at the table with a serious expression.
"It's not too difficult to draw such a huge and perfect magic circle, the clue lies in those perfect circles, you should first fix the center of the circle, tie a cart with a rope, and then push it around the center of the circle......" The minister said slowly, and Mickey nodded.
"Judging by the width of the lime lines on the sports field, as well as the amount of lime, it should be a big cart."
"But isn't it possible to fill the lime several times?"
Su Haotian said while fanning the wind with a photo book.
"It's possible, but that's not the problem. That magic array must have been drawn last night, and the janitor was watching, and the cart and lime bucket should not be able to be transported out, which means that those things should still be in the school. ”
Mickey said, his right index finger bent against his chin.
"In the final analysis, we can only speculate on the other party's methods now, and it is still very difficult to find out the guy who drew the magic array."
"But if it's painted at night...... Isn't it a light source that needs a light or something? In that case...... Although the security guards who come out late at night to check if there are any students who have escaped from bed, the security guards will notice if there is a light source in the sports field, and there is a certain chance that some dormitory students who will study late will also see it. ”
Wu Ma closed his eyes and said with a pensive look.
Indeed, if you don't use a light source, the street lights on the campus of Zuolu No. 1 High School will go out after 10 o'clock, and it will be really dark.
No...... It rained last night.
I don't know what time it will fall, but if it rains, the security guards won't come out and check around.
"Ah...... Why is everyone so serious about it......"
Luo Ling seemed to have no energy, and muttered weakly.
Bai Yue, who was a guest of the Occult Research Department, was also sitting on the sofa with a pensive face.
"But...... Mickey, you originally planned to draw a magic circle, what kind of method did you originally want to take to do it? ”
I looked at Mickey, who was thinking with his eyes closed.
"I wanted to see the reality of the so-called curse, although this one is easier to recreate and more ornate than other curse legends. But I'm not going to draw a magic circle on the venue where the game is going to be held......
Mickey said, holding out a finger and pointing upwards.
"The cursed legend only says 'on the sports field,' and I can't draw a magic circle on the lawn and running track of the sports field. So, in the air. ”
"With a hydrogen balloon?"
Bai Yue asked.
"No, the Legend of the Curse says that you want to draw a magic circle out of lime, so I want to use a kite."
…… I see, the curse didn't say how much lime would be used, nor did it say whether the lines of the magic circle were solid. Mickey is completely exploiting the curse, and the easiest way is to find a large plastic sheet, draw a thin layer of magic circle with lime paste on it, and then change it into a kite, so that the weight will basically not affect the flight of the kite.
And the flight of a huge kite will take two more people at most.
In that case, we, the Occult Research Department, will be working as coolies.
Mickey is after mystery and gorgeousness.
This is undoubtedly in line with his style.
"In other words, Mickey, your purpose is just to see if the curse is true or not, right?"
"That's right."
Mickey answered my question succinctly and forcefully.
"But the other party probably doesn't think so......"
The minister spoke, stopping the spinning whiteboard marker.
"Yes, although the other party's magic array is very simple, he draws it very seriously. The name of the demon was also written......"
When I said this, everyone except Mickey and Hakutsuki were stunned for a moment.
"You say, that's the demon's name?"
Luo Ling had an incredulous look on his face.
"You...... 008 Can you read that? ”
The eighteenth forbidden minister was even more exaggerated, directly slammed the pen on the table, ran to me, grabbed my shoulder and shook it back and forth vigorously.
Even Xiao Hei jumped up in fright.
"Minister, didn't you say okay, don't call him 008 anymore......"
Luo Ling looked so tired that he couldn't even complain.
But...... It's true that I can read it.
Isn't the reaction of our ministers a little too strange......
"So, Xiao Suchen, is that demon famous?"
Su Haotian asked solemnly.
"Not one, it's six. And it's not a very famous demon, if it's really a metaphor for the level of those six demons, it's like Bucky the Clown in One Piece. ”
Blurt out
Not even a little hesitant.
It wasn't until after these two sentences were uttered that I realized why I knew so clearly......
Although Mitch had said that I had dissociative amnesia, general informational memories remained in my mind......
"Is that so......"
Mickey said, and walked in front of me.
"Partner, I'm going to ask you a question now. I don't need your opinion, I just need you to make judgments based on your memory. ”
Then, he exhaled.
"Is that magic array reliable?"
……
I'd love to answer without thinking, because I don't believe in magic...... But......
Is it not necessary for my opinion, only for my judgment to be made from my memory?
My memory......
If I think about it now, even the so-called informational memories are not completely left in my mind.
The answer is-
"No, although the overall framework is there, but that kind of magic array, in addition to living sacrifices, also has ordinary sacrifices, and must be placed in the magic array. If you are talking about this magic array, this magic array that summons devils, you need to place the heads of six people on the six vertices of the internal hexagon. ”
The entire event room was silent.
"Really......"
Mickey nodded thoughtfully.
"Wait a minute, Su Chendian, you say...... A living sacrifice? ”
Bai Yue stood up in a panic.
"Just now I also heard the four curses of Zuolu No. 1 University, but the fourth curse just said that the magic array awakened the deceased, and as a price, the equivalent will be charged in the school. Mickey also said that it doesn't have to be a living thing......"
"Why do you have to be on par with the four curses?"
I asked calmly.
"Su Chen, what does this mean?"
Wuma also stood up, and it looked like he was aware of something.
"The four curses are not necessarily true, that is, this magic array is this magic array, and the curse is a curse, and the two have nothing to do with each other. The prisoner just deliberately decorated what he had done like the Four Great Curses. ”
As I spoke, I stroked Xiao Hei, who was frightened by the shaking of the Eighteen Forbidden Ministers.
"Turning out the four major curses is just putting on a layer of fantasy for this magic array, and the magic array is just a pretense that it meets the four curses. Moreover, this person is deliberately reproducing the legend of the four curses of Zuolu's first university in reality...... Excuse me, in addition to the fourth curse, don't all the other three curses have dead people? ”
In other words, the prisoner will next act on the four curses, but in fact he is using the other three curses to collect the corpses of six people...... Right......"
Lorling said, putting down her beloved crocodile-headed toy pencil case.
I nodded.
"Hmm...... We can't guarantee when those flowers will wither, and the curse of the floor-to-ceiling mirror is hard to stop...... That means we should now tell students to focus on the announcements during lunch break, right? ”
Luo Ling continued, looking up at the radio on the wall.
"But it's also possible that the prisoner will take advantage of this and put the curse back until the end."
None of you denied my explanation of the magic circle.
This...... At last...... Is it trusted......
But trust what? Magic?
[Your grandson called you! Your grandson called you! 】
The minister's cell phone rang suddenly.
"Hello?"
The minister pressed the hands-free.
"May I ask Shi Mengtong, the head of the Department of Occult Research, I'm Lu Tong."
On the other end of the phone, the voice of our homeroom teacher, Uncle Lu Tong, came.
If you think about it, I heard from the president that the minister often came to her house to eat, but it was strange for Lu Tong, who was a housekeeper, to call the minister.
"What's the matter?"
"Please hurry up and take your members to the back of the school."
As he spoke, Uncle Lu Tong took a deep breath.
"Something is wrong!"
Then, he hung up.
Is the mountain behind the first university of Zuolu?
I heard that at the beginning of the school's establishment more than 60 years ago, the principal did not let the construction team move this small hill that was completely within the school campus.
Now this small back hill is overgrown with tall trees, overgrown with weeds, and it is very quiet. Although there will be no one to pass, there will be one or two couples in love who will skip class and run to the back mountains. As for what to do, we don't know.
However, what is unfolding in front of us now is not some secluded back mountain.
It's just a flat land.
The whole hill is gone!!!