Chapter 20: The Hunt

Perhaps the Almighty Science could see them in the heavens and make the meaning of the pattern appear in the Professor's mind, but no one could know what Science was doing, just as no one knew why the Countess's route chart appeared in front of them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"What if this is a hint about the route?"

"Very possibly. ā€

The first mate and the professor, who had also made many voyages, instinctively leaned towards this answer, the most dangerous lock for this dead sea was the narrow and winding channel, and the corresponding key was probably the route map.

"The essence of the symbol is a piece of information, and for this pattern, it is quite possible to represent the route to the next island, but from a semiotic point of view......"

"The information recorded by that symbol is not necessarily the route, you remember the chart, the route on it is very tortuous, and with the complexity of the pattern, it is not enough to carry that much information. ā€

It was one of the ship's group of papal devotionists, a strange man whose name was unknown to Francis's sailors.

"No, the more complex the upper layer, the more streamlined the lower layer, and theoretically a symbol may contain an infinite amount of information. ā€

"Hmph, this is the theory of the countess of New North County, but it is not the speech of a semiotic researcher. And even if that theory were correct, the level of semiotics in ancient times would not have been that high. ā€

"How do you know this isn't a highly refined symbol system like the Dragonfolk text? You know, if it's a transcendent ......" the professor saw the message on the face of the devotee that made him cry out involuntarily, "Wait, do you know what era this symbol is?"

"Runes of the Vikings. ā€

The Hawkman didn't understand semiotics, but he could understand the conversation between the two men: "And what does it mean?"

"I don't know," the devout said, looking up to reveal a plain face, "this is a variant of the runic script, which I have never seen before. ā€

"Wait," the professor looked at the pattern carefully, frowning tightly, "this doesn't look like ...... at all"

"Yes, if you consider this pattern as a secret language that has been widely disseminated, then according to the semiotic classification method, it does not belong to the Runevens at all. But if you think of it as some obscure variant of a widely popular language, then you should think of it from another point of view, yes, an immature semiotic theory, at least a little more valuable than the countess's theory. ā€

The professor looked up at the devout man, "Please, help me." ā€

"I just want you to understand one thing," the pious man pulled a pen and paper from his bosom, "the Holy See will not allow you to fail, and science will never fail to win." ā€

......

"I won't allow you to waste your time in the so-called gangsters, you have to go to school. ā€

"Professor Magellan, if your school can give me a bright future, then I can listen to you go to school. ā€

"I have 10,000 gold coins in my hand, you go to school, it's yours. ā€

"If you want to me off, then you have succeeded," the little beggar stopped, chewed on the bread and swallowed, and then gave Magellan a thunderous roar, "Don't measure my dreams by money!"

"So you make it a dream to be a sailor, isn't it because it can make you rich?"

"That's different!"

"Most success in this world can indeed be measured in terms of money, but if you're talking about dreams, it's best to put money aside. ā€

"I just want to be a sailor!"

"You can learn in school what you need to know to be a good sailor, you can't be a sailor as a gangster. ā€

"I just love the feeling of getting a lot out of a new place...... Actually, I want to be an explorer. ā€

"It doesn't matter if you go to be a gangster or participate in Professor Moriarty's trial, you can vote, but don't help others manipulate the jury. ā€

"And then let someone else manipulate it?"

Magellan smiled.

It is a simple fact that twenty-four votes to twenty-six means that six votes for either side would satisfy the minimum requirement for a jury vote to decide the fate of Professor Moriarty, and few can resist such a temptation.

"It's okay if you don't ** indulge, when everyone wants to manipulate others, people who want to manipulate others will run into trouble. ā€

The little beggar was silent and thought for a long time: "I don't want to go to school......"

......

Daikoku is enduring his anger.

He doesn't get angry very often, it's just that some people really don't know the most basic politeness.

Still, he forced himself to think with sheer reason about what the impudent man had said, about Professor Moriarty and the trial.

"This trial has nothing to do with justice, it has nothing to do with what the professor has done, you just have to think about the day you want the professor to be there or the day when the professor is not there. ā€

Although much of the passage that follows this sentence is preachy without any reason, Daikoku feels that at least the sentence is correct, and perhaps profound.

He didn't like working on the docks, being called around every day as if he were an animal, and the greatest kindness he could feel was that someone treated him like a docile animal.

"Maybe it's a donkey. ā€

Thinking so, Da Hei slowly sensed something.

He is important, more important than ever.

But he still needed a little time to figure out whether he liked the professor's absence or not, because he really couldn't imagine what would become of the docks in Professor Moriarty's absence.

......

"This is your judgment?"

Hunters rarely express their emotions through weak means such as words or expressions, and they use dry tones and unemotional words to flatten and tell the story, while at the same time, creating a whole world with the power of breath.

And now, the questioning hunter is manipulating a world where the end is coming, the sky is shattering, the thunder is not stopping, and anger is just a pale word in front of all this.

"We're the hunters, but look, those people are chasing victory, as if they're the hunters. ā€

"It's the way power works, and you may have a lot of grievances, but that's the only way. ā€

"I'm not unhappy with the way full force works, but with what the hunters do. ā€

"Your accusations are enough to make all hunters bow their heads, say it. ā€

"Why do hunters, the ones gathered because of distrust of the majority, give power to the majority?"

After a long silence, the hunter's world also returned to a pale silence, and the thunder in that world dispersed, leaving only a piece of moonlight.