The sunlight shines through the window to the corner of the blackboard, and the classroom is so quiet that only the soft sound of lectures flows slowly.

"The Gaia hypothesis, which is a theory that compares the world we inhabit to self-regulating living organisms – although it does not mean that the world is really self-conscious, but simply a metaphor for the complex and coherent interaction between living organisms and the natural environment......"

Perhaps every teacher has the potential talent to go from humanities and politics to celestial mechanics in the classroom, and Li Wu doesn't know how the young female teacher standing on the small bench at the moment talked about Gaia's theory from the rhetorical techniques of literary and artistic works.

“…… However, the teacher thought it would be more interesting to assume that there is an intellect in our world that can be called self-will. ”

Even with the bench, the teacher, who was only two heads above the podium, smiled mildly and pushed the gold-rimmed glasses hanging from the bridge of his nose, "What do you think it would be like if this hypothesis came true...... Li Wu? ”

Li Wu, who didn't expect to be named, thought for a moment: "Should it be beyond human comprehension, a more metaphysical existence?" ”

"It probably fits the impression that everyone has of rising to such a grand scale as 'the world'."

The teacher nodded approvingly, and the conversation changed, "But I think that maybe if the world consciousness really exists, it may not be so omniscient and omnipotent, and it will make mistakes and cause inevitable losses...... Maybe at that point, someone will need to fix it. ”

I'm afraid that except for the light who is not present, who may resonate, everyone else will only look at her with the eyes of "what is this guy talking about".

After making such a foolish remark, she jumped off the bench in a dashing manner, and left the classroom with her hands in her pockets as the bell rang for the end of class.

"I heard that the first seal has been broken by you?"

Mizushima, who was sitting in front of him, turned around and asked excitedly.

After unlocking the first seal, Li Wu could already distinguish many signs of distorted reality, such as the image of Mizushima Tsubasa in this world as a humanoid creature with a monkey's tail.

He nodded: "Thanks to the wise leadership of the minister. ”

"Your little green plum is not here, do you need to be so flattered?"

Miyashiro Ryu didn't seem to go to the convenience store to help today, she sat on her desk and dangled her legs, complaining in the air.

"It's a pity that the Brave Department came a step late and missed my bloody battle in the first seal - ah, if you can come over earlier, maybe you can work together to bring out the Yuan ○ bomb and defeat the final enemy."

No, a person who has been beaten into Ya ○ tea is not qualified to rub the vitality bomb, and if you can't remember what happened in the seal, don't put on such a nostalgic expression!

"Anyway, is there any new movement in the Demon King Army?"

Li Wu looked at Miyashiro Liliu, who was supposed to be the Minister of Information in the original world.

"What's new? The members are in class, and the Demon King skips school as usual, defeats the brave he meets by chance, and fights in a comic book and a video game mall. ”

How can there be such a little brother staying in the base area, wandering around the big map by himself, and the final boss of the enemy! It's so lacking in the work ethic of the Demon King!

Considering that the quadruple seal was suspected to be mixed with his handwriting, Li Wu reasonably suspected that this demon king, who could not correspond to the elements of the "original world" no matter how much he recalled, was the source of the distortion of reality.

Just as he was wondering if there was any way to track the other party's whereabouts, a small commotion erupted in a corner of the classroom.

"Uehara, are you sure you really don't want to go to the concert?"

The boy with black-rimmed glasses seemed to see the scene of the sky falling apart, and his whole body trembled as if he was frightened, "That's the supernova idol who has been hailed as a recent rise, and the cuteness of Xiu Ka Ji Pu Lu Sauce!" ”

The chubby boy next to him clasped his hands together and looked sad: "The soul of Uehara-kun has died in the cruel battle. ”

The man in the center surrounded by the two of them showed a serene smile like that of the Buddha when he was holding flowers: "I have quit the couple." ”

In the gloomy mist of the people around him, his body seemed to be wrapped with the holy Buddha light called Swing.

“…… Who's that? ”

Li Wu asked, pointing at the mysterious man.

"Masaki Uehara, our classmate."

Tsubasa Mizushima cast a caring gaze.

"No, it's a mimic monster that occupies Uehara's body or something, I'll annihilate it."

When he was rolling up his sleeves and preparing to fight, Miyashiro Liliu grabbed his clothes from behind: "I can understand Li Wu's feelings. Now Uehara has become more disgusting in another sense, but this is the price of challenging the second seal. ”

"Was the second seal originally made for Buddhists?"

Li Wu cooled down from his eager state and waited for her follow-up.

"I don't know what happened inside the seal, but people who have failed to crack it have all experienced symptoms of varying durations after they came out. Becoming burnout, losing passion, and even not being able to lift up their hobbies. ”

Mizushima Tsubasa next to him said in a low voice, "It's like a hot blood has been drained away, which is why I don't dare to enter the second seal at all." ”

"I think a more accurate metaphor is that the sparkle of the soul is taken away."

Miyashiro Riyu looked at Masaki Uehara over there, "Although it's a bit weird to call an obsessed idol the sparkle of the soul, but fortunately, it usually heals after a while and turns back into the original Uehara-san." ”

The sparkle of the soul......

Could failing the Second Seal Challenge cause such a side effect?

"Xiao Wu."

The light probe looked at the door of the classroom a few times and beckoned to him, behind her was Aoi Hoshikawa and Airisa, who had walked out before, "Meet in the activity room." ”

After saying goodbye to Mizushima, Li Wu followed her into the activity room.

The pigeons brought here in the morning stood boredly on the chandelier in the ceiling and walked around and landed on the conference table when they saw someone come in.

"Is the next target the second seal? Ready to do it so soon? ”

After taking his seat, he asked the light.

I thought I would rest for at least a few days.

The other party stared at him intently, not knowing what he was thinking, and waited for him to repeat the question before he came back to his senses.

"Well, I think...... These seals probably have something like the first one. ”

Hikari held her forehead a little anxiously, "I want to get it back as soon as possible." Can you help me? ”

"Of course. We'll be sure to break the remaining three seals. ”

Li Wu nodded solemnly.

Hoshikawa Aoi poked Arisa next to her and asked in a low voice, "Did something happen between the two of them?" Quarreled? ”

The latter shook and shook his head again and again: "I, I don't know anything." ”

It was in this harmonious atmosphere that the Ministry of Courage set the goals for the next stage.

The second seal - the opera house made of gold.

(End of chapter)