Stray Chapter 74: The “Hanged Man”
Without any hesitation, Xia Ran betrayed Aleister decisively.
Although he is far away from two school districts and is in a windowless building, the Hanged Man at this moment must have a complicated face, and it feels like he was shot in the knee for no reason.
The one-eyed girl quietly looked at the magician, as if she didn't want to eat this set. Her clear emerald green eyes reflected Xia Ran's figure. He was talking in a brokenhearted way:
"I haven't seen you before, you definitely don't belong to this world, you come from the long past, those worlds that have died? So maybe you've existed longer than I thought It's even more ancient..."
"No, no, don't talk nonsense, tell you that I'm only seventeen years old this year, what is ancient..." Xia Ran shook his head again and again, he was just a young student, and he was in his prime. It doesn't matter if the relationship is good or not.
He's only seventeen this year, and he'll be seventeen next year, so what's old to say?
When the one-eyed girl heard this, she also gave him a slightly strange look. She is only seventeen years old this year?
Seventeen years and several epochs?
Although she doesn't know that this person is definitely not human, but it doesn't seem to belong to the existing magical mysterious system, but at least she still has eyesight. In her vision, this person's past is in the The long time is looming and lingering.
It seems that it can be traced back to a long time ago, although there are not many obvious traces left in the current world, that is, it has only appeared recently, but among many other magical aspects, his records It also seems to be sinking and floating, and sporadic traces can be captured more or less.
This shows that before herself or other demons, before she superimposed several phases in the world, and did not know how many times she reshaped the world, perhaps this strange existence had already walked the world at that time.
It's not that the older the stronger, but the stronger the older the older. The one-eyed girl knows this, so she becomes more cautious.
This person doesn't seem to be a Demon God, but it makes no difference to her.
Especially in the whole world now, all the superimposed magical phases are showing signs of being shaken by some kind of mighty force. When she was clearly aware of it, she strengthened her perception. The opposite is A monster that is no less inferior to the Demon God.
However, even so, she won't back down or give in, after all, it's not the first time she has dealt with beings of the same level.
"Come on."
Walking in from the gate, the one-eyed girl dressed as a witch walked straight to the magician, looked up at his face slightly, and said calmly.
"It's full of demons outside?" Xia Ran asked with a smile on his face. He felt that this sentence seemed inexplicably familiar. It seemed that he had only said this to others a few times not long ago, but now it is his turn. Said so by others.
It's really feng shui turns.
"?" The one-eyed girl tilted her head, as if a question mark slowly appeared above her head.
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"Director, this, who is this?" Under the pressure of the inexplicable atmosphere, Misaka Mikoto and others didn't speak for a while. Now they finally got a space and couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, this one...you can just call her Oti." Xia Ran said casually, briefly introducing the name of the one-eyed girl, but after thinking about it, she still didn't call the latter one. Say your full name.
"Otti?" Misaka Mikoto raised her eyebrows. It didn't seem to be her real name. If this person didn't say something wrong on purpose, she probably hid some of the information on purpose.
"Well, it's the relative meaning of Fei mention. You can take this as her title. It means that she is a very lucky person, and she can always easily get what she wants when she draws cards. The result..." The magician said solemnly.
"Director, you're like this..." Misaka Mikoto didn't know whether to laugh or cry, could this person be more serious.
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The one-eyed girl's eyes were twinkling. This person seemed to be talking nonsense, but in fact, she did say some of her information, such as the first half of her name.
It's just that his language is really strange, that is, he clearly speaks the homophonic stalk of the language he uses, but it can be understood by everyone present, including the one-eyed girl herself... Others People don't seem to notice anything wrong at all.
It's not that the reaction is slow or anything, but that the basic conditions for discovering this strange phenomenon are simply lacking, just as most animals are actually colorblind, and they can hardly distinguish colors, and the colors reflected in their eyes, There are only three shades of black, white and grey.
This is the world in their eyes, no one will let them see, but their own sensory perception does not support seeing colors other than black, white, and gray, and naturally they cannot perceive the existence of these phenomena , which is the limitation of mortals themselves.
That is, Othinus, as a demon god, was able to keenly perceive the problem.
Isn't it some finite tangible language, but a description of meaning common to all things?
The light in Othinus' eyes flickered slightly. As the saying goes, the details are the truth, which means that the details are often the best way to reflect the essence of things. Naturally, she understood this very well, and she thought about it quickly and remembered it. a suspicious clue.
Genesis 11:1 At that time, the accent and speech were the same all over the world.
—The Book of Genesis in the Old Testament.
According to this thread, if all is true, it is an obvious fact that there was an era before speech chaos, when it was not like the afterlife or now, there were countless different languages. , language is unified and universal.
It is not only common to human beings, but also common to all things. People can communicate with others, with the world, and even with God.
However, when people still had a common language, they tried to build a tower that reached the sky, but the final result was to alarm God. God did not allow people to reach the same height as Him in this way, so messed up people's language.
"Now that they have done this, there is nothing that they will do in the future that will not be done."
The great cause of man is ruined in this way, and even the arrogant person cannot be compared with God, and rashly launching a challenge will only attract the wrath of God.
This is also the origin of the legend of the Tower of Babel. In Hebrew, "Babel" means "confusion", while in Babylonian, the word means "God's Door", the same word has completely opposite meanings in the two languages, but both have deep meanings...
Othinus' thoughts flashed, and at the same time he took a deep look at the magician in front of him.
Is this man an ancient remnant of a time before the chaos of speech? In that case, it might really be the world before the demon gods in this world superimposed several phases on the world. If they lived to this day, it would not be surprising that they would behave like this.
"What do you want to do when you shake all the foundations of your aspects?"
She asked calmly, her face still calm.
After all, as the **** king in Norse mythology, she has seen a lot of things. In the midst of countless world changes, she has never seen anything strange, even in the era before the confusion of words. The birth of the survivors will not make her feel much surprised.
"...In order to prevent the world from being destroyed, to protect the peace of the world?" Probably because Othinus, who only acted according to his own thoughts and rhythms, could hardly be fooled, Xia Ran thought for a moment. , said uncertainly.
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"Are there any lines behind the words, like "a cute and charming villain that implements love and true evil"? "
Kamijou Touma said weakly, sensing that the atmosphere was getting heavier and more solidified, he felt an inexplicable sense of extreme ominous and uneasy, as if this was the tranquility before the storm, and it seemed that disaster might be imminent at any time. Can't stop trying to do something to ease the atmosphere.
But it is obvious that he failed to successfully clear the siege, but instead made the air heavier. He noticed that the spiky-headed boy who was not catered to by anyone could only laugh embarrassingly, and at the same time, he stepped forward subconsciously. two steps.
Although he doesn't know the reason or what's going on, the only thing he can be sure of is that the one-eyed girl who suddenly appeared should also be one of the magicians.
So Kamijou Touma felt that he might be able to help a little in the conflict that might occur in the future. Power has a special attack effect.
Just...
As if aware of Kamijou Touma's actions, the one-eyed girl dressed as a witch looked slightly sideways, and glanced at him indifferently.
The next moment, the pupils of the spiky-haired boy shrank suddenly, and he found that without any sign, the girl had already come to him, appeared in front of him abruptly, and seemed to be very natural. One is standing there.
Totally fail to capture the directionality, just be warned: there is no need to perceive.
Fear struck his heart as a matter of course, he watched the slender white arm stick out, grabbed his right hand, and then...
The other hand that suddenly appeared, as if trying to stop the one-eyed girl's behavior, directly grabbed her wrist.
"He's just a child..." The magician said with a smile, "Don't be so irritable, as a senior in life, you should be more tolerant of young people."
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Othinus was silent for a moment.
The next moment, nothing happened, and she couldn't help frowning because nothing happened.
Everything that should have happened has been canceled out.
"Don't be so irritable, what a big deal..." Xia Ran sighed, her tone seemed a little helpless, "Don't look at me like that, you can't stop what I want to do, and I want to stop it. There's nothing you can do."
"...hmph, arrogant!"
The one-eyed girl snorted softly, and didn't even look at the other people who were facing the enemy. She just stared at the person in front of her indifferently and calmly: "I am a person who has reached the realm of pure demon..."
"I know this, I even know who you are, don't you think I don't know about this?" The magician interrupted her directly and asked with a look of surprise: "Is this something? What is there to brag about, isn't this kind of thing just fine?"
"..." Othinuston choked for a moment, then fell silent.
She looked at her wrist being held, and suddenly realized that this existence might be more troublesome to deal with than she thought.
"Furthermore, the demon gods are not without weaknesses, not to mention that you who want to enter the world have to weaken yourselves once, let's just talk about you - you are troubled and embarrassed because of a certain trait of your own. , right?"
Xia Ran said calmly.
"The infinite possibility you have means that in the face of any kind of thing, you have the possibility of inevitable success or inevitable failure. No matter what kind of power you accumulate, it can only be 55%, even if you have The power to instantly destroy the entire world also has a half probability of losing in guessing with children..."
The one-eyed girl couldn't help frowning: "What do you want to say?"
"Cough, modestly speaking, I am very similar to you, but the infinite possibilities I have do not mean that I have to be open to everything, but as long as there is that possibility Sex, I will be able to grasp the elements of victory..."
With a light cough, Xia Ran said humbly with a Versailles expression on her face:
"In an infinite amount of time, there are infinite monkeys typing, and it is always possible to make up a "Complete Works of Shakespeare" at a certain point in time, superimposing "infinity" and "probability" to the limit, just It's my ability..."
Speaking of this, he blinked his eyes: "So unfortunately, at least in terms of characteristics, I just happened to completely restrain you, because I will always win, win and win again, because every time you have half The probability of losing, naturally you will always lose..."
If other demon gods came to play today, Xia Ran would also feel a headache. Although he could protect Kamijou Touma and others, he could only adopt a defensive strategy, and could not take any initiative. right.
But it is Othinus, a demon **** who has not yet been freed from the predicament caused by her own characteristics...
This can only be said that Xia Ran's luck is good, while Othinus's luck is a bit bad.
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The one-eyed girl remained silent. After a few seconds, the magician twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Don't try, it's the same no matter how many times you come, I can cancel any of your actions, so that It's pointless."
Although nothing happened, although nothing happened.
It seems that the two are at a stalemate, and then Othinus is silent, as if thinking about something, that's all.
But in fact, Xia Ran has counteracted the attacks launched by the one-eyed girl, and they have fought thousands of times with each other, but no one can know about this, and there is no way to After the phenomenon that should occur is cancelled, it is only captured by the use of self-perception.
"I thought we could have the conditions for a good and peaceful conversation. Am I wrong?"
Xia Ran sighed, let go of her palm, and took the lead in releasing her sincerity: "Speaking of which, how about a deal?"
"What deal?"
The one-eyed girl took a step back with a flat expression, rubbed her wrist with one hand, and asked.
Then, when she saw the magician on the opposite side raise the camera, she raised her eyebrows.
"I'm sorry, I'm used to it, it's not this... it's this." Xia Ran turned her wrist and took out a seemingly ordinary tarot card, smiling at the one-eyed girl in front of her.
In his heart, he sighed that everything was really ready now.
"The Hanged Man" is explained from mythological imagery, which means Odin, the **** king in Norse mythology. In Norse mythology, Odin once hanged upside down on the **** tree in order to obtain the fountain of wisdom. Ye, was stabbed by a spear, and finally traded a left eye for Runas' wisdom.
But it is no coincidence that when it comes to being hanged and stabbed by a spear, Christ has the same experience, and he was also stabbed by a spear when he was jealous. The Roman soldier Longinus wanted to confirm whether Christ was dead or not. , who used a spear to pierce the body of the Son of God who was hung on the cross.
Whether it is Odin who gained wisdom or Christ who became the Messiah, the "hanged man" represents "the wisdom of God" and "the awakening of divinity".
Looking at Othinus in front of him, Xia Ran sighed that the key elements of her ascension ceremony and the last link were finally completed.
Now it's time to see if this one-eyed girl will take the bait.