Lost Narrative Poetry

Through the ubiquitous micro-intelligence network in Academy City, Aleister can naturally monitor any corner of the city at any time. More than 50 million invisible nanoscale machines have been providing him with semi-permanent control. Gather intelligence.

The information contained here is not at the same level as the information in the general "library". It has an intelligence system higher than the level of the library. This is also one of the important ways to obtain information through "phone calls" that give orders to dark organizations for a long time.

Therefore, the Hanged Man knew Xia Ran's answer immediately.

Or it should be said that it was precisely because he was always paying attention that after sensing his "sight", Xia Ran vaguely revealed his own identity to Aleister through the question raised by Saten Ruiko unintentionally. Origin of identity?

At least in Aleister's eyes, that seemed to be the case.

"VICARIUS666... ​​So that's it, is it actually him?"

In the windowless building located in the center of the 7th school district, this human being wearing a green surgical suit, with his head and feet suspended in an unknown liquid, opened his eyes in surprise. It seemed that there was no I thought I would get such a surprising answer.

"I have never heard of this magical name... Aleister, do you know him?"

In the space of the building where there was no one else, a female voice with noise rang out from nowhere. Aiwass's tone seemed to be unusually doubtful and cautious.

Aleister couldn't help but feel a little agitated at this moment, so he didn't notice this. He clearly didn't speak, but the conversation happened exactly——

"Magic names are a tradition that only appeared for modern magicians. Naturally, they cannot be his own magic names. However, among the magic names, some names can be traced back to the original mystery of themselves, and they are also taboos among taboos. You should know this A little, Aiwass.”

"So? Who is he?" Aiwass asked lightly.

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Something seemed not right. In the huge test tube, the human being suspended in the liquid was looking in a certain direction in this space. He didn't think Aiwass couldn't understand what he meant. Moreover, based on the other party's own knowledge reserve, he can also interpret the meaning of this magic name.

After a moment of silence, Aleister continued. No matter what happened, he first expressed his judgment and basis:

"Magicians will engrave their wishes and purposes on their souls in Latin. This is the so-called magic name. In Latin, the word "VICARIUS" is somewhat special. First of all, the title "VICARIUS FILII DEI" comes from Originated from Catholicism. "

"This is the title of the pope, and the corresponding Latin text has been engraved on the triple crown, which means the incarnation of God or the spokesperson of God... And secondly, the total value of the Latin letters contained in this title is 666."

When he said this, Aiwass's voice also sounded, and this angel who didn't know where he was seemed to be murmuring:

"666...the number of the name of the beast in Revelation."

13:18, there should be wisdom here: Whoever has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number, and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

——The last book of the New Testament, the Revelation of John.

"That's right, the numbers after the Latin in the magic name are usually to prevent repetition of words used by others. The difference made by this is the same as the login name of E-MAIL."

Aleister said calmly, "But this one is different. Whether the letter value of Latin itself is 666, or he deliberately added 666 after Latin, it is probably to tell us what the real point is."

What's the point?

This fact is naturally obvious, because even if it is only taken from the literal meaning, it can be easily interpreted as to what meaning this magical name can extend to.

After all, the word "VICARIUS" itself has the concept of agency and substitution, and the number of the beast of the apocalypse attached to it clearly indicates that the master who uses the magic name does not want to become a papal emperor. Become God’s agent.

But to do it more thoroughly, not as God's agent, but in God's place.

"In this world, people want to play the role of God, imitate the behavior of Christ, and claim to be the Messiah. Who else could it be besides that person? That may be the true origin of magic. People without talent, in order to pursue The beginning of technology created by talented people.”

Aleister said calmly.

"Really brought the original concept of magic, recreating the realm of God with human hands...the ancient snake of the nations on earth, the legendary Antichrist."

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The air seemed to be completely silent, and the space seemed to be frozen.

"Is it the ancient snake of all the nations on earth? It seems that this one has existed longer than imagined..."

After a while, Aiwass muttered to himself, seemingly noncommittal, and also seemed to be thinking seriously about something.

"Probably much longer than the current world, we all know that the world is overlapped by many phases. These phases are like filter membranes, covering the world layer by layer. The current world is through these Phase view."

Aleister said this: "But no matter how many times it has been distorted, what degree of deviation and changes in the legend have been caused, there are always some things that cannot be covered up in the past. Although this ancient thing has no meaning now, it is also Very few people know that anymore.”

And he happened to be one of the very few people who knew this ancient thing.

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There was another silence and silence, and Aiwass said nothing.

Aleister waited quietly while also thinking seriously about the other party's meaning. After a while, he suddenly said: "Of course, this is entirely what this person said, and I don't believe it all. , but from the current point of view, it does fit his identity..."

The existence of magic was established, but he ultimately did not choose to become the God of Magic.

However, even if he does not succeed in replacing God, no one knows how far he has progressed, so... he will definitely not be human anymore.

Human or not, strange or not, a completely incomprehensible weird existence——

From this point of view, it seems to be very consistent with the information Aleister knows, as well as some basic inferences based on this information.

"It's not for this reason, Aleister." The female voice with murmur finally sounded again, answering the question of the human in the huge test tube, "Are you sure that there is really no problem with your memory? I have never heard of it before. Is this the origin of magic?"

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The chairman finally knew the reason for Aiwass's strangeness, and his expression became solemn: "I'm not sure, but my memory does show this. Have you found any problems?"

"I don't have such knowledge, I don't know anything." Aiwass's answer was concise and concise, but it was very crucial.

"...I'll check it now."

Aleister said with a slight change in his expression.

Almost as soon as the words fell, something changed in this huge space, because countless screens and buttons were set up on the walls around the room, which were emitting light.

Extending from tens of thousands of large and small instruments, there are tens of thousands of cables and pipes, like blood vessels extending on the ground, all concentrated in the center of the room.

As if receiving some instructions, the pictures displayed on the multiple screens changed rapidly. Originally, they were showing pictures of multiple corners and scenes in different places in Academy City. There were also prosperous shopping streets with people coming and going. The campus looks empty due to summer vacation.

However, following Aleister's thoughts, every screen changed, and other content appeared.

Some are modern electronic documents, which display neat and summarized text and patterns, and some are directly photographed pictures, which display various ancient classics, from yellowed manuscripts to Cherish the precious carrier more——

Such as letters made of wood, bamboo or even bones, secret texts carved on stones, symbols carved on turtle shells, and some murals in ancient caves.

After all, in Aleister's current situation, it was impossible to crawl out of a huge test tube, put on clothes, and browse various information. Naturally, this method was the only way to search and verify. Anyway, it is more convenient, faster and extremely efficient.

Just like what he did before, all life activities can be left to the machine.

In extremely rapid operation, various related documents were extracted and summarized and presented one by one in this room.

And as time passed by, Aleister's expression became more and more serious. Just like his memory recognition, the traceability of the magician and the existence of the Antichrist are older than imagined, and may be traced back to an unknown number of worlds ago.

Perhaps that was the original world before magic appeared, before the demon god randomly superimposed phases and distorted and reshaped it.

After countless overlapping phases, the world has been reshaped countless times like clay. History has become legends, legends have become myths. After countless changes, only sporadic records of the ancient snakes remain. But no matter how sporadic it is, traces and records still exist.

——Established the concept of magic and recreated the realm of God through human hands.

——Thus, in the changing legend, he became someone who tried to usurp the seat of God and wanted to play the role of God in this world.

It seems that all of this is supporting Aleister's statement and proving that there is nothing wrong with his cognition. This is indeed the case. But this human being hanging upside down in a huge test tube did not relax at all. Instead, his expression became more and more serious.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the room was quiet without any sound.

I don’t know how much time passed, but the chairman finally seemed to confirm something and asked seriously: "Aiwass, do you think... are you the only one who has not been affected, or are you the only one who has been affected?"

this is a problem.

Aleister had to confirm this. It was not that he couldn't accept it, but it was too absurd and terrifying anyway. Just because the other party casually answered a girl's question, the known past and established cause and effect were quietly revealed. Have corresponding changes occurred?

In contrast, the chairman would rather think that his common sense had been tampered with by the power of that weird existence through his contact through the air loop.

"Perhaps it's because I am an angel in the world of pure physical laws?" The female voice with murmurs replied, without directly talking about the result, but just talking about the nature of her own existence.

Aleister stopped talking.

Maybe, this is indeed the main reason?

The existence of Aiwass is a completely different concept from the angels recorded in the existing Bible. She is an angel at the lowest level, an angel in the world of pure physical laws.

First of all, you must know that this world is created by superimposing many magical phases on the laws of physics, just like the countless layers of filters on a beauty camera. As long as you turn on the beauty camera, you will not be able to see the real world at all. It was as if Aleister wanted to establish Aiwass' control laws and destroy all filters other than hers——

In this way, a world without magic, only pure physical laws, can be created, ending all religions and magic in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Aiwass is an angel that cannot be explained by the Bible or theology. At the same time, in the world created by God, he symbolizes attributes that are not controlled by God...

Precisely because the nature of her existence is so special, it seems natural that she did not change at all when Aleister was unknowingly affected?

"Is it a change in phase? He added a new phase to the world?"

Aleister pondered, but quickly rejected his idea.

"It's history..." a female voice with a murmur said leisurely, "This is not the original history, we were deceived."

"He deliberately told us that magical name just to guide us to make that inference. When you, Aleister, had that idea, and indeed thought so, his history was established and even penetrated into Among the past causes and effects..."

"Because Aleister thinks so, history that may not exist in itself, because of your intervention, your observation, and your inference, has come to life like a living thing. Its history has come to life, and with it They were active in the past in response to the investigation we just conducted..."

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The truth seemed to come with its conclusion, but it was all so bizarre that it was completely incomprehensible.

Instead of changing the world by superimposing phases, he changed history in a completely incomprehensible way and ignored the fact that the gods of magic overlapped an unknown number of phases. They were strong and even stubborn. Execute that transformation.

"What a monster... But can we think that his identity is indeed not fake?" Aleister smiled bitterly, "After all, history that did not exist in the first place may have become real now... "

And it came back to life, and a monster more terrifying than the devil came out of it.

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At the same time, the magician, who was editing material at home, rubbed his nose.

He leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes slightly. It was like an inexplicable divine revelation. Something emerged from the other side of his soul, from the great and profound abyss on the other side, chaotic memories and images. The sounds reappeared in his mind one by one.

Before the world first changed...

Before countless phase epochs...

While the nations were walking around the earth...

His eyes became more and more confused, and finally, a chuckle sounded in the air.

"I seem to understand my current situation..."

Past, present and future, if you cannot transcend all time, you cannot be the creator of time.