Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 197 Miyano Shiho's secret knowledge

This old badge made of brass looks quite textured, but what Miyano Shiho cares about is not the possible value of the badge itself, but the words engraved on it.

Miskatonic University
Miskatonic University!

That man was once a student of Miskatonic University!

As an international student who has studied abroad in the United States for a long time, Miyano Shiho knows exactly how valuable this university is.

Although the Harvard Medical School that Miyano Shiho entered is one of the top universities in Massachusetts and the world, it is even more famous internationally.

But this Miskatonic University is actually a top institution comparable to Harvard University, and the ranking of many majors can even surpass Harvard University.

Among them, the medical major I am studying, Harvard University and Miskatonic University are competing back and forth, and each wins and loses.

I remember that one year, Harvard University and Miskatonic University jointly held an academic seminar. Miyano Shiho entered the Miskatonic University as an exchange student to study and live for a month.

Miskatonic University is located in a small town called Arkham, where there are beautiful mountains and rivers and outstanding people.

Along the banks of the Miskatonic River is the quaint Miskatonic University.

At that time, Miyano Shiho, who came to Miskatonic University, felt like he had opened the door to a new world.

Compared with Harvard University, which has a longer history, the buildings of Miskatonic University are more classical. Except for the teaching buildings and libraries near the river, there are few renovations and blessings of modern buildings.

Miskatonic University was almost an all-boys school two centuries ago, so even now, both liberal arts and sciences in the school are dominated by boys.

As a girl, Miyano Shiho, with her oriental elegant face and unique temperament, made Miyano Shiho very popular during the exchange period of that month.

When you go out in the morning, someone will deliver breakfast, someone will deliver the schedule during class, and you will have a special tour guide when you go out to experience the local customs...

Also commonly known as, there are many "licking dogs" around.

Thanks to these "dog licks", Miyano Shiho learned a lot about the deeds of Miskatonic University in just one month, and also traveled to many places inside and outside the University of Michigan.

For example, the most admirable library at the University of Michigan.

The library is the soul of a university. Whether the university is rich or not can be fully reflected in the collection of books in the library.

In terms of practical books published in modern times, the collections of the University of Michigan and Harvard University are comparable, and it is difficult to say which one is stronger and weaker.

But in terms of collections related to occultism, the University of Michigan has an astonishing collection of books.

For this reason, the University of Michigan even has a library building dedicated to collecting books related to occultism, called the Ornn Library.

As soon as he entered the library building, Miyano Shiho saw an old, dilapidated heavy book placed in a glass cabinet in the center of the main hall.

Look at the introductory card below, it says "Necronomicon", the work of the Arabian madman-Abdullah Alhazred.

According to several "dog lickers" who took Miyano Shiho to visit the University of Michigan at that time, this book is the treasure of the library of the University of Michigan, and there are few copies in the world.

At that time, Miyano Shiho went up to take a look and found that it was written in Arabic, which he could not understand.

And on the parchment pages, Miyano Shiho clearly saw some traces of being soaked in water.

Miyano Shiho asked what was going on, and the "Licking Dog" next to him answered like this.

Licking Dog No. 1: "In April 1980, an unprecedented flood broke out on the Miskatonic River, which almost submerged half of the University of Michigan campus."

Licking Dog No. 2: "At that time, Professor Henry Armitage, the former librarian, threw himself into the flood without fear of danger and saved this book."

Licking dog No. 3: "However, Professor Henry was buried in the flood because of this, and was added the title of 'Permanent Honorary President of Miskatonic University' afterwards."

Licking dog No. 4: "If there was no flood in 80, at least two more floors would be added to this library building."

Miyano Shiho looked at the lower right corner, and sure enough, there was "—to always remember the price that Professor Henry Armitage gave his life to save this book".

When it comes to the occult, Miyano Shiho found that these "licking dogs" always reveal an inexplicable pride.

Obviously they are only students of the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan, and they should have nothing to do with occultism.

Moreover, Miyano Shiho couldn't understand the matter of giving his life for a book.

In Miyano Shiho's belief, life is still the most important, no matter what you believe in, life is not as important.

In addition to the "Necronomicon", there are also some other strange books or book fragments displayed in the library building of the University of Michigan.

And on the wall in one corner, there is a stuffed animal of a big black dog.

Below the specimen of this dog, there is the following inscription:
Thanks to these fierce and loyal four-legged beasts for their brave deeds in guarding the library, they are without a doubt the most competent watchdogs in the world.

May their heroic souls forever guard this treasure house of human wisdom from the invasion of demons and heretics.

Miyano Shiho: "..."

In addition to these weird books and specimens, the academic atmosphere in the Ornn Library also has an inexplicable sense of weirdness.

Most of the students here are holding heavy language books and history books, absorbing knowledge like no one else.

In the personal reading room in the library, Miyano Shiho also met some members of the club called "Unsolved Mysteries Exploration Society", who came forward to recruit Miyano Shiho to join the club.

After learning that Miyano Shiho was just an exchange student from Harvard University, these members did not leave directly, but introduced that their club was mainly responsible for collecting some weird things, discussing, exploring, and then publishing them on the occult section of the school magazine .

One of the members of the Unsolved Mysteries Exploration Club: "If you join our club, you can be specially allowed to engrave a mark on the back of the school badge."

Saying so, the member took out his school badge and showed it in front of Miyano Shiho.

The front of the school badge is the same as the brass badge in Qin Zhibo's wallet.

On the back of the school badge is a twisted and weird five-pointed star symbol.

……

Back to the present, Miyano Shiho was gradually reaching for the University of Michigan badge in his wallet with his delicate hands, wanting to see if there was the distorted five-pointed star symbol on the back of the badge.

If so, explaining…

Although she knew that this incident meant nothing to Miyano Shiho, but at this moment, she was just curious.

But just when the little hand was about to touch the bronze surface of the badge, a voice came out coldly at the door, stopping Chafa Lolita from doing this.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do this..."

　Thanks to Niki for the 1500 reward for only eating saury!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)