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Chapter 371: The Magic Flute

Masterful, there were no other words to describe Huili’s performance . She was better than most famed pianists over the world . Her graceful yet maddening performance lasted for 20 minutes before it was forced to a halt by Phecda members . Nothing out of the ordinary happened . Other than tiredness, there were no negative symptoms on Huili after her performance . Both her physical and mental state were stable .

“That was Mozart’s The Magic Flute,” A researcher in the music philosophy sector observed, “But it has been edited with a faster tempo…” The Magic Flute was Mozart’s last creation, it was his last opera and was widely-believed to be his best work . The opera included both singing and spoken language during its debut and it was 2 acts long . Huili just performed the piano’s accompaniment to the opera . Mozart was a musical genius who died at the young age of 35 . Many historians believed that the genius suffered from Tourette Syndrome and it was the illness that supplied him with such great inspiration . Of course, this hypothesis was never confirmed . In fact, today, Mozart’s death was still shrouded in mystery .

After the debut of The Magic Flute on 30th September 1791, Mozart fell seriously ill . He suffered from rashes, swelling, nausea and pain . On the afternoon of 5th December, the musical genius bade farewell to the world . Based on the description of his death, historians and researchers proposed more than 100 hypothetical causes of death . However, there were other aspects of Mozart’s life that were unequivocal . For example, he was part of the Free Mason and was greatly interested in the study of magic and occultism . The other creator of The Magic Flute, Emanuel Schikaneder was also known to be a member of the Free Mason . The opera itself contained many occultist symbols and it thus gained recognition as the song of the Free Mason .

Compared to the actual dark forces, the Free Mason was a small fry . If they had managed deeper understanding of spells and rituals, they would not have gained such infamy among the public . Actual cults would be more secretive . Because of that, Phecda came up with a hypothesis . ‘Is it possible that Mozart joined other cults to gain things that the Free Mason failed to provide him? A cult… like the R’yleh Cult?’

What was the actual meaning of the Magic Flute? And why was there a noted variation to this version performed by Huili?

“I have no idea what was the song that I played, I just felt like playing it . ” Huili was unable to provide more clarification . Her mother, Song Fang claimed that the only Mozart tune her daughter should know was the Turkish March . She had not heard of the Magic Flute before .

After the performance by Little Huili, Phecda did other experiments . Huili was not the only girl who studied piano among the patients . Even though none of them requested to play the piano specifically, when they were seated before one, it was like something took over them . Many parents were shaken, especially those who did not send their children to any piano classes… These girls, with no exception, showed immense talent at the piano and high spirituality . If this was under other circumstances, Elder Tong would be overjoyed, this was better than winning the lotto .

Even though no negative effect was noted among the pianists and listeners of the Magic Flute, no one could tell whether it was dark music or not . Everyone felt chilled once they got reminded of how curious Mozart’s death was . Therefore, all the information about this opera was swiftly and silently banned from the internet and research was done carefully .

On the night of the 16th, Phecda made the announcement about the Tourette Syndrome illness . Once that announcement was made, the paediatrician clinics all over the country were stuffed . Even the slightest inconsistency in their children’s behavior would cause their parents to drive them to the hospital . The number of patients with suspected Tourette Syndrome exploded . However, the illness only had a 1 percent chance to affect pre-primary children . Soon most of the children were diagnosed to be perfectly fine . They were either just toying with their parents or suffered from other milder illnesses .

The patients of abnormal Tourette Syndrome shared some unique properties . They were all young girls, were exposed to monster-related fairy tales before bed and showed spectacular talent in piano-playing .

By the 18th, there were in total 520 patients registered at Eastern State . They were all young girls between the ages of 5 to 8 . The intermission between each tic became shorter . Initially they acted up only twice per day, once in the morning and another at night . But now, it increased to 3 to 5 irregular tics within a day . Their condition was worsening . Their strange voice still sounded like a summon for Gu Jun .

The days went by but the number of patients held at 520 . The incident technically started on the 14th with Kedou . 14th was Valentine’s Day and 520 was homophonous to I Love You in Chinese .

Gu Jun suffered the headache as he took in the latest info . A thought slowly clarified in his mind, this was definitely the ‘small new year present’ meant for him . The 520 girls who became specially gifted were the new year present… But would Phecda dare to accept this gift?

These innocent girls would be temporarily quarantined . Whether their mind was still sound and what they represented were all a mystery . What could Phecda do for them? Taught them to listen to the voice just like the Afterlife Cult did with the Spirit Children?

520 girls, man-eating fairy tales, Mozart, Free Mason, and the Magic Flute . It was confounding .

The Magic Flute was a fairy tale opera . The inspiration behind it was contentious but scholars believed it was inspired by the fairy tale, lulu oder die zauberflöte . In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns and becomes enchanted by the ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it . Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished . The theme of the opera was light versus darkness, kindness versus evil, love versus death, a very typical fairy tale background .

“We might be facing…” Gu Jun told Elder Tong and Siyu, “Pure evil this time . ” This was a hunch he had . In the past, the cultists they faced thought they had a greater goal, they believed they were doing the right thing, but this time he only sensed flagrant disregard for destruction and humanity from his ‘big sister’ . Pulling children into darkness, killing innocent people with a tree, they appeared to have no purpose but to grab his attention…

“I need to return to Eastern State . ” Gu Jun requested from Elder Tong, ” I need to . ”

“But Ah Jun, your body…” Elder Tong hesitated .

“Do I have a choice?” Gu Jun retorted . “The bastard is clearly coming for me . If I do not answer her call, who knows what this ‘big sister’ will do next?”

The little girls’ conditions were worsening by the days . There was a clock ticking above Gu Jun’s head but when the timer ended, while he might not die, a group of innocent children might . He needed to return to find a breakthrough .