The 33rd story of a full-length business novel.
In this earthly world there lived a man in the late 19th century. People said that he was a dreamy doomster as if he had been another Nostradamus. But, unlike him, nobody recognized him.
At the time he was not a celebrity but a commoner; ugly, dirty and badly dressed. But, he was a real but insightful artist even if he was a nameless Dutch painter. Already he had noticed the ominous sign that would be forthcoming one hundred years later. But, he had no power to show the sign to the people. Simply he had to take a look hopelessly at the historic accident at a former monastery in Saint-Rémy, France. It was around in June, 1889. Out of indescribable anguish and baffling exasperation, he would suffer from bouts of mental illness from time to time. Then he, as a painter, abruptly began to sketch the serious sign on the canvass with oil in a bold color.
Then, as if he had been a real seer like the French prophet he named it ‘The Starry Night.’ The sketch was the very one of his masterpieces. And he was no other than Vincent Van Gogh. (Below was the painting, the Starry Night, by Gogh. Source: Wikipedia)
After his death, more than one hundred years have passed by. Then another pessimistic doomster has appeared at the corner of the earthly world. He, like Van Gogh, recognized the ongoing situation. Whenever he saw the serious situation he, as a doomster, presumed that the fiercely on-going competition would bring an unimaginable event into the earthly world. Seeing the pithy competition he would think inside that some arresting secular movies might be suitable to the coming event.
Actually, his favorite of art was to watch movies as a moviegoer. Hinted by movies, he began to write down a note about the ‘Big Brothers’ battle series before the Battle Royal. Then, the note was made by quoting lots of the titles of famous moving pictures. After finishing the note, he named it ‘Doomsday Scenario’as if he had been a scenarist. The scenario was completed in poetic passages in an apocalyptical form as below:
The "Battleat Bloody Beach"
by the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
is coming upon us
with "the
Guns of Navarone"
like a "Secret Game”
with
"Perfect Alibi”
or a "Picture Perfect"
painted by a "Sketch Artist."
"In the Gloaming"
of "the Longest Day"
"the Treasure
Hunters"
with a "Heart of a Wheel"
will be fighting each other
"Through the Eyes of a Killer"
for each own “Mirage"
even "Under Siege"
“Till the End of the Night”
as if they were "the Good, Bad and Ugly"
from "the Wild Wild West"
or "the Twilight Murders"
or the "Big Bully,"
named “Barry Lyndon.”
Of course, they do believe firmly that
‘I am the very "First Knight"
with "Fists of Iron"
and "Warrior Spirit"
or
“Brave Heart.”’
On the other side,
each of them
strongly suspects that
‘you are the very “Enemy
of State”
with “Dangerous Mind”
or “ the Demolitionist”
“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.”
Their "Just Cause"
chasing after
the Blue Bird
may seem to be "Mission
Impossible"
“Beyond Desire”
even to an "Eraser."
After all, all of them will “Die Hard”
“in the Line of Duty"
beyond "The Troubles with Spies"
like “the Punisher”
as if they were“Dangerous Prey.”
Then and then, the last war,
"Armageddon,"
will be at the door
like "the Perfect Storm"
or "Thunder Ball"
raining down upon
the "Pearl Harbor."
In the end,
"the Last Star Fighter"
called "Rambo"
or “the Last Samurai”
with “Golden Eye”
will appear
before "the Stargate"
between “Heaven and Earth”
with “the Passion of Christ”
as a new "Champ"
or a “Superman”
as if the very man is
“Alexander the Great”
or “The Lion
King”
in the Death Desert
of Dakar Rally
from “Sahara” to Paris in France.
And, all “the Gladiators"
are “Gone with the wind”
like " the Titanic"
into “Oblivion.”
But, the "Legend Lives on"
as a “Permanent Record”
on the “Lord of the rings”
with “Taps”
to the music of
‘Sarabande in D Minor.’
Like the enthralling doomsday poem, the stifling Battle Royal is ripe for their final goal.Love it or hate it, the clock is beating the minutes away. The only thing they can trust in is the winning slogan, steely will, indomitable courage, gifted talent, mental, physical and military capacity, time, information, and . . . Oh, Fortuna for the final victory.
Before the turn of this new 21stcentury they had begun a daring expedition in search for Cape of Good Hopelike Cecil Rhodes of the South Africa did. With their proud, monstrous chariots they have crossed the river never to turn back. Then they have rushed towards the unknown but broader world to capture the bull’s eye in the world.
However, it is the Battle Royal, real and general. Once again, this is not a war game using dummy bombs and dummy chariots at all. It is but the stern and coldest battlefront. Nonetheless, the Great War is not visible, not predictable, and rapidly changing. Further, it is soundless, scentless, and boundless White World War. Thus, in another sight, it seems that they have been placed under the no-win situation as if they were cliffhangers.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t matter for career soldiers, for instance, American gunfighters, Japanese samurais, European gladiators, late-blooming Asian machismos and unknown but would-be dark-horses in the world. As a result, the tug-of-war will be the most ruthless, bloodier and dangerous War as if it were the Die Hard series. Prior to launching military campaigns all the warriors gauged underlying blue mood on the track in advance. Based upon humint (human intelligence) they appraised geographical advantages and disadvantages, either absolute or comparative, and the like. Each of them, also, fathomed rivals' military power and career diplomatic skills - either strategic reassurance or soft alliance. Then their overall powers including likely future responses have been set up for the campaign. Then they have exploited horse trade and ambush marketing in the name of nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Here and there, such signs are seen the world over.
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