Legend had it that the Heavenly Dog devoured the sun. Just imagine how powerful the Contained Object must be to bear such a designation.
But in truth, nobody knew whether it could devour the sun. No one had tried...
It was merely a name, chosen because its properties were related to stars.
δ-107's true form was a monstrous statue ranging from several meters to over ten meters in height. It was made entirely of gold. Although ninety-nine percent of it was gold, with only a tiny amount of organic matter, it was nevertheless a living creature.
It possessed intelligence roughly equivalent to that of a canine. Its appearance closely resembled a hyena. When it moved, the gold compressed, stretched, and bent like muscle.
Its most troublesome trait was provoking stars. Yes, if it barked at the sun, the distance between the sun and Earth would shrink at a rate of three hundred kilometers per second! That speed was not fixed; the longer it was provoked, the faster it became.
At that point, the only way to make the sun stop advancing and return to its original distance was to kill it once.
There was no question that the Heavenly Dog had to be prevented from being exposed to daylight. But nighttime was no good either, because every star in the sky was a star system...
The Heavenly Dog had once provoked Sirius. The Blue White Society discovered that its provocation took effect instantly. Eight years after the eight-light-year-distant Sirius had been provoked, a blueshift appeared in its radiation spectrum.
Its containment measures were extremely "expensive."
First, the Heavenly Dog could pass through any medium except gold. Therefore, the cage holding it had to be made of pure gold. Since it possessed immense strength and its physical destructive power was comparable