The pinnacle of magic

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Holding the car door with one hand, the magician rolled over and jumped into the driver's seat. "I could have come out earlier. But that guy Rhett kept asking me about you, so he wasted a little time." He explained with a smile.

The relaxed side face of the magician looked very gentle and harmless under the soft light of the parking lot, and he didn't feel the sharp edge on the stage at all.

"I thought you would come with Eric." Shi Rui said with some doubts.It seems that the magician has fully adapted to his gender, and no longer has a deliberately flattering expression on his face when treating him, but instead shows his true colors in front of him like an old friend.Sometimes, the harmonious aura between the two even surprised Shi Rui slightly.

"Ha! Night is not suitable for children. I told him to go back to sleep first." The magician paused and frowned, "And he went obediently! This kid has been wrong these days, very wrong. He is too Obedient! Now I'm skeptical, I might get a really staggering credit card bill at the end of this month."

"I bet not."

"Are you already anxious to get back on the field?" The magician raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, and shook his index finger in front of Shi Rui, "Honey, I won't bet with you again, at least Not until I get the previous prize."

"I don't seem to have promised you anything."

"No, no, no, you agreed! Just before coming to the stage, you clearly agreed, if you can't see through my tricks, you have to grant me one wish! I said it at the time, and if you don't speak, it means you acquiesce."

"..." Shi Rui was very disapproving of the magician taking advantage of the 1 minute before going on stage to drop this sentence and run away. "Okay." He smiled, "How do you know I didn't see through it?"

"Have you seen through it?" The arc of the magician's lips turned downwards, his ice blue eyes looked straight at Shi Rui, and the expression of begging for a reward just now disappeared from his face.

"Well... the coin is the key. The coin used for the performance must be made of memory metal, and it will automatically deform when it reaches a certain temperature."

"Then?" The magician pursed his lips.

"That table is plexiglass, I've checked it out myself. It doesn't look like it conducts heat from the outside, but that's often the opposite, isn't it?"

"Yes. There are very thin wires on the surface of the table, and the heating device is hidden behind the wheels." The magician looked disappointed, "And then?"

"No more." Shi Rui shook his head, "I can't think of how you changed the coins in Jones' hand. And what if he wants to go back."

"Haha, so... I won?" The magician suddenly beamed with joy.

"Yes, Clifford, you won." Shi Rui smiled.

"Now! Now I want my prize!" The magician clenched his fists excitedly.

"Well, what do you want, Clifford?"

"Well... how about going for a drive together? I know a good place where you can overlook the whole city."

"Yes." Shi Rui nodded.

"It's so weird," the magician said to himself as he stepped on the clutch, "Usually I just take my girlfriends there. See the night view, have a chat, and, you know, women are sometimes better than men I prefer to do crazy things."

"for example?"

Shi Rui's faint voice made the magician immediately swallow the word "car shock" back. "I mean, this is the first time I've gone for a drive alone with a man. And I'm looking forward to it! Haha, I should have bought a case of beer and put it in the trunk first!" The magician started to reverse the car.

When the black sports car was about to pull out of the parking lot, Shi Rui suddenly heard a strange noise in the air.

"careful!"

Although it would be unwise to touch the flying object with his hand at such a time, Shi Rui still slapped the whistling object and flew back without hesitation.

There was a loud bang, and a pillar in the parking lot was dyed a disgusting yellow-green color by the dye that exploded suddenly, and an unpleasant smell wafted away immediately.

"Clifford, even if you can fool the world, you can't fool me!"

Due to Shi Rui's sensitive reaction, the body of the man hiding behind the pillar and throwing the explosives is covered in viscous dye.He raised his hand to try to wipe off the dye on the sunglasses, but found that there was more on his hands.The man in the peaked cap took off his sunglasses resentfully, pointed at the magician and yelled, "One day, I will expose you, you outright liar!"

"Clifford, do you want to call the police?" Shi Rui looked at his palm.Although nothing was actually touched, he still had a very uncomfortable feeling.

"I don't need to bother about this mouse crossing the street. There are cameras at the exit of the parking lot, and the TV station will handle it." The magician slammed on the accelerator, and the black sports car made a screeching tire rubbing sound. and go.

"I'm sorry that this happened to you." The magician slowed down the speed of the car after driving a few blocks at high speed.

"You know him?" Shi Rui looked down at his palm.He noticed that the magician used street rats to describe the attacker just now.

"Do you need to stop and wash your hands?" the magician asked with concern.

Shi Rui shook his head.

"That guy's known as the 'Disclosure Kid', and he's a complete jerk." The magician exhaled, tapping his index finger on the side of the steering wheel.

"Five years ago, he was the most eye-catching rookie. His code name in the association was 'Son of Miracle', isn't it similar to mine?" The magician pursed his lips and continued to recall, "At that time, the Come to a blog. Many magicians' performances were cracked the next day, and the full details were posted on the blog. Everyone quickly realized that this kind of thing can only be done by people inside the association. Because of the confidentiality policy It exists, and it is not forbidden within the association to inquire about other magicians' performance methods. In fact, in order to further develop magic, the association encourages the exchange of experience with each other. But obviously, someone took advantage of the loophole and took everyone's secrets as his own. A stepping stone to personal fame.”

Shi Rui couldn't help frowning.He has always been very disdainful of this kind of person who likes to do small tricks behind his back.

"The blog of 'Revealing the Secret Boy' quickly became popular, and the association realized that it would cause huge losses if it didn't get rid of the insider. They recruited three magicians to form a temporary investigation team, which was responsible for finding out the identity of the 'Revealing the Secret Boy'."

"Are you a member of the investigation team?" If this is the case, it seems to explain the man's deep hatred of magicians just now.

"No." The magician shook his head, "I was just an assistant at the time, and I didn't even have my own code name. But I was indeed an assistant to one of the members of the investigation team. The 'Disclosure Boy' was very careful, even if he hired We still can't find any clues, even with cyber experts. He usually blogs the day after the show, which allows us to narrow down the suspects to a certain extent, but really confirm who is leaking the secret It was very difficult. So, I suggested to the group to set a trap to catch him."

"Are you using two methods?" Shi Rui asked.

"Ah! Rui, you are so clever! Indeed, to achieve a certain effect, you don't have to use the same means." The magician said with a smile, "There happened to be a very eye-catching performance at that time. After the performance , we only announced the approximate method of acting on a small scale. Not two sets, but seven sets, and each suspect got a slightly different version."

"Obviously, he was fooled." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shi Rui's mouth.It is indeed admirable that a magician has the talent to think of seven different ways of performing the same trick.

"Isn't it? The 'Revealing Kid' finally showed his feet this time. Although many people don't understand why he did this, he still received the most severe punishment. His performance license was revoked, his code name was revoked, and he was fined a sum of money." A huge fine was used as compensation for the harm caused by his violation of the confidentiality regulations. Because he could not pay the fine, he had to file for personal bankruptcy. I guess, now he can only live according to the basic standard of living announced by the court." The magician smiled mockingly , "But my good luck came. After that, I got an opportunity to perform independently. Then, as you can see, I became more and more popular. Not only did I completely overshadow his limelight back then, I became a The most outstanding rookie is still the third in the world! Now in this circle, no one remembers his code name."

Shi Rui clenched his fists with a sullen face, narrowing his eyes slightly: "I should have taught him a lesson just now."

"Rui, now I finally understand why Eric always says you are cool. Your expression is so cool now!" The magician moved closer to Shi Rui's face curiously while looking at the road.

"I simply hate this kind of person." Shi Rui let go of his fist, and switched his expression to the way he should be at night, "If it's just for pure personal grievances, then I have nothing to say. But that guy is out of love for you. It's the jealousy of you that puts all the hatred on you. It's really disgusting." He frowned again.

"Maybe! I don't care what he thinks!" The magician leaned back on his seat and shrugged. "Here we are. Anyway, I forgot to buy beer!"

The sports car turned a corner at the end of the road and stopped, and the magician turned off the lights.As he said, the lights of almost the entire city can be seen from here.Below the hillside where they were, orange lights seemed to form the blood vessels of the city, and the more prosperous the area, the brighter it would be.The moving headlights are like blood flowing in the veins, intertwined with countless colorful neon lights to form a beautiful night scene.

"Is there any smoke?" Shi Rui asked suddenly.

"You smoke?" The magician couldn't help being surprised, he had never seen Shi Rui smoking.

"I don't smoke. I just suddenly wanted one." Shi Rui smiled, "Instead of beer."

The magician leaned down and took out a pack of cigarettes from the glove box in front of the passenger seat. "I don't have women's cigarettes here, but I don't think you will mind, right?" He smiled and handed the cigarette case to Shi Rui.

Shi Rui took out one and held it between his index finger and middle finger.The magician snapped his fingers, and a cloud of orchid flames suddenly appeared from his tiger's mouth.He blinked at Shi Rui, motioning him to light the fire with his hand.

"Ahem..." Shi Rui tried his best to restrain his cough, and then slowly exhaled the smoke he inhaled. "It actually feels pretty good." He leaned his head on the back of the chair and looked down at the lights below the mountain.

"Isn't it?" The magician lit one for himself.

From his angle, he couldn't see the whole night scene, but he could see the expression on Shi Rui's face at a glance.It was a face that was too delicate even for an Asian.It can make people feel amazing at first glance, but soon it will give people a strong sense of distance.The expression on this face is always gentle and reserved, like a beautiful mask that can keep people away thousands of miles away.Only on rare occasions, occasional outpourings of strong emotion, did he feel that the person around him was real, reliable, and open to it.

He observed Shi Rui's side face, and felt that his heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.Using the motion of smoking as a cover, he looked up at the few stars in the sky.

"Although you are not used to it when you try it for the first time, this wonderful feeling will soon make you feel that you can't live without it." The magician said absent-mindedly.

"Really? Can't you leave?" In a place where the magician couldn't see, Shi Rui's lips curled up slightly, and a confident expression appeared on his face.

A comfortable and peaceful atmosphere flowed quietly between the two.