The pinnacle of magic

The flames flickered at the entrance of the hole, and the orange flames rushed to the height of the helmet in an instant!

The audience couldn't help but exclaim.

Through the goggles, the magician's face overlapped with the flames, and people could even see beads of sweat oozing from his face.A pair of steadfast ice-blue eyes stared straight ahead, and his slightly furrowed brow seemed to show that he was enduring great pain.Gradually, the surface of the armor began to turn brown, and the part of the visor that had the most contact with the outside air was burnt black.

"8, 9, 10,..." The countdown sound became louder and more uniform.The audience was so nervous that they didn't even dare to blink their eyes more.Even at a distance, they could feel the heat wave coming from the stage.Tongues of red flames spewed from every gap in the armor, and black and gray smoke rose all the way to the top of the studio.

The camera was turned on Bessie.In the close-up shot, the beautiful mother covered most of her face with her hands, her brows were furrowed, and tears could even be seen in her eyes.

"16, 17, 18, ..."

The host also mechanically counted down the seconds with everyone, and the extreme tension made his face expressionless.Even Matthew sitting on the sofa chair.Evans also stretched his neck involuntarily, looking anxiously at the slightly deformed armor that was gradually being burned with puzzled eyes.

"21, 22, 23, ..."

Every second is like suffering.The flames and smoke had completely obscured the magician's face.The flame-filled armor looks like a flame demon from hell.On both sides of the armor, two female assistants had already taken the fire extinguishers, and another female assistant held up the magician's cloak nervously.

Suddenly, orange-yellow flames burst out of the armor from the helmet.In less than half a second, the entire armor burst into flames from the waist up!

"Ah-!" The audience began to scream.

The host looked at the female assistants helplessly, not sure if this was also part of the magician's performance.It's a pity that the three female assistants were completely stunned after seeing this scene, and didn't know what to do.

"Extinguishing!"

Shi Rui jumped onto the stage as fast as he could.He snatched the fire extinguisher from a female assistant and started spraying the armor.The female assistant standing on the other side began to spray fire extinguishing agent as if awakened from a dream.

It took about five or six seconds for the flame to go out.The audience present felt as if a century had passed.

Before the thick smoke dissipated, Shi Rui couldn't wait to snatch the heat-insulating gloves from the female assistant, and yanked off the front half of the armor.A body immediately fell towards him, Shi Rui grabbed the cloak in the hand of the female assistant beside him and wrapped the person who fell into his arms tightly.

"Clifford, how do you feel?" Although he knew it was a well-designed link, Shi Rui couldn't help feeling a little worried when he felt the hot temperature on the magician's body.

The magician rested his head on his shoulder and let out a long breath. "I'm fine." He raised his head, his face was blackened by the smoke, "Haha... I succeeded, right?" He smiled and stood up slowly.

"Very successful." Shi Rui nodded seriously.

"Ah! Clifford, Clifford, you're still alive! Oh! God! How do you feel? Do you need to call an ambulance?" The host ran to the side of the magician with a yell.

"I'm fine." The magician looked weak, "Stephen, do you have any water? I'm a little thirsty. It's too hot in there."

"Too hot? It's not just too hot?" The host looked at the magician in surprise, then ran to the edge of the stage and asked the staff in the audience for a small glass of water.

The magician grasped the cloak from the inside with one hand, and reached out for the glass with the other.It can be clearly seen from the TV lens that there are no burn marks on his hands.He drank the clear water in the glass. "Phew, it's much more comfortable now."

"Just now I thought I would die of thirst in it!" The magician returned the water glass to the host, and then retracted his arms. "Huh... I don't know what our dear Mr. Ivans thinks of my performance? Maybe we should give him a chance to go in and burn for a while?" He raised his eyebrows provocatively at Mr. Not Afraid of Fire on the sofa chair.

"Oh! I don't think it's a good idea." The host immediately shook his big head like a rattle. "Even if Matthew is really willing, I don't want to watch this kind of performance again, unless the show crew first insures my heart." He patted his chest exaggeratedly.

"No, I don't think Mr. Evans would want to try it. Am I right?" The magician smiled and looked at Matthew who had already walked to the edge of the armor and was trying to touch it with his hands.Evins.

Withdrawing his fingers quickly, Mr. Bu Ai Huo's face had completely lost the vigor just now. "You win." He squeezed a word through his teeth.

"Okay. Let's start voting!" The magician turned to face the auditorium with satisfaction.

Although his lips were a little chapped, the confidence and sharpness in his eyes remained undiminished.

It seems that as long as he stands on the stage, he is the well-deserved king of magic.

A faint smile appeared on Shi Rui's mouth.

"Viewers and friends, it's time to vote. Our bonus has reached 170 million. Whether the magician can keep the bonus smoothly, and whether our show can continue, it all depends on everyone's choice! Now please send 1 to the bottom of the screen Number to support the magician, of course, you can also choose to send 2 to support Matthew to take the bonus. The voting time is 5 minutes, now, start!"

"What percentage of the votes do you think I can get?" The magician moved closer to Shi Rui's ear again.

This intimate gesture reminded Shi Rui of the magician's performance at the end of the previous round, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Wouldn't it be that even if part of the memory is lost, history will continue to repeat itself?

"I feel great. This time can't be lower than the previous one, right?" The magician winked at him with his right eye.

Shi Rui pursed his lips and did not speak.

In fact, the proportion of votes has indeed been hovering around 98%, until it suddenly dropped towards the end, and the final statistics are 95.8%.

"It's a little strange." After muttering something to himself, the magician stepped forward to accept the warm applause from the audience.

Matthew next to the armor.Evins waved his arm impatiently when he was photographed in close-up, blocking the camera from continuing to shoot.He has not figured out until now how the magician managed to be burned all over his body without being injured.

The director announced the end of the live broadcast.

"Come to the lounge later, I have something for you." The magician excitedly said to Shi Rui.

Shi Rui hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The magician wanted to change his clothes first, while Shi Rui went directly to the lounge after a brief chat with Stephen.On the wall next to the coffee machine is a poster of "The Showdown."Under the smiling full-length portrait of the magician is his provocative motto of destruction - "I exist to destroy you".The bright red font is as sharp and aggressive as the magician himself.

Shi Rui suddenly remembered that the first time he saw a magician was also on a poster.This man seemed to be born with a certain kind of special attraction, even he couldn't take his eyes off that poster immediately. "A little boy who can only use his face to attract the audience", he still remembers the words he once used to mock the magician.The smile on the corner of his lips couldn't help but enlarge.

"What do you mean you can open a fitness center with only 100 million yuan? You plan to let me invest 100 million yuan in that ape Tarzan?" The magician's voice suddenly came from outside.

Following Bessie's low-pitched defense, Shi Rui only heard the words "Jacques", "Dream", and "True Love".

"Then please trouble Mr. Dream of yours to start daydreaming when you raise 100 million first!" The magician's angry voice was getting closer and closer.

"Listen, Clifford, Jacques has been very considerate of me. He said he knew the headmaster of a French school that could get Eric in. I think it would be a good thing for Eric to study in Europe. I asked your lawyer, as long as he goes abroad, he doesn't necessarily need his immediate family to supervise his behavior."

"Oh! Are you going to send that bastard to some unknown school for 100 million? I dare say he doesn't even know a word of French!" The magician stopped not far from the door down.

"That's two different things!" Bessie raised her voice, "Clifford, you should treat Jacques as family. He just wants to help us out of trouble. The current situation is that you don't want to deal with Eric, and I don't have time. Take care of him. Then what shall we do? And it is not some unknown school. I will ask Jacques before going. There are many good universities in Europe, and it is also good for Eric to master one more language. I really don't see what's wrong with that. Shouldn't families be helping each other?"

"The problem is that you make me treat your boyfriends as family members every time! Ha! What a big family, I suspect now that I already have more than a hundred 'family members'!"

"Do you want to meddle in your mother's private life?"

"Not at all!" the magician said angrily, "I can lend him 100 million, but first let him hand over the investment agreement to my secretary. I will not lend him money in my own name. If you want to If he reneges, I will sue him in court. As for letting that bastard go to France, there is no way! He can't learn well under my nose, and it will be even worse if he goes to Europe. I'd rather take some time to see for myself he!"

"Okay, okay, it's up to you, if you think it's better for you to take care of him." After getting the magician's promise, Bessie immediately expressed a compromise on the issue of the younger son's fate. "This time is really strange. I thought you two brothers would quarrel within five minutes of seeing each other!" She murmured.

"What do I want?" The magician seemed unwilling to continue this topic.

"it's here."

After a few seconds, footsteps sounded again.

"Hi, Rui!" The magician waved to Shi Rui after pushing open the door.

Shi Rui greeted him with a smile. "You said you have something to give me?" The obvious tiredness in the magician's eyes made him decide to make a quick decision.

"Ha! Follow this!" The magician threw a shiny metal ring to Shi Rui.

It was an emerald ring.The quality of the stone is quite good, but there is a deep fissure right in the middle.Judging from the style of the ring setting, this ring should have been a few years old.

"Our 'engagement ring'." The magician explained with a smile, "This is a ring that my grandmother gave to my mother through my father. It is said that it has been passed down in my family for more than three generations. I think it is better to play a fiancée A ring would be better."

Shi Rui couldn't help frowning.Even if you need to use props, you don't need to ask Bessie for a real guy, right?But a few knocks on the door interrupted what he wanted to say.

"Sorry to bother you." Fira stood anxiously at the door, "Clifford, Rhett told you to go to the meeting room immediately. There was an accident, and we encountered some trouble."

The magician pursed his lips. "I'm going first, remember to pick one for me too!" He pointed to his empty left ring finger and said to Shi Rui.

Shi Rui: "..."

"Clifford," Phila urged in a low voice.

"Okay, okay, I'll come. See you later, two beauties."

"What a reckless and one-sided child, isn't he?" Bessie said in the direction from which the magician had left.

"Sometimes." Shi Rui smiled.

"No matter how unfortunate my married life is, I always hope that he can have a good family. He always likes to surprise people, but I really didn't expect him to try homosexuality out of curiosity." Bessie turned Turning around, he looked into Shi Rui's eyes calmly, "Can I talk to you? Eric told me everything about you."