The pinnacle of magic

"What do you want?" Shi Rui asked in a deep voice.

Although it took less than a second for the long sword to pierce the magician's head from falling, Shi Rui couldn't be sure if there were other mechanisms around the cross that prevented him from saving people.

"I just want to see a show." Kaos' voice came from the other end of the room through the speakers.A man in a black and white robe stood with a smile in the box about two floors high, and waved to Shi Rui.At the same time, the believer in the blue mask left the room pushing the laptop with no image.

"State your request."

"Only one of you can get out of here alive." Kaos smiled and tapped the bulletproof glass outside the box with his gloved fingers. "The rules are simple. If you want him to live, you must Handcuff yourself to the cross on the other side. When you make sure your limbs are chained, the metal ring that binds his right hand will automatically loosen, and he will wake up in 1 minute. Behind him, There is a pistol loaded with only one bullet. He has 3 minutes to shoot you. As long as one shot can hit your heart, so will the metal rings on his neck, chest, waist, knees, ankles and left hand Let go, and then he can leave. But if he doesn't shoot for more than 3 minutes, the sword above his head will fall. At that time... click... we can see the bloody miracle angel! "

"Of course, my dear ally." Kaos continued after a pause, "You can also choose not to save him. After all, his performance has brought a lot of trouble to our organization, hasn't it? We can Let’s enjoy this wonderful scene together.”

"Is that so?" Shi Rui asked coldly.

"I swear to my lord, the rules are as simple as that." Kaos raised his right hand. "You can think about it. I didn't set a time limit for you to think about it," he added.

Shi Rui turned around calmly and walked towards the empty cross beside him.It was an inverted cross exactly like the one behind the magician, the only difference was that there was no sharp sword hanging from it.

"Are you really not thinking about it anymore, dear?" Kaos licked his lips, watching Shi Rui leaning on the cross with great interest.

"Lock me up!"

Kaos smiled and pressed the button.The seven metal rings immediately fixed Shi Rui's ankles, knees, waist, chest, neck and hands. "Well, you can wait for our angel to wake up. Hope he had a good dream."

The magician's body trembled slightly.The metal ring on his right hand was retracted abruptly, and his entire arm suddenly drooped.After more than half a minute, he shook his head and opened his eyes.

"My dear Mr. Wyche, are you awake?" Kaos explained the rules to the magician in a mocking tone. "Look, my dear ally chose to sacrifice himself to let you live, how do you choose? The gun is on the cross behind you, only one bullet. Don't try to shoot me, the bulletproof glass in front of me can withstand The firepower of this gun is much stronger than the bullet attack. Now, let's start the countdown, you still have two minutes and 59 seconds." After he finished speaking, he picked up a glass of red wine and took a sip.

Surprise only lingered in the magician's eyes for a moment.He turned his right hand and touched the gun fixed on the back of the cross.He bit the clip out with his teeth and found that there was indeed only one bullet in it.This means that it is impossible to get yourself out of trouble first and then go to rescue Shi Rui.At least he needs to get rid of the restraints on his neck and left hand before he can break free from the cross.

If I find a way to destroy the mechanism that controls the fall of the long sword...

But even so, the two couldn't get out of trouble.

"Clifford." Shi Rui said suddenly.

The magician's eyes met Shi Rui's, and he felt the calmness and confidence coming from him.

"Do you remember what you said to me when we first worked together?"

The magician was taken aback.That night, he said a word to Shi Rui before performing the needle blowing performance.But that was when he was absolutely sure about the next magic trick, which was completely different from the current situation.

"Clifford, your time is running out." Shi Rui stared into the magician's eyes and said, "Shoot me."

The magician felt the sweat seep from his palm.

"Under what circumstances did you say that sentence, I have the same confidence now." Shi Rui said word by word, "Clifford, you must, hit, my, heart, heart .”

"Yes, as long as you shoot your beautiful lover in the heart, I can let you go! Ah! There is only 1 minute left!" Kaos reminded "kindly" from the side.

"Clifford, repeat that to me. You remember it, don't you?"

Breathing becomes unusually rapid.The magician spoke between his teeth what he had said to Shi Rui at that time——

"Trust me, whatever...whatever happens..."

"Clifford, time is running out, shoot me! If you die before I do, I'll burn all your trophies."

"Damn it! I don't care about those things!" cried the magician, trembling lips.He slowly raised his right hand.

"I know." Shi Rui said with a smile, "Trust me, I'll be fine. You have to shoot me in the heart, you only have one chance." His eyes were full of encouragement.

"Sorry to bother you. Ten seconds countdown, ten, nine, eight, seven..." Kaos counted down with a smile on his face.

"Honey, I will leave here with you, I promise." Shi Rui's expression was extremely relaxed.

The magician found his hands were shaking.He closed his eyes, took a breath, and aimed at Shi Rui's heart.

"Three, two, one!"

"boom!"

Gunshots echoed in the room.The moment he pulled the trigger, the magician felt that his heart was pierced by the sword at the same time.He raised his head, and tears fell silently from his eyes.

Kaos stared at Shi Rui's chest.He waited for a few seconds, panting, and then showed an ecstatic look. "My God! That's true! You really are...really..."

"Immortal." Shi Rui opened his eyes and said calmly, "If this is what you are trying to prove, then I am indeed immortal."

There was a small hole in the robe on his chest, but no blood was seen.

"God! You are a living miracle! A real miracle! Just get you, just get you..." Kaos was so excited that he could hardly speak.

Shi Rui unscrewed the metal ring on his body, walked up to the magician and helped him loosen the restraints on his body.It wasn't until he embraced his lover in his arms that he finally smiled. "I said, I'll be fine." He patted the back of his sobbing lover, "I don't intend to let the plants in the garden go unnoticed."

"So, you are, do you really have supernatural powers?" The magician felt that his heart had just experienced a process of bringing back to life with Shi Rui.

"I'm more inclined to say that this is a special kind of magic, a very ancient oriental magic." Shi Rui hugged his lover tightly and whispered in his ear, "If you missed a little just now, I can't guarantee I was unharmed. This is a magic trick that can only be done if you are prepared."

"Okay, what do you think? My dear ally, as long as you are willing to become one of us, you will have the same status as me, and we will become the masters of this world!" Kaos said in the box call.

Shi Rui frowned: "What makes you think I will surrender to you?"

"Hahahaha... You better find out whose territory you are in now!" Kaos said with a sneer, "Join, or I can choose to shoot you into a hornet's nest. Even if you are immortal, you can't guarantee Your lover doesn't get shot."

Shi Rui turned around and looked at Kaos coldly: "I think I have completed everything you asked for just now. You must ensure that Clifford leaves safely, and don't forget your oath."

"Oath? Hahahaha... I never stick to that kind of illusory thing!" Kaos laughed and said, "Come on! Let me see how far you can do for him." He patted Palms, believers with blue masks poured into the room from the door.They all held black machine guns in their hands.

The magician tightly held Shi Rui's hand, his eyes were full of anger.

"Knight of Light, why don't you pray in the confessional, what are you doing here?" Kaos suddenly found a person wearing a silver mask among the believers who shouldn't have appeared. "I haven't forgiven you for trying to test my allies at the racetrack last time you acted privately!" he snapped.

"I'm sorry, although he is your dog, he is an ambitious dog!" A man wearing a blue mask took off his mask to reveal an Asian face, "You'd better come down and talk to us, the boss treats you very dissatisfied with the way it was done.”

At the same time, behind Kaos, two men with guns suddenly appeared.They pushed Kaos out of the box and appeared in the black room after a while.

"I didn't expect you to betray me." Kaos said to the man wearing the silver mask, "Without me, you would have died long ago."

"I still believe in you, Lord Kaos."

The man in the silver mask knelt down on one knee and tried to kiss Kaos' toes, but Kaos never looked at him again.He turned to the Asian man on the side: "Speak up! Is your boss planning to blackmail black?"

The Asian man pursed his lips and did not speak.

"No. I just want to tell you that your work is not beautiful. So I plan to trade the munitions with others. And..." A middle-aged man with gray hair was pushed into the room in a wheelchair.

"Master!" All the people in the room pretending to be believers shouted in unison.

"It's my honor to have you visit in person." The anger on Kaos' face has completely subsided.He bowed to the middle-aged man who entered. "What else do you want from me, His Majesty the Black King?"

"I want to take the two of them away. You must promise that you will never appear in front of them again. In exchange, I will provide you with a retreat in Southeast Asia." The middle-aged man said slowly.

Kaos thought for a while, then nodded: "It's a very worthwhile exchange, you have moved me. Of course, I have no other choice. I am very moved that you are willing to offer an exchange under such circumstances. You really are like the rumored As always, never bully the weak.”

"Okay, my dear children, would you like to go back and chat with me for a while?" After dealing with Kaos' matter, the middle-aged man said to Shi Rui and the magician.

Shi Rui frowned.From the moment this person entered the room just now, he felt uneasy, and there was a strange thing throbbing in his blood. "Of course." He was not stupid enough to reject the other party's invitation in person.In fact, he instinctively felt that talking to this man might clear up some of his doubts.

"Clifford?" He raised an eyebrow at the magician.

"I have no objection." The magician said, squeezing his hand.