The ice sculpture was practiced on the eastern outskirts of a two-kilometre-long, twenty-thirty-metre-wide river that has now been completely frozen, and both the surface and the bottom of the river have condensed into ice and no longer flow.

From the distance of the ice wall, the whole river is like a heavenly road falling from the sky, silvery white and holy; It is like a sleeping silver dragon of ice and snow, winding and magnificent.

When we arrived at the river in the eastern suburbs, many participants had already received tools and were carving a whole block of ice. These people include young and old, men and women, and most of them are participants in the Mana Freedom Competition.

After all, only the manaless competition tests real manual ability and skills, which requires prior practice and exercise. As for the magic competition, what is tested is the completeness of the imagery, imagination and subtle manipulation of the mana by the mana user, and they should observe the structure and details of various ice sculptures to imitate the object itself, and form a complete image in the brain.

Of course, there are differences between the different events of the spell competition, and the focus of the test is also different. For example, the large-scale architectural ice sculpture construction competition requires the contestants to be imaginative, and the building is required to be in harmony with the surrounding environment, neither abrupt nor ordinary. This is a great test of the user's imagery and observational skills, as well as a need to understand the structure.

The small art ice sculpture competition is a test of the subtle mana mana mana user's mana, whether an ice sculpture no higher than two meters can be brought to life, whether the body surface curve of the ice sculpture is extremely clear, whether the appearance is vivid, and whether the details are exquisite. All of these aspects require the user to have excellent imagery clarity, recognizability, and subtle imaging.

The four of us received a set of tools from an adult in a white trench coat after showing him a snowflake badge, which was both a souvenir and a proof of identity, including a shovel, a flat shovel, a saw, an aper knife, a file, thick gloves, a mask, and goggles...... And so on a whole bunch.

After receiving the tools, I went to the side to find another adult who looked to be in his thirties, with a full beard and a fat sausage-like fat and shiny sausage, to get ice cubes.

When I described the approximate size of the carving to Beard, he nodded in recognition and chanted a mantra with sausage-like lips.

But because the squirming of the fat sausage-like lips was really funny, Mika and Mamura behind them both laughed out loud. Although I was in a state of self-hypnosis, I had to nod my head to the "bearded" for the faux pas of the two children: "I'm sorry, please forgive us for our faux pas." ”

The bearded man did not speak, he finished reciting the incantation to himself, and a block of ice about a meter long and wide flew out of the frozen river. The ice cubes are square and transparent, with no cracks or bubbles visible, and the surface of the body is smooth as if it has been polished, and it looks as if it has been completed.

Such ice cubes are by no means formed naturally, but are formed by precipitating impurities through mana and expelling air before condensing in one breath.

After manipulating the ice cube with his magic power, the "beard" grinned at me, and with the sausage-like lips, it was so funny that it made people want to laugh: "It's okay, just laugh if you want to." ”

As soon as he said this, even Sata curled the corners of her lips and covered her mouth to chuckle, not to mention Mika and Mamura, and the two of them laughed directly. Mika smiled and asked, "Uncle, what's the matter with your lips?" How is it the same as being stung by a wasp? ”

Originally, Meijia just said it casually, but she didn't expect the "beard" to nod in surprise: "That's right, I was stung by a wasp, and it was swollen like a balloon at the time, and now it's okay." You guessed it right, and you hit it right as soon as you say it. ”

"Ahh Is that really right? ”

Meijia's eyes were rolling, but she sympathized with the "beard": "Uncle, are your lips still good?" ”

"It's not good, but I'm used to it."

"Bearded" reached out and touched Mika's head, smiling heartily.

After a few casual conversations with Bearded, he helped us carry the ice and tools to a clearing, and then went about his business. After he left, the four of us began to ponder around the ice cubes that were a little higher than us.

Referring to the other people around us, we put on the protective props before we started to move. First of all, I used a sharp knife to roughly cut out the unwanted parts of the ice, and then Mamura and I picked up the shovel and carefully knocked the unwanted parts to remove them.

To be honest, it's not an easy job, and although the ice cubes are very brittle, neither my body nor Mamura's body has grown, and even with an extremely sharp shovel, we can't easily shovel the ice.

But luckily, the other adults around us who were practicing took good care of us, and one woman even deliberately guided us on the side, and from time to time used her magic to help us sweep away the flying ice chips and falling heavy ice cubes, so that Mamura and I could use tools to chisel the ice without worrying about being injured by our own negligence.

When Mamura and I were chiseling ice, Mika pulled the yarn to the side to watch the others carve, and while watching, she nodded her head "mmmm", put on a master's appearance and pointed, and from time to time said something to the yarn next to her, and the yarn echoed something. This made her even more proud, and she ran to touch the practice works carved by others, but fortunately, no one bothered with her.

"Mamura."

Taking advantage of the absence of the two girls, I stopped what I was doing and called Mamura softly. When he also stopped moving, I took his hand and said softly, "Mamura, I have something to say to you, you come with me." ”

"Where are you going?"

Mamura was confused, but he put down his tools and followed me. After thanking the woman who had pointed us out, and asking her to tell Mika and Yarn about our matter of leaving for a while, Mamura and I walked in the direction of no one to the south.

"Fold, we've come so far, where are we going?"

After walking for nearly five or six minutes, almost at the edge of the floating bridge near the White Sand Township, Mamura finally couldn't help but ask questions. I looked around, except for a few paddy fields and a stone arch bridge, there were only two three-meter-tall bladed waterwheels gurgling and turning, and there was almost no room for hiding within a radius of several hundred meters, so I didn't have to worry about anyone coming up to eavesdrop.

So I stopped and pointed to the pontoon bridge: "Go up there and talk about it." ”

There are three bridge openings under the pontoon bridge, the left and right two are about three meters high, and the central bridge is nearly four meters high. We walked to the top of the central bridge and leaned on the stone guardrail carved with Buddha statues to look down, only to see a few blooming flowers in the turbulent river floating tenaciously, with many petals and crystal clear colors, and at the bottom was a thin, fine membranous rhizome, scattered and swaying in the water, like a jellyfish waving tentacles - this is the ice flower.

It's a pity that this stream is relatively remote, and there are only a few ice flowers that drift here, and the sparse appearance no longer looks magnificent and dazzling, but makes people feel an indescribable desolation, and their hearts are desolate.

I looked at the sky, and it was still overcast, and the clouds were pressed low, giving people the illusion of narrowness. The width of the pontoon bridge is only about two and a half meters, which is quite narrow, which is why I chose this place.

"Mamura, what I want to say is about the incident when you stepped out of the bade mark that day."

After judging whether the environment was usable, I casually reached out and fiddled with the Buddha statue on the stone bridge. I don't know which Buddha it is, but it's probably not Maitreya Buddha and Shakyamuni, because these two characteristics are obvious and can be recognized at a glance.

"What about turning into rats?"

Mamura's face showed undisguised panic, thinking that he himself was aware that the matter was about to be exposed, but he had to hide it in his heart.

"Yes."

I stretched out my hands on his shoulders and looked him into the eyes deeply, trying to keep my expression as calm as possible, showing sincerity and strength: "Mamura, I want to help you, can you trust me?" ”

"I, I believe in you."

Mamura's body trembled, and he nodded subconsciously: "Fold, what should I do?" ”

"Don't ask, now you can sit down against the guardrail."

I decided to do it quickly and with a strong straight shot: "And then ...... Close your eyes. ”

"Yes."

Mamura hesitated, but did so, sweeping the snow off his feet, sat down with his back against the guardrail, and closed his eyes.

"Relax, try to relax your body. Your fingers are like hanging stones, and each finger has a stone hanging from it, a stone the size of your fist, so your ten fingers are pulled apart and spread straight; You have bugs crawling on your toes, don't be afraid, it's a harmless grass bug. While imagining your fingers hanging on a stone, you feel like this bug is crawling on your toes, and it loves you and doesn't want to leave. ”

I spoke the words of guidance in an unmistakable tone as I carefully observed Mamura's body and expression to make sure he was indeed relaxing and imagining the way I said he would. In many cases, the most difficult thing about hypnosis is to determine whether the hypnotized object is serious about following his instructions, rather than perfunctory, or even pretending to have a strong resistance mentality.

If the hypnotist cannot accurately judge the physical and psychological condition of the hypnotized person, then there will be a big loophole before the instruction, causing the hypnotized person to feel abrupt or incomprehensible, and eventually the hypnotism fails.

"Fold, what's the point of doing that?"

Mamura straightened ten fingers, and his feet, wrapped in thick boots, moved slightly, as if they were a little itchy. Looks like he's really imagining what I'm saying.

"Don't ask, trust me. Mamura ...... I'm helping you. ”

I put my tone in a calm and soft tone, leaned close to him and whispered in his ear: "Okay, while imagining the ten fingers straightened by the stone and the grass and flowers crawling on the toes, you listen to some sounds around me, tell me." ”

"There's the sound of a waterwheel turning, and there's the sound of a river flowing."

Mamura paused for a moment before answering in a slightly trance-like voice. I frowned casually, how could it be so fast? Normally, even hypnotized people who have been hypnotized multiple times and are very new to the hypnotizer will need three to five minutes to follow the hypnotist's instructions to enter the level of trance and reduced active response.

Of course, this is not absolute. There is a group of people who are very prone to hypnosis, or being hypnotized by a specific person. This includes people like religious fanatics, whose crazy beliefs make them believe someone's words with all their heart and soul, so much so that even a casual remark from that person can have a hypnotic and brainwashing effect on them.

However, this situation is relatively rare, because it requires a long period of edification and repeated instigation, which can completely open people's psychological defenses. Thousands of years ago, a certain form of crime called pyramid schemes was probably adopted in this form, through a large number of speeches and listening to speeches, so that the people being sold by pyramid schemes were convinced of what was said on the podium, and even to the extent that a single sentence could change their minds.

Putting aside the doubts in my mind for the time being, I began to move on to the next step: "Okay, now that you listen to these two voices, you slowly feel that there should be a third sound, what do you think this third sound is?" ”

"Fish...... There are fish swimming around in the water. ”

It was only about ten seconds before Mamura replied, his voice very dull.

"What fish?"

"A lot...... There are goldfish, carp, eels...... Yes...... And the pseudo-nest snake ......"

"Okay, that's good. You feel relaxed now, your eyelids are starting to open, your heart is ...... You can hear your own heartbeat, beating very slowly, thump...... Boom...... Knock ......"

With no tools or instruments, I simulated the sound of my heartbeat through my voice, and placed my palms on Mamura's chest, vibrating slightly and rhythmically with the sound.

"Heartbeat...... It's huge. ”

"Yes, loud, your body begins to float, towards the sky. There are a lot of Buddhas around you who are looking at you and they are smiling at you. ”

"Ah...... It is the Medicine Buddha Glazed Buddha. ”

"Yes, that's good...... The Medicine Master Glass Buddha is holding you up with white clouds, and now there are white clouds under you, and under the white clouds is 10,000 meters in the sky. You look down and see that the whole town has become as small as an ant, and all that is left is white everywhere. ”

"It's so high...... It's horrible......"

Mamura's body trembled slightly, and I reached out and stroked his head: "Don't be afraid, the Buddha is watching you from the side, it won't let you fall." Now you're lying flat on the clouds, and your whole body is really relaxed, and you want to sleep. ”

"In the end, you fell out of the air when you hung on your fingers, and the grass and flowers flew away. Now you feel weightless...... Lie down! ”

Also at the end, my hand gently pushed Mamura's body, and he lay on his side on the bridge as if he had been drained of all his bones and strength, with a shy smile on his face.

Looking at Mamura, who was completely in a hypnotic state, my heart was as calm and cold as a stone, but according to rational thinking, I still bowed to him with a slight apology: "I'm sorry, Mamura." ”

"Now, you're starting to recall the rats. That's right, a rat with a short stature, brown skin, and an injured rat. Think about what you experienced the day you met the rat, and tell me slowly. What kind of pajamas did you get out of bed that day? ”

"That day, I got out of bed...... Wearing blue pajamas with butterflies. ”

"How many pajamas do you have? What are the styles? ”

"There are three sets, the black ones with no pattern, the white ones with green stripes, and the blue ones with butterfly patterns."

"So were you really wearing blue that day? If you think about it, it's also black. If you think about it, maybe it's black. ”

"Black...... Blue ......"

Mamura's mouth made a voice like a dream, and his brow furrowed for a moment, and quickly soothed: "As if I remember by mistake, it is indeed black." ”

"No, not black, it's blue. Of course, you can't remember whether it's black or blue, and you're not sure, so you have to ask your mom and she knows best. ”

The instruction to transmit black to Mamura is just a test, and in fact there is no point in changing the memory on the color of this kind of clothing, and if you get a different answer from other people's mouths, it will make people suspect that he is lying. However, I got the test results from this instruction, so I revised this part of his memory as vaguely as possible.

"Well, I can't remember exactly, it seems to be blue, do you want to ask your mother specifically."

"Okay, so what did you do next?"

"Because it was cold, I lay in bed and didn't want to get up until my mom called me, and I didn't get up."

……

"Because it has been snowing for several days, it is rare that the snow has stopped today, so I went out, and I was going to go to Meijia to play, but I was a little scared to go to her house alone, so I didn't go."

"Why are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid she'll throw away all the nets and boxes I brought, she hates them."

"And where did you go next?"

"I walked in the direction of the back of my house, where there were usually no people in the cedar forest, and the last time I saw a snowcoat there, I wanted to catch some."

"In the direction to the right of your house, about five minutes away, you will see a broadleaf forest, and there are snowcoat insects there, too? Are you sure you were heading to the back? Instead of going to the right? Actually, you're going to the right, right? You want to go to the broadwood there. ”

"Back...... Right...... Yes, I'm heading to the right, and I want to go to the broadwoods. ”

"What did you see on the way?"

"There is a wooden sign pointing to the land of oak forests, which is a little slanted."

"No, you don't see any wooden signs, you walk for about two minutes and you see a few big stones stacked on top of each other, which you usually call a pile of rubble. How many rocks are there in the pile? How many pieces are there in the round one? How many pieces are there like crickets? ”

"Well, I saw a pile of rubble. There were twenty-eight stones in the pile, seven of which were round, and none of them resembled crickets. ”

"Good."

I nodded.

……

"I searched for a long time in the broadleaf woods, and finally found three snowcoats, all as long as a hand. Two of them were found in an oak tree with a crooked neck, and one was found in a broad-leaved tree, but I can't remember which one. ”

"Okay, go ahead."

"I wanted to catch a few more, so I kept walking, and soon I was on the edge of the eight-ding mark. At this time, I heard a slight sound, a very strange sound, some like a man, some like a beast. ”

I replaced the memories along the way of the real village little by little, and finally at the critical moment, I urged a little: "And then? ”

"I went a little further, and saw a strange thing lying on a snow-covered rock seven or eight meters away from Bada, wounded, and a little red with blood. I felt very pitiful for him, and I couldn't help but walk out of the bading standard. I thought about finding an adult to save it, but I was afraid that the adults would know that I had stepped out of the Eight Ding Mark, so I dragged it to a tree hole not far away. ”

"Later I saw what that thing looked like, it was ugly, like a mouse, only a little bit taller than me, and it weighed very little. I saw that its leg was wounded by an arrow from the wood, and I did not dare to pull it out, because it was terrible. And it also has a long scar on its back, and the flesh is blurred. ”

"By the way, it has a very strange blue font tattooed on its head, like a number, I remember it is 'Army 2507'."

"I dragged it to the hollow of the tree, got scared, and then ran home, and then it seemed like I fell asleep in my room."

After Mamura said this, he exhaled "ha", and his body became more relaxed.

"Are you sure this really happened? Isn't it your hallucination? Since you caught the snowcoat, you've been home pretty quickly, right? Everything that happens next is your dreams and hallucinations, and it is you who are deceiving yourself. All the memories of meeting the rats and stepping out of the Bading mark are all your imagination, none of them are real, just a dream. ”

"Just a dream......

Mamura frowned again, I was worried that he would have a stress reaction, but nothing happened, and he accepted it easily: "It's like a dream." ”

"Yes, you had a dream. When you caught the three snowcoat worms, you went home happily, and you saw the rubble pile again on the way, but you didn't notice them this time, and you didn't notice anyone else along the way. Okay, repeat. ”

I went ahead and started with the final and most critical changes. I thought it would take several pre-tutorials to get to this point before I could complete the work of revising my memory, which could take four to five days, and each time lasted about forty to sixty minutes. But I didn't expect it to be amazingly easy now, and I arrived at this level smoothly in just one time.

"I went home after catching the snowcoat bug, and I didn't notice anything on the way...... Everything that follows is a dream. ”

Mamura retold what I said, and the logic was a bit monotonous.

"Well, now the memories in the dream are starting to blur, and you imagine, like other dreams you've had before, you start to forget these things, little by little. It's like something falling into the endless sea, bottomless, black hole, these things sink down, I don't know where they have sunk. You can't remember clearly, you've only heard of rats, but you haven't seen them. You are very obedient, you are a good boy, you have never stepped out of the Bading standard. So the memories of all this are false, and you forget them all. ”

"Forgotten...... The sea is so deep that you can't see anything. ”

Mamura muttered, a little frightened on his face.

"Yes, they forgot all and threw them all into the sea. From now on, you are sleeping, including everything that has happened now, is a dream for you. When you wake up, you will only remember - you went to the bathroom with Shiraishi, and everything else was just a dream, and we all sank into the bottomless sea together. Good...... Now you're asleep and wake up and forget everything. ”

At this point, even if the memory replacement was completed, I asked him a few more questions, and I got a corrected answer. He didn't know anything about turning into rats and stepping out of the Eight Flags, as if nothing had happened.

After the whole hypnosis process, I took a little breath, and my somewhat stiff and tense body returned to relaxation. Hypnosis is also a test for oneself, many times the hypnotist thinks much more than the hypnotized person when performing hypnosis, and before the instructions are transmitted, these instructions can stimulate the hypnotized person's imagination needs to be thought and simulated in advance.

After all, if you can't even deceive yourself, how can you deceive the hypnotized object? So before I gave the order, I was convinced of the results of my thinking and the instructions.

"I'm sorry, Mamura."

Mamura was asleep, and because the time was still short, I didn't wake him up. After apologizing to him again, I leaned against the guardrail, reminiscing about the gains and losses in the hypnosis process.

It is undeniable that because I haven't been hypnotized for a long time, and due to the lack of memories of my previous life, I didn't seem perfect in the hypnosis process just now, and the tone connection was flawed, and the strength given in the somatosensory stimulation was not strong enough, if I could pull the ten fingers of Mamura, I think the effect would be much better. Later, in the process of memory replacement, my language description was not precise and powerful, and it could not be very vividly transformed into a picture that the other party could understand.

That's right!

I suddenly had some ideas, if I first constructed a series of scenes and imaginations in my mind with a fantasy realm through trust, and simultaneously transmitted these scenes and imaginations while stimulating the other party's imagination with language, so as to replace the imagination in the other person's mind, would it be easier to complete a series of hypnotic processes? Maybe it can make hypnosis incredibly simple.

And more importantly, I had already experimented with the way the scene was transmitted in the early season, and there seemed to be no adverse consequences at the time, and this level did not cause harm to the brain, let alone greatly change the mindset and thoughts of the hypnotized person, but only a hypnotic aid. It's like asking the hypnotized person to look at the screen and play some pre-planned patterns and content.

This behavior only deepens the imagination of the hypnotized person, but it is much more intuitive and intense than playing auxiliary images, and it is also more convincing.

Next time...... Maybe give it a try?

I watched the ice flowers drifting with the waves, pondering the possibilities, and waiting for Mamura to wake up from the dream.

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