Chapter 308: The duel begins
Founded on September 10, 1937, FISM is the only and most authoritative international magic organization recognized by the world's magic community. Held every three years and never open to the public, this organization brings together the world's top magicians, the world's most representative prop dealers and the world's major magic show managers, and only those magicians who sign up for the competitions have the privilege of watching.
Many people have likened the World Magic Convention to the Harry Potter Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a place where magicians from all over the world are fascinated.
"What about Keanu Barrowman? Where did he come from? ”
"Keanu Barrowman is a Master of Extraordinary Memory, having set world records and held them for five years! He memorized and recovered 219 playing cards in ten minutes, a record that was not recorded until last year. Gunther Karsten breaks! In addition, his best record for memorizing 52 playing cards is 22.03 seconds, which is also in the top 10 in the world! ”
The Master of Memory is an honorary title for a person, but it cannot be awarded to a person casually, and it has corresponding strict assessment standards and assessment procedures, and must go through strict assessment to obtain this qualification. There are three categories of titles, namely International Memory Master, Master of Special Memory, and Master of International Master of Memory.
If you want to earn the title of Master of Memory, you must meet at least the following conditions: memorize 1000 random numbers in 1 hour; Memorize at least 10 decks of cards in 1 hour; Memorize 1 deck of playing cards in 2 minutes; To meet the standard, all ten events must have participated in the competition, and the total score must reach more than 3,000 points. The title of Grandmaster is based on the title of Master of International Memory, and there are only five places per year.
The crab knew about these systems, and he briefly introduced them to everyone, and the faces of those who didn't understand were relatively normal, but those who understood were already in a cold sweat.
"Is there pressure?" Makihara smiled and looked at Crayfish and Hikoshin.
The crayfish didn't answer, but the nervous expression said it all.
"How do I know, I haven't been to that or anything...... What a contest! Yan Xin spread his hands.
"Alas, it looks like this boiled duck is going to fly!" Ye Qingqing said jokingly, "Mr. Wang, you better hurry up and arrange the round, if you lose early, I can quickly recover the loss from somewhere else!" ”
In a box on the second floor, four people stood in front of the tulle, staring intently at every move downstairs, three of them were Zeng Shaodang, Luo Xin and Lei Zhengyang, they stood on both sides, faintly respecting the person in his forties in the middle. This person has a mediocre appearance, wearing a white cotton Tang costume, with a hint of arrogance and murderous aura in his expression.
"Master, do you think who wins and loses in this game?" Zeng Shao dared to ask.
"Mu Yuan and Xiao Xiaxia are not sure yet, but that little girl is a little interesting!" Tranquility said solemnly, "If Wang Kai underestimates her, this game will definitely be lost!" ”
"Then should we ......" Lei Zhengyang encouraged this, but was interrupted halfway through.
"Hmph, a few foreign devils actually dare to go wild on China's territory, and it's best to lose!"
Zeng Shao dared to scratch the tip of his nose in embarrassment, he pulled Ning Jiang over, just to let him get in the way and let Mu Yuan lose all his blood, but listening to Ning Jiang's tone, it seemed that he had already stood on Mu Yuan's side.
"I'm here to watch the show today, and by the way, let's see what else this kid Muyuan can do!" Jing Jing whispered, "Jing He's ability is far above him, this injury is because of an elder master, I will ask him for this account afterwards!" ”
The matchup was quickly decided, and the result was a bit unexpected, with Chris vs. Crayfish in the first round, Tom vs. Yanxin in the second round, and Keanu vs. Makihara in the final round. The reason for this arrangement was that they were worried that Muyuan's gang would play a Tianji horse race and let the weakest Yanxin deal with the strongest Keanu, and secondly, they didn't dare to underestimate Yanxin, so they came up with such a compromise plan.
In the eyes of many people, this plan is also the most secure, the strength of Crayfish is the most obvious, let an international magician to play, the probability of winning is very high, which is also in line with Chris's original intention of revenge. Makihara's strength should be the strongest of the three, and it makes sense for Keanu to deal with it. As long as he wins these two games, even if Yan Xin is a dark horse, Wang Kai has nothing to worry about.
The host announced the rounds and the rules of the game decently, and the noise finally appeared in the long-quiet bar, and there was a bit of a night atmosphere. Although the customers who were put in today were not full, there were more than 200 people, all of whom were looking at the center of the stage with their cups, and the rules of the game just announced by the host seemed like a myth to them.
In the first round, the time is 30 seconds, remember a deck of playing cards that are shuffled accurately, and the two sides of the game will say the suit and number of the playing cards in turn, and the winner will be determined by the accuracy, if the accuracy is the same, the side with less time wins.
Memory is one of the essential abilities of a magician, but it is an aid, and the most important thing is the technique. Chris's best record is twenty-five seconds, and his average record is twenty-eight seconds, which is already the best in magic circles. According to Wang Kai's investigation, the crab has the highest level of memory in the Magic Association, and his ability is far behind Chris, and the average time to memorize a deck of playing cards is about one minute.
"Master, what should I do?" The crayfish asked worriedly, "It's only thirty seconds, and I can't even remember half of it!" ”
"Don't panic, pretend to be confident!" Makihara taught, "You can't lose to the other party in momentum, otherwise it will only make the situation even more unfavorable!" ”
"I know, but now I'm doomed! Once the news spreads, my fame will be greatly affected! That dead foreigner is clearly targeting me and wants me to make trouble! ”
"So how many are you sure you can remember exactly?"
"I guess it's only a third!" The crayfish blushed and said, "The more you remember, the more mistakes you make, which will confuse your previous memories and reduce your accuracy!" ”
"If you were given twenty seconds and only remember the first ten, would there be a problem?" Makihara asked.
"Of course, no problem, if you only need to memorize ten cards, then the time to organize the memory is very short!" The crayfish nodded, and then asked, "Then there are still forty-two cards, what about those?" ”
"Then you don't have to worry about it!" Makihara smiled and said, "Someone will tell you, you just need to quickly write down the first ten sheets, and then press the answering machine!" ”
"Tell me? If you go up, you will be searched......" The crayfish's words were understood before he came out, because he saw Mu Yuan's black pupils blink quickly, so he smiled hehehe: "Don't worry, see that I'm not angry with that foreign devil!" ”
After some body searches and instrument detection, Crayfish and Chris took their seats respectively, and Du Feng and the manager of the magic bar shuffled a deck of playing cards several times, and then supervised the service staff to paste them one by one on the display board.
Ning Jiang stood in the box with a smile on his face.
"Master, what are you laughing at?" Luo Xin's attention has always been on Ning Jiang's body.
"This foreign devil is doomed!" Ning Jiang said leisurely.
"Master, how are you ......?"
"Just read it and you'll find out!" Ning Jiang said incomprehensibly, but his eyes kept on the crayfish's body.