The young magician clapped his hands to attract the attention of the other customers in the bar, "Good evening everyone, I'm magician Vance, I believe many friends who like magic know me, and now I'm going to talk to this one..."

"My name is Chen Chong."

Vance continued: "I'm going to try my hand at magic with Mr. Chen, and the losing side will meet one of the winners' conditions, so I hope you can be a witness to our game." ”

The customers in the bar were here to kill time after dinner, but they didn't expect to be able to watch a magic competition here for free, and everyone gathered around Chen Zhong and Vance, ready to enjoy the magic show that was about to begin.

Vance straightened the bow tie on his shirt and stared at the beautiful Anne and Meg with fiery eyes, "Let's get started, I'll perform a magic trick to show everyone what a real magician does." ”

Chen nodded to indicate that he had no opinion.

Vance borrowed a clear empty bottle from the bar's hostess, and he handed it to the onlookers to confirm that it was a regular bottle.

After several customers checked it, Vance took the bottle in one hand and took out a playing card with the other hand and pressed it against the outer wall of the bottle.

"Look, everyone, the magic will appear in front of your eyes soon."

Vance shook his hands and chanted the mysterious incantation aloud, and when he let go of the hand holding the playing card, everyone found that the card had run into the corked bottle.

The audience gathered around the two of them saw the wonderful magic show, and applause and applause rang out.

Vance looked at Chen Zhong proudly, "This gentleman, it's your turn, let's perform a magic trick for us." ”

Chen Zhong smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand to aim at the empty wine bottle that Vance had placed on the table, and in full view of everyone, the wine bottle flew up and hovered in front of Vance's eyes.

The onlookers in the bar held their breath and watched the amazing scene in front of them, Chen Chong's performance was not over, the cork on the wine bottle began to shake slightly as if it had come to life, and in the disbelief of everyone, the cork jumped up mischievously and landed on the table.

The playing card that Vance had changed into the bottle rolled up on its own, sprang out of the bottle, and landed in Chen Chong's outstretched right hand.

Bang, the sound of bottles falling on the table woke up the crowd and Vance around them.

"Great!"

"It's amazing!"

"Mr. Chen, let's put on another show!"

Vance's expression became unsightly amid the enthusiastic shouts of everyone.

Chen Zhong smiled and asked, "Mr. Vance, do you want to continue to compete?" ”

Vance hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "No need to compare, I admit defeat, you can say your request." ”

Chen Zhong pointed to the old man who had been ridiculed by Vance just now, "You were very rude just now, I hope you can apologize to this old gentleman." ”

"That's all?" Vance was a little surprised.

Chen nodded, "That's what I'm asking for." ”

Vance breathed a sigh of relief and came to the old man's front and bowed slightly, "I apologize for what I just did, and I hope you can forgive me." ”

The old man patted Vance on the shoulder, "Forget about the past, but I advise you to be kind to people in the future." ”

When the matter was over, and after Vance left, the old man smiled and stretched out his right hand, "My name is Jay, and I'm an outdated magician. ”

Chen Chong took Jay's hand and introduced himself, "My name is Chen Chong, and these two are my friends Anne and Meg. ”

Jay looked at the two beautiful girls and raised the wine glass in his hand, "Cheers to your beautiful girlfriend!" ”

After a few glasses of wine, the two became familiar with each other, and Chen Zhong asked, "Jay, are you here to attend the World Magician Conference?" ”

"Yes, I'm here to challenge the most dangerous magic that even Houdini has ever tried, the execution ground escape."

Chen Chong said with some surprise: "Escaped from the execution ground? This is a terrible show, are you sure? ”

Jay took a sip of wine and said with emotion: "I'm old, this may be my last time on stage, I don't want to die in bed at home, as a magician, I think it's a good choice to die on stage." ”

There are such people in every industry and industry, they will put everything into the career they like, Chen Zhong admires such a person very much, since this is Jay's choice, it is inconvenient to say more.

As the night deepened, when Chen Chong took his two daughters to say goodbye to Jay, Jay took out three tickets and handed them to Chen Chong, "Tomorrow night may be my last performance, I hope you can have it!" Come and watch. ”

Chen Zhong took the ticket and said to Jay: "Thank you, we will arrive on time tomorrow night, and we will leave first." ”

After returning to the hotel, the two girls started their daily routine - teasing Chen Chong.

Seeing Anne in a long black dress and Meg in a white nurse's uniform, Chen Zhong decided to teach them a good lesson.

The next day, Chen Zhong took them to visit various landscapes in Los Angeles, and arrived at the scene of the magician's performance at 7 o'clock in the evening.

After watching a few great shows, Jay finally got on the stage.

Jay's show is to escape from the execution ground, which is to put on a corset and tie his hands, and then put his neck into the noose hanging in the air on the stage, and get out of the trap within a minute, if the time is exceeded, the mechanism under his feet will open, and his neck will be pulled off by the force of the body falling.

Jay smiled and asked his assistant to tie him up, asked a few audience members to check the authenticity of the props, stood on the platform, put his neck in the noose, the assistant closed the curtain, and the timer began.

As the ticking second hand clicks, the audience can see Jay trying to get out of trouble on the translucent curtain, and the time gradually passes.

Forty seconds, Jay was still trying.

Fifty seconds, Jay was still out of trouble.

In the last five seconds, everyone's hearts beat faster.

There was a click, a click, and the audience saw the figure behind the curtain with their necks broken.

"Ahh

"Oh God!"

The audience screamed, both men and women.

Just when everyone thought that Jay had died after a failed performance, the curtain was pulled open, and Jay was now too little alive to bow to the audience and thank him.

The unexpectedly wonderful performance made the scene boil, and the audience all stood up and applauded, and the scene was very enthusiastic.

Although Chen Chong also stood up and applauded, he always felt that there was something wrong with Jay's performance, and he said to Annie and Meg beside him: "When Jay performed just now, did you feel abnormal? ”

Anne nodded, "When Jay fell off the trap, I felt a strange force appear. ”

"I also felt that there was something wrong with Jay's performance." Meg also confirmed.

Sure enough, the next day's news confirmed Chen Chong's suspicions, and the magician Vance died suddenly on the street, and the cause of death was a broken neck bone.

That night, Jay performed a magic trick that pierced the heart, and the subsequent news reported that the magician Jon had died in his hotel room with more than two dozen puncture wounds on his body, but his coat was intact. (To be continued.) )