Time gradually came to November 1989, and the preliminary rounds began one after another, and Locke's Olympiad competition team had Peggy, a genius, and Locke, an open player, who killed all the way and easily qualified for the finals.

In early December, the group traveled to New York to compete in the finals.

This is a big task, and if you can get the first place, you can get a reward of 500 potential points.

Locke was very positive about this, and last year he lost by one point, but he was annoyed for a long time.

"Have you figured out what you're going to play?" On the plane, Peggy glanced at the magazine that Locke was holding.

"I don't feel like there's anything in particular I want to go to, and the big cities are just some high-rise buildings." The attractions introduced above, to be honest, Locke is not very interested: "Do you have anything to interest in?" ”

"I've thought about it, I've had a few days to play, so I'm going to have a good time." Peggy was in high spirits.

"Didn't you go out during the holidays?"

"My dad is a dentist, and during the holidays it's a busy time, my mom took me to a nearby city, but that was New York, which was the second place I wanted to visit."

"Where's the number one?"

"Hawaii, I heard that the scenery is very good." Peggy said: "Maybe when I graduate from high school, I can let my parents take me to play, but I don't know if my dad has time." ”

Locke is not surprised that not every family in the United States can travel all over the world as soon as they arrive on vacation, and that kind of thing will only happen in movies.

More people in the United States, in fact, like most people in the East, have just started working and want to travel, but they are shy, and they have no money to wander around, so they can only wander around in the neighborhood at most.

When you have a little savings, most of them have families at this time, and because of various family reasons, they either don't have enough time to take care of the elderly and children, or they don't have enough family budget.

Fortunately, the population of the United States is small, there are many natural scenery in the wild, and many middle-class people have time, they can go to the suburbs to fish and hunt, which is already a good leisure, and there are not many opportunities to fly to other cities on vacation, and there may only be once in several years.

The flight was fast, and when the plane arrived, it felt like the time hadn't passed too long, and then I rushed all the way to the hotel where I stayed.

It is not only the members of the Mathematics Olympiad who came to participate in the competition, but also the members of other competitions who made it to the finals, and the school directly chose a high-end hotel in New York to rent a floor.

There is no need to worry about room and board, the school has already allocated its budget, and as a private high school, it is still very proud of activities that can enhance the reputation of the school.

At noon, I had lunch at the hotel, and the teacher and a few classmates took a look at it and drove towards the destination of this competition.

Many of the events in this competition were held at North Shore High School in New York, which is a good old public high school, and their school's competition teams rarely make it to the finals of the knowledge competition, but the football and soccer teams are frequent guests to the championship.

The most impressive thing here is the stadium, which can even host a good medium-sized event.

Seeing this stadium, Lip couldn't help but sigh: "Such a big stadium is much bigger than our school, which is really enviable." ”

"What's there to envy about this, the direction of development is different."

Locke shrugged his shoulders, this is actually a characteristic of the United States, most of the public high schools implement happy education, what do you want to learn, everyone can strengthen their physique together.

As for private high schools, they may also attach importance to sports, but the intensity is much worse than that of subjects.

The venue for the competition was in the student auditorium of North Shore High School, and although the competition was five days later, the surprise attack after the arrival continued.

This time, the tutor is full of confidence, in addition to the ace Locke of the previous year, there is also a super player Peggy, and it is not a problem to lock the championship, but he feels that it is still not careless.

Under the grinding gun, one set, two sets, can almost be regarded as college mathematics super-syllabus test papers.

Fortunately, the teacher also knows that most students at this age have a turbulent heart, and they must want to relax when they come to New York, and they can't completely suppress it, which means that they can move freely in the afternoon.

At this time, there are also colleges and universities from all over the country to send people over to see what good seedlings are among the top eight players in the stupid spirit, and then try to dig them back to their own schools, which is also the norm.

Because Linda didn't come along, Peggy dragged a reluctant Locke to the streets of New York, and began to play according to the planned route with great interest.

Approaching a street, Locke saw a celebrity walk into a roadside shop from a distance.

Nicolas Cage, at the age of twenty-five, is still just a literary film café, and it is not surprising that New York, as the film and television production center in the eastern part of the United States, has met some celebrities.

But what made Locke strange was that the one he saw just now looked like he was thirty years old, with a vicissitudes of life, and he wasn't making a movie when he looked around.

"I saw an interesting shop." With some curiosity, Locke pointed to the shop that Cage had just entered.

This is an antique shop, and when you gently push open the door of the antique shop, a pleasant copper bell rings.

Locke led the way into the antique shop, Peggy following him.

Crowded with all kinds of antiques filled the entire hall, and there was only a passage for one person to pass through at the feet, and even some papers were scattered on the ground.

"Do you want to sell antiques?" Peggy glanced at a thoughtful Locke and began to look around.

The scene in front of him gradually overlapped with a movie in Locke's memory, and finally his eyes fell on a half-human-high clay pot.

"You like this?" Following Locke's gaze, Peggy saw the clay pot and looked at the pattern on it, wanting to touch it.

"Stop!"

Locke, who remembered the plot of the movie, quickly stopped Peggy's movements and explained: "This is handed down from the Hunter dynasty,

It is said that the second king of the Hunt dynasty was a powerful dark wizard who used this clay pot to imprison his wife for ten years.

This clay pot has incredible magical power, and anyone who opens this clay pot will be sucked into it and sealed for ten years. ”

"Do you still believe in these legends? That's not ...... at all."

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Before Peggy could finish speaking, a round of applause rang out, and Locke looked up and recognized it as Cage in a black trench coat.

He clapped as he walked downstairs and looked at Locke, "Strange young man, your insight is very good. ”

"Thanks, I just happen to have some research on the occult." Locke said quietly.

There weren't any cameras here, and the movie in his memory wasn't shot at this time, Locke looked at the other party carefully, and confirmed his judgment more and more:

"I have come here to ask you for advice, and I hope to be taught by you, my honorable Mr. Balthazar."

Peggy looked at Locke with some strange eyes, not understanding why he suddenly spoke like that, but she was smart enough not to say anything, just silently looking at Locke and Balthazar.

When Uncle Cage heard the name Balthazar, the whole room became strangely cold, as if the temperature had dropped several degrees at once.

"My name is Rock Lee, and I'm an orphan from St. Private High School, Dallas, Texas, and I stumbled upon some old books, and I saw you on the street, just like in the portrait."

Feeling the temperature around him getting lower, Locke took off his coat and put it on Peggy's body, and said slowly: "It seems that my temptation just now was not wrong, I don't know if I have the honor to be your student." ”

As he spoke, Locke's gaze rested on Balthazar's hand, a yellow jeweled ring glowing brightly.

After staring at Locke and Peggy for a long time, Balthazar said slowly: "I don't know what you're talking about, you've found the wrong person, it's best to leave before I get angry." ”