The sky is blue, and the clouds are white. The sun was red, like a glowing tomato.

In a building in a private community, a soft sigh came out:

"Looks like I've bought a fake......"

In the study, the boy sighed softly and flipped through the occult books he had bought online.

The young man has a clear appearance, his short black jade hair glows with a faint light, and his big eyes are as clear as water, but his eyes seem to be sharp enough to penetrate everything. His physique was slightly thin when he flipped through the books, and his neck, collarbones, and waist were all slender, like a cold-faced honor student who came out of a comic, but there was a kind of Ling Ran's toughness in this bookish anger.

On the desktop, on the cover of the hardcover book is a string of gilded titles:

When the Occult Comes to Slam the Door - Spells & Rituals, Incense & Crystals, Cards & Divination, a Magic Book for Novices

Despite some disappointment, the teenager, named Russell, may have to come to terms with a brutal truth.

The collector's edition of the occult book he bought from Taobao (original price 88 yuan, promotional price 38 yuan) is actually fake!

According to the above operation, there is no magic at all!

In the past few weeks, in order to test the authenticity of this magic book, Russell tried most of the spells and rituals recorded in the book, and deliberately purchased incense, cinnabar, rune paper, crystals and other props.

Unfortunately, all the spells and rituals in the book do not stand up to the test of the scientific method.

For example, this magic book records a "transit ritual" that can give good luck.

Russell threw the data of the dice roll before and after the execution into the SPSS and performed a significance analysis.

There was no significant difference.

Fake!

"Hey, the dignified transfer ceremony can't even stand the significance test."

As another example, this magic book records divination methods based on astrological signs and lunar birthdays.

Russell found two good netizens and divined them for free.

Both said:

"This divination result is too accurate, it's all me!"

Russell was relieved.

The divination is really fake!

"What I tell you is the result of the other person's divination. But you still think that divination is very accurate?

"It follows that the so-called divination results are just ambiguous rhetoric, using the Barnum effect to make everyone feel like they are describing themselves."

No way, Russell has a shortcoming, that is, he likes to be more serious.

……

Time comes back to the present.

"Hey, the magic book I bought online is actually fake."

Russell sighed.

But even if he was deceived, Russell didn't plan to give online shopping stores bad reviews.

Who made him too kind?

Of course, the main reason is: according to common sense, there is a high probability that the occult books purchased online for 38 yuan will not be able to release magic.

For example, the magical girl wand and Kamen Rider belt that the neighbor bought online are all fakes, and none of them can really transform. But instead of an opinion, the neighbors shouted happily every time the goods arrived.

Restraining the regret in his chest, Russell calmly looked at the hardcover black book on the table, his eyes were much more solemn, and he said to himself silently:

"Sure enough, it's still too whimsical to want to get in touch with the transcendent world just by relying on the occult books you bought online......"

Russell's attempt to buy occult books online was not because he was a lover of the occult.

It's because Russell has supernatural powers.

A true supernatural force!

From a very young age, Russell realized –

He could be the protagonist of a novel!

His fate always follows the basic principles of drama. Anything that is related to him is full of dramatic turns, ups and downs and twists and turns.

The crane tail was admitted to the first place in the class, the enemies were each other's online dating partners, and the lovers eventually became sisters and brothers......

After being trafficked, Russell sold the trafficker with his backhand and kicked Russell out of the group, and the school bully cried and begged Russell to come back the next day......

He's seen too many low-probability events and vulgar episodes that are used to create dramatic abruptness.

As Russell gets older, the "man in the play" anomaly becomes more and more obvious.

Russell can save a little girl from the fire when he goes out for a walk. The anglers you meet on the way home can be involved in inter-provincial drug trafficking groups.

After extensive statistical analysis and analysis, Russell was convinced that there was a statistical probability anomaly in him.

Now that Russell is 15 years old, this abnormal constitution has caused problems for Russell and his family, and he has to find ways to control it.

There is no way, there are too many pennants and trophies at home, and they are piled up. The report of "Little Hero Russell" has also attracted too many admirers. Russell was very distressed.

The main problem, of course, is that the dramatic anomaly also poses many dangers to Russell and his parents.

Russell's parents, at his suggestion, worked abroad all year round and would only return home once or twice a year. The reason for this is to avoid being implicated by Russell's abnormal constitution and getting involved in unnecessary dangers.

Orphans are a common attribute of the protagonist!

Moreover, Russell has long been an orphan.

He's been in an orphanage for as long as he can remember. The current "parents" adopted Russell from an orphanage called "The Beginning".

In order not to turn back into an orphan, Russell has been looking for a way to control his abnormal constitution for the past two years.

He suspected that since there were supernatural phenomena in him, there might be other supernatural forces in the world.

Perhaps, under the calm waters of the normal world, there is a hidden transcendent society with transcendent people who know how to deal with all kinds of supernatural events?

Two months ago, Russell came up with an idea based on a combination of past experience and various story routines.

What are the supernatural elements that the average person has the most access to?

It's witchcraft, metaphysics, the occult!

So, Russell bought a magic book online from Taobao and followed the instructions in the book to operate it, hoping that it would produce a magic effect.

It's ridiculous for anyone else to expect that a magic book bought online is real.

But Russell is a "man in the play".

The occult books that an ordinary person bought online are actually genuine magic books that can release magic!

What a dramatic tension this is!

Sounds like a good start to a novel or movie, and it should have happened to Russell!

— and then there was the scene above.

……

"It's a pity, the rituals and incantations in this book are useless."

Russell stood up at his desk and turned to leave the room.

He stood suddenly in place again.

"Why don't you try the ritual on the last page of the book? It's good if I die. ”

According to the story, the "last one" has a mysterious magic.

The Light Chaser always falls at the last minute before dawn, and the seven-day time-limited bet is always completed on the last day.

The boy sat back down and flipped the spellbook to the last page.

It is a demon-summoning ritual.

He didn't perform the ritual before because the catalyst materials needed for the ritual were too weird.

"Light a black candle and watch the flame flicker;

"Out of crimson human blood or demonic blood, draw circles on wool;

"In front of the circle, there is a poisonous thing contaminated with the breath of the devil;

"When chanting a summoning incantation, sacrifice a part of your body......"

In the evaluation column of the magic book in the online store, I don't know how many customers have complained that the materials required for this ritual are too weird.

- It seems that the author deliberately made up ritual materials that normal people can't get. Even if the ritual is completely ineffective, it can be excused that the reader is using the wrong material.

Looking at the material depicted in the magic book, Russell pondered.

The red human blood is a little troublesome to get your hands on. Is it possible to simplify it a bit?

What could be the food tainted with demonic breath?

What part of your body was sacrificed?

Wool is the easiest, but do you have to buy it specifically?

Russell thought for more than ten seconds and immediately came up with a solution.

He turned on his phone, ordered a McDonald's, and specifically marked the fries with ketchup.

……

Half an hour later.

Russell took the takeaway at the door and ate the rest of the meal, leaving only the fries and ketchup.

Wiping his mouth clean, Russell lit the black candle and placed it in the living room, chanting the mantra of the ritual:

"The black candle has been lit, lighting the way to the abyss."

The candle was originally red, but the rigorous Russell blackened the candle with a black pen in advance.

Russell pulled out a pink children's wool sweater from his closet.

This is what he wore when he was 8 years old, it is delicate and small, and it is super cute.

After completing these steps, Russell opened the ketchup packet that came with the fries and used the red ketchup to draw a circle on the wool children's clothing.

"With the blood of the crimson demons, draw this array!"

- According to ancient occult traditions, tomatoes are considered to be highly poisonous devil fruits, also known as "wolf peach", and are considered to be the embodiment of demons, and are used as a medium to summon demons.

After drawing a filthy and evil demon summoning circle with ketchup on wool children's clothes, Russell placed the cardigan on the living room floor and placed the fries in front of the cardigan.

"Here's what you offer, poisonous things that are tainted with demonic breath."

- Potatoes contain poisonous solanine and solanine, and because they are too different to reproduce without seeds, they have long been associated with witchcraft in occult theories, and are known as "demonic plants" and "apples of hell".

The fries still have residual heat, fragrant, but Russell is hungry.

After all of the above steps, Russell sat cross-legged and chanted the final summoning spell in front of the flickering black candles, the blood-colored cardigan, and the fragrant demonic plants:

"In my name Russell, I call,

"Extradimensional dark entities,

"The embodiment of desire,

"Weak demons of the abyss!

"I hereby offer 0.1 kilograms of my own subcutaneous fat as a sacrifice......"

I hope that the devil will be able to understand the metric system after quality education. Russell prayed secretly.

The summoning spell is all over.

Nothing happened.

There was still dead silence in the living room.

I can only try that method again...... Russell thought about it, deliberately made a contemptuous expression, and said in a disdainful tone:

"I knew that this magic book must be fake, useless!"

This sentence is a flag, a use of one's own "person in the play" physique.

In Russell's experience, the more confident predictions about the future are demonstrated, the more likely events are to be reversed.

Similar statements include, "I'll go home and get married after this battle", "There is only one person on the other side, and everyone will definitely win together", "There is definitely no chance of survival if you fall from such a high place", "It turned out to be just a cat and I thought there was a ghost in the house".

Bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded, and the rich smell of sulfur filled the living room.

The Demon Summoning has been successful!

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