Hospital 444
Chapter 207 - 34 The Storm is Brewing

Chapter 207: Chapter 34 The Storm is Brewing

"You’re saying Dai Lin?" Hearing Yin Wuque’s words, Song Min revealed an incredulous expression, "President Yin, that’s impossible!"

"It might be impossible for others, but Dai Lin... those eyes of his possess too many unknowns."

Song Min noticed Yin Wuque’s concern.

It was almost like saying how terrifying this was, that this boy must not stay.

But the problem was that, at this stage... the boy still needed to stay.

On stage, watching the doves flying and Rayman changing the color of his clothes, Yin Wuque actually found it quite enjoyable.

"Look, everyone, this top hat has nothing inside, right?"

Rayman placed a round top hat in front of the audience, and many in the front row went to take a look.

"Indeed, there’s nothing."

"A normal hat."

"Very good."

Then, Rayman picked up the hat, gave it a slight toss and said, "Now, please watch and see if I have a special magic power to present you with miracles that are impossible in the human world!"

"He has already switched hats." Yin Wuque saw it clearly—he had at least three hats on him.

The next moment, when the hat fell, Rayman swiftly pulled a red apple from within it!

"Just a human magician." Song Min was slightly disappointed, "Compared to that, his father Edward Harland indeed performed some real magic in the past."

Since Song Min read about the magic show mentioned in the diary, she, like Dai Lin, conducted a series of investigations. Naturally, Song Min essentially found the same clues Dai Lin did and reported them to Yin Wuque.

And it seemed that Yin Wuque was quite interested in it. Song Min realized that Yin Wuque was hiding something from her. The target was here, yet he did not order his capture, clearly harboring some intention.

However, if Yin Wuque didn’t speak, Song Min wouldn’t question him. From the beginning, her loyalty was only to the "Vice-President of Operations", not to any specific person who took on the role.

At this moment, on the stage, Rayman asked the audience to continue inspecting the hat, then with a flick of his hand, another hat suddenly appeared.

Yin Wuque and Song Min were different; he watched Rayman with an amused interest. At this moment, under the lights, his cheeks were mostly shrouded in darkness.

Meanwhile, Dai Lin was at his most anxious. So far, nothing abnormal had occurred, but the more it stayed the same, the more uneasy he became.

The unknown was the truly terrifying thing.

Dai Lin looked at Fang Zhou beside him and suddenly noticed that his pupils were also turning deep red!

Fang Zhou had already left his blood in roughly a dozen areas within the theater.

"Keep calm, Doctor Dai." As the Deputy Director of the Department of Fierce Spirits, Fang Zhou was naturally someone who had experienced all sorts of big scenes, so he remained very calm.

Dai Lin gave a bitter smile. If it weren’t for witnessing Li Bolin’s behavior that day, he wouldn’t be this nervous.

Then, he turned his attention to Luo Ren and his mother Nie Xiuzhu.

According to the premonitory dream, Dai Lin had to protect Luo Ren’s mother at any cost. According to the premonition, Nie Xiuzhu would disappear after today’s magic show, and Alice Chen would completely replace her.

Just like the female protagonist in the TV series "Westworld," who had her father replaced with a synth.

A synth’s entire self-awareness is nothing but a computer program that human scientists can freely modify. But how is human consciousness modified by a curse?

Nie Xiuzhu had no knowledge of everything that would happen today. After waking up in the hospital, she seemed like a different person and had completely forgotten her previous adamant refusal to come and watch the magic show. Luo Ren’s stepfather was also supposed to come, but naturally, he too had been tactfully declined by Luo Ren.

Even knowing there was no choice, Luo Ren still repeatedly confirmed with Dai Lin whether it was really necessary to bring his mother. But even Director Li Bolin was helpless, and Han Ming did not express further willingness to help him, so under such circumstances, Dai Lin had no other option.

"Ladies and gentlemen, look..."

As Lehman’s hand shook, to the amazement of all the onlookers, a glass appeared to float freely about five centimeters from the palm of his hand.

"I know what you’re thinking," Lehman pointed at the floating glass, "you must believe I’m using a string to hold up the glass. Come, ladies and gentlemen, you can come up on stage and carefully check if there’s a thread. And I will let go of my hands, not going near the glass."

Afterward, Lehman slowly retreated, placing his hands behind him while the glass continued to float in mid-air. Many people from the front row squeezed up onto the stage to take a closer look.

"How is this glass done?" Nie Xiuzhu also widened her eyes and said, "Should we go up on stage and have a look?"

Luo Ren hurriedly gripped his mother’s hand tightly and said, "Mom... Let’s just enjoy the magic show from here."

Dai Lin also spoke up, "Yeah, there’s no need to go up and check."

The difficulty with close-up magic lies right here, where the audience can monitor every move of the magician at any time and check for flaws in the magic.

As the audience crowded near the stage, they continued to ask, "Can we touch this glass?"

"Please feel free. Just don’t take the glass away."

The audience found this marvelous, and many started to touch the glass, while those in the back looked on agape.

Song Min, seeing this, said with great interest, "Is that even possible? How did he do it?"

"It’s quite simple." Yin Wuque pointed at the stage and said, "Those in the front row who first went up to touch the glass are all confederates of the magician. After they verify the glass is fine, the rest won’t check it in detail."

"Ah? It’s that simple?"

"Of course it’s that simple. Otherwise, do you think magicians truly know magic? People naturally assume ’if the magician is that confident, then there’s an eight out of ten chance that the props won’t fail.’ Combined with the lighting on stage, no one will notice the thread attached to the glass. Even if the magician stays away from the glass, with some special stage arrangements made beforehand, he can still manipulate the glass."

"Preconceived notions... So there’s no need to go over and look at the glass? What if there’s a skeptic who insists on checking in detail?" Song Min still didn’t feel it was foolproof.

"Very simple. Among the confederates, there would also be a magician. If such a spectator does appear, just switch the glass and cut the thread in an instant. Following that, the magician would collaborate with the confederate to make the glass attached with a thread reappear. The most excellent magicians, with the assistance of lighting and a few plants, can deceive everyone."

"Can it really be done?" Song Min still found it unbelievable, "To switch the glass instantly at such a close distance?"

"Humans can indeed accomplish such unimaginable feats." Yin Wuque’s expression remained calm, "They must have rehearsed hundreds or thousands of times in advance, taking into account any situation that might occur on the spot to stage such perfect magic."

Then, Yin Wuque’s body slightly leaned back, closing his eyes.

His face was completely engulfed by darkness.

"Look, I’m going to take a nap. If the magic show ends just like this, without anything special happening, immediately arrest the target and bring them to my office in the hospital," he said.

"Alright, Director Yin."

Afterward, Lehman continued performing all sorts of novel magic tricks.

Song Min kept her attention on Luo Ren, Dai Lin, and... that blonde female assistant.

"Since she’s here, does that mean..."

"The next magic trick is somewhat unusual. To prevent any claims of using plants, I’ll have someone take a deck of playing cards and let the audience draw one. The spectator who draws the Ace of Spades will need to come up and assist with my trick."

He then took out a deck of cards and said, "This is a brand new deck, still sealed. As usual, the audience is welcome to inspect it. To show fairness, the person who will deal the cards will also be randomly chosen from the audience. Of course, if anyone is dissatisfied, they can come over and shuffle the cards, however they like!"