The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 375 - 224: Not a Single Dick in the Dick Manor!

Chapter 375: Chapter 224: Not a Single Dick in the Dick Manor!

"Resurrecting the dead?" Fox mulled over the deeper meaning behind Jiang Shu’s words, recalling what Jiang Shu had said about Tang before.

Although he maintained a skeptical attitude towards "Tang’s ability to resurrect the dead," seeing how serious Jiang Shu had been about it at the time, deep down he felt somewhat convinced.

So, combining the current circumstances...

"You want to expose Tang’s resurrection secret, or uncover his deeper conspiracy?" Fox retorted, furrowing his brows slightly.

"Uh..." Jiang Shu, seeing the expectant look in Fox’s eyes, certainly understood what this guy was really thinking.

However, he also realized that it seemed those capable of great deeds often suffered from a sort of ’Chunibyo,’ whether it was Devil Wind or Liu Tingruo, or the Fox before him.

Of course, to put it more flatteringly, this was called a sense of mission.

So Jiang Shu nodded solemnly, promising sincerely, "Indeed, you could say that; in any case, this is to prepare for completely toppling Tang, so I need your help."

"Sure, what do you need me to do?" And just like that, Fox smiled and agreed without hesitation, much like how he had when he first met Jiang Shu six months ago and Jiang Shu half-jokingly suggested founding the Deception Group.

"First, I have a question," Jiang Shu asked seriously, "What are your thoughts on the specific process of this magic?"

Although he already had a rough idea, there were still some problems to solve, and Fox’s words might provide some inspiration.

"Huh?" Fox was taken aback, frowning slightly, "You haven’t figured it out yet? Is it related to hypnosis?"

His related skills in magic were still taught to him by Jiang Shu, so if there was something Jiang Shu didn’t understand, it would only likely be related to hypnosis.

Indeed, he was far behind Jiang Shu in terms of magic level, but when it came to the skill of hypnosis, he could confidently say...

No, he suddenly remembered a previous incident at the police station, where Jiang Shu used some inexplicable hypnotic techniques to play with his puppet "Mr. Ryan" amidst applause.

And Jiang Shu hadn’t told him how he’d done that until now.

Which meant, Jiang Shu’s hypnosis abilities might not be inferior to his own, or at least wouldn’t be too far off.

"It doesn’t necessarily have to do with hypnosis; you can speak directly, any thoughts related to the keyword ’Resurrection Magic’ are welcome," Jiang Shu continued, not wanting to limit Fox’s thinking.

After three months of learning and various actual combats, Fox had acquired quite a bit of magical thinking, his only obvious flaws being a lack of hands-on performance experience and shallow magical knowledge.

Moreover, with Fox’s nearly perverse hypnotic ability, if one shamelessly referred to such a direct trick as Hypnotism Magic, he could become a recognized Great Magician in his previous world’s environment.

"Resurrection, eh? I’m not too optimistic," Fox pondered for a moment, taking a contrary stance right off the bat, he took the initiative to ask, "Do you have the ability to bring back the dead?"

"Uh, of course not," Jiang Shu shook his head, "If I did, would that still be called magic?"

The essence of magic was to produce the effect by false means.

If he had Liu Tingruo research Tang’s resurrection method and managed to perform it publicly, that wouldn’t count as magic.

The difference between the two was significant; it would not be acknowledged by the Main Brain, and he would not be able to obtain a Derivative Entry.

Although...

If Liu Tingruo could replicate Tang’s Resurrection Technique, perhaps he might not need to rely on magic to acquire the Derivative Entry for Resurrection.

But it couldn’t be said that way; after all, the Resurrection of a Derivative Entry could be accomplished with just some electricity, which seemed to hold an advantage no matter how you looked at it.

"Then wouldn’t you only be able to use a feigned death tactic?" Fox counter-questioned, with an expression on his face that suggested it was only logical, "Use a living person to play the dead man, then ’revive’ at the right moment."

"It seems that could be the only way," Jiang Shu said, lowering his gaze; he looked at the egg pancake on his plate, lost in thought.

Indeed, if a resurrection were to truly be performed, the most standard method in the current scenario would be this; although he could use various means to make a feigned death seem very much like real death, the principle remained constant—fake death and subsequent revival was the crux of this magic.

However...

He still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

With a feigned death, the odds of being found out were simply too high.

And a feigned death followed by a revival; such a basic concept could be guessed by just about anyone. Those trying to debunk the magic with this mindset would find the chance of the magic’s method being discovered far too great.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had only so little magic related to "resurrection" in his mind; if any existed, they were mostly variations of "Headless Revival," focused on an atmospheric effect rather than truly baffling the audience.

"Resurrection Magic" seemed to have been proven long ago to have little research value.

"Try hypnotism?" Fox seemed to have read Jiang Shu’s thoughts; he spoke succinctly, "If necessary, I can try to hypnotize someone into a state of feigned death, slowing their breathing, reducing their heartbeat, so superficially they appear to have died."

"Can you really do that? Right now?" Jiang Shu asked, still harboring some doubts about Fox’s proposal, "Doesn’t this method harm the human body?"