The pinnacle of magic

After getting his TV job back on track, the magician finally ushered in a brief respite.Since this week, the magician's daily activities have become less busy, and other members of the team have gradually begun to take turns to take vacations.

For three nights in a row, the magician announced the end before ten o'clock, and today Shi Rui had a rare day free.After dinner, he took some time to buy necessities, and just as soon as he stepped into the house, he suddenly received a call from Eric.

"Rui, do you still remember the 'Golden Ribbon'?" The boy's voice was extremely excited.

Shi Rui's heart sank: "What did you find?"

"It's tonight! The 'Golden Ribbon' party is tonight! Clifford is already driving to pick up that Veronica!" said the boy excitedly.

Shi Rui: "Tell me everything you know."

"Clifford received a package this evening and his cell phone rang. He muttered 'always on time', picked up the phone, and jotted down some notes on a post-it note. What. It wasn't long before he called Veronica, said that the moment she was most looking forward to was finally here, and asked her if she thought about going to the 'Golden Ribbon' party for real. Then they seemed to have an appointment at [-] o'clock , Clifford said he would drive to pick her up."

After pondering for a moment, Shi Rui said, "Do you know where the party is?"

"I guess Clifford must have scribbled it down on a post-it note. He tore out the page, but guess what? I penciled out what he wrote! It's the address, Coreyland. Avenue 13. I checked the map, and from the satellite photos, it is an independent villa."

"They made an appointment to meet at eight o'clock?" Shi Rui looked up at the clock, it was less than 10 minutes before eight o'clock.

"I'll drive you there! It will take a while for Clifford to pick up that chick, we can go straight to the 'Golden Ribbon' and I promise you won't miss any of the 'Great Shots'!"

The boy's excitement made Shi Rui doubt whether he would be as enthusiastic as he is now if he knew that the magician might be severely punished for his "disobedience" tonight.In any case, he did not intend to involve a minor in such a dangerous situation.Of course, out of consideration of the boy's strong curiosity, it is not feasible to directly tell him not to go.

"You pick me up from the post office on Celine Street." Shi Rui said bluntly.

The boy let out a cheer over the phone.

Shi Rui put down his phone.He walked to the desk, opened the drawer, hesitated for a moment, took out a long black hair band mixed with gold thread and wrapped it around his wrist.

If the magician dared to violate the "taboo" tonight, he would have to bear the consequences of causing his own anger.

When Shi Rui walked to the gate of the post office, Eric also happened to stop by the side of the road.

"Uh..." Afraid that Shi Rui would have any objections to the car he was riding, Eric immediately explained, "My car keys were confiscated by Clifford, but fortunately Niels lent me his car. That guy didn't break up with me because I blew up his spare car last time. Don't worry! This motorcycle is faster than most sports cars." The boy added looking at Shi Rui's expression.

"I'll know soon whether it's fast enough." Shi Rui frowned, seeing the boy start to flip through the toolbox. "What are you looking for?"

"Wait a minute, it'll be ready soon. Ha! Found it!" The boy took a few small boxes from the toolbox. "Remember that Clifford received a package beforehand? I think since they called themselves the 'Golden Ribbon', they must have agreed on some kind of code. Although it is not known exactly what was in the package, and Clifford sent the package together with The wrapping paper went with it, but I guess it has something to do with the name. Look what I got for you? A silk tie...gold, a roll of gold ribbon, a gold brooch, a gold handkerchief...ha! This one is hard to find, I went to several stores to get it. I almost bought you a gold belt if it wasn't for the small package that didn't seem to fit a belt. Do you want to wear it now, these things ?”

Shi Rui couldn't help being amused by the boy's thoughts.Since it is a marked item that needs to be expressly delivered, it must not be something that can be bought anywhere.And he didn't think the host of such a party would leave a guest list.In any case, as long as it is mixed in, it is easy to be discovered.

"Well, they are all useful. But let's put them back in the toolbox first! We can adapt when we get there." Wearing so many gold accessories at the same time, not to mention wearing women's clothes, is it hard not to be noticed in men's clothes?

"That's right. Well, get in the car, let's go!"

The boy was about to jump on the motorcycle, but Shi Rui pressed the back of his neck with his index and middle fingers. "Hmm..." He only had time to groan before losing consciousness.Shi Rui helped the boy up, took off the motorcycle key, and walked into a coffee shop by the side of the road.

"My friend is a little tired, can you let him sleep here for a while?" he asked the waiter politely.

The young waiter nodded mechanically as soon as his eyes met.

"When he wakes up, please tell him that everything has been dealt with, and let him go back to sleep early."

"Ok."

Shi Rui smiled, left a note on the table, and walked out of the cafe.

Eric's statement is not exaggerated. When starting the motorcycle, Shi Rui clearly felt the powerful power of this modified motorcycle.Although wearing women's clothes so fast was a bit eye-catching, but what he cared more about now was that the magician should have arrived at the venue earlier than him.

Once the magician touches the "taboo", the memory used as a lock will be awakened the first time he is stained with the drug...

Shi Rui turned the accelerator to the maximum, unable to tell whether the feeling in his heart was anger or disappointment.In any case, if the deep hypnosis is broken, he will never give the magician a second chance to have the privilege!

Since it cannot be changed gently, there is only forced reversal.Even if this person is destined to be destroyed, it must be destroyed in his own hands!

Shi Rui stopped the motorcycle when he was one kilometer away from the target, and hid the car in the woods beside the road.After all, no one would drive a motorcycle to a party like this.

He walked swiftly through the woods and stopped on the outskirts of the villa.The protection measures here are in place, and the high barbed wire fence with monitors and barbs reminds him of the protection outside military facilities.The woods five meters or so beyond the barbed wire had been cleared to level ground, making it more difficult to approach the villa unobtrusively.

Maybe get someone to take yourself in?

However, one would usually bring a female companion along to such a gathering, and one more person would still arouse suspicion.Even if someone did come alone, the chances of him being stopped by the side of the road were slim.He couldn't bear the thought of waiting for the right prey to appear by the side of the road when he thought that the magician was inside, and there was a chance to break the deep hypnosis at any time.

Shi Rui quickly made a small circle around the villa, and finally found a relatively dead corner of the monitor in the northwest corner.From this direction, as long as the speed is fast enough, it is entirely possible to avoid surveillance!

When the monitor turned to a certain angle, Shi Rui slammed towards the barbed wire.He ran so fast that he could barely see a blur of white shadow.When he was about to reach the barbed wire, he shot the hair tie in his hand straight and wrapped it around the highest point of the barbed wire.With a sudden force on his wrist, he soared into the sky like a bird, with his toes lightly touching the top of the barbed wire, he flipped in the air and landed on the other side of the net.

Great, didn't alarm anyone.

The garden outside the villa covers a large area.Shi Rui sneaked under the outer wall of the villa under the cover of the trees.The lights are mainly gathered on the second floor, and the faint sound of music comes from there.He quickly climbed up the fence and glanced in from the window quickly.

Behind this window was a corridor, and two men in strange attire were walking in his direction.What they wore was like a big sack, with two sleeves attached to both sides of the sack.The face of the person on the left is wearing a silver-white mask. The thick eyebrows drawn together in black and the two beards on the lips are symmetrical up and down, which looks both funny and weird.The person on the right is also wearing a mask, his mask is red, with a black spiral painted on the cheeks, forehead and lips.From the figure, Shi Rui judged that the one on the left should be a man, and the one on the right should be a woman.

Very bad.The people inside had all changed into special clothes, which he hadn't thought of before.

There was no way the suit had come in a package, so now he had to go down to the reception and find a way to get one for himself.Fortunately, everyone is wearing a mask, so they are not afraid of being seen through, and it is much easier to leave.

Shi Rui followed a pair of guests to the reception.To his surprise, the place was empty, except for a row of densely packed lockers.Men who come to parties with their girlfriends seem to know their way here.He took his girlfriend's hand and came to a locker, took out a golden key from his pocket, and turned around to look around.

Damn!

What was in that package turned out to be the key to a specific locker!

Shi Rui immediately thought of this when he saw the special key with two golden snakes coiled around it.It turns out that the so-called "golden ribbon" means a golden snake!

And... this double snake hovering pattern is also often used to suggest sex.

His brows were furrowed again.

The man in front has already taken out two sets of "sacks" and two masks from the locker.He handed one of them to his female companion, and walked into the dressing room with his arms around her waist.After six or seven minutes, they still hadn't come out, which made Shi Rui judge that there should be another door leading directly to the venue in the locker room.

Now the question is, how to open one of the storage boxes?

The shape of the key is so peculiar that it basically eliminates the possibility of picking the lock.If you use external force to destroy the locker, it will be troublesome if there is a monitoring device inside.

However, all the lockers are closed, only the one that was opened just now is still open, and the key is still inserted in the door lock. Could it be that...

While Shi Rui was hesitating, a secret door suddenly opened in a corner of the reception, and a man with a blue mask came out from the secret passage.He walked to the locker he had just opened, and used a small silver key to unlock a hidden lock from inside the locker, then pulled out the golden coiled snake key, and closed the door again.

really!There are far more than one guest tonight. If there is no key left here, it means that the host will send someone to collect the key every time the locker is opened.The reason why the man didn't remove the key just now was because the golden key can only be used once before the hidden lock inside is opened.

Since he is the recycler of the key, he must have other keys that can be used in his hand!

Shi Rui smiled, and came out from the dark to meet him.

"I'm sorry." Shi Rui said with a smile, "I realized that I forgot to bring the key when I got here. Can you give me one?"

"Blue Mask" turned his head vigilantly, and the moment he met Shi Rui's eyes, his eyes suddenly became confused...