249: magic

"Boss, we didn't find the heart of africa over there," Soldier No. 66666 stepped forward, his expression somewhat apologetic.

"It's alright, these things are all about luck anyway," Liu Yan waved his hand, not minding it.

"Everyone has been busy all day, let's rest first. Tomorrow morning, we'll head to Little Eagle Country."

After Liu Yan finished speaking, Soldier No. 66666 nodded and stepped back.

The other Soldiers also gradually dispersed; some gathered in groups, chatting about their experiences in different countries over the years.

Others exchanged devices, experiencing each other's equipment.

There were also groups playing poker.

In the area with the most Soldiers gathered, Ivan stood in the center.

At this moment, Ivan wore a magician's hat and a long robe, looking mysteriously at the crowd.

"Look at this deck of cards in my hand."

"Pick out any card, then look at it yourself, and put it back."

Ivan handed a deck of cards to one of the Soldiers.

"This one then."

The Soldier randomly picked a card, looked at it, and it was a diamond 7.

After looking at it, the Soldier, following Ivan's instruction, put the card back.

"I didn't see the card just now, did I?"

Ivan asked the Soldiers while shuffling the cards.

"No," the Soldiers said, intently watching the cards in Ivan's hand.

"Good, does everyone know how many cards are in a deck?" Ivan continued to ask.

During the questioning, Ivan was rapidly cutting the cards.

"54, but there are no Jokers in the operational area, so it's 52. I say, Brother Ivan, are you trying to play tricks again?"

"Exactly, I even know what your next question will be."

"The probability of you picking that card just now is one in 52."

"So, can you hurry up and show us?"

The Soldiers urged him impatiently.

The first time they saw Ivan perform magic, they answered these questions honestly.

But after Liu Yan's reminder, they knew better.

Magicians' questions, some true, some false, are mostly to attract the audience's attention.

To facilitate some tricks.

"What is he going to transform this time, can you tell?"

Cai Ning nudged Liu Yan, also looking curiously at Ivan in the center of the crowd.

"Hmm..." Liu Yan rubbed his chin.

"I don't know what he's going to transform, but I know the card that Soldier picked just now."

"Really?" Cai Ning looked at Liu Yan with suspicion.

Liu Yan smiled and nodded.

"diamond 7."

Cai Ning looked in Ivan's direction; he hadn't revealed the answer yet.

Then he looked at Liu Yan again.

"I don't believe it, how do you know?"

"From our position, you couldn't have seen the Soldier pick the card. Even with the best eyesight, it's impossible."

Liu Yan smiled and shook his head, pointing in Ivan's direction.

Their position was diagonally behind Ivan.

Their perspective was almost identical to Ivan's, so when the Soldier picked the card, they only saw the back.

"Although I couldn't see what card the Soldier took, I could clearly see the cards in Ivan's hand."

"All the cards in his hand were diamond 7s."

Upon hearing Liu Yan's answer, Cai Ning's eyes widened.

All diamond 7s? Then no matter how the Soldier chose, wouldn't Ivan easily know the answer?

"Isn't that just cheating?" Cai Ning exclaimed in shock.

"He's a magician, not a wizard. But his method this time is indeed a bit too low-level, unlike his style."

Liu Yan's eyes remained fixed on Ivan.

"Just now, his questioning and card cutting were also continuously swapping the deck of all diamond 7s with a normal deck."

"This prevents the Soldiers from asking to inspect the cards after the show."

Soon, Ivan's hand stopped cutting the cards.

"The answer is about to be revealed."

Ivan showed a charmingly evil smile. He slowly took off his magician's hat, reached his hand inside, and pulled out another deck of cards.

Ivan held the two decks of cards in his two hands.

Then, he squeezed his hands slightly, and the two decks of cards bent slightly.

Clap clap clap clap clap — — — — — —!!

In an instant, all the cards were forced into the air by him.

And the number kept increasing!

He only had two decks of cards in his hands, but at least a dozen decks of cards were flying into the sky!

Although the scene was magnificent, the Soldiers still rolled their eyes.

"So, what were the number and suit of the cards just now?"

"Exactly, why suddenly do this?"

The Soldiers were very confused.

But Ivan's mouth still held a confident smile.

Soon, the sky was covered by countless playing cards.

The playing cards blocked everyone's view and were slowly falling.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the show is over."

As all the playing cards landed, the Soldiers' faces were filled with shock!

At this moment, on the walls of the dilapidated buildings on both sides.

Dense, colorful playing cards formed a complete diamond 7.

And not just one; almost all the walls of the nearby abandoned buildings had the image of a diamond 7.

Clap clap clap clap — — — — — —

The Soldiers, who had just had deadpan expressions, now widened their eyes and began to applaud frantically.

"Holy crap! How did he do this one?!"

"I thought Brother Ivan had performed almost all the magic tricks he could."

"I didn't expect him to still have something hidden up his sleeve!"

"This is too amazing, this really is magic!"

"Did Brother Ivan use the heart of africa?"

Before Ivan performed the magic just now, there was nothing on those buildings.

After the playing cards blocked their view, these playing cards just appeared out of thin air before everyone's eyes.

Liu Yan and Cai Ning in the back also looked surprised.

"This... how exactly did he do it? It can't really be magic, can it?"

"And, besides the heart of africa, I've thought about it, no matter how special items are combined, they can't achieve this effect."

"Unless he has tens of thousands of drones."

Cai Ning looked at Liu Yan curiously, hoping the latter could provide an answer.

In Ivan's previous magic tricks, Liu Yan could more or less guess how he did it.

After the surprise on Liu Yan's face disappeared, his expression turned into one of sudden realization.

"No wonder he carried two buckets of paint two days ago and sneaked into those abandoned buildings."

"If I'm not mistaken."

"These playing cards, he painted them and then pasted them on in advance, or prepared them in some other way long ago."

"He hasn't been seen much these past two days, probably preparing for this magic trick."

Hearing Liu Yan's explanation, Cai Ning scratched his head, feeling it still wasn't quite right.

"Then if he pasted them on in advance, how did he hide them?"

After Cai Ning asked, Liu Yan looked up at the sky, then pointed in several directions.

"The covering curtains should be on the rooftops of those buildings."

"He used the playing cards to block everyone's view, and then used military drones to pull down all the curtains and hide them on the rooftops."

"After it ended, the playing cards just landed.

"Everyone's vision returned, and they could just see the diamond 7s on the buildings."