Genshin Impact: I wrote the plot into a novel to spoil the future

With a flick of the wrist, a pigeon flies out of the hand. The pigeon's flight moves the camera, eventually bringing it to the top of the stage, where a huge metal glass water tank is suspended in the air.

Lynette stood on the water tank waving; she was so cute.

Linni said, "In full view of everyone, inside this water dungeon, I will make my sister vanish into thin air."

The audience was confused: What? I was just focused on Lynette's cuteness, what did Lynette say?

What do you mean by "under the public eye"? When it comes to "under the public eye," all that comes to mind is the murder of the God of Contracts in full view of everyone.

That was indeed quite astonishing—such a huge dragon falling from the sky.

This time, it was the catgirl who fell in; Lynette jumped into the water tank.

The water tank was then sealed shut, and Lynette was indeed trapped inside.

[Linnie read aloud, "Oh dear! Didn't we tell them to thoroughly inspect the props? With the lids sealed, not even air can get out..."]

Linni spoke as if the matter was quite unexpected, but his tone was so theatrical that no one was worried.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the screen, eagerly anticipating the magic tricks to come.

"If I were a beginner, I would have been completely flustered, haha, luckily it was me on stage!"

"I might as well show you all my real skills!"

I seem to be talking a lot, but that's how magic is: three parts mystery, seven parts chatter.

With a flourish, Linnie snapped her fingers, and Linette in the water tank suddenly bubbled up and disappeared, leaving only her clothes behind.

The audience was shocked; it was rare to hear that Lynette was wearing stockings and underwear these days.

No, that's not the point. The point is how they did it!?

Chapter 869 The 'Final' Magic Show

The shock of witnessing Lynette's disappearance left viewers no time to think.

The story and the real-life Funinna moved in sync, both unconsciously leaning forward as if they were startled and wanted to take a closer look, hoping the magic trick would be successful.

The story continues, and Lynette slowly walks onto the screen, still dressed.

In terms of magic tricks, she probably didn't take off her clothes at all; what you saw in the water tank was just an illusion.

When Funina saw Lynette come out, she realized that the escape from the magic had been successful. She laughed and applauded for Lynette and Lynette.

This drew attention to her hands, as she was wearing one black and one white glove; the black one revealed half of the back of her hand, while the white one covered her entire hand.

Besides Furnessa, the audience members, both inside and outside the story, were applauding. It was indeed a wonderful magic trick, something that people haven't seen much of in this era.

Mona's mouth opened slightly; if she used the Eye of God, she could do it too.

But Linnie and Lynette removed the Eye of God before the performance, how did they do that?

Marani exclaimed, "I wonder if this can make people soaking in the hot springs disappear."

Setrali said, "The hot springs aren't even locked down, so isn't that even more unpredictable?"

Marani praised, "As expected of a great shaman, he knows so much."

Marani thought that Cetalli said this because she had seen through everything in the magic show. As expected of the Great Shaman, she saw through it at a glance!

Sitella scratched her head. "I was just sharing my thoughts, they might not be right... I've never seen this magic trick before, I'm curious too."

Like Seth Lari, the audience was even more curious about how this magic trick was done. The person sitting next to Linnie couldn't help but ask him this question.

Although they were sitting a bit far away, Xianyun and Lei Yingdian's eyes were still on Linni; it was time to put their super hearing to good use.

Lei Yingdian seemed to realize something, turned his gaze to Nasida, and asked, "How did you do that?"

Nasita blinked; she naturally saw through the truth, but she explained gently, "This is a brilliant performance devised by a magician; I cannot tell you the truth."

"Because I cannot deprive him of the rewards that come from his curiosity, nor can I deprive you of the right to exclaim 'Oh!' again."

When Nasita said "Oh!", her tone was surprised, her little mouth slightly open, which was quite cute. Despite being a little girl, her words made so much sense.

Lei Yingdian nodded, not insisting, but she still added, "I didn't exclaim, that was Funina's voice."

Fu Ningna: "......" What can I say?

Nasita was trying to persuade the gods, but Linni had none by her side. All she had was a red demon named Araki Ichito with big, curious eyes.

Linni smiled wryly. "A magic trick revealed? That's not a fun thing to do."

In fact, he hadn't finished the water tank escape magic trick yet; he just had an idea, which he figured would involve using a 'mirror'.

There was a mirror in the compartment of the water tank, so Lynette appeared to have entered the water tank, but she hadn't. That's why Lynette's clothes weren't wet when she finally walked to the front of the stage.

Should I share this idea with everyone? But I haven't changed my mind yet!

Hisahi Shinobu understood Linni's emotions, tugged at Ichidou, and then shook his head.

One fight and you get it instantly; perhaps this is the bond between the Arataki faction.

"It's alright, Brother Linni, no need to say more. Just invite me to the next performance, and I'll definitely be able to spot the problem!" Ito laughed heartily.

Linni breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Definitely."

The other audience members, like Paimon in the story, were curious about the truth behind the magic trick, but in the end, they were persuaded to calm down by Villette's words.

Navelette said, "If we can see through his trick so easily, it means his skills still need further refinement."

"The appreciation of magic should focus on the process presented on stage, rather than the techniques that are deliberately hidden."

That's true. To appreciate magic, one should appreciate the process, not delve into the behind-the-scenes details.

The crowd put aside their curiosity and continued to enjoy Linni's magic tricks. The previous tricks were already very impressive, but Linni still had some amazing tricks up his sleeve.

"Even if the water tank escape magic trick looks flawless, Lynette is still my supporting actress at the end of the day," Linnie said.

"So for the next magic trick, I need one lucky audience member to participate."

The lucky audience member said yes, so who exactly is this lucky audience member?

First, we can rule out Fryna, Navelette, and the Traveler. These three are too famous, and their selection would seem somewhat contrived.

The next magic trick was a swap trick, with two boxes set up on stage, one on the stage and the other in the aisle of the audience.

Linni said that once inside the box, he would switch places with a lucky audience member in just one minute!

So who was the lucky audience member? After using a mechanical device to randomly generate two numbers, Linni announced the location of the lucky audience member.

[Linnie: "Let me see... Oh, it's the audience member in row seven, seat three. Congratulations, you'll be experiencing this magical minute firsthand!"]

The camera focuses on a girl with pigtails; all the lucky viewer needs to do next is enter the box.

The inside of the box is quite nice, and there are balloons and little stars hanging on the top, which is quite childlike.

The magic trick was proceeding step by step, and Fontaine and Inatsuma's audience were very tense.

They weren't nervous about whether the magic trick would succeed; it was mainly because they had read too many novels and always felt that something bad was bound to happen during such a grand magic trick.

So everyone was watching the magic show with great concentration, their attention completely focused on the magic trick, and no one noticed that the girl who had just stood up looked somewhat familiar.

You wouldn't believe it, but the story itself is a magic trick, a misdirection.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Linni's magic performance, completely oblivious to the girl's identity. Linni, however, noticed and said in a joking tone:

"You don't need to do anything. Even if you have some strange experiences, please don't come out."

"If the magic trick is interrupted, I don't know where you'll end up. Maybe in Melo Petersburg, hehe."

In Mello Petersburg, the prison of Fontaine, Linni's words were not unfounded; his attention was not drawn to the magic or the box.

To the girl, this was a threat. How could she not cooperate?

The girl in the close-up shot didn't show any joy; she just gave a slightly nervous "hmm" twice.

At that moment, all she wanted to say was: Speak up for me! Speak up for me!

Unfortunately, fate played a trick on them; the 'screenwriter' seemed to have misheard it as 'calling Watson'.

Thus, a detective story is about to begin.

Chapter 870 The Unparalleled Transfer Magic

Linni said, "Alright, before I enter the box, there's one more thing I need to ask you all—could you please count down for me?"

Linni asked the audience to count down to sixty, which was what he had previously referred to as one minute.

In fact, his magic trick takes less than a minute. The reason he makes the audience count down is simply to increase their participation and is a technique used to create atmosphere.

Whether the audience counts quickly or slowly doesn't matter much, but Linni still reminded them:

"I can't see anything in this pitch-black box, I can only rely on your voices to tell me the time."

"Oh, by the way, don't do anything funny. If you count to sixty in just thirty seconds, I'll be in trouble."

This is also a sentence that increases the audience's sense of participation, making them feel that they are important and involved in a part of the magic trick.

Linni even led the audience in a practice session beforehand, and the atmosphere instantly became lively when the entire audience started counting down in unison.

Sure enough, the magic show felt completely different after interaction and feedback. The countdown, like a tsunami, filled the air, and even the audience in real life were swept up in it.

Just like in the movie, everyone started counting down in unison: "Forty, thirty-nine, thirty-eight—!"

As the countdown numbers dwindle, is Linnie's magic trick progressing steadily...?

It's uncertain, because once Linni went inside the box, no one could see what was inside, and they had no idea how Linni's magic was progressing.

This unknown only heightened everyone's anticipation, and everyone eagerly watched the magic show.

"Mr. Linney," Garrick said, "are you still there? Are you ready?"

The magic assistant Garrick's questions were partly to confirm the magic procedure and partly to maintain everyone's anticipation.

Linni's voice came from inside the box, confirming that he was indeed inside. Half the time had passed, and he still hadn't reached the other side.

This made his magic trick seem even more impressive, because the actual time he spent changing positions didn't even take a minute.

Everyone's expectations were very high, but then they heard a 'thump' sound from the screen.

It was a strange sound, but no one paid attention because it was drowned out by the loud countdown from everyone.

However, not everyone was indifferent. Although Ichidou shouted very loudly, he still managed to catch the sound.

"Shinobu, did you hear that?" Ichito stopped counting down and asked.

Hisaki Shinobu nodded: "I heard it. The sound was muffled, like the sound of something falling."

Ichidou asked with some concern, "Could it be that the Linni brothers' magic trick failed?"

It has to be said that Yi Dou's ability to make friends with people is quite high; he has already started calling Lin Ni his brother.

Once he considers you a friend, he'll care about you a lot. So at this moment, Ichito is more worried about Linni than about the magic, hoping nothing bad will happen to him.

Arecino also heard the sound, but trusting Linni's magic skills, she concluded that the sound wasn't made by Linni. Even more amusing, Arecino chuckled.

The countdown continued, and the countdown had reached thirty seconds when the magic assistant called out again.

"What's going on, Mr. Linney? I heard you were still in the box," Garrick asked.

Linnie replied, "I accidentally knocked the decoration off. I want to put it back, but it's all dark inside, and I can't tell which way is which."

Did the decoration fall off? Some people were misled, thinking that the muffled sound was Linni knocking off the decoration.

Now that there's no more worry, I'm even more focused on the magic performance. The countdown is already halfway over. Will Linnie's magic trick still be successful?

With only a dozen seconds left, Linni's voice was still coming from the box on the stage.

Linni said, "Hey, hey, am I in the back? I can't tell from inside the boxes."

Garrick knocked on the box, and Linnie seemed to hear the sound, saying with some surprise:

"What? It failed again? I'll try again!"

The magic assistant helplessly shrugged, indicating that he had told her long ago not to worry about any decorations.

The audience was in a good mood, chuckling at the assistant's helpless actions, but the countdown wasn't over yet because the magic trick was still going on.

["May Fourth"]