The Seventh Base

Chapter 18: Magic Performance (2)

Translator: Lordbluefire

“Are there still more people? We can split into different groups,” the magician’s assistant continued speaking. He scanned the crowd and saw Yao`er who was being hugged by Mia. He then smiled and bowed. “Beautiful Miss, is this little princess willing to give it a try?”

“Ah…” Mia started and felt some hesitation. Yao`er also wanted to go, but at this moment, Xu Mo had an unusually solemn look on his face.

“No.” Xu Mo directly rejected. At this moment, he could feel a cold intent from the other party. The features of the assistant under his mask were now filled with malice. Moreover, he had a blade hidden on his body. In addition, the magic performance earlier made use of a body double. Clearly, if one fell into the hidden passageway, it was impossible for them to come up again. If not, there wouldn’t be a need for a body double.

Hence, that hidden passageway would lead to another place. This indicated that once someone entered, it was impossible for them to return!

When Mia heard Xu Mo’s solemn words, she started. But after that, she also shook her head in rejection. “No need, thanks.”

The other party placed his hand before his chest as he bowed. He then cast a glance at Xu Mo. His eyes that were under the mask were very cold. After that, he didn’t bother with them anymore and gathered the participating children and sent them into the box.

Xu Mo stared in that direction as his gaze changed. His perception was released to the strongest limit, and his expression was exceptionally solemn. These people might be a criminal organization that used magic tricks to trick people into falling into their trap.

“Xu Mo, what’s wrong?” Mia asked Xu Mo.

“Miss Mia, I noticed earlier that the masked woman who entered the box and the masked woman who appeared on the higher floor had nails of different lengths,” Xu Mo spoke. “It’s a replacement.”

Mia was somewhat astonished. “Where is she then?”

“There might be a mechanism leading to a hidden passageway under the floor. The real person might have fallen in,” Xu Mo continued.

“In that case, what’s their purpose in getting kids to participate?” Mia didn’t understand.

Xu Mo turned his head and looked at Mia as he spoke, “In the past, I heard that there were people using magic performances as a pretext to kidnap kids. These people are all masked, so no one would know their identities.”

“Ah…” Mia exclaimed in shock as an anxious look could be seen on her face. “What should we do then?”

Their conversation was drowned by the noises in the surroundings. No one heard them.

“What nonsense are you talking about? This place is the main city district of the Subterranean World. The law and order here are extremely good. Do you think this place is the black market?” Elsa berated harshly. Evidently, she felt that Xu Mo was making random guesses because he went to the black market too often.

Xu Mo cast a glance at Elsa. There was no expression on his face. After seeing his gaze, Elsa felt somewhat angry. She looked at the stage and spoke, “The performance has started. You should just wait and see.”

Xu Mo also stared in the direction of the magician and ignored Elsa. He had experienced the reality of ‘magic’ many times back in his world, let alone that this place was the Subterranean World.

The preparation box for the magic trick was very large, and a few children excitedly crawled into it. They were smiling in an extremely happy manner when they entered, as though they were in anticipation of the magic that might happen.

Xu Mo stared at the smiling faces. The children had no idea what they were going to face. Anyway, he couldn’t do anything now. Since Elsa didn’t believe him, the other strangers naturally wouldn’t either.

The instant the box closed, Xu Mo’s heart also jumped.

The magician began his exaggerated performance and at this moment, the bottom surface of the box opened, revealing the hidden passageway. Xu Mo could hear the low-sounding exclamations of shock from the children. However, there were no more noises just an instant later.

“There must be someone below who is activating the mechanism from under the ground.” Xu Mo stared at the magician. The instant the box opened, it was completely empty. All the children who entered had disappeared.

The crowd lifted their heads to stare at the area above, but there were no children there.

“Next, we will appear together with the children up there. Everyone, please wait to witness the miracle.” After the magician’s assistant spoke, he opened the box, and the magician and all the assistants were preparing to go inside together. The surrounding crowd applauded and cheered loudly. Even Elsa was evidently quite excited and was waiting in anticipation for the miracle that would happen next.

Xu Mo’s expression changed. These people were trying to retreat.

“There’s no time!”

Xu Mo saw that the box was already opened. He shouted, “A bunch of liars, the woman who entered the box and the woman whose above had nails of different lengths. They are clearly not the same person.”

Xu Mo’s voice was very loud, causing many people in the surroundings to look at him. Even Mia and Elsa were looking at Xu Mo. What did he want to do?

“You’ve seen wrongly.” The magician’s assistant cast a glance at Xu Mo and ignored him, continuing to walk toward the box. The people in the surroundings also didn’t react.

“I guess that there’s a mechanism under the box. Be careful, they must be wanting to kidnap children.” Upon seeing this, Xu Mo continued to speak.

Hearing this, the people in the surroundings started whispering to each other, and the parents of the children could no longer sit still. They rushed up and one of them spoke, “We are not participating anymore. Return my child to me.”

A commotion started to spread among the crowd. The magician and his group all now had unsightly expressions under their masks. Now that they were exposed, it was difficult even if they wanted to leave.

“Everyone, don’t listen to this youth talking nonsense. After the magic performance ends, the children will naturally appear above.” The magician’s assistant controlled his emotions and spoke.

“No can do. I have to see my child now.”

“That’s right. Magician, make them appear.”

This concerned the safety of their children, so how could they not feel anxious? Even if Xu Mo was talking nonsense, they wanted to see their children with their own eyes first.

“Everyone, please get down.” The other assistants went over and started pushing people.

“What are you guys doing?”

“Could it be that what he said was right? Magician, quickly hand the children over.” The voices below grew increasingly louder. Kidnapping children was something everyone extremely hated.