"Hello everyone, welcome to the magic show of the genius magician Velvie. I'd like to ask for a volunteer from the audience to be my assistant. Is anyone willing?"
Taking off her top hat, she placed it over her chest and bowed slightly, smiling at the crowd.
A man with tattoos on the stage looked on with curiosity and stepped forward first.
However, he didn't notice Velvie's eyes light up when she saw him.
"Alright audience, you see this is just an ordinary box. Please inspect it."
With that, Velvie handed the box to the man.
The man took the box and examined it carefully, finding no difference from any ordinary box.
"It's normal, just a regular box."
"Heh heh, then next, please place something you consider important inside. I will make it appear in an unexpected place on your person."
Thinking that no one in Twilight Street would dare to scam her, the man placed his most important pocket watch and his bracelet and necklace inside.
He wanted to see how this genius magician would make these things appear on him.
Seeing this, Velvie's eyes lit up.
Hahaha, these people's money is so easy to scam. My research funds are secured again. Though I'll probably have to go on the run again.
Even though she knew the consequences, Velvie had no intention of changing.
As soon as she arrived, she had investigated and knew all the gangs and their members here.
And these people were all heinous criminals, the kind who would take a minute to execute.
Therefore, Velvie felt no guilt scamming them.
Closing the box, Velvie carried it into a larger cabinet.
Inside the cabinet, Velvie shouted to the outside, "Audience outside, please use the chainsaw I placed on the table to cut me open."
"Okay, hahaha, you asked for it."
As someone who killed without batting an eye, the man lacked the hesitation and fear of a normal person.
He immediately grabbed the chainsaw, revving it up, and sawed directly into the cabinet.
The cabinet split in two, but Velvie was nowhere to be found inside.
Seeing this, the audience below cheered.
"Ooh, amazing! The stage is hollow, where did she go?"
"As expected of a genius magician, truly impressive."
However, compared to the cheering audience below, the man on stage looked a little displeased.
More than a minute had passed, and Velvie still hadn't appeared.
The man immediately roared, "Magician, where are you? Come out!"
But no matter how many times he shouted, Velvie seemed to have no intention of responding.
Rather than not responding, it was as if she had already disappeared.
A minute ago, Velvie had successfully escaped by using the reflection of a mirror combined with various other factors.
"Phew, those fools' money is really easy to get. But it's ill-gotten gains anyway. If I use their money for inventions to benefit the whole world, it'll be like accumulating merit for them."
Looking at the three items, one was a gem-encrusted necklace, one a pure gold watch, and the other a pocket watch with pointers made from extremely rare gems.
The money from selling just these items would be enough for her research for a month.
"Hmm, even though those people are bad guys, deceiving people is still wrong."
"Waaah—!"
The sudden sound startled Velvie so much that she almost dropped the box in her hands.
Looking towards the source of the sound, she saw Airi, who was 14 years old, and Chang Yuan, who was 18.
"Who are you two? You're not from those people, are you?"
As she spoke, Velvie reached into her pocket.
Feeling her custom smoke bomb, her racing heart calmed down a bit.
"We were in the audience just now. We're not from those people."
"Phew, that's good, that's good. Uh, so what are you two looking for me for?"
Seeing that they weren't enemies, Velvie breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as they weren't enemies, anything was fine.
"It's nothing. We just felt your magic was amazing, and that deceiving people is wrong."
"Tsk, those guys are all bad people, don't you know? Each of them has the blood of countless people on their hands.
I'm just taking their money now. If I had the ability, I would have avenged those people myself."
Hearing this, Velvie said with an air of righteous indignation.
"No, I always felt those were secondary. The main thing is you want to sell them and use the money for what you want to do, right?"
"Eh, how could you, cough cough, who said that? I was planning to donate the money."
Stare—!
"Really, you have to believe me, I swear on the name of the genius magician."
Stare—!
"Alright, alright, I have selfish motives too, okay?"
Under the combined gaze of Chang Yuan and Airi.
Velvie finally had no choice but to admit her selfish intentions under duress.
However, it was at this moment that various noisy sounds began to ring out.
Seeing this, Velvie knew she had to leave. She then reluctantly took out the pure gold necklace, which was the least valuable item among them.
"This is for you all. Whoever sees it gets a share. Don't expose me, and may we meet again."
Without waiting for Chang Yuan to take it, Velvie directly threw the pure gold necklace away and turned to continue her escape.
Seeing this, Chang Yuan quickly tossed the pure gold necklace into an inconspicuous corner.
After finishing this, Chang Yuan quickly smeared some mud on the ground and, without a word, smeared it onto Airi's face.
Airi didn't have time to react before her face was smeared into a mess, but even so, it was difficult to conceal her beauty.
However, this was enough.
Just as he finished doing all this, a group of men with guns arrived.
"Hey, kid, have you seen a woman wearing a top hat with two-colored hair around here just now?"
Upon seeing Chang Yuan, the man asked impolitely.
Hearing this, Chang Yuan immediately pointed in a completely different direction from where Velvie had fled.
Seeing this, the man gave Chang Yuan a deep look, then noticed the pink figure he was shielding behind him.
However, upon seeing the mess on her face, he immediately lost interest.
After all, their boss was about to go crazy, and now was not the time for other things. Besides, she wasn't pretty enough to warrant offending their boss and getting beaten up over it.
So, after only a few glances, the man led his men and ran in the direction Chang Yuan had pointed.
After everyone had left, Airi puffed out her cheeks and glared at Chang Yuan indignantly.
"You jerk, next time smear it better. You almost got it in my mouth."
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