The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician-Chapter 536 - 284 I’ve Said Before That Magic Isn’t Difficult!

"This is a good question," Jiang Shu simply praised after hearing the question.

That was certainly good, finally a normal question had arrived.

"First, we need to clarify one thing, magic is completely illusory," Jiang Shu pointed out, "The essence of magic is to deceive with falsehood; I use various means to make everything that happens on the stage seem real."

"So all magic, whether on this stage, the stage of the Black Currant Theater, or shown in the ’Kojima Documentary’, is false; there’s no fundamental difference," Jiang Shu continued, but then he smiled again, "Of course, I must point out that I really don’t know Koichi Kojima or any of the people who appeared on camera at the time – and they were definitely not my accomplices."

"Is that so?" the standing audience member paused and then slightly knitted his brows, "You say all magic is fake, so resurrection is fake too, but you also say you don’t know those people, doesn’t that make it all real? What do you mean?"

"This is not a contradiction," Jiang Shu continued to smile, "This is the magic of magic design. Koichi Kojima and his photographer are also spectators of the magic, so they fully believe in the real effect of the magic; it’s because they react so genuinely when facing the resurrection effect that you believe I actually possess the ability to resurrect, but obviously, I don’t."

"I understand, so as a magician, you would use every means to showcase the deceptive effects of magic," the audience member seemed to grasp what Jiang Shu was explaining.

Although he still didn’t understand the mystical aspect of the Resurrection Technique, it seemed he gained some insight.

"Correct, but one thing," Jiang Shu’s tone turned serious, and he spoke deliberately, "If a magician openly states that there are no accomplices in a magic act, then there aren’t any. This is a professional ethic I hold as a magician."

He turned to look at Su Xiaoou, smiling and saying, "Similarly, the professional ethics I uphold are applicable to Su Xiaoou’s path in magic as well."

Su Xiaoou nodded continuously, indicating her understanding.

Li Yuntang also casted a thoughtful look at Jiang Shu, her face breaking into a smile as if she had thought of something.

"Next, it’s time to answer questions drawn from the barrage," Jiang Shu gestured for the talking audience member to sit down, then he took out three paper airplanes from under the Magic Table, flying them towards the three audience members, "Thank you for your cooperation, here’s a small gift, wishing you happiness every day."

The paper airplanes circled around the studio and eventually landed in the hands of the three audience members, but by the time they touched down, they were no longer in the form of paper airplanes.

Unknown when, they had transformed into three Q-version Papermen dressed in black suits and white shirts, and their faces also adopted Jiang Shu’s facial features; anyone seeing these Papermen would immediately think of Jiang Shu.

This was quite a magical move, sparking a burst of exclamations from the audience section – this was the miracle happening right before their eyes.

A simple paper airplane had actually transformed into a Paperman, comparable to a Transformer, but this was merely paper, even if it were some metal structure it would still be impressive.

The transformation of these three paper airplanes into Papermen was naturally captured by the cameras, and at the same time, the barrage began to boil.

"???"

"Master Jiang just finished saying ’believe in science’ and the next second, a paper airplane turned into a human."

"Our magic is really scientific!"

"Is this Paperman serious?"

"I feel like what he just said is nonsense, why can’t he just admit it?"

Jiang Shu also slightly motioned for the studio to quiet down a bit, he was ready to move directly to the next segment, "If netizens want to ask questions, you can now post your questions in the barrage, I will have the backend randomly draw suitable questions for me to answer."

The barrage then got somewhat more serious, although half of it was still filled with unrelated stuff.

Soon, a relevant question was drawn by the backend.

And Jiang Shu pointed out a Simulated Light Screen, and concurrently, the backdrop switched to the image shown on the Simulated Light Screen in front of Jiang Shu.

"This is a question from user ’houzewife12138’: Is magic difficult? Is it easy to get started? Can you teach some simple ones?" Jiang Shu read out the question, then he looked back at the camera, "As for magic, the minimum threshold is low, but the ceiling is high. If you just want to trick your friends with a few moves, that’s naturally not difficult."

"For example, a very simple card change." He stood up, took out a deck of playing cards from his person, and picked up the first card of the deck, which was a three of hearts.

Then, he pinched one side of the card with his middle finger and thumb, "Like this."

Jiang Shu flicked the card with his left hand, just a flick, and the three of hearts instantly changed into a four of hearts.