Li Yue was a little surprised. Hearing those two names, some thoughts arose in his mind, but now was not the time to dwell on them. He decided to finish the magic show first.
"Ben, this magic trick is completely safe. It only requires a small favor from Peter, and I promise to return him to you unharmed." He nodded to the man, then returned to the stage with the little boy, ready to begin the performance.
The stage was already set up. There wasn't much there, just two large boxes. One side of each box faced the audience, but the two boxes were placed far apart, about ten meters away from each other.
"What's he going to do? Hey, buddy, have you ever seen a magic trick like this?" A black man in the audience, looking surprised, turned to his friend and asked, but he received a negative answer.
"Please allow me to introduce my new assistant, Peter Parker. Let's give him a round of applause!" Li Yue held Peter Parker's hand and introduced him to the audience. The audience responded with enthusiastic applause.
Peter Parker's small face was a little red. It was his first time being watched by so many people, and he felt both shy and nervous.
Li Yue squeezed Peter's small hand to reassure him, telling him not to be too nervous. Then he knelt down and whispered something into his ear. Peter nodded, indicating he understood.
Li Yue began the magic show. The audience stared intently at the actions on stage, not blinking, as if they would miss something wonderful if they did.
On stage, Li Yue first had Peter open both boxes to show everyone that they were empty. Then he had Peter close the right box.
"Next, I'd like my assistant, Peter, to tie my hands behind my back and then tie my legs together." Li Yue said to the audience, then turned around, placing his hands behind his back. Little Peter took a rope and wrapped it several times around Li Yue's wrists, tying a dead knot. Afterward, he similarly tied Li Yue's legs together.
Li Yue struggled a bit to show the audience that he couldn't break free. Then he hopped into the left box, turned around with difficulty to face the audience, and said to Peter, "Peter, would you please close the box for me, and then open it after counting to three?"
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Little Peter nodded, then closed the box.
"Three! Two! One!" After closing the box, little Peter immediately began counting down. The entire audience also spontaneously joined in the countdown, anticipating what amazing thing would happen next.
After counting to one, little Peter suddenly pulled open the closed box. It was empty; there was nothing inside.
"How is that possible!" Little Peter couldn't help but exclaim, unable to believe that a person had simply vanished into thin air.
However, the audience saw a different scene. Just as little Peter opened the box, the door of the right box was opened. It was Li Yue, who had pushed open the box door from inside. He hopped out step by step, the ropes on his hands and legs unchanged, still tightly binding him.
"Oh my god, how did he do that?"
"That's incredible! He went into one box and came out of another, and there was ten meters between them!"
"Don't forget, his hands and feet were still tied, and it only took three counts. It's truly unbelievable, incredible!"
Almost all the audience members were incredulous, shocked at how he could have done such a thing, which seemed like magic. After a few seconds of shock, thunderous applause erupted. Many audience members stood up excitedly, clapping their hands vigorously, feeling that only this could do justice to such an incredible performance.
Li Yue stood there for dozens of seconds, as the audience's applause did not stop for dozens of seconds. Li Yue, of course, would not interrupt the excited audience. After another ten seconds or so, the audience's applause gradually died down, but their expressions still showed disbelief.
Seeing the audience gradually quiet down, Li Yue turned to little Peter and said, "Peter, please repeat what you just did." As he spoke, he hopped back into the box.
Little Peter only now slowly recovered his senses. His feelings were even more profound than the audience's, and he found it even more incredible, because he had personally closed and then opened the box door. He didn't understand at all how Li Yue had done it. Hearing Li Yue call him, he quickly ran over.
"I'll do it, Mr. Li Yue, this is truly incredible." Little Peter replied to Li Yue inside the box, then quickly closed the box.
"Three! Two!" Little Peter continued counting down, but this time the audience did not follow along. Because when little Peter ran over, the door of the left box had not been closed. He didn't know it, but the audience below saw it clearly. If the door wasn't closed, wouldn't everything be seen? So the audience stared intently at the open box on the stage, wanting to see how Li Yue would appear inside it.
However, the thoughts of the people backstage were different from the audience's. Uncle John, Barry, and Iris were all worried for Li Yue. Although they didn't know how Li Yue had transformed the last time, they knew that magic tricks all had mechanisms. If the audience discovered it, all the wonderful performances before would become worthless.
"What should we do? The door of that box isn't closed. If he continues, Mr. Li Yue's magic trick will be exposed, what should we do! Uncle John, go stop the performance!" Iris was very anxious. She was very worried about Li Yue. Such a wonderful performance before, it would be too much of a loss to fail due to a small mistake.
Upon hearing Iris's words, Uncle John immediately ran to the stage to stop the performance without thinking. However, three seconds was not enough time for anyone to do too much. Uncle John hadn't even reached the stage when little Peter had already counted to one and reached out to open the box. Uncle John could only helplessly stop, his mind racing, thinking about what to do next.
The entire audience was staring at the open box, but as little Peter counted to one, they didn't see Li Yue's figure appear in that box. The audience couldn't help but wonder, had the magic trick failed?
Almost simultaneously, the audience turned to look at the other box, the one little Peter had just opened. However, to their surprise, Li Yue's figure wasn't inside it either. The audience's eyes scanned the stage, but they didn't find Li Yue's figure.
"He's here! Mr. Li Yue is here! Oh my god! That's incredible! How did he do that? It's unbelievable!"
Just as most of the audience were searching for Li Yue's figure, a sudden exclamation rang out in the audience, filled with disbelief.
Ben Parker and May Parker were staring intently at little Peter on stage. They had also seen what happened just now. They didn't want to see Li Yue's magic show go wrong, but they couldn't stop it, so they could only watch helplessly, silently praying for Li Yue.
Just then, a gasp suddenly came from a few rows behind them. They all instinctively turned their heads to see what had happened.
However, as Ben Parker turned his head, he found that there was an extra person in the seat where little Peter had been sitting. That's right, this person was Li Yue, who had just performed the magic trick. He smiled at him and said, "Could you please help me untie the ropes on me? If I'm attacked by the audience like this, I won't be able to escape." Li Yue's little joke caused a burst of laughter from the audience.
Actually, Li Yue had discovered that the door of the other box hadn't been closed when the box door was shut. Because of his mental power, he could clearly perceive things within about ten meters of his center, and he could teleport items he perceived through space. So he could only teleport to another location. In three seconds, the best place he could think of was little Peter's previous seat. At this time, all the audience's attention was focused on the box on the stage, so no one noticed him, including Ben Parker and May Parker next to him.
A few seconds later, an audience member in the back row recognized his hat, discovered him, and then gasped. Everyone's attention was also drawn to him.
The rest of the story goes without saying. Li Yue's wonderful performance conquered all the audience members, earning thunderous applause, and Li Yue's first magic show ended perfectly.
At this moment, in a casino not far from the theater where Li Yue performed magic, the famous arms dealer Tony Stark was throwing dice at a gambling table, surrounded by beautiful women.