Chapter 232 Two Million Reward
Victor's expression darkened instantly. He suppressed his anger and looked at Xia Lili and the others. "Officers, I'm afraid there's something wrong with your intelligence system."
His voice was transmitted throughout the theater through the microphone, causing an uproar among the audience.
While Victor was checking the locks, Xia Lili had whispered to Li Qihan a detailed description of the horrific scene she had seen in her hallucination. Upon hearing Victor's findings, they both looked up in shock.
"This is impossible..." Xia Lili took a deep breath and then urgently suggested, "Mr. Victor, could you please check the escape hatch at the bottom of the water tank?"
“Can you confirm if it can be turned on normally?”
Victor took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, squatted down, and inserted the key into the keyhole of the escape passage.
With a crisp "click", the lock opened. The moment he removed the lock, he suddenly disappeared into the water tank.
After a while, Victor's voice came from the back of the audience: "I have thoroughly checked it, and every aspect of the 'Deep Water Cage' is perfect!"
Xia Lili wiped the water tank and found that there was a passage under it, leading to the back row of the audience seats.
The audience turned around in surprise, only to see Victor standing in the back aisle, holding the lock he had just opened. "As you can see, the escape route is completely functional!"
There was clear sarcasm in his tone.
Most importantly, testing the escape route in front of so many people would make his magic lose its mystery!
The audience suddenly exploded:
"Oh my god, what a powerful performance this would have been!"
"It's so unprofessional to interrupt a live performance like this during a global broadcast! Can't the police investigate first?"
"Master Victor's magic is indeed well-deserved..."
Victor strode toward the stage with a gloomy face, his voice filled with suppressed anger: "Now, can you please ask the two officers to leave?"
He added coldly: "My legal team will communicate with your bureau on this matter."
The unfortunate person, Chi Hui, the nouveau riche uncle, was so angry that his face turned red. As a die-hard fan of Victor, he finally got the opportunity to interact with his idol on the same stage, but was interrupted.
He pointed at Xia Lili and the other two angrily and said, "I'm going to complain to you! Do you know how important this opportunity is to me?"
Chi Hui's voice trembled with anger: "I waited in line for three years to get a ticket to this show. I was finally chosen to be on the same stage with Master Victor, but you ruined it all!"
Xia Lili suddenly felt the pressure double. She nervously clutched Li Qihan's sleeve and asked, "Captain Li...what should we do now?"
Li Qihan calmly held her slightly trembling hand and whispered, "Don't worry."
He turned his gaze to the water tank and calmly analyzed: "The lock can be opened now because the water tank is empty. But the problem may be the underwater environment. The lock will malfunction after being submerged in water."
Xia Lili's eyes lit up and she immediately understood what he meant.
Yes, the water tank was indeed not filled with water when Victor checked it before!
When I checked before going on stage for the performance, I found that the water tank had not been filled with water yet.
Li Qihan turned to the furious Victor and said firmly but politely, "Mr. Victor, could you please cooperate with us in an experiment?"
"Refill the tank with water and have someone try to pick the lock underwater."
Victor became even more furious when he heard this: "What on earth do you want? The audience is here to see the magic show, not to see you fooling around!"
He shook his head in disappointment. "I kindly selected you two to come on stage to interact. I wanted to give you an unforgettable interactive experience."
"I didn't expect you to be such unreasonable people."
Xia Lili took a deep breath and looked at Victor with a determined gaze. "Mr. Victor, my brother Xia Xubai is also a guest performer tonight. As a family member, I look forward to this performance being a complete success more than anyone else."
She stepped forward and said in a clear and sincere voice, "Please give us another chance to verify it."
Li Qihan then added calmly, "I'll go down into the water and check the locks this time."
Just then, the sound of synchronized footsteps came from the back of the theater.
Leng Xiaohe led a team of uniformed police officers in formation, their police badges shining brightly under the spotlight.
"Mr. Victor," Leng Xiaohe stepped forward, her tone respectful yet dignified, "These two are elite officers from our Yangcheng Police Department. They have a 100% accuracy rate in crime prevention. Their professional judgment deserves your careful consideration."
Xia Lili looked directly into Victor's eyes and solemnly promised: "If this verification was our fault, I am willing to personally bear all losses, including the millions of dollars in performance losses you mentioned."
Victor sneered, "Who can't brag in front of the camera?"
Li Qihan raised his hand and gently stroked the police badge on his chest. His voice was sonorous and powerful: "As police officers of Dragon Country, what we did today is worthy of the badge on our chests."
"Whether it was to disrupt the performance or to protect lives, the truth will soon be revealed."
The whole place was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on this tense moment of confrontation.
Victor waved his hand gloomily to the staff to refill the water, obviously losing his patience.
The tank was quickly refilled, and the water glowed a cold blue under the spotlight.
Li Qihan quickly removed his suit jacket and his watch, handing it to Xia Lili. He was wearing a white shirt that was almost transparent after being soaked in water. Before entering the water, he whispered, "One minute countdown," his voice muffled through his oxygen mask.
"I understand." Xia Lili quickly set the countdown on her mobile phone, her fingertips trembling slightly.
With a "beep" sound, the countdown officially begins.
Chi Hui sneered at the side, "I want to see what tricks you can come up with! This performance that should have gone down in history has been completely ruined by you!"
He added viciously, "You've caused such a big disaster, just wait to be fired and investigated!"
Xia Lili ignored him and stared at the water intently.
Li Qihan's slender figure floated in the water tank, his wet white shirt clinging to his strong back muscles.
He half-knelt, observing the antique copper lock intently, like a sculpture submerged in water.
Xia Lili, who had excellent eyesight, noticed that at 42 seconds into the countdown, a series of bubbles rapidly emerged from the keyhole of the copper lock.
The entire theater was silent, and even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Xia Lili's palms, and the countdown numbers kept jumping in her eyes.
"Ten, nine, eight..." She counted down softly, and at the last three seconds, she made a countdown gesture to Li Qihan in the water.
Li Qihan nodded slightly, holding the copper key with his bony fingers and slowly inserting it into the keyhole.
The sound of the key turning was amplified by an underwater microphone and was particularly clear in the silent theater.
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