This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends Chapter 678 - 456: Phantom Thief Magic

The Ghost Hand skill I drew earlier was very useful, and with Wu Mu’s current physical condition, he’s practically unbeatable in sleight-of-hand magic.

After a dashing entrance, Wu Mu stood at the center of the stage.

Previously, he mostly ca on stage to sing, so being a Magician for the first ti, he wasn’t quite used to the opening.

But it’s okay, as long as there’s no pressure and no fear of failure, it’s actually no different.

The host started the show with a look of amazent on stage, "The Masked Teacher is simply amazing, truly worthy of being a famous Magician. So this is how you change clothes."

During rehearsals, although the general direction was agreed upon, there were actually no restrictions on details. Yang Sheng was worried that too many restrictions would make Wu Mu’s act less fun.

So the specific interactions were left for Wu Mu to improvise.

At this mont, Wu Mu chuckled, "Famous, huh? I just ca up with this na a few days ago."

Hmm, it really has his personal style.

The host thought to herself sarcastically, but her expression remained unchanged. She continued with her comntary, "Even though it’s a new na, just by looking at the Masked Teacher, you can tell he’s a renowned Magician. What magical performance will the Masked Teacher bring us today?"

Wu Mu said, "Today I’m going to perform a theft magic trick, just like the phantom thief costu I’m wearing."

"A theft magic trick?"

"Yes, right in front of all the audience here, I’ll steal everyone’s beloved possessions. I need so audience mbers to cooperate with in this magic. Is anyone willing to co up and perform?"

The Magician picking audience mbers on the spot is an old trick, and imdiately a large number of people raised their hands from the audience.

Generally speaking, these so-called on-the-spot audience mbers are often pre-arranged assistants of the Magician.

But Wu Mu doesn’t need stooges; he did sothing flashy.

He surveyed the auditorium, "There are many willing to co up, it’s hard to choose... Let’s use so random numbers to select, just to prevent anyone from thinking I picked soone pre-arranged."

He turned to look at the host beside him, "What’s the current popularity value in our Bilibili live streaming room?"

This was all improvised, and the host was visibly stunned, but she also understood how to cooperate for effect, "This really stumped , Masked Teacher. I don’t have a phone on to check..."

She turned to look at the audience, "Can anyone help check the popularity of our live event?"

The atmosphere in the audience instantly heated up, and many people imdiately pulled out their phones, and soon a barrage of numbers was reported, "634,291,201."

That’s an extrely high popularity, almost a hundred million more than previous New Year’s Gala events on Bilibili.

Wu Mu nodded, "The last digit is 93. Could we have the audience mber seated at row 93 cooperate in the performance?"

This thod to choose an audience mber?

Everyone found it novel; indeed, this thod eliminated suspicions that the audience mber was a plant. It was genuinely a random number.

And that’s not all.

"Audience mber 93 doesn’t need to co on stage, just stay where you are, I’ll co down in a mont."

The selected audience mber just needed to stay seated, while Wu Mu picked the second person, "Now for the second audience mber..."

He smiled and said, "Using the live room’s popularity could possibly be manipulated, so for the second person, could everyone help check how many likes the latest post on our New Year’s Gala official account has now?"

Nine hundred thirty thousand plus, also quite high.

Yes, it was the post announcing Wu Mu’s appearance.

Besides the number of likes on Weibo, Wu Mu randomly ntioned so other trics.

By now, any suspicion of manipulated stooges was completely removed.

Live room popularity might be manipulated by Bilibili, but with trics like Weibo likes, official keyword entries on search engines, and comnt counts, it was hard to believe they could coordinate with other platforms to manipulate them.

After gathering ten people this way, Wu Mu let the following five co up on stage to wait for a mont.

Then he went offstage to find the other five seated in the audience.

Starting with the first selected audience mber, the cara followed his movent.

"Do you have any treasure on you that you wouldn’t want to take?" Wu Mu asked the first audience mber.

The first audience mber, a young man around twenty-six or twenty-seven, was visibly nervous and excited on cara. He rummaged through his pockets and finally took out a phone, "This is a new phone my girlfriend bought with her first salary after starting work. It’s my important treasure."

People around turned their heads side-eyeing, "Your girlfriend bought you a phone with her first month’s salary, sounds like a fairy tale, buddy."

Wu Mu also looked at him, nodded, "A very precious treasure."

He looked over the phone for a mont, then slid it into the audience mber’s chest pocket under the cara, "Now, please make sure to guard this treasure well to prevent from taking it. You’d better keep your hand on the pocket, pressing on it constantly."

The audience mber acted according to his instructions.

After having him hold onto the treasure, Wu Mu also had him show the audience, "Please confirm for yourself if it’s still in your pocket."

"Yes, it is."

"Alright, put it in, and don’t take it out until I tell you to."

After getting the first audience mber sorted, Wu Mu proceeded to the second, performing similarly.

The treasures of others varied, like the car keys they bought in full, a charm for safe journeys from their daughter, a small toy from a good friend, and so on.