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Time gradually came to November 1989, and the preliminary rounds began one after another. Locke's Mathematical Olympiad competition team had Peggy, a genius student, and Locke, a cheating player. They killed all the way and easily won. qualified for the finals.

In early December, the group traveled to New York for the finals.

This is a big task. If you can get first place, you can get a reward of 500 potential points.

Locke was very positive about this. He lost by one point last year, but it annoyed him for a long time.

"Have you figured out what you want to play?" On the plane, Peggy glanced at the magazine Locke was holding.

"I don't feel like there's anything in particular I want to go to. Big cities are just high-rise buildings." To be honest, Locke isn't interested in many of the scenic spots introduced above: "Is there anything you're interested in?"

"I've thought about it. I have several days free for the game, so I must have a good time." Peggy said with great interest.

"Didn't you go out to play during the holidays?"

"My father is a dentist, and he is very busy during the holidays. My mother took me to visit nearby cities, but that was New York, which ranked second among the places I wanted to visit."

"Then where's the number one spot?"

"Hawaii, I heard that the scenery there is very good." Peggy said: "Maybe when I graduate from high school, I can ask my parents to take me to play, but I don't know if my father has time."

Locke is not surprised. Not every American family can travel around the world during the holidays. Such things only happen in movies.

More Americans, like most people in the East, have just started working and want to travel, but they are short of money and have no money to waste around. At most, they can only wander around nearby.

When they have some savings, most of them have families at this time. Due to various family reasons, they either don't have enough time to take care of the elderly and children, or they don't have enough family budget.

Fortunately, the United States has a small population and a lot of natural scenery in the wild. Many middle-class people have time and can go fishing and hunting in the countryside. It is already considered a good leisure. There are not many opportunities to fly to other cities during the holidays. It may take several years. It only happens once.

The flight flew very quickly. When the plane arrived, it felt like not too much time had passed. Then we rushed all the way to the hotel where we were staying.

Not only the members of the Mathematical Olympiad competition came to participate in the competition, there were also members who entered the finals of other competitions. The school directly chose a high-end hotel in New York and rented a floor.

There is no need to worry about food and accommodation. The school has already allocated its budget. As a private high school, it is very proud of activities that can enhance the reputation of the school.

After having lunch at the hotel, the team leader and several classmates made a summary and drove towards the destination of this competition.

Many events in this competition are held at North Shore High School in New York. This high school is a well-established public high school. Very few of their school's competition teams can enter the finals of the knowledge competition, but the football and soccer teams can. A frequent visitor to the championship.

The most impressive thing here is the stadium, which can even host decent medium-sized events depending on its size.

Seeing this stadium, Lip couldn't help but sigh: "Such a big stadium is much bigger than the one in our school. It's really enviable."

"There's nothing to envy about this. The development direction is different."

Locke shrugged his shoulders. This is actually an American characteristic. Most public high schools implement happy education. Why should we study? We can just strengthen our physical fitness together.

As for private high schools, they may also pay attention to sports, but the intensity is much lower than that of academic subjects. Why do we need sports? Let's all have fun together and enhance our IQ.

The venue for the competition is the student auditorium of North Shore High School. Although the competition is five days later, the pre-match assault after arriving at the venue still has to continue.

This time, the tutor is full of confidence. In addition to last year's ace Locke, there is also super player Peggy. Locking the championship is not a problem, but he feels that it is still not careless.

In preparation for the battle, one set, two sets, which can almost be regarded as super-level test papers for college mathematics, were started.

Fortunately, the teacher also knows that most students of this age have restless hearts. They definitely want to relax when they come to New York, and they can't completely suppress it. It means they can move around freely in the afternoon.

At this time, it is also normal for universities from all over the country to send people over to see if there are any good prospects among the top eight players in Silly Jin, and then try to recruit them back to their own schools.

Because Linda didn't follow, Peggy took the reluctant Locke to the streets of New York and started to follow the planned route with great interest.

Arriving at a street, Locke saw a celebrity walking into a shop on the roadside from a distance.

Nicolas Cage, at the age of 25, is still just a literary and film star. As New York is the film and television production center of the eastern United States, it is not surprising to meet some celebrities.

But what makes Locke strange is that the man he saw just now looks to be thirty years old, with a vicissitudes of life on his face, and he doesn't look like he is filming a movie.

"I saw an interesting store." With some curiosity, Locke pointed to the store that Cage entered just now.

This is an antique store. When you gently open the door of the antique store, the pleasant sound of copper bells rings.

Locke walked into the antique store first, with Peggy following behind him.

Crowded antiques of all kinds filled the entire hall. There was only a passage under the feet that could accommodate one person, and there were even some papers scattered on the ground.

"Do you want to sell antiques?" Peggy glanced at Locke who was thoughtful and began to look around.

The scene in front of him gradually overlapped with a movie in Locke's memory, and finally his eyes fell on a half-person-high clay pot.

"Do you like this?" Following Locke's gaze, Peggy saw the clay pot, looked at the pattern on it, and wanted to touch it.

"stop!"

Locke, who remembered the plot of the movie, quickly stopped Peggy's movements and explained: "This is handed down from the Hunter Dynasty.

It is said that the second king of the Hunter Dynasty was a powerful dark wizard. He once used this clay pot to imprison his wife for ten years.

This clay pot possesses incredible magical power. Anyone who opens this clay pot will be sucked into it and sealed for ten years. "

"Do you still believe these legends? This is not at all..."

"Pa bang bang..."

Before Peggy could finish speaking, there was a burst of applause. Locke looked up and recognized Cage in a black trench coat.

He walked downstairs while applauding and looked at Locke: "Young man, you have a lot of knowledge."

"Thank you, I just happen to have some research on mysticism." Locke said calmly.

There are no cameras here, and the movie in my memory was not shot at this time. Locke looked at the other party carefully and confirmed his judgment more and more:

"I come here to ask for advice from you, and I hope to be taught by you, respected Mr. Balthazar."

Peggy looked at Locke strangely, not understanding why he suddenly spoke like this, but she was smart and did not say anything, and just looked at Locke and Balthazar silently.

After Uncle Cage heard the name Balthazar, the whole room became strangely cold, as if the temperature suddenly dropped several degrees.

"My name is Rock Lee. I am an orphan. I come from Dallas, Texas. I went to West Private High School. I accidentally came into contact with some ancient books. I saw you on the street, and you looked the same as in the portrait."

Feeling the lowering temperature around him, Locke took off his coat and put it on Peggy's body, and said slowly: "It seems that my test just now was not wrong. I wonder if I have the honor to be yours." student."

While speaking, Locke's eyes stayed on Balthazar's hand, where a yellow gemstone ring exuded gleaming light.

After staring at Locke and Peggy for a while, Balthazar said slowly: "I don't know what you are talking about. You have found the wrong person. It's best to leave before I get angry."