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Chapter 65 - 62: The Magician · Oct 30, 2026

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61 Chapter 61: Departure 2026-10-30
62 Chapter 62: Thoughts on Going Premium 2026-10-30
63 Chapter 63 - 62: Magician 2026-10-30
64 Chapter 64 - 62: Magician 2026-10-30
65 Chapter 65 - 62: The Magician 2026-10-30
66 Chapter 66 - 63: Assassin 2026-10-30
67 Chapter 67 - 63: Assassin (2) 2026-10-30
68 Chapter 68 - 63: Assassin (3) 2026-10-30
69 Chapter 69 - 64: Time 2026-10-30
70 Chapter 70 - 64: Time 2 2026-10-30
71 Chapter 71 - 64: Time_3 2026-10-30
72 Chapter 72 - 65: Chaos 2026-10-30
73 Chapter 73 - 65: Chaos (Part 2) 2026-10-30
74 Chapter 74 - 66: Gift 2026-10-30
75 Chapter 75 - 66: Gift (Part 2) 2026-10-30
76 Chapter 76 - 66: Gift 3 2026-10-30
77 Chapter 77 - 67: True Lies 2026-10-30
78 Chapter 78 - 67: True Lies (Part 2) 2026-10-30
79 Chapter 79 - 67: True Lies 3 2026-10-30
80 Chapter 80 - 68: Screwed 2026-10-30
81 Chapter 81 - 68: Screwed (Part 2) 2026-10-30
82 Chapter 82 - 68: Done For (3) 2026-10-30
83 Chapter 83 - 69: Beam Converger and Circuit Board 2026-10-30
84 Chapter 84 - 69: Beam Converger and Circuit Board (Part 2) 2026-10-30
85 Chapter 85 - 69: Beam Converger and Circuit Board (Part 3) 2026-10-30
86 Chapter 86 - 70: Do-over 2026-10-30
87 Chapter 87 - 71: Hope 2026-10-30
88 Chapter 88 - 71: Hope 2026-10-30
89 Chapter 89 - 71: Hope 2026-10-30
90 Chapter 90 - 72: Old Acquaintance 2026-10-30
91 Chapter 91 - 72: Old Acquaintance 2026-10-30
92 Chapter 92 - 72: An Old Acquaintance 2026-10-30
93 Chapter 93 - 73: Anchor Point 2026-10-30
94 Chapter 94 - 73: Anchor Point 2 2026-10-30
95 Chapter 95 - 74: Intelligence 2026-10-30
96 Chapter 96 - 75: Verification 2026-10-30
97 Chapter 97 - 75: Verification 2026-10-30
98 Chapter 98 - 76: Speedrun 2026-10-30
99 Chapter 99 - 77: A Higher Education 2026-10-30
100 Chapter 100 - 77: Upgrading to a Bachelor’s 2026-10-30

’This criminal called the Magician... who in the world was he? Or what kind of monster?’

’Just hearing news about him is enough to get you silenced?’

’That’s too absurd.’

’He’s even more terrifying than the unnamable Voldemort from *Harry Potter*.’

But on second thought, it made sense.

As the world’s most heinous criminal, with an entire prison built just for him, this Magician might really be on the same level as Voldemort from *Harry Potter*.

And...

Beheading.

Having heard that word several times now, Jiang Ran couldn’t help but swallow hard.

It was 2025. A brutal execution method like beheading had been phased out long ago.

Under the current justice system, the death penalty was usually carried out by lethal injection.

Only the most depraved criminals were executed by firing squad.

Beheading... it was truly unimaginable.

It seemed the Magician’s crimes were indeed so heinous, so loathed by all, that only a public beheading could satisfy the world.

”What does that shorty’s business have to do with us?”

Bookworm pushed up his glasses.

”He might have heard news about the Magician during labor, but we couldn’t.”

”Heh.”

Sang Biao scoffed.

”You think they’ll believe that?”

”We’ve all been locked up here for so many years. Who hasn’t heard bits and pieces from one place or another?”

”Besides, the shorty was genuinely tight-lipped; he never told us anything about the Magician... But do you think the guards will see it that way?”

”So, don’t get your hopes up about the future—”

”Once they execute the Magician, they’ll silence all of you next! All your lives combined aren’t worth a single secret under the Magician’s fingernail!”

Jiang Ran couldn’t take it anymore.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. He rapped on the bars, signaling for Sang Biao to look over.

”Who exactly is the Magician?”

He was just too curious.

”What did he do? What crimes did he commit?”

”The Magician is the Magician,” Sang Biao said, looking at Jiang Ran.

”Did you get hit in the head too hard, or are you still asleep? Does the Magician really need an introduction?”

”Just tell me,” Jiang Ran urged.

’From Sang Biao’s reaction, the Magician’s deeds were common knowledge on this world line. But he had crossed over from another world line, completely ignorant of this one’s history.’

”Tch!”

Sang Biao waved him off dismissively.

”I don’t have the fucking time for that! I’m busy planning a prison break, not teaching kindergarten!”

”Why do they call him the Magician?”

Jiang Ran pressed on.

”Can he actually do magic? Or does he use some kind of amazing tricks to commit his crimes?”

Everyone fell silent.

Even the stupid young man in Cell 2 across the way walked up to his iron bars, craning his neck to look at Jiang Ran in Cell 3 with an expression like he was looking at an idiot.

The same look appeared on the faces of Sang Biao and Bookworm.

”You...”

Sang Biao scratched his head.

”Do you really not know, or are you just pretending?”

At this point, even his own thick skull was losing confidence in the new kid’s intelligence.

”The Magician is obviously just a codename! It’s just a title!”

Bookworm nodded in agreement.

”This young man... seems to genuinely have no idea. That’s so strange. Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t know about the Magician?”

”I really don’t know.”

Jiang Ran looked at Bookworm.

”The Magician... who is he?”

Bookworm pushed up his glasses.

”The Magician is the most evil criminal in human history. That’s literally written in textbooks.”

”Crimes against humanity, endangering civilization, destroying Earth’s space, disrupting the historical order... and so on and so forth. Many criminal charges were created specifically for the Magician.”

”Of course, if you’re asking about the Magician’s identity...”

He looked up, his gaze passing through the faint light of the corridor and across two sets of iron bars to meet Jiang Ran’s eyes.

”The whole world knows that the Magician’s real name is—”

”Qin Feng.”

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