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Chapter 10 Leave before I get angry
Time gradually came to November 1989, and successive preliminary competitions began. Locke's Math Olympiad competition team had Peggy, a genius student, and Locke, a hacker, killing all the way, and easily won Qualified for the final.

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

This is a big task. If you can get No.1, you can get a reward of 500 potential points.

Locke is very positive about this. Last year, he narrowly lost by one point, but it made him annoyed for a long time.

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

"I don't feel that there is anything in particular that I want to go to. Big cities are just some high-rise buildings." To be honest, Locke is not interested in the attractions introduced above: "Is there anything you are interested in?"

"I've already thought about it. There are several days of free time in the game. I must have a good game." Peggy was full of enthusiasm.

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

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

"Where is the number one?"

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

Locke is not surprised. Not every American family can travel around the world when they are on vacation. Such things only happen in movies.

More Americans, like most people in the East, have just started working and want to travel, but they suffer from a lack of money and have no money to wander around. At most, they can only hang out nearby.

When they have some savings, most of them have a family at this time, and because of various family reasons, either they do not have enough time to take care of the elderly and children, or they do not have enough family budget.

Fortunately, the population of the United States is small, and there are many natural scenery in the wild. Many middle-class people have time to go fishing and hunting in the suburbs. only once.

The flight was flying very fast. When the plane arrived, I felt that the time had not passed too long, and then I rushed all the way to the hotel where I stayed.

Not only the members of the Olympiad competition came to participate in the competition, but also the members of other competitions who entered the final circle. The school directly rented a floor of a high-end hotel in New York.

There is no need to worry about board and lodging. The school has already allocated the budget. As a private high school, it is still very proud of activities that can improve the school's reputation.

I had lunch at the hotel at noon, the teacher who led the team and a few classmates made a calculation and drove towards the destination of this competition.

Many of the competitions this time were held at North Shore High School in New York. This high school is considered a strong old public high school. Their school's competition teams rarely make it to the finals of knowledge competitions, but the rugby and football teams do. Is a frequent visitor to the championship.

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

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

"What is there to envy, the development direction is different."

Locke shrugged his shoulders. This is actually a characteristic of the United States. Most public high schools implement happy education. What do you want to learn? Just strengthen your body 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 increase IQ happily together.

The venue for the competition was the student auditorium of North Shore High School. Although the competition was five days away, the pre-competition assault would continue after arriving at the venue.

This time, the counselor was full of confidence. In addition to last year's ace Locke, there was also a super player Peggy. It would not be a problem to lock the championship, but he felt that he should not be careless.

After grinding their guns in front of the battle, one set, two sets, can almost be regarded as super-syllabus test papers for college mathematics.

Fortunately, the teacher also knows that most of the students at this age have a restless heart. When they come to New York, they must want to relax.

At this time, colleges and universities from all over the world also send people over to see if there are any good seedlings among the top eight players in Shajin, and then try to dig them back to their own schools, which is considered normal.

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

Coming to a street, Locke saw a celebrity walk into a shop by the side of the road from a distance.

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

But what surprised Locke was that the person I saw just now looked 30 years old, with a vicissitudes of life, and he was not shooting a movie around him.

"I saw an interesting shop." With a bit of curiosity, Locke pointed to the shop that Cage entered just now.

This is an antique shop. When the door of the antique shop is gently pushed open, the pleasant copper bells ring.

Locke walked into the antique shop first, and Peggy followed behind him.

All kinds of crowded antiques filled the entire hall, and there was only a passageway that could accommodate one person at the foot, and there were even some papers scattered on the ground.

"Do you want to sell antiques?" Peggy glanced at Locke thoughtfully, 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 patterns on it, and wanted to touch it.

"stop!"

Locke, who remembered the plot of the movie, quickly stopped Peggy's actions 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 who used this clay pot to imprison his wife for ten years.

This pot has incredible magic power, and anyone who opens this pot will be sucked into it and sealed for ten years. "

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

"Clap clap clap..."

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

He walked downstairs while applauding, and looked at Locke: "Unknown boy, your knowledge is very good."

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

There is no camera 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 came here to ask you for advice, 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 didn't say anything, just looked at Locke and Balthazar silently.

After the uncle Cage heard the name Balthazar, the whole room became strangely cold, as if the temperature dropped several degrees all of a sudden.

"My name is Locke Lee. I'm an orphan. I'm from Dallas, Texas. I came across some ancient books by accident. I saw you on the street, just like the one in the portrait."

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

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

Staring at Locke and Peggy for a while, Balthazar said slowly, "I don't know what you're talking about. You've got the wrong person. It's best to leave before I get angry."

(End of this chapter)