Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 989 Another Detective
The two soon arrived at the cultural center in Shizuoka.

When we got there, we found that it was quite lively.

——There seems to be a drama performance today.At the entrance of the cultural center stood a huge billboard with three gorgeously dressed actors on it.

Two of the young men, dressed as knights, were fighting with swords raised.

The old man in the background is sitting on a high throne, surrounded by a shadow, drinking wine and sneering.

……

I just glanced at it, and a laughing voice came from the side: "This is a popular masquerade from the 17th to 19th centuries. Today's show is John Benson's The Triumph of Folly. It translates to 'victory of folly'."

Jiang Xia and the Henggou Police Department turned around following the sound and saw a well-dressed woman.

The woman was dressed in a suit and skirt, nodded gracefully at them, raised her hand and pushed her glasses: "Mr. Henggou, are you still here for the last case?"

Halfway through the conversation, she saw Jiang Xia who turned her head clearly, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Miss Zhishui." The Henggou Police Department came back to his senses, "Your troupe is performing today? —— I wish you a smooth performance, we still have something to do, so we have to leave first."

Zhishui Juanzi murmured, hesitated to speak for a moment, and finally watched Jiang Xia leave helplessly.

——Their troupe tried the masquerade "Stupid Victory" for the first time.

Although the plot of this drama is good, there has always been a legend about it-from the 17th century to the present, every time it plays, at least one related person will unfortunately die.

At first, neither the director nor Shimizu Kanko paid much attention to this legend.

But during the rehearsal a while ago, there were always accidents every now and then, so they felt that it was impossible and wanted to find a detective to come over.

Unexpectedly, today, before the most critical performance, Jiang Xia would come.

but……

Shimizu Kanko sighed:

They're moving so fast they've already called in a detective.The man was in the hall, watching the last rehearsal of the play.

Now that I bring Jiang Xia there by myself, besides the Henggou police department will be unhappy, maybe the detective will also feel that the theater troupe is not optimistic about his ability...Let's forget it first.

Zhishui Juanzi shook her head, reluctantly looked away from Jiang Xia's far away back, and returned to the hall.

……

On the other side, Jiang Xia and the Henggou Police Department walked towards the side door.

Jiang Xia looked in the direction of the stage from a distance through the thick building wall, and always felt that the air over there was quite sweet—there seemed to be more than one murderous aura.

He remembered how the Henggou Police Department and the female agent had known each other just now, so he took a quick step and followed the Henggou Police Department who was distracted.

Then he asked casually, "That lady just now also knows about the case three days ago?"

"Huh?" Henggou Police Department regained consciousness and nodded hesitantly, "She knew something happened there, but she didn't know the details—the rest rooms that were blocked because of the murder case were originally intended for their theater troupe. But now they can only go to the other side, and besides..."

The Henggou Police Department touched his coral-like curly hair helplessly:

"Their director and manager learned that there was a murder in the waiting room, but they didn't complain, instead they felt strangely apologetic.

"We thought it was wrong. After some questioning, we found out that it seemed to be because of the 'stupid victory' they were about to perform. There have been many fatal accidents in history-it is said that since the show began in the 17th century, and that scene of the play Among the people involved, there must be a sacrifice. So they actually think that this case is likely to be influenced by them... It's really superstitious."

Jiang Xia looked a lot more serious: "Have there been many fatal accidents?"

"Yes, in fact, in my opinion, this is just a pure coincidence - which drama has never had a problem.

"It's just that in this 'Stupid Victory', the overall atmosphere of the plot is very gloomy, which is why it is so impressive. In the end, it was even passed on as something like a 'curse'."

The Henggou Police Department looks very materialistic.

If he hadn't had goosebumps all over his body while speaking, his words would definitely be more convincing:

"I also went to watch it at the time. This drama was about a tragedy of fighting for power - the prince and the minister had a duel and were pierced by the minister's sword. The minister laughed and fell from the roof.

"After the two died together, the king, who was watching behind the scenes, raised his glass to the audience with a smile - the dispute between the minister and the prince was actually provoked by the king in order to eradicate dissidents. However, the king failed to stand in the end. The minister poisoned his wine, and he fell too. In the end, no one survived."

Jiang Xia: "..." This drama, in this world, seems to be quite realistic.Is it adapted from reality?

……

While talking, the two had reached the side door.

The Henggou Police Department opened the door, and led Jiang Xia to those lounges familiarly.

"That's it." He took out the shoe covers and gloves and handed them to Jiang Xia, "A lot of physical evidence has been taken away, and the remaining traces are not too many..."

Before he finished speaking, his cell phone rang suddenly.

The Henggou Police Department looked down at the caller ID, couldn't help but twitched their foreheads, and showed a look of "the dog boss is here to persecute me again"—if the boss hadn't boasted that the case could be solved in a day in order to drive away the reporter this morning, they now There is no need to stress too much...

Henggou walked to the side and picked up the phone.

Jiang Xia looked at his back, thoughtful: the police in Shizuoka County are usually so busy?

... Maybe when there is no case in Tokyo, you can come and visit them nearby. Anyway, the two sides are not far away, and there is the famous Izu Beach here.

While thinking, Jiang Xia pushed open the door of the lounge, looking for possible murderous intent.

The lounge is very tidy and there are not many things. At a glance, there is nothing.

Murderousness is not here.

The rest of the adjacent lounges were also absent.Otherwise, at this distance, the ghosts must have brought back their killing intent.

"..." On the other side of the performing arts hall, a lot of murderous aura could be felt.

...I really want to go and have a look.

Jiang Xia retreated to the corridor, looking at the vast topographical map on the wall, he had a faint pleasant feeling of looking at a treasure map.

He was thinking about what excuse he should find to go over there for a while.

The Henggou Police Department hung up the phone, walked back, and said apologetically, "Mr. Xiao Gongshan's wife went to the police station to make trouble again, and it happens to be the law and order strengthening month, and there are not enough manpower. I have to go and see—you see Give me a call when you're done, and I'll come pick you up right away!"

The young detective was taken aback.

Then he nodded, as if he didn't mind the Henggou Police Department's scumbag behavior of "pick up the guests and then leave them behind": "Don't worry, I will contact you immediately if there is anything to do."

The Henggou Police Department left gratefully.

……

Jiang Xia quietly watched him leave.

The corridor door clicked shut, and Jiang Xia turned around and left.

Go on a treasure hunt.

(End of this chapter)