Jiang Xia looked at his watch: "It seems it's time to eat."
Conan: "..."
He showed a puzzled expression, "There is a puzzle in front of you, but you only think about eating? You are still not a detective!"
But soon, perhaps because of the mention of this topic, Conan's stomach growled, and he was obviously hungry.
Jiang Xia was very dignified and pretended not to hear, and answered his question by the way: "Maybe 'Edo Boy' is really related to this group, for example, he is one of the members, and the group leader and screenwriter happened to know this, so
It’s in the script.”
"Do they want to use this method to make the Edo boy run and surrender?" Conan tried to use reasoning to alleviate the embarrassment that just flashed. "Actually, the fastest solution is to call the police and arrest the person. I heard that
That monster thief had hurt people during the robbery, but...well, forget it, after all, it is his own group, and there are feelings between the group members. It would be best if we could really persuade that person to surrender."
At this time, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko came over from the direction of the captain's lounge.
Seeing Jiang Xia and the others looking thoughtful, the two of them asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xia came back to her senses: "How is that new classmate?"
Mao Lilan sighed, a little worried: "I don't know if he was kicked or if he is simply autistic. He doesn't seem to want to communicate with us and has already fallen asleep."
"Then let's go eat first." Jiang Xia saw several well-known old restaurants nearby on the way here. They are usually far away and are too lazy to make a special trip to eat here, but today they happened to drop by.
Yoko Kinoshita was also a little hungry. She thought of the lovely fans just now and touched her belly: "It seems that the people in the tour group haven't eaten yet. Let's pack a few portions for them after eating, so that they won't be too busy and forget about it.
.”
Several people quickly reached a consensus and went to find a restaurant nearby.
…
After eating, several people returned to the theater building carrying several boxed lunches.
The hotel was closer to the back door of the theater. Jiang Xia opened the door and took just two steps inside when the door to the leader's lounge was pushed open from the inside.
A little girl in ancient costume walked out of the door. When she saw them, she said "Ah!" in surprise, and then she jumped over and ran over: "Jiang Xia! I thought you were gone."
Jiang Xia lowered her head and recognized it, and found that it was Yi Donghui. This fashionable little girl looked like a completely different person after she changed into ancient clothes.
After Ito Hui said hello to Jiang Xia, she showed her clothes to Conan: "I'm going to practice, do you want to come with me? I also have a set of women's clothing and a wig. We are about the same size, so they will fit you very well."
"
Conan: "...No, thank you."
Ito Hui looked regretful.
At this time, another person came out of the room.
——Ito Tamanosuke also changed into ancient costumes. It seems that the kick the screenwriter just kicked did not cause much damage to him, and he has already recovered his mood.
"I'm really sorry for letting you see such an ugly scene just now."
Tamanosuke Ito tidied up his police uniform in embarrassment and said, "Rehearsal will start in ten minutes. The stage has been set up now. If you are interested, I will take you over to have a look."
"Okay!" The two female high school students were obviously very interested in this traditional stage.
Kinoshita Yoko was actually not that many years older than them, and she was also not very familiar with the traveling theater troupe. She also sorted out the camera in her hand, looking forward to it.
…
The lights were turned on on the stage and various house scenes were set up.
Conan was distracted and looked up at the decorations.
When he reached the middle of the stage, his feet suddenly became empty, and he was immediately grabbed by Jiang Xia by the back.
Conan lowered his head and saw a deep hole in the ground, about several meters deep.
Ito Tamanosuke was startled and hurriedly came over to remind them: "This is 'Naraku', be careful, the Naraku on this stage is particularly deep."
Naraku is a lifting prop on the stage, connected to the path below the stage. Actors can pass through it and quickly appear in the center of the stage. This unexpected concealment can also increase the performance effect.
Just as he was talking, there was a slight sound of the machine turning, and the actor who was rolling before took a pose, half-kneeling on the bottom of Naraku, and was lifted up by the elevator.
When Naraku rose to the same level as the ground, the actor lowered his head and looked at his watch: "1 minute and 40 seconds."
Ito Tamanosuke sighed: "The time is a little long. It seems that we need to adjust the performance plan."
When it came time to talk about business, the group leader and the actors got busy.
Jiang Xia and the others did not disturb them anymore and went to sit down in the auditorium. When they lowered their heads, they saw a group of actors gathered in a circle and discussing on the stage. There was a child in the middle who was obviously shorter.
Yoko Kinoshita couldn't help but take several photos of her: "So cute!"
Jiang Xia glanced at Xiaobai who was lying on her mobile phone, trying to occupy the camera: "...Indeed."
…
As several people changed into costumes, the roles of the actors suddenly became clear: Ito Tamayuki played the protagonist, a head catcher, Xiao Megumi played his assistant, and the tumbling actor played the "Edo boy".
Others acted in their true colors, playing the role of a traveling theater troupe in the Edo period.
The plot of the whole play is roughly that when the head hunter is chasing the Edo boy, he discovers that the Phantom Thief is suspected to be related to the traveling theater troupe, so the head catcher starts to investigate the people in the troupe one by one, trying to identify the real Edo boy.
In the end, the protagonist finally identified a suspect, but the ending was reversed: that person was wrongly accused, and the real murderer was actually the suspect's twin brother.
"This script is indeed very strange." Conan whispered to Jiang Xia, "The protagonist is a famous policeman, but he actually identifies the wrong murderer, and only accidentally learns the truth at the end. This is not at all like what the protagonist should do, let alone
The ending that a traditional screenwriter would write must have some private goods mixed in. What is the metaphor of this script..."
Jiang Xia glanced at him and felt that Conan had been paying too much attention to things like scripts recently: "Actually, I think it's better to ask insiders - such as the screenwriter and team leader - than making blind guesses."
"They definitely won't tell." Conan sighed.
Suddenly he realized something and sat up: "Wait a minute, did the screenwriter never show up? Everyone is here on the stage, and the financial manager has come to rehearse together. No matter how arrogant the screenwriter is, he should come over and take a look.
. He clearly cared about his script very much before, but now, isn’t he afraid that someone will secretly change the script while he’s away?”
The more he talked, the more he felt something was wrong. Conan jumped up, walked around the side of the stage and rushed backstage amidst the surprised eyes of his companions and actors.
