"From my personal feeling," Haibara Ai smiled deliberately at Conan, "the performance is probably more attractive."
Although she endured her curiosity last night and did not ask for the truth of the incident, when she woke up this morning, she was no longer so eager to learn the truth of the incident, but...
Who made Edogawa lose his temper last night?
On the side, Mouri Kogoro assured Chi Feichi, "Of course, I will let everyone enjoy the rehearsal together before reasoning!"
Seeing Conan's depressed expression, Haibara reminded worriedly, "Everyone is looking forward to today's kabuki performance, so please don't deliberately sabotage it."
Conan thought of Chi Feichi and Haihara Ai helping him without asking for anything in return last night, and saw Suzuki Sonoko and three children waiting expectantly at the door of Kabukiza. He smiled helplessly and said, "I know..."
Forget it, let’s put his mystery show after the performance for now.
In fact, he is still looking forward to this performance.
…
This general rehearsal is the last rehearsal before the performance. It will be held in the performance hall and will not be much different from the formal performance.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, Mouri Kogoro led the team into the empty performance hall, greeted the current manager of Naritaya, the creator of the show, and the sponsor of important props, and also introduced the three people to Chi Feichi.
Among the three people, only the sponsor of the important props was fat and had gray hair, which fit the crows' description of the 'convict who kidnapped Conan', which made Chi Feichi pay more attention.
This important sponsor of props is named Hosoo Takuya. He is nearly 50 years old and the president of a holding company. This time he spent hundreds of millions of yen from abroad to buy an antique mask that is widely circulated in Japan.
He lent the mask to Ichikawa Ebizo for a performance and received the gratitude and courtesy of Naritaya.
Among the three, Hosio Takuya was the most enthusiastic about Chi Feichi. He mentioned that he and Umbrella representatives attended an investment meeting together, and he made friends and invited Chi Feichi to sit in the front row with him.
After Ike Feichi made it clear that he refused, Hosoo Taku did not insist, smiled and said a few polite words, and sat in the front row with the manager of Naritaya and the creator of the show.
There were no other spectators during the rehearsal, and Chi Feichi and others also experienced the fun of booking the venue, and they could sit wherever they wanted.
In order to have a clearer view, Maori Lan and Suzuki Sonoko took their three children and sat in the third row facing the stage. Chi Feichi followed Maori Kogoro and sat in the fifth row. Conan and Haibara Ai also followed them.
beside.
Not long after the group sat down, the rehearsal officially began.
Naritaya is a kabuki family that mainly performs traditional plays, and the content of the plays are all historical stories.
Chi Feichi regards the performance as a historical story with images, dubbing, and music. Since he does not need to talk to other people while watching the performance, he also feels that it is relaxing and suitable for passing time.
The original script of "Seven Faces" was burned as early as the Edo period. The play performed this time is based on the story passed down and perfected by the playwright. The story roughly tells the story of a mask maker who became a general.
Presenting five masks that he carefully made, he then went around among the people in the General's Mansion, defeated bad guys, and encountered crises...
The so-called "seven faces" actually refer to the seven emotions of people, joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, evil, and desire. The story also revolves around the seven emotions of the characters and the emotions represented by the five masks.
The performance lasted for more than an hour. In the end, the main characters in the story put on masks symbolizing their own emotions and gathered on the stage for the curtain call.
The curtain lowered and then rose, and the five main performers on the stage quickly completed their costume changes, taking off their kabuki costumes and replacing them with modern costumes.
"As time goes by-"
Ichikawa Ebizo sang the final words in a kabuki style amidst the drum music, "The day when joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are released will never come!"
At the end of the performance, Suzuki Sonoko, Mao Lilan and the three children were stunned.
Hosoo Takuya immediately stood up and applauded, exclaiming, "It's so wonderful!"
Others came to their senses and applauded too.
“That’s great!”
"It's so exciting, it will be no problem even if I perform directly on stage tomorrow!"
In the audience, Haihara Ai stood up and left his seat, stretched out his hand to pull the corner of Chi Feichi's clothes next to him, waited for Chi Feichi to lean closer, and whispered, "I will go backstage to help Edogawa arrange the appearance and appearance of the characters for the mystery show.
The light needs to be left for a while."
Chi Feichi looked at Conan who also left his seat, "During the performance just now, you guys kept gathering together and whispering. Is this what you were discussing?"
"That's right, I asked Edogawa to give this part to me," Haibara Ai showed an expectant smile on his face, "Please pay attention later and don't get distracted."
Chi Feichi nodded.
Well, since his sister seems to be looking forward to it, let's watch the mystery show again.
Not long after Haibara Ai and Conan left their seats, Ichikawa Ebizo on the stage responded to the congratulations of others, looked towards the audience, his eyes quickly locked on Mouri Kogoro, and said with some expectation, "Mr. Mouri, it's really
Sorry, I just made a fool of myself, I wonder if I am qualified to warm up your reasoning show?"
"Okay..." Mouri Kogoro smiled confidently and stood up, "Then, please listen to the reasoning of my famous detective Moori Kogoro!"
The surrounding light dimmed, and a spotlight shone on Moori Kogoro.
Mouri Kogoro was very satisfied with this lighting. He stood under the spotlight and continued, "As for this case, let's talk about the reporter Mr. Kaneko first. He was used as a pawn by the prisoner, and his death was also a pawn.
It was not an accident, he was beaten to death with wall bricks and the like in the abandoned basement..."
Feichi put his head on Chi Feichi's collar, watched the kabuki performance and watched the mystery show. Seeing that Conan didn't move, he asked curiously, "Master, Conan didn't move. Is Mr. Mori right?"
"You are indeed right." Chi Feichi whispered.
"Mr. Kaneko stole the second surface from Mr. Takahashi..."
Mouri Kogoro opened his mouth to explain his subsequent reasoning, and when he was about to point out the prisoner, the surrounding light dimmed, and he was shot by Conan's anesthesia needle, and he sat back in his chair.
"despair!"
All the lights around him turned on, and Mouri Kogoro turned into "Sleeping Kogoro", which made everyone in the audience stunned.
When Ichikawa Ebizo saw Mouri Kogoro sleeping, he exclaimed in surprise, "It's 'Sleeping Kogoro'!"
Conan hid behind Mouri Kogoro and changed his words in Mouri Kogoro's voice, "What I just said, the reasoning that Mr. Takahashi is the criminal who stole the mask does not apply to this situation..."
Later, Conan reasoned and pointed out that the prisoner was Nishio Takuya.
While Nishio Takuya was quibbling, the well-prepared police officers from the First Investigation Section came on stage one after another and revealed the clues of their investigation.
Haihara Ai was directing the staff backstage, sometimes helping to project evidence, and sometimes letting the lighting engineer light the scene. During this period, he did not forget to play the drum beat when each policeman appeared for the first time.
"Xiao Ai seems to be having a lot of fun," Fei Chi said enviously, "If I had known, I would have played with her backstage..."
At first, Nishio Takuya tried his best to deny his crime, and even accused Mouri Kogoro of being the one who used children to kill Kaneko Eiji. However, as witnesses and evidence continued to be put out, Nishio Takuya finally gave up his resistance.
He knelt down on the ground completely exhausted.
"My company is about to close down, so..."
"A company that wants to defend even if it kills others," Ichikawa Ebizo said angrily, "doesn't deserve to exist in the world!"
"The place you are in now is a stage that can only be climbed by a group of people who practice their skills every day and are strict with themselves," Conan said in the voice of Kogoro Mouri. "People like you are not worthy of standing on that stage!"
Megure Thirteen thought about Nishio Takuya killing two people one after another and almost killing Conan. He couldn't blame Mouri Kogoro for speaking too harshly. Seeing Nishio Takuya lowering his head in silence with a dejected look on his face, he sighed and asked Takagi Wataru and Shiratori
Ren Saburo stepped forward and took Nishio Takuya away.
Nishio Taku did not resist, and followed Takagi Wataru towards the entrance of the performance hall. When passing by Chi Feichi's seat, he suddenly stopped, his voice was lonely and with a hint of resentment, "It's really enviable. Some people have something that others can't find for a lifetime."
You don’t need to be like me when you get something. You have to be careful when running a company. One wrong decision may lead to losing everything..."
Chi Feichi didn't expect that he could be stared at by Nishio Takuya even if he didn't say a word the whole time. He looked at Suzuki Sonoko, who was also from a consortium but was not found, and quickly looked at Nishio Takuya again, although he could also say something.
Every kind of life will have troubles and setbacks,' and 'the struggle for interests between wealthy families is also very cruel.' But he was too lazy to say too much to an irrelevant person like Nishio Takuya, so he directly replied, "You're right."
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Conan walked next to Chi Feichi: "..."
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Hey hey...is this kind of reply okay?
Suzuki Sonoko stood up in the audience and was about to speak: "..."
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Isn't it because Brother Chi didn't even explain it?
Nishio Takuya looked at Chi Feichi in shock: "?!"
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You actually recognized it?!
Why didn't you even give him a word of relief or explanation?!