Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 729 Mao Lilan's Dream (Part )

When the thick fog dissipated, the "King in Yellow" hung his head, and his yellow chest was stained with blood.

The crowd remained calm for two seconds, then burst into screams.

"what--"

"what!"

The screams that came one after another made the screaming expert, Ran Mao Li, less willing to scream.

"Free America" is not called that for nothing. Yukiko was worried that someone was taking indiscriminate revenge on society, so she wanted to ask her son and daughter-in-law to leave first.

But when Kudo Shinichi saw the case, he got excited and turned around and rushed towards the stairs leading to the box on the second floor.

When thick fog filled the stage, a line of infrared light producing the Tyndall effect was particularly conspicuous and was just seen by him.

Since Mao Lilan did not choose to follow, Qin Zhibo had no way to follow Kudo Shinichi to check for clues.

However, this is just a dream of Mao Lilan, something that happened in the past, and it is impossible for Qin Zhibo to solve the case across time and space.

But what concerned Qin Zhibo was that when the "Yellow King" was hung up by the wire, Mao Li Ran was so scared that her mouth opened wide, and Kudo Shinichi was so shocked that he stood up from his seat.

Qin Zhibo had seen this scene before.

It was while reading the original script of The King in Yellow, at the end of Act 1, Scene 2.

Qin Zhibo saw the same Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran in the theater in his mind, and looked at the stage in shock.

How is this going?

When I was reading "The King in Yellow", I accidentally saw what happened to the two people?

Qin Zhibo didn't understand what this meant and could only continue to follow Mao Lilan's perspective.

……

After a while, Kudo Shinichi returned from the box on the second floor.

After much persuasion from Yukiko, he revealed his discovery, which was a bullet casing.

"From what I can tell, the killer took advantage of the thick dry ice fog filling the stage and aimed a laser sight at the actor's chest..."

Kudo Shinichi stated his interim inferences, and Yukiko immediately wrote them down in preparation for the upcoming social cow segment.

……

Ran Mouri had not yet awakened the skill to call the police, but the theater called the police immediately.

The New York police arrived quickly, led by Officer Radishou, the man who had seen the New York scene so often.

However, this Radishu should be real, because he is followed by a group of subordinates, including a black-skinned, flat-headed version of Takagi, referred to as "Kuroki".

After taking photos of the body to collect evidence, Radishu took off the mask of the "King in Yellow", revealing the face of the troupe's lead actor, Keith.

The eyes under the pale mask were wide open, as if he was unwilling to close his eyes even after death.

The troupe staff nearby introduced that in the play "The King in Yellow", Keith plays two roles, the eldest prince and the "King in Yellow".

"Because the Yellow King is a form of deity descending to the mortal world, he always wears a yellow robe and mask, so the audience can't recognize that he is actually an actor..."

Officer Kuroki next to him provided a preliminary autopsy report at this time, saying that the bullet hit the heart and killed the victim, and the angle of entry was more than 40 degrees.

At this time, the company cow Yukiko appeared and told Shinichi Kudo exactly what he had reasoned about.

The gunman opened fire from a box on the second floor, and then threw the gun onto the stage to create chaos...bala-bala.

While Radishu was concentrating on listening to the advice, Kudo Shinichi, who was standing next to him, reached out and pinched Radishu's face hard.

"This time it's real..."

Shinichi Kudo was still thinking about Sharon pretending to be Radishu and wanted to test whether it was true or not.

But Qin Zhibo knew that the human skin mask would be unusable if it was torn, unless he prepared a second one.

Radixiu: (#｀Van′)

"Is this young man the son you are so proud of?"

Yukiko quickly interrupted with a smile, then quickly pulled Kudo Shinichi back and asked him to restrain himself here.

"Shinichi, can you please behave yourself? If your actions just now were a little more serious, I could sue you for assaulting a police officer..."

"This isn't Japan. American police will actually shoot!"

Yukiko explained the differences in national conditions, and Kudo Shinichi agreed.

But the next second, Kudo Shinichi squatted back beside the corpse and continued investigating the case as if no one was around.

The New York branch didn't want to rack their brains, but wanted to catch the murderer, so they could only ask Yukiko to ask Kudo Yusaku for help.

But he was told that Yusaku was busy with his manuscript in Los Angeles and had no time.

So, Mao Lilan recommended Kudo Shinichi, who had just made his debut in mystery, and was very strong.

In this way, Kudo Shinichi once again succeeded his father and became the younger brother of New York Branch.

……

Under Radishu's questioning, Kudo Shinichi raised three doubts.

"First, when I ran to the second-floor box, the bullet casing on the ground was completely cold. It was obviously not freshly fired."

"Also, although the laser infrared light I saw was from the second-floor balcony to the stage, the effect would be the same if it was emitted from the stage to the second-floor balcony."

"Finally, before the performance began, the armor fell and almost hit someone. In fact, the old rope broke very cleanly, as it was cut by someone."

"Someone used several thin silk threads to hang the armor up, and the other end was fixed to the ground with nails in the ground."

"When someone passes by, just cut the silk with the blades on the soles of your feet, and the armor will fall off."

"In other words, the murderer should be one of the four actresses who were on the stage at the time of the incident and who were on the backstage with us."

In the memory, Kudo Shinichi had a confident smile on his face and spoke this reasoning calmly without any hesitation.

In Qin Zhibo's opinion, it was already very good that Kudo Shinichi's second reasoning could reach this level.

Of course, it may also be the filter added by Mao Lilan's perspective.

……

At Kudo Shinichi's suggestion, Radishu shifted the focus of the investigation to the four actresses.

When they arrived at the dressing room, four actresses were fighting over the dead actor.

Dark-skinned actress: "Keith and I have always been very much in love. We've been together for five years..."

Asian actress: "What! You knew I was dating him!"

Wavy-haired actress: "Can you guys calm down? Now is not the time to discuss this..."

Actress Jin Changzhi: "Oh, I think you're the one who's most excited right now, right? You didn't expect your man has two girlfriends..."

In just a few sentences, the information content is huge.

Actor Chris is having three relationships, and three women are performing on the same stage, playing Chris's mother, secret admirer, and sister respectively.

Yukiko, who was secretly observing outside the door, continued to reveal the big news to Radishu. In fact, even Kim Jang-ji, who seemed to have nothing to do with it, was married to Chris, but they kept it secret so as not to affect their careers.

Of course, this ripe melon was also told by Sharon, who knew the inside story as well as the boss behind the troupe.

In this way, Keith actually has emotional entanglements with the four actresses, and the eldest prince falls in love with the priestess, mother, sister, and secret admirer at the same time.

I have to say, this is much more exciting than the abridged version of "The King in Yellow".

Qin Zhibo glanced at the dressing room from Mao Lilan's perspective and found some clues.

On the four people's makeup mirrors, the dark-skinned and Asian actresses openly posted intimate photos of themselves with Chris.

It's all out in the open! Why are you still pretending to be so shocked?

As for Kim Jang-jik, who is married, she did not put any photos on her makeup mirror.

Although the wavy-haired actress posted a picture, the picture she posted was quite special.

That wasn't a photo of Keith himself or with himself, but of Keith as the "King in Yellow."

There are several photos like this with a ragged yellow coat hanging in the air and a deep pale mask under the hood.

……

After finishing his big talk, Kudo Shinichi returned to the stage to analyze the case.

After measuring the height of the mirror with the height of Ran Mouri, Kudo Shinichi saw the stage Naraku behind the mirror with a yellow silk thread hooked on it.

Kudo Shinichi: I understand!

Qin Zhibo: I understand too!

Seeing the key clue to solve the mystery, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Shinichi solved the case at the same time.

But this is Mao Lilan's dream, and the home court certainly does not belong to Qin Zhibo.

Kudo Shinichi, who is unfamiliar with the place, wants Yukiko to call relevant personnel and the police to re-analyze the case to help him explain his reasoning.

"Shinichi, do you really understand this case?"

"Xinyi~Xinyi~"

"Mom's big son..."

Unexpectedly, Yukiko would rather act like a spoiled child in front of her son than let him indulge in his mystery himself.

Women who know how to act coquettishly have the best life. Although Kudo Shinichi also wanted to show off, he had no choice but to give the opportunity to Yukiko.

Yukiko understood the case's method and turned around to find the troupe's lighting technician to discuss the stage lighting.

After all the preparations were completed, Yukiko made a dazzling appearance while the four actresses on the stage showed off their respective positions and postures on the stage.

"I'm the legendary Japanese beauty. Sometimes, I'm also known as the wife of a world-famous mystery novelist..."

"But actually, I'm a female detective with gray brain cells, the Baroness of the Night!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spotlight instantly shone on Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran on the stage. Mouri Ran was frightened and at a loss, and quickly hugged Kudo Shinichi's arm.

"Lighting technician! Wrong!"

“I’m here!”

Yukiko quickly shouted twice to get the attention of the lighting technician who was obsessed with the couple.

What follows is some boring reasoning for Qin Zhibo.

In fact, Keith, who plays the "Yellow King", appeared from the stage behind the mirror.

While Keith is rising from under Naraku, the actor lying in front of the mirror can kill the person by simply pulling out a gun and shooting from the huge gap under the mirror.

In this way, there is only one person who can kill.

"Yes, the only one who could do this move was Rose, who fell in front of the mirror. That's you, right?"

The murderer was the wavy-haired actress, just as Qin Zhibo thought.

Amidst everyone's incredulous gazes, the police followed Yukiko's instructions and removed Rose's gloves.

There was a glaring bloody handprint on the inside of Bai Juan's glove. It was the bloody handprint that Keith had left when he was killed.

The evidence is irrefutable; any sophistry is useless.

Next is the motive for the murder. The clues were still provided by Kudo Shinichi, and Yukiko was responsible for speaking it out.

"Everyone else's makeup mirrors are filled with intimate photos of themselves with Chris, but you're the only one with Chris in his role..."

"The King in Yellow..."

"Because you don't love him as a person, but the Yellow King he plays, right?"

The words hit the nail on the head, and the wavy-haired Rose was so frightened that Tong Kong trembled, and the next moment she suddenly changed her face like Sichuan Opera.

The originally gentle face became sharp and harsh, with an extremely arrogant smile.

"Yes, the one I really like is the King in Yellow!"

"A majestic figure that no one in the world can rival! Beneath the ragged yellow robe is my king!"