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Chapter 731 Mao Lilan's Dream ([-])

When the thick fog cleared, the "King in Yellow Clothes" drooped his head, and his yellow chest was stained with blood red.

The crowd remained calm for two seconds before bursting into screams.

"what--"

"what!"

The screams one after another made Mao Lilan, a professional screamer, not want to scream anymore.

"Free America" ​​is not called for nothing. You Xizi is worried that someone will retaliate against society indiscriminately, and wants to tell her son and daughter-in-law to leave together first.

But as soon as Kudo Shin saw the case, he turned around and rushed to the stairs leading to the box on the second floor.

When the dense fog filled the stage, the Tyndall effect produced by an infrared ray was particularly conspicuous, which happened to be seen by him.

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

But this is Mao Lilan's dream, something that happened in the past, it is impossible for Qin Zhibo to decide the case beyond time and space.

But what made Qin Zhibo a little concerned was that when the "King in Yellow" was hoisted up by the steel wire, Mao Lilan opened his mouth wide in fright, and Kudo Shinichi also stood up from his seat in shock.

Qin Zhibo had seen this scene before.

Just reading the original script of The King in Yellow, at the end of Act [-], Scene [-].

Qin Zhibo saw the same Kudo Shinichi and Mo Lilan 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 of them?
Qin Zhibo didn't understand what this meant, so he could only continue to follow Mao Lilan's perspective.

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

Under Yuxiko's hard work, he told his discovery that it was a bullet casing.

"At present, the murderer should have aimed a laser sight at the actor's chest while the dry ice fog was filling the stage."

Kudo Shinichi stated his staged inferences, and Yukiko immediately wrote them down to prepare for the social cow link later.

Mao Lilan hadn't awakened the ability to call the police, but the theater immediately called the police.

The New York police arrived soon, headed by the twilight New York police officer—Lady Xiu.

But this Radish should be real, because he was accompanied by a group of subordinates, including a black-skinned plain-faced Takagi, referred to as "Black Wood".

After taking photos of the corpse to collect evidence, Radish took off the mask of the "King in Yellow", and inside was the face of Keith, the leading actor of the troupe.

The eyes under the pale mask were wide open, as if he was dying.

According to the staff of the troupe next to him, in the play "The King in Yellow", Keith played two roles, the eldest prince and the "King in Yellow".

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

Police officer Heimu next to him provided a preliminary autopsy report at this time. The bullet was shot to the heart and killed him, and the angle of entry was more than 40°.

At this time, She Niu Yukiko appeared on the stage, telling the original reasoning of Kudo Shinichi just now.

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

Taking advantage of Ladishu's focus on listening to opinions, Kudo Shinichi next to him stretched out his hand and pinched Radish's face vigorously.

"This time it's real"

Kudo Shinichi was still thinking about Sharon pretending to be Radish just now, and wanted to test the authenticity.

But Qin Zhibo knew that if the human skin mask was torn, it could not be used unless a second one was prepared.

Radish: (#`dish)
"Is this young man your proud son?"

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

"I said Shinichi, can you be more peaceful? If you were a little more serious in your actions just now, you can call the police for assault."

"This is not Japan, the American police really know how to shoot!"

Yukiko introduced the different national conditions, and Kudo Shinichi also agreed.

But in the next second, Kudo Shinichi squatted back next to the corpse, continuing to investigate the case as if no one was there.

The New Yorkers here don't want to waste their brains, and the murderer wants to catch him, so Yukiko can only ask Yusaku Kudo for advice.

But I was told that Yusaku was rushing to draft in Los Angeles and had no time.

Therefore, Mao Lilan recommended Kudo Shinichi, who had just completed his reasoning debut, very strong.

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

Under the questioning of Radish, Kudo Shinichi revealed three doubts.

"First of all, when I ran to the box on the second floor, the bullet casing on the ground was not warm at all, obviously it wasn't shot from the muzzle just now."

"Also, although the laser infrared rays I saw were emitted from the box on the second floor to the stage, but they were emitted from the stage to the box on the second floor in reverse, and the effect I saw was the same."

"In the end, before the performance started, the armor fell and almost hit someone. In fact, the broken rope was clean and cut open by someone."

"Someone hung the armor up with a few silk threads, and the other end was fixed to the floor with ground nails."

"When someone passes by, just use the blade on the sole of the foot to cut the silk, and the armor will fall from the top."

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

In his memory, Kudo Shinichi showed a confident smile on his face, and calmly stated this reasoning without any hesitation.

In Qin Zhibo's view, Kudo Shinichi's second reasoning can achieve this level, which is already very good.

Of course, it may also be a filter addition from Mao Lilan's perspective.

At Kudo Shinichi's suggestion, Radish turned the focus of the investigation to four actresses.

When they came to the dressing room, four actresses were jealous of 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 know I'm dating him!"

Wavy-haired actress: "Calm down please? Now is not the time to talk about this."

Actress Jin Changzhi: "Oh, I think you are the most excited person right now? You didn't expect your man to have two girlfriends"

In just a few sentences, the information content is large enough.

Actor Keith stepped on three boats, and three women also performed on the same stage, playing Keith's mother, crush, and sister respectively.

You Xizi, who was watching quietly outside the door, continued to reveal big things to Radish. In fact, even Jin Changzhi, who seemed to have nothing to do with her, was married to Keith, and she kept it secret only in order not to affect her career.

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

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

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

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

On the vanity mirrors of the four, dark-skinned and Asian actresses posted intimate photos of themselves and Keith aboveboard.

It's all on the surface!Why are you pretending to be so shocked?
As a husband and wife, Jin Changzhi did not post any photos on the vanity mirror.

Although the wavy-haired actress posted photos, the photos she posted were special.

That's not a photo of Keith himself or a photo with himself, but the "King in Yellow" played by Keith.

The tattered yellow clothes hang in the air, and the deep pale mask under the hood is like this in several photos.

After eating the big melon, Kudo Shinichi returned to the stage to analyze the case.

After comparing the height of the mirror with Mao Lilan's height, 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 puzzle, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Shinichi solved the case at the same time.

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

Kudo Shinichi, who is unfamiliar with the place of life, wants Yukiko to call the relevant personnel and the police to re-deduce the case process so as to help him tell his reasoning.

"Xinyi, do you really understand this case?"

"Xinyi~Xinyi~"

"Mom's big boy."

Unexpectedly, You Xizi would rather act like a spoiled child to her son than live a reasoning addiction by herself.

A woman who can act like a baby is the best life. Although Kudo Shinichi also wanted to show it, he still had no choice but to give up the opportunity to Yukiko.

Yuxiko understood the method of the case, and turned around to find the lighting engineer of the theater company to discuss the lighting of the stage.

After all the preparations were completed, Yukiko took advantage of the four actresses on the stage to show their respective positions and postures on the stage at the time of the crime, and made her debut.

"I am the legendary Japanese beauty actress, and sometimes I am also known as the wife of the world-renowned mystery novelist"

"But in fact, I am a female detective with gray brain cells, that is, the Baroness of the Night!"

After the words fell, the spotlight instantly hit Kudou Shinichi and Mao Lilan on the stage. Mao Lilan was so frightened that he was overwhelmed and quickly hugged Kudou Shinichi's arm.

"Lighting engineer! Wrong!"

"I'm here!"

You Xizi hurriedly shouted twice before calling the CP-eating lighting engineer's attention back.

The next thing is the reasoning that is boring to Qin Zhibo.

In fact, Keith, who played the role of "King in Yellow", appeared on the stage from Naraku behind the mirror.

During Keith's ascent from under Naraku, the actor lying in front of the mirror can kill people simply by drawing a gun from the huge gap below the mirror.

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

"That's right, the only one who can do this is Rose who fell down in front of the mirror, isn't it you?"

The murderer was the actress with wavy hair, just as Qin Zhibo thought.

Under everyone's incredulous eyes, the police followed Yukiko's instructions and took off Rose's gloves.

There was a dazzling bloody handprint on the inside of the white silk glove. It was the bloody handprint that Keith grabbed desperately when he was killed.

The ironclad evidence is so overwhelming that any sophistry is useless.

The next step is the motive for the murder, which is still the clue provided by Kudo Shinichi, and Yukiko is responsible for telling it.

"Everyone else's vanity mirror has intimate pictures with Keith, but you're the only one who has Keith in the role."

"The King in Yellow."

"Because what you love is not him, but the king in yellow, right?"

Being said to the heart, the wavy-haired Rose's pupils trembled in shock, but suddenly changed her face the next moment.

The originally soft and beautiful face became sour and mean, with an extremely arrogant smile.

"Yes, what I really like is the king in yellow!"

"The stalwart figure that no one in the world can match! Under the ragged yellow clothes is my king!"

"In the dream, He promised me that as long as I prayed devoutly, one day he would lead me to the lost Carcosa! Become His people!"

Rose clasped her hands together, her voice was high and pious, but her eyes suddenly sharpened.

"But this guy, Keith, actually gave up playing the role of the king in yellow because of other film contracts!"

"He once had the opportunity to act as a god and become the fake body of the old god, but he voluntarily gave up this opportunity."

"This is an act of betrayal!"

"I can't forgive him!"

"I must let him carry the figure of the king in yellow on his back, forever!"

Rose roared on the stage, and her amazing performance shocked everyone, including Shinichi Kudo.

One word to describe Rose now is "crazy".

Kudo Shinichi could tell that the fanaticism in her eyes was not acting skills, but the true thoughts in her heart.

She was really hopelessly "in love" with the king in yellow.

a void image
When the two policemen controlled Rose's arms, Rose regained some sanity.

When she was about to be taken away by the police, she looked back at Mao Lilan who was standing there.

"Finally, it was proved that the king in yellow also allowed me to destroy the false body that betrayed him"

"Otherwise, when the armor fell off, and the moment I was accidentally hooked by a nail, no one would just save my life."

Rose and Mao Lilan looked at each other, and the eyes of the two intersected in an instant.

Mao Lilan, who didn't know much English, realized that Rose was talking to herself.

"I also want to thank you, the Japanese lady who came from afar."

"No, maybe you are the envoy of the yellow seal sent by the king in yellow to help me fulfill my wish."

"Hahaha!"

Rose left the stage arrogantly with the same devilish smile of Moxian Xiaoyue, but Mao Lilan, who is not very good at English, still looked confused.

"Miss Rose. Are you talking to me?"

Kudo Shinichi's English is very good, so of course he understood everything, and cast a contemptuous glance at Rose's back.

"I'm not talking about you, she's just lost her mind"

Out of the psychology of protecting Mao Lilan, Kudo Shinichi chose to tell a white lie.

However, Mao Lilan's eyes are a bit complicated, and there is some sadness in the complexity.

Although Mao Lilan's English is not good, but combined with Rose's expression and simple spoken English, I can still feel it.

She is thanking herself.
Thank myself for saving her, the murderer.
(End of this chapter)