Conan: Gin, do you want to learn crime from me?

Chapter 35 Murder in the Opera House (6)

The five tickets Xiaolan drew were all in excellent locations, right in front of the stage in the fifth row, which is generally considered the best location for viewing experience.

Not only can you enjoy the scene on the stage perfectly, but you don’t have to worry about being dazzled by the light from the stage.

This shows how terrifying Ou Huanglan's luck is...

Shanmu was mentally prepared for this. Xiaolan's luck was so popular that only Xiao Ai, the person next to her who could draw "good fortune", could be as good as her, right?

There was now less than 10 minutes left before the opera started. After sitting down one by one, Mouri Kogoro felt bored and turned his eyes from the dark curtain to Shan Mu who was feeding popcorn to Xiao Ai.

"Speaking of which, Shanmu, have you heard of the opera performed today? It was adapted from a European one..."

""The King's Whip", right? Mr. Mori, I have learned about this before."

"OK then……"

Hearing this, Mouri Kogoro, who was just about to show off, had no choice but to touch his head in embarrassment after hearing Shanmu's words.

This opera is adapted from a story in the European mythology "The Whip of the Gods". It tells the story of a king who was good at conquering and fighting, and feared the enemy countries through his campaigns, but ended up dying tragically at the hands of his most beloved queen. (purely made up)

Speaking of which, there is a big difference between the opera released in Japan and the story in Sugi Impression. In the original work, the king died at the hands of his most trusted knight, and it had basically nothing to do with the queen.

The reason why the queen was given an additional role must be because of the famous opera singer Asai Shumi, right?

After all, the walking ticket vending machine does not deserve its reputation.

It is also thanks to her that after this opera was adapted, as long as it was performed in Japan, it would be packed with seats, and tickets would be in hot demand.

However, the technique he designed can only be realized on the stage, and only on this stage where the focus of the audience is concentrated can it be perfectly executed by Asai Shusui.

Thinking of this, Shan Mu couldn't help but smile.

Soon, the stage curtain was lifted, and a ruin built with props was exposed in front of the audience.

"Da da~ da da~"

As the lights focused, people began to notice a figure emerging from the ruins. It was the male protagonist of this stage play - Wang.

However, the current king is still a poor prince who was left behind among the people. This is also different from the original work.

[Ah, the hateful country T has committed such a crime. I absolutely cannot forgive them! 】

As soon as Wang Gang appeared on the stage, he waved his sword towards the ruins, trying his best to portray an image of a person with a blood feud. However, this poor performance seemed a bit stiff in the eyes of many senior opera fans.

"Really, how come this Wang actor looks like an outsider?"

"I mean, the acting was too awkward, wasn't it? My toes almost dug out of the three bedrooms and one living room."

As expected, this blunt performance soon caused the audience to start whispering, and some people even stood up and shouted "refund the money".

At this moment, several voices suddenly sounded in the auditorium:

"I said, you don't know, right? Today's stage play is actually arranged by Representative Xiongtian. All ticket sales will be donated by the opera house to the Red Cross Society. The actor who plays the king is the guest star of Representative Xiongtian himself. !”

"What? Really? That Wang turns out to be the recently popular Representative Kumada?"

"Oh my God, I never thought that Representative Kumada would be such a great person. I will definitely vote for him in the next election!"

"It's so rare! Congressman Kumada actually works so hard for charity and still takes time to perform on stage in his busy schedule. He really makes me cry to death!"

Under the deliberate guidance of those few voices, the public opinion in the audience soon changed from abuse to praise. After a while, whoever took the lead, a burst of warm applause broke out in the audience.

Seeing this, Shanmu couldn't help but smile. He didn't expect that Representative Xiongtian would be so shameless and find so many favors in order to canvass votes.

Sighing, Shanmu glanced at Representative Xiongtian who was still performing on the stage, and then chose to focus on Xiao Ai next to him.

That is to say, watching a greasy uncle act awkwardly is not as good as watching my little Ai.

[Dear prince, what happened here and why it became so deserted. 】

Just when the future "King" was furious at the ruins, a beautiful figure came out from the background. This was the heroine played by Asai Shumi, the Queen.

After Asai Shusui appeared on the stage, the audience quickly erupted in applause. She is a real star and has considerable popularity among young people. I don't know how many people bought tickets just to take a look at her from a distance.

The plot of this scene tells that the queen, who was still an ordinary folk girl at this time, kindly took in the king, used her own possessions to build a suit of armor for the king, and helped the king form a guard.

This is also the reason why Wang Hui married the queen immediately after returning to the country. There was a huge disparity in status between them. If the queen had not funded Wang's army, the king would not be where he is today.

Even for the loyalty of his cronies, the king did not dare to abandon the queen casually. The real time for him to reveal his true colors would have to wait until the king won countless victories and established huge prestige in the country.

The boring plot and stiff performances made countless viewers sit on pins and needles in the first scene, even with Asai Shusui sitting on the stage. Just after the curtain call, many people chose to urinate and take a good rest for their eyes.

Xiao Ai, who had been silent just now, was also one of the people leaving the table. However, Xiao Ai did not want to go to the toilet, but simply wanted to get some air.

The auditorium of the opera house was a little stuffy, which made her feel a little uncomfortable as she wore a little too much today.

Fortunately, Shanmu had been looking at Xiao Ai just now. After seeing that something was wrong with her face, Shan Mu quietly said to Maori Kogoro, and then took Xiao Ai to the door of the opera house to rest.

The two people held hands, and neither of them spoke, but just walked around the opera house boredly.

Fortunately, after the night breeze blew for a while, Xiao Ai was no longer as uncomfortable as before, but they had no intention of going back.

Chapter 36 Murder in the Opera House (7)

"Brother Shanmu..."

"Huh? What's the matter, Xiao Ai?"

After wandering around, the two of them soon came to the backyard of the Opera House. There was a spectacular fountain. Next to the fountain were seven or eight fierce horses and sika deer carved from stone.

Almost half an hour had passed since they left the theater. They had originally promised to accompany Shan Mu to watch the opera, but as a result, he suffered from heat stroke after only watching the first act...

In the end, he was discovered by Brother Shanmu, who forcibly took him out to relax in the wind.

Thinking of this, Haibara Ai felt that she had really failed a bit today. She had obviously promised to act like she would accept Mouri Kogoro's apology.

In the end, due to his own reasons, Brother Sugi also wanted to come out. If he was misunderstood by Kogoro Mori...

"If it's because of Mr. Maoli's matter, then you don't have to worry. I just sent a text message to Mr. Maoli, and he also asked me to accompany you for a walk outside. Now it's as hot as a steamer inside, which makes Maoli Sir, he also figured it out."

well? (O_o)??

Does Brother Shanmu have the ability to read minds?

Even though he hadn't spoken yet, Brother Shanmu answered first. What's going on?

Looking at the shocked Xiao Ai, Shanmu laughed, and then used his best skill of head-touching.

"Are you thinking that I can read minds?"

???

Really hammered!Brother Shanmu must have the ability to read minds!

With a trace of solemnity on his face, Xiao Ai nodded very cautiously, and then seemed to realize something, and hurriedly said:

"Brother Shanmu, don't worry, I won't reveal your secret. I know if this special function..."

"Actually, I don't know how to read minds at all."

Xiao Ai: "..."

No, you still have to pretend like this! [○?｀Д′? ○]

"Actually, I reasoned it out. You have been looking worried since you recovered a little. I think the thing that makes you worried today is Mr. Mori's side."

Seeing that Xiao Ai didn't speak, Shanmu rubbed Xiao Ai's hair, then withdrew his hand and pretended to be very sophisticated.

This look made Xiao Ai's eyes light up.

"So Brother Shanmu, you are actually very good at reasoning. Could it be that you are still an amateur detective?"

If Brother Sugi is a detective, it would make sense that he has a close relationship with Kogoro Mori. Detectives are always attracted to each other.

She nodded thoughtfully. Xiao Ai didn't know anything about detectives and reasoning. On the contrary, when she was bored, her favorite thing to do was to read mystery novels, especially "Sherlock Holmes". British classic.

At first, she actually heard from her sister that her mother, whom she had never met, had her brown hair now because she was half British.

In Xiao Ai's heart, the most important thing is her family, so she has always wanted to know more about this half-British mother.

But neither the uncle who used to take care of them nor her sister discussed her mother's affairs with her in detail.

She knew nothing except that her mother was of English descent.

Therefore, when she was in school, out of the desire to know more about her mother, she began to try to read some British novels, one of which was "Sherlock Holmes".

Maybe in Xiao Ai's heart, if she could read the same books as her mother, she might be able to understand some of her mother's feelings, right?

After all, this is the only way she can get a little closer to her mother.

However, by accident, Xiao Ai unlocked the joy of reading mystery novels, and then read them over and over again. After reading Sherlock Holmes, she would sometimes read works such as Kindaichi Kosuke or Mitar Aoi. .

Hearing Xiao Ai's words, Shan Mu was slightly startled, and he couldn't help but think in his mind.

Strictly speaking, my career as a detective seems to be completely unrelated, right?

Criminal planner is more like a profession that is completely opposite to detective.

If the detective is compared to the light standing under the sun, then he should be the shadow hidden under the moon...

It seems like a bit of a second-guessing...

Shaking his head, Shanmu laughed awkwardly:

"I'm not a detective. Mr. Mori wants to train me to be a detective, but I'm really not interested in reasoning cases. This is too troublesome for me."

Hearing this, Xiao Ai did not continue talking on this topic. She could feel from Brother Shanmu's mood just now that Brother Shanmu seemed to be somewhat resistant to the detective...

Is it possible that Brother Shanmu has been hurt by detectives before?

Soon, the little Loli was obsessed with Shanmu's words. She even constructed a picture in her mind that Shanmu had been dug out by the detective, and she hated the detective to the bone. Imagine.

The two fell into silence again. Shanmu did not take the initiative to speak again this time. He pulled Xiao Ai to the front of the pile of stone sculptures and walked around the stone sculptures twice.

Suddenly, when Xiao Ai was still immersed in her own thoughts, Shan Mu directly picked her up by the waist and placed her on a stone-carved sika deer next to her.

Xiao Ai: "????"

"Ahem, this stone sculpture looks pretty good. I actually liked riding on it when I was a kid,"

After coughing a few times, Shanmu didn't look into Xiao Ai's eyes. Instead, he turned away and said,

"Seeing that you seemed a little concerned about what I said just now, I thought of letting you try this. What do you think? Does it feel good?"

"Um…"