124. A tengu that falls from the sky under the full moon
Evening.
The three of them walked slowly down the streets of Yakushima. The sunset is like a big red round ball, gradually sinking into the sea.
A man in a performance costume and heavy makeup hurried up to them. An oncoming man collided with him as if on purpose.
His hand quickly reached into the pocket of his costume and quietly took his wallet.
Kamikawa saw it instantly, Osamu Hoshino saw it, and Toru Amuro also saw it.
The pickpocket tucked his wallet into his cuff and apologized to him as if nothing had happened. The man didn't pursue it, as if he was in a hurry, and walked forward without stopping.
The pickpocket was about to pass by them, and he was immediately pinned down by Amuro.
"Wait a minute, gentleman in front!"
Amuro shouted at him, but the man didn't look back as if he hadn't heard.
"That gentleman in front, your wallet has been stolen!" The man in front subconsciously touched his wallet, and sure enough, it was gone.
He turned his head and saw that the man he had just collided with was restrained by a man, and the man with pale blond hair was clearly calling out to him.
Of the three, Amuro was the most helpful. The other saw it as if he didn't see it, and Kamikawa probably knew that Amuro Toru would be born, and he didn't move at all.
"Sir, your wallet!"
"Thank you!" The man took the wallet and breathed a sigh of relief.
"My name is Dofu Gata and I am an actor in the troupe on the island, and I was in a bit of a hurry when the rehearsal was about to start, so I didn't pay attention to it at first." He explained, opening his wallet and looking through it. There was a lot of money in his wallet, and he pulled out three tickets from his wallet and handed them to Amuro. "Time is a bit urgent, these three tickets will be my thank you gifts, and the performance is the famous "Raven Tengu" on the island."
After handing the three tickets to Amuro, he left in a hurry.
"Raven Tengu?" Kamikawa instantly looked at the words written on the ticket.
"I've checked this, Yakushima Island is a very famous show, every Saturday night, I was going to take you to see it." I got three tickets for nothing, which saved the trouble of buying tickets, and Amuro was also good.
"What about this thief?"
Kamikawa instantly pointed to the man who was being pinned down by Amuro's hand and was struggling to break free.
"It's still early, let's send it to the police station."
At the starting point, the three of them stepped into the performance venue. This outcropping venue is located below a cliff with several lights installed on the cliff face that illuminate the stage from top to bottom.
Many people came to see the performance, and everyone gathered in the open space in front of the stage. Some of the tourists are talking with great interest.
"Are the rumors of the Raven Tengu true?"
"It's true! It is said that when someone saw the full moon, the Raven Tengu fell from the sky! ”
"I've heard about it, but I always feel like it's a rumor, deliberately spread by the performance team."
"No, this rumor has only been around for the past few days." A local explained to the visitors, "I saw it too, not far away, a raven tengu with a katana descending from the sky to punish sin!" ”
"What is it like?"
"It's similar to the image of the Raven Tengu on stage, but it's a little more scary. Although the distance is a bit far, the red glowing wings on the tengu are very conspicuous. ”
"Will the Raventengu show up tonight?"
"I don't know, the thoughts of the gods are not something we can figure out."
......
"It's an interesting rumor." The three of them sat in the front row, listening to the discussion among the people in the back row.
"Because it's supposed to be a man-made tengu, the purpose is to promote the troupe." Kamikawa has seen this routine very thoroughly. "This troupe must be the troupe of the missing Miss Yanagida."
"Well, there's only one troupe on the island."
That's a bit of a coincidence.
Missing people, corpses, tengu who punish sin. If Conan had been here, something would have happened tonight. Kamikawa's mind diverged for a moment, and he felt that he was a little sensitive.
Is it because the world is reasoning?
The show started quickly.
The scene opens with a broken statue of a Raventengu, with lights concentrating on the statue and darkness all around. With a shout, two beams of light illuminate each of the two characters.
A samurai dressed in a samurai uniform, and a richly dressed eunuch.
The protagonist of this play is not a ravengu, but a samurai. The story of a samurai who was abandoned by his master, from losing the meaning of his existence, doubting himself, to finally being redeemed.
The reason why the samurai was abandoned by his master was because he damaged the statue of the Rajtengu that the master enshrined. The story revolves around the Raven Tengu, with statues or ornaments appearing in each conflict.
In the final scene, the protagonist kneels in front of the statue of the Raven Tengu enshrined in the temple, and then welcomes a new life.
The show was supposed to end perfectly, but at the end of the show, something happened that no one expected.
In the sky, a full moon glows faintly red. A man dressed in a tengu costume descended from the sky, holding a long katana in his mouth, and stabbed straight into the heart of the prostrate samurai with lightning speed.
Before the crowd could react, they saw the samurai fall to the ground in pain, and the long knife stabbed through the back, bleeding all over the ground.
The Raven Tengu, on the other hand, spread its wings, emitted a red light, and flew into the sky, turning into a fire in the air.
Kamikawa was a little confused, this was really an accident.
It must be because the detective Amuro is here!!
But this killing method is a real show, if you don't know, you really think it's a performance effect. The few people around him who were watching the show for the first time were already cheering for the gorgeous performance!
But the reaction of the actors on stage can't deceive people, the person who played the samurai is really dead, and he swallows his breath in pain.
"Damn it!" Amuro's expression darkened, and he felt offended by such a bright murder in front of him.
He leapt onto the stage, his hand reaching into the main artery of the samurai's neck, his pulse beating already stopped.
"Call the police!"
The actor seemed to have grabbed a backbone in his panic and hurriedly called the police.
Kamikawa and Osamu Hoshino glanced at each other.
"Do you understand?" Kamikawa asked.
"What do you understand?"
"This is the play. Originally, the samurai was supposed to be redeemed, but now it was the Raven Tengu who fell from the sky and stabbed him to death. ”
"The drama is very good, and what the murderer wants to express is very clear."
"That's what it means to be unworthy of salvation!"
Alas, these people who reasoned about it, they killed someone, and they did so many things, all kinds of strange methods, as if it was a ritual.
Just like this time, the Raven Tengu fell from the sky and slashed to solve the samurai who should have been redeemed, in front of the public, in the witness of everyone.
Fly into the sky and turn into flames.