On the stage of the Injinkan, while Gao Cheng and Sonoko were dining outside at the café, the troupe was in the final rehearsal, and Kojiro Sakata was also staring at the candid filming.

He would suspect that something big was happening, and of course it wasn't just because Bandai Suzue looked short-lived, in fact, he made a special investigation when he knew that the police were involved in this mysterious night event.

The police and troupe members were all placed on the third floor, and the people entering and leaving were clear at a glance, as if they were guarding against something.

In addition to the people from the Hokkaido Police Department, there is also a joint investigation of the Aomori Prefectural Police, and there happens to be an acquaintance, so he found a lot of things in private.

One week ago, a troupe that was training in Aomori received a threatening letter that looked like a prank, and I don't know why it caught the attention of the Hokkaido police who were in Aomori at the time, so this joint investigation was the result.

Break the silence of the holy night,

Ordinary men who want to desecrate the house where I rest,

Death will be punished!

- Santa Claus the Redbeard

……

Rather than a threatening letter and more like a death notice, Kojiro Sakata relied on his instincts to determine that something big was bound to happen in this mysterious night event.

On the stage, Bandai Suzue, who was reading the script for the first time, was performing with the script, although it was a rehearsal, but I have to say that this old woman was really good at acting, and it was quite wonderful just to perform on the spot.

It is said that you can memorize all the scripts as long as you read them once before each performance, so he has been known as a talented actor since the beginning.

Kojiro Sakata was sour.

His memory is not very good, not at all as good as those genius detectives with instantaneous memories, and now he is not even as good as an old woman.

If he could, he didn't want to use the camera to take a sneak peek, like a pervert.

"Smack!"

Kojiro Sakata, who was a little distracted, didn't notice the situation around him, and the camera in his hand was suddenly slapped to the ground by the vicious Bandai Suzue.

"Don't shoot me!"

Bandai Suzue is extremely sensitive to the camera, his face is hideous, as if something unforgivable has happened, the roar instantly attracted the police, and the man's wife looked at the police Narumi quickly scanned the scene, and immediately looked puzzled after seeing the frightened Sakata Kojiro.

"What's going on?" Fupo Narumi asked.

"This little ghost actually tried to shoot me with a video camera! Why is this guy here? Hurry up! Bandai Suzue was angry, but seemed to be scared, looking at the camera on the ground, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

Fupo Narumi looked weird, so she had to let Sakata leave with the camera first.

When Gao Cheng and Sonoko returned to the hotel, they just saw Sakata coming out of the backstage lounge on the side of the stage hall, looking dejected, and they didn't even notice the two of them.

"What's wrong with him?" The garden said strangely.

This high school detective doesn't seem to be very good, and he was scared by a few words......

"I don't know, but that old woman is scary." Gao Cheng shook his head, and vaguely saw everyone in the troupe continuing to rehearse on the stage.

"If any of us were going to die, there would be no better night than tonight......"

"Click!"

A police officer closed the door of the lounge room and interrupted Gao Cheng's idea of going in to have a look: "Unrelated people can't go in." ”

In the suspicious eyes of the police officer standing guard, Yuan Zi pulled Gao Cheng and hurriedly left: "Of course, it will be like that, I heard that Bandai Suzue is very repulsive against equipment such as cameras, and I hate others to shoot her the most...... When I was young, Bandai Suzue was actually quite beautiful, but now I'm 60 years old. ”

Gao Cheng actually cares about other things.

Judging by the reaction of the police, it seems that the destruction of the costumes before was not simple.

Hokkaido Police Station, and a high school detective...... What kind of case is he involved in?

Looking at the darkening sky outside the corridor and the continuous snowfall, Gao Cheng thought about it and his gaze gradually condensed.

I don't know when it started, I could only rely on the system prompts to find the case, but now I can have an accident wherever I go, which is slightly inferior to the combination of Conan and Uncle.

Even if he deliberately hides his identity this time, he can't change his fate, and if this case is not solved, I'm afraid he and Yuan Zi won't be able to travel well at all......

At 7 p.m., the town is even more lonely at night, with only the sound of wind and snow, and all the guests who participate in the mystery night gather in the restaurant to wait for the show to begin.

"Smack!" As the lights in the dining room go out, a beautiful woman in a kimono appears in front of the stage curtain in the light of the pillar of light.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's mysterious night," the kimono girl announced softly, "from now on, it is up to me to lead you into a world full of mysteries and horrors......

Gao Cheng and Sonoko sat at a table next to them, along with the high school detective Kojiro Sakata.

This guy with the same name as a character of Team Rocket doesn't seem to have eaten a trench and grown wise, and is still secretly shooting, and the center of the picture is Bandai Suzue.

"The story takes place in an old-fashioned family in a deep mountain village, revolving around the issue of inheritance, a very old-fashioned mystery drama."

Kojiro Sakata quietly revealed to Gao Cheng.

"There are 6 characters on the scene, the old woman with the highest status, and the niece who is by her side and is jealous of the old woman because of her young beauty,

The old woman's only daughter, who had been kicked out of the house for a time, returned home because she wanted to acquire property.

There is also the clown who was used by the old woman and failed in his career, the puppet who was bullied by the old woman, and the last family character wanted to turn the huge inheritance into his own pocket with the niece......

I don't know if it's deliberate, the relationship between these people is exactly the same as the situation in the troupe, it should be a reference to reality, the screenwriter is really bold. ”

Sakata said and smiled.

"Everyone in the play wants the old woman to die, and in reality it seems to be about ......"

Hearing this, Gao Cheng glanced at Sakata, who was becoming more and more excited.

This guy has investigated too clearly, right?

Until now, he only knew the basic identity of the members of this troupe through the garden.

Bandai Suzue, 60 years old, actress.

Yukio Hongkawa, a scriptwriter and actor, is 44 years old.

Troupe member, actress Wenyue Hualien, 27 years old.

Actor, Akira Enoto, who is in charge of the role of the clown.

Actor, Tamasaburo Ichikawa of the role of a puppeteer.

The main members are these 6 people, except for the scripter and Bandai Suzue whose relationship is unknown, the others are often scolded and bullied by Bandai, among which the actress Wenyue Hualien is a student of Bandai, but just like the maid in the play, she is called by all kinds of people, and she is beaten and scolded at every turn.

If it is really as Sakata said, will Bandai Suzue be killed on this mysterious night?

This old woman is indeed very annoying, but ......

"There's no better night than tonight," Bandai Suzue said on stage, picking up a glass of wine from the dining car and saying loudly, "Cheers to this unlucky night!" ”

"Cheers!!"

All the characters on the stage raised their glasses and drank together, but the next moment there was a crisp sound of glass breaking, and they fell to the ground, and Bandai Suzue grabbed his throat in pain, and struggled to his knees in a rapid breath.

The curtain closed again amid the applause of the audience, and everyone else was admiring the realistic acting, but Sakata stood up suddenly: "Something's wrong!" What a problem! In the script, it should be the clown who drank poisoned wine and died! ”