Chapter 54: Coincidence
"Where did you go when the Armored Monsters started wreaking havoc on the studio?"
After reviewing director Keshua, it was the turn of the show's host, Adler. This was the closest person to the suspect at the time, and Alleghe hoped to know more from him.
Compared to Keshua, who was still excited about making big news for himself, Edler was obviously a lot more timid, and now the poor dwarf still looked too scared to do anything.
Adler lowered his head: "As soon as Chief Lannard said it was a real armored monster, I was terrified, so I shrank under the couch. “
"Sofa?"
"It's the sofa we usually sit on in the studio, and I'm relatively small enough to get underneath."
"You've been down there?" Alleghe asked again, "Did you see anything?" “
Alleghe was a little excited, if Edler had been hiding in the studio, then he might have seen how the armored monster had left.
Edler shook his head: "No, I didn't see anything. After I got under the couch, I hid underneath it, and it wasn't long before there was a ping-pong noise outside, and I thought it was the monster in armor smashing things, maybe he was still killing. So I didn't dare to go out or look outside. Even if the sofa was thrown aside, it was tightly propped up on the railing at the bottom and did not come out. “
"You really didn't see anything?"
"Nope."
Alleghe sighed, "Then let me ask you one last question, why are you not surprised at all when you see the Armored Monster, and the director Keshua also said that you prepared the clothes?" ”
Adler hurriedly denied, "I didn't prepare armor, this actual combat environment was only set the day before the show was recorded, where can I get such a broken armor in such a short time?" I just made a cloak temporarily......"
"Cloak?" Allegh brought a piece of cloth from the side, which had been found at the scene of the crime, and the armor monster was wearing it when he appeared, with the words "Big Bad" written on it. After the armor monster disappeared, the cloak was left on the scene.
"Is this the cloak?"
Adler nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, that's it, I still wrote the words on it, I think it's more effective." I only prepared this cape, so I was a little surprised when the armor monster appeared in it, but when I saw the cloak, I thought that everything else was secretly prepared by director Keshua, so I didn't suspect it. I'm whispering to you, Keshua is a guy who wants to make big news all day long. He definitely did this kind of thing when he asked the actor to pretend to be a monster in armor. If you want to hold him accountable, you must hold Keshua accountable, and it is better to put him in jail. That's right, he must go to jail, if he hadn't sent people to the stage, how could the rest of the story be broadcast live? ”
Unable to ask anything useful, Allegh waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, it's okay, it's none of your business, go out and wait." Adjutant, go get that assistant director! ”
"Yes!"
The adjutant got up and brought the director's assistant over not long after.
This assistant was the first person in the entire column group to see the armor monster, and it was precisely because of him leading the armor monster that the others did not become suspicious.
Alleghe felt he needed to ask him properly.
Because based on previous investigations, it is likely that the Armored Monster has an accomplice who assists him in committing the crime.
"You said you met the armor freak in the makeshift dressing room?"
The assistant seemed more scared than Edler, and he couldn't be scared when he thought about what he had said to the armor freak alone.
"Yes," stammered the assistant replied, "because the actors were about to be put on the stage, so Director Keshua asked me to call Hans, and he had something to say, so I took the cloak that Mr. Edler had asked me to give Hans, and went to the makeshift dressing room." ”
Allegh snorted, "So he wasn't wearing a cloak when you met the Armored Monster?" ”
"Yes....... I gave him the cloak. ”
"Smack!"
Allegh slapped the table and asked, "It's understandable that others mistakenly think that the Armored Monster is an actor because of the cloak or because they see you leading." Tell me, why don't you have any doubts when you see the Armored Monster? Don't tell me you don't know the Armor Freaks! ”
Hearing Alleghe's rebuke, the assistant was sweating profusely. "No.... No. I was holding the cloak that Mr. Adler had prepared, which he had given me improvised before the show began. So I was thinking, although the program plan sent down didn't write about armor, maybe it was also prepared by the director or Mr. Edler. In addition, that armor monster was quite normal at the time, and he didn't mean to harm people at all, didn't he say that he was a murderer? So I didn't doubt it at the time. ”
Allegh tapped the table with his index knuckle, "Is the internal management of your program team so chaotic?" No communication? He thinks you prepared it, you think he prepared it. ”
The assistant muttered, "It's so chaotic....... Director Keshua has a very strong desire to control the show and asks everyone to do what he says. But Mr. Edler likes to express himself, so he often improvises on the show, and the two of them quarrel a lot about it. So this time the armor, sir, I really thought they made it again. ”
Alleghe was a little unwilling, and he asked again: "What did the actor Hans say?" He was in the dressing room at the time, didn't you notice? ”
"Because time was tight, I didn't go inside the dressing room, so I stood at the door and said a few words to the armored monster, the armor monster was very large, and I couldn't see inside."
Allegh covered his head and waved his hand: "You go out, adjutant, and call Hans in." ”
"Yes!"
It wasn't long before Hans was brought over.
This time, without Alleg's question, Hans himself began to cry.
"Sir, I don't know anything about this, I was sleeping in the dressing room, and I don't know anything about what's going on outside!!"
"Quiet!" Allegh was already upset, and he was even more annoyed when he saw Hans like this. "You're about to go on stage, why are you sleeping at this time?"
Hans said with a bitter face: "I'm a stuntman, the last play just ended, and then the program team here contacted me and asked me if I could come and participate, just come over and act, and let people beat me." They said the day before, they were going to play the next day, so the time was very tight, and I didn't want to come, but they gave me too much money, so I flew over overnight. I didn't take a break, I got here directly by car, I didn't even have time to eat, I put on makeup, and I talked about requirements. It wasn't until two hours before the show started that I was finally free, and I asked the staff if they would let me sleep for a while. ”
Allegh stared at Hans: "We investigated the dressing room and found traces of turning inside, did you do it?" ”
"No, I fell asleep as soon as I got into the lounge and dipped my stool."
"Then tell me, the armored monster rummaged through the room, why don't you know anything?"
Hans's face became even more worried, "Sir, I sleep very hard, I won't wake up at all if I don't shake me hard, and I snore very loudly when I sleep, so I asked the staff to find me a dressing room where no one is around, you can ask them." I thought they would call me when the time came. ”
"I thought, I thought, I thought." Alleghe was going crazy, "You all say 'I think', so you're trying to tell me that this farce is a coincidence?" ”