Chapter 113: Resolution—The Destruction of Famous Paintings
White display lights leak through the gaps in the paintings, and artists, detectives, and policemen bathe in the bright stars, and even though the white light is dazzling, they can't take their eyes off it for a long time.
"Like a miracle." Sierra whispered.
"It's a work I've been thinking about for half a lifetime, and if there's a god in charge of art, I'd really like to have it come here and evaluate it."
Mr. Yati was not modest, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the zenith, looking beyond the universe.
I wonder if I will be able to create more powerful works in the rest of my life?
Finally, it was Detective Hugo's words that pulled everyone back to reality-
"The idea of this zenith pavilion is very good, but aren't you worried that the aftermath of the battle in the gym may damage the work?"
"It doesn't matter." Arte shrugged, looking unimpressed.
"There is a gap between the battlefield and the exhibition area, and generally it does not affect each other. And I'll stay in the gym with a weaker team, and the battle will be over before the challengers can really tear down the walls. ”
Hugo glanced sympathetically at the unscrupulous leader of the gym: "Then you will have to prepare a few more dozen beetle badges for the hall's specialties in the future." ”
It can be expected that from now on, the saying that "the worm type is the weakest Pokémon attribute" will become more worthy of the name.
"There's also a little artistic advice." The detective pointed to the orange walls around him, "It's better to change the form of the labyrinth, it always feels a little out of line with the color of the exhibition hall above." ”
"Oh!" The owner of the Yati Pavilion was stunned, "Isn't it worthy of being a detective who has seen through the truth of the incident, and he really has a vision!" I'm planning to renovate the Feiyun Gym and build an elevator-shaped teleportation maze based on the cocoon-like structure of the studio in the battlefield, and the complexity of this maze is ......."
"Wait a minute!"
Officer Serra jumped between the two men in the middle of the mountain and water, interrupting the art talk that was about to begin.
"Hugo, tell me in detail about the truth of what you discovered! What is Mr. Yati's purpose in sabotaging his debut? ”
The detective and the artist looked at each other, and the latter shook his head, and Hugo had to go over the deity and explain the artist's "motive for the crime" on his behalf-
"Unlike yarn or man-made fibers, the threads spit out by insect Pokémon are so small that they are barely visible to the naked eye. At this scale, transparency is almost indistinguishable from color. Especially when Mr. Yati painted for me, the viewer's attention was almost entirely focused on the picture that was gradually taking shape, and even the observant would not notice the colored filaments that were being pulled in the sky. ”
- The detective began his story.
"I know that the owner of the Yati Pavilion used insect silk to create a mechanism, but now even if the transparent insect silk becomes colored silk, it can't change the basic nature of the case." Miss Police Officer spread out her hands in confusion.
"No, the nature of the case has fundamentally changed." Hugo shook his head and said, "Those colored silk threads are the real purpose of Arti, and the crime that Mr. Pavilion Master really wants to commit is not destruction, but theft!" ”
Steal? Stealing a painting that belongs to you?
Serra's gaze scanned back and forth between the detective and the artist, and she didn't see the slightest hint of banter, only to confirm that she wasn't being tricked.
"Remember the 'regeneration' I mentioned earlier? Mr. Yati is planning to rebuild the Ashram and integrate his past artworks into a giant zenith painting. In this work, how can there be no such debut work, that work of great significance to Mr. Arti? ”
"Recycling...... Colored silk thread...... Significance...... Could it be said? The police officer lifted her glasses, and she seemed to have guessed the truth.
"Could it be that some of the silk threads actually come from the old silk on the Four Virtues paintings?"
"Exactly." The detective's snapping fingers sounded just right—
"The truth of the case is that Mr. Arti is in charge of diverting the attention of the audience, and the nanny worm who provides the silk thread like an attendant by his side is the most important executor in the operation. One end of the silk thread is connected to the end of the thread of the Four Virtues, and the other end is pulled by a nanny worm. If the plan goes well, by the time Mr. Yati completes his sketches and returns home, the four exquisite paintings have been unknowingly packed into the leaves of the silk threads where the nanny worm is stored. ”
"Yes." The parties to the case, Mr. Yati himself, nodded in agreement.
"The original plan was to return the work to the silk thread and turn it into a better work with the same theme, which was the performance art I prepared. Just like an insect Pokémon has evolved into a butterfly, the original organs disappear and dissolve in the cocoon, and then become newer, more beautiful and more imaginative works - this is my regenerative art! ”
"But in this case, there are more things that don't make sense."
Even though the parties have nodded in agreement, Serra still did not blindly follow the detective's reasoning, and she still grasped the logical contradictions in the case-
"Since it is the nanny worm that manipulates the silk thread, what is the purpose of Mr. Arti's non-stop use of the brush in his paintings? Also, why did "The Four Virtues" end up like that? If the theft had been carried out according to this plan, the scene would have been empty. ”
"Ugh." Mr. Arti let out a long sigh and pressed his index finger to his temple in remorse.
"I've done countless drills, but this time there was an accident. It may be due to the aging of the silk thread ten years ago, and the silk manipulated by the nanny bug broke in the air. I tried to wield my brush to catch the threads in the air, but it was all in vain...... That's why we only finished dismantling the paintings, but we couldn't recycle them, which ended up in that miserable situation......"
Serra was dumbfounded, she had guessed that there might be countless kinds of intrigues behind this sabotage, but she never thought that the reason for it was such a laughable accident!
The mess in the museum turned out to be not a malicious desecration of a supercriminal, but a failed attempt by an artist.
"Nope. Even so, why didn't Mr. Yati take the paintings directly from the museum, but in this way? ”
The police officer remembered another important suspicion and asked Hugo and Arte.
"Didn't I already tell you why?" This time, the detective directly lazily revealed the mystery, "It's because this gym is about to be renovated." ”
"What do you mean? What does it have to do with the Feiyun Gym? ”
I saw Hugo raise one arm, his index finger facing the magnificent art ceiling, and asked Serra: "Miss Serra, do you think that after the appearance of such an incomparable art museum in Feiyun City, will anyone go out of their way to visit the art museum that has lost the treasure of the town?" ”
Maybe some people will go, but it's going to be harder.
Having seen the majesty of the ocean, how could the audience stop for the trickle of a stream?
Serra thought for a moment, but still didn't understand Yate's approach: "Is it possible to steal the paintings so that visitors can visit the museum?" ”
"Whether it's a museum or a work of art, part of the value of these tangible things lies in the stories behind them. Imagine the newspaper headlines you'll see tomorrow if the plan succeeds – in the museum, Mr. Yati's masterpiece disappears silently, while countless watchers inside and outside the door are watching, and even the creator of the work himself is sketching on the opposite street, but no one has witnessed the Jiangyang robbers - what kind of wonderful story can compare to such powerful news? ”
Hugo said with a relaxed face: "In this way, the museum that has lost its works and the dojo that has been reborn can use this case to connect with this case - when Mr. Yatei's new gym opens, when people look at the magnificent zenith of the museum, they will definitely be more curious about the missing debut works of Arte, and then they will have the idea of visiting the Feiyun Art Museum as well." The popularity of the Feiyun Gym can be divided among the art museums. ”
"This is Mr. Yati's reward for exhibiting his work in the museum for ten years - he is really human, the strongest insect artist." The detective looked teasingly at Arte.
The latter sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that it didn't succeed in the end, but it brought a bad impact to the museum." Alas, when I tested it with the nanny bug, I could succeed with older and older silk threads, but I don't know why it failed today. ”
Detective Hugo pinned his face to the wall and pretended not to hear.