"...You are right. Although I have feelings for Hong Shu, I am far from willing to sacrifice my own interests for him."
In the huge office, Thomas Sindorah sighed quietly:
"The reason why I'm telling you this..."
"It's because if Hong Shu is arrested, it will affect the reputation of Sindor Company in the industry. After all, I am his adoptive father."
"So this is your purpose."
Kenmura Tadaki nodded, he understood what Thomas Sindorah meant.
For Sindorah, any problems with the game release will inevitably have a huge impact on the company's next development and reputation.
Thomas Sindorah's concern for Hiroki Sawada is fake, but his real concern is for his own company.
Kenmura Tadaki did not accuse him of being hypocritical. After all, Thomas Sindora was a businessman who would not do anything without profit, and it was the nature of businessmen to pursue profit.
but...
It is really too much to ask a technician like Tadaki Kenmura to think about how to save Hiroki Sawada.
This is not his specialty!
"That's all I have to say. We are on the same page when it comes to saving Hongshu. Everything else can be postponed."
Thomas Sindorah glanced at the time, as if thinking that he had been away for too long, and stood up and walked towards the door:
"If you can't make up your mind, you can ask others for help."
Others...
This sentence reminded Jiancun Zhongbin, who had been thinking hard for a long time, that if there was anyone who could help him now...
Only Yusaku Kudo!
.............................
"Ms. Irene, the show is about to begin. Are you ready?"
The voice of the staff came from outside the door. Irene Adler, who had finished putting on makeup, immediately stood up, responded with a smile, and then said to Sakaki Makoto and the others:
"Come with me. You can watch the performance backstage. This is a special seat!"
Conan blushed. He knew his mother's works very well. It was beautiful, but when watching it in front of friends...
I always feel a little embarrassed.
After everyone left the room, Hattori Heiji was still angrily ignoring Toyama Kazuha. The two of them stood far away from each other, sulking each other.
It was 7:55 and the performance was about to begin. The opera house was packed, even the VIP box on the second floor was crowded with people.
For an opera performer, this is a great honor.
It's like singing at the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
"The first performance was Puccini's opera, Tosca Act 2, for art, for love..."
Conan got a performance schedule from somewhere, pointed at it and said:
"Miss Irene will perform continuously for nearly an hour, and this period of time is when Jack the Ripper will take action."
“Puccini’s Tosca?”
Xiao Ai, who was held in her boyfriend's arms, raised her eyebrows:
"Wasn't this opera created in 1900? It premiered at the Rome Opera House. Now it's 1888, 12 years before Tosca was born."
"I guess the game makers made a mistake."
Sakaki Makoto shrugged and glanced at the staff coming and going backstage:
"Xiao Ai, you actually know something about opera."
"There was a music department in college, and they studied classical bel canto."
“Great, great...”
Sakaki Makoto touched Ai's head.
"...Since I came to the game world, I noticed that something was wrong with you."
Huiyuan Ai glanced at her boyfriend and said word by word:
"Do you treat me like a child?"
"No, no, how is that possible? You have always been the most important in my heart!"
Sakaki Makoto scratched his head in embarrassment.
On second thought...
If Miss Miyano had really taken APTX4869 and turned into an elementary school student like Conan, what would he do?
Cute is cute, but a little...
I can't bring myself to eat it.
I'm afraid I'll have to raise her as a daughter.
Fortunately, this is just a game.
The curtain slowly opened, and there was silence in the opera house. The lights shone on Irene Adler, who was wearing a lavender petticoat. At this moment, she seemed to have become the center of the world.
When appreciating art, one must not make any noise or disturb others. The surroundings were in silence. After all, there were no loudspeakers. If one was not quiet, one would not be able to hear clearly what the performers were singing.
It was 8 o'clock. Irene Adler took a deep breath. She was well-trained, tightened her abdomen, and controlled the airflow perfectly. A loud and mournful singing voice came out of her mouth, melodious and beautiful.
Most medieval operas narrate sad stories, and Puccini's Tosca is no exception.
The story takes place in Rome in 1800. The protagonist Cavaradossi was arrested and detained by the police for covering up the escape of revolutionaries and was sentenced to execution.
Irene Adler plays the heroine, Cavaradossi's lover, the opera singer Tosca.
In order to save his lover, Tosca finds the police chief and asks him to forgive Cavaradossi, but the police chief has long coveted Tosca's beauty, so he proposes to use Tosca's body in exchange for Cavaradossi's freedom. As long as Tosca agrees, he can execute a fake execution.
Tosca knew she had no time to hesitate and could only agree to the police chief's request. Just as the police chief was about to do something inappropriate to her, Tosca grabbed the dagger on the table and stabbed the police chief in the chest.
On the execution ground, Tosca warned her lovers that this was a fake execution and that they should pretend to be dead after the gunshot so that they could escape after the crowd dispersed.
But reality is always cruel. When the execution gun sounded, Tosca realized that he had been deceived. At this time, the police officers who found the director's body came to arrest Tosca. Tosca, who was extremely sad, shouted angrily and jumped off the execution platform to commit suicide.
This is also the origin of the second act, which is about art and love.
While Irene Adler was performing the opera, Makoto Sakaki and his companions paid close attention to their surroundings, preparing for the appearance of Jack the Ripper.
However...
Time passed by minute by minute, but Jack the Ripper still did not show up. Even Sakaki Makoto and his companions could not find a suspect who met the appearance requirements.
"That's strange. Did Jack the Ripper stand up Professor Moriarty?"
Kidd said with a confused look on his face:
"The show will end in half an hour..."
"No, look there."
Sakaki Makoto raised his hand and pointed to the VIP seats on the second floor closest to the stage, where...
Sitting there was an elegant old gentleman, Professor Moriarty.
He stared at the beautiful Irene Adler on the stage with an expressionless face, as if he was watching the last moan of a swan before its death.
"Professor Moriarty is here too?"
Kidd was shocked:
"It seems that he is determined to kill Irene Adler..."
"But with so many people watching, how would Jack the Ripper assassinate Irene Adler?"
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