Chapter 275 Dance Again
In the huge main venue of Feiteng Theater, the performance on the stage continued. Although Adele's long absence had caused some complaints in the audience, during the intermissions between the shows, many audience members began to shout Adele's name, wanting to urge Adele to come on stage quickly. Some of the more sensitive audience members vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Although resentment was growing among the audience due to Adele's long absence, the quality of the show itself was good, so there was no sign of people leaving the venue. However, if Adele did not appear again, things might have taken a further turn.
From the main venue, most of the area is the auditorium. At the edge of the packed auditorium and even further away from the stage, there are boxes surrounding the auditorium. Anyone who can afford a box at Adele's concert, even someone like Divian, has a certain status.
Byron is such a person. He is the son of the chief director of the Putnam Shipping Company, a real rich young master. He is young, wealthy and handsome. He has lived a carefree life since childhood and likes to seek all kinds of excitement and fun. He has been frequenting various nightclubs all year round. Once again, by chance, he found the most extreme excitement and happiness.
Wearing a well-fitting suit and with his blond hair combed back, Byron sat on a sofa in a box at the edge of the venue, sipping a glass of red wine while gazing at the performance on the stage in the distance. There was a hint of indifference on his face.
"It must be hard to be in trouble, Adele."
In the box, Byron was eating dried fruits while muttering, "On the coffee table in front of him were fine wine and desserts, which were the delicacies of the luxurious box.
Just then, the door of the box was opened, and a man dressed as a servant walked in. After closing the door, he came to Byron, saluted respectfully and said hello.
"Master..."
"What's the situation outside now?" Turning his head to look at the servant beside him, Byron said, and the servant answered immediately.
"The police seem to have taken over the scene. The scene where Maria died has been blocked and cannot be passed. There are patrols from the theater and the police station. The theater gate is strictly guarded and no one is allowed to leave yet. It is said that they have to wait until the performance is over."
The servant told Byron the news he had gathered. After listening, Byron nodded slightly and continued to ask questions.
"And what about Adele?"
"I haven't seen Adele. After this incident, she might be under special surveillance by the police." The servant responded, and Byron continued to mutter in a deep voice.
"That's right. If she runs away or attacks the police after something like this happens, then the reputation that I worked so hard to build will be gone. Although it's a pity that I couldn't kill her this time, I have to at least damage her reputation. This is the minimum requirement.
"Humph... But it's still quite infuriating when I think about it. I patiently approached that bitch, spent a lot of time, money and effort to make her happy, just to use her to get close to Adele and assassinate her. I didn't expect that this thing would start to malfunction at the last minute. It's really disappointing!"
As Byron spoke, he looked into his hand. What he held there was a small, button-like ornament. On the ornament was printed a circle of little people holding hands and dancing. This was a special prop that Byron used to control the meat puppet, which he obtained from the society.
According to the original plan, he should have used this prop to control Maria, the corpse doll, to backstab Adele, but he did not expect that at the most critical moment, Maria's corpse doll became disobedient. This made Byron think that there was something wrong with the button, or that Adele had some extraordinary item on her body that could disrupt the control of the corpse doll.
After the assassination attempt failed due to unexpected circumstances, Byron immediately manipulated Maria to stage a brutal murder in the bathroom. This was his second best way to assassinate Adele, just to destroy Adele's reputation.
Byron, who received the mission from the association, knew the importance of reputation to Adele. Once Maria's situation was exposed, regardless of whether Adele could be convicted or not, the media would definitely report it extensively.
"The partner of famous dance star Adele died tragically in the bathroom, and the cause of death points directly to Adele herself." Reporters will not let go of this kind of eye-catching and explosive news topic. At that time, the news is flying all over the place. Even if there is not enough evidence to prove Adele guilty in the end, as long as the real murderer is not found, Adele will always be suspected of guilt. These negative news will always accompany Adele and seriously damage her reputation.
Byron now can't wait to read the headlines of tomorrow's news.
"But then again, I clearly arranged for Maria to be 'killed' in the bathroom near the audience area, and the body should have been discovered by an unrelated audience member at the first time. If so, the news should have spread among the audience, causing a commotion and expanding the impact... But why was this matter suppressed at the first time..."
Byron continued to think and speak. Since he wanted to make a big fuss, he chose the washroom near the auditorium as the "crime scene". He wanted to let as many audiences as possible see the scene at the first time, spread the impact to the entire auditorium, and attract reporters as quickly as possible. However, he did not expect that the impact would be suppressed as soon as the body was discovered.
"As for this, I heard from some people in the theater that in addition to the police, there seems to be a detective involved in the investigation of this matter. It seems that after Maria was found, it was this detective who immediately notified the theater staff and the police and suppressed the impact. Those who first discovered the discovery have not yet released it."
Listening to Byron's words, the servant replied like this. After hearing the servant's words, Byron frowned slightly.
"Detective? Humph... How come there's another detective suddenly? It looks like it will take some time for this matter to be exposed... It would be great if we could get a detailed grasp of the situation over there."
Byron said in a deep voice that what bothered him most at the moment was that he could not really grasp Adele's situation and he did not know how far the police had investigated her. Byron once wanted to use the extraordinary items in his hands to control some small corpses to go out for investigation, but he gave up the idea after thinking that Adele was a "cup" of a high level.
After reaching the Chalcedon stage, Extraordinary people will have the ability to perceive the spirituality of their own spirits. Adele has the "Cup" spiritual perception, and she can easily perceive the "Cup" spiritual traces on the flesh puppets. Larger flesh puppets are better, they can wear "Shadow" Extraordinary items on their bodies, or use "Shadow" talismans to block spiritual perception, just like the necklace he put on Maria.
However, there is no way to do this for small meat puppets. Extraordinary items with passive effects need to be used or worn correctly to exert their effects. Most extraordinary items for humans cannot be worn by small meat puppets at all. Byron's meat puppets are also unable to perform complex operations such as "using talismans".
Therefore, due to all these reasons, Byron had almost no idea about the specific situation of Adele and the police, but he was not panicked.
"The truth will come out sooner or later. They can't suppress this kind of case no matter how hard they try. If they can't find the real culprit, Adele will be taken to the police station for detention. This alone will attract the media. The police here probably don't want to cause a riot in this crowded place, so they help suppress it. When the performance here is over and the person being watched comes back, I'll send someone to reveal some 'inside information', and then the whole thing will ferment immediately, and it will be impossible to suppress it.
'Oh, what headlines will the media use to report this incident? "Famous Dancer Adele Kills Dance Partner, Was It Jealousy?"
'Although Maria that bitch is disgusting, at least her death this time did have some effect.'
Byron thought so in his heart. He looked at the performance on the stage in the distance, quietly waiting for the end of the performance, waiting for the whole incident to ferment and explode in public opinion.
In the small box, Byron continued to watch the show while looking at the watch, occasionally eating the snacks in front of him and drinking some wine. However, in a corner that he did not notice, in the vent of the box, a pair of eyes were staring at him.
It turned out to be a mouse hiding in the narrow ventilation duct. Dorothy was using the mouse's senses to see, hear, and smell the information in the box.
"Finally I found you, murderer, B first."
Sitting in her seat, Dorothy had such thoughts in her mind. After Ed obtained the Breath-Seeking Seal and spiritual storage from Adele, he found an opportunity to transfer the seal and storage to the main body, and used spiritual vision to confirm that there were no things like signpost seals on it.
After taking the Breath-Seeking Talisman, Dorothy released two mouse puppets from the magic box. Then she used the talisman and used the puppeteer's ability to consume four "cups" to transfer the effect of the talisman to the mouse puppets, allowing them to temporarily gain an unparalleled sense of smell.
Afterwards, Dorothy let the mouse corpses identify the smell of the real murderer among a pile of letters, and commanded them to secretly go to various places in the theater and sniff secretly.
Dorothy had seen the floor plan of the theater before, and knew the range of Adele's murderous perception. She had already delineated the area that needed to be searched, mainly the edge of the auditorium and each box.
Using the ventilation ducts of the theater, Dorothy's corpse mice shuttled around, and soon they helped Dorothy find a scent similar to the one on the seal, which was in a private room, on a young man called Byron.
Unlike Byron, as a puppeteer, Dorothy's small corpse can obtain the protection effect of the Ring of Concealment transmitted from her main body, so she doesn't have to worry about being detected by the spiritual perception of the "Cup". At this time, she successfully confirmed Byron's position silently.
"The murderer has been found... Now it depends on how to deal with him. Since this is Adele's business, I should let her solve it herself."
Thinking of this, Dorothy once again mobilized Ed, who was waiting in a corner, and walked towards Adele's room. After pushing open the door and entering the room, the first thing she saw was Adele, who was smoking on the sofa.
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