Chapter 1748 1756 [Edo Boy] Ask for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
Jiang Xia looked at the watch: "It seems like it's time to eat."
Conan: “…”
He showed a puzzled expression as if saying, "There is a puzzle in front of you, but you are only thinking about eating? Are you still a detective?"
But soon, perhaps because this topic was mentioned, Conan's stomach growled, and he was obviously hungry.
Jiang Xia was very considerate and pretended not to hear it, and answered his previous question by the way: "Maybe 'Edo Boy' is really related to this group, for example, he is one of the members, and the group leader and the screenwriter happened to know this, so they showed it in the script."
"Are they trying to use this method to get Edo boy to turn himself in?" Conan tried to use reasoning to ease the embarrassment that flashed across his mind. "In fact, the quickest solution is to call the police and have the man arrested. I heard that the thief had injured someone during a robbery, but... Oh, forget it. After all, it's their own group, and there's affection between the members. It would be best if we could really persuade that guy to turn himself in."
At this time, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko walked over from the direction of the captain's lounge.
Seeing that Jiang Xia and the others looked thoughtful, the two asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xia came back to his senses: "How is that new classmate?"
Mao Lilan sighed, a little worried: "I don't know if he was kicked or just autistic, he doesn't seem to want to communicate with us and has fallen asleep."
"Then let's go eat first." On the way here, Jiang Xia saw several well-known old restaurants nearby. Usually they were far away and he was too lazy to make a special trip to eat, but today they happened to be on his way.
Kinoshita Yoko was also a little hungry. She thought of the cute fans just now and rubbed her stomach: "It seems that the people in the brigade haven't eaten yet. Let's pack a few portions for them after we finish eating, so that they won't be too busy and forget about this."
The few people quickly reached a consensus and went to find a restaurant nearby.
…
After dinner, several people returned to the theater building carrying some boxed lunches.
The hotel was closer to the back door of the theater. Jiang Xia pushed open the door and took just two steps inside when the door to the head of the group lounge was pushed open from the inside.
A little girl in ancient costume walked out of the door, and when she saw them, she exclaimed "Ah!" in surprise, and then she ran over happily: "Jiang Xia! I thought you guys had left."
Jiang Xia lowered his head and recognized it, and found that it was Ito Hui. This fashionable little girl looked like a completely different person after she changed into ancient costume.
After saying hello to Jiang Xia, Ito Hui showed Conan her clothes and said, "I'm going to practice now. Do you want to come with me? I also have a set of women's clothes and a wig. Our sizes are similar, so it will definitely fit you."
Conan: "...No, thank you."
Ito Hui looked regretful.
At this time, another person came out of the room.
——Ito Tamonsuke also changed into ancient-style costumes. It seemed that the kick from the screenwriter just now did not cause him much harm, and he had already put his mood into place.
"I'm so sorry for letting you see such an ugly scene just now."
Ito Tamonsuke shyly adjusted his police uniform and said, "The rehearsal will start in ten minutes. The stage is already set up. If you are interested, I will take you there to have a look."
"Great!" The two high school girls were obviously very interested in this traditional stage.
Kinoshita Yoko is not much older than them, and is also not very familiar with the traveling theater. She also adjusted the camera in her hand, looking forward to it.
…
The lights were turned on on the stage and various house scenes were set up.
Conan was distracted as he looked up at the decorations.
When he reached the center of the stage, his feet suddenly felt empty, and Jiang Xia grabbed him by the collar.
Conan looked down and saw a huge hole on the ground, about several meters deep.
Ito Tamonsuke was startled and hurried over to remind them: "This is 'Naraku', be careful, the Naraku on this stage is particularly deep."
Naraku is a lifting prop on the stage, connected to the path below the stage. Actors can use it to quickly appear in the center of the stage, and this unexpected concealment can also enhance the performance effect.
As he was speaking, with a slight sound of a mechanism turning, the male actor who had been rolling around before posed, half-knelt on the bottom of the Naraku, and was lifted up by the elevator.
When Naraku rose to the same level as the ground, the actor looked down at his watch: "1 minute and 40 seconds."
Ito Tamonsuke sighed: "It's a bit long, it seems I have to adjust the performance plan."
Once they got down to business, the troupe leader and actors got busy.
Jiang Xia and the others did not disturb them anymore and sat down in the audience. When they looked down, they saw a group of actors gathered in a circle on the stage discussing something, with a kid who was obviously shorter than them appearing in the middle.
Yoko Kinoshita couldn't help but take several photos of her: "So cute!"
Jiang Xia glanced at Xiao Bai who was lying on her phone, trying to occupy the camera: "...Indeed."
…
As several people put on their costumes, the actors' roles suddenly became clear: Ito Tamanosuke played the protagonist, a constable, Xiaohui played his assistant, and the tumbling actor played the "Edo boy".
Others play themselves, playing a traveling theater troupe from the Edo period.
The plot of the whole play is roughly that when the captain of the police was chasing the Edo boy, he found that the thief was suspected to be related to this traveling theater troupe, so the captain of the police began to check the people in the troupe one by one, trying to identify the real Edo boy.
In the end, the protagonist finally identified a suspect, but the ending was a reversal: that person was wrongly accused, and the real murderer was actually the suspect's twin brother.
"This script is really weird." Conan whispered to Jiang Xia, "The protagonist is a famous detective, but he actually identified the wrong murderer and only found out the truth by accident at the very end. This is not what a protagonist should do, and it is not like the ending that a traditional screenwriter would write. There must be some personal opinions mixed in. What exactly is this script hinting at..."
Jiang Xia glanced at him, and felt that Conan was too concerned about the script recently: "In fact, I think it's better to ask someone who knows the situation, such as the screenwriter and the leader, rather than guessing blindly."
"They definitely won't tell." Conan sighed.
Suddenly he realized something and sat up: "Wait, has the screenwriter not shown up yet? Everyone on the stage is here, and the financial manager has come to rehearse together. No matter how arrogant the screenwriter is, he should come and take a look. He was obviously very concerned about his script before, but now, isn't he afraid that someone will secretly change the script while he's away?"
The more he talked, the more he felt something was wrong. Conan jumped up, walked around the side of the stage, and rushed backstage in the surprised eyes of his companions and actors.
(End of this chapter)
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