Chapter 2703-2715 [Performance of the Hell Puppet Master]
"It's actually gone." The carriage was not too big and the scene inside was clearly visible.
Suzuki Sonoko looked at the empty room and the scenery passing by quickly outside the window, and couldn't help muttering, "Is this the Vanishing Outer Space? Even though the name isn't very good, it's amazing!"
In the corridor, a dark shadow glanced at her quietly, then quickly and quietly lurked back into the crowd.
Everything happened so fast that when the flight attendant came over, the room was littered with messy roses and balloon fragments.
"This..." After hearing the whole story, the flight attendant was bewildered. "Could it be that you saw it wrong? This compartment is sealed, and the window is very small. There is no way for the corpse to pass through it. Maybe that puppeteer from hell used a projection or a canvas?"
"Impossible." Officer Sato said firmly, "I have seen so many dead bodies, I can't be wrong - the person in the car just now is definitely a real person."
The matter was reported to the conductor. Seeing the destination approaching, the conductor just wanted to get rid of this huge trouble as soon as possible.
He cleared his throat and said calmly, "This train is already late. Since there is no body, it is not a good idea to stop halfway. We will soon reach the terminal of Corpse Field. How about stopping and investigating when we get there?"
Officer Sato wanted to refute, but after thinking carefully: Even if the car stopped now, she didn't seem to know where to start...
Finally she sighed: "Okay, this is the only way for now."
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After experiencing so much, the Silver Meteor continued to gallop across the vast plains.
Soon, the fog around us gradually became thicker, and a Gothic-style platform quietly appeared in front of the train.
The dark awning hangs down like a giant bat with its wings spread. Behind the "bat", a hotel that looks like a clock tower stands quietly, with red walls and blue tiles. The whole scene is like a fairy-tale horror story.
"Shiguyuan, Shiguyuan." The attendant announced the station with a vicissitudes of life on his face, "We have reached the final stop. Please take your luggage and get off the train in an orderly manner."
Officer Sato grabbed the microphone and added: "After getting off the train, please do not leave the station. Please bring your large luggage and wait for inspection at the station exit."
Although we don’t know how the body disappeared, magic is still magic, not magic - the leader’s body must still be in the car.
Of course, now that the train had arrived at the station, there was a chance that the body could be put into a suitcase by some passenger and quietly taken away - so she decided to check the luggage to nip the possibility of destroying the body in the bud.
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At times like this, the advantage of the spacious station is revealed - even if all the passengers for the entire train are standing, it doesn't seem crowded.
However, this one-by-one inspection still makes some people feel irritated.
Prince Xihuan fiddled with his messy hair and said disdainfully, "Check all the passengers' luggage? With so many people, how long will it take to check? - And there are many important props in our luggage. What if those clumsy guys damage them?"
"And what about the disappearing bodies? Ha, these guys must have seen it wrongly - how could a body disappear out of thin air?"
The trainee female magician whispered, "But I saw it with my own eyes. The dead leader was lying in the roses. When the door opened and closed, he disappeared."
The prop master next to him rolled his eyes and suddenly laughed out loud: "So that's how it is, I understand everything now!"
"What are you laughing at!" The mermaid turned to the guy who had just mocked her as an old woman and said angrily, "Our people are missing, is this funny?!"
The prop master waved his hands at Lian Lian: "Oh, I know you are worried about your husband, the head of the group, but don't worry - if you ask me, this must be a new magic trick he has researched."
Mermaid Ji was stunned: "Magic?"
Thinking of her husband's character of always doing big things quietly, she hesitated for a moment and accepted this statement: "Really, he didn't even discuss it with us in advance. He still likes to show off like before..."
Knowing that her people were fine, the leader's wife felt much more at ease. She turned to look at the manager and said, "We have a performance soon. You can squeeze forward with your luggage so that they can finish the inspection quickly."
Unlike the other members of the tour who were feeling light-hearted, the manager was loaded with luggage. When he heard the leader's wife urging him, he could only rush to the station entrance and put the luggage in front of the police.
"Please check it quickly!" The manager wiped his sweat, took out his notebook and anxiously flipped through it. "Look, look at this crowded schedule - the train is already late. If it is delayed any further, we will not be able to perform magic tonight!"
"I know, I know!" Officer Sato was overwhelmed by his nagging. A working person should not make things difficult for another working person. Considering that this group of magicians did have a busy schedule compared to other passengers, she had to bend down and open the two large bags to search.
After confirming that there was no body inside, she breathed a sigh of relief and let the person pass.
A corpse is not something that is easy to hide, and it does not require a thorough search. Therefore, although there were many people and many bags, all the passengers successfully passed through the station and entered the hotel before dark.
The passengers checked in happily, but the station, police and crew were dumbfounded.
"Since the body wasn't taken away by the passengers..." Several people looked at each other, and then turned their heads to look at the huge train behind them, "Could it be hidden in the train?"
The visible workload caused everyone to fall into silence for a short time.
"Go ahead and look for it." In the silence, Officer Sato was the first to speak. As a glorious Tokyo police officer, she was quite used to this overload of work, and she used the words that Inspector Megure usually used to encourage them, "Finish the work early and leave work early."
Others: “…”
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Jiang Xia carried his luggage into the hotel. When he looked up, he found some familiar posters in the hotel - they were the promotional posters of the Fantasy Magic Troupe.
Others saw it too. Suzuki Sonoko ran to the wall and read the small words below the poster: "It says that the performance will be held in the annex of this hotel - great! I can watch the performance without leaving home. I guess I can have a good rest tonight."
Mao Lilan turned her head to look, and when she turned back, she almost tripped over the luggage on the ground.
She jumped to adjust her balance and looked back: "I thought we were the first to leave the station, but I didn't expect someone to check in faster than us."
Conan: "Such a big hotel, besides the passengers sent by the Silver Meteor, there must be other sources of customers... right, brother Jiang Xia!"
Hashimoto Maya: “…” Why did this kid suddenly become so angry after just one look at him, and even went to talk to Jiang Xia specifically? His competitive consciousness is too strong.
(End of this chapter)
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