Chapter 823: Can't Actively Jump into the Script
Conan nodded without thinking too much. Xiaolan did have this habit...
He watched the new show and continued chewing cluelessly.
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The other side.
Yusuke Nakamura, holding a guitar, walked into the building with Ran Mouri and came to the elevator entrance.
He looked back and saw that no one was following him. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that things went well - it turned out to be a good idea to muster up the courage to talk to someone just now.
Yusuke Nakamura pressed the button and the elevator quickly went up.
Two people entered the elevator one after another and pressed the button for the basement floor.
After the elevator door closed.
Vermouth turned the corner silently, raised her head, and stared at the jumping numbers on the top of the elevator. Finally, she watched it stop at position B1.
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Yusuke Nakamura and Ran Maoli quickly went down from the rooftop to the underground floor where the lounge was located.
There is a simple guard post on the basement floor, which usually performs security duties and keeps the keys.
Yusuke Nakamura borrowed the key to the lounge from the guard.
The two came to the door of the lounge.
On both sides of the door, there were some large musical instruments stacked up. The door to the lounge was locked and the lights were off. Before they came, it seemed that no one was inside.
Nakamura Yusuke opened the door with his key, but did not invite Mao Lilan in. He turned around and apologized, "Please wait here for a moment."
Mao Lilan responded obediently.
It was normal not to let her in the rest room for artists. After all, it was not only Nakamura Yusuke who was using it, but also other band members. The rooftop restaurant knew the importance of publicity when it first opened, and invited bands for several days in a row. So today and in the next few days, Nakamura Yusuke's band would come here to perform every night and use this rest room. There might still be some personal belongings of the band members left in it.
Not allowing outsiders to enter is to protect the privacy of the artists...
As Mao Lilan thought about it, she nodded secretly, showing understanding.
After watching Yusuke Nakamura go in, she paced back and forth at the door of the lounge, curiously admiring the various musical instruments in the corridor and the paintings on the wall.
At the corner, Vermouth was secretly observing this scene.
Seeing that the situation seemed safe, she followed the "non-interference" agreement she had just made with Wu Zuo and watched from a distance without moving.
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After a few seconds, a series of noises suddenly came from the lounge.
Mao Lilan was startled and listened carefully. She heard someone trip and stumble in the lounge.
Then, Yusuke Nakamura muttered to himself in confusion: "What is that?"
A rustling sound.
"Ah——!!" a scream rang out in the house.
"..." Vermouth, who was eavesdropping at the corner, had her eyes twitched and frowned slightly.
But then I thought, it was the man who screamed...
She finally restrained herself from moving.
Before something that could threaten Angel's life appeared, she was just a curious audience who came to watch the Uzo drama up close - this behavior was still within the limit of explanation. If she was too startled, it would trigger a deeper threat.
...You must stay calm in front of that child.
Vermouth took a few slow, deep breaths, suppressed her temper, and watched silently.
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On the other side, at the door of the lounge.
Of course, Mao Lilan doesn't have so many concerns.
When she heard the scream, she was startled instinctively, and she always felt that Jiang Xia or Conan or someone else would rush over.
…It took me 0.1 seconds to react and I remembered that there was no one around.
Mao Lilan had to muster up the courage to go forward and pushed open the door of the lounge. She soon saw Yusuke Nakamura who made the sound. She asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
There were no lights on in the lounge.
With the light coming in from the corridor, Mao Lilan saw Nakamura Yusuke sitting on the ground in the corner of the room.
Yusuke Nakamura raised his hand and pointed tremblingly at the ground in front of him.
Mao Lilan looked in the direction he pointed and saw a blanket fallen to the ground.
There seemed to be a person underneath, with a bulge. Half of a hand was vaguely visible at the edge of the blanket, pale, slender, wearing a purple star-shaped glove, slightly stiff... Mao Lilan quickly recognized the glove on that hand - it was the glove that the lead singer Watanabe Yukiko had been wearing when she sang.
"I, I thought someone accidentally dropped the blanket on the ground when they left. I wanted to pick it up and put it away. But when I lifted it up, I saw..."
Nakamura Yusuke's voice was trembling, and his words became incoherent, full of fear:
"Yukiko, she looks like she's dead! Go and call Mr. Jiang Xia down!"
"Okay!" Mao Lilan became afraid along with him - even though she had seen many corpses, it didn't mean that she was completely immune to them. At least the moment she saw a new corpse, Mao Lilan would still feel afraid instinctively.
Especially now, the lounge was dimly lit, the body was half-hidden, and Nakamura Yusuke was infected by his strong fear...
Following his instructions, Mao Lilan turned around and ran out, as agile as a frightened rabbit.
——The covered body means that there is a high possibility of a murder here. If there is a murder, a detective must be found to solve it. And Jiang Xia is undoubtedly an excellent detective... Rounding it off, Nakamura Yusuke asked her to go directly to Jiang Xia, and there seems to be nothing wrong with the logic.
Mao Lilan didn't think much about it and did it instinctively.
She quickly ran to the elevator, preparing to go to the rooftop restaurant on the top floor to find Jiang Xia.
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The two of them had just come down not long ago, and the elevator was not used by anyone else.
As soon as Mao Lilan pressed the button, the door opened.
She ran into the elevator.
As the metal door slowly closed, Mao Lilan remembered something. She looked through the crack of the door with a little doubt and looked at the curtain on one side of the corridor - when she ran over just now, she always felt that it seemed to shake slightly, as if someone was hiding inside...
As she thought about it, Mao Lilan shuddered, and scary things like "the ghost of lead singer Watanabe" appeared in her mind.
Fortunately, the elevator door closed quickly and the elevator went up.
Mao Lilan looked at the steadily jumping numbers on the screen and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then she thought that the curtain was shaking just now, maybe it was just because she brought some wind when she ran... Maybe.
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As the crime scene got farther and farther away, the fear and panic gradually faded away from Mao Lilan's heart.
She looked at her own reflection in the elevator, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly slapped her forehead in regret.
——Why did you go upstairs? You should have called Jiang Xia directly! Otherwise, if the murderer is still nearby, Mr. Nakamura would be in great danger if he stayed alone.
But now...
Mao Lilan looked up at the numbers and found that the elevator had already traveled halfway.
It would be better to take Jiang Xia down with me... Well, as long as I move fast enough, it won't be a big problem.
(End of this chapter)
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