Chapter 989 Another famous detective

 The two of them soon arrived at the cultural center of Shizuoka.

 When I arrived at the place, I found that it was quite lively.

—There seems to be a drama performance today. At the entrance of the cultural center, there was a huge hard-shell billboard with three actors in gorgeous clothes printed on it.

Two young men were dressed in knightly attire and were fighting with swords.

The old man in the background is sitting on a high throne, with a shadow covering his body, drinking wine and sneering.

 …

Just after taking a second look, a laughing voice came from the side: "This is a popular masked play from the 17th to the 19th century. Today's show is John Benson's The Triumph of Folly. It translates to 'The Triumph of Folly'."

Jiang Xia and the Henggou Police Department turned around following the sound and saw a smartly dressed woman.

The woman was wearing a suit and skirt. She nodded elegantly towards them and raised her hand to push up her glasses: "Mr. Henggou, are you here for the last case?"

Halfway through her words, she saw Jiang Xia clearly looking back, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

“Miss Zhisui.” Henggou Police Department came to his senses, “Is your troupe performing today? I wish you a smooth performance. We have other things to do, so we have to leave first.”

Shishui Junzi made a sound, hesitated for a moment, and finally watched Jiang Xia leave helplessly.

—Their troupe, for the first time, tried the masked play "Victory of Foolishness".

Although the plot of this play is good, there has always been a legend about it—from the 17th century to the present, every time it is performed, at least one relevant person will unfortunately die.

 At first, neither the director nor Shimizu Kinuko took this legend too seriously.

 But when they were rehearsing a while ago, accidents would always happen every now and then. Then they felt that it was not possible and wanted to find a detective to come over.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xia would come today before the most crucial performance.

but…

Shimizu Kinuko sighed:

 They moved too quickly and have already invited a famous detective. That person was in the hall, watching the last rehearsal of the play.

Now if I take Jiang Xia there, the Henggou Police Department will be unhappy, and maybe the detective will also feel that the troupe is not optimistic about his abilities... I'd better forget it first.

Shishui Junzi shook her head, reluctantly looked away from Jiang Xia's retreating back, and returned to the hall.

 …

On the other side, Jiang Xia and Henggou Police Department walked towards the side door.

Jiang Xia looked at the direction of the stage from a distance through the thick wall. She always felt that the air there was quite sweet - there seemed to be more than one murderous atmosphere.

He remembered how the Henggou Police Department and the female agent had met just now. He took a quick step and caught up with the distracted Henggou Police Department.

Then he asked casually: "That lady just now also knows about the case three days ago?"

"Huh?" Henggou Police Department came to their senses and nodded hesitantly, "She knew something happened over there, but she didn't know the details - those lounges that were blocked because of the murder were originally intended for their theater troupe, but they didn't know the details. Now we can only let them go to the other side, and besides..."

Henggou Police Department touched his coral-like curly hair helplessly:

“Their director and manager learned that there had just been a murder in the lounge, but they didn’t complain, but were weirdly apologetic.

"We felt something was wrong and asked about it, and then we found out that it seemed to be because of the 'Foolish Victory' they were going to play. There had been many fatal accidents in history - legend has it that since the show started in the 17th century, it had nothing to do with that scene. Among the people who were connected, there must be a sacrifice. So they actually thought that this case was probably influenced by them... It's really superstitious."

Jiang Xia looked a lot more serious: "Have there been many fatal accidents?"

"Yes, actually in my opinion, this is just a coincidence - which show has never had some problems.

"It's just that the overall atmosphere of the plot of this 'Stupid Victory' is very gloomy, so it is particularly impressive. In the end, it was even called a 'curse'." Henggou Police Department looks very materialistic.

His words would definitely be more convincing if he didn't get goosebumps while speaking:

“I also went to watch it at that time. The play was about a tragedy of fighting for power—a prince and a minister dueled, and was pierced by the minister’s sword. The minister laughed and fell from the rooftop.

"After the two men died together, the king, who was watching behind the scenes, raised his wine glass to the audience with a smile - the dispute between the minister and the prince was actually provoked by the king in order to eradicate dissidents. However, the king also failed to stand to the end, and the minister His drink was poisoned and he passed out. No one survived."

Jiang Xia: "..." This drama seems to be quite realistic in this world. Is it adapted from reality?

 …

　　While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the side door.

Henggou Police Department opened the door and led Jiang Xia to the lounges in a familiar manner.

“This is it.” He found shoe covers and gloves and handed them to Jiang Xia. “A lot of physical evidence has been taken away, and the remaining traces are not too many...”

Before he finished speaking, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Henggou Police Department lowered his head and glanced at the caller ID. He couldn't help but twitch his forehead, showing a look like "the dog boss is here to persecute me again" - if the boss hadn't bragged that they could solve the case in one day in order to drive away reporters this morning, they would have solved the case in one day. No need to stress out…

Henggou walked to the side and answered the phone.

Jiang Xia looked at his back, thoughtfully: Are the police in Shizuoka Prefecture usually so busy?

Maybe when there are no cases in Tokyo, you can come over and visit them. Anyway, the two sides are not far away, and there is also the famous Izu Beach here.

Jiang Xia thought as she pushed open the door of the lounge, looking for possible murderous intent.

The lounge is very tidy and there are not many things. At first glance, there is nothing.

 The murderous intent is not here.

 The other adjacent lounges also do not have one. Otherwise, at this distance, the ghosts must have packed up their murderous intent and brought them back.

“…” In the performance hall on the other side, you can feel a lot of murderous intent.

 …I really want to go there and have a look.

Jiang Xia retreated to the corridor and looked at the vast topographic map on the wall, vaguely feeling like he was looking at a treasure map.

 He was thinking about what excuse he should find later to go shopping there.

He saw the Henggou Police Department hung up the phone and came back, apologetically saying: "Mr. Xiaogongshan's wife went to the police station to make trouble again. It happens to be the security enhancement month and there are not enough manpower. I have to go and take a look - you read it." Give me a call on the spot and I’ll come and pick you up right away!”

The young detective was startled.

Then he nodded, as if he didn't mind the Henggou Police Department's scumbag behavior of "picking up guests and then leaving them behind": "Don't worry, I will contact you right away if anything happens."

Henggou Police Department left gratefully.

 …

Jiang Xia watched him leave quietly.

As soon as the corridor door clicked shut, Jiang Xia turned around and left.

 Go treasure hunting.

 (End of this chapter)