Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 730 Mao Lilan's Fantasy Dream ([-])

Sharon left the room, which made Qin Zhibo a little concerned.

If it's the real world, I can put a bug or something, but this is Mao Lilan's fantasy, and Qin Zhibo basically can only watch it.

After Sharon left, Yukiko took her son and daughter-in-law and went to the auditorium in front of the stage to take a seat.

Waiting for a while in the seat, the lights of the entire ghost theater suddenly dimmed, only the lights on the stage became brighter.

The heavy curtain slowly opened, and a beautiful palace and pavilion scenery stood on the side of the stage.

A room in the palace lacking decoration, dilapidated and old.

There is a terrace to the right of the room overlooking the lake on the other side of the stage.

Above the pink sky are two suns.

Under the dome of the sky, there is a light blue lake water scene. The surface of the deep and quiet lake water uses some special stage props to make it shimmer with secluded waves.

In this exotic setting, the melodious and lively Tuvan elegy sounded from the speakers in all directions of the theater.

Halfway through the song, the narrator begins to recite the background after the audience gradually enters the state:
Queen Casiluda meditated in her room;
Mourning the blank past of her passing.

Her vision disturbed the lake of Harry;
In the lake lie the ancient prophets.

"What a spectacular background~"

Looking at the exquisite scenery on the stage, Mao Lilan couldn't help admiring from the bottom of her heart.

You Xizi who was next to him also echoed: "Such a grand stage can't be seen in our place."

"After all, what is popular in Japan is stage performances with relatively small scenes."

While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were discussing stage art, a discordant yawn came from the other side of Mao Lilan.

"Ah-woo"

"The King in Yellow" has not officially started yet, Kudo Shinichi is already extremely impatient.

Regarding the attitude towards art, Kudo Shinichi only remembers the history behind the art, but does not know how to appreciate the art itself.

If he occasionally looks at hall-level works of art, such as "Mona Lisa's Smile" and "Sunflower", he is still interested in it without spending too much time.

It's like this.
"It's a pity that I have a stupid head, but I just don't understand the value of it," You Xizi complained.

Mao Lilan also leaned into her ear and whispered, "Xinyi, it's finally here, so you should be more serious, okay?"

Facing the complaints from his mother and Qingmei, Kudo Shinichi drooped his eyelids and said listlessly: "You don't need to take it too seriously for a third-rate stage play like this."

"If you really have this time, why not read more about Shakespeare"

"Oh? Really?" Yukiko tilted her head slightly and said with a smile, "Although this play is written by an unknown playwright, it has been banned several times."

"According to legend, this play is divided into two acts. The first act is relatively gentle, and the second act has the greatest impact on the audience."

"The audience who have watched the second act will be greatly shocked in spirit, and will eventually fall into madness, which is why they were banned by the government at that time."

Upon hearing this, Mao Lilan looked a little surprised, and said worriedly, "Then let's see this. It's okay."

Before Yukiko could answer, Kudo Shinichi took over the conversation, "Don't worry, this thing is like an antique, if there is no mysterious story behind it, it won't sell tickets."

"Besides, if this show really has the magic power to drive people into madness, the relevant departments will definitely ban the show."

Kudo Shinichi easily refuted Yukiko's "story" with his own materialist dialectics.

However, You Xizi did not give up, and still explained: "The current performance is a deleted and revised version, and the second act is deleted from it, so of course there will be no safety issues."

"However, I heard that the playwright who was in charge of adapting the original "The King in Yellow" became nervous after finishing the adaptation work, saying that he saw the "King in Yellow" and "Hasta" whenever he met. some type of."

"It's fake, it's just a marketing tool."

Kudo Shinichi judged decisively, "If this script really has the magic power to distort people's mind, why are the holders of the original script okay?"

"If the original owner knew it was a harmful monster, would he let him perform it again?"

Yukiko raised a finger to explain, "I heard from Sharon that the original script was donated by an anonymous donor. The only requirement for the donation is to let the troupe put the story on stage, and there is only one signature."

"Lord Raven."

Strange names and taboos are easier for people to think about, and Kudo Shinichi did the same, thinking about it a little bit.

But he thought about it for a while, and he had no idea, so he could only complain lightly: "The crow...does he think of himself as Edgar Allan Poe?"

At this moment, the gringo next to Kudo Shinichi turned his head to look at Kudo, raised his finger, and made a hissing gesture.

The narration was over, and the gringo was telling him to quiet down.

Kudo Shinichi nodded in understanding, then turned to look at Mori Ran and Yukiko, and made a hissing gesture.

"Shh-"

Mao Lilan and You Xizi put on half-moon eyes helplessly, obviously you are the one who speaks the loudest, right?
Qin Zhibo heard the communication between the three Kudos completely, without missing a single word.

"The King in Yellow" is an adapted version based on the original "The King in Yellow". Without the second act, it is a relatively safe version.

But what made Qin Zhibo a little concerned was that the person who donated "The King in Yellow" was signed "Earl Crow".

Qin Zhibo once saw in the notes of Kyosuke Sengen in the Twilight Annex that there was a copy of "The King in Yellow" in the Twilight Annex, and it existed 40 years ago.

The owner of the Twilight Villa is none other than Renye Karasuma, a wealthy man whose family symbol also happens to be a crow.

In the second half of Qianjian's notes, Qin Zhibo also saw some memories of the Xiagai Zerg in the part written by the Xiagai Zerg who drilled into Senjian Kyousuke's brain.

The Shaggai Zerg first descended on Earth somewhere in the Severn Valley in England.

In order to allow the surviving Zerg to have a stable living environment, the Xiagai Zerg reached a certain kind of deal with the son of the noble who owns this river valley.

The Xiagai Zerg helped the sons of nobles to kill their fathers, and after the sons of the nobles ascended the throne, they used the privileges of hereditary fiefdoms to protect the living space of the Xiagai Zergs.

At that time, Qin Zhibo guessed that this nobleman's son was probably Renye Karasuma.

The title system of the British nobility has five levels, namely duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron, among which earl is the oldest level in the title system.

Raven, Earl.
Is the donor Karasuma Renye?
With the end of the prologue, the first act of the whole play officially begins.

Qin Zhibo, as a non-existent person, can also see this stage play again with the help of Mao Lilan's perspective.

As a person who has actually seen "The King in Yellow", Qin Zhibo can see the difference between this "The King in Yellow" and the original.

The first is Fuhuadao. The style of the Broadway troupe is more modern and fashionable, but it lacks some exotic ideas.

The second is the composition of the actors. In addition to the four women and one man seen in the background before the performance, of course there are other actors.

However, the looks of these actors are relatively ordinary, and the roles are not that important, far less eye-catching than the image of four women and one man.

Among them, the leading actor of the troupe named "Keith" played the role of the eldest prince.

A dark-skinned actress who plays the Queen.

Actress with wavy hair, playing the princess.

An Asian actress who plays the captain of the palace guard.

Jin Changzhi actress, plays the high priest.

The last actress surprised Qin Zhibo the most, because in the original "The King in Yellow", the role of the high priest is quite important.

As a counselor next to the eldest prince, he will use small spells such as invisibility, and has been preaching the coming of the king in yellow and the imminent return of the lost city of Carcosa.

But when the king in yellow really came, the high priest turned and ran away out of fear, and was beheaded by the king in yellow.

This is a character of Mr. Ye who loves dragons.

However, in the original work, there is a male priest, and the image still has a little cringe.

In "The King in Yellow", the male priest has become a priestess, with a pair of seductive eyes.

The image of this character is quite different from the original work, which made Qin Zhibo have some guesses in his mind.

Could it be that she is the one who will die later?

The performances on the stage were carried out in an orderly manner, and almost all the audience in the audience were watching the performance attentively.

Originally Kudo Shinichi was not interested, but he couldn't leave the show halfway, and he didn't have a mobile phone to play with, so he could only focus on the performance on stage.

As a result, after a little reading, I was not consciously attracted by the story.

The first scene of the first act is to let most of the important characters appear on the stage, and further explain the relationship and background of the characters.

For example, the queen who is full of worries, the elder brother of the queen who wants to usurp the throne, the eldest prince who believes in the prophecy of the king in yellow, the princess who only thinks about pleasure, and the captain of the guard who has a crush on the eldest prince.
There is also the background of the story. The high priest gave the prophecy of the end, the queen's next term will be the end of the kings, and the king in yellow will return to create a new dynasty.

The performances of the actors on stage are very serious, and they use the small stories that happen in each different scene in an orderly manner to outline different characters and their relationships.

Kudo Shin was gradually fascinated by it, as were Yukiko and Mori Ran next to him.

Soon, the performance of the first scene of the first act was over.

Qin Zhibo also watched the performance through Mao Lilan's perspective. Except for the great changes in the actors of the high priest, the content of the story remained basically the same as the original.

The first act and the first scene of "The King in Yellow" are very gentle, and Qin Zhibo guessed that there will not be many adaptations.

The most important second act has been completely deleted, so the only part with major changes is the second scene of the first act.

After waiting for half a minute, the second scene of the first act began.

The scenery becomes a magnificent palace, and the magnificent court party is presented on a spacious stage.

At the request of the princess in the first scene, the palace will hold a masquerade ball, and all princes and foreign envoys are invited to attend.

The actors wore European-style long skirts and gowns, dancing gracefully and neatly in the middle of the dance floor.

Mao Lilan was very excited to see this scene.

In fact, Mao Lilan had a princess dream since she was a child, to experience the life of a princess, and dance with her Prince Charming on the dance floor under the eyes of everyone.

Of course, the face of this Prince Charming has been consciously turned into Shinichi Kudo by Mao Lilan.

However, the dance atmosphere on this stage is somewhat weird.

Everyone wears pale masks with the texture of suet jade, and people with different identities can only distinguish each other's identities by clothing and lines.

During the performance, outside the balcony where the scene was arranged, the stars turned black one by one.

When the envoys who claimed to be the "Yellow Seal Brotherhood" entered the arena, all the stars in the "sky" had been blackened, like holes in the sky.

The plot takes a sharp turn with the appearance of members of the fraternity.

The good times on the stage were over, and the members of the fraternity began to read letters from the "Supreme King":

The dead king who preys on the gods;
the veiled sun;
Trembling bones of the gods of the earth;
resting stars;
And Hyades was as silent as ice;
For they saw the king, and appeared with his might;
The psalm is very long, and it only conveys one meaning, that is, the king in yellow is about to return, and he will replace the current king's rule.

The reading of this poem in the palace was naturally regarded as rebellion, and the queen immediately ordered the entire city to arrest the envoys, not letting any one go.

In order to see through the true colors of the envoys, the climax of the first act of the whole play also came.

"Your Excellencies! Your Excellencies! Ladies!"

"It's time for the truth to come out! It's time to show your true body!"

"Take off your masks and see who is dancing with you!"

The actress who played the queen shouted imposingly, and the actors on the stage raised their hands and took off the masks on their faces.

The performance of this scene was very spectacular, and the audience in the audience, including Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran, were excited.

However, all the actors have taken off their masks, except the fraternity members who have not taken off the pale masks on their faces.

The queen continued to cross-examine, but only got the answers of "I have no mask" and "I am real".

At the Queen's repeated demands, the Brotherhood members compromised.

"If you insist, then please look in that mirror."

"Only it can reveal my true face"

A member of the fraternity points to the center of the stage, where a large golden mirror suddenly appears.

At this time, violent white smoke suddenly rose around the stage.

Of course, this is not a fire, but a stage effect created by dry ice.

In the thick smoke, the messy scenery and unimportant actors on the stage were quickly removed, leaving only four actresses posing in various poses in the fog that covered the ground.

The princess played by wavy hair almost collapsed, lying in front of the mirror.

The queen, played by Deep Skin, covered her head with her hands and stood in the center of the stage unbelievably.

There are also the high priest played by Jin Changzhi and the captain of the guard played by Asians, which are located on both sides.

All four actresses, with their backs to the audience, make exaggerated poses and look in the mirror.

In the mirror, a yellow figure floated in the center of the mirror.

Yellow rags pierced the mirror's gold border and spanned the entire stage backdrop.

There are strange ripples on the windless automatic robe, and the hidden figure is a head wearing a pale mask and a slightly floating hood.

"Did you see it?"

"I am the truth, I am the king in yellow!"

The roar of the actors came from the speakers, and then the dense fog on the stage filled again.

When the thick fog cleared, the king in yellow in the mirror had disappeared.

There was an uproar in the auditorium, and everyone was shocked by this magical stage performance.

However, what happened next was even more shocking.

With the operation of the mechanical structure, two steel wires pulled the figure behind the mirror up slowly.

The king in yellow really floated in mid-air.

It's just that the bright red flowers on the chest are a bit eye-catching against the yellow robe.

king in yellow
Really "ascension".

(End of this chapter)