Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 1681 Death of Kusuda

The second movement becomes a cheerful tune.

In coordination with Asabuki Akira's baton, Osuga Yui swung the bow lightly.

The music becomes more undulating and enters the third movement.

The gradually accelerating rhythm made the atmosphere in the concert hall more urgent.

Finally, when the atmosphere finally reached its climax, it entered the final movement——

Asabuki looked in the direction of Osuga Yui and slowly waved his baton.

The waves of music gradually grew higher, pressing forward layer by layer, and then receding layer by layer.

Finally, silence.

The performance ended with such an abstract yet infinitely imaginative ending.

The applause was restrained at first, but once someone started, it quickly spread throughout the entire concert hall.

Asabuki Ken walked off the stage, bowed to the audience, and then disappeared to the left wing of the stage, while the applause continued.

Amid the continued applause, Asabuki Akira appeared on the stage again.

Facing the applause, he came to the center of the stage again, and as if to welcome Asabuki Akira, Osuga Yui also walked to the podium and stretched out his right hand.

For a moment, Chaochuxian seemed to be absent-minded and stopped.

He stared at Osuga Yui for a while, but finally shook his head slightly, then walked directly towards the audience, bowed, and walked back to the side of the stage -

Even so, the applause continued to be thunderous, but unfortunately Chao Chuixian never came on stage to respond.

The lights on the stage gradually dimmed, and the other members of the orchestra put down their instruments. The performance ended here.

Then, right after the performance, a figure walked towards Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui—

It's Suzuki Sonoko.

"Mr. Mingzhi, and... this little sister, let's go see Mr. Xian!"

As if she couldn't wait any longer, Suzuki Sonoko spoke anxiously.

"Ah."

In this regard, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui naturally agreed. After all, being able to meet Asabuki Akira directly was the key to this issue.

Just like that, a group of three people squeezed into the crowd coming out of the concert hall and came to the lobby. They wanted to find a theater staff member, but they couldn't find anyone who looked like a staff member.

At the same time, Gao Yuan was also looking for Rena Mizunashi thoughtfully. After all, he went to see Asabuki Akira after the concert. Rena Mizunashi who suddenly appeared here was also invited by Osuga Shuhei.

However, when the concert ended and the crowd came out, Gao Yuan did not see her.

"Alas...it seems there is no other way. Mr. Xian must be in the lounge. Let's go directly to the backstage to take a look!"

As they said this, at Suzuki Sonoko's suggestion, the three of them walked against the flow of people towards the corridor on the right side of the concert hall...

——"Strange? Can't contact him? He should have been here a long time ago, right?"

At this moment, just when Gao Yuan and others left, Rena Mizunoshi's figure appeared among the crowd coming out of the concert hall.

Looking around at the crowd here, Mizuno Rena moved slightly to one side, her eyes sharp but confused.

"Forget it, let's go see Asabuki Xian first."

So, after thinking for a moment, Mizuno Rena also started to go against the flow of people and head towards the backstage.

……

  Suzuki Sonoko walked in front of them with a proud and confident look, and when they reached the end of the corridor, there was an iron door with a sign on it that read "No entry for unauthorized persons". Then, Suzuki Sonoko ignored the sign and walked to the door and tried to turn the doorknob:

"This door doesn't seem to be locked!"

As he spoke, Yuanzi opened the door and stepped in without hesitation.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui had no reservations. After all, they had Osuga Hidehei's invitation, and with the young lady leading the way, they just followed in.

At the same time, just as the three of them walked through the door, they heard footsteps behind them.

But it seemed that Mizuno Rena had just arrived. She greeted the three of them. She must have come to keep an appointment as well.

  However, she also noticed the sign on the door and asked Gao Yuan and others with some concern, and Yuanzi said:

"It's okay! Don't we have permission?"

Just like that, the four people who had gathered entered the door and closed it. When they came to the backstage where there seemed to be no one, they immediately noticed——

There was a slight commotion up ahead.

"Go that way!"

Yuanzi strode over, followed by the other three, and then the commotion could finally be heard clearly -

There were many people congratulating each other and thanking each other for their hard work.

Walking to the backstage, the corridor becomes wider and looks like a small hall, where band members greet each other after the performance.

"Uncle Osuga!"

Sonoko quickly found Osuga Shuhei in the crowd and greeted him loudly.

  Then Osuga Hidehei also came over with a smile, responded to Sonoko, and greeted Gao Yuan and others. Then Sonoko asked anxiously:

"Where's Mr. Xian?"

So, Osuga Hidehei pointed out the location to Sonoko, and saw Asabuki Akira, who seemed a little tired at the moment, leaning against the wall and keeping a distance from the noisy crowd.

Then, Sonoko took the lead and walked towards Asabuki Ken -

"It's really great, Mr. Xian, what a perfect performance! Especially the first movement..."

After Sonoko and Asabuki Ken introduced each other, Sonoko's face immediately lit up and she spoke to Asabuki Ken.

But regarding this, Chaochui Xian looked distressed:

"No... If you really listened carefully, you would have heard it right away! Tonight's performance was really terrible... Of course, my poor performance was the reason for all this..."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan looked at Shirozuka Hisui beside him thoughtfully, and realized that Shirozuka Hisui shook her head during the performance because she must have heard something wrong...

Then, faced with such a situation, Chaochu looked even more haggard, and seemed unable to listen to others' comfort. Instead, he felt even more uncomfortable and said that he wanted to go back to the lounge to rest.

At the same time, when he learned that Rena Mizunashi wanted to inquire about an interview, he just said to talk to Osuga Yui first, and he wouldn't mind if Yui agreed to the interview.

Just like that, Mizunashi Rena was about to go find Osuga Yui to have a detailed talk, but when Osuga Yui saw Asabuki Akira's look, she began to worry about his condition and went forward to send him back to the lounge.

At the same time, Osuga Yuinori handed his violin to his manager for safekeeping.

So, facing this situation, watching the two of them leave together and enter the door of the lounge deep in the corridor, Sonoko exclaimed with some envy, "What a match made in heaven", while Mizunashi Rena was a little helpless at this time. In the end, she thought about it and prepared to talk to Osuga Shuhei again -

However, at this moment, the manager who was holding Osuga Yui's violin and preparing to put it back to Osuga Yui's own lounge, pushed open Osuga Yui's lounge, and suddenly there was a thump...

It sounded like the sound of a violin case falling to the ground.

Suddenly, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui, who had been observing from the side, seemed to realize something as soon as they heard the noise, and hurried to Osuga Yui's lounge -

I saw a man lying on his back in the room, seemingly dead!

——"It's Kusuda Rikuu!"

(End of this chapter)