Zongman: I am in Shuchiin, my last name is Uchiha

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Chapter 181: The Murder Case in the Abandoned Village of Guqiu (Part )

On the stage, as a group of students in casual clothes lined up and walked to the center, the large screen beside them also changed to a mountain forest somewhere unknown.

At this moment, a deep female voice suddenly sounded.

"This is an abandoned mountain village in the Furuoka-cho area. It prospered many years ago when a mineral vein was discovered, but it became deserted again when all the minerals were mined out."

As expected of the drama club of Shuchiin, although they are not as good as those professional actors, their performance does not look stiff.

Uchiha Ling didn't listen much to the conversation between the six people because it was not important. The highlight of this scene was the narration that sounded again before the screen went dark.

"A week later, six students from Shuchiin went to the barren mountain in Furuoka Town."

The stage was dimmed to make it easier for the staff to set up the scene. Although in Uchiha Ling's eyes, even if the darkness was low, he could still see the little movements of anyone on the stage.

When the lights came on, the group of mountaineering enthusiasts appeared in the summer woods. The difference from before was that they all carried bulging mountaineering bags, but no one knew what was inside them.

Uchiha Ling yawned. He was not interested in the content of the conversation and the introduction of the local area.

But when I turned around and looked at the others, Hayasaka Ai seemed as bored as I did. She probably had no interest in this kind of thing either.

Chitanda and Yukinoshita were watching the drama very seriously. Yukinoshita is a serious person, but what about Chitanda? She seemed to be interested in this kind of drama, or was she just easily aroused?

Guqiu Mountain Village is located in a very remote area, with endless weeds and trees on both sides of the road. Once you enter the village, you will see rocks and cracked and collapsed asphalt roads everywhere.

When everyone stopped, the image on the big screen showed a lonely western-style building with some broken windows, a damaged roof, and a large amount of vines growing unrestrainedly.

"Before we reach the top of the mountain, let's stay here for the time being. Although the roof on the second floor is incomplete, it should be fine to stay on the first floor for one night."

The leader pointed at the building, and the next moment, the decoration of the stage was changed again by the staff, and the perspective of the big screen changed from outdoors to indoors.

The entire stage dimmed again, and Amakusa Shino suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"Not bad, this abandoned village can't possibly have electricity, because it's dark inside. If they were too far away from each other in real life, I'd only be able to see their shapes."

But after all, it was facing the audience, and the audience in the audience could see the whole picture, while the students of the drama department began to compete in their acting skills, which was to pretend that their vision was blocked and explore the stage in the dark.

"I found the key."

The six people found the keys to each room in the western-style building, and Uchiha Ling gave a thumbs up to the script for this.

You know, the common problem of almost all horror games is that it is impossible to put the key props together. It is really rare for them to find all the room keys at once.

"These keys will open the room. Let's each take one and then go find a room to stay in for the night."

Amakusa Shino curled her lips, "Let's split up..."

Uchiha Ling: "If we don't split up, how can anything go wrong? This is the law."

Hayasaka Ai nodded, "I bet if they split up now, there will definitely be one person missing when they gather again."

Next, the group of six retreated into the darkness and then came to the bright area of ​​the stage. Occasionally, two people would meet to exchange information. From the dim stage came the sound of clattering footsteps, the creaking of the old wooden door, and even... the sound of glass breaking.

Of course the lights finally came on, and there were many scattered tables and chairs in the corners of the stage. When they met in the hall, there was indeed one person missing, and that was the team leader.

Uchiha Ling was indifferent to most of the details. In short... the man died from excessive blood loss, and the cause of the blood loss was the rupture of the large artery in the throat, which led to his death without even being able to scream.

The murder weapon was not found, but it was suspected to be broken glass on the victim's blood.

Lingyun PS: (This part of the story does not follow the original setting. I’m guessing there are people who have read the spoilers above, but you are the only one~)

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The drama of the so-called Guqiu Abandoned Village Murder Case has ended... That's right, just when the deceased appeared, the drama that was just halfway through was already over.

Irisu Fuyumi turned to look at everyone in the Classical Literature Club.

"The author of this script is called Hongo, a classmate of ours. She has worked very hard, but she has only written half of the script, which is the part you see."

Chitanda Eru was a little worried, "Is that Hongo-senpai okay?"

Irisu Fuyumi had a blank expression on her face. It couldn't be said that she was in trouble, but she was in a depressed state, so she couldn't ask her to continue writing.

Amakusa Shino: "So this mission is handed over to us, right?"

"To be precise, you are just consultants. Our people will also participate in the discussion of the script."

Uchiha Ling raised his hand.

"Irusu-senpai, why are you looking for our Classics Department?"

After entering school, Dong Shi thought about it, "Well, maybe it's because our drama is a suspense drama, so we gave up the literature department and found classical literature?"

Uchiha Ling: "This reason is a bit far-fetched, senior sister."

Irisu Fuyumi: "Chitanda-san and I know each other because of our elders' interactions. I heard from her that you guys cracked the Hyouka. So... maybe you guys can crack this script, too."

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Cracked? Uchiha Ling didn't say anything. He felt a little strange. What he wanted to ask was not why they were looking for the [Classical Literature Department], but why they were looking for someone to continue writing?

That Hongo-senpai was ill and couldn't continue writing? But the death has already appeared in half of the script, so the original author only needs to tell the murderer and the method.

Even if he is unable to speak due to his serious illness, does that mean he has lost the ability to move his fingers to type and think?

Hayasaka Ai: "In that case, let's go in, Ling-san, I brought snacks and other things."

Feeling someone pulling him, Uchiha Ling stopped thinking, and then saw the bag in Hayasaka Ai's hand, which contained snacks and drinks.

On the other side, Chitanda was holding the same bag in her hand.

Hayasaka Ai: "Ahaha, because I feel like if everyone in the meeting room doesn't have any ideas, they can have some candy, some snacks, some tea, or something."

Really? Then Hayasaka Ai is really thoughtful. Uchiha Ling took out a lollipop from the other person's bag and patted Hayasaka Ai on the back.

"You guys go ahead, I'm going to the bathroom."

Looking at the actors and staff of the drama club in the gymnasium, as well as Yukinoshita and others who had all left, Uchiha Ling looked at Irisu Fuyumi who was also standing there.

"Isn't Senior going over yet?"

Irisu Fuyumi: "What's wrong, junior? Do you want to invite me to go to the bathroom with you?"

Uchiha Ling put the lollipop in his mouth, "You are in the same class as Minister Amakusa? Then try not to learn from her."

Irisu Fuyumi smiled and said, "So, you are staying here because you have something to ask me, right?"

"I'll be frank. Why did you say that Hongo-senpai couldn't write the script because he was sick?"

"Why...I'm telling the truth. Hongo has nervous gastritis and has no time to think about the script."

Uchiha Ling nodded his head, "You think the human brain is too simple. If she really has a complete script, unless she has brain damage or falls into a coma, it should be no problem for her to tell you the murderer and the method."

"Please don't say that Hongo-senpai didn't expect that if you write a mystery novel without any ideas, you will be scolded. The fact that your acting department has been practicing all the time shows that you recognize the author's level, but... you don't recognize the ending the author wrote, right?"

Irisu Fuyumi, "You mean, we don't just have half of the script, but we forcibly cut out the second half of Hongo's script? And then let you fill in a new one?"

The senior student didn't take her emotions seriously at all and couldn't help but laugh.

"Junior brother has a great imagination, so you should go in and help think about the script."

Chapter 182: The Murder Case in the Abandoned Village of Guqiu (Part )

Imagination? Uchiha Ling knew that what he said was reality.

Most of the articles written by any screenwriter or author are not to please themselves, but to please the audience.

Even if there are those who concentrate on writing their own work, they will be forced back to their original form by reality and their superiors.

The second half of Mr. Hongo's script did not receive support from the drama club, so they had to come up with a new second half.

This is possible! Or...very likely.

Uchiha Ling: "Since Irusu-senpai thinks I'm overthinking, then so be it."

There was no need for him to do anything for a stranger, Hongo, and he was too lazy to refute Senior Irusu. Anyway, he could just write a random second half for the play....

This was just one of their club semester assignments, and what happened in the drama club was not important to him.

We came to the rest area behind the gymnasium and followed the staff's instructions to the door of a room on the second floor. The sign above said "Lecture Room", and this was where they were holding the meeting.

Uchiha Ling walked into the room and saw people from the Classical Literature Club sitting on one side, and several people from the Drama Club sitting opposite them. What was puzzling was that Irisu Fuyumi didn't seem to be participating in the discussion.

"Hello, I'm Zhong Chengshun, the deputy director of the drama department. Please give me your guidance. Just call me Zhong Cheng."

"Oh, Hello."

Uchiha Ling pulled a chair and sat next to Chitanda, while Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting at the far end, pouted slightly, as if complaining why Uchiha Ling didn't sit next to her.

However, Uchiha Ling was purely looking for a marginal position. The closer to the main seat, the more intense the discussion would probably be.

What does it mean to be in a bad state? Uchiha General Affairs is serious about it.

Zhong Chengshun: "It's great to have the help of the Classics Department! It would be really cool if we could discuss together and create synergy."

This guy named Zhong Cheng is quite strong and very pretentious... Uchiha Ling did not say anything, but sat there quietly.

Zhong Cheng: "Let's start discussing the script, please speak freely!"

“Although it’s a sequel, I really hope that everyone can take up Hongo-san’s idea and recreate the second half of the script before she’s even born.”

Zhong Chengshun said this very seriously.

Chitanda Eru raised her hand. "Um, I want to ask a question off topic. Is the author of the script, Hongo-senpai, sick? How is she doing?"

"Hongo... I don't know the exact situation, but I heard it's pretty bad, so we're the only ones left."

Chitanda clenched her fists.

"Yes! We will definitely think of the plot that Hongo-senpai hasn't written yet! This way, when she returns to school, we won't feel sad because we missed out!"

Zhong Cheng coughed lightly, "OK, let's get back to the point. The scripts of our Shuzhiyuan Drama Department must not be looked down upon by other students, so we must be more mind innovative."

"Please start brainstorming. I'm looking forward to your speeches."

A man with glasses who was sitting opposite Hayasaka Ai raised his hand.

“I think our script can’t be too uninteresting, so I want to put forward ideas for the concept and content of the script.”

(Too lazy to translate)

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This high-level conversation in the drama club really left Uchiha Ling speechless.

No wonder senior sister Rusu didn't want to join the discussion. It turned out that she was annoyed by the noise made by these subordinates.

Suddenly, Yukinoshita Yukino interrupted their discussion.

"Stop for a moment. Let me ask you a few questions. First, can you show us your script? And doesn't the script mention who the murderer is?"

What a straightforward question! Well done, Yukinoshita. If these guys are allowed to pretend any longer, Uchiha Ling might let them experience what a real murder is like in a fantasy world.

"Um... this."

Naka Seijun took out the script, and then Yukinoshita and Chitanda asked a few questions respectively, but everyone in the drama club seemed to know nothing and did not provide any useful information at all.

No wonder they had to ask the classical literature department to help with the second half of the script...

Regarding the discussion of the drama club, Uchiha Ling silently gave his evaluation in his heart.

A group of guys pretending to be literary young men, with all kinds of high-end ideas flying around in their mouths, explained and debated the direction of the script, but unfortunately there was no progress.

To put it simply...a group of flying respondents.

Zhong Chengshun sighed, "So what good ideas do you have from the Classical Literature Department? As students of Shuchiin, the drama we want to perform cannot be old-fashioned, but must be innovative!"

Hayasaka Ai raised her hand, and it seemed that she also had a suggestion.

Just when Uchiha Ling was about to hear what Hayasaka Ai thought about the script, he heard Hayasaka Ai smiled at Zhong Chengshun and began to speak in a pure British accent.

Oh, I almost forgot that Hayasaka Ai is a blonde and blue-eyed mixed-race girl with a quarter of Irish ancestry. She was trained by the Shinomiya zaibatsu since she was a child and is proficient in at least four languages.

Although Yukinoshita or Chitanda who were present had better performance, their foreign language speaking skills were definitely not as perfect as Hayasaka Ai's.

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Zhong Chengshun and those guys who like to speak in English twitched their eyes.