Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 220 Golden Rose Theater (Part 8)

Conan watched the performance on the stage with little interest: "It's just one of those dragon slayers who eventually becomes the dragon himself."

Then he was hit on the head by Sonoko: "What do you know, little brat? Haven't you seen the beautiful relationship between the Silver Knight and the Fairy of the Lake?"

Then Sonoko said to Xiaolan, "I think Xiaolan is very suitable to be the Silver Knight. As for that idiot who can only reason and play football, he should just be your little fairy, Xiaolan."

Xiaolan's face turned red immediately. Then she imagined herself wearing knight armor and Kudo Shinichi wearing fairy clothes. She immediately shook her head and said, "That's impossible. How could Shinichi dress like that?"

Conan also retorted seriously: "I... Shinichi brother would never dress like that!"

The show on stage continues.

The Red Knight stood on a high step, drew his sword, and pointed it at the Silver Knight: "Silver Knight, will you side with the human race?"

The Silver Knight handed the Holy Grail he was guarding to the Fairy of the Lake and asked him to heal the injured knights, while he faced the Red Knight alone.

"Isn't this disaster caused by you? Look at all this, Red Knight, you 'betrayer'!"

The Red Knight's cape fluttered in the wind as he spoke passionately: "Glory has been crushed by the wheels of time, while foolish and kind people hope for false peace and love. Only by restarting the war can our glory last forever."

Afterwards, the two began a knightly duel. The Red Knight's sword, entwined with roses and flames, briefly overwhelmed the Silver Knight's holy sword.

But at the critical moment, the Fairy of the Lake threw the Holy Grail in his hand, and the holy water was splashed on the Red Knight. The flames on his body were quickly extinguished, the rose withered in an instant, and he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

At the moment of defeat, the Red Knight saw his reflection in the Silver Knight's eyes. It was himself. His bright red cloak had transformed into dragon wings, and dragon scales were shining on his armor. He was the newborn "evil dragon".

The song begins: "A dragon is born for a challenge, for he is cunning and cruel. A knight is born for a mission, for he is persistent and fearless."

Now the dragon has been defeated again, the knight has won the victory, the Red Knight has completed his carefully choreographed play, and glory has been welcomed back to this land.

Realizing the Red Knight's purpose, the Silver Knight tightened her grip on the holy sword. The Fairy of the Lake came to her side to congratulate her, and all those who had escaped death chanted the Silver Knight's name and held high the banner of glory.

"Is everything coming to an end?" The Silver Knight asked in her heart, but no one could answer her.

The curtain fell and the play "Knights of Avalon" ended.

Applause broke out in the hall, and people in the box were discussing the plot of the play.

Xiaolan was a little sad: "The Red Knight voluntarily became a dragon in order to remind people of their glory. The Silver Knight realized this, but was unable to stop it. After a long time, all this will happen again, just like reincarnation."

Sonoko was completely captivated: "It was absolutely fantastic! Both the good guys and the bad guys were so charming! It's such a shame we couldn't take pictures. There were so many wonderful scenes I want to see over and over again!"

Conan recognized that the people who played the Silver Knight and the Fairy of the Lake in the play were the psychologist and the patient he met in the hospital.

Conan’s inner thoughts: These two people are actually a couple both in and out of the play.

Recalling the two people's unintentional display of affection on the stage, Conan couldn't help but sympathize with the other actors performing on the same stage with them.

[Knight: Eat well, my family.]

[Acrobat: I was watching Emil's eyes looking at Ada from behind and they were almost tearing.]

[Spider: Well done everyone, Valetta applauds you.]

[Psychologist: Thank you, Valletta.]

[Patient: Ada, I performed so well, I want a reward~]

[Psychologist: OK~]

[Dancer:?]

[Explorer:?]

[knight:?]

[Novelist: The following is the encrypted content.]

The next show was an acrobatic performance starring acrobats as a transition. The acrobats' extremely difficult movements also won the applause of many audiences.

Finally, the highlight of the night, "The Rope of Atropolos" starring Mrs. Bella is finally about to begin.

The opening scene is a monologue by Clotho (played by a dancer), the youngest of the three sisters, describing how she watched her second sister Atropolos (played by Lady Bella) replace the identity and status of the eldest sister Lachesis and become successful in the family.

Kroto said with a voice full of jealousy: "Look at my second sister. She took away everything from our eldest sister so easily. Yes, everyone likes the glorious Lachesis now. No one cares about the long-lost Atropolos, and no one cares about poor Kroto."

The scene changed, and here was a dance party held by the family. Kroto was alone in the corner, watching people coming and going, but no one's eyes stopped on him.

She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Be patient, Kroto. When Atropolos's secret is exposed, she will become a liar who deceives the world and you will be promoted to a high position by the family. There will always be a day when that happens..."

At this time, Ronald (played by the explorer) appeared. He was a young emerging aristocrat. It was his first time to attend a ball of this scale and he seemed out of tune with the old aristocrats present. However, he relied on his sweet talk to easily coax the noble ladies into a frenzy, which allowed him to smoothly integrate into this circle.

But it was obvious that this emerging noble was not simple. In an invisible corner, he was washing his hands angrily, as if he wanted to wash away the smell of powder on the noble ladies.

"How disgusting! Just wait, I will definitely surpass all of you and make you respect me from the bottom of your hearts."

Two people who are used to forbearance meet in the corner of the dance party. Ronald feels that Kroto is not as vulgar as others, and Kroto feels that Ronald can understand his inner desire.

"Yes, we all desire fame, we all have ambitions, and we are all used to forbearance, so why can't we form an alliance?"

While dancing with Ronald, Clotho revealed Atropolos's secret to him: "If you bring down my second sister, our family will lose face and will have to rely on me to restore our image. You can fish in troubled waters and reap sufficient benefits."

"Deal." Ronald followed Croto's dance steps, and conspiracy was brewing in the minds of the two.

"My second sister injured her foot a long time ago, so she can't dance, but Lachesis is an expert in dancing. So as long as you pretend to ask her to dance, she will reveal her flaws."

So Ronald found the right moment and prepared to go forward and invite Atropolos to dance.

At this time, the original arrangement of the play should have been for Mrs. Bella to slowly descend to the stage from the lift platform while singing and dancing.

However, when the sound of mechanical operation was heard, Mrs. Bella did not appear. Just when the actors on the stage thought that the machine had malfunctioned, an unexpected scene occurred.

Mrs. Bella fell from the lift platform at the top and landed in the center of the stage, her blood gradually staining the ground red.

There was silence in the entire hall at first, and then the dancer's scream woke everyone up from the shock.