usatvline Chapter 300: The Noisy Finale (Part 4)
Chapter 300: The Noisy Finale (Part 4)
"I'm sorry, Valletta. Mike's just a little bit emotionally unstable. He might have scared you. It's okay." The Savage stood beside the spider, soothing her softly. "Maybe you could go to the kitchen and see if Joke needs any help. It's almost lunchtime, and it should be warmer there."
The Savage gently pushed Spider into the restaurant. After closing the door, he said to the acrobat with some resignation, "I'm sorry, Mike. Violetta probably has no idea what happened that day. She just really wanted a chance to perform on stage."
The acrobat also sighed. "I know I can stay calm, but this is a golden opportunity. I will definitely catch the murderer who destroyed the Noisy Circus!"
After saying that, the acrobat left, and the savage stood next to Conan and the other two, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Um, you probably don't have your own room yet, I remember there are a few empty rooms on the second floor, I can show you around."
Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai both nodded in agreement and followed the wild man up the stairs.
Conan was curious about the past of the Hustle and Bustle Circus: "Uncle Muro, what was the Hustle and Bustle Circus like in the past?"
In the lobby on the second floor, the Savage found a chair and sat down, sighing helplessly: "To be honest, the former Noisy Circus is not a place that can be called 'home'."
"The circus leader at the time was Mr Bernard Morton, my uncle. He took over the circus from my parents and raised me as a 'wild child', living with wild boars to attract the audience's attention."
Conan's eyes widened. "What? How could Mr. Bernard do this to you? You're his nephew!"
"Maybe for someone like him, money is more important than anything else. I grew up with my wild boar friend, and then Bernard adopted Mike to support the circus, and also recruited Sergey the Smiling Clown and Jock the Crying Clown."
"Mike was a star nurtured by Bernard. To be honest, I envy him. But at that time, Mike was just a kid obsessed with circus performances. I don't hate him."
"Then, while we were on tour, Sergey brought back a young girl named Natalie. She was a great dancer and she admired Sergey very much. But I've always heard rumors that Sergey had abused Natalie, and the scars on Natalie's body proved it all..."
Amuro Toru frowned: "If that's the case, why didn't Miss Natalie resist?"
"Sergey is an actor the troupe leader really likes. How could he drive away a good actor who could make him money just because of Natalie's complaints? However, at that time, Jake seemed willing to comfort Natalie. He is very kind, but he has a low self-esteem."
"Later, for some unknown reason, Jake's face became disfigured. I heard someone mixed something into his makeup, but since there was no evidence, the matter was dropped. Audiences were even willing to pay a lot of money for tickets to see Jake's wrecked face."
Akai Shuichi's brows also frowned: "This is already a serious case of bullying."
Amuro Toru said helplessly: "The audience's curiosity has always been like this."
"Yes." The Savage nodded. "So that's why Valletta came here, but she never really performed on stage. People were just keen to watch a tumbling ball of flesh..."
"I couldn't stand this kind of life and wanted to leave, so I went to Mike for help. He set a fire to cover up the traces of my departure. Since then, I have been wandering in the mountains with my friends. Until, Mike found me again and told me about the tragedy in Moon River Park."
The Savage stood up and bowed to Conan. "Please, little detective, I know you're a very capable detective, so please help Mike find the truth. I don't have anything to reward you, but I will find a way to raise the money!"
Conan quickly grabbed the wild man's trouser leg: "No, we will help you even without any commission fee, right, Mr. Akai, Mr. Amuro."
Both nodded. The Savage was deeply moved and shook Conan's hand excitedly. "Thank you, little detective. I don't have much to give you. This is a topographical map I drew after I came here. It's the outdoor part. I hope it can help you."
Conan took the paper and looked at it, and found that it simply depicted the environment near the Orletis Manor. There was a huge forest with iron cages hanging on it, a fishing village in the distance, and a mine nearby.
"Thank you so much, Uncle Muro!" Conan was a little excited. With the topographic map, he might be able to use it to analyze the location of Oritis Manor.
"By the way, let me take you to see the empty rooms. As for the other rooms, Mike lives in 2F03, Jack lives in 2F02, Natalie lives in 2F04, and I live in 2F01. Valletta has been busy rehearsing her performance list these days and has hardly returned to her room to rest." The savage pulled Conan towards the corridor of the sunroom.
Because the relationship between Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai was still very bad, Conan did not plan to let the two of them live in the same room. Fortunately, there were enough rooms here, so they simply lived next to each other in the corridor of the sun room.
"I'll come and let you know when lunch is ready!" The savage waved his hand and left the corridor.
At this time, the other four members of the noisy group were gathered in the kitchen to cook.
[Acrobat: Muro, come on, come on, freshly baked bread.]
[Crying Clown: Natalie, I have a vegetable salad for you.]
[Dancer: Well, Valletta, try this cupcake, it's delicious.]
[Savage: Is it really okay for us to eat snacks here?]
[Spider: Muro, look, a sandwich made by Valletta herself!]
[Savage: Oh, Valletta, you are amazing!]
[Acrobat: Muro, when the time comes, just give them some of the things you've already made. We'll meet in the living room later.]
[Savage: All right.]
After eating a few sandwiches given by the spider, the wild man took his lunch to find Conan. After Conan thanked the wild man, the three of them ran into the same room to discuss countermeasures.
Amuro Toru pondered for a moment and said, "From what I can see, the former Hustle and Bustle Circus must have been a very unpleasant place. After the Moon River tragedy, Mr. Mac gathered the original circus crew to try to find the real culprit, but the smiling clown named Sergey never showed up."
Akai Hide nodded: "If this Sergi is the murderer, then he didn't show up to avoid the circus people. And if he is not the murderer..."
Conan continued, "That means there's a high probability that Sergei died in that tragedy. And according to the newspaper reports, the murderer was a masked man in a black robe who locked the gates of Moon River Park and killed all the carnival visitors."
"This means the killer is capable of serial killings, and his mental and psychological state is likely not good," Akai Shuichi added. "But, none of the people here meet these criteria."