usatvline Chapter 308: The Noisy Finale (Part 2)
Chapter 308: The Noisy Finale (Part 2)
Chapter 308: The Noisy Finale (Part )
Following the prosthetic parts scattered on the ground, Conan and the wild man chased all the way into the greenhouse. As soon as they entered the door, a cold wind blew towards them, mixed with a few snowflakes.
After the wind passed, Conan and the savages saw the frozen corpse of the spider holding the golden ball on the fountain in the center of the greenhouse.
Unable to believe what he saw, the savage placed his trembling hand under the spider's nose. After feeling that the spider had indeed stopped breathing, the savage hugged the spider's small body and burst into tears.
“Valletta!!!”
The savage's cries alarmed several people who had just woken up, as well as Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro, who were lying dead in the corridor after being drugged last night.
Shuichi Akai climbed up from the cold ground, with the pungent damp smell still lingering in his nostrils. Toru Amuro beside him seemed to be in the same condition.
The two realized something was wrong after hearing the savage's shout. The man in black last night probably used the same method to drug Conan and the savage in the room, and attacked the spider again.
Just at this moment, the dancer, the acrobat and the crying clown also walked out of the room and were about to go to the place where the sound came from to find out what was going on.
Finally, everyone gathered in the greenhouse.
Conan walked forward and examined the spider's body. She still had the smell of trees scorched by the sun. Her small body was covered with frost, and there was a happy smile on her pale face.
Conan was very sure that Spider was frozen to death. The murderer used the same old trick again, dismantling Spider's prosthetic limbs and abandoning her in a greenhouse with broken windows.
The dancer looked at the spider's body in shock: "Muro, why did Valletta..."
"I don't know. It's all my fault! Last night I asked Conan to go to bed first and I stayed to watch over Valletta, but I fell into a deep sleep. When Conan and I woke up this morning, we found that Valletta was missing. We followed the parts of the prosthetic limbs and found Valletta here."
The acrobat was also surprised: "Valletta, my God!"
Instead, the Weeping Clown sighed, "Oh no! Poor Valletta!"
"Poor Violetta... The fifth child fainted. It must be the sun's fault!"
Realizing that this line of lyrics was from Spider's set list, Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro both stared at the Crying Clown.
At this moment, the golden ball in the spider's hand rolled to the dancer's feet: "Is this... a mechanism?"
After putting the golden ball, which looked like a Rubik's Cube mechanism, back into place, a Muse mark appeared in the center of the ball. A secret compartment opened on the side, revealing four envelopes with the names of the dancer, the weeping clown, the acrobat, and the wild man written on them. There was also a small note.
"The final performance will be held at nine o'clock tonight. The flames will guide you to the stage. Those who complete the curtain call before midnight will get everything they want..." The Crying Clown read out the contents of the poster in the envelope.
The acrobat read on the small note: "The most exciting performance requires the most objective audience. After understanding all the past and future, please gather in the entrance hall at noon today. The organizer will take you to the best viewing seats."
The Savage was still blaming himself. He knelt beside the Spider and said, "It's my fault. I should have taken good care of her. I know that hypothermia can easily lead to hallucinations. I knew that a long time ago..."
The acrobat squatted down to comfort the Savage, who continued, "I'll put Valletta in the cellar by the woods. The temperature there is lower, and her body won't decay so quickly. We'll bury her properly after we finish the performance."
Conan felt very powerless looking at the spider's corpse. He was sure that the damp smell was the smell of the dancer's perfume, which should have the effect of making people unconscious, and the smell of the trees scorched by the sun was most likely to cause hallucinations.
"Wait a minute, before you go to complete your so-called performance, shouldn't you catch the murderer of Miss Valletta?" Toru Amuro stopped the four people who were about to leave the flower room.
Conan also jumped out to express his support: "Uncle Muro, it wasn't because you slept too deeply last night, but because someone used a perfume that can make people fall into a coma!"
The dancer looked at Conan angrily: "What are you talking about? I use that perfume to keep myself awake, how can it make people unconscious?"
"Because the perfume used by the murderer was the one with the damp and pungent smell. The effect of that perfume is to make people unconscious. Last night, the two of us were in the corridor alert for the murderer's second attack, and we fell into his trap." Shuichi Akai said, pointing to Toru Amuro beside him.
The Weeping Clown stood up to speak for the dancer: "You mean, Natalie is the murderer? How is that possible?"
"No, the murderer isn't Miss Margaretha." Amuro Toru glanced at the people present. "I just smelled each of you. Mr. Mike and Mr. Muro still have that damp, pungent smell, and Miss Margaretha still has the scent of sun-baked trees."
"Only you, Mr. Joke, are clean and don't smell of any perfume." Amuro Toru pointed at the Crying Clown. "Can you explain why?"
"I, I just... I came back from Natalie's room last night and I was smelling really bad, so I cleaned up a bit!" the Crying Clown said defensively. "And when I woke up this morning, I still smelled really bad, so I cleaned up again. I didn't want Natalie to get mad at me for that..."
The acrobat asked in confusion, "Mr. Amuro, according to what you said, if anyone among us knew the effects of the perfume, we could use this method to commit the crime."
Conan pulled out the medicine list from his pocket. "I found this piece of paper in the secret room under the living room. It lists the names of several medicines. However, when Mr. Akai, Mr. Amuro, and I explored the secret room, we didn't find any remaining medicines or explanations of their effects."
"So before that, did any of you go into the secret room, see the instructions for the drug's effects, and destroy the evidence?"
"This..." The four of them looked at each other, speechless for a long time. It was obvious that even if someone really did this, that person would not admit it.
Finally, the Savage spoke up: "The show is about to begin. Before that, let's not start a fight. Perhaps the murderer is really among us. I don't know why he killed the innocent Violetta."
The Savage sighed deeply, "This is our final performance, the moment that Violetta has been looking forward to the most. At the very end, if you all want Violetta to rest in peace, let's finish this performance that she has been looking forward to the most. As for the murderer, we will discuss it after the performance."
After saying these words, the savage picked up the spider's cold body and slowly walked out of the greenhouse.
The acrobat nodded, gave Conan and the other two an apologetic look, then followed the savage away.
The dancer followed closely behind, but her steps were very fast, as if she was running away from something, which made the Crying Clown stunned.
"Natalie, wait for me!" But then the Crying Clown chased the dancer out of the greenhouse.
Conan, who stayed in the greenhouse, looked solemn. "We're leaving at noon. I don't know what the Oritis Organization is planning to do."
"It seems that the death of experimental personnel is a common thing for them." Toru Amuro recalled what the Umbrella Soul said.