usatvline Chapter 458: Research on the Abyss (Part 8)
Chapter 458: Research on the Abyss (Part 8)
Then Xiaolan told Sera Masumi how Lucky Guy accurately picked out a non-toxic cup from a pile of cups coated with poison and escaped the fate of being poisoned.
Sera Masumi: Huh? Is this luck really that bad?
[Explorer: Classics will last forever!]
[Lucky Guy: Why not let you, the "Brilliant Lone Wolf," join in the fun?]
[Explorer: (Then turns and walks towards the sea)]
[Composer: Don’t ask, he’s been in the sea so many times.]
Kisaki Eri, watching Maori Kogoro unable to let go of the photo album, felt a vein pop out on her forehead again. "Oh, it seems I'm not as important as a photo album in your eyes. It was a mistake to go out to the concert with you. I want to go back."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Xiaolan: "Although Dad has always been like this, he only regards Miss Yoko as his idol. It's rare for you two to come out together, at least watch the concert first."
"And Dad, you're such a fool! You clearly agreed to go out to the concert with Mom, and you still made her angry like this."
Maori Kogoro put the photo album in his arms: "I understand, I won't play the lottery again."
"By the way, why did Sera come to the concert?" After finally coaxing her parents into silence, Xiaolan looked at Sera Masumi in confusion.
Sera Masumi put her hands on her hips and said, "Actually, I was attracted by the puzzle information hidden on the concert ticket."
"Look, there's a special symbol on my ticket. It's said that if you collect all twelve patterns, you'll get a hidden clue and be able to participate in an offline puzzle-solving competition."
"I think it's just a means to attract fans. There is no puzzle to be solved in these symbols." Kogoro Mouri raised his eyebrows to express his disdain.
"The organizers didn't seem to mention this event much during the promotion, but there are indeed different symbols on the tickets." The opera singer took out his ticket, and there was a mark on the corner of the ticket that was printed later.
"Aren't these zodiac symbols? Mine is the symbol of Leo, and Miss Sangria's is Capricorn?" The lucky guy showed his ticket.
Xiaolan, Kisaki Eri and Conan did not enter with tickets, so they could only look at the tickets in the hands of Maori Kogoro and Sera Masumi. Maori Kogoro's ticket showed Taurus, and Sera Masumi's was Cancer.
Conan was a little excited when Sera Masumi mentioned the puzzle game, but when he saw the constellation symbols, he immediately felt that this was just a trick used by the organizers to attract fans: "I always feel that the organizers want to use the constellation symbols to draw prizes at the end. There is no such thing as a puzzle activity."
"Hey, even if there's no puzzle, a raffle would be great too. I can't wait!" the lucky winner said eagerly. "Even if there really is a puzzle, we have Uncle Maori here, so we'll definitely win it!"
Maori Kogoro raised his head proudly: "That's right, any reasoning is a piece of cake in front of me, Maori Kogoro, ahahahaha."
Kiyori complained from behind: "What a cocky person."
After confirming with the director, they learned that this was just a simple lottery game. Sera Masumi was very disappointed. She originally planned to leave, but Xiaolan held her back, so everyone walked into the venue together.
As an actress, Yoko Okino is actually not the best singer, so even though this event is called a concert, it is just Yoko Okino wearing the costumes of all the characters she has played in the past and singing some theme songs. Even so, the fans are very enthusiastic.
However, now Yoko Okino was looking at the threatening letter in the room with the director with a sad face.
"Director, are we really going to continue with the concert? This threatening letter..."
The director frowned. "We absolutely can't cancel the performance. Who will face the disappointed fans? Yoko, don't worry. Mr. Maori, the sleeping Kogoro, is here today. Even if there's a terrorist attack, we can ask him for help."
"Okay, I'll go get ready then."
[Photographer: Why are there threatening letters?]
[Wax Artist: I did it.]
[Shadow of Time and Space:?]
[Recorder:?]
[Reporter: Mr. Philip, what happened?]
[Wax Artist: It’s a long story…]
[Novelist: Please keep your story short.]
[Wax Artist: A child who wanted revenge came across the message I left on the dark web and came to consult me.]
[Professor: You didn't instigate that child to send threatening letters, did you?]
[Wax sculptor: No, I just slightly modified the story from "The Prophecy Under the Stars" and told it to the child. My original intention was to persuade the child not to act impulsively.]
[Notetaker: Apparently it's useless.]
[Opera Singer: Could it be that the child's enemy is at the concert?]
[Wax Artist: Judging from the message I sent, it should be.]
[Violinist: What message did that kid send you? Let me see...]
[Sculptor: Emmm, "Dear Mr. Astrologer, thank you for your advice. I'm ready for a grand finale. - Castor"]
[Blind Woman: This person's name is "Castor"?]
[Meteorologist: This name refers to the younger brother of Gemini. He was an ordinary man who was accidentally shot and died. So his twin brother, Pollux, made a wish to the gods, and from then on the two brothers shared life.]
[Forward: I've figured out the pattern. According to the setting here, the one consulting Mr. Philip about revenge strategies must be the younger twin brother.]
[Magician: What a bullshit summary you’ve made! Isn’t that just nonsense?]
[Lawyer: So the person on the other side wants to avenge his brother or sister?]
[Doctor: Mr. Philip, can you give a rough estimate of the man's condition?]
[Wax Artist: We were chatting online, on the dark web, so there aren't many places where you can get personal information. Furthermore, the person's name in their reply was quite ambiguous. However, I can still roughly determine that this person is single and doesn't have a large social circle.]
[Photographer: The area is still too wide. Looks like we have to take it one step at a time.]
However, before Okino Yoko could even get on stage, something went wrong. The lighting technician, Mr. Inoue, had disappeared, leaving the director furious: "Where did this guy go?"
Several employees who were passing by said that they saw Mr. Inoue go to the smoking room to smoke.
"I clearly warned him not to smoke when the show was about to start!" The director walked towards the smoking room angrily.
"Hey, Inoue, the show is about to start, why don't you get back to your post!"
The door of the smoking room was opened, and what wafted out was not only the lingering smell of cigarettes, but also a strong smell of blood.
The director looked at the horrifying scene and was so frightened that he fell to the ground and let out a deafening scream.
He saw the upper half of Mr. Inoue's body hanging on the exhaust vent at the top of the smoking room, and among the scattered cigarette ashes on the ground, there was a blood-stained concert ticket. On the blood-stained corner was a symbol of the Capricorn constellation.