"I didn't expect that it was just the Baroness and her children who came backstage to watch the fun. It was really disappointing."

The woman has long straight golden hair with curved eyebrows, and delicate makeup on her face. She looks like one of the actors about to take the stage.

However, this blonde straight-haired girl is different from other actors. She does not move forward when facing a celebrity like Sharon, so Mao Lilan did not notice her, and Qin Zhibo did not see her either.

"What strange gift are you talking about?" Kudo Shinichi asked with a serious face.

On the plane to New York, he experienced the thrill of reasoning a case for the first time. Of course he would enjoy it if he had the chance this time.

Sharon next to her explained: "Just three days before this theater troupe started to perform, I received a gift."

"It was an apple spray-painted with gold, and the golden apple also had strange words like 'Dedicated to the Great King' written on it with the blood of some kind of animal."

"The great king?" Kudo Shinichi looked puzzled.

Sharon explained again, "This may have something to do with the troupe's signature play, The King in Yellow."

"This play was adapted from a play written by a French playwright in 1895. The original work was banned by the French government immediately after its publication."

"The adapted version of "The King in Yellow" was re-interpreted on Broadway and was very popular, especially the "King in Yellow"."

At this moment, a handsome man with blond hair, blue eyes, and a tall figure walked in from the door.

"Okay, ladies, please don't worry, it must be just a prank by some boring guy."

"But, Keith"

The man was wearing a gorgeous prince-style uniform and was chatting with several actresses.

Yukiko asked curiously: "Who is he?"

Sharon crossed her arms, "He is the lead actor of this troupe, Keith Flockhard. But he was asked to act in a movie before, so today should be his last performance."

Qin Zhibo silently observed the people in the dressing room from the perspective of a non-existent person. He counted with his fingers and felt that someone would die next.

There are four women and one man. If we were to play "The King in Yellow", the number of actresses would obviously be one more.

Could this be a hint that one of the actresses will die?

If this is the case, Qin Zhibo thinks that the unsociable Jin Changzhi is the most likely.

Next, there are still 40 minutes until the show starts.

The leading actors, four men and one woman, took Sharon, Yukiko and others to visit backstage.

Yukiko was a little worried, worried about delaying these people from performing on stage.

However, Sharon said there was nothing to worry about.

"Don't worry. In the first 20 minutes, a narration will lead the audience to create a stage atmosphere, introduce the background of the Iti Kingdom, and recite some poems about Carcosa."

A few people were walking when Mao Lilan suddenly looked up at the ceiling. There were pieces of gorgeous costumes hanging in the shadows, which looked a bit scary.

"What's that on the ceiling?"

Seeing this scene, Mao Lilan didn't feel frightened and asked in a very normal tone.

"Ah, the costumes for that performance were hung on top because they took up too much space."

As soon as Sharon finished speaking, one of the iron armor costumes on the ceiling suddenly fell and went straight to the crowd.

Everyone reacted well and dispersed immediately, except for the wavy-haired actress whose skirt was caught on the sign on the wall and could not escape.

At the critical moment when the armor was about to fall off, Mao Lilan immediately rushed over and knocked the person down.

The armor just fell down and smashed to the floor.

The blond girl with wavy hair escaped, but was greatly frightened and kept shouting that someone was trying to kill her.

The actor named "Keith" went to investigate and found that the rope holding the armor was broken. He laughed and said, "You think too much. It just broke because the rope was too old."

Qin Zhibo walked over and took a look at the rope, knowing that things were not that simple.

The cross section of the rope was very clean, and it was obviously cut artificially.

Kudo Shinichi, who had the same idea, stood aside with a solemn expression.

Several other female leads also lamented that the troupe's mascot, a golden mirror, saved the wavy-haired actress, but Sharon stopped them.

"Have you made a mistake? What you want to thank is not the mirror, but this girl, right?"

After Sharon said this, the rescued wavy-haired actor remembered to thank Mao Lilan.

Mao Lilan smiled and said it didn't matter in broken English, but her arm was actually scratched by the floor the moment she fell down.

Sharon handed her light pink handkerchief to Mao Lilan and said that if angels really existed, she would not be hurt.

Time passed quickly, and several people were getting ready to go on stage.

But just when the performance was about to officially start, Sharon waved her hand to indicate that she would not watch the performance.

"That King in Yellow is really interesting"

"But something suddenly occurred to me. I'm afraid there will be an unprecedented storm tonight."

"I'll leave first if I have something to do"

After saying that, Sharon "went home to collect her clothes."
Chapter completed!