Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 24 Give Me One More Song
The red falcon in the front cab read out the secret words, and the secret technique that Luke had arranged here beforehand was activated. The door leading to the cab opened and stretched, and the light curtain became transparent as it stretched, revealing a stage behind.
The lights shone from above, and several puppets appeared in the middle of the stage.
The stage set is a secret room. One of the puppets is lying on his back with a bloody dagger stuck in his chest. The other puppets are wearing different clothes, representing their different identities.
A black and white puppet show also started at the same time.
Luke patted the empty space next to him and said to Sandpaper, "Sit next to me. This secret technique is very dangerous. I have to remind Red Falcon what to do at all times. If she makes a mistake, both she and Boiling will die."
Sandpaper immediately sat down next to Luke and asked, "Mr. Governor, the secret technique you set up has not been activated?"
"It's started, listen!"
A musical prelude sounded at this time.
Then Hong Kusuo and Fei Teng walked onto the stage from the backstage, and the puppet show began to recite the narration, introducing the process of the murder. The combination of the music melody and the puppet show's narration seemed like the BGM specially added for the plot, which was able to set off the mood of the plot.
Sandpaper asked in surprise, "Are the two secret techniques mixed together?"
“It should be…” While the puppet show’s narration was not over, Luke quickly said to Sandpaper, “Now Red Falcon and Boiling are the detective and detective assistant in the puppet show. They cannot leave the stage, nor can they cast magic or combat skills. They can only make inferences about the murderer’s guilt based on the clues found in the plot.
As for the secret technique I arranged... after the prelude of the song is over, everyone in the secret technique must sing along with the lyrics. Those who can't sing will be punished and subjected to a thirty-second mental attack, during which time the body will dance to the music.
After a song ends, the person who has been under mental attack for the longest time will have his or her strength severely weakened."
Sandpaper said with a strange look on his face: "How can there be such a strange secret technique?"
"The secret technique is weird. The person who developed it likes to compete with others in singing." Luke said with a smile, "I wanted you to activate this secret technique, but I didn't expect it to be Red Falcon. It's not bad to listen to Red Falcon singing. This kid is usually too serious."
Sandpaper didn't expect that she was almost tricked by Luke, but when she heard the Red Falcon singing, she immediately forgave Luke.
But on second thought, she couldn't help but worry and said, "Wouldn't it be troublesome if the kestrel couldn't sing?"
"What's the problem? If you can't sing, just dance. After a song, your strength will be weakened. We are still there, right? What I'm worried about is..."
"What are you worried about?"
"My secret arts have merged with Belga's. I'm afraid we're going to have to watch a musical."
"ah!"
It turned out that Luke's worries were correct. The musical prelude ended with the end of the puppet show's narration, the singing part was interrupted, and the plot began.
Since the conversation between Luke and the puppet waiter did not connect, the puppet show randomly went to "The Cobb Toast Chamber".
The plot is about a serial murder case in a manor. In the whole case, seven people were killed one after another, including the manor owner, his second son, the cook, the groom, the guard, the maid, and the gardener. All the dead died in a secret room. Although the murder methods in the secret room were all cracked after investigation and reasoning, the murderer was still not found.
Now on the stage is the first act of the puppet play. The owner of the manor dies in a closed cellar, and the detective comes on stage to investigate the case.
People who are trapped in the secret technique should not think about how to find the murderer first, but how to avoid being killed first. Although this secret technique has never been cracked by players, it is also a popular competition among players to see who can survive longer.
The puppet show began. Luke said to Sandpaper, "Let Red Falcon talk to the cook first and go to the kitchen to check today's dinner. You can find a table knife in the kitchen."
Sandpaper informed Red Falcon of Luke's strategy through the sisterly telepathy.
Red Falcon then took Boiling to the cook and asked her to check today's dinner.
The cook agreed, and the stage set became a kitchen.
Kestrel was given a table knife at Luke's instruction.
Then Red Falcon took the cook and Boiling back to the crime scene.
At this time, the music suddenly sounded, and after a brief prelude, the lyrics part came.
The name of the song is "Moonlight Sonata in the Night Wind". It was written by Brutov, a famous composer in the City of Rage. It tells the story of a pair of lovers walking in the night wind.
The song has a very beautiful melody and is widely sung.
Red Falcon learned the rules of the secret technique "Give Me a Song" from Sandpaper's instructions and immediately began to hum along with the lyrics after the prelude ended.
Unexpectedly, Hong Jian has an excellent voice. He sings along with the melody and brings out the mood of the lyrics, making people feel as if they can really see a couple in love walking in the moonlight.
As for the rest…
The puppets certainly couldn't sing "Moonlight Sonata in the Night Wind", but they all danced to the song of the kestrel. Even the puppet playing the corpse on the ground followed suit, and the gentle dance steps seemed like those of a professional dancer.
I couldn't sing the song, I just danced along. He took light steps, and it was completely impossible to tell that he was a heavyweight war machine.
In addition to the puppet and the boiling, there was also an extra dancer on the stage.
He was wearing a black smock, his face hidden in the shadow of his hood. His dancing steps were unnatural as he sang, as if he was resisting and being held by some force. He tried to escape several times as if he had turned into black mist, but each time he was pulled back to continue dancing, his movements as stiff as a zombie.
In this way, Luke and Red Falcon in the audience drank tea and admired the grotesque scenes on the stage.
Between the black and white tones, the horror has a touch of comedy.
A song of "Moonlight Song in the Night Wind" ended, and the puppet show continued. In the strategy provided by Luke, Falcon obtained another worn leather armor from the manor guard. With weapons and protective gear, the murderer dared not kill easily, and Falcon and Boiling could live until the next scene began.
Luke then ordered Red Falcon to collect information, and before the end of the first act, he locked up the second son of the manor owner as the most suspicious person.
The second victim in the serial murder case of "The Chamber of Cobb Toast" was the second son of the manor owner, who died in the manor prison. Even if you give the murderer a head, he will not kill the detective.
The first act of the puppet show ended and the music in the interlude sounded again.
"The First Thousand Nights Away from Home" tells the story of a traveler who suddenly felt homesick while camping in the mountains.
This song is not as widely sung as "Moonlight Sonata in the Night Wind", and the continuous pitch changes in the bass part make it difficult for most people to sing it completely.
After the prelude ended, Red Falcon actually started singing along with the tune.
The bass was so clear and smooth that Luke couldn't help but applaud. He said to Sandpaper, "I didn't expect the Kestrel to sing so well! If you followed my plan, you would never sing on it."
Sandpaper's face darkened: "I will tell Miss Qingkong about your attempt to play a trick on me, and she will definitely help me out."
"Don't be so petty." Luke smiled and said, "In fact, your voice is very distinctive, with a unique metallic feel. I think you five sisters can form a band... Think about it."
Sandpaper actually took Luke's joke seriously.
The puppets and boiling water on the stage danced to the singing of Red Falcon. The hidden third apostle Belga was forcibly pulled out again, performing awkward dance moves to dance along.
At this moment, Belga wanted to die.
He couldn't understand how someone could develop such a perverted secret technique. Because he couldn't sing, his mind was constantly attacked and his body was out of control, being dragged into various positions like a puppet.
This secret technique is placed in the driver's cab of the train locomotive.
This is a trap!
The other party had already anticipated this assassination.
After the train was pulled into the space set up by the Abyss Mage, the other party arranged for the person in the cab at the front of the train to start the train immediately, causing the Abyss Mage who did not enter the carriage in time to fall into the space turbulence. At the same time, the changing spatial coordinates of the train also made it impossible for the combined secret technique to be deployed in a compound manner, greatly reducing the power of the secret technique.
The other party calculated that he would come to the locomotive cab first to stop the train, and arranged some secret techniques here in advance.
Now his own secret arts have merged with those of his opponent, and after a stage in the puppet show, a song and dance will be forced.
After dancing, my body will become weak.
One more dance and I'll be even weaker.
It's simply a competition of who will die first from the other's secret technique.
At the end of the second song, Belga retreated to the backstage, his strength draining away again and he worried that he would die of exhaustion after a few more songs.
On the contrary, the other party looked confident and well-prepared in his own puppet show.
Thinking about the man in the audience who could prevent the puppet show from starting, Belga no longer had the confidence he had in the secret technique he designed.
Can he crack this fatal secret technique?
I thought of the death of the four abyss apostles, thought of the mysterious elf Qingkong, and then looked at the man in the audience drinking tea and applauding.
Belga felt that he was the clown of the whole play.
End the secret technique and escape from here before you die of exhaustion.
Halfway through the second act of the puppet show, when the music sounded again, Belga immediately released the secret technique "Puppet Show in Black and White".
The black and white faded away, and the carriage regained its color.
The puppets all turned into dust and disappeared, but the stage remained. The music suddenly stopped, causing Hong Jian, who was ready to sing, to hold his breath.
When two secret techniques merge, if one of them is dissolved, the other one will be difficult to maintain.
Belga, wearing a black robe, appeared on the stage, then turned into black smoke and flashed behind Red Falcon. A black mist-like rope strangled Red Falcon's neck.
Belga hid behind the Red Falcon and poked out half of his head to look at Luke: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be the Meteor."
Luke pressed down the sandpaper that wanted to fly, sat steadily and answered Belga: "You guessed it right, I am the meteorite."
A red light flashed in Baikal's eyes: "Answer my questions and I will let her go."
"Just ask!"
"How do you know my secrets better than I do?"
Luke smiled and replied, "Berga, you like reasoning very much and are very smart. If he had not been transformed into an Abyss Apostle by the influence of the Abyss, he would have been a very famous detective.
Use your reasoning to analyze, is the life of my follower enough to exchange for this secret?"
Belga thought about it.
This secret has killed four apostles of the abyss, forced the first apostle to flee, and trapped himself in an ambush. It is indeed not something that can be exchanged for the life of a follower.
"Okay... Let me change the question. Is there anyone among the apostles who can provide information to Qingkong?"
"No!" Luke said truthfully.
But Belga didn't believe it: "Don't lie to me! If it weren't for the apostles providing you with information, how could you know so many secrets of the Abyss Temple.
Tell me the truth, or I will kill her!"
“Yes!” Since the other party didn’t believe the truth, Luke had to lie: “But I won’t say who he is. Anyway, it’s not you.”
"Someone really betrayed us." After getting the answer he wanted, Belga said, "In fact, when Victor left, I guessed who betrayed the temple, and now I am more certain that it was him.
You said that Tedega Hills has officially started the process of being incorporated into the direct jurisdiction of the Empire because you control the Temple of the Abyss, and the Duke of Celtic thinks he controls the Temple of the Abyss.
You shouldn't have been so proud of yourself and told me your plan, because you made me see you as a traitor.
Goodbye, Meteor, I will go find Victor and we will retake the Abyss Temple."
this……
I can only say that everyone has their own ideas about reading comprehension. Moreover, the abyss will completely change a person, not only physically, but also Belga has lost the spirituality in his previous reasoning, and the professional has become an amateur.
And he himself is not aware of this yet, and thinks his reasoning is pretty cool.
Should I let him go and let the Abyss Temple continue to fight internally? Or should I take this opportunity to kill Belga and pick up another bead?
Belga behind the Red Falcon began to mist.
The stage also began to shrink.
The influence of the secret technique ended, giving Belga a chance to escape.
The stage closes to form a door.
Luke said to Sandpaper, "Have Kestrel say one more secret code: 'Give me time for one more song.'"
The connecting door that had just closed suddenly reopened, the light curtain faded, and the train's front cab turned back into the shape of a stage.
The light shines down from above.
There were no puppet show sets and no puppets this time.
The only people standing on the stage were Red Falcon, Boiling, and the confused third apostle Baikal.
What’s going on? Isn’t the secret technique over?
Why did it start again!
The music starts.
The Kestrel cleared his throat and prepared to sing.
Boiling moved his legs and feet. His power came from steam, and the weakening of energy did not affect his movements. He was ready to dance a few more times for Sister Red Falcon.
In the audience, Luke crossed his legs and said to Sandpaper, "The new stage is ready. Go get this Governor a cup of new tea."
When Sandpaper saw that Red Falcon was safe and sound, he immediately agreed and went to find the teapot.
The kestrel sang along to the melody.
Boiling and Belga swayed to the song.
