Chapter 13 Chapter 12 A commotion

These days, because the Orion Circus from the United States came to Tokyo to perform, all the boys and girls in Tokyo seemed very excited. According to reports, the Orion Circus is a very large circus. There are more than a dozen elephants alone. Such birds and animals, etc., as if it is a small zoo. Among the performers of the circus, there are many Japanese-Americans. Therefore, when the Orion Circus held a performance in Tokyo Kaoru, it immediately attracted a large crowd. The monster baron designated the special seat of the circus as Sayoko's exchange place, which really made everyone in the Police Department sweat.

(There are so many people there, in case the gun goes off accidentally...) Thinking of this, the police chief couldn't help but sigh.He could only order a close investigation of the members of the circus, especially the Japanese born in the United States; as for the patrol around the auditorium, he did not dare to be careless at all. Time passed quickly, and the thirteenth day arrived in a blink of an eye. The circus temporarily set up a large tent in front of Tibet, and a large number of people still poured in today. When Kosuke Kindaichi came to the circus, it was already full of people.

Today he still wears a rumpled kimono and slacks, and scratches his head from time to time. I don't know if he was too nervous, but as soon as he sat in the special seat, he froze there motionless, and the police officer waiting for power sitting beside him also looked serious. Of course, there were many spectators disguised as plainclothes near the special seats, but there were no Kunio and Kiyohiko Unano around. The performance started soon, and the Orion Circus performed many rare and wonderful stunts one after another, but the detectives sitting in the auditorium didn't care to appreciate them, and everyone was waiting for the appearance of the monster baron.

They didn't know that something very strange was happening in the background at this time. The backstage of the Orion Circus is in another tent, where there are many chained elephants and animals in cages. At about eight o'clock, a small clown walked into the animal tent.He was wearing a water-blue loose clown suit, his entire face was painted white, and diamond and heart-shaped patterns were painted on his cheeks, so he couldn't see his true face at all. The clown walks past the elephant and the stable to the chimpanzee's cage and looks around.Except for a dim electric light, there was no one else in the tent.

The clown grinned and tapped on the chimpanzee's cage. The chimpanzee who had been squatting on the ground suddenly raised his head and said: "Oh, it's Otonmaru! How's the situation outside?" It turned out that the monster baron was hiding here in the skin of a chimpanzee; the clown was pretended by Otomaru Sanpei. "Baron, Kindaichi is really sitting in a special seat." "Well, did he bring anything?" "Yes, I saw that the police officer Waiting Power who was with him brought a black box, and the golden candlestick must have been placed in the box."

"Very well, but we must try to get them to take the candlesticks out of the box." The Monster Baron thought for a while and then said: "Well, I'll plan this matter carefully later, you should drag Xiao Yezi out first!" "yes!" After bowing respectfully, Otomaru opened the cage next door, dragged out the sleeping chimpanzee, and peeled off its skin. I saw Sayoko in tights protruding from a ball of furry black skin. Xiao Yezi must have been forced to take sleeping pills again, and now she has fallen asleep unconsciously. The Monster Baron glanced at Sayoko and said:

"Hey! Blindfold her so she won't wake up and scream." "yes." Otomaru took out a purple cloth strip from his pocket and covered Sayoko's eyes. At this moment, a criminal policeman came from the entrance of the tent. Seeing this, Otomaru hurriedly dragged Sayoko aside. It was right in front of the lion cage. The two lions in the cage were sleeping, but one of the lions seemed to be awakened by the sound ball, and it suddenly raised its head. "Hey, Brother Lion, help me watch over this child for a while!" Otomaru giggled, and then came to the chimpanzee's cage.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" The detective pointed to Otonmaru and asked. "Oh! Since it's the chimpanzee's turn to perform next time, I'll bring this chimpanzee to the show." Otomaru deliberately answered the detective's question in blunt Japanese. "I see. By the way, have you found anyone suspicious?" "No no." After hearing this, the criminal police nodded and walked out of the animal tent. "Oh! I was really scared to death just now. It will be bad if Xiao Yezi wakes up and screams." Otonmaru said, and walked back to the front of the lion cage.

"Haha! Brother Lion, thank you for helping me watch over this child." As he spoke, he gently hugged Sayoko who was blindfolded; the lion in the cage kept staring at his back. On the other hand, Kosuke Kindaichi and police officers Bodoli were still sitting in the special seats, holding the box and looking around uneasily. (Where did Baron Monster go?) Just when the two opened their eyes wide to search for the trace of the monster baron, all the lights in the tent were suddenly extinguished. Seeing this, the police officer couldn't help hugging the box even tighter. "Ha ha……"

The creepy laughter came from the dimly lit performance venue, causing a commotion in the venue immediately. "Kindaichi Kosuke...Kindaichi Kosuke..." As soon as the audience heard the voice of the monster baron, they couldn't help but shut their mouths, and the venue immediately became very quiet. The terrifying voice of the Monster Baron continued to sound: "Kosuke Kanedaichi, Officer Waitori, I brought Sayoko as promised, you'd better take the gold candlestick out of the box and put it on the railing in front. Listen clearly, put it on the railing!" Waiting for the force officer to hear these words, he couldn't help but look around subconsciously, but he really couldn't estimate where the voice of the monster baron came from.

"Officer, it's time to act." The criminal police standing behind patted the shoulder of the waiting officer to remind him. "Okay, take your seats." "yes!" A group of criminal police officers secretly spread out in all directions. At this moment, the lights suddenly returned to normal. The scene in the field shocked everyone. There were five or six swings hanging from the log of the tent, and the monster baron was sitting leisurely on one of them, holding Sayoko in tights in his arms. "Wow! The Monster Baron has appeared!" The audience present was terrified. Seeing the audience's reaction, the Monster Baron couldn't help shouting loudly: "Quiet! If anyone dares to play tricks, don't blame me for throwing this child down and let her die!" As soon as the audience heard what the monster baron said, they had to shut their mouths obediently and never dared to speak again. They were at least tens of meters above the ground, and if Sayoko fell off, she would surely die. The Monster Baron waited until the scene became silent before continuing: "Kindaichi Kosuke, quickly put the golden candlestick on the railing!" But for some reason, Kindaichi Kosuke sat still in his seat. Waiting for the force, the police officer hurriedly looked around. Suddenly, there was a whistle from somewhere, and the police officer Waiting Li smiled when he heard the whistle, and took out the candlestick from the box and put it on the railing. "Haha! It seems that you have finally made up your mind, so I will not be polite!" After the Baron Monster finished speaking, he immediately took out a rope tied into a loop at the front end, and like a cowboy in the west, swiped it around the candlestick on the railing, and then slowly hung the golden candlestick up. The audience couldn't help but gasp in amazement, while the Monster Baron continued to reel in the rope with a proud face. However, after he got the candlestick, he roared angrily: "Hmph! Kindaichi Kosuke, you dare to trick me again? Give me back this fake candlestick!" The Monster Baron smashed the candlestick to the ground, and at the same time took out a pistol from his waist and fired angrily. What's worse, the shot hit Kindaichi Kosuke's chest impartially. Kosuke Kindaichi fell from his chair to the ground before he could scream. The plainclothes criminal policemen among the auditorium all stood up, but at this moment, there was another commotion in the tent. "Wow! It's not good, it's not good! Someone opened the cage, the lion escaped, the crocodile and the golden snake also escaped!" When the audience heard the call from the backstage, they stood up in panic, and the entire circus tent also experienced unprecedented chaos. In fact, from that night to the next morning, most of the residents around Tokyo were panicked and frightened. If only the lion escaped, it is enough to do a good job of guarding the road. However, since the crocodile and the golden snake are also missing, the monitoring work in the water cannot be sloppy.In addition, there are many rivers and canals in the vicinity of our office and Fukagawa, which further deepened the danger of this matter. Therefore, in addition to the Self-Defense Forces and the mobile team dispatched to assist in the search, each town also organized a self-rescue team. The young people took turns patrolling and guarding all night long, each with a stick. Under such circumstances, everyone was nervous, and some people regarded Kumang as a ghost, and there were traces of crocodiles in canals and ponds everywhere, and even in the woods and grasses of various places, some people claimed to see a large number of ghosts. Elaphe.In short, everyone in Tokyo has been terrified. Fortunately, the next morning, the mobile team found the crocodile and killed it without hesitation. Later, the Jin snake was caught by the circus and put back in the cage.However, only the lion disappeared. It was later known that the lion had not escaped from the cage. When the commotion happened that night, the lion cage was empty, so everyone thought that the two lions had escaped from the cage. It was not until the next morning that someone found a lion skin in a corner of the tent. Did someone kill the lion and skin it? No, it was impossible, because there was no blood on this hide, and it was not a new hide either. According to the circumstances, there were two lions in the cage at that time-one of them was not a real lion, but someone disguised himself with a lion's skin. However, no matter how brave a person is, it is impossible to have the courage to be locked in the same cage as a lion. It can be seen that the other lion should also be pretending to be a human. And what about the other lion skin?Did the other person continue to masquerade as a lion? Having said that, the appearance of the Baron Monster alone was enough to shock everyone that night, and then the news that the lion and the snake had escaped from the circus caused chaos in the auditorium of the Orion Circus; the crowd who were busy fleeing for their lives You pushed and squeezed each other in the tent, which seriously hindered the police's handling of the case. But for the Monster Baron, this is undoubtedly a godsend opportunity. Holding Sayoko in his arms, he jumped from one swing to the next, climbed from one log to the next, jumped effortlessly to a post, and then slid around the post to the ground. "Monster Baron is down!" A policeman shouted quickly. "Catch him! Don't let him get away, even if you shoot him, it doesn't matter!" Wait, the police officer shouted loudly. Unexpectedly, the scene was in chaos, and the police could not go through the crowd to arrest the criminals.What's more, there are so many people here, if you are not careful, it may cause a catastrophe, so the police dare not shoot casually. So they had no choice but to watch the monster baron escape from the circus tent with Sayoko in his arms. "Oh! The Monster Baron has escaped!" "Hurry up! Don't let him escape!" The criminal police yelled in a hurry, but the situation outside the tent was similar to that inside the tent. When everyone heard the news that the crocodile and snake in the circus had escaped from the cage, they all ran for their lives. The chaotic situation made it impossible for the police to catch people even if they wanted to. rise. The monster baron quickly shuttled through the crowd, and disappeared without a trace after a while.