Chapter 43 15. Cannon

At this time, among the members of Zhiliang Amusement Park, few are still alive. First, Moroguchi Tomotsuko, one of Jiraemon's girlfriends, followed by Yumoto Joji's girlfriend Harada Reiko, then the handsome boy Mitani Jiro, and then Ono Raizo's girlfriend Mi Orie, and now the dwarf yakuza Zongsuke, they were brutally killed by mysterious means one after another. Throwing knife master Yumoto Rangji was once the biggest suspect, but it turned out that he was innocent.After being released from detention, he returned to the garden. The famous detective Mujima Detective moved into the park and tried his best to search day and night, but unfortunately no clues have been found yet.He happened to pick up a piece of paper that looked like a murder notice letter, and decided that the bait Zongsuke was the most suspicious.Unexpectedly, just as he was about to be arrested, Zongsuke turned into a horrible floating corpse in the tank of the aquarium.

As of now, there is still no clue who the murderer is.I felt that the murderer seemed to be very casual. Seeing him kill one by one, he killed people in the garden like crushing bugs.There was no warning, no motive to kill them.A series of murders create a sense of mystery, horror and madness. The only certainty is that the murderer cannot invade from outside the garden.Regardless of terrain or configuration, amusement parks are as strong as castles.So, is it the people inside?The only members who are still alive are the director Ji Liangemon, his girlfriend Kinoshita Ayuko, Ono Raizo and Yumoto Joji. Is the murderer really one of them?

In addition, there are dozens of servants, but they have all been carefully selected by the director, and they are as loyal and dull as robots. It is really impossible for a highly intelligent and vicious murderer to hide in it.It's just that there are so many people in the garden, it's hard to guarantee that bloody monsters wearing masks won't sneak in. All that aside, the amusement park carnival - that festival of absurd events - is coming.This day is the day when the stealth killer announced "the final chapter of the killing game, the few remaining members that night will die in the end".

Even if it is a threat to scare people, there is no need to risk your life, just insist on holding the carnival.Readers must think so, and the police also held the same view, and asked the director of the park, Ji Liangemon, to discuss and advise him to suspend activities.Helpless, Jiliangemon was unwilling to compromise at all, and the three surviving members also supported the director's decision. "This carnival can be said to be the ultimate goal of building Zhiliang Amusement Park. Once it is abandoned halfway, the hundreds of thousands of funds invested will be completely in vain. You realists may not understand, but we are tired of seclusion and only yearn for beauty. Dreams, people who live in dreams. As long as they can have good dreams, even if they lose their lives, they will not regret it. Besides, the murderer said that he will carry out a massacre on the day of the carnival, but it is just an alarmist. If he really wanted to kill someone, who would have announced it in advance? "The main reasons for the objection of the director and other members are roughly the same.

"I heard that hundreds of guests will be gathered at that time, isn't it? The servant's ability to work must also be considered. It's fun, but for the safety of most people..." The chief of the police department still gave up his advice. "No, the values ​​and life attitudes of these guests are almost the same as ours, and the servants are even more looking forward to the carnival than we are, not to mention that the preparations have been roughly completed. In fact, the cannon should be delivered today. If the carnival is temporarily Cancellation, wouldn’t that costly cannon be wasted?” Jiliangemon argued.

"Hey, what did you say? Cannon?" The police officers all stared wide-eyed when they heard this. "Oh, nothing surprising, I'm not a warfighter. Now, you guys know the 'Human Cannon' show, right? I'm referring to these toy cannons. The caliber is about forty-four centimeters, but the shells are replaced with giant corks The ball has a range of only about 100 meters." "What is the purpose of ordering such a cannon?" "A sideshow at the carnival. We want to build a giant shooting range, similar to the shooting ranges common in urban playgrounds. The shooting targets are Shikishima and Bat brand cigarettes piled up in the shape of a hill, and you can get a prize if you hit it."

The content of the conversation became more and more dreamy and unreal, and Jiliangemon's eyes became more and more misty. After some debate, at the insistence of Iji Ryoemon and others, the awkwardly timed carnival went ahead as planned.After all, the head of the garden is a local gentry, and there are many powerful politicians among his friends, so the police had to make concessions.The most troublesome thing is that in order to strengthen security, the carnival had to send dozens of police officers to the amusement park that day.And Jiliangemon also ordered all the servants to be fully prepared for this luxurious feast.

On this day, the only entrance to Zhiliang Amusement Park, the water gate where the gondola floated, really delivered a huge cargo as scheduled.It was a cannon, the cannon of the giant shooting range, and its shape was no different from the cannon used in the war.This steel cannon with its bare wheels, which can support an ox cart and glows with a frightening blue-black light, was carried onto a raft, decorated with fake flowers, and flowed upstream like a divine bridge crossing a river, and was transported to the center of the paradise. square. Next to the cannon, there are football-sized cork shells piled up, which look like glutinous rice balls that residents of the giant country eat when they watch the moon.

"This is probably the funniest sideshow of the carnival. There will be a line of life-sized living dolls on the hill, and guests will shoot them with cork cannonballs from here. It will be very exciting when they hit the target. If the prize is a bat card and a stick Island cigarettes are too boring, so it’s better to set off fireworks instead of rewards. I want to fill the fireworks with petals, and let the colorful petals fall from the sky like snowflakes. With the jazz band playing loudly, the champagne pops out, and a flower Wouldn't it be fun for everyone to dance wildly in the garden in the rain?" Jiraemon couldn't help but grab the other three members, and described the scene intoxicatedly.

Afterwards, everyone will find out that the giant shooting range is just the most inconspicuous scene in this frenzied, grand, and gorgeous carnival. The day of the Xiaozhou Song Carnival finally came.The gentlemen and ladies who were attracted from all over Japan to hunt novelties spent the night in the nearby Y City the night before, and arrived at the green tree arch in twos and threes at noon on time. Under the arch, gondolas floated on the mirror-like turquoise water with extremely unusually dressed gondoliers. There are two boatmen.One is a girl who is paddling in the bow, and the other is a boy sitting in the stern holding a guitar.The girl is dressed in pure white feathers, while the boy is wrapped in bright red feathers, making people mistaken for a pair of beautiful red and white water birds, lost on the small boat and temporarily resting.When the three gentlemen and ladies who arrived early boarded the small boat, the paddle in the girl's hand quietly paddled across the water, and the small boat then slowly slid into the narrow abyss.

"Miss, master, this outfit is really good." The elderly gentleman with a neat short beard smiled and praised the boatman, "Master, is that a musical instrument? Please play a song. Miss, it is convenient to sing while paddling." ?" The 17-year-old boy and the 18-year-old girl looked back at the gentleman, and they both smiled back pleasantly.Then, in silence, the boy played the guitar, and the girl slightly parted her red lips.The song of the boat skims the water with the rhythm of the silent oars. "The Land of Dreams! Oh, we have come to the Land of Dreams. The artistic conception of this lullaby is so beautiful." The gentleman couldn't help admiring with a gentle bass. "That musician is really cute." The lady in the black dress echoed with a melodious soprano. The dark leaves on both sides of the river cover the sky in layers, and the dark green tree walls are dotted with bright red camellias, blooming everywhere like oozing blood.The sky is gloomy, looking up, it looks like frosted glass hanging in the distance. The breeze blowing across the water gently blows the fragrance and clear singing of the girl at the bow. All of a sudden, the two gentlemen moved to the side of the musicians, hugging the young man's soft shoulders from both sides.The lady sat in front of the boy, staring at his pink cheeks as if she couldn't get tired of watching him. The girl at the bow sings ecstasy alone, her body shakes more and more vigorously, and the frequency of paddling continues to increase.The small boat turned into a small insect in the water and moved forward rapidly.With every stroke, the light wind raised by the wooden oar will blow one or two pure white feathers on the girl's body and send them into the air.As the speed of the boat became faster and faster, more and more feathers fell, and turned into unseasonable snowflakes, which flew backwards one by one. Under the fallen feathers, the bronze-skinned girl was dripping with sweat and her muscles were tense. The song of the boat became louder and louder, the rhythm of the arm holding the paddle and the abdomen and back became more intense, and all the remaining feathers flew up.Look at the naked girl Ping Ping Tingting standing against the pure white sky. The shameless Paradise girl still paddled vigorously, and turned to look back at the boy at the stern. "The sound is too low, turn it up and make it more exciting." Hearing the girl's instructions, the boy stood up abruptly, bared his teeth and sang loudly, swayed his body to the rhythm, and played the guitar ecstatically. The bright red feathers fluttering on the boy's body, and the Michelangelo-like curves underneath are faintly visible, which is breathtaking.Two naked boatmen paddled the boat while singing, playing and dancing.The flat-bottomed boat swayed tremblingly, swaying left and right and kept moving forward. The three gentlemen and ladies climbed to the stern of the boat, intoxicated in the dream of passion, looking at the two dancing curves in front of them with fascination. Soon, the boat arrived at the port. I saw dozens of naked women wriggling on the strange trestle bridge built with their backs.After the guests landed on the trestle, which was softer and warmer than blankets, several men in red and white clown suits were holding the clothes and waiting. "Welcome, the head of the garden is waiting for everyone to come. Alright, please change your clothes." "Huh, what? Changing clothes?" The older gentleman asked in surprise. "Yes, today's distinguished guests have to wear costumes specially tailored for this carnival." "Oh, the dream clothes specially made by the Kingdom of Dreams?" The gentleman finally understood and took it. Spread it out and see that the fabric woven into a net of thick silk is covered with gold and silver colored balls. Isn’t this a stage costume specially made for dancers? "Want to wear this?" "right." "Put it directly over the shirt?" "No, all the clothes on your body will be kept by us." "But……" "This is the order of the principal." Then, three male and female dancers from the dream kingdom appeared in front of them.In the gleaming coarse net, the plump or thin or tender flesh inside is clearly outlined.On the head is a three-cornered hat covered with colorful balls. They supported each other, sang the song of the small boat loudly, and followed the instructions, dancing their bare buttocks, and climbed to the top of the mountain ahead.The moment they climbed to the top, the three of them exclaimed in unison. "Wow—! Wow—!" On the other side of the mountain, looking up, there was a truly astonishing, indescribable vision of the country of madness.