Chapter 7 Chapter 7: The Big Bad Guy Suicide

Kosuke Kindaichi, Miko Shibajin and the police managed to track down the whereabouts of "Dr. Wax Noodle", but because of a moment of carelessness, not only "Dr. Wax Noodle" escaped, but even Takasugi Akemi fell into his clutches again. Faced with this result, Kosuke Kindaichi felt quite remorseful. But things aren't so bad for Shin Ilbo's detective boy, Susumu Miko Shiba. Originally, Mizuki Chai Jin thought that Kosuke Kindaichi had been murdered, but he never expected that he was still alive and well, so he felt very relieved. Editor-in-Chief Yamazaki also repeatedly comforted Kosuke Kindaichi, hoping that he would make persistent efforts and bring "Dr. Wax Noodle" to justice as soon as possible.

After the blow of this failure, Kosuke Kindaichi became more aware of the cunning side of "Dr. Wax Noodle", and he could not help but ignite a strong fighting spirit in his chest. On the other hand, after "Dr. Wax Noodle" shakes Akemi Takasugi away again, the next target is "Three Sisters of Orion". Recently, at the Toto Theater in Hibiya, three girls were warmly welcomed by teenagers in Tokyo. They are fourteen-year-old Tsukihime, thirteen-year-old Yukiko and twelve-year-old Hanako. These three girls look as cute as French dolls. They can not only sing and dance, but also act very well, so they quickly became famous in Tokyo.

In addition to attracting the attention of teenagers and becoming a popular youth idol, the "Three Orion Sisters" are also very popular among adults nowadays. Elephants must all know that in the starry sky there is a constellation of Pigeon, and Orion has the most beautiful and brightest stars in Mihara. The three sisters Yuezi, Xuezi and Hanako are like the twinkling stars of the Orion constellation, both beautiful and generous, they can be said to be worthy of the name "Three Sisters of Orion". October 10—— The Dongdu Theater is full of grand occasions tonight. The "Three Orion Sisters" - Yuezi, Yukiko and Hanako are sitting in a corner of the actors' lounge, concentrating on preparations.

"Sister Yuezi, I don't know why, but I always feel that the atmosphere tonight is weird." The youngest sister——Hanako said with a worried face. "Hanako, why do you feel this way?" Yuezi was putting on makeup in the mirror, and asked in confusion. "Sister, have you noticed that there are five or six policemen walking around outside the green room? I went out to check the auditorium just now, and found that there were many policemen in the auditorium... What happened tonight?" "Yeah! I think it's weird too." Xuezi on the side agreed. "Could there be bad guys here tonight?"

In order not to scare the three lovely girls, the police did not mention the prophecy of "Dr. Wax" to them, so they had no idea that they had become the next target of "Dr. Wax". After listening to Xuezi's work, Yuezi frowned and said: "Oh! You are so mediocre!" After finishing speaking, she touched the heads of the two younger sisters and comforted her softly: "These things have nothing to do with us. Let the police worry about it. Besides, the performance is about to start, and we can't control so much... Tonight we are going to perform a new show, and we must put all our energy into the performance!"

Just when Yuezi was encouraging the two younger sisters, a person with a strange voice suddenly walked into the lounge and said: "Good night!" (Ah! It's "Dr. Wax"...) "It's disgusting! Why do you deliberately dress up like this to scare people... Please don't make random jokes, okay?" Yuezi was very calm, and sternly reprimanded the "Dr. Wax Face" standing in front of them. "Doctor Wax" laughed and said: "How is it? Yuezi, do you think my outfit looks like the 'Dr. Wax Face' published in the newspaper?"

After "Doctor Wax Face" finished speaking, he deliberately limped back and forth in front of "Third Orion Sisters". "Yeah! It's really very similar, and it makes people feel disgusting. But you are not the real 'Dr. Wax', but Mr. Sugiura?" Xuezi Zhanzhan confirmed on the spot. "Oh! I was spotted by you! That's right, I am Saburo Sugatsu, look!" The man dressed as "Doctor Wax" took off his hat and mask, and smiled at the "Three Orion Sisters". Hanako breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Ah! It really is Mr. Sugatsu... But you look so good, I thought you were the real 'Dr. Wrong Face'! However, even though I already know that you are the fake 'Dr. Wax Face', I still feel a little Fear."

Snow went on to say: "Mr. Shanyou, please don't be so intimidating on the stage, otherwise I will be sued by you and faint on the stage!" Saburo Sugiura, who pretends to be "Doctor Wax Noodle", is a popular niche in the Dongdu Theater. Having said that, why did Saburo Sugiura dress up as "Dr. Wax Face"? The reason is that Dongdu Theater temporarily changed the theater tonight, preparing to stage a new comeback drama "The Devil and the Girl", and this demon is of course the most feared "Dr. Wax Noodle" at the moment! The "Dr. Wax Noodle" in this mountain musical is played by the popular Xiaosheng-Saburo Sugiura. The content is that "Dr. Wax Noodle" abducts girls and intends to make them into wax figures one by one.

However, the plan of "Doctor Wax Face" did not succeed, and he was finally caught by the three girls and brought to justice. Among the "Three Orion Sisters", Yukiko is the most timid, so Saburo Sugiura likes to tease her. "You told me not to be scary? But my role as 'Dr. Wax' is to scare the audience...Xuezi, you are so beautiful, haha..." Saburo Sugiura intentionally touched Yukiko's chin with his long false nails. "It's disgusting! It's scary!" Xuezi hurriedly avoided his clutches, and ran away in fright. "Mr. Sugiura, you've had enough trouble! Can you please wait a while to perform these actions on the stage? Yukiko, you are really too, but you are just acting..."

Just when Yuezi straightened her face and reminded the two of them to pay attention to their behavior, the opening bell rang just in time. "Hahaha! Xuezi, I'm so sorry, I promise these scary moves will only appear on stage." Saburo Sugitoshi, who plays "Doctor Wax", left the lounge of "Three Sisters of Orion" and came to the dimly lit backstage. Sugiura Saburo heard someone calling him. "Huh? Who is calling me?" He looked into the backstage where the large props were piled up, but he didn't find a single figure. "Sugiura, I'm here, please come here."

The voice calling Saburo Sugijing seemed to come from near the tool tree. "Mr. Songxia?" Sanjing Sanlang thought it was Mr. Matsuzaki, the author of the musical, who was calling him, so he let his guard down and walked towards the prop tree. Until he saw a "doctor with wax face" dressed exactly like himself appearing in front of him, and the other party was holding a gun in his hand, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. Saburo Sugiura wanted to speak very much, but he couldn't even utter a word because he was too frightened. "Hahaha... It's really troublesome for you to stay here, so I have to ask you to take a nap here for a while!" "Doctor Wax" put a pistol against the tip of Sugiura Saburo's nose. In the next second, a puff of mist was blown out of the pistol, and Sugiura Saburo felt a moment of heaven and earth.He lay down on the ground and fell asleep. Kosuke Kindaichi and the detective boy, Miko Shibasumi, were sitting in the box on the second floor closest to the stage. The two had been staring at the stage since just now. "Mr. Jin Tianyi, I heard that the demons in the "Devil and Girl" performed by the "Orion Three Sisters" today allude to "Dr. Wax". Will they anger "Dr. Wax" by doing this? How about a wax figure?" "Well, I'm also very worried about this, but there are police officers waiting there to guard, and there are also a lot of police forces deployed around the theater, so there shouldn't be any accidents." "Oh! It would be better..." Waiting force police officers and a large number of police officers have already disguised themselves as spectators and scattered around the theater to guard them closely, but Mizu Chai Jin didn't know that. After a while, the opening bell rang, and the curtain on the stage slowly rose with the music, and the first act was staged-"Wax Figures Dancing". When the girl who turned into a wax figure finished her dreamlike dance, the dark stage suddenly became brighter. The stage is arranged like the night world of Ginza, with a large advertising tower erected on the front. In this scene, the "Three Sisters of Orion" play the role of three flower girls. After they danced for a while, they performed a panic-stricken plot that emphasized the appearance of "Dr. wax figure. "Ming...haha! Haha..." At this time, a terrible laugh came from the advertising tower. "Ah! What's that sound?" "It's terrible!" "who is it?" asked the three flower girls in amazement. "Haha! What a cute girl! I am the 'Dr. Wax' you were talking about just now, ha...haha!" "What? You are 'Dr. Wax'..." "help!" The flower girl hugged each other tightly in fright. Immediately afterwards, the advertising tower on the stage suddenly split in two, and "Dr. Wax Face" slowly walked out from it. Miko Chaijin was sitting in the box on the second floor. When he saw the "Dr. Wax Face" appearing on the stage, he immediately asked anxiously: "Mr. Kindaichi, is he the real 'Dr. Wax'?" "What lies are you talking about! If that person is the real 'Dr. Wax', the 'Three Orion Sisters' would have been too scared to continue acting, Ah Jin, this is just acting... However, this actor really has acting skills His talent, look at his face, just like the real 'Dr. Wax'!" Kindaichi Kosuke praised frequently. The "Three Sisters of Orion" on the stage didn't know that Saburo Sugiura had been replaced by the real "Doctor Wax". They still performed according to the script and danced the hide-and-seek dance steps of "Devil and Girl" to the music of the orchestra. After a while of chasing, the three girls were caught by "Dr. Wax Face" one after another, and forced to take sleeping pills and fell asleep. "Mr. Kindaichi. Are they really taking sleeping pills?" Miko Chaijin watched the performance on the stage, and his palms kept breaking out in cold sweat. "Hahaha! Ha Jin, you are so fascinated by watching, these are just acting!" Kindaichi Kosuke thought it was just a musical from beginning to end. Soon, "Dr. Wax" signaled to the air, and saw a hot air balloon filled with various flowers descending from above the stage, and then "Dr. Wax" carried the three flower girls into the basket of the hot air balloon. "Ha ha……" "Dr. Wax" let out a terrible laugh, bowed to the audience with a mocking look, and climbed into the basket. In this way, the hot air balloon line carrying four people slowly rose to the sky above the stage. After the entire hot air balloon was out of sight, the lights on the stage dimmed immediately; when the lights came back on again, the scene on the stage had switched to the room of "Dr. Wax". This scene makes people feel like they are in a castle. There is a gloomy and weird atmosphere on the stage. The plot of the wax figure, but his plan did not succeed. At this time, the hot air balloon that had risen above the stage was supposed to come down and become part of the stage scene. In order to reproduce the horror atmosphere of the scene, the orchestra deliberately played weird music to match, but after waiting for a long time, the hot air balloon never came down. to the stage. The backstage staff couldn't find out what went wrong, everyone was nervous and overwhelmed, and the audience also felt that something was wrong, and started whispering one after another, and the whole theater was suddenly enveloped in an atmosphere of uneasiness. Suddenly, the door on the front of Bentai opened, and "Dr. Wax Face" staggered out from inside. This "Dr. Wax Face" is played by Saburo Sugiura. He looked around blankly and said: "'Dr. Wax'...ah! Where's 'Dr. Wax'?" Saburo Sugiura was shaking his hair while muttering to himself. Seeing this, Kaneichi Kosuke and Miko Shibajin felt as if someone had stabbed their buttocks, and quickly jumped up from their chairs. "'Dr. Wax'? What...how is this going?" When Kosuke Kindaichi was nervous, he would stutter a little. "I was backstage by 'Dr. Wax'... with a tranquilizer gun..." As soon as the audience heard what Saburo Sugiura said, they screamed desperately, stood up from their chairs, and rushed to escape from the Toto Theater. In an instant, the entire eastern theater fell into unprecedented chaos. "Detective boy, come on!" While shouting, Kindaichi Ko rolled up his underwear.I saw him jump on the curtain hanging at one end of the stage, and slide the curtain onto the stage like a whip. Miko Shibago followed Kindaichi Kosuke and slid onto the stage. At the same time, the police officers waiting for power and the police officers deployed in the theater also rushed onto the stage excitedly. "Hey! Are you saying that the 'Dr. Wax' who appeared on the stage just now was not played by you?" "That 'Dr. Wax' is not played by me... I just fell asleep in the background, I don't know anything, I..." Saburo Sugiura's eyes were clouded, and he wobbled violently at his hair. "hateful!" Waiting for the police officer to grit his teeth and roar, he immediately blew his whistle to summon other police officers, and ordered everyone to closely monitor the surroundings of the Dongdu Theater. "Mr. Kindaichi, we have made all the preparations, maybe there is still a chance to save this time, even if 'Dr. Although the police officer Wait Li is very confident, but is the treacherous and cunning "Dr. Wax" really so easy to catch? Judging from the fact that he blatantly designated the "Third Orion Sister" in front of the police, was he already prepared to escape? With a beating heart, Miko Shibajin followed closely behind Kosuke Kindaichi and other police officers and went to search the actor's lounge of the second school. At this moment, there was a loud noise from the sky above the theater. "Ah! Police officer, that's terrible! It's a helicopter..." A police officer yelled bloodlessly. "Helicopter?" The three of them immediately ran to the window on the second floor and pointed their fingers. They saw a helicopter flying over Hibiya, and the rope below the helicopter was hanging the basket of the hot air balloon just now. "Doctor Wax Face" really followed the script, after kidnapping three lovely girls, he fled to the sky... That night, Tokyo once again fell into an unprecedented chaos. Curious people looked up to see the helicopter with strange things hanging on them, and at the same time, they learned the news that "Dr. Terrible. When Kindaichi Koji saw "Dr. Wax Noodle" fleeing in a helicopter, he immediately dialed the number to Xin Daily News and asked for a "Xin Daily" helicopter to track down "Dr. Wax Noodle". But the response he got was: "Mr. Kindaichi, I'm sorry, but there's really nothing we can do this time." "why?" "Because someone took our helicopter away, could it be 'Dr. Wax'?" "What... what did you say?" The news came as a bolt from the blue to Kosuke Kindaichi. "Doctor Wax" not only blatantly abducted the "Three Orion Sisters" from the police and his eyes, but now boldly used the helicopter of "Xin Daily" to escape from the scene of the crime. (When "Dr. Wax Face" stood on the stage and watched himself sitting in the box on the second floor enjoying the musical performance, he couldn't help but laugh...) Thinking of this, Kosuke Kindaichi became even more angry. In addition, the Police Department did not dare to relax. After listening to the report of the police officer Waiting Li, the superior immediately dispatched a helicopter to track down the whereabouts of the "Xin Daily". However, the "Xin Daily" carrying "Doctor Wax" and "Three Orion Sisters" has already flown far west. Although the moonlight is bright tonight, due to the distance, the whereabouts of the helicopter are still invisible. Just then, the police received a report from Noborito, a paddy field along the Odakyu Line, that a suspicious group of helicopters had been spotted landing in the mountains. So the police officer Waitoli, Kosuke Kindaichi, Miko Chaijin and others hurried to that place, and they found traces of the "New Daily News" in the deep mountains, but it was a pity that "Dr. . According to the information provided by nearby residents: Not long after the helicopter landed in the mountain, a car drove quickly in the direction of Kawasaki, but due to poor vision, they could not see exactly how many people were sitting in the car. Judging from this situation, "Dr. Wax" may have prepared a car in the mountains from the very beginning, and when the helicopter landed, he immediately took that car and escaped. Although the police had clues about "Dr. Wax" fleeing towards Kawasaki, their actions were always one step behind "Dr. Wax". If "Dr. Wax Noodle" learned that the people from the Police Department and "New Daily News" were going back to Tokyo in a hurry, he would probably laugh out loud. The treacherous and cunning "Dr. Wax Noodle" tricked everyone around. "Damn it! 'Dr. Wax' the damn thing..." Just as Kindaichi Kosuke was stomping his feet angrily, Miko Shibago picked up a piece of paper from the helicopter pilot's seat. "Mr. Kindaichi! I found a piece of paper." "what?" "This is a note from 'Dr. Wax'." "A note from 'Dr. Wax'?" Kosuke Kindaichi was taken aback, and hastily took the note from Toru Yurano, and read the words on it by the light of the flashlight: After reading the note, Kindaichi Kosuke immediately cursed: "Bastard!" Kosuke Kindaichi was put together by "Dr. Wax Face" again. Although he felt angry and hard to bear, he was more determined to solve the case in his heart. The next day, he took a briefcase to the "New Daily News Agency", and brought Mizushiba Jinze into the office of the editor-in-chief Yamazaki. "Yamazaki, I'm going to disappear for two or three days." "Is there something wrong with disappearing for two or three days?" "No, this time I'm going to have a showdown with 'Dr. Wax'." "A showdown? Don't tell me you already know who 'Dr. Wax' is?" "Well, I probably already guessed seventy or eighty percent." Editor-in-Chief Yamazaki and Miko Shibasumi looked at Kosuke Kindaichi in surprise. "is that true?" "Well, during the period of my fake death, I have carefully investigated the secret of 'Dr. Wax'." "In that case, why didn't you tell the police officer?" "Of course I have my reasons for doing this, but I can't say it clearly now... Besides, although 'Dr. The bodies that are made into wax figures are also stolen from the hospital." "Well, you're right." Editor-in-Chief Yamazaki nodded. "So now I try to adopt a steady and steady strategy. Judging from the overall situation, 'Dr. Wax' will not kill people. So as long as I am given two or three times, I will definitely let 'Dr. Wax' show its original shape. " "In that case, let's do it according to your method, but you have to be careful yourself, after all, 'Dr. Wax' is not a simple character." "Hey, I will pay attention to this point. By the way, detective boy, I have something to ask you." "Mr. Kindaichi, please tell me." "If someone calls me at the 'New Daily News Agency', no matter who the caller is, you have to pretend that I am here, and always say to the caller: 'Wait a minute, I'll ask him to answer the phone.' Even It’s the same with waiting for calls from police officers.” After finishing speaking, Kosuke Kindaichi handed the briefcase to Miko Shibajin. "Mr. Kindaichi, what is this?" "This is a tape recorder, and my voice has been recorded in it; I want the other party to think that I have been staying at the 'Xin Daily News Agency' all the time, and if things go well, I will take the initiative to call you, so you have been here all day today. Don't leave the newspaper office. Yamazaki, I will take my leave first." After the explanation, Kosuke Kindaichi left the "New Daily News" like a gust of wind. Although Yuzi Chai Jin was very worried about Kim Il Il Kosuke, he obediently followed his instructions. Once someone called Kosuke Kindaichi.He is responsible for playing the recording next to the microphone for the other party to listen to.The contents of the tape are as follows: "Hi, hello, I'm Kosuke Kindaichi. Today I have something to do at the 'New Daily News' and I can't tell you why, but there is one night... oh! It's hard work, hahaha! Then, get in touch again!" From the beginning to the end of the tape, Kosuke Kindaichi was talking to himself, and he didn't give the other party a chance to answer the conversation at all, and before the last sentence of the tape was finished, Miko Shibasuke had to hang up the phone first. The only ones who called to find Kindaichi Kosuke that day were the police officer Toshiro, Nobuzo Tashiro from Toto Nikichi News Agency, and Nobuzo Tashiro's assistant - Furuya. Other than that, Miko Shibasuke didn't receive any other calls for Kindaichi. Kosuke's phone call. Originally, Miko Shibajin was a little disappointed. He waited at the newspaper office until about ten o'clock, and finally received a call from Kosuke Kindaichi. "Hey, detective boy, thank you for your hard work! The effect of the tape is not bad! I have almost pushed 'Dr. He should be waiting for you in the police car, see you later." After hanging up the phone, Miko Chaijin trembled nervously. Here is a room with a low ceiling and a small space. There is a large pot inside, and Takeuchi Sanzo is stirring the troubled white wax with a long glass lawn. Yoda wears those big glasses on his face, so he can't see his face clearly. When Takeuchi Sanxuan confirmed that the white wax in the pot was almost boiled, he opened the curtain hanging in the corner of the room and went inside. "Haha! The 'Third Sisters of Orion' and Akemi Takasugi both slept very soundly. Even if they were made into wax figures now, they wouldn't feel anything... Haha!" After Sanzo Takeuchi finished speaking, he put down the curtains, returned to the pot and continued to stir the white wax. "It's strange. It's so late. Why hasn't Dr. Wax come here? Is there something wrong?" Takeuchi Sanzao hadn't finished speaking when he heard the sound of an engine gradually approaching here. After a while, he saw "Dr. Wax" enter the room. It turns out that this is the cabin of the speedboat where Kosuke Kindaichi was thrown into the sea. "Dr. Wax" came to the speedboat on a motor boat just now. "Takeuchi, thank you for your hard work. Is the wax almost cooked?" "yes." Takeuchi Sanzo replied briefly. "By the way, where are those girls?" "Sleeping quietly behind the curtains." "Very well, I'll take another look...Takeuchi, we're going to make wax figures of all four of them tonight." Dr. Wax said as he raised the curtains. In the next second, he suddenly yelled: "Wow! This...what the hell is going on?" The reason why "Doctor Wax Face" screamed in fright was because he saw that it was not Akemi Takasugi and the "Three Sisters of Orion" sleeping behind the curtain, but Sanzo Takeuchi! "you you……" When "Doctor Wax" turned his head to look at the man wearing big glasses, his face turned pale with fright. "Who are you?" "Hahaha! 'Dr. Wax', don't you know me? I'll let you take a closer look now." When the counterfeit Takeuchi Sanzoichi took off his hat and glasses, "Dr. Wax Face" finally came to his senses and said: "You are Kosuke Kindaichi, so who answered the phone just now?" "Hahaha! That's the sound from the tape. Detective Boy did a great job, so you and your men fell for it. I've been following your men all day today, and I chased him down here In a coma, take the four girls to a safe place, and wait here for you to show up." "So you already know who I am?" "Yes, I knew your identity a long time ago, and I was waiting for you to wake up, but now I can't wait any longer 'Dr. Wax', you can kill yourself here! I will blame all the crimes on you and said that you were killed by 'Dr. Wax', which will not ruin your reputation." Kindaichi Kosuke persuaded him very sincerely, but "Dr. Wax Face" showed no sign of repentance. Suddenly, his movements were as nimble as a black panther. After pushing Kosuke Kindaichi down, he rushed from the cabin to the deck immediately. When "Dr. Wax" saw the waiting force police officer sitting on the speedboat and waiting.Only then did Yuzi Chaijin and a large number of police officers realize that the situation was over. Waiting for the police officer to see "Dr. Wax", he immediately shouted: "'Dr. Wax', you are surrounded by the police, I think you should surrender obediently!" Next, "Doctor Wax" took out his pistol, shot himself in the temple without fear, and fell straight on the deck. Everyone at the scene stared at this scene dumbfounded... After a while, the police officer Waiting Li came to the deck of the speedboat and reached out to peel off the white wax mask on the face of "Dr. Wax". In an instant, Miko Chaijin felt dizzy. "Oh! Isn't he a reporter from the Eastern Daily News——Tashiro Shinzo?" Miko Chaijin was right. The person lying on the deck at the moment is indeed Shinzo Tashiro, but he is also "Dr. Wax". "That's right, Detective Boy, 'Dr. Wax' is Tashiro Shinzo in disguise, but sometimes it's his assistant - Furuya." "But... Mr. Kindaichi, why did Shinzo Tashiro do such a stupid thing?" Waiting for the power police officer also felt very sorry for Tashiro Nobu Sanyang. "Tashiro Shinzo has always hoped to report some major criminal cases and write exciting scoops for the public to see. Since there was a murder case in which a woman was made into a wax figure a while ago, I think Furuya should be the murderer of that murder case. .” "Tashiro Shinzo discovered the truth of the incident while following up the report, so he started collaborating with Furuya. He hoped that Furuya would continue to commit crimes, and then he would expose and report these murders. In fact, Takeuchi Sanzo is Furuya... Alas! Tashiro Shinzo What you did is really dishonoring the reputation of journalists." Kindaichi Kosuke said with a sad expression. In fact, during the period when Kindaichi Kosuke traveled to the United States, Shinzo Tashiro began to commit many crimes by himself, directed and acted, and then wrote exclusive reports. No matter how clever Tashiro is, he is still no match for the wisdom of the famous detective, Kosuke Kindaichi. Just when Kindaichi Kosuke was lamenting Tashiro Shinzo's actions, Okoshiba Shino came over and took his hand and said: "Mr. Kindaichi, the reputation of journalists will not be damaged because of this. Although there are indeed some unscrupulous reporters like Tashiro Shinzo in the press, most of them are quite dedicated and excellent. In the future, I will definitely be a Show you the invincible super journalist!" After speaking, "Detective Boy" burst out laughing.