Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen The Humorist's Tragedy

After Ono walked out of the room, we sat in the chairs for a long time without saying a word.An inexplicable sense of fear filled my chest. However, Master Yuri's good memory is really nothing to say.Yeah, how could I not know that? The play, which was staged last fall, was both a hit and a blockbuster.Sakura Hara and Chieko Sagara won critical acclaim as Violetta and Alfred Germont, respectively.Of course, Germon is the role of the tenor, and it is against the common sense to let the mezzo-soprano sing.But Hara Sakura didn't think it was a pest, and just did what she said. "Who said that there is no tenor suitable for singing Jermont in Japan? I am also very helpless. Just wait and see! I will definitely let the mezzo-soprano successfully interpret Jermont. My Chieko is very good!"

I recently heard that due to the impact of the war, there are almost no tenors in Italy, the birthplace of opera, so there are also local opera troupes that let the mezzo-soprano sing the role of Germon.From this point of view, Hara Sakura's bold act can be said to have set a precedent for opera. That incident aside, Sagara's role as Jermont at the time was well received.Although women's fashion trends began to popularize men's clothing styles at that time, Germont played by Sagara is more dazzling and chic than any male role in a girl opera troupe.Apart from Sagara's excellent performance of Jermont, it can be said that it is the most widely known among the Japanese public among the many opera repertoires.It is no wonder that the original three-day performance schedule will be extended to one week.

Needless to say, the nitpicking critics were unanimous in their criticism of the masquerade.However, these critics' denunciations have instead sparked public curiosity.The more they accuse this practice of being evil and crooked, and the smell of merchants' copper is strong, the more popular it is. That Alfred Germont—the person who threatened Ms. Hara Sakura turned out to be Chieko Sagara. Master Yuri shook his head slightly and said lazily. "It's not my credit to realize this. Tsuchiya told me all of this. In his notes, he mentioned that Ms. Hara Sakura released this drama last year. I saw this passage on the train yesterday. So I remembered the evaluations of the world at that time. This morning at Qingfengzhuang, when the wife of the neighbor mentioned that the man who had a tryst with Ms. Hara Sakura was wearing it, I remembered this photo. So this is not my credit."

"Oh, I get it, I get it! I get it now." The police suddenly yelled.I looked back in surprise, he gasped. "I said Master, listen to me and see if I'm right. Last night, the criminal police guarding the hotel concluded that no women go out after dark. It's not unreasonable for the criminal police to say that, because Sagara might just be You left the hotel in this attire, didn't you?" "Yeah, I've thought about this too. She took the train to Tokyo one step ahead of us, and then appeared in Qingfengzhuang." "What, what? Sagara went to Tokyo?"

"That's right. You don't know about it yet, do you?" Master Yuli gave a brief account of what happened this morning.When the police department heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. "However, why did Sagara take such a risk? What was she going to Qingfengzhuang for?" "She must have left some evidence in that room. As soon as that evidence is found, they will know that she is the one who threatened Ms. Hara Ying, so she will take the risk and go to get it back. Master, am I right?" I looked back at Master Yuri. "When the master unlocked the code in the lobby of the hotel last night, Sagara stared at the music score in the master's hand with wide eyes from behind me. At that time, Sagara probably had seen the ciphertext that appeared after cracking the code, and worried that the police would find it sooner or later. Atago's apartment, that's why he took the risk and slipped out of the hotel and ran to Tokyo."

Master Yuli said with concern. "That's right. At that time, I also knew that Sagara was reading the ciphertext that appeared after cracking the code. No, it should be said that I let her read it on purpose. I would like to see how she would react. But if Sagara is disguised as a man After leaving the hotel, how did she get those clothes? Could it be that she had expected such a thing in advance, so she brought Jermont's stage costumes all the way from Tokyo to Osaka and brought them to this hotel? " "No, these are not my clothes!" Police Department Asahara and I couldn't help but jumped up from our chairs.Master Rao Yuli also blushed with fright, and his hands gripping the back of the chair trembled violently. "Sagara!"

The police department sternly reprimanded Xiang Liang, and Master Yuli hurriedly stopped him.The master stood up from the chair, walked to the door, gently put his hands on Sagara's shoulders who were leaning against the door, and stared into her eyes.Under the gaze of the master's powerful eyes, Sagara blinked emotionally, his cheeks were flushed, his long eyelashes drooped, and he looked at the ground. After a while, Master Yuri realized that there was a difference in Sagara's expression. He let go of the hand on her shoulder, gently took her arm, led her into the room, and asked her to sit on the chair.The Asahara Police Department and I just watched Master's every move blankly.

Master Yuri also sat down. "Please explain, what did you mean by that sentence?" I was startled again.I stared straight at Master Yuri's face, and the master's tone of voice was full of indescribable tenderness. Sagara crossed his legs calmly and gracefully, leaned forward slightly and said. "Okay, I say. But before I speak, master... oh, it's inconvenient for master to smoke a pipe. Mr. Mitsuki, can I have a cigarette?" Sagara took off his hat and threw it on the table.Just as I took the cigarette out of my pocket, I found my fingers were shaking so badly that I couldn't stop.There are two reasons that made me look very excited. One is the behavior shown by the master just now, and the other is Sagara's full charm at that time.

Sagara, who is dressed as a man, is wearing Alfred Germont's stage costume.She usually doesn't feel it when she wears women's clothes, but once she puts on men's clothes, she exudes an inexplicable attraction.Only then did I understand that the reason why the male roles of the Girls Opera Troupe can cause a sensation in the society is not without reason. Sagara slowly took a puff of cigarette and said. "The problem is the suit I'm wearing now, isn't it? It's true what I just said about that. I have the exact same suit, but the one I'm wearing right now isn't mine."

"Whose? Whose clothes are these?" "Teacher's... It's Teacher Yuan's clothes." The Asahara Police Department gave a low groan suspiciously.As soon as Master Yuri heard what she said, he straightened his body suddenly and said. "You mean, Ms. Hara Sakura also has the same set of clothes?" "Yes, that's right. As for the reason, I will tell you now." Sagara deftly shook the ash off the cigarette. "You all know I played Jermont in this suit last year, right? Look, there's a picture of me on it. I'm a bit of a pedantic bragging about myself, but I'm a good fit I played that role and won a lot of applause. The teacher was a little bit disgusted with my performance. She said that she had played cherubino in Italy before that. This role was originally reserved for sopranos Although it is a male role, it is the little servant next to the countess, indistinguishable between male and female. The teacher said that one day she would like to play a delicate and gentle male role, but because she is a soprano, she has been unable to do so. The teacher is very Envious that I can dress up as a man, in the end, she actually found a tailor to make a suit that was exactly like mine, and what I'm wearing now is the one that the teacher made at the time."

"But why did Hara Sakura make this kind of dress? It's impossible for her to wear it on stage." "She was there for pranks. The teacher is like a child, all great artists are. The teacher is like a young child, she has her innocent side, so she will often wear this outfit and show up at the venue for the fun of scaring people up. We were walking around a bar in Ginza wearing this outfit once. She was proud of it, because as long as she didn't open her mouth, no one would know about her. It's a woman." "I see. So, the reason why she brought that suit was to scare people in Osaka?" "Yes, it should be like this... But I didn't know about it. Last night I had something to sneak out of the hotel. I wondered if there were any clothes I could use as a disguise, so I went to the fifth floor to look around. When I was looking for luggage, I found this suit from Madame Butterfly's costume. I was really surprised at the time. However, this suit was exactly what I wanted, so I immediately decided to borrow it for a while. Everyone should know, sir My height and build are exactly like mine, so it fits me perfectly. What? Where did the clothes I was wearing go? I hid it in the trunk of the stage suit.” "So you slipped out of the hotel and went to Qingfengzhuang in Tokyo? But why did you go to Qingfengzhuang?" "That's right! What exactly did you steal from Qingfengzhuang?" The police interjected excitedly. "Oh, you don't spit blood on people." There was mischief in Sagara's eyes. "I didn't steal anything. Well, it doesn't seem right to say that. Yes, I stole something from there before. But this morning, instead of stealing, I returned what I stole. " "What... what else?" "It's that photo... a photo of Mr. Fujimoto." Master Yuri suddenly took a deep breath, then leaned forward and said. "So... then, you know about that too?" Sagara stared intently at Master Yuri's face for a while, with a mysterious smile on his face. "That thing...? Then the master also thinks it's true, that photo..." "No, I'm not referring to this photo, I'm asking you about another thing, you know..., do you know that the claim that Fujimoto Shoji is Ms. Hara Sakura's illegitimate child is a big lie?" I looked at Master Yuri in surprise.The Asahara Police Department also unconsciously twisted its body. "Master! So...? Did Ono deceive us?" The master did not respond to this, and continued to ask, still staring directly at Sagara's face. "But, I don't know what's going on in this photo. Could it be that someone manipulated this photo?" Sagara looked at the master tentatively for a while, then sighed softly. "Oh, it's so boring. So, I've been busy this morning. If the master can know about that without this photo, why do I go to such lengths to return the photo. Master , please take out the photo in the photo frame and have a look." Master Yuri hurriedly opened the photo frame and took out a photo of a baby from inside. "Mr. Ono said that it was a photo of Mr. Fujimoto when he was a child, right? He really believed it. But as long as you look behind the photo, you will immediately find that it is a lie." Master Yuli hastily turned the photo over, and we saw a few lines of printed characters densely printed on the back of the photo, and everyone's eyes widened.Apparently it was cut from a foreign magazine. "Even if Mr. Fujimoto is the most popular pop singer, it is impossible to be famous from infancy, let alone published in foreign magazines. It is simply impossible. And I know who this baby is. This picture The photo was cut from last year's classical music magazine, and the person in the photo is a baby photo of the American movie star Philip Holmes. Teacher..., Teacher Yuan, she is really a humorous person Woolen cloth."

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