Chapter 360 Art is explosion
Inside the house, Conan was a little dazed. He didn't expect that Mouri Ran would speak so thoughtlessly.
Irene Adler was also confused for a moment, but then she realized, "That's too much! I'm single now!"
Conan came to his senses when he heard his mother's voice. He quickly walked forward, held the bouquet in front of Irene Adler, and changed the subject with an innocent smile: "Sorry, Sister Xiaolan, you got the wrong person... Um, these are flowers from Mr. Holmes."
"Wow, thank you!" Irene Adler took the flowers happily, held them in her arms and smelled them, then asked Conan, "Where's Sherlock Holmes?"
Mao Lilan thought of Sherlock Holmes who was on a business trip, and tried to speak in a tactful tone: "He was looking forward to tonight's performance, but he couldn't come because he had an important case and couldn't leave..."
"I see," Irene Adler sighed in disappointment, "What a pity."
Miyano Shiho poked Yuya, motioning him to go forward and persuade Irene Adler, but Yuya shook his head at her.
Mao Lilan opened her mouth, wanting to persuade Irene Adler to stop tonight's performance and hide in a safe place, but looking at this familiar face and thinking about that person's personality, she couldn't help but hesitate...
But think about it, they are not the same person, right?
She looked around and found that Yuya and Miyano Shiho had no intention of talking, while Conan was frowning and didn't know what he was thinking.
As for the other little brats, they couldn't say anything now, so they had to persuade them themselves: "Hey, please stop the performance tonight!"
Irene Adler was very surprised and subconsciously thought that these people were here to cause trouble, but when she thought that they were here on behalf of Holmes, this should not be the case, so she asked in confusion, "Why?"
Mao Lilan quickly explained: "Holmes's old enemy, Professor Moriarty, has sent a killer to kill you! Tonight's performance is very dangerous!"
When she heard someone wanted to kill her, Irene Adler did not panic at all. Instead, she asked in confusion, "Why do you want to kill me?"
Of course she knew of Moriarty's existence, but she had no connection with him. Why did he want to kill her for no reason?
Mao Lilan was speechless. She couldn't say that she and others found Moriarty in order to investigate the identity of Jack the Ripper, and Moriarty took the opportunity to lure out Jack the Ripper and kill her at the same time, right?
It's like everything is their fault, although it seems to be true...
Conan thought of a reason that barely counted as a reason: "Because he wanted to see Holmes sad for you!"
"Oh, really?" Irene Adler didn't quite believe Conan's words. She knew that Holmes was an extremely rational person who even looked down on most people of the opposite sex, even though his attitude towards her was indeed a little different. "Then I'm looking forward to what kind of expression he will show because of my death."
Mao Lilan and Conan were speechless for a while: "Aren't you afraid of becoming the fifth victim of Jack the Ripper?"
Irene Adler smiled slightly: "You will protect me, right?"
Moroboshi Hideki couldn't help but lean over to Conan's ear and whispered, "How can this woman be so bold? What should we do now?"
When you heard that someone wanted to kill you, instead of being afraid, you looked expectant?
Conan was a little helpless. It seemed that his father had some personal opinions when designing the character. Irene Adler's fearless personality was so similar to his mother!
When Conan learned that Irene Adler was making a guest appearance as his mother, he had already prepared himself to be tricked, and now he saw that it was indeed the case.
"What else can we do? This is the only way!"
Hideki Moroboshi didn't say anything else, but just secretly glanced at everyone in the lounge.
There are still too many people, we have to find a way to eliminate some of them... Thinking of this, Hideki Moroboshi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a data stream composed of 0s and 1s flashed quickly in his eyes.
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Everyone left the lounge and followed Irene Adler to the side stage to make final preparations for the performance.
When they reached the intersection, everyone except Yuya was stunned.
From their angle, they could just see Moriarty leisurely sipping red wine on the high seat opposite them, and he raised his glass when he saw them.
Everyone had a complicated expression. Obviously, the assassin Jack the Ripper was Moriarty's man, but the killer's master was sitting there openly...
This feeling is too subtle!
But there was no point in thinking too much, their most important goal now was to protect Irene Adler, otherwise, tonight might be the last concert they would attend in their lives.
Although Yuya knew that a bomb would be planted in the opera house, he did not warn anyone or try to dismantle it because he knew very well that the bomb was not large in scale.
Killing people in the opera house was an order given by Moriarty himself, and the other party came to the scene to watch. In order to avoid affecting Moriarty, Jack the Ripper would not make the bomb too large - at least not to the extent of directly blowing up the opera house.
As for accidentally hurting other people... Jack the Ripper, who was already mentally ill, didn't care about these things at all.
The performance soon began.
While Irene Adler was singing, everyone was observing every corner around them where people could hide, guessing the angle from which Jack the Ripper might attack.
But after searching for a long time, they didn't see any trace of the other party, not even anyone with suspicious behavior.
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The performance was going on normally and soon reached its climax. Irene Adler was completely immersed in the performance, and her melodious singing echoed throughout the opera house.
The people in the audience were also immersed in it.
No one knew, except one person, that on the beams above the stage, several bombs were counting down with a click.
As the timer ticks to the end and finally returns to zero...
"boom--"
Deafening explosions rang out one after another, the entire opera house seemed to tremble, and the singing stopped abruptly.
The decorations on the ceiling were shaking violently, breaking at the joints and falling one after another, instantly hitting countless spectators.
The audience was startled awake from the performance, screaming in fear, no longer caring about enjoying the opera, and rushed to the exit in panic.
There was chaos in the opera house.
The area around the stage seemed to have received more attention, and the shaking was most obvious.
Irene Adler stopped singing at the moment of the explosion. She stepped on the ground and tried to steady herself, but she was as shaky as a boat in a storm.
At this moment, there was a loud shattering sound above her head, and a large spotlight and its fixing bracket collapsed with a loud creaking sound, smashing straight towards her head.
"careful!"
In the chaos, two friends of Hideki Moroboshi, Akira Emori and Shinya Takizawa, rushed forward without any hesitation and pushed Irene Adler away, but they were buried in the smoke by the lights and brackets.
Youye looked at this scene with some surprise. He originally thought that without the experience in the original book, these children would not rescue people in the same way again, but he didn't expect that their actions were even faster than his.
It seems that although these children are a little naughty and deserve a beating, they are kind by nature. When they see someone in danger, they will rush to save them without hesitation, even if they themselves will be in danger.
When the smoke cleared, colorful lights began to appear on Akira Emori and Shinya Takizawa.
The two looked at the light circles that expanded from their bodies, which represented elimination, and said unwillingly, "Does this mean we are out?"
Irene Adler came over, squatted down, and thanked her softly, "Thank you for saving me."
Jiang Shouhuang and Takizawa Jinye were stunned and couldn't help but look at each other, with shy blushes on their faces. They touched their heads embarrassedly: "Ahaha, this is the first time I've been thanked by someone... It seems pretty good?"
As the halo became brighter, the two seemed to realize something and looked at Moroboshi Hideki at the same time: "Muroboshi, the rest is up to you!"
Moroboshi Hideki clenched his fists and said angrily, "Leave it to me! I will make that Jack the Ripper pay!"