Only then did the audience realize that this was not a pre-set effect. The performance had failed, and the magician had died in an accident!
They suddenly became nervous, and all kinds of panicked voices came from the theater.
"What's going on? Someone really died. Isn't this an act? Did the fake show become real?"
"Oh my god, this is too scary. I actually witnessed the entire process of someone drowning with my own eyes…"
"Zhao Guorong has never had any accidents in his performances for so many years. Why did he suddenly fail today?”
" It's so scary. I want to go home…It's too unlucky to encounter such a thing…"
……
In the midst of the panic, the nearby police finally arrived at the Blue Ocean Theater. They immediately called for an ambulance to stabilize the audience's emotions and let them retreat in an orderly manner. At the same time, they immediately began to deal with the scene.
A few minutes later, Jiang Yi and Yan Jun arrived at the Blue Ocean Theater.
The medical staff had already rushed to the scene with the corresponding equipment and performed a temporary rescue on Zhao Guorong, but in the end, they were still unable to save Zhao Guorong.
Yan Jun came to the side of the corpse. When he saw Zhao Guorong, who was already lifeless, his face became even angrier.
"How preposterous…He actually performed his so-called 'art of killing' in public again!”
Yan Jun knew that hundreds of thousands of spectators had witnessed the process of Zhao Guorong's murder. It was impossible to stop the news. If the murderer was not caught soon, the situation would only become more and more serious.
He directly showed his police badge to the policeman beside him." I'm Yan Jun, the captain of the criminal police of the West City Branch.”
Seeing the ID in Yan Jun's hand, the policemen immediately saluted him." Hello, Captain Yan!”
Jiang Yi squatted in front of the corpse and checked Zhao Guorong's breathing. He looked at his pupils and then shook his head."He's already dead."
Yan Jun immediately asked the staff at the side,"How did he die?"
"Officer, we were just performing as usual. When Teacher Zhao was performing the 'Death Escape' magic, he couldn't unlock the handcuffs on his hands…and drowned.”
The staff member said with a pale face,"We felt that something was wrong from the beginning, but Teacher Zhao didn't call for help, so we couldn't stop the performance in advance. By the time Teacher Zhao tried to call for help, it was already too late…"
Jiang Yi immediately checked the handcuffs on Zhao Guorong's body. After carefully observing the keyhole for a while, he slowly said,""The handcuffs were tampered with and the keyhole was blocked.”
"How could this be…"
The staff member said with an ugly expression,"Every time we perform, we will carefully check all the props. There has never been any problem.”
"It should have been tampered with not long before the performance.”
Jiang Yi turned to the staff and asked,""Where do you usually keep your props?”
"We have a warehouse behind the scenes that specializes in storing props.”
the staff member replied.
"Bring us over to take a look."
Jiang Yi said.
The staff member nodded nervously. Then, he brought Jiang Yi and Yan Jun to the warehouse behind the scenes. When he opened the door, there were all kinds of performance props inside.
"Usually, the warehouse door will only be opened before and after the performance. Other than the members of our performance troupe who have the key, no one else can enter.”
The staff member's face revealed a somewhat horrified expression as he said,"Could it be that someone inside us did this?”
Jiang Yi didn't answer the staff member's question. Instead, he scanned the warehouse.
"Where are the handcuffs usually placed?”
Jiang Yi asked.
"Put it on this cabinet."
The staff pointed at a wooden cabinet in the warehouse.
Jiang Yi went to the cupboard and examined it carefully. Then, he took out a piece of paper from the corner of the cupboard.
The size of the note he found on Mo Jun's body was the same as the last time. It had also been sealed, and there were still a few familiar clumsy words on it.
The master was wandering, the clown was in the palace!
"As expected, it's still him…"
Yan Jun said coldly.
This also proved that the basement they had found was indeed the murderer's base. The photos on the blackboard were also the murderer's targets!
"Mo Jun, Zhou Ruihua, Zhao Guorong, two of these three targets have already been killed. I'm afraid he will continue to commit crimes!”
Jiang Yi continued to look around for a while. He picked up some props and debris on the ground near the cupboard, and a few messy footprints came into view.
Seeing this, Yan Jun suddenly became excited. He also noticed that the staff of the performance troupe were wearing clean performance shoes and would not leave any footprints on the ground.
This also meant that these footprints were most likely left behind by the murderer.
He immediately took out his phone and recorded all the corresponding footprints.
The footprints were not deep, and the murderer seemed to have wiped them deliberately. Most of the footprints were messy and difficult to distinguish.
"These footprints have been processed, but they should still have some identification value. I'll call the comrades from the trace inspection team over later to see if they can find some clues.”
As Yan Jun spoke, he began to patrol the warehouse.
Jiang Yi followed the indistinct footprints and looked around for a while. Then, he found a slightly clear and complete right foot footprint on a costume on the ground.
It was obvious that the murderer had accidentally stepped on it. The situation was urgent at that time, and the murderer did not have time to carefully check the other footprints in the warehouse, so this footprint was ignored.
"From the footprints, the murderer is about 1.8 meters tall and has eight legs…"
Jiang Yi looked at the footprint on the arch of the foot, and his pupils suddenly trembled violently.
At the same time, Yan Jun was patrolling outside the warehouse.
"The outside of the warehouse is a wet muddy ground. The murderer must have sneaked into the warehouse from that direction, so he left the corresponding footprints.”
Yan Jun said," At that time, the performance was about to start. The staff had to transport these props to the stage very soon. The murderer was in a hurry, so he only dealt with these footprints briefly and covered them with debris.”
Jiang Yi did not respond to Yan Jun's words. Instead, he rubbed his temples as if he was thinking about something.
Suddenly, Jiang Yi seemed to have thought of something. He said to Yan Jun,""Captain Yan, contact the Second Affiliated Hospital immediately and see if Zhou Ruihua is still in the hospital!”
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