after death strike

[You must have had a good time today, right?Well then, there are more things to make you happier :) Please go to the West End, there is a good show going on there. 】

The wording of the text message was unexpectedly gentle, but Li Zhizhi still smelled the maliciousness hidden under it.He stared at the screen for a few seconds, before Ah Wang became suspicious, he hastily turned off the SMS interface and put it in his pants.

"What's wrong?" Even so, his change of mood still caught Ah Wang's attention, and he leaned over and asked with some concern.

Li Zhizhi shook his head, "It's spam harassing text messages." He was telling the truth.

"Just delete it, there's no need to be angry about it." Ah Wang patted his hand reassuringly, "Where do you want to go next? Do you want to sit on the Ferris wheel?"

"Idiot, go to the Ferris wheel at two o'clock in the afternoon, do you want to be a roast duck?" Li Zhizhi resumed the brisk expression when he was laughing with him, and pointed to another exit of the rest area, "Let's go over there and have a look."

The other person seemed a bit regretful for some reason, and Li Zhizhi knew that the other party was thinking about the Ferris wheel, but he didn't say anything - it was nothing more than kissing at the top, he didn't want to be so nasty things.

I don't know what the "good show" in that text message refers to.

But in fact, the mysterious man just had a bad personality. He said he wanted to play a game, but he really didn't make things difficult for him—it was more like a hunter in a high position, simply playing with his prey in the palm of his hand.

It's useless to think too much, let's go there first and then talk.

As indicated on the map, the West District is almost full of landscape and children's projects, and almost all the parents are holding their children along the way, or the children are walking with their parents, making a lot of noise.

After walking for a while, he couldn't find anything that seemed to be the content of the text message, and Li Zhizhi even began to wonder if he was looking in the wrong place.He was about to take out the map to have a look again, but Ah Wang suddenly pulled him:

"Would you like to see this?"

Looking in the direction that A Wang pointed, Li Zhizhi discovered that there was a low building at that corner. The exterior decoration was a little plain, and the paint was only white, gray and blue, which was very different in the colorful surroundings. It's unobtrusive, that's why he missed it just now.

Like the haunted house, the front of this building looks very deserted, perhaps because the performance time has not yet started, which makes it so out of place-this is a theater.

It is not surprising that there are theater performances in amusement parks, which can still attract many tourists if done well.However, when Li Zhizhi walked in, he found that the reason for the deserted place was not that the show hadn't started, but that the repertoire chosen by this theater was too small!

Completely ignoring most of the tourists, as if tailor-made for him, the play that will be staged 10 minutes later is called "The Strange Story of Panorama Island".

This line of title was infinitely magnified in Li Zhizhi's eyes.Maybe this play title is a mouthful and uncommon short sentence for everyone, but he will always remember that this is the novella he read intermittently in Zhoujia Village.

He couldn't help taking a step back, and looked up at the theater door that had opened at some point.

"Awang, do you think there will be such a show in the amusement park?"

Ah Wang stood beside him, obviously feeling that something was wrong.However, compared to Li Zhizhi's strange reaction, he was as calm as usual, and stepped forward to read the words on the bulletin board in detail.

"You know, come and see, this theater—it's very special."

Li Zhizhi followed his words and leaned over his head, and sure enough, he wrote a line of small characters at the bottom of the notice board:

The theater will invite tourists to play one of the roles in the repertoire, pick up the script and put on costumes, experience the charm of the stage with the actors, and experience the splendor of the play more deeply.

Li Zhizhi had never watched any stage play before, let alone participated in such a form. Even though he knew it must be the work of a mysterious person, he couldn't help but become interested.Sure enough—both turtle soup and immersive theater are spooky and fun.

"Then you and I will perform on stage later?" Li Zhizhi imagined what Ah Wang would look like on the stage, for a moment he let go of the worries in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

He had just finished reading "The Strange Tale of Panorama Island" not long ago, and he knew the plot by heart, but Ah Wang hadn't read the book, but only read a short passage to him—which role is he suitable for?

This story comes from Edogawa Ranpo, the father of reasoning in Japan. Perhaps most ordinary people don’t know this name, but in "Detective Conan", when Shinichi became smaller for the first time and had to give the shrunken version of himself a reasonable identity, he was Taking the surname of Edogawa Ranpo, he named himself Edogawa Conan.

Li Zhizhi liked this author and almost read all his books. The story of "Panorama Island" is very interesting. It tells the story of a poor writer who pretends to be a wealthy man who looks exactly like him and has just died. He uses his property to build himself a dream paradise. Island story.

Li Zhizhi would not be able to think of such a wild and unconstrained story.

He was full of enthusiasm, Ah Wang, who was familiar with him, didn't say anything more, and led him directly into the room.

The whole theater was much bigger than they had imagined. Li Zhizhi was almost deceived by its plain appearance, and only when he walked in did he realize that there was something hidden inside.As soon as they entered, a staff member greeted them and enthusiastically led them the way.

"Welcome both of you. Today's show is a special show. You can only experience it today." The staff led the way and introduced the theater to them. "Go this way, please. Both of you know that our theater is special, and the audience can participate, right?"

The two nodded at the same time.

"Have you ever experienced an immersive theater before?" Seeing that the two shook their heads again, the smiles of the staff became more enthusiastic, "Our theater is very similar to the immersive theater, both of which draw the audience into the performance In the middle, but our theater is more focused on gameplay rather than pure experience. You are here today. We will enter the backstage dressing room first. After you are ready, other friends will lead you Let the two of you perform together on stage."

"What are you going to do to prepare?" Li Zhizhi asked.

When he spoke, the staff had already led them to a room, opened the door, and bowed slightly after hearing the words. "Someone will explain it inside, so I'll send you here first, I wish you a happy time."

The staff member was mysterious. Li Zhizhi and Ah Wang looked at each other and walked in side by side.

The room is a real dressing room, with a row of mirrors and dressing tables on the left, clothes racks on the right, full of all kinds of costumes, and more than a dozen head stands at the end. Show off wigs in exaggerated colors.

A staff member was standing inside the house, looking at them with a smile.

"Don't you need to put on makeup?" Li Zhizhi was a little surprised by this posture, he didn't expect this theater to be so professional.

"Guests don't need makeup, but costumes and wigs are necessary." The staff stepped forward and handed two colored booklets to Li Zhizhi, "This is the script of the first act, you two can read it first .”

It's amazing, I'm afraid it will take more than a dozen performances.Li Zhizhi took over the script. Compared with reading the script, he still has a few questions to ask. "...How many acts in total? Do you want to recite the lines?"

"Today's play is called "The Strange Story of Panorama Island", and it has five acts. We will provide the complete script of the first four acts, and players will also participate in the secondary characters in the first four acts. Playing the role of detective, you will draw conclusions based on your own observations in the first four acts."

That's right, Li Zhizhi nodded.In other words, this is similar to games such as escape rooms, where you can interact with the scene; it's just that there are real NPCs in this game, and the production is a little more sophisticated.The roles they play in the first four acts are probably similar to those of passers-by, and they mainly observe and collect evidence carefully; in the fifth act, they perform unified reasoning.

But... what to do for someone who has read the original work like him?Isn't this a direct spoiler?

Moreover, "Panorama Island Strange Tales" is obviously more focused on storytelling than reasoning logic. If you really want to play reasoning games, wouldn't it be more appropriate to switch to another classic trick-this made him more sure of one thing, behind It was definitely the mysterious person who contributed.

"Have you ever adapted the script? I've actually read this book." Li Zhizhi smiled. It wasn't that he made things difficult for the staff, but that he didn't bother to win the game so easily.

The staff was taken aback for a moment, and then put on a more friendly smile. "Of course. Our script is not just a copy of the original, but all the details have been changed. It will definitely make you have fun."

"Okay, then let's read the script now." Li Zhizhi nodded, turned to face Ah Wang, and spread out the two scripts, "Ah Wang, take one."

The two divided the script, Li Zhizhi chose the role of editor, and Ah Wang chose the role of the protagonist's college classmate.

After all, he was just a passer-by with few lines. Li Zhizhi memorized his role after a few glances, and Ah Wang's situation was similar to him.After the two were familiar with the script, the staff just now helped them change into costumes and props one after another. When they were both dressed neatly, they were a little stunned when they saw each other again.

The background of the novel is Japan during the Taisho period, and the costumes of that era are very characteristic.In order to get closer to the bookish image of the editor, Li Zhizhi put on round glasses, and put two mustaches on his mouth; while Ah Wang put on a suit from that era, his whole temperament changed completely. .

Li Zhizhi stroked his mustache, and made a face at Ah Wang: "Four eyebrows, are you handsome?"

Those two mustaches are quite funny, but Li Zhizhi likes to have a hippie smile, so wearing a fake beard is unexpectedly funny, he looks like a master of silent film humor in the era of black and white TV - romantic and yuppie.

"Handsome." He was so handsome that he wanted to pull him over and kiss him.

For the sake of the staff, Ah Wang didn't take any action, but just stared at Li Zhizhi intently - he couldn't move his eyes away.

The author has something to say: Li Zhizhi: Hmph!Don't think I don't know what you're thinking!

Ah Wang: Is there really no chance for the Ferris wheel?

Author: Guess?