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Chapter 182 The Murder Case in the Abandoned Village of Guqiu
Imagination? Uchiha Ryo knew he was talking about reality.
Most screenwriters and authors do not write to please themselves, but to please the audience.
Even those who are dedicated to writing their own things will be forced back to reality by their superiors.
The drama club didn't support the second half of the script written by senior actor Hongo, so they had to come up with a new second half.
This is possible! Or rather... it is highly likely to be true.
Uchiha Ryo: "Since Irisu-senpai thinks I'm overthinking it, then so be it."
He saw no need to do anything for a stranger from the same hometown, and he couldn't be bothered to argue with Irisu-senpai. He could just improvise a second half of the play's script anyway...
This was just a club assignment for the semester; what happened in the drama club was unimportant to him.
Arriving at the rest area behind the stadium, we were guided by staff to a room on the second floor. A sign above it read "Lecture Room," and that's where they were having their meeting.
Uchiha Ryo entered the room and saw the members of the Classic Literature Club sitting on one side, while several members of the Drama Club were sitting opposite them. What was puzzling was that Irisu Fuyumi did not seem to participate in the discussion.
"Hello, I'm Zhong Chengshun, the vice president of the drama department. Nice to meet you, just call me Zhongcheng."
"Oh, hello."
Uchiha Ryo pulled up a chair and sat down next to Chitanda, while Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting at the far end, pouted slightly, seemingly complaining about why Uchiha Ryo wasn't sitting with her.
However, Uchiha Ryo was simply looking for a peripheral position; the closer he got to the main seat, the more intense the discussion would likely be.
He, the Uchiha General Affairs Officer, was serious about what "playing dumb" meant.
Zhongcheng Shun: "It's wonderful to have the help of the Classics Department! If we work together to discuss and create synergy, that would be really cool."
This guy named Zhongcheng is quite strong, and he's also quite good at putting on airs... Uchiha Ling didn't say anything, but sat there quietly.
Zhongcheng: "Let's start discussing the script, everyone! Please speak freely!"
"Although it is a sequel, I still hope that everyone can carry on Hongo's ideas and recreate the second half of the script before she was born."
Zhong Chengshun spoke very seriously.
Chitanda Eru raised her hand. "Um, I wanted to ask something unrelated. Is the scriptwriter, Hongo-senpai, ill? How is she?"
"Hongo... I don't know the specifics, but I've heard the situation is quite bad, so we're the only ones who can help."
Chitanda clenched her fists.
"Yes! We'll definitely think of the plot points that Hongo-senpai hasn't written yet! That way, when she goes back to school, she won't be sad because of what we missed!"
Zhongcheng cleared his throat. "OK, let's get back to the main topic. Our scripts for the Xiuzhiyuan Drama Club must not be looked down upon by other students, so we need to be even more mind-innovative."
"Please start your brainstorming session. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts."
A bespectacled man sitting opposite Hayasaka Ai raised his hand.
"I think our script shouldn't be too uninteresting, so I'd like to offer some ideas regarding the script's concept and content."
(Too lazy to translate)
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This high-level conversation in the drama club truly left Uchiha Ryo speechless.
No wonder that senior student Irisu didn't want to participate in the discussion; she must have been annoyed by her subordinates' noise.
Suddenly, Yukino Yukinoshita interrupted their discussion.
"Stop for a moment, I have a few questions. First, can we see your script? And doesn't the script mention who the murderer is at all?"
That was a very direct and well-intentioned question. If Yukinoshita lets these guys keep pretending, Uchiha Ryo might just let them experience what a real murder is like in a fantasy world.
"Um... well..."
Nakamaru took out the script, and then Yukinoshita and Chitanda each asked a few questions, but the members of the drama club seemed to know nothing and did not provide any useful information.
No wonder they needed help from their Classics Department to come up with the second half of the script...
Regarding the discussion about the drama club, Uchiha Ryo silently gave his own evaluation.
A group of pretentious intellectuals spouted all sorts of sophisticated ideas, offering explanations and debates about the script's direction, but unfortunately, they made no progress.
Simply put, it's... a group of respondents flying around.
Zhong Chengshun sighed, "So, what good ideas do you guys in the Classical Literature Department have? As students of Shuchiin Academy, the play we're going to perform can't be old-fashioned; it has to be innovative!"
Hayasaka Ai raised her hand, it seemed she also had a suggestion.
Just as Uchiha Ryo was about to hear what Hayasaka Ai had to say about the script, he heard Hayasaka Ai smile at Nakamaru Shun and then begin to speak in a perfect British accent.
Oh ho, I almost forgot that Hayasaka Ai is a blonde, blue-eyed mixed-race girl with one-quarter Irish ancestry. Raised by the Shinomiya Zaibatsu since childhood, she is fluent in at least four languages.
Although Yukino or Chitanda performed better, their spoken foreign language skills were definitely not as perfect as Hayasaka Ai's.
Zhong Chengshun and those guys who like to mix English into their speech twitched their eyes.
It feels like you're showing off your new bicycle to someone, and a supercar suddenly stops and greets you in a friendly way.
Hayasaka Ai: "...Well, that's all I'm thinking. I'm sure Nakamaru-senpai understands."
Nakamaru: "Ah...yes, that's right, Hayasaka-san is absolutely right!"
The other members of the drama department started clapping, and then dared not utter another word in English.
Uchiha Ryo secretly gave him a thumbs up, while Hayasaka Ai smiled mischievously.
The group continued their discussion about the script for the locked-room murder case. What they wanted to discuss was the real killer and the method of the crime.
The first part of the script was also passed on to Uchiha Ryo, along with other investigation reports from their drama club.
In the script, the deceased is the team leader, but why does it feel like something's missing, both in the details and in the character settings of the other people...?
I took another sheet of paper; it was an internal discussion form from the drama department regarding the cause of death.
[Anonymous Poll on Speculations about the Motive in the Murder Case]
"When did you hold this vote?"
Zhong Chengshun: "Oh, that's right. Before we decided to act in this drama, we held a poll because we really wanted to act in a suspense drama like this."
选择情杀的有6人、仇杀10人、财杀4人、激情杀人8人、误杀3人、自卫反杀2人。
Uchiha Ryo: "Nakamaru-senpai, there are so many people in your drama club..."
Zhong Chengshun smiled and said, "Haha, our drama club has a total of thirty-four people. After all, it's a well-known club in Shuchiin."
Amakusa Shino pouted after hearing this. She felt really bad that their Classic Literature Club only had six people!
Thirty-four people, but only 33 voted on their internal motive for the murder. One was missing... Who was it? The screenwriter, senior Hongo?!
This was before she started acting, before Hongo-senpai got sick. She must have had her own ideas, and it was an anonymous vote, meaning that no matter who Hongo voted for, no one would guess her decision as the script editor.
But she didn't vote... Uchiha Ryo put down the paper. Senior Hongo hadn't participated in the anonymous poll about the motive for murder; either she was being lenient and didn't want to vote, or...
Hongo-senpai's script does not correspond to the above-mentioned motives for murder.