Halfway through speaking, Noah suddenly felt as though he was teaching the Spirit Medium Master how to do things.
It paused, then timidly changed its story. "Um, never mind. How about I do it?"
"It's fine." Jiang Xia came back to his senses, withdrew his gaze from the manager, and took another route. "There's no need to stop the players specifically—this Irene Adler's detailed personality was probably set by that Uncle Kudo next door... If so, whether we stop them or not, the result should be about the same."
As he said this, Jiang Xia suddenly sensed something.
He paused, raised his head, and looked toward a small door on the right, ten meters away.
That door happened to connect to the path leading to the side door.
After only two glances, there came a soft click, and someone on the other side furtively opened the door.
Then, through the foot-wide door crack, several familiar heads of varying heights poked out.
The players really had planned to persuade Irene Adler to stop performing, preferably to hide somewhere safer as well.
So before coming to the Theater, they had pooled their money to buy a bouquet of flowers. They planned to bring it over, pretend to be Irene Adler's friends and family, and blend in close enough to persuade her.
Just now, the players had finally found an opportunity and slipped into the backstage area along the path.
But before they could see Irene Adler, they instead spotted the Professor Moriarty whose allegiance was unclear.
The young Moriarty stood in the middle of the corridor, his deep-set eyes precisely turning toward where the players were.
Apparently recognizing them, the Mysterious Asian dressed in British fashion gave them a slight nod and elegantly greeted them.
"..."
None of the players had