Chapter 653: Rest assured, nothing will happen

Amidst Li Ang's somewhat bewildered expression, the puppet male lead hanging by silk threads on the stage had already chanted his opening monologue with great emotion.

Next, he was seen stepping with highly aesthetic stage steps, his figure moving slowly while appearing fast as he walked toward the next "plot point." Taking advantage of the "transition" gap while the tavern set was being built on the stage, Li Ang leaned toward the Princess's ear and asked with full suspicion:

"Veronika, look at that male lead on stage, is he a human or a puppet?"

Hmm? What kind of question is this?

Princess Veronika was slightly startled upon hearing this, not understanding why Li Ang would ask this, but upon remembering Li Ang's "work," her expression immediately became serious. She also tilted her head to whisper:

"Human! In my eyes, he is human! Could it be that you see Elijah as a puppet?"

"Hmm..."

Looking at the tavern that was gradually lighting up under the stage lights, and the heroine dancing gracefully in the tavern with a prop tray, Li Ang frowned and said:

"Not just the male lead, in my eyes, all the actors currently appearing on stage are talking puppets wearing clothes. We should have encountered an anomalous event.

Veronika, you are a loyal audience member of Master Wang Erde, so you should have been paying attention to the Morning Star Troupe's movements, right? Does this troupe have any news worth paying attention to recently?"

News worth paying attention to?

Understanding that Li Ang was collecting intelligence and preparing to complete the anomaly cleaning work, Princess Veronika took a pitying look at the stage and did not rush to ask questions, but instead tried hard to recall cooperatively.

"If you put it that way, there are indeed some strange places."

After searching in her mind, the Princess frowned slightly and recounted:

"The Morning Star Troupe's lead actor, Andrei, who had worked with Master Wang Erde the longest, was boycotted because of a scandal, and they have not found a suitable replacement.

After that, several performances had very low evaluations among drama lovers because of the coordination problems with new actors. Master Wang Erde seemed very annoyed by this, took the initiative to reduce the troupe's performance frequency, and began closed-door training.

But some reporters discovered that the food sent into the Central Cross Theater during the training period had not been touched at all and was directly thrown into the surrounding trash cans, so they suspected that the closed-door training was just a cover, and it caused quite a commotion..."

The food sent to the theater was not touched by anyone?

Li Ang frowned slightly upon hearing this, feeling that this news seemed a bit familiar. After carefully flipping through his notebook, he finally remembered it suddenly.

After the Laien Blood Night, after he had basically recovered and ran back to the Cleaning Bureau from the hospital, before being trapped in the Police Department dungeon, the Director had given him some investigation tasks.

These included the herdsman who went missing while looking for a goat in Bapu County, the arsonist running around in the Louse Arcade, and the food problem of the Morning Star Troupe, etc., etc.

At that time, after flipping through them, he felt that these tasks did not look like they had anomalies, so he finally chose to accept the task of going to Rose Manor to save Amy.

Later, when infiltrating the rebels, he discovered that the arsonist was indeed the rebel's anomaly holder, the burn victim Tiger who liked to smell people with his nose. Now the Morning Star Troupe has truly had an incident.

If counting the Bishop of the Chengjin Sect he met at Rose Manor, among the four tasks he received at the time, three have already been confirmed to be related to anomalies. It seems that his own Director's level of "issuing tasks" is not ordinary.

"Li Ang?"

After waiting for a while without hearing Li Ang's answer, the Princess could not help but ask softly:

"How is it? Do you have any discoveries? Will these people watching the drama be in danger?"

"I have discoveries, and it can be considered good news."

Li Ang nodded: "If what I see is true, then the reason the food sent by the theater was thrown away is because all the actors in the entire troupe have already become puppets that do not need to eat.

And from that time until now, a very long time has passed, but the audience who came to watch the drama during this period did not have large-scale disappearances or casualties, proving that this anomalous event is relatively stable and will likely not affect the audience."

"That's good..."

Upon hearing Li Ang's words, Princess Veronika could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, then leaned over and asked softly:

"What can I do to help you? Secretly organize an evacuation? Or..."

"Don't, don't do anything!"

After denying the Princess's proposal, Li Ang tilted his head and said softly:

"Since the audience has been able to leave safely so many times in the past, and there has been no large-scale incident that could alarm our branch, then simply watching the drama should be safe.

According to the experience taught to me by Emma... according to the experience taught to me by a senior, when the specific ability of an anomaly is not determined and it is unlikely to cause large-scale harm, absolutely do not rush to break the current balance.

So what we should do right now is wait in the box for six hours until the performance is completed, and after the vast majority of the audience, including you, have safely evacuated, I will then find a way to bring the seniors from the bureau back and complete the cleaning as safely as possible."

"Good, I will listen to you!"

Princess Veronika nodded, her cold little hand grabbing Li Ang's palm, her lips pressed against Li Ang's earlobe, and she urged softly with some worry:

"Remember to pay attention to safety. If there is anything I can do, tell me, I will definitely do my best to help."

"Hmm..."

His neck was a bit itchy from the breath exhaled by the Princess. After finishing the inquiry, Li Ang moved his body slightly uncomfortably, wanting to restore the posture of sitting upright.

But just at this moment, he discovered that the Princess's soft palm was slightly damp, and the upper body leaning over was also trembling slightly uncontrollably. Her legs under the long dress were also slightly together, appearing to be very nervous.

After hesitating slightly, Li Ang broke free from the right hand she was holding, wrapped his arm around her back, leaned toward her ear, and comforted her softly:

"Don't worry, the danger of this anomalous event is not high, and with me here, you will definitely be fine."

"..."

The suddenly hugged Princess was a bit surprised. In the dim box, she looked up at Li Ang, and after noticing his concerned expression, she lowered her head and gave a soft hmm, then obediently leaned into his arms.

Actually, I'm not afraid, it's just that I drank a bit too much hot water in the carriage, and I'm a little bit urgent... But this is not bad either~

Cooperating with Li Ang's movements, she leaned into his arms and felt someone's sturdy and hot young body. The Princess could not help but bite her lower lip slightly, and at an angle Li Ang could not see, she revealed a satisfied shallow smile.

He even knows how to take care of my emotions. Not bad, not bad, it wasn't in vain that I treated you well~

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 654 =====