Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 261 - 260: Changes at the Scene

Chapter 261: Chapter 260: Changes at the Scene

"You... What are you doing!"

"Let go of that gentleman in your hands right away!"

The squad leader, who had been some distance from Ronald and had just dragged the lady away, spoke up again, his tone was very tense.

From this third person’s perspective,

the situation now looked like Ronald, the ’murderer,’ had gone berserk and was preparing to take a hostage to escape the scene.

As the person in charge of theater security,

if another person were to die after an employee had already been killed...

Otherwise, why not just make it simple and shoot the guy?

For Ronald, the current situation was also pretty bad.

The accusation of murder, the potential exposure of his mysterious side’s spells, and the tense emotion of the people right now.

Any one of these three, if not dealt with properly,

would bring about seriously bad trouble!

But there is always a turning point in events...

And at the same time, as the people on the second floor of the theater were extremely tense, Ronald’s heart relaxed a step ahead.

Looking over the crowd, he saw down the corridor in the distance.

Soon, Alyda’s familiar voice came through, as the absolute protagonist of Theater No. 37, she pushed through the crowd with a strong presence and demanded loudly,

"What are all of you doing!"

"Put the guns down, he’s a guest I invited!"

As her words ended, Alyda also saw the situation in the corridor.

So without almost any break in her tone, the protagonist of the theater continued,

"Ronald couldn’t possibly be the murderer. Are you going to harm a gentleman from the audience without knowing the truth!"

...

Under Alyda’s powerful questioning and considering her status, the lead security team captain was no longer ready to shoot as before and began to hesitate.

However, the angry young man was not included in this list.

Hearing Alyda’s words, the man controlled by Ronald immediately shouted,

"Miss Alyda, what are you thinking!"

"Little Ai... Little Ai was killed by this man!"

"Do you want to betray everyone in the theater?"

...

Hearing this, Alyda’s serious eyes grew even colder.

She was not someone who would stand there and be contradicted, especially not under these circumstances.

Although she could understand the man’s behavior due to the sadness of losing his girlfriend,

sadly, that was not a reason for her to tolerate him challenging her authority.

Ignoring the security captain’s reminder, "Miss Alyda, that’s dangerous," she walked straight up to Ronald and then stared intently at the man in front of her.

Even without averting her gaze for a moment, Alyda spoke to Ronald while still staring at the man,

"Ronald, help him down."

...

Of course, Ronald maintained his cool.

Seeing Alyda’s attitude now, he let go of the man in his hands.

The next second,

before anyone else had time to react, Alyda made her move.

Slap—

A loud slap landed on the man’s cheek.

At the same time, the red imprint of a swelling slap appeared.

After she seemed to have slapped some sense into the man with a single strike, Alyda then said,

"Deke, pay attention to your situation!"

"This is a theater, a place to bring artistic performances to the audience, not to slander and ugliness."

"From the beginning, Mr. Ronald stood at the box window watching my performance. Do you think he had the chance to come out and kill Little Ai?"

After saying this, Alyda casually glanced at the floor, then continued with a very certain tone,

"Furthermore," she said.

"If he really is the murderer, then why didn’t he strike in the private boxes where outsiders can’t enter, instead of in the corridor where people pass by? Don’t let anger cloud your judgment!"

"..."

With Ariadna’s words, the tense atmosphere in the corridor gradually cooled down.

And as Ronald saw the situation begin to change, his heart slowly relaxed.

It seemed there was no problem for the moment.

These words coming from himself might not have had much effect; even if they were reasonable, people might not accept them.

But coming from the absolute figure of the theater, Ariadna’s series of analyses

made everyone present ponder the relationships involved.

Indeed, just as Ronald had thought.

Not only the surrounding crowd, but even the young man who had been burning with rage was starting to think.

This way, Ronald subtly cleared himself of suspicion.

Seeing the change in the situation, Ronald straightened his wrinkled clothing and then spoke:

"Do you mind if I examine the body..."

"As a good citizen, I may be able to offer some help."

The security captain, who now looked very different from before, approached and sincerely, and amiably, suggested to Ronald:

"Sir, it might be better to leave this kind of thing to the professionals."

"You..."

Ariadna immediately interrupted him:

"Ronald is a professional, let him look!"

"..."

Meekly, the security captain stepped aside.

Now he didn’t dare to defy Ariadna’s orders and obediently acted like a child learning to speak.

Standing beside the waitress girl, Ronald exchanged glances with Ariadna.

Without the need for words, they both knelt next to the body in tacit understanding. Ronald examined the body, while Ariadna whispered hints to him:

"The internal organs are completely damaged..."

"She couldn’t make a sound when she died because someone was covering her mouth and nose..."

"Death occurred about five minutes ago..."

"There are clear signs of blunt force trauma to the chest and abdomen..."

"The entire process took no more than a minute..."

One clue after another was deduced from theboth of them, and the surrounding people, fearful of the scene before them, merely watched from a distance.

Thus, Ronald and the others arrived at their final conclusion.

The girl named Elle had died five minutes earlier from a sudden attack, and...

It was the hand of the Mystic Arts.

Since the incident had occurred only a short time ago, Ronald, using the Bureau’s methods, could even detect a certain degree of Magic Power.

Was it really someone from "Saldack"...

Rising from beside the dead girl, Ronald and Ariadna exchanged glances.

Although they had not fully communicated the intelligence yet, they had both arrived at the same conclusion.

However, in the midst of these events.

There was still one thing Ronald had not figured out.

Why did the other party want to throw this dirty water on him?

Was it just for his actions in attending the performance today?

The investigative capabilities of the Divine Comedy should not be so easily detected by an ordinary Caster; there might be more to this matter...

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Make way, the special investigation team is on the case!"

Just then, a new voice rang out from the second floor of the theater.

Ronald didn’t even need to look up.

Just by hearing this name, he had already guessed the situation.

—The people from the Bureau had arrived.