Screenwriter Mystery

"It's not up to you to tell if the investigation is wrong."

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"Now, please cooperate with our work, if you don't want to be arrested."

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Interrupting Barnum's excuse with a blank expression, Detective Zhou glanced at the tent behind the circus leader, heard the constant exclamations and applause from inside, and said coldly.

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"May I take this as your threat to me, officer?"

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Hearing Detective Zhou's words, the circus leader Barnum's expression under his hat became more and more gloomy.

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Sensing the change in the expression on Barnum's face, the Lobster Man on the side trembled involuntarily.

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"No, I'm just stating the facts."

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However, when they met Barnum's gaze, the expression on Detective Zhou's face did not change in the slightest, but his arm still moved closer to the pistol on his waist.

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"..."

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With a gloomy face, she was silent for a long time to Amanda and the others.

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Only then did Barnum retract his gaze, gritted his sharp teeth and said, "Since the police officers want to investigate, then as a law-abiding citizen, I naturally raise my hands and feet to express my cooperation, but now our circus performance It's still in progress, the whole circus is full of guests watching the performance, even if the investigation has to wait until the circus performance is over, it can't be carried out..."

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As the head of the circus, Barnum must abide by the rules of the circus and cannot easily end the circus performance.

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This is the rule set by the circus, and even Barnum, the head of the circus, cannot violate it.

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Hearing the reason given by Barnum, Amanda and Detective Zhou looked at each other.

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From the previous investigation, they already knew that many residents of the small town came to watch the circus performance specially today.

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With such a gathering of people, it is indeed not suitable to launch an investigation immediately, because once any dangerous situation occurs, these audience members who come to the circus performance are likely to be implicated.

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So, hear the request made by Barnum, the head of the circus.

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Amanda just hesitated for a moment before she had to agree.

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"Zhou, you and Phil, and Spike are here watching the show."

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Of course, although she promised to wait until after the circus to investigate, Amanda was not completely unprepared.

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Detective Week, Detective Phil and Spike were arranged at the circus scene to avoid this from happening.

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Detective Zhou and Detective Phil deal with ordinary problems, as for Spike, of course, it is specially used to deal with special situations.

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"Angela, you and I are in the same group."

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"Follow your orders, boss."

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Hearing that she and Amanda were in a group, Angela's face couldn't help showing a little excited expression.

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But Amanda turned her attention to Barnum in front of her, and asked word by word, "I think there should be no problem with investigating the members of the circus, Captain Barnum."

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Facing Amanda's request, Barnum's expression twitched under the top hat before he pinched his nose and said, "Of course, there is no problem, as long as you don't affect the circus performance."

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"Speaking of which, this is the first time I have seen a circus performance live."

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The team split into two groups and launched an investigation in the circus tent.

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Detectives entered the auditorium on Wednesday, found a few empty seats and sat down, watching the center stage [General Thumb] dressed as Napoleon, riding the same short dwarf horse, posing in that classic portrait.

Detective Phil, who was sitting beside Detective Zhou, couldn't help but whisper.

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"We're not here to really see the circus performance."

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Hearing Detective Phil's confession, Detective Zhou continued to keep his face expressionless.

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He was sitting in the lively auditorium, listening to the cheers and applause that were constantly sounding around him, but involuntarily frowned, he reached out and grabbed his arm.

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From the moment he entered the circus tent, he began to feel the constant tingling of his infected arm, as if some invisible force was constantly affecting this arm that should have been woody and completely painless.

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"Of course I know what our goal is."

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Faced with this reminder from Detective Zhou, Detective Phil said that, but his eyes were once again attracted by the two-headed sister who appeared in the center of the stage. Looking at the dancing dance of this deformed sister, Phil said. The detective raised his palm involuntarily and gave a warm applause.

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"However, in the current situation, even if there are so many people on the scene, even if they want to investigate, they need to wait until they are all dispersed."

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While speaking, Detective Phil turned his head and glanced at Detective Zhou next to him.

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Immediately afterwards, his eyes suddenly became puzzled. He stuck his head out and glanced at the seat next to Detective Zhou, and asked strangely, "Where's Spike?"

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Hearing Detective Phil's words, Detective Zhou quickly turned his head to look at the seat beside him.

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However, at least one empty place came into view.

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"He was still here just now."

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……

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"Hello, I'm Detective Amanda from bsi, this is Detective Angela..."

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Circus, backstage.

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Amanda and Angela entered, and they were a little dazzled for a while looking at the busy backstage scene and all kinds of weird-looking freaks.

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After observing these freaks for a long time, Amanda chose a freak who seemed to have ended the circus ~www.readwn.com~ and introduced herself.

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"...We have some questions about the circus and want to ask you, ma'am."

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"Miss?"

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Hearing Amanda's voice, [Bearded Girl] turned her head and glanced at the two bsi agents, especially when she heard Amanda address herself, the face of [Bearded Girl], which was covered by the thick beard, showed a Self-deprecating smile: "I haven't heard this term for a long time."

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Shaking her head, she restrained her expression under her beard, and the [bearded girl] looked at Amanda in front of her: "Tell me, what do you want to know?"

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"What should I call you?"

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From the attitude of the "bearded girl", Amanda noticed a breakthrough, at least her reaction was not as evasive as the "lobster man" she met at the tent door before, and immediately continued.

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"You can just call me [bearded girl]. That's what the whole circus calls me."

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"This is too disrespectful to people."

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Hearing the name of [Beard Girl], Angela who was beside her couldn't help frowning. As a woman, she naturally knew that the name [Beard Girl] was not a name but a nickname at all.

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"Respect, the circus doesn't have that."

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"We are all objects in the circus, and only the special can survive in the circus."