Chapter 3 : Making a Run For It
After the Makeup Artist awakened, she needed to get reacquainted with the current troupe members.
This task was Ye Xing's responsibility.
Ye Xing began introducing Shu Yao and the others.
First, she started with Shu Yao.
"This purple-haired sister is our troupe's Playwright, responsible for writing scripts for stage plays, operas, and even puppet shows. She has an extensive reading background and knows many things. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask her; she can basically answer everything."
Shu Yao cooperatively nodded to Yozakura Kagami.
"Hello."
Yozakura Kagami nodded back, getting to know her through Ye Xing's introduction.
A character like the Playwright didn't exist even in the previous troupe. All stage play and opera scripts were bought from writers. The current troupe actually having a Playwright as a member was truly impressive.
Then Ye Xing began introducing the next person, Kong Yubai.
"This is our troupe's Singer. She loves singing and is the main character in opera performances. She can sing very beautifully; I think you should get to know her."
To this, Kong Yubai smiled slightly.
"Hello, Makeup Artist. I look forward to working with you."
"Yes, of course."
Hearing the title of Singer, Yozakura Kagami suddenly remembered the Fanatic Singer from the original troupe, a very charismatic male with a powerful voice that gave people a passionate and energetic feeling.
The current troupe also had a Singer, but she was a very beautiful and elegant woman.
Yozakura Kagami vaguely remembered hearing her voice, seemingly when she was still in the painting.
At that time, she hadn't fully awakened, but faintly remembered hearing a very melodious voice, which was probably this Singer's voice.
How to put it, it was truly impressive.
After getting to know the Singer, Ye Xing began introducing Lian Hua beside her.
"Then we come to this one. This super cute little loli is our troupe's Puppeteer, skilled at manipulating puppets to perform dramas. She's super amazing. When you're bored in the future, you can also be her audience."
Lian Hua nodded lightly, appearing friendly and polite.
"Hello, I'm the Puppeteer. If possible, I have a few puppet shows I'd like to perform for you."
"Is that so? I'm looking forward to it."
Hearing the Puppeteer say this, Yozakura Kagami felt she was easy to get along with.
Puppet shows sounded quite nice.
Of course, if she could do makeup for these troupe members, that would be great.
In the future, the makeup for these beautiful girls could only be done by her; this was the best goodwill.
As a troupe member, Yozakura Kagami absolutely wouldn't allow anyone to replace her work.
Doing makeup for performers was her reason for existence.
Just as Yozakura Kagami was thinking this, Ye Xing's voice woke her up.
"Makeup Artist, let's end today's introductions here. There's no need to introduce the Troupe Leader. The Gentleman and the Deceiver rarely come out except for weekend performances. That Announcer is elusive, so I'll introduce them to you next time when we prepare for an outside performance."
"Alright."
Yozakura Kagami had no objections.
The current troupe was different from before, with many unfamiliar faces.
She needed to start from scratch, gradually becoming familiar with the troupe members here.
In this process, communication was an essential step.
Yozakura Kagami wanted to do their makeup, which required building good relationships. This was the most basic operation for now.
Subsequently, she began conversing with Shu Yao and the others.
Lian Hua seemed very eager to show a few puppet shows to this "new" troupe member.
Ye Xing had already seen those puppet shows.
They seemed to be stories about the Spectator meeting the troupe members.
From Ye Xing's account, Lian Hua had adapted all these stories into puppet shows.
Including the accidental encounters with the Troupe Leader, the Gentleman, and the Deceiver, a story Lian Hua called [The Beginning of the Dream].
Then there was the story with her, the Puppeteer, called [The Puppet's Redemption].
Next was the Singer's story, titled [The Sound of Remembrance].
Finally, there was the Playwright's [Exist for Me].
Moreover, Lian Hua had even adapted the grand performance Ye Xing participated in, that unprecedented opera, into a puppet show, which was also a masterpiece worth showing to the Makeup Artist.
Except for the Announcer loli.
Every time Lian Hua adapted a real story into a puppet show, she would ask for the opinion of the person involved. The Troupe Leader and others had no objections, but when she approached the Announcer, she was firmly refused.
It seemed the Announcer was still a bit concerned about her secrets being adapted into a performance for others to see.
Out of respect for the Announcer, Lian Hua decided to drop it.
Of course, secretly adapting it for the Spectator alone shouldn't be a problem, right?
Adapting the stories of the Spectator meeting all troupe members into puppet shows, not abandoning any, that's what could be called comprehensive!
Thus, the Makeup Artist began watching Lian Hua's puppet shows.
She could understand the other troupe members through these puppet shows, which was incredibly convenient.
Shu Yao, Kong Yubai, and Ye Xing also joined the audience, re-watching these puppet shows.
As troupe members, they had already seen these puppet shows once or even twice.
However, this didn't make them tired of them.
For Shu Yao, valuable books could be read many times.
For Kong Yubai, good songs could be listened to several times.
So how could such excellent puppet shows be enough after just one viewing?
Ye Xing, even more so, didn't need to be mentioned.
As long as Lian Hua was performing on stage, she would always cast her gaze there. It was that simple.
However, now Ye Xing was thinking about other issues.
Although the Makeup Artist's revival was an unexpected joy, worth being happy about, Ye Xing was more concerned about one thing.
That was the big event in the capital that the Announcer had mentioned was about to happen.
From her tone, it didn't seem to be a good thing.
This was troublesome.
Ye Lan was still at the capital headquarters.
Should she find an excuse to directly slip away back to Yunzhang City?
Meanwhile.
At the Night Watchers Headquarters.
Ye Lan was currently eating in the headquarters cafeteria.
She had just returned from the patrol area, having slacked off for another morning.
It felt like continuing to slack off wasn't a good idea.
Ye Lan couldn't possibly stay at the headquarters for that long, and with the painting issue resolved, she had no more burdens in the capital.
There was no need for her to stay here.
The only person Ye Lan could consider a friend here seemed to be just Ye Yu.
But the relationship wasn't very deep, just ordinary friends, incomparable to Lian Hua and the others.
"Forget it, I'll find an excuse to muddle through later. I can't stay in this capital anymore."
Ever since learning from Mo Tutu that something big was about to happen in the capital, Ye Lan had decided to back down.
She didn't want to get involved in any big events.
She was just a newbie Night Watcher, not yet at the level of carrying out missions. Those troublesome things should be left to the professional experts to resolve.
"It's decided then! I need to hurry back to Yunzhang City to snuggle with Ling Miao, Bai Yu, and the others!"