Chapter 840 The Real Curse
Things took a turn for the worse and developed very quickly. Even Kogoro Mori, who stepped in to confirm the life and death of Shitara Kanone, had not had time to dial the alarm call, and the scene had already developed into Hibiki Higa. A confrontation between Suke and Shitara Takaichiro.
Looking at the two people facing each other at this moment, everyone realized belatedly that everything that happened tonight might have been intentional by Kyosuke Haga.
"So, there was something fishy about his father's death back then?" Putting the task of calling the police to his daughter, Mouri Kogoro approached the two people in the confrontation to observe the next development, and made a very basic inference. "Is this why Kyousuke Haga came to the banquet?"
"Is that why my uncle chose to play "Requiem"?" Renki Shitara, whose makeup was stained by tears, was in despair. whispered.
"Hmm..." Mouri Kogoro glanced back at Shitara Aane's body, which was already confirmed to be dead and slowly losing body temperature, and then looked at the pool of blood left by Shitara Gensaburo's head under the steps.
If he hadn't been concerned about Shitara Renki's emotions, he would have come to a further conclusion with great certainty, that is, he chose this piece as a performance piece not just to express provocation, but perhaps It is also inseparable from the truth about the deaths of these people.
However, there are video references for the whole process of Shitakusarazaburo's fall. The most that Haga Kyosuke can say is that he disguised himself to look more like his father, which is suspected of inducing the other party to act. In the end, he didn't even touch the strings.
Shitara Kanone even climbed to the second floor and fell over the railing in front of everyone. Kyosuke Haga stood on the stage and played immersedly during the whole process. It was impossible for him to listen to What interference did her death make.
Haga Kyosuke must be a returned avenger, an angry son who wants to seek justice for his father and mother, but whether he is a murderer or not, it is impossible to make a conclusion now.
Over there, Haga Kyosuke was holding three pianos with both hands steadily, his hawk-like gaze fixed on Shitara Oichiro's face, his emotions were very exposed.
Obviously, he hated the stooped old man in front of him.
"You, where did you get those replicas..." Looking at the three pianos, Shitara Tiaoichiro didn't care about the reaction of the crowd at all, and shouted with a slightly distorted face.
He is naturally familiar with Stradivari.
Even during the decades it was sealed, he would go to the storage room from time to time, appreciate and play with it, touch its moist wood surface inch by inch, and feel the elegance and tranquility transmitted through time. .
So when he couldn't tell which of the three was authentic at a glance, his belated fear almost reached its peak.
If he had not come into close contact with this piano, it would be impossible to imitate it to this extent. At that time, he also came into contact with the piano and had a familiar piano maker. He loved this piano and wanted to make a replica to avoid damaging the instrument, so he asked the other party to make a copy while he was borrowing the piano.
However, the flaws left by the replica were still obvious, so Shitara Danjiro saw through them at a glance.
Now, Kyosuke Haga has only been exposed to the piano for less than a week. How did he make this piano?
The storage room is connected to the master bedroom. Except for him and his wife, no one else has the chance to enter...
"Where did I get it? I saw it from your deeply twisted souls." Even at the moment when the truth was revealed, Haga Kyosuke did not show too much hysteria, he just sneered, "You are so dangerous I killed my father, and also my mother, just to keep this piano as my own. However, after the piano really came into your hands, unfortunate things happened one after another. It was obvious that you were forcing yourself on something that did not belong to you. It's the same thing. But even after thirty years, you still refuse to repent. What do you think of human life? What do you think of your relatives? "
The most secret was exposed in public. With the unbearable past, Shitara Tiao's face turned green and white, and he looked even more depressed than when there was an accident at the venue earlier.
At this moment, he gritted his teeth and forced his attention to the piano in Haga Kyosuke's hand.
“You said that if I find out which one is the real Stradivarius, you will return it to me?”
He has been obsessed with it for so many years. In his later years, he has obviously fallen into In the midst of a deeper obsession, he almost went crazy. Apart from this precious piano, it seemed as if there was nothing else left in his brain.
Haga Kyosuke stared at his old face, which was full of age spots and wrinkles, and couldn't even make a mocking expression.
He has illusions about them and wants to hear an answer and apology from them, but he thinks too much.
"Yes, I keep what I say. As long as you can find it, I will return it to you and never mention who it should belong to."
Shitara's tune is clear. Meng Dashe immediately took two steps forward and reached out to touch the piano in the piano case. The expression on his face soon froze.
Different from the highly similar imitations he imagined, these three pianos were actually unique and different when he took a closer look.
What Haga Kyosuke is holding in his right hand is the piano he just played on. Even if there is no high-brightness spotlight on the stage, it still seems to be shining. The fine and dense reflections make the whole piano shine. , you can almost see colorful light spots from the paint surface.
The two piano cases he carried in his left hand had their lids opened, and the piano body was firmly fixed in the base of the box. The one on top was also very delicate and oily, and the mirror-like panel could almost The reflection reflects the human shadow, the pegs are simple in color, and full of quiet beauty.
There is no big difference in the appearance of the one below, but the bridge and tailpost have a strange bright color. I reached out and touched the neck. It was as delicate as a baby's skin, and it felt mildly warm. feel.
Almost the moment he touched them, Shitara Toichiro, who had spent half his life dealing with Stradivari, dared to assert that they were all genuine.
In other words, even if there are differences, they are most likely made by the same person as the original piano.
Haga Kyosuke may not be making imitations. He may have acquired two unknown Antonio Stradivari works from special channels, but they are very similar to the original pianos, so it seems There is almost no difference going up.
This legendary artist and luthier made more than a thousand musical instruments in his lifetime. However, there are only five to six hundred works on the market that can be confirmed to be made by him. Acquisition, maybe you can actually find some unknown legacy.
With such a piano as the basis, after getting in touch with theirs, I made additional carvings to make it more similar. One week was enough.
No matter which one he chooses, he is right, it is all "Stradivarius".
After finding a reasonable explanation for the scene in front of him, Shitara became calmer.
He touched left and right, looking as if he was hesitating and unable to choose his genuine product, but in fact, he had already entered the stage of picking and choosing like buying something.
What he needs is a famous piano. As for whether it is the original one, it doesn't matter. Judging from Haga Kyosuke's performance just now, this specious piano may have even better sound quality. building.
Haga Kyosuke is in trouble because of his father's affairs. His request is to know the truth of that year and reveal it to everyone. If he makes the wrong choice, he will only be more proud and declare his failure. , and then began to talk about the past.
…But so what?
He is 72 years old, and everyone related to that case is dead. At his age, it is impossible for the procuratorate to be willing to prosecute him, and the case has already passed the retroactive period.
So what if you admit it? What's important now is that as long as he makes a choice, the other two "imitations" made to confuse him can be judged as "fake" as he persists, and then lose their original value. What he wants is always the best.
So what he has to do now is to choose the best and most suitable one from the three...
His mood changes are so obvious, How could Kyosuke Haga, who was standing in front of him and looking at him coldly, not feel it?
Haga Kyosuke couldn't help but tighten his hand on the piano for a moment. Once again, he felt unfamiliar and disappointed with this family that had been completely infected by desire.
Stradivarius seems to be the starting point of brotherly feuding and family harming each other, and the fuse that triggered everything. However, if you look carefully at the faces of these people, even without this piano, sooner or later, the tragedy of that year should still have happened. will happen.
People whose minds have been corrupted by the evil spirit of greed have turned from human beings into monsters of materialistic desires, which makes them look cold.
“This one, this one is Stradivarius!” Under his gaze, Shitara Takaichiro finally made a decision, grabbed the one he had just played in his right hand, and said Come to your own conclusion.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't wait to reach out his hand, and his withered fingers firmly grasped Haga Kyosuke's arm, preparing to embrace it in his arms.
Contrary to his expectations, Haga Kyosuke had no intention of stopping him at all, but relaxed his hand lightly.
So Shitara Tiaoyilang, who was trying his best to grab it, fell backwards, but fell to the ground and let out a painful cry.
His body has deteriorated, and his survival to this day is entirely supported by medicine. If the place where he fell did not happen to be covered with a red carpet for welcoming guests, he might have been able to survive just this fall. A desperate death.
"Grandpa!" Shitara Renxi exclaimed, and quickly stepped forward to support Shitara, who couldn't even lift his head.
Mouri Kogoro, Karasawa and others followed closely behind her, helping Shitara Tiaoichiro to sit up, making sure that he had no fractures or other problems.
Ignoring Shitara Kaichiro's painful wails, Haga Kyosuke pointed to the piano he held in his arms and gave his final verdict: "This is not your piano. I know you What are you thinking, you think this piano might be better than yours, so you can’t wait to choose it, thinking that as long as you have a Sri Lankan piano, it will be yours. But, unfortunately..."
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Karasawa, who was supporting him with both hands, was checking whether his arm was injured, and his hand inadvertently brushed against Shitara Takaichiro's wrist.
Inexplicably feeling that his arms were empty for a moment, Shitara lowered his head and discovered with dizzy eyes that the beautiful and smooth surface of the violin in his arms began to crack, and the charmingly lustrous panel lost its luster. Following the position of the sound hole, it began to slowly collapse.
As soon as it fell into Shitara Ichiro's arms, it seemed to wither. It was quickly damaged and withered, and soon became as old and decrepit as him.
"This is impossible, this is impossible...!" Shitara Tiaoyilang's hoarse voice screamed in disbelief and pain, "This is not true..."
He His brain had stopped thinking, but everyone around him was shocked when he saw this scene.
They watched this intact violin decay bit by bit with their own eyes. How did Haga Kyosuke do it, magic? Special materials? Visual misalignment?
Conan reached out his hand unbelievingly and touched the cracked side panel of the piano. Feeling the rough fractures on the wood surface, he was convinced that this was really a damaged piano.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Kyosuke Haga with a cold expression, and then at Masaki Asagi who was standing not far behind him, and narrowed his eyes.
Starting from Haga Kyosuke's father, the initials of the names of the deceased in this family happened to be DEFGA...
To say that this was a pure coincidence, it was really hard for him to believe it. But if you want to use this to judge that Haga Kyosuke is the murderer, there is a lack of evidence.
Just like this violin that was suddenly damaged, the only person with a motive was Haga Kyosuke. Everyone's suspicions pointed to him, but there was no evidence.
Kyosuke Haga had never touched the two deceased persons tonight, and the piano was completely transferred in everyone's sight without any visual obstruction.
The only possible time to change may be when Shitara Ichiro fell. Because he instinctively protected the piano in his arms, he huddled up, which indeed made it temporarily out of everyone's sight. , but Shitara Takaichiro himself had no reason to replace it...
While Conan was puzzled, the instigator Karasawa squatting next to him calmly retracted his fingertips and pretended to be I am just an enthusiastic passerby.
Why was this piano destroyed in front of everyone?
Because this is what his teammates just took out from the palace of Shitara Choichiro himself.
Generally speaking, the secret treasure of the palace will have one form before leaving the palace, and another form after leaving the palace. In the palace, it will be closely related to the environment of the palace and the state of mind of the owner of the palace. If the image of the owner of the palace is that of a king, then the secret treasure is likely to look like a crown, but after returning to reality, it will only be consistent with the real source of desire in reality and change into what it looks like.
So, when the violin from Shitara Tōichiro's palace returned to reality, Shitara Tōichirō, who was crying while holding Shitara Kanone's broken violin, naturally subconsciously felt that , his treasure has been damaged.
The piano naturally shattered along with it.
The moment the product of the cognitive world enters reality, it will be "collapsed into reality", so it will only maintain this form.
As for how he changed it...
The leader of the Phantom Thieves, who has been training with Kidd for a while, rarely carries anything anymore and no longer hides it with his commuting bag. His skills are already very proficient and he can perform A magician who performs super close-up magic.
"My piano, my piano..." Shitara Tiaoyilang touched it tremblingly, feeling the judgment that seemed to come from fate, and couldn't help but let out a painful howl of collapse.
All the surrounding sounds could no longer enter his ears. Shitara Tune covered his chest and fell straight down.
His eyes became blurry and cloudy, and all the sounds slowly formed the same sentence. The voices of men, women, old and young, all seemed to be saying the same sentence to him.
It's like the fateful death of everyone in their family, like the wife who crashed to the ground and the piano in her arms. This is the real curse coming from it...
This voice is saying——
“Things that don’t belong to you, even if they are taken away, don’t belong to you either.”
Already overwhelmed, Shitara, who was almost relying on the power of reflection, looked up and closed his eyes, unwilling to give up. And painfully falling towards an inevitable death.
(End of this chapter)