Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 430 The Stage of Revenge

The triplets like flowing water sounded one after another, and the quiet melancholy accompanied by a trace of deep darkness echoed in the corridor.

"It came from there..." Mao Lilan recognized the direction of the piano sound, turned her head, and looked at the two doors of the piano room that were slightly hidden with a slightly fearful gaze.

The story of the cursed piano that Hirata had told earlier in the day played back in her ears, making her legs shake involuntarily.

The clear and melodious piano sound continued to advance, and began to zigzag and rise, gradually involving a series of restless feelings, which also pierced through the endless chanting in the venue, and suddenly passed into the ears of the guests present.

"what sound?"

"This, this song...!"

Shiraishi Asai, who was sitting upright, also raised his head, listening to the orderly legato, his fingers resting on his knee flicked lightly, following the series of jumping scales, dancing rhythmically.

He still remembers that he was still beside his father, sitting excitedly in front of the piano, and when his father led him to press the keys little by little, his father played the piece and said to him with a smile——

"Did you feel it? This turbulent, heart-pounding feeling? This is the first movement, it's..."

"It's an impromptu dream, a prelude and a beginning." In an inaudible voice, Asai Chengshi said.

"Mr. Kawashima—!"

After a series of footsteps, the door was slammed open by several people.

"Cough, cough..." Hideo Kawashima, who was sitting in front of the piano, heard the call from the outsider, turned his head with a stiff neck, and looked at the person who came in with his bloodshot eyes.

"What's the matter, Mr. Kawashima, Mr. Kawashima?" The current village head and his party, who led the door, rushed forward and helped Hideo Kawashima, who seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

Hideo Kawashima looked at them with blank eyes.

"Are you ready?" Naruto Asai, who was at the end of the crowd and walked unhurriedly, heard the voice behind.

He stroked his temple hair and nodded slightly.

"Then put an end to your revenge."

At the same time as he heard these words, something cold fell into his palm.

What is this... He is naturally very clear, and even said that this is a mechanism set up by himself.

Closing his eyes, Asai Shiromi twitched the corner of his mouth and pressed the button without hesitation.

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"Cha-"

Hearing the small sound behind him, Tang Ze stopped talking with Miyano Akemi, turned his head, and looked back at the shadowed Hideo Kawashima who was tied to the pile of gold coins.

A candle, cut off in the middle after the sound of the mechanism, fell slowly, igniting the pungent liquid on the ground.

In an instant, the raging fire ignited.

Not far from them, the shadow Kawashima who had lost consciousness briefly regained consciousness because of the heat wave and pain.

Seeing the corner of his robe being licked up by the fire, he let out a series of shrill screams, twisted his body, and tried hard to stay away from the intensifying fire.

"It's on fire, help, help! No, no, ah—!"

A series of cries of pain continued to be heard. Amidst the cries and tremors, the whole room filled with gold coins and treasures and painted with poppy patterns was completely ignited in the fire. The flame began to slowly collapse.

"He still made a decision." Miyano Akemi, who was watching this scene, was not surprised, but said inexplicably, "Since he has made up his mind to get rid of these people, why did he choose such a tortuous method? It's because he doesn't have to see it with his own eyes. Seeing the dead howling in the fire, is it easier to make up your mind?"

"No, it's the opposite." Tang Ze, who pulled Miyano Akemi and began to retreat in the hall with the hook lock, denied, "Asai Narumi, just to see all this with his own eyes, to let them die in "Moonlight", That’s why I chose to do that.”

"Isn't it to exonerate myself?" Seeing the collapsed building fly by, Miyano Akemi jokingly said, "What a perfect criminal technique, didn't he just complete a murder in front of the detectives?" ?"

"No." Tang Ze shook his head as he watched the beautifully decorated house collapse, "He is very clear that no matter how subtle and tortuous the tactics are, the murderer is still himself... What we provide him is not a way to escape The lucky road of scouting vision, but a stage where revenge can be fulfilled heartily."

"what do you mean?"

"Well, he knows that he is a person with blood on his hands, and he has the will to die."

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"Doctor Chengshi, Doctor Chengshi, look at Mr. Kawashima, this is..."

Narumi Asai, who held the button in his palm, was awakened by the voice in front of him, and he also squeezed away from the crowd anxiously, and walked into the surrounded piano room.

"Let it go, let it go, don't block the air, let's try to open up his airway!" Asai Chengshi stepped forward to check very eagerly, but only himself knew the real reason for his urgency.

"Uh, uh..." Hideo Kawashima, who fell on the ground and twitched slightly, the moment Asai Narumi touched him, a dark liquid suddenly overflowed from his mouth and nose.

Soon, dark, shiny things also flowed out from his ear holes and the corners of his eyes, like spoiled blood, or some kind of sticky mud.

"ah!"

"what--!"

This strange scene caused a commotion in a small area, and screams of fear sounded out one after another from the crowd.

"Mr. Kawashima, cheer up, Mr. Kawashima!" Strong hands gripped Hideo Kawashima's shoulders tightly, and Asai Chengmi stared at this scene intently, staring at Hideo Kawashima no longer moving in his hands. I almost lost my breath.

This kind of death... really fits the way a demon should die.

Asai Chengshi's hands began to tremble uncontrollably, and his voice was the same: "He, he lost his breath...it's no longer possible..."

This performance was in line with everyone's expectations of her, but only he knew the reason for the trembling.

Let go of your hand, and let Kawashima's limp body fall to the ground completely, making a muffled sound.

Asai Chengshi raised his head out of focus, looked left and right, and finally stopped his gaze on the piano.

The atmosphere at the scene was frozen because of Kawashima's sudden death. Everyone was reminiscing about his strange state of death just now, and dared not let the atmosphere out.

So in such silence, the melodious sound of the piano, like the moonlight pouring in from the window, quietly filled the whole space.

"The piano, are you playing by yourself?" Mao Lilan, who rushed to the front and was therefore very close to the piano, and could see the keys clearly, covered her mouth tightly, for fear that she would burst into screams out of fear.

Everyone's eyes were also fixed on the keys of this dilapidated piano.

On the untouched piano, the black and white keys are pressed and played on their own, as if there is really someone they haven't seen, sitting on the piano chair and playing to their heart's content.

Mao Lilan closed her eyes, and the scream that she endured and endured finally broke out.

"Yeah—there is a ghost——"

The high-decibel female voice broke through the activity center of the sandalwood candlelight, and spread far along the silent sea outside the window.

(End of this chapter)