Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 827 Sound of the Heart

Judging from his playing posture, Kitagawa Yusuke undoubtedly cannot play the piano.

It's not just a problem of performing without props. His movements are stiff and the angle of his arms is more like holding a knife and fork than playing the piano.

In terms of his movements, he was just pressing the thick jacquard tablecloth in a ridiculous way, but the smooth piano sound really flowed out from his fingertips. With Yuga Kyosuke's eyesight, he could even barely recognize that the positions he pressed corresponded to the tune that was played...

Hanega Kyosuke looked extremely shocked, but Tang Ze, who was sitting opposite him, had no time to care about his reaction.

In his mind, he tried to replay Asai Narimi's movements during the performance, trying to replicate the scale he played, and try his best to give Yuga Hibiki the illusion that he was playing some melody that could not be heard by others.

Yes, as a criminal who once left a deep impression on Tang Ze, Tang Ze had already set his sights on Yuga Kyosuke without the need for Kisaragi Minemizu's introduction.

This is an outstanding musical genius, but also a tragic son trapped in hatred.

Both of his parents came from prominent families. His father was the second son of the Shitara family, a family of violinists, and his mother was the only daughter of the wealthy Haga family. He showed excellent musical talent from an early age.

If the tragedy had not happened, Haga Kyosuke's life would undoubtedly have been prosperous and smooth. With his absolute pitch and keen emotional perception, coupled with his serious and somewhat paranoid personality towards music, his proficiency in musical instruments and his creativity, he would have risen in the spotlight and might even have become the mainstay of the Shitara family's renewed fame.

However, the man is innocent but the treasure is in his possession. When these superior conditions were piled up in their family, the evil of human nature came into being.

His father, Danjiro Shitara, spent a huge amount of money to buy a famous Stradivarius violin for his son.

A valuable treasure worth hundreds of millions of yen was naturally very popular in this musical family who knew the value of things. Not long after, the eldest brother, Tiao Yilang, asked him to let his son use this famous violin to perform at his birthday party. Tanjiro agreed to his request, but who would have thought that after touching the Stradivarius, Tiao Yilang became greedy and was unwilling to return it. Instead, he chose to secretly make a fake and return it.

Tan Erlang, whose musical level was not bad at all, was not fooled and had a conflict with his eldest brother at that time. They may have pushed each other during the argument, and Tan Erlang fell down the stairs, hit the back of his head, and fell into a coma.

The obsessed Diao Yilang not only failed to treat his brother in time, but instead warned other family members who discovered the situation. He pretended not to know about it, pretended that robbers broke in and attacked, and took the opportunity to blame Dan Jilang's death on the non-existent robbery.

In this way, Haga Kyosuke's father died, and his mother also fell to her death not long after she became suspicious. He then changed his surname to his mother's and inherited his mother's family property.

Many of the contents in between are not described in the original work, but it is easy to imagine that after leaving the atmosphere of a musical family and shouldering the burden of the family business, Kyosuke Hanega did not end up becoming a great violinist. Instead, he began to engage in various types of music creation, and must have experienced many hardships and twists and turns.

His paranoia and talent should have made him a great musical genius, but it was this famous piano that should have contained expectations and love that ruined his original life path.

Tang Ze paid attention to him not only because this man and his methods of committing crimes left a deep impression on Tang Ze, but also because Tang Ze actually heard his creations.

The original comics in the form of unit dramas rarely show the people involved in the case in advance. When they appear, it is often when they are involved in the case.

But the real world doesn't work like this. These people were actually born into this world, experienced their own lives completely, had their own careers, and their own joys and sorrows. Living in this world, Tang Ze always sees many familiar names.

When Tang Ze found out that the OST of a new song he liked had the lyrics and composition written by Yuga Kyosuke, he knew he had to take action.
After all, because of grudges and love, once a person goes to jail, he is really in jail. So who will make up for those albums that will never be released?
"…something like the Piano Sonata No. 35 in B flat minor, Op. ."

It took four or five minutes for Yuga Kyosuke to listen to this tune that had no origin and no beginning or end. After a moment of stunned silence, he suddenly said.

He was talking about a very famous piece of Chopin's work, which is generally known as the Funeral March.

"You mean, is this the voice in my heart?" Yuga Kyosuke turned his head, with a faint light flashing in his eyes, it was hard to tell whether it was tears, "It sounds really sad."

However, this was better than the endless silence he could only feel every time he tried to recall his thoughts.

"Yes, that's what it sounds like." Meeting Hanega Kyosuke's gaze, although Tangze was not sure how this romantic musician understood it, he still gave a very affirmative answer.

Because it truly is what is going on in Yuga Kyosuke's heart.

Before entering the hall of Yuga Kyosuke, Tang Ze did not expect it to be so quiet.

The structure of his hall is somewhat similar to that of an organ. The layers of stairs constitute both the structure of the instrument and the levels. Only when you step in can you hear a monotonous note.

Asai Narimi, the only real music student in the group, volunteered to take on the task of solving the problem. Although he failed in the end, he relied on trial and error and his own musical intuition to figure out the score.

The piano score that Tang Ze played for Yuga Kyosuke just now was the one that Asai Narimi arranged and played. It can only be said that Asai Narimi, who studied medicine while not falling behind in musical literacy, also looks like a roll caller.

As for how he played it out of thin air...

How novel, his phone actually has a speaker, right?
Yuga Kyosuke closed his eyes.

Although his previous thoughts were just guesses, and although the scene before him might very well be some kind of design or even a prank, deep down in his heart, Yuga Kyosuke began to involuntarily tend to believe this somewhat absurd statement.

"So, you really are the Phantom Thief of Hearts, right?" Yuga Kyosuke lowered his eyelids as if he was questioning, but also as if he was trying to convince himself, "You can see things that other people can't see, you can see the 'mind'. That's why you can draw things that don't exist in front of you, you really..."

Hearing the voice from his heart.

Tang Ze smiled, straightened his haori jacket which was a little wrinkled due to the performance without props, and did not respond.

Regarding this question, Kyosuke Hanega probably asked it with a stance.

In terms of living conditions or artistic achievements, Hanega Kyosuke can be called a very successful person, but the strong self-destructive emotions in his heart are almost on the verge of getting out of control.

He placed his hope on Kitagawa Yusuke, a young man who had similar experiences to himself. He was asking for help, wanting an answer, and wanting someone to give him a push. "I know what you want to ask, Mr. Yuga. I can answer you." Looking directly into Yuga Kyosuke's eyes, Tang Ze said frankly, "Yes, I admit that at that moment, I wanted to kill him. I didn't go to extremes, not because I have no resentment, but I got a lot of help on the way to seeking the truth and saw what I really needed. Of course, your situation is not exactly the same as mine, and what I said may not be the best answer for you."

"Wait..." Feeling that he had gotten the response he wanted, Yuga Kyosuke couldn't help but stand up, wanting to get a more precise answer, "So, what you mean by getting help..."

"Of course, this is just my answer. In fact, my friends got different answers." Tang Ze also stood up, interrupting Yuga Kyosuke's anxious questioning, "I got help, so I also hope to give more help to people who are in the same situation as me. I think you would be willing to listen to other people's answers."

As Tang Ze said this, he pushed a small envelope in front of Yuga Kyosuke.

Yuga Kyosuke picked it up and touched a hard card through the thin envelope.

His hand, which was about to be opened, paused, and he vaguely guessed what this postcard-sized card was.

"Here you will find the answers you want." Tang Ze smiled at him, "Our door is open to you. We are always waiting for your visit, Mr. Yuga."

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"Why, is there something wrong with that family?"

Seeing Tang Ze coming out again, Ruyue Fengshui left the guests who came up to greet him and took the initiative to move over to ask.

"That's true. The son who died in their family probably had some problems in an accident." Tang Ze did not hide the meaning of the introducer and nodded to satisfy the old man's curiosity.

"Oh, if you put it that way, my feeling is correct." Kisaragi Fengshui thought about it and couldn't help but feel proud of his own judgment. He paused with his cane and said smugly, "I told you, how could a precious piano be robbed the same day it was just put on display. His eldest son even said that the piano was bought by his younger brother as a birthday present for him. Tsk, that's too far-fetched. It hurts to give a piano worth hundreds of millions of yen to his son."

"You wrote in your will a few days ago that you wanted to leave Xiaoqiushan to me. That's more than a few hundred million yen." Tang Ze reminded kindly.

It's a piece of land in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Even back then, the money that Kisaragi Mine spent on it would probably be much more expensive than that piano.

Ruyue Fengshui waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "That's different. Even if you take it, you still have to work hard to pay off the loan and management fees every year. I left it to you to urge you to paint well. If your level is not good enough, you can't afford it. Besides, I am a lonely old man, and they have a big family with many twists and turns..."

"Teacher..." Tang Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still raised his hand and held Ruyue Fengshui's arm.

Ruyue Fengshui poked him with his walking stick in annoyance: "Okay, stop pretending here. It's serious for you to eat less at night. Pay attention to your image."

"Yes, it's up to you."

Seeing Kitagawa Yusuke and Kisaragi Minemizu, the master and disciple, supporting each other again and walking towards other places in the exhibition hall in a friendly manner, several other disciples of Kisaragi Minemizu who were standing not far from them exchanged glances with each other.

"Is this guy Kitagawa really not showing off?" A young tall and thin man finally couldn't help it and muttered in a low voice.

Everyone knows that he is favored, not only within the sect, but even the outside media and the public have tacitly acknowledged this fact.

"There's no need for him to show off to us. We're not a threat worth his attention." The middle-aged man called Minetarou shook his head calmly. "Besides, his ability is there."

Not everyone is convinced by Kitagawa Yusuke, but he is a painter who has already won awards and given his age, his future is limitless.

Back then, even though Tokiwa Mio, who was now in prison, had studied with her teacher for twenty years, the invitation was only sent to Kitagawa Yusuke, besides Kisaragi Minemizu.

"It's not something we should be dissatisfied with." The young woman standing on the other side of him shrugged. "If Yusuke hadn't appeared, the teacher's inheritance would not have been distributed to others. He would probably have used the money and real estate to set up a fund and established a prize for painting Mount Fuji or something."

"The Kisaragi Prize? That sounds pretty good."

"Brother Kitagawa, you've already thought of all the award categories..."

The surname Kisaragi originally means February. When planning the exhibition hall, Karasawa took this name into consideration and combined it with some nicknames for February in Japanese to set up several exhibition halls to display the different appearances of Mount Fuji in the old works that Kisaragi Mineshui brought out this time.

The exhibition halls are "Plum Blossoms", "Snow Melts", "First Flowers", "Wood Buds", and "Grass Growth" which is used to display the works of disciples. It fully depicts the changes in the seasons in February, showing the different aspects of early spring, and implicitly coincides with the purpose of Ruyue Fengshui holding this exhibition.

It is a preview of the new phase of Kisaragi Minemizu's creation, and also the opportunity for him to officially announce that he has a successor. It coincides with the imagery of Kasuga in every aspect.

So the old man didn't praise it specifically, but anyone could see that he was very satisfied with the exhibition plan designed by his disciple for him.

"Let's go. After one more turn, it's time to go to the venue in the back to set up the salon."

"Tsk, we are here to do hard labor today..."

"Okay Junshu, if you keep talking, the teacher will be upset if he hears you."

"Who cares..."

Conan, who was passing by them, listened to the three people's discussion, then lowered his head and looked carefully at the exhibition plan in his hand for a while, and suddenly Tang Ze's previous argument flashed through his mind.

Well, this is an exhibition managed by Yusuke Kitagawa after all, so if a caring thief looks after it, there won’t be any trouble.

...It's impossible, right?
(End of this chapter)