The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"Shitara family..."

Professor Lecter picked up a letter of commission and invitation, on which was a family crest made from a musical note painted in gold.

The Shitara family is a famous musical family.

The current head of the family, Choichiro Shitara, was unfortunately diagnosed with lung cancer not long ago. As his 72nd birthday is approaching, he wrote to invite Professor Lecter to provide him with psychological treatment at home and also invited him to attend the birthday party.

It happened to be the weekend, and Adam took Noah out on his day off. Professor Lecter had no other plans, so he decided to go and take a look.

The Shitara family's annex was not far from Ekoda, and it took Professor Lecter about half an hour to reach this old mansion.

"Is this Mr. Lecter? My master has already arranged a meeting with you. Please wait in the reception room." The housekeeper of the Shitara family was a stern-looking woman named Tsugawa Hongsheng. She looked to be about fifty years old, with a mixture of gray and white hair.

"Thank you for your help." Professor Lecter nodded and followed her upstairs to a spacious living room.

After giving him tea and snacks, Butler Jinqu walked away.

Professor Lecter opened his cup and took a sip of tea, then put it down.

His craftsmanship is not as good as Adam's, and his tea is not as good as the one in his office.

He got up from the sofa, paced back and forth in the reception room, looked around, and silently estimated the development of the Shitara family.

Furniture such as carpets and sofas are expensive items, comfortable and luxurious to use, but the paintings hanging on the walls are not from famous artists, and ornamental objects such as vases on the cabinets are not antiques with a long history.

It seems that this so-called famous musical family only has some reputation and status in the industry, and does not have any solid family foundation.

Walking to the window, Professor Lecter looked down and saw that the butler Jinqu had appeared at the gate again, talking to a group of people.

He gently pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and saw who was coming.

It's the Maori family.

"interesting......"

Professor Lecter suddenly became interested and decided not to wait boringly in this room. He planned to walk around other places in the house first, hoping that some interesting interactions might occur.

When I opened the door and walked out, I heard melodious violin music echoing in the corridor.

After pausing for a moment, Professor Lecter caught the source of the music and looked towards a room diagonally opposite.

The music continued for about four minutes, and only stopped when the entire etude was completed.

Although the performance lacked some spirit, it was performed with a high level of proficiency and the performer was very thoughtful, adding his own understanding to some harmless places and making some minor adaptations.

Professor Lecter had a preliminary understanding of this child, probably one who was not particularly talented but very hardworking and diligent.

The door was opened, and a cute girl with a short ponytail and a slightly round face stuck her head out, looked around, and was slightly startled when she saw Professor Lecter.

Professor Lecter smiled at her gently, in a kind gesture.

"Hello... who are you?"

"James Lecter, invited to conduct psychological treatment for Mr. String Choichiro. You can call me Mr. Lecter, but I would rather hear the title Professor Lecter." He winked slightly and made a joke in a playful tone.

"Oh, hello, professor. I'm Renxi, Shitara Renxi." Shitara Renxi greeted politely, then asked embarrassedly, "Do you know where the housekeeper Jinqu went? I was a little thirsty after practicing the piano, so I wanted her to bring me some drinks."

"Butler Jinqu seems to have gone to entertain the new guests. If you don't mind, there are snacks and tea in the reception room." Professor Lecter moved aside and made way for the door to the reception room.

"Speaking of which, your performance just now was quite good. You dropped the pitch of the quarter note in the middle by a half tone, but it was harmless. Instead, it showed a kind of vitality. If you don't have your own understanding of the music, you probably won't be able to play it to such an effect."

Shitara Renxi looked at him in surprise: "Professor, you also understand music?"

"I know a thing or two." Professor Lecter said vaguely, with a smile in his eyes that grew even brighter.

"How is that possible? I've only seen such keen hearing in Uncle Kyosuke. Don't you also have 'absolute pitch'?" Shitara Renxi's eyes were a little excited.

Seeing Professor Lecter nodded in agreement, she looked delighted, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Well, could you please listen to my performance and see if there is anything I can improve? It's Grandpa's birthday tonight, and I have to play a violin congratulatory song at the birthday dinner. I'm a little nervous..."

"Of course," Professor Lecter obviously had no intention of refusing, and was in a very good mood, "I am often particularly tolerant of diligent and studious students."

At this moment, Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was far away in the laboratory of the University of Tokyo, sneezed and touched his head in confusion.

......

When Maori and others were led by the butler Tsukuro to the annex building and invited to the room where Shitara Renki practiced the piano, they saw two people, one standing and playing the piano, stopping from time to time to ask questions, while the other sat quietly by the side and listened, and when she stopped, he would speak out a few words of advice.

After doing this, Renxi Shitara picked up the zither again, and her hand movements became more natural.

The music produced by the violin also had a certain liveliness that it didn't originally have.

Seeing her own obvious progress, Shitara Renxi couldn't help but feel happy, and then she noticed several people who were stunned at the door.

Seeing her stop, Butler Jinqu, who was waiting at the door, first glanced at Professor Lecter calmly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, as if he was surprised that the invited guest would appear here.

"Ms. Lianxi, a Mr. Maori came to visit, saying that he was invited by you."

"Oh, you're really here!" Shitara Renxi put down her piano, ran to the door quickly, looking very happy.

Professor Lecter glanced at the violin that was casually placed on the table and shook his head slightly. Although the child tried hard, he was a little jumpy and impatient.

It’s not a bad thing. If it weren’t for this kind of personality, I wouldn’t be able to arbitrarily adapt the music and bring in my own understanding.

But the price is also relatively high, which makes it difficult for her to understand the essence of performance, and the music she plays always lacks some spirit.

If there is no great opportunity, it is no problem to master the skill to perfection, but it will be difficult to reach the top.

"Of course, for a gentle and beautiful lady like you...Mr. Lecter?!" Kogoro Mouri smiled happily at first, but then he noticed the figure of Professor Lecter and was startled.

Conan had already seen Professor Lecter, and his little eyes behind his eyes were darting around suspiciously, trying to figure out why he appeared in this musical family.