The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Chaoju...!"

As soon as this name came out, the expressions of the few people who had been watching their exchanges changed.

Although I still don’t know how to write the Chinese characters of this name, but the pronunciation, isn’t that just...!

"What's wrong?" Kyousuke Haga saw the strange expressions on several of them, and his hand on Asai Narumi shrank nervously, "Have you ever heard of Chai? That's really rare. His reputation in the country has never been obvious. Woolen cloth."

"Maybe you've heard a little bit about it. You know, I'm a little different from most of my colleagues." Asai Naomi smoothed half of her hair that was sprayed with temporary hair dye to make it dazzling white. "This may be worse than my reputation itself. Be more famous."

After thinking about it, in order to increase his persuasion, he also deliberately imitated Karasawa's state in the thief form, and made a somewhat showy wink at the people who were staring at him endlessly.

Tangze, who knew exactly who was hiding under this leather jacket, felt a chill.

Well done, don't do it next time.

Asai Narumi didn't care whether Mouri Kogoro and the others could be fooled, he just turned around and raised his chin towards the butler in a reserved and arrogant manner: "I heard from Haga that your family will meet at tomorrow's banquet. I took out the Stradivarius, just to see the excitement and learn more. Why, are you not welcoming guests, or do you have some special threshold for the banquet where famous pianos are displayed?"

He glanced at Kyousuke Haga's expression from the corner of his eye, then looked at the somewhat stiff look on the housekeeper, Ms. Tsuko Hongsheng's face, and waved his hand: "I don't want to come so uninvited, but who asked your family to do so?" There are no famous performers, so there is no chance for it to come out? Oh, there is a pretty good talent in this generation, but when she has the opportunity to perform with the piano, I really don’t know what year she will have to wait... …”

As he spoke, he shook his head regretfully, his black and white hair making people dizzy.

What he said made Jinqu Hongsheng's face turn red and white, like a traffic light. Even Haga Kyosuke, who had clearly come home to look for trouble, was shocked.

Asai Narumi himself adapted well.

The last time this identity appeared, he cooperated with Karasawa to perform a double act to investigate and contact Moritani Teiji, and used it to give Kitagawa Yusuke a porcelain invitation. At that time, he regarded himself as a pianist and scolded Emperor Moritani. This basically established the tone of this identity.

Sharp and mean, harsh and egotistical, coupled with a bit of irritating energy in speaking, he is a yin and yang version of Kitagawa Yusuke, which can really make people angry to death.

This time he would choose this identity instead of letting Karasawa help him disguise himself. This was what Asai Narumi had in mind.

The family described by Haga Kyosuke sounds really unpleasant, and it makes Asai Shimizu feel more itchy than Moritani Teiji. Before Haga Kyosuke made the final decision to take revenge, in addition to coming to help, he also had to seize the time to taunt a few words, otherwise he would not know where to vent his sullenness.

If the meaning of the members of the group becoming the Phantom Thief of the Heart is to find shelter and a place to stay, then for Asai Narumi, the greatest significance of this nondescript Phantom Thief identity is that it allows him to completely break through the constraints and oppression. Found the true self and the opportunity to realize personal value.

What does it mean to face your true self? To put it bluntly, the mental state is especially beautiful.

Since disappearing into the sea of ​​fire, he has not found any discomfort for himself. How can he bear this kind of frustration?

The three people who were still confused because of this overly familiar name finally became less sure.

Although the Asai Narumi they first came into contact with was in women's clothing, and the gentleness and warmth he showed while in disguise may also be an illusion, but this sharp-tongued image is really far from him. Even Conan, who was already 30 to 40 percent sure after just one meeting, couldn't help but quietly take out his cell phone and start searching for the name "Chief Resident Affairs Secretary".

The world is so big and there are only so many Japanese names. Asai Narumi is not a rare name like Edogawa Conan. What if there is someone with the same name or surname, or similar pronunciation?

As soon as he typed in his kana and before he could choose the appropriate Chinese characters, many related news entries popped up in the search engine, which made Conan startled.

When I clicked on it, I saw several news reports in foreign languages, all related to music conservatories and music competitions. In the photo, the yin and yang head sitting in front of the piano is particularly conspicuous. Even if you don't carefully identify the facial features, you can still see it at a glance. Who is it?

"There is actually a person like the Chief Secretary..." Conan was greatly surprised.

"Secretary of State for Home Affairs, these are the words." Mao Lilan, who also searched for news, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt a little disappointed.

She was just thinking about the possibility that Joker saved Asai Narumi from the fire, sent him to Europe, changed his appearance, and used his new identity to fulfill his past dream of becoming a pianist.

But if you think about it carefully, if this were the case, you would not choose such an eye-catching appearance, and it is unlikely that you would return to Japan. It is still too naive to think so...

In addition to Conan who was still confused and still trying to find the traces of Asai Narumi on his face, Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran adjusted their mentality again, and Karasawa standing next to him was calm from beginning to end—— Theoretically, he didn't even go to Moon Shadow Island with him, so it's normal that he didn't know him. Okay? Several people's attention returned to the face of the housekeeper.

"... Stradivarius has now been handed over to Miss Renxi." Hongsheng Tsuqu took a deep breath and regained his serious posture, "Since I am your guest, Master Xiangsuke, you yourself Make arrangements."

After saying that, she turned her head and continued to lead Mouri Kogoro and the others towards the upstairs of the main building. She saw that he was ready to completely ignore the Chief of Residential Affairs.

A housekeeper from a big family with many rules should not behave in such a disrespectful manner. It can be seen that Jinqu Hongsheng was very angry.

Mouri Kogoro hurriedly followed her footsteps again.

When several people passed by Haga Kyosuke who was left on the spot, they all secretly looked at his expression, and they couldn't help but turn their attention to Masaki Asagi who was standing next to him.

Asai, who only slightly covered her eye features with makeup, accepted their gaze calmly.

Narumi Asai was very integrated into her class when she was dressing up as a woman. She kept all the daily full makeup that Japanese women should have. On Moon Shadow Island, except for Conan who broke into the fire scene at the last moment and tried to persuade him to leave, the other two people did not meet. He had seen his true appearance in men's clothing, so he was not afraid at all.

Only when the little boy in the blue suit turned around frequently and looked at him with suspicion and confusion, did he raise the corners of his mouth and reveal a meaningful, behind-the-scenes smile.

Of course, the identity of Asahi Masaji is fake. There is no such a maverick pianist in the world, but it is said as if Kitagawa Yusuke and Akechi Goro are real.

For things like fake identities, they already have a complete design process. Nothing else but familiarity.

Since this identity was only intended to be used to play an NPC role in this special case, Asai Narumi did not spend much energy in preparation. As for the decent news webpages found by search engines...

There are people who can fabricate all kinds of fake science and history that can fool hundreds of thousands of people and large companies by tampering with wikis, self-publishing civil science, etc. Let strong artificial intelligence help create a picture and improve search priorities. Just a small problem.

The moment he passed by Karasawa, Asai Narimi raised his hand, revealing the pocket USB flash drive hidden in his sleeve. Karasawa took it briskly as he passed by.

After completing the last task, Asai Narumi looked at Haga Kyosuke relaxedly and made a gesture asking him to lead the way.

"Okay, I think you don't have any other questions for the time being. Let's go in first, Yuga. Let me see what you said."

Withdrawing his gaze from the unfamiliar faces, Haga Kyosuke smiled: "Let's go then. Let's go to the annex building first. I no longer live here, and there is no room for me in the main building."

On the other side, Mouri Kogoro, who was arranged to wait in the reception room of the suite, waited until the housekeeper finally left before talking about what he had just seen and heard.

"Kyosuke Haga, is this guy a relative of the Shitara family? I can't believe it. I've even heard of his name." Mouri Kogoro touched his chin, thoughtfully.

"I didn't expect you to pay attention to musicians, dad." Mao Lilan was very surprised.

"He doesn't pay attention to musicians. Kyosuke Haga has written songs for many TV series, including some OPs and EDs sung by Ms. Yoko." Karasawa spread his hands and revealed ruthlessly, "He is indeed pretty good at writing songs. Well, they say he is a solid academic, but I didn’t expect him to be such an academic.”

"But when we were talking at the banquet yesterday, didn't we say that all generations of the Shitaku family, except for Miss Renki, only have sons?" Mouri Kogoro continued to ask, "Why are there direct relatives with foreign surnames entering the marriage?"

"Ah, that's not true. Uncle Xiangsuke is the son of the second grandfather Dan Erlang."

Renxi Shitara who walked in took the words, walked to the cabinet on the other side, and took out a dark wooden box with both hands.

Although the Shitara family has an air of decline and lost glory, the scale of this residence is still luxurious enough. Even though Renki Shitara is a grandchild, she also has a separate corridor in the main building. In addition to the more private bedroom and study room, there is also the reception room where they are located.

Shitara Renxi took the things off the cabinet and placed them on the tea table solemnly before continuing the topic.

"Grandpa Danjiro was killed as a bandit thirty years ago. Later, Uncle Kyosuke was taken away by his mother's family to be raised, so he changed his surname to Haga. Many people don't know his relationship with our family. , you are not the first to think so."

"Robber?" Mouri Kogoro frowned, intuitively thinking that the next content might have a lot to do with the commission, "Did you encounter a robber at home?"

"Yeah, let's talk about this thing." Shitara Renxi lowered his gaze, opened the lock of the box, and opened the long wooden box in front of him.

There was a faint smell of rosin, and there was a violin lying in the box.

The body of the piano is smooth and smooth, with a slight sheen passing through the strings, leaving a few spots on the surface. The shape is exquisite and slender. Even a layman who doesn't understand the piano can tell that it is well-made and valuable.

"The color is very quaint, so beautiful. Is this an antique piano?" Mao Lilan reached out and touched the surface of the piano, looking at Shitara Renxi curiously.

"Yes, it has a history of more than three hundred years." Shitara Renxi rolled his eyes, "Is our family a musical family? It's hard to say anything else. The pile of musical instruments with different origins is as high as a mountain. This one The maker of the piano was Italian Antoni Stradivari..."

Mouri Kogoro, who was about to reach out and grab the bow to feel it as if nothing had happened, trembled when he heard this and immediately pulled it back.

He looked back at the violin lying in the case and said in a respectful tone: "Is this the legendary violin that is said to be worth more than hundreds of millions of yen?"

"Yes. Even in our family's collection, this piano is well-deservedly valuable, the number one treasure." Renki Shitara reached out and touched the body of the piano, and said in an emotional tone, "This piano is It was originally played as a birthday gift from Grandpa Erlang to my grandfather, but when he brought the piano over, the family was attacked by robbers. "

Conan raised his gaze from the violin and couldn't help but raise his brows.

It feels quite fishy.

Even thirty years ago, if a robbery occurred in such a large villa with more than one building, what kind of force and number of people would the robbers have to have the confidence to occupy such a place? …

Shitara Renxi knew nothing about his inquiring gaze, and continued to narrate heavily: "That day was also Grandpa Tiaoichiro's birthday. At that time, there were only my grandparents, my father, and Grandpa Danjiro's family at home. My grandfather was afraid of The opponent's weapon did not dare to move and was tied up. However, because of his resistance and struggle, Grandpa Dan Erlang aroused the dissatisfaction of the robbers and was beaten to serious injuries by them. By the time rescue arrived, he was already unconscious and died of his injuries within a few days. , died unfortunately.”

"Their goal is this piano?"

"It should be, but in the end the piano was not stolen. I heard from my family that they seemed to have taken it by mistake." Renki Shitara shrugged, "Our family has a large collection. If you are not a very knowledgeable person, it is difficult to recognize it. Which one is more valuable? They probably came here to rob it after they heard that Grandpa Erlang bought a famous piano."

Conan pushed up his glasses and shook his head slowly in his mind.

Even though the vagueness of the details may be due to the thirty-year time difference and the lack of information caused by the layers of narration, just listening to the summary of this story is not very reliable.

"Your commission is not to ask me to catch the prisoner from 30 years ago, right?" Mouri Kogoro frowned in confusion, "That is not something that can be achieved with hard work."

Thirty years have passed, and the prosecution period has passed. Unless the right time, place and people are right, how can we restore the original truth?

This young and cute girl must have read too many detective novels and has some unrealistic fantasies about detectives...

"No, that kind of entrustment is too difficult. What I want you to help me solve are the strange things that happened in the past two years." Shitara Renxi shook his head, his expression became heavy, "One is the birthday party the year before last. Grandpa Gensaburo’s wife, grandma Yongmei, who was obviously very good at sports, accidentally fell to her death when she stepped on the stairs. Last year, my father, who was cautious and fearful of death, accidentally leaned on a rotten railing and died. Fatal accident."

"It sounds like an accident." Mouri Kogoro commented pertinently.

"Yes, but they all said..." Shitara Renxi pursed her lips and whispered in a tone of ghost story, "This is the curse of Mingqin."

It is indeed a bit bizarre that for two consecutive years, people from the same family all died unexpectedly on the same day, contrary to their own personalities and daily styles.

The rest of the people were either thinking, or were nervous and scared because of the start of such a strange talk. Only Tangze reached out and calmly touched the piano, which was more expensive than gold, and changed his words.

"'They all said', who are these 'them' you are talking about?"