klisemfg Chapter 1303 Noise
Chapter 1303 Noise
Chapter 1303 Noise
As everyone remained silent, the door to the department was pushed open, and Ran Mouri, who had brought Genta Kojima in, led him out again.
Genta Kojima looked dejected and remained silent with his head down.
"Genta! How is it?!"
"How are you?"
Ayumi Yoshida and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya rushed over immediately, while Genta Kojima just kept his head down and answered in a soft voice.
"It's not good at all."
"What did the doctor say?" Sonoko Suzuki asked Ran Mouri as she walked over.
"Mr. Asai up ahead—" Ran Mouri glanced quickly in the direction of Kyosuke Haga, her uncertain tone quickly becoming more certain, "Mr. Asai's assessment was quite accurate. The throat inflammation is very severe, a minor burn caused by chemicals. However, it won't affect his health much, and he should recover in no more than a week."
She said this to everyone else, but especially to Akiba Reiko.
After all, this was a scheme orchestrated against her by someone else. Kojima Genta was merely shielding her from the disaster, and it was still necessary to inform her of the specifics.
"You'll recover? That's great." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Ayumi Yoshida both breathed a sigh of relief, while Genta Kojima remained sullen.
Tang Ze glanced at the brat for a moment, then secretly shook his head.
In fact, given Tang Ze's understanding of the specifics of the case, he could have easily stopped Kojima Genta from drinking it.
All that was needed was to find a way to stop Kojima Genta from making a suggestive gesture when Akiba Reiko was leaving the classroom, or to stop him before he was about to leave. However, considering that the person who administered the drug did not have any real malicious intent towards Akiba Reiko and that their main purpose was to prevent Akiba Reiko from participating in the Domoto concert, the drug was probably carefully considered and selected, and there should be no side effects. Therefore, Karasawa simply did not interfere at all.
Food that goes into the mouth is something we should be very careful about. Not eating things given by strangers is one of the most important things to emphasize in the education of young children.
These kids are something else; they refuse to eat from strangers, but they're completely captivated by anyone who's eating. That's when their dynamic vision suddenly improves.
Not to mention that when Kojima Genta first asked for it and was refused, he simply grabbed it and ate it when no one was looking the second time. He absolutely deserves a good beating for that.
So let's just let him succeed, let them know why adults educate people this way. You can't learn by being taught, but you can learn by doing. If you like to eat, then eat.
Anyway, I didn't lose my voice, but my throat is completely hoarse and painful. It's good to learn a lesson.
"In other words, he hasn't been able to speak normally for the past week." Ai Haibara's gaze drifted to Reiko Akiba, who was staring at her thermos again.
Considering that this was her personal item and no one else besides herself and Genta Kojima had contact with it, calling the police and sending her thermos to the forensic department might be a good idea. They might be able to find her fingerprints and identify the culprit.
However, judging from her current state, it's unlikely she'll do that.
"Considering that it was ingested by a child, the effects might be greater than if an adult drank it. If Ms. Akiba drinks it, it's inevitable that she'll have a sore throat for three or four days," Shinichi Kudo added, looking directly at Reiko Akiba's expression. "There are still three days until the Domoto concert."
Such a precise dosage suggests that the person who administered the drug had carefully considered the situation and intended to make the person miss the concert.
Considering that it is food that needs to be ingested, the prisoner could cause even greater harm if they wanted to, making it hard not to have suspicions about such a carefully designed situation.
The perpetrator's malice towards her was more likely that he was hostile towards her participation in the concert than towards her. However, if the perpetrator were to say that the perpetrator was a rival like Chigusa Lala, then such a minor injury would seem a bit too kind.
They've chosen such an extreme route as drugging someone, and now they're pretending they didn't really intend to hurt anyone—isn't that just too dramatic?
Akiba Reiko heard his words clearly, and her expression darkened considerably, but she continued to rub the thermos cup back and forth in her hand without saying a word.
This means they don't want to call the police.
Shinichi Kudo sighed inwardly, then changed the subject, speaking in a gentler tone, "I understand how you feel. Ms. Akiba, could you give me this cup? You probably know I'm a detective, and I have connections with some police officers. We won't report it, but we can send it over for analysis to see if we can find the culprit. Is that alright?"
This is considered a compromise solution.
Without a police report being filed, the police cannot forcibly intervene in Akiba Reiko's actions, and there is still time to secure the evidence before it is completely destroyed, preserving the possibility of pursuing the matter later.
Akiba Reiko's brows immediately relaxed.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you, Kudo-kun." Akiba Reiko immediately stopped fiddling with the thermos and handed it over. "Speaking of which, I'm only just realizing that you seem to be a very famous detective—"
Compared to Kyosuke Haga, who is well-known in the industry, she was a bit slow to react to Shinichi Kudo, who is a household name in the secular sense, especially considering that these kids were all high school students.
Now, listening to Shinichi Kudo speak so logically and clearly, she vaguely recalled the meaning behind his name.
"A detective is indeed a detective." Shinichi Kudo answered with ease, taking the thermos cup with a handkerchief and wrapping it up tightly. "However, please, Ms. Akiba, do not disclose any information related to me to the media."
There are some cases that require covert investigation recently, and it is inappropriate for me to be in Tokyo right now.
This is an issue he inevitably has to emphasize every time he transforms back. Until he completely dispels the organization's suspicions or eliminates all those within the organization who know about Shinichi Kudo, he can only avoid the cameras.
"The world of detectives isn't easy either—" Hearing his smooth monologue, Akiba Reiko was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
Judging from his fluent manner, this wasn't the first time he'd said this. Looking at the poisoned tea I'd given him, it's clear that every profession has its own hardships.
"Shall we take Genta home now?" Ayumi Yoshida asked quietly, seeing that Reiko Akiba seemed to have let Genta's problem go.
Akiba Reiko, whose expression had just been gentle, turned to look at them, her eyebrows furrowing again. "Go ahead and see him off. I'll go too. I want to meet this child's parents and ask them how they raised him. How could he just drink someone else's food? This time, the criminal only didn't want me to perform. If something more serious had happened, I'd have to pay for his mistake. That's unacceptable!"
The three children shrugged their shoulders after being scolded, but could only listen dejectedly to her accusations.
Admittedly, Kojima Genta's careless actions saved her from a disaster, but she was right. If the criminal had intended to harm her and had put more serious toxic substances inside, Kojima Genta might have been in mortal danger.
Genta Kojima wasn't very happy about it, but things had come to this point, and it wasn't enough for him to just be unhappy.
The group led him away from the hospital and into the streets of the residential area, heading towards Genta Kojima's house.
It was sunset, and the fiery red sun pierced through the clouds, painting the entire road orange-red and stretching their shadows long, making the already large and imposing group even more impressive.
Sonoko Suzuki hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist. She leaned closer to Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo and whispered, "Was Mr. Haga really sent by Conan? Why did he come along? Isn't that a bit too enthusiastic?" Reiko Akiba's choice to come along to see someone off is understandable. Whether her reason was that she really wanted to complain to Genta's parents, or that she felt it was caused by drinking her tea and needed to explain to the parents, she was still the cause of the incident, so her reason for coming along was sufficient.
It's a bit strange that Haga Kyosuke and Asai Masashi have enabled one-click follow —
She remembered that Kyosuke Haga wasn't a musician of this style before.
"Perhaps this is Ms. Akiba's idea." Ran Mouri shook her head, denying her best friend's speculation. "I think she's been trying to talk to Mr. Haga all day, maybe she wants to facilitate a collaboration."
Besides his excellent performance, Kyosuke Haga's greatest achievement is his songwriting ability. A singer may not necessarily need to know an excellent musician, but no one can resist an excellent composer.
"That's true. Speaking of which, their perfect pitch and all that is quite mysterious."
"Right, being able to hear the pitch of every sound, just thinking about it feels amazing—"
"—It's all so noisy." Reiko Akiba, who was talking to Kyosuke Haga in the back, described it this way. "Do you also experience this kind of annoyance?"
Perfect pitch can be innate or acquired. Of course, most people's ears, which can maintain pitch accuracy, are already sufficient for music learning. This is only one component of musical talent; at most, it means that one can learn faster and correct mistakes more easily than others. It does not mean that someone who has this ability is necessarily a musical genius.
However, once a person with perfect pitch starts learning music, their world suddenly becomes very noisy.
Knowledge is cursed; unless one loses their memory, they cannot return to a time when they did not understand a concept at all.
Once you have a concept of acoustics and music theory, the world of perfect pitch will turn into all sorts of musical scores, and it's difficult to get rid of this kind of confusion until you reach a high level of proficiency.
Others can't understand this feeling; they'll just think you're Versailles. But she's met another outstanding musician with perfect pitch, so she can't help but want to share her thoughts.
"Of course. To be honest, I used to need to wear earplugs when I wanted to concentrate," Kyosuke Haga agreed. "It was too noisy and chaotic, like being tangled up in sheet music, a complete mess. Sometimes I could even hear my own and other people's heartbeats. It was really annoying noise, wasn't it?"
Hearing this, Asai Shigemi, who was two steps behind him, quietly observed Haga Kyosuke's expression for a while.
They actually discussed why Kyosuke Haga's mask ability tended to be in the style of Truth Serum.
Aside from his urgent desire for the truth to save him from that nightmarish night, Asai Narumi's view is that this is inextricably linked to perfect pitch itself.
For someone with perfect pitch, if their hearing were even more sensitive, their world would be extremely noisy. So, by the time Kyosuke Haga reached that age, he must have already learned how to distinguish different sounds and filter out or ignore certain noises according to his own needs.
Correspondingly, he should know very well how to listen to certain sounds.
Once his abilities awaken and his five senses are further amplified, he will be able to discern whether the person in front of him is lying through sound.
His ability to hear the truth and accurately distinguish lies is what gives rise to such a peculiar tendency.
Thinking of this, Asai Narumi's gaze involuntarily drifted towards Akiba Reiko.
It's not that he has any particular liking for her or a strong desire to recruit her; he just can't help being curious.
What would happen if this lady with perfect pitch also awakened some kind of ability?
"It's definitely more pleasant to talk about things with someone you can understand." Akiba Reiko smiled and finally asked the question she had been wanting to ask for a long time, "Mr. Haga, you also received an invitation to the concert, right? Would you like to come and watch the rehearsals and previews?"
"A concert by Domoto?" Kyosuke Haga feigned surprise. "Of course, I'd be happy to. But wouldn't that be too much trouble for you?"
Domoto Concert does indeed offer some of these seats, which are very special VIP seats. Not only can you listen to rehearsals, but you can also enter the auditorium in advance on the day of the performance to watch the preview and choose your own seat.
It's not that only Sonoko Suzuki, the developer's representative, received this privilege; the main issue was that, apart from Kazuki Domoto, no one else dared to invite anyone else to the performance.
Most of the two thousand people who came were industry insiders and media professionals. Domoto Kazuki is a master, but the other performers are all young people with little experience. It's impossible to invite any heavyweight figures, and it's easy for those who weren't invited to have doubts.
Sonoko Suzuki is an outsider, and the people she invited were also outsiders, so it doesn't matter; they can just be ranked according to their social status. But if you invite people from the industry, there are bound to be rules to follow, and it's a very troublesome thing.
"It's alright. I think everyone understands if it's you." Akiba Reiko smiled, trying her best to use her limited emotional intelligence to make her words sound nice.
Reiko Akiba is somewhat like Kyosuke Haga from the past; she is very thoughtful and doesn't seem to be very good at socializing.
If she were a person with high emotional intelligence, she wouldn't need to rely so much on her personal abilities.
"Alright, since it's Miss Akiba's invitation—"
As Haga Kyosuke was inwardly marveling at how participating in a primary school student's practice had actually led him to his target, he had only nodded halfway when Asai Narumi suddenly accelerated, grabbed his sleeve, and started running forward.
"That truck behind us is suspicious, quick, run!"
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