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Chapter 1090: The Real Motive
Setara Renxi looked at Haga Kyosuke with a helpless and complex gaze. "Uncle, what are you saying? You even risked danger to rescue Grandmother from the fire, isn't it? Are you too tired? If you're tired..."
"Originally, I didn't want to be so frank, but there's nothing I can do," Haga Kyosuke turned his back to the window and looked at Chi Feichei. "If I haven't guessed wrong, Mr. Chi must have heard it."
Inspector Megure looked back at Chi Feichei. "Heard, heard it?"
"I said before, in the morning, I wanted to tune the Stradivarius while no one was around, and swap it while I was at it," Haga Kyosuke said. "But not long after Butler Tsukuba left, Mr. Chi arrived at the Annex Building. He heard the sound of the Stradivarius at this time. Afterwards, while I was going to eat breakfast with everyone, I swapped the violin. In the afternoon, what Renxi used to practice the melody was just an imitation. And in the evening, I said I was going to get my own violin from the car to play the Requiem. When I started playing the violin, Mr. Chi suddenly looked at me, and I guessed he heard it... Heard that what I used to play the Requiem at that time was the Stradivarius!"
Haibara Ai suddenly understood, thinking of Chi Feichei who had been staring at Haga Kyosuke playing the violin earlier.
At that time, Brother Feichi started suspecting Mr. Haga Kyosuke, right? No, maybe even earlier. Perhaps Brother Feichi was especially silent tonight because he vaguely guessed or felt something.
Conan looked back at Chi Feichei.
He could see that his little partner and Haga Kyosuke shared similar interests and got along well. As a result, finding out that Haga Kyosuke was likely the murderer, his little partner must be feeling very uncomfortable.
No wonder his little partner had been unwilling to go to the crime scene, looking uninterested.
If it were him, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.
"Is that so? Brother Chi?" Inspector Megure asked, turning his head.
Chi Feichei nodded and walked inside. "I can't hear the exact pitch of the violin, but I can tell the quality of the timbre."
Haga Kyosuke looked at Chi Feichei stepping forward and smiled. "You must have suspected me even earlier, right? When you came back from the Annex Building, you even chatted with me about the melody, but after the fire broke out in the Annex Building, you suddenly became silent. It's no wonder... Before I left the Annex Building, I used the excuse of putting away the draft to act alone for more than ten minutes, and afterwards, about twenty minutes later, the Annex Building caught fire. It's not strange that you suspected me."
"Lying!" Setara Renxi cried out. "Uncle, you're lying!"
Inspector Megure confirmed again. "Mr. Haga, you're not joking, are you?"
"I'm not joking," Haga Kyosuke spread his hands, a helpless smile on his face. "I didn't expect Renxi to invite Mr. Chi and Miss Haibara to come over, so I couldn't adjust the plan. Of course, I also didn't expect myself to be so unable to resist the temptation of the new melody, and even less able to resist the attraction of being able to talk about sheet music with someone. Plus, Mr. Chi happened to go over in the morning, and he's still a person with near-absolute pitch. There's nothing I could do, I left too many openings with him, so I might as well just say it myself. This is our family's affair, no matter what, I can't let him feel down because of it."
Setara Renxi was crying, still unable to believe it. "But, but why? If you wanted to murder Grandmother, why did you still rescue her? At that time, couldn't you have just left her?"
"That's right," Mori Kogoro asked doubtfully. "Mr. Kyosuke, although the process of the crime you described is very detailed, regarding this point..."
"Because of dissonant sound," a trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Haga Kyosuke's mouth, his tone still gentle and calm. "When two adjacent musical notes appear simultaneously, they will be particularly harsh, producing an unpleasant sound."
Mouri Ran's face changed slightly, and she questioned, "Did you rescue Grandmother just because you didn't want her, representing A, and Mr. Genichiro, representing G, to die at the same time?"
Haga Kyosuke smiled. "That's right."
Inspector Megure saw Haga Kyosuke speak so lightly and angrily shouted, "You! What do you take human life for?!"
"Please say the same thing to Uncle Choichiro," Haga Kyosuke turned to look at Setara Choichiro, who had been coughing. "Thirty years ago, he seriously injured my father and caused his death, and he didn't even spare my mother, who was caring for my father!"
"30 years ago?" Tsumagari Kurenai was stunned. "Was that the robbery incident?"
"Yes, originally I had forgotten, until two years ago, for uncle's birthday banquet, I came here to tune the Stradivarius," Haga Kyosuke said. "As soon as I touched the Stradivarius, that tactile sensation, that timbre, let me know that it was the violin my father gave me, not the one he gave to Uncle Choichiro at all. I went to ask Aunt Nagami, and she told me with a pale face..."
"Thirty years ago, that old man, in order to let his son Jinto play the Stradivarius at his birthday banquet, specially requested my father to lend him the violin. As a result, he fell in love with this timbre as soon as he heard it and was unwilling to return the Stradivarius, swapping it with an imitation. As a result, my father discovered it immediately. When my father went to question him, he missed a step on the staircase and fell down. This old man didn't call an ambulance at all. Instead, he had the other people attending the banquet pretend to be robbers and injure people. At that time, Uncle Genichiro and his wife were also there. He actually used the condition of being able to play the Stradivarius at any time to make Uncle Genichiro and his wife provide false testimony for him."
"Halfway through speaking, Aunt Nagami, just like my father, accidentally missed a step on the staircase and fell down. Looking at her corpse, I felt this was a revelation from God. Starting from my mother Chinami, the order of the dead is CDE. However, a year ago, Jinto fell from upstairs and died, and this old man, who ends with C, also got a serious illness," Haga Kyosuke looked at the silent Setara Choichiro. "I was a bit anxious. This year is my last opportunity."
"CDEFGA... Next is B," Tsumagari Kurenai looked at Haga Kyosuke, his expression calm. "Which is the starting letter B of my name Kurenai. Your next plan should include me, right? Because I didn't see through this conspiracy 30 years ago and still came here to work. Or rather, is it Renxi..."
Conan frowned, pondering, his face changing slightly, and he ran forward.
"No, in German, after CDEFGA is indeed H," Haga Kyosuke stepped onto the open window, smiling softly said to a group of people. "It's the H of Haga!"
"Ah..."
Inspector Megure just let out a light exclamation, then stopped.
Conan stopped halfway through running, looking at Chi Feichei, who had already walked in front of them and reached out his hand before him.
Chi Feichei leaned out of the window, reached out his hand and grabbed Haga Kyosuke's wrist, and said in a low, calm voice, "Don't be anxious. I have a question. Does the Haga family also not acknowledge you?"
He wanted to confirm his speculation.
When Setara Genjiro mentioned 'that violin', there was no trace of resentment in Haga Kyosuke's eyes, only indifference.
When the Annex Building caught fire, Setara Renxi cried and ran towards Haga Kyosuke, and Haga Kyosuke's eyes were equally calm.
Furthermore, when Haga Kyosuke's parents passed away, he was only two or three years old. If someone had cared for Haga Kyosuke afterwards, Haga Kyosuke would never have killed two people and committed suicide for the enmity for his parents.
So, he thought Haga Kyosuke's murder was not purely for avenging his parents, just because he had never been cared for.
Setara Choichiro was very polite to Haga Kyosuke. Setara Genjiro greeted and joked with Setara Renxi earlier, but completely ignored Haga Kyosuke, the son of his second brother. The Setara family, except for Setara Renxi, simply didn't regard Haga Kyosuke as family.
And the Haga family was probably the same.
Haga Kyosuke was stunned, his expression surprised and complex as he looked up, and soon he smiled again. "My grandfather brought me back, but he passed away in less than a year. Afterwards, I indeed wasn't close to the people of the Haga family, but... how did you know?"
"Just got curious." Chi Feichei had no intention of explaining.
This way, from the time his parents passed away at the age of two or three, Haga Kyosuke's predicament changed. He was no longer regarded as part of the Setara family, nor was he regarded as part of the Haga family.
Growing up in this environment, children will become sensitive. So, after Haga Kyosuke learned that his parents were killed by Setara Choichiro, he would develop resentment and think - if his parents hadn't been killed, then he would have a sense of belonging, and even his thirty years of timidity, inferiority, loss, depression, and pain might not have appeared.
This hatred, sometimes deeper than the enmity of killing one's own relatives, especially in a situation like Haga Kyosuke's where his parents passed away too early, this hatred is the main source of killing intent.
At the same time, growing up in an environment where he was not accepted by any group, Haga Kyosuke didn't quite understand what 'love' is.
Setara Renxi indeed regarded Haga Kyosuke as family, but Setara Renxi is more than ten years younger than Haga Kyosuke. By the time Setara Renxi became sensible, Haga Kyosuke was already almost twenty years old. At this time, Haga Kyosuke's ability to perceive the 'love' expressed by family was already very weak. So, when Setara Renxi cried and ran towards him, there was no trace of guilt, panic, or heartache in Haga Kyosuke's eyes, only calm.
Haga Kyosuke regarded Setara Renxi as family, but that was because Setara Renxi regarded him as family, so he would also similarly use the concern and consideration that family members should have to consider for Setara Renxi. Haga Kyosuke's appeasing behavior was not because of heartache, and he didn't even feel heartache at all. He just felt that he should feel heartache.
Subconscious appeasement and appeasement out of 'should appease' are different in essence. The latter lacks affection, and that gentleness is easily destroyed by other things.
He could understand because, no matter whether he wore a gentle or cold mask externally, Haga Kyosuke's inner self was essentially the same as his. They more or less lacked a portion of the emotional resonance shared by humanity.
It's just that from Haga Kyosuke's appearance, he obviously hasn't realized the idea deep in his inner self, and the real reason for the murder.
But it might as well not know. 'Avenging his parents' is at least understandable. Plus, Setara Renxi, the victim's family, should choose to forgive. Also, factors such as the minor social impact and Haga Kyosuke counting as surrender can benefit Haga Kyosuke in sentencing.
"Curiosity?" Haga Kyosuke saw Inspector Megure and the others had already caught up behind Chi Feichei before the window above and didn't ask further. He smiled helplessly. "Only H is missing. Couldn't you just pretend you didn't make it..."
Chi Feichei stepped back, used force with his arm, and pulled Haga Kyosuke up. He said in a light and calm voice, teasing, "The staircase and handrail of the Setara family should be repaired, or the people in your family should go check their legs or eyes."
Counting carefully, Setara Danjiro missed a step on the staircase and fell to his death, Setara Nagami missed a step on the staircase and fell to her death, Setara Kōjin fell to his death due to the guardrail upstairs being in disrepair. These are already three deaths due to accident. The staircase and handrail of the Setara family should have been repaired long ago.
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End of Chapter
Setara Renxi looked at Haga Kyosuke with a helpless and complex gaze. "Uncle, what are you saying? You even risked danger to rescue Grandmother from the fire, isn't it? Are you too tired? If you're tired..."
"Originally, I didn't want to be so frank, but there's nothing I can do," Haga Kyosuke turned his back to the window and looked at Chi Feichei. "If I haven't guessed wrong, Mr. Chi must have heard it."
Inspector Megure looked back at Chi Feichei. "Heard, heard it?"
"I said before, in the morning, I wanted to tune the Stradivarius while no one was around, and swap it while I was at it," Haga Kyosuke said. "But not long after Butler Tsukuba left, Mr. Chi arrived at the Annex Building. He heard the sound of the Stradivarius at this time. Afterwards, while I was going to eat breakfast with everyone, I swapped the violin. In the afternoon, what Renxi used to practice the melody was just an imitation. And in the evening, I said I was going to get my own violin from the car to play the Requiem. When I started playing the violin, Mr. Chi suddenly looked at me, and I guessed he heard it... Heard that what I used to play the Requiem at that time was the Stradivarius!"
Haibara Ai suddenly understood, thinking of Chi Feichei who had been staring at Haga Kyosuke playing the violin earlier.
At that time, Brother Feichi started suspecting Mr. Haga Kyosuke, right? No, maybe even earlier. Perhaps Brother Feichi was especially silent tonight because he vaguely guessed or felt something.
Conan looked back at Chi Feichei.
He could see that his little partner and Haga Kyosuke shared similar interests and got along well. As a result, finding out that Haga Kyosuke was likely the murderer, his little partner must be feeling very uncomfortable.
No wonder his little partner had been unwilling to go to the crime scene, looking uninterested.
If it were him, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.
"Is that so? Brother Chi?" Inspector Megure asked, turning his head.
Chi Feichei nodded and walked inside. "I can't hear the exact pitch of the violin, but I can tell the quality of the timbre."
Haga Kyosuke looked at Chi Feichei stepping forward and smiled. "You must have suspected me even earlier, right? When you came back from the Annex Building, you even chatted with me about the melody, but after the fire broke out in the Annex Building, you suddenly became silent. It's no wonder... Before I left the Annex Building, I used the excuse of putting away the draft to act alone for more than ten minutes, and afterwards, about twenty minutes later, the Annex Building caught fire. It's not strange that you suspected me."
"Lying!" Setara Renxi cried out. "Uncle, you're lying!"
Inspector Megure confirmed again. "Mr. Haga, you're not joking, are you?"
"I'm not joking," Haga Kyosuke spread his hands, a helpless smile on his face. "I didn't expect Renxi to invite Mr. Chi and Miss Haibara to come over, so I couldn't adjust the plan. Of course, I also didn't expect myself to be so unable to resist the temptation of the new melody, and even less able to resist the attraction of being able to talk about sheet music with someone. Plus, Mr. Chi happened to go over in the morning, and he's still a person with near-absolute pitch. There's nothing I could do, I left too many openings with him, so I might as well just say it myself. This is our family's affair, no matter what, I can't let him feel down because of it."
Setara Renxi was crying, still unable to believe it. "But, but why? If you wanted to murder Grandmother, why did you still rescue her? At that time, couldn't you have just left her?"
"That's right," Mori Kogoro asked doubtfully. "Mr. Kyosuke, although the process of the crime you described is very detailed, regarding this point..."
"Because of dissonant sound," a trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Haga Kyosuke's mouth, his tone still gentle and calm. "When two adjacent musical notes appear simultaneously, they will be particularly harsh, producing an unpleasant sound."
Mouri Ran's face changed slightly, and she questioned, "Did you rescue Grandmother just because you didn't want her, representing A, and Mr. Genichiro, representing G, to die at the same time?"
Haga Kyosuke smiled. "That's right."
Inspector Megure saw Haga Kyosuke speak so lightly and angrily shouted, "You! What do you take human life for?!"
"Please say the same thing to Uncle Choichiro," Haga Kyosuke turned to look at Setara Choichiro, who had been coughing. "Thirty years ago, he seriously injured my father and caused his death, and he didn't even spare my mother, who was caring for my father!"
"30 years ago?" Tsumagari Kurenai was stunned. "Was that the robbery incident?"
"Yes, originally I had forgotten, until two years ago, for uncle's birthday banquet, I came here to tune the Stradivarius," Haga Kyosuke said. "As soon as I touched the Stradivarius, that tactile sensation, that timbre, let me know that it was the violin my father gave me, not the one he gave to Uncle Choichiro at all. I went to ask Aunt Nagami, and she told me with a pale face..."
"Thirty years ago, that old man, in order to let his son Jinto play the Stradivarius at his birthday banquet, specially requested my father to lend him the violin. As a result, he fell in love with this timbre as soon as he heard it and was unwilling to return the Stradivarius, swapping it with an imitation. As a result, my father discovered it immediately. When my father went to question him, he missed a step on the staircase and fell down. This old man didn't call an ambulance at all. Instead, he had the other people attending the banquet pretend to be robbers and injure people. At that time, Uncle Genichiro and his wife were also there. He actually used the condition of being able to play the Stradivarius at any time to make Uncle Genichiro and his wife provide false testimony for him."
"Halfway through speaking, Aunt Nagami, just like my father, accidentally missed a step on the staircase and fell down. Looking at her corpse, I felt this was a revelation from God. Starting from my mother Chinami, the order of the dead is CDE. However, a year ago, Jinto fell from upstairs and died, and this old man, who ends with C, also got a serious illness," Haga Kyosuke looked at the silent Setara Choichiro. "I was a bit anxious. This year is my last opportunity."
"CDEFGA... Next is B," Tsumagari Kurenai looked at Haga Kyosuke, his expression calm. "Which is the starting letter B of my name Kurenai. Your next plan should include me, right? Because I didn't see through this conspiracy 30 years ago and still came here to work. Or rather, is it Renxi..."
Conan frowned, pondering, his face changing slightly, and he ran forward.
"No, in German, after CDEFGA is indeed H," Haga Kyosuke stepped onto the open window, smiling softly said to a group of people. "It's the H of Haga!"
"Ah..."
Inspector Megure just let out a light exclamation, then stopped.
Conan stopped halfway through running, looking at Chi Feichei, who had already walked in front of them and reached out his hand before him.
Chi Feichei leaned out of the window, reached out his hand and grabbed Haga Kyosuke's wrist, and said in a low, calm voice, "Don't be anxious. I have a question. Does the Haga family also not acknowledge you?"
He wanted to confirm his speculation.
When Setara Genjiro mentioned 'that violin', there was no trace of resentment in Haga Kyosuke's eyes, only indifference.
When the Annex Building caught fire, Setara Renxi cried and ran towards Haga Kyosuke, and Haga Kyosuke's eyes were equally calm.
Furthermore, when Haga Kyosuke's parents passed away, he was only two or three years old. If someone had cared for Haga Kyosuke afterwards, Haga Kyosuke would never have killed two people and committed suicide for the enmity for his parents.
So, he thought Haga Kyosuke's murder was not purely for avenging his parents, just because he had never been cared for.
Setara Choichiro was very polite to Haga Kyosuke. Setara Genjiro greeted and joked with Setara Renxi earlier, but completely ignored Haga Kyosuke, the son of his second brother. The Setara family, except for Setara Renxi, simply didn't regard Haga Kyosuke as family.
And the Haga family was probably the same.
Haga Kyosuke was stunned, his expression surprised and complex as he looked up, and soon he smiled again. "My grandfather brought me back, but he passed away in less than a year. Afterwards, I indeed wasn't close to the people of the Haga family, but... how did you know?"
"Just got curious." Chi Feichei had no intention of explaining.
This way, from the time his parents passed away at the age of two or three, Haga Kyosuke's predicament changed. He was no longer regarded as part of the Setara family, nor was he regarded as part of the Haga family.
Growing up in this environment, children will become sensitive. So, after Haga Kyosuke learned that his parents were killed by Setara Choichiro, he would develop resentment and think - if his parents hadn't been killed, then he would have a sense of belonging, and even his thirty years of timidity, inferiority, loss, depression, and pain might not have appeared.
This hatred, sometimes deeper than the enmity of killing one's own relatives, especially in a situation like Haga Kyosuke's where his parents passed away too early, this hatred is the main source of killing intent.
At the same time, growing up in an environment where he was not accepted by any group, Haga Kyosuke didn't quite understand what 'love' is.
Setara Renxi indeed regarded Haga Kyosuke as family, but Setara Renxi is more than ten years younger than Haga Kyosuke. By the time Setara Renxi became sensible, Haga Kyosuke was already almost twenty years old. At this time, Haga Kyosuke's ability to perceive the 'love' expressed by family was already very weak. So, when Setara Renxi cried and ran towards him, there was no trace of guilt, panic, or heartache in Haga Kyosuke's eyes, only calm.
Haga Kyosuke regarded Setara Renxi as family, but that was because Setara Renxi regarded him as family, so he would also similarly use the concern and consideration that family members should have to consider for Setara Renxi. Haga Kyosuke's appeasing behavior was not because of heartache, and he didn't even feel heartache at all. He just felt that he should feel heartache.
Subconscious appeasement and appeasement out of 'should appease' are different in essence. The latter lacks affection, and that gentleness is easily destroyed by other things.
He could understand because, no matter whether he wore a gentle or cold mask externally, Haga Kyosuke's inner self was essentially the same as his. They more or less lacked a portion of the emotional resonance shared by humanity.
It's just that from Haga Kyosuke's appearance, he obviously hasn't realized the idea deep in his inner self, and the real reason for the murder.
But it might as well not know. 'Avenging his parents' is at least understandable. Plus, Setara Renxi, the victim's family, should choose to forgive. Also, factors such as the minor social impact and Haga Kyosuke counting as surrender can benefit Haga Kyosuke in sentencing.
"Curiosity?" Haga Kyosuke saw Inspector Megure and the others had already caught up behind Chi Feichei before the window above and didn't ask further. He smiled helplessly. "Only H is missing. Couldn't you just pretend you didn't make it..."
Chi Feichei stepped back, used force with his arm, and pulled Haga Kyosuke up. He said in a light and calm voice, teasing, "The staircase and handrail of the Setara family should be repaired, or the people in your family should go check their legs or eyes."
Counting carefully, Setara Danjiro missed a step on the staircase and fell to his death, Setara Nagami missed a step on the staircase and fell to her death, Setara Kōjin fell to his death due to the guardrail upstairs being in disrepair. These are already three deaths due to accident. The staircase and handrail of the Setara family should have been repaired long ago.
...
End of Chapter
