"No, that sound ......," Fujiwara narrowed his eyes, recalling carefully. Although the test after the end of the symphony was not particularly simple, the first note played was a violin tone, a very standard 440Hz standard note

"Are we hearing the same output pitch?" Conan also had an incredulous expression. "Don't say anything else, the first note of the last round of testing must be La, why did you write Si, Sister Reticle? It's a whole tone off! ”

"You ...... Forget it, I can't be too harsh on you," the corners of Reiko Akite's mouth twitched. "That...... Why don't you explain? ”

With that, she looked at Gregory.

"I'm really not ready to say anything because ...... Seriously, I've tested about 15 people before, and you're the first in Japan to realize what the problem is on your own. Grigory motioned for the Autumn Court to come by herself. Really, your hearing is so exaggerated that when we designed this experiment, we thought it was far beyond the limits of what humans could tell. ”

"It's so abrupt that I wouldn't be able to tell if you were a little more calm." A hint of smugness flashed on Reiko Akiwa's face, but then she retracted.

"Boss, what do you mean by that?" The dumb riddle between the two of them completely confused Fujiwara and Conan, and Fujiwara simply asked directly.

"Those 45 minutes weren't for nothing," Reiko Akiwa sighed, and after glancing at Conan, she looked at Fujiwara with a rather pitiful look. "Every thirty seconds, the timbre suddenly rises by a little more than a penny, and a whole forty-five-minute piece is exactly one tone upwards, and your hearing is distorted by this way of boiling frogs in warm water."

"Yes, the reason why we chose 30 seconds for this test is because at least when we designed the experiment, we thought that 1 cent was not so obvious that no one should notice it." Grigory pouted. "I didn't expect that...... Is this what a professional singer with an absolute sense of tone can do? ”

"yes, but to be honest, it's a bit reluctant, and I didn't realize there was a problem at the first two times...... It was only about a minute and a half before I felt as if something was wrong, and I began to listen carefully. Qiu Ting Reiko said this, showing a palpitating expression. Really, I didn't feel anything before that, and even if I could recognize that the pitch was shifting, I could barely notice the change without careful recognition. ”

"It's normal to not realise the problem for the first two clicks, because in the first minute we didn't make any changes at all." Grigory shook his head. "And the first time we corrected the pitch upwards, you captured it accurately. In contrast, those two are ...... It's very much in line with normal performance. ”

"Seriously, it's still a little desperate," Fujiwara's expression was a little helpless. "That kind of ...... Really, I feel like I've done my best, but I still can't talk to these guys, especially this kid (who glanced at Conan with an unpleasant look), and that's a tyrannical thing. ”

"I've probably practiced ...... well," Conan muttered dissatisfied.

"Say no more," Fujiwara snorted. "It's really outrageous to have an absolute sense of sound and still be like this."

"Ordinary people are probably like that," Qiu Ting Reiko was very tolerant. "After all...... Not everyone chooses to go down the path of music. ”

"But you should at least thank me for not using more destructive means on you," Gregory suddenly smiled strangely. "You should have noticed that although the other instruments didn't seem to hear the same results as Miss Reiko Akiwa, you still had one note that was the same as theirs—the only piano note in the second set of listening questions. Do you know why? ”

"Because the symphony doesn't have a piano, right?" Conan reacted immediately. "The symphony is the music of the orchestra, so just now Brahms's symphony does not have any trace of the piano, so ...... You're saying that even though I'm off track on the violin, I have no problem listening to the piano? ”

"So it looks like it now," Grigory nodded. "According to the results of our current observations, the contamination of the tone of one timbre will not affect the hearing of other instruments with different timbres for the time being, but the specific reason is not yet clear."

"By the way, how long will this contamination last?" Reiko Akiwa suddenly realized the problem. "I mean...... Interference with absolute timbre. ”

"Don't worry, since you can hear the anomaly, your absolute pitch is not biased at all." Grigory glanced at Reiko Akiwa and signaled her to be reassured.

"What about us?" Fujiwara immediately understood what Grigory was saying. "We ...... How long does it take? ”

"I don't know, it could be a long time," said Gregory, shaking his hands. "But don't worry too much, I think if you listen to normal music for another hour or so, you should be able to regain the musicality that has been taken away - don't expect to recover slowly on your own, according to our previous attempt, at least two or three days is not enough, what you need is an immersive high-intensity recovery work."

"An hour?" Conan was dumbfounded.

"Then I'm going to deduct the outpatient time," Fujiwara said, slightly troubled. "You know, that's fair, right?"

"No problem." Gregory agreed rather simply. "But...... In that case, you'll have to use your new allowance to invite everyone to dinner. ”

"Huh?" Fujiwara was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Reiko Akiwa behind him. "Miss Qiu Ting, what are you going to eat?"

"I don't pick, the simplest ramen will do. Of course, the fruit is also completely OK. ”

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ps: The so-called [Fujiwara's new allowance] is not really a stipend, but this experiment was originally paid by Gregory to recruit experimenters (a destructive experiment on the sense of sound, and it is such a lengthy experiment, of course, it is paid), but he chose to take the opportunity to prostitute Conan and Reiko Akiwa two absolute sense of tone, saving a sum of money. Fujiwara's request was to ask for a payment for the matter, and Gregory eventually agreed to Fujiwara's request, but also offered to use part of the money to treat the three of them to a meal together.

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Of course, this experiment was not made up by me, but a destructive experiment on absolute pitch perception that was submitted to the Journal of the Psychological Science Association by researchers at Chiba University in 2012.

Of course, by the way, it is also to lay the foundation for changing the plot later.