Chapter 186
Mineo took out a coin and flipped it into the air, and a moment later, he caught the coin with the back of his hand.
"Numbers. It looks like Maki has to start the performance first!"
"In that case, I'll give this seat to you!"
Mineo stepped back a few paces, while Maki, after biting her thin lip firmly, sat in front of the piano somewhat stiffly.
Seeing Maki's body fully tensed up, Mineo smiled and said:
"If your body is that tense, you won't be able to play natural music."
"I know, I don't need to be reminded of that on purpose!"
After snapping back at Mineo with that one sentence, Maki closed her eyes and took several deep breaths.
The next second, after opening her eyes, Maki's slender fingers, as white as jade, were already placed upon the piano keys.
"Quick, look, there seems to be someone planning to play the piano over there!"
"Let's go over there and watch together!"
"Wow, such a beautiful girl. Is she a music student from a nearby school?"
"Mom, I also want to see the pretty big sister play the piano."
Seeing Maki sitting in front of the piano, many passing spectators walked closer, brought by a sense of curiosity.
Feeling the many spectators standing around her, the depths of Maki's heart began to feel a bit nervous again.
Maki clenched both her hands tightly, then closed both eyes.
At this moment, she tried hard to imagine that she was all alone. The next second, her fingertips moved.
Any master pianist does not need to look at a score while playing the piano.
With Maki's level of ability, she too could perform without a score with great ease.
She closed her eyes, her slender, jade-like fingertips dancing beautifully across the piano.
The sound of beautiful music slowly emerged from the soundboard.
At this moment, the beautiful and brilliant notes seemed to transform into an ocean that melted the human soul.
Inside the Piano Hall, a soft and sweet atmosphere was filled.
Mineo immediately recognized what song Maki was playing.
"A Comme Amour" (Autumn Whispers).
A classic piano masterpiece created by the international piano maestro, Richard Clayderman, to express emotion.
From this beautiful musical rhythm, Mineo could clearly feel that at this moment, Maki had completely immersed herself into the ocean of music.
Even though she was surrounded by a crowd of people, she no longer felt them at all.
Because in her surroundings, besides the beautiful notes, there was nothing else.
The person moved by the sound of Maki's piano was not just Mineo alone.
In addition to the people who were already lingering there before, even more pedestrians passing by were attracted by this beautiful piano sound.
"Is this A Comme Amour?"
"The piano sound is so pleasant to hear; this girl is very talented."
"Being able to feel and listen to such soulful music in the middle of a scorching summer, it feels like my whole body is starting to relax."
"It really feels like all the fatigue in my body is being swept away..."
There were spectators clicking their tongues in admiration with quiet voices, but even more spectators chose to close their eyes and listen intently.
As Maki pressed the final note!
The beautiful rendition of "A Comme Amour" ended there!
As they emerged from the sea of beautiful music, many listeners could no longer hold back and spontaneously burst into applause.
"One more song!"
"This piano sound is truly extraordinary!"
"Can it be played once more?"
"Such a great pianist..."
The applause of the people around her didn't make Maki feel startled.
One song finished, she immediately stood up from her seat.
"Your turn."
Seeing Maki give up her seat, Mineo didn't say much.
He walked to the long bench and sat down.
Then, he also closed both of his eyes, placing his fingertips on the piano keys.
"Is it a change of person?"
"This time it's this young man's turn to start the performance?"
"Earlier, it seemed I heard they were doing a Solo; it looks like this young man must be a great pianist as well."
The sound of discussion around them stopped instantly the moment Mineo officially began playing the piano.
Meanwhile, Maki also stared at Mineo seriously, as if wanting to see if this person really could play the piano.
The next second, a scene that Maki hadn't expected occurred.
According to a normal rhythm, she thought Mineo should start with a simple intro for the song.
However, Mineo's fingers instead moved as fast as lightning from the very beginning, dancing wildly over the piano keys.
At this moment, his fingertips seemed to leave afterimages.
"Feux Follets!"
"How can this person play this piece of music!"
Hearing the waves of music that sounded like the frantic dance of silver snakes beside her ears.
The depths of Maki's heart instantly stirred up a massive, powerful wave.
The melody that should have been beautiful, under the pull of an incredibly fast rhythm, surprisingly exploded with an unexpected charm!
Hearing the rough score that sounded like thunder in their ears, at this moment all the listeners present felt as if their blood was beginning to boil.
"Feux Follets" (Will-o'-the-Wisp) is crowned as one of the ten most difficult piano songs to play in the world.
Even in the era of the 1920s where piano maestros were numerous, rarely did anyone dare to attempt it.
The fast rhythm is only one point of difficulty in playing "Feux Follets." What truly makes many pianists feel helpless is that this song uses double-note techniques with an extremely high level of difficulty.
Low notes and high notes must switch several times every second.
And now, the frequency of Mineo's fingertip jumps truly could not be captured by Maki with the naked eye.
At this moment, Mineo sitting in front of the piano seemed to be the incarnation of a god.
Facing the piano, he displayed an unparalleled dominance!
It must be known that the song "Feux Follets" is crowned as the touchstone for the world's temple of music. Almost everyone who can play it is undoubtedly a world-class pianist.
Mineo, this man—had the level of ability he possessed already reached such a terrifying stage?
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