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The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels Author: William Bieke

Summary:

"Teacher Hachiman, you have published so many mystery novels before you are 20 years old, and each of them has sold more than one million copies. You are respected as a once-in-a-century mystery novel genius. You have such a steady stream of ideas. Where did it come from?"

"I don't think I'm a genius. I just use the time other people spend partying and falling in love to write." Hikigaya Hachiman replied.

"But Mr. Hachiman, there are always some rumors saying that you are always surrounded by many girls."

"Well, actually those are not rumors, but I don't think it will affect my writing."

New to the book, please give me some advice.

Chapter 1 Who is Hikigaya Hachiman?

14-year-old Hikigaya Hachiman said goodbye to his sister Komachi as usual, got on his bicycle, put it away in the school parking shed, and stepped into the class door. Under his trademark dead fish eyes and poker face, he was almost ashamed. Explosive psychological activity.

It starts from the night before.Hikigaya Hachiman sat cross-legged on the bed and edited emails. His hands were pressing the keyboard of his mobile phone quickly. Every time he typed a few lines, he had to think carefully for a while, delete some of them before typing again.Like an online writer who still wants to write despite not knowing how to write, the process of trying to find words and sentences is naturally extremely constipating.

The name of the person who makes Hachiman so entangled is Orimoto Kaori. Among all the junior high school students of Hikigaya Hachiman, he is one of the few people who can chat with him. For this reason alone, Orimoto-san can be called a genius. .In the eyes of most students who know Hikigaya Hachiman, being able to chat normally with Hachiman already belongs to the category of special powers.

At this time, the reason why Hikigaya Hachiman was entangled was because he thought that the relationship between Orimoto-san and him should probably go further, and the content he edited was naturally a letter of confession.

Hikigaya-san's childhood was extremely lacking in companionship and care from his peers. His birthday was on August 8th, which was during the summer vacation. There would be no classmates to celebrate his birthday or give him a surprise in the class. Hachiman had been practicing his surprised expression for a long time. Never even came in handy.

Dead fish eyes are another debuff of Hikigaya Hachiman, which directly caused his classmates' perception of him to gradually develop from "who are you?" to disgust.During a bonfire party in elementary school, all the girls found him disgusting and refused to dance with Hikigaya Hachiman. No one liked to look into such dead eyes, and naturally, the bullying started.

Perhaps this kind of dead fish eyes also made others a little afraid. The bullying Hikigaya Hachiman received did not rise to the level of physical confrontation.Instead, they deliberately ignored him, called him by the wrong name, or gave him some insulting nicknames.

After entering junior high school, the situation did not improve.Hikigaya Hachiman's problem is three-in-one. He is discriminated against and bullied because of his lack of love and dead eyes. He is withdrawn because of being discriminated and bullied. Because his isolation leads to even more dead eyes and lack of love.

To sum up, Hikigaya Hachiman, who was promoted to the second grade of junior high school, finally met the first girl in his life who could communicate with him normally - Kaori Orimoto.

"She is actually willing to exchange email addresses with me! She actually replies to the emails I send her! Is there any girl in the world (other than Komachi) who is so nice to me?"

Hachiman roared in his heart, he regarded the etiquette in normal interpersonal communication as a great gift.

However, Orimoto-san is actually just a carefree social worker. She is willing to chat and exchange email addresses with any of her classmates.Hikigaya Hachiman is just one of the countless classmates who chat with Orimoto Kaori every night.And because Hachiman always made chatting with his classmates as grand as an older virgin's first blind date, and it took a long time to think about sending an email, Orimoto didn't have much of an impression on him.

But it doesn't matter, Hikigaya Hachiman is about to do something that Orimoto Kaori will remember him for a lifetime.

Is the email confession not grand enough, too frivolous, and unable to make the other party feel sincerity?None of this was a problem for Hikigaya Hachiman. Before his dream was completely shattered, he always believed that he and Orimoto were going in both directions.

"Hello Orimoto-san, after getting to know you, the fire in my heart was ignited by you, so please help me extinguish it. I can't do anything on my own."

Sentences filled with emotions from a junior high school boy appeared on the screen of Hikigaya Hachiman's mobile phone.

This was of course not his original sentence. Since Hachiman couldn't come up with a few words after holding it in for a long time, he had to use Osamu Dazai's famous confession sentence in "The Setting Sun".

Doing this is a double insurance for Hachiman. If Orimoto-san can understand what he means, that would be great; if not, Hachiman is going to just put it off and just continue to be classmates tomorrow if nothing happens.He himself is also hot-headed about confessing his love. If it destroys the hard-earned friendship (Hachiman thinks), it will be more than worth the loss. Therefore, Hikigaya Hachiman does not intend to edit the content of the email to be very straightforward.

With an excited heart and trembling hands, Hikigaya Hachiman clicked the send button.

... ...

Orimoto Kaori-san really couldn't understand the meaning of Hikigaya Hachiman's words.

She is not a literary girl, and socializing takes up most of her spare time, but this does not prevent Orimoto, who has normal aesthetic ability, from thinking that this sentence is very beautiful.

Is this Hikigaya-san so talented?This reads like a sentence written by a literary genius.

Orimoto Kaori asked in his mind.She decided to look up the sentence on Google to see what kind of medicine this Hikigaya classmate was selling.

"From Osamu Dazai's "Setting Sun"... Comparing the love in one's heart to a flame... There is also a hint of enthusiasm for a straight shot in the shyness..."

Orimoto Kaori's face became more and more complicated as he reread the searched analysis.

"This Hikigaya-san, is he confessing his love to me?"

Orimoto Kaori read some more analysis and confirmed this conjecture.

"This is really a big deal. Hikigaya Hachiman actually likes me and confesses his love to me?"

After being shocked, Orimoto-san had a question, who is Hikigaya Hachiman?

Of course, Orimoto didn't really forget Hikigaya Hachiman, but what Hikigaya-san did today was so different from the impression of him that Orimoto couldn't immediately communicate with the person who sent her an email and expressed his love to her with a love poem. Hikigaya Hachiman from the class responded.

"Hello, Hikigaya-san, I have received your message. I think that if two people want to be together, they still need to understand each other. At the moment, I am not familiar enough with Hikigaya-san. In the future, we should improve ourselves first. Understand, I'm sorry."

Orimoto Kaori has never been a girl who likes to make twists and turns. She typed these words quickly, read them through again, and replied directly to Hikigaya Hachiman.

She really didn't know what caused Hikigaya's feelings for her, but after all, the other party confessed, and she had to respond. Moreover, she also said that she would continue to understand Hikigaya better, which was perfect. Reply.

Orimoto thought to himself, feeling proud of his excellent ability to handle difficult matters in interpersonal relationships.

... ...

Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't say it was a bolt from the blue at this time, at least it was a thunderbolt.

He thought about countless reasons why Orimoto Kaori would reject him, such as being too young to at least wait until high school, such as the current task is to study hard and not wanting to fall in love for the time being, such reasons for putting relationships on hold.

Or "I have someone I like" or "We are not suitable". This kind of direct denial is not acceptable to Hikigaya Hachiman. His character determines that he will not pester Orimoto and meet again. Although it will be a bit awkward, we can still be friends.

but! ! What the hell is "not familiar enough"! ! !Am I just a little transparent in Orimoto-san's heart? !Could it be that even though I talked to her so much (Hikigaya thought), it was still difficult for her to remember me?

Hikigaya collapsed. He was a withdrawn person but his essence was eager to communicate. The biggest defense point was that he was not recognized at all.

What is "being recognized"?Spend a sum of money on YouTube to send a super chat to a virtual anchor. The anchor reads your ID and thanks you. This is recognition.Post long gachi comments on the anchor's Twitter day after day, and finally one day the anchor replies to you with one line of text, which is also recognized.

When a person's desire to be recognized reaches a certain level, he will no longer be innocent, and he will use sharper and less naughty ways to gain recognition.Anyway, thanking him and insulting him are both ways for him to be recognized. The latter is easier. At this time, people's psychology has been distorted.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who has been isolated for 14 years, has become accustomed to loneliness, but he is not willing to be alone.People are eager to express and be recognized.But now the girl he hopes to get to know him most, Orimoto Kaori, is actually not familiar with him at all. He is not special. He is just one of the countless passers-by in Orimoto's life.

After suffering a huge blow, Hachiman fell into an endless cycle of self-denial. At the last moment when he was unable to extricate himself, his eyes darkened, he fell back on the pillow, and fell asleep peacefully.

... ...

Hikigaya Hachiman opened his eyes, but now he was no longer the original Hachiman inside.

"Am I, soul-pierced?"

(New) Hikigaya Hachiman muttered to himself as he looked at the completely unfamiliar room and unfamiliar body in front of him.He stretched out his hands, opened and clenched them, and so on.Then, making an action that he had not done for a long time in his previous life, he stood up from the bed.

In his previous life, he had a car accident when he was a child, which caused his legs to become ornaments. Although his family worked hard to integrate him into the group, the discrimination caused by his physical disability was difficult to eliminate, so he was too lazy to waste time on In terms of meaningless interpersonal communication, he became a completely withdrawn person.

He studies hard every day and reads or watches movies after class to enrich himself. He thinks that in the future he will have a good career as a writer or something like that.

In order to facilitate his short-distance travel, his family bought him an electric wheelchair that can be operated with only one hand.For him who can't ride or drive, this is a very addictive experience.

Until one college summer vacation, when he was driving on a road he passed every day, his wheelchair suddenly ran out of power and stopped in the middle of the road. He didn't have time to think about when he started to be too lazy to charge the wheelchair frequently, and he just started to get out of the wheelchair. He flew out and fell in the middle of the road not far from home.

"Damn it, my last life ended in such a frustrating way."

Before the new Hikigaya Hachiman had time to express his emotions, memories about his new body flooded into his brain like a tide.

... ...

"...The co-author is also a young man with a defective character, and he has just experienced a one-sided lovelorn... It's a bit tricky, and the fold... From these memories, I feel She is like a loudmouth who will talk about this confession experience in her group... maybe she has already told others about it in the email... .."

The more Hikigaya Hachiman thought about it, the more desperate he became about the situation after going to school. What was even more desperate was that it was actually almost time to go to school.

then

14-year-old Hikigaya Hachiman could only say goodbye to his sister Komachi as usual, got on his bicycle, put it in the school parking shed, and stepped into the door of the class. Under his trademark dead fish eyes and poker face, he was ashamed. Psychological activities that are about to explode.

Chapter 2 Hikigaya Hachiman made up his mind

Hikigaya Hachiman seemed to have used a lifetime of courage just to step into the class with one foot.

Bracing himself and walking into the classroom, Hikigaya's image of himself becoming the laughing stock of the whole class did not appear. He was still the little transparent one.He quickly walked to his seat and sat down, observing the class secretly.

The first is Orimoto Kaori, she is always the loudest and most eye-catching presence.At this time, she was laughing and joking by the window with a few of her best friends as usual.If a small group of students like this wants to maintain a stable relationship for a long time, topics that everyone is interested in are indispensable.So now, what topic is the most explosive for Kaori Orimoto, the founder of this small group, and is certainly of interest to everyone?

The answer has come by itself.

"Ah! Hikigaya-san, you're here!"

Orimoto walked towards Hikigaya Hachiman enthusiastically, and her loud voice quickly attracted the attention of the whole class.As for her best friends, they smiled at Hachiman without concealment. Sure enough, they had already known what happened last night from Orimoto.But this was not a smile of ridicule or amusement, but a smile of simply thinking that Hikigaya was very interesting.

"It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over..."

Hikigaya groaned.

As a person with 20 years of life experience in his previous life, Hikigaya knows that compared to the rapidly growing body, the mental development of junior high school students is far from keeping up, and emotional intelligence is still in the training stage.Some behaviors that are unconscious, subconscious, non-malicious, or even considered well-intentioned may cause psychological harm to the other party and have irreversible consequences.

It is in this situation that many students unknowingly become participants in school bullying.

"Ahaha... What's going on? Orimoto-san, you see the teacher is coming soon, why don't you go back to your seat first..."

If you can, just put it off. The whole class is watching here now. If Orimoto reveals what happened last night at this time, she will be completely screwed! Damn it!Hikigaya Hachiman thought desperately.

But Orimoto didn't seem to hear Hikigaya's words at all, and continued to speak to Hikigaya in the high-spirited voice of a junior high school girl.

"Hey, how did you come up with the idea of ​​confessing to me by sending a love poem via email yesterday? I didn't expect you to be quite romantic,"

The students in the class were already preparing for class. This sentence was like the ultimate move of Mask of the Void, freezing all the students in place and unable to move, except for Orimoto who released the skill.

"By the way, I didn't know what you meant when I just saw the email last night. I checked the sentence you sent online and figured it out. It turns out that this poem was written by Osamu Dazai. I didn't read it. After reading his works, I thought he was a person who only emits emo emotions. It seems that I have also read his books."

Orimoto-san continued to talk like a barrage of words.

Dazai Osamu is indeed not an emo man as people think, but Hikigaya Hachiman is really close to being emo now.

"Stop talking...stop talking..."

Hikigaya Hachiman could only shake his head mechanically at this time.

Even using his past life experience, Hikigaya Hachiman cannot handle the current situation.Does Kaori Orimoto have any malicious intentions?Not only did she not, she was even fulfilling what she said in her reply last night to "increase understanding with Hikigaya-san". She also offered to read Osamu Dazai. She typically wanted to start a chat by looking for common topics. If this If the introduction to the conversation hadn't been last night's confession, it would have been perfect.

"What are you all chattering about? Come back to your seats, it's time to go to class."

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't like this Chinese teacher, but at this moment, his voice made Hikigaya happy.

Although the start of class just made the storm come a little late.But Hikigaya had at least one class to think about countermeasures.

"..."

Hikigaya found that he was thinking too much, and he couldn't calm down to think at all.During the class, from time to time one or more pairs of eyes would be directed towards Hikigaya.

Orimoto Kaori is the catalyst for the atmosphere in the class. At the junior high school stage, many boys also have a vague affection for Orimoto like Hikigaya.The looks they cast contained admiration, curiosity, jealousy and so on.

Hikigaya wants to slap his old self more and more. You said it's not good for you to confess your love to anyone. Even if you like a man, why do you like a monster like Orimoto Kaori? ah.

This class was not long at all. As soon as the bell rang, the teacher left immediately. He was very ruthless and Hikigaya hated him even more.

Not surprisingly, Orimoto-san came closer again, but the difference this time was that many other students also came closer curiously, wanting to hear some exciting news.

"That's great, Hikigaya!"

"I didn't expect that you usually don't say anything, but you just had a big surgery."

These are male classmates with whom I don't usually get to know each other well.

"Hey, Hikigaya-san, can you repeat that love poem? I also want to be more romantic."

"Kaori is a good girl, you have to be more dedicated in the future, Hikigaya, hahahahaha."

These are Jia Zhi's best friends.

"..."

Fortunately, the new Hikigaya was mentally stronger than the original one, and there was no malice in these words. The first day after the failed confession passed in such a noisy way.

However, the malice of junior high school students does not take too long to ferment.

After several boys also confessed to Orimoto and were rejected, in order to cover up their loss and prevent themselves from becoming the target of public criticism, they took the matter to Hikigaya Hachiman.They believed that ordinary people like Hikigaya Hachiman, who had no sense of existence, lowered Orimoto-san's evaluation of boys.They also discovered that Hikigaya took the same route home as another girl in the class every day (actually they just walked the same route for a while, and Hikigaya even deliberately kept a long distance from the girl to avoid misunderstandings), so they spread the word privately. It is rumored that Hikigaya is in love with another girl and is a stalker. Such gossip is very popular in the small circle of junior high school students, and everyone knows after spreading it three times.

... ...

It has been a month since the new Hikigaya came into this world, and the situation around him is even worse than before.

"God has given me a chance to start over, but apart from being able to walk with my legs now, what is the difference from me in my previous life? I am still lonely, still not understood, and still discriminated against."

On a dark and windy night, Hikigaya Hachiman was lying on the bed and thinking while emulating.

"Misunderstandings are difficult to eliminate because they are purely malicious. All they do is to ruin your reputation. Junior high school students lack judgment and it is difficult to reason with reason. If this situation cannot be reversed, Then it will be the same situation in high school. So there is only one way..."

Hikigaya wanted to be a writer in his previous life, not only because he loved reading, but also because the creative profession of writer held a very high status in Neon.

Many Japanese look down on Two-dimensional, thinking that comics and the like are cancers, and those addicted to comics and animation are hopeless.But they do not discriminate against cartoonists. A cartoonist who can be serialized in magazines and publish single volumes will be respectfully called "teacher". This is the difference that the identity of the creator brings to them.

If Hikigaya Hachiman can become a recognized writer, he will naturally gain respect, not only to solve the immediate problem, but also for the sake of his life in the next few decades.

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"I want to be a writer."

Hikigaya made up his mind.

Chapter 3 Hikigaya Hachiman's debut plan

Hikigaya Hachiman, who had officially determined his biggest goal for rebirth, felt refreshed at the moment.

After being reborn, it is natural to start a career.In his previous life, he had already begun to contribute articles to some magazines, writing short essays and the like to gain experience in preparation for his actual long-form writing in the future.Now, after being forced to restart the show for two weeks by a dump truck, Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly felt a sacred feeling when he picked up the writing profession again.

After he came to the current world, he immediately began to study the development of literature here. He found that the Japanese literature in this timeline took the 80s as the dividing line. Many famous works before that that influenced later generations still exist, and this The world line after that is completely different from the previous life.

Take Hikigaya Hachiman's favorite mystery novels as an example. European and American classical writers from around a hundred years ago, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, and twenty Edogawa Ranpo, Yokomori Masashi, Matsumoto Seicho, Tsuchiya Takao, etc., all famous Japanese classical mysteries of the century, exist in this world line.These people still laid an excellent foundation for the vigorous development of Japanese mystery literature.

But starting in 1980, after the publication of Shimada Shoji's immortal masterpiece "Astrological Killing Magic", the mystery novels in this world line became very different.There are still a large number of mystery novelists influenced by the novel, but they are all names that Hikigaya Hachiman has never heard of.The group of authors whose original world line started with Ayatsuji Yukito and Kyogoku Natsuhiko disappeared.

"There's really a lot to be done, a lot to do."

Hikigaya Hachiman was very excited, as if the steady stream of royalties had been transferred to his non-existent bank card. In fact, he was not even qualified to open an account.

Even Keigo Higashino, who he didn't look up to in his previous life, has now become great in Hikigaya Hachiman's heart, because Mr. Higashino has written too many books, and he has absolutely no worries about selling them. The nickname "Bestseller" is so good. Not for nothing.

But Hikigaya Hachiman did not plan to make his debut by writing a book by Keigo Higashino. He chose a novel that was relatively unknown in his previous life but had an absolutely excellent reputation - "Confessions" by the socialist mystery queen Kanae Minato.

There is a slight difference in meaning between the "confession" in the title of the book and Hikigaya's previous confession.

This book takes direct aim at two extremely sensitive topics: campus bullying of junior high school students and juvenile delinquency.It has sold more than 350 million copies in the original world, and its adapted movie of the same name has gained far more popularity and influence than the original work.

Hikigaya Hachiman particularly values ​​the huge potential of this book on the big screen. His past life experience tells him that this book is extremely suitable for film adaptation.If you want to put this book on the big screen, you still need to pay a large copyright fee to Hikigaya. After the movie is released, the excellent reputation of the movie will feed back the sales of the original book.

"Chapter 1 of this book is explosive enough to get readers into an addictive reading state as quickly as possible."

Hikigaya Hachiman chose this book after careful consideration. It has been a month since he was reborn, and he has too many things he wants to vent. The content of this book is undoubtedly the most suitable for his current state of mind.

... ...

After deciding on the debut work, the next step is to choose a publishing house.

Hikigaya Hachiman knows very well that in Japan today, if a new author wants to make a debut, the best or even the only way is to submit articles to various newcomers.In order to compete for excellent author resources, various publishing houses in Japan have launched a number of insane newcomer awards.

Taking the light novels that other time travelers prefer to write as an example, there are more than ten awards in Japan, among which the Dengeki Novel Award is the most famous.

When you win the Newcomer Award, in addition to receiving a considerable bonus, the more important thing is publishing resources. The publishing house promotes the winning works more than any other works.Receiving the newcomer reward is a guarantee of great sales in the early stage.

Even if you don't win the highest reward, if you can get a lower-level award, the treatment will not be much worse than the highest reward.

Returning to the field of popular literature in Hikigaya Hachiman, the Newcomer Award is even more dazzling.After some screening, Hikigaya set his sights on two awards:

The first one is of course Kodansha's Edogawa Ranpo Shou, which is famous. This is a mountain that cannot be avoided when talking about mystery novels.In Japan, where mystery novels are popular, the influence of this award can even be compared with the Naoki Award/Akutagawa Award, the highest award for popular literature.

The advantages of the Edogawa Ranpo Prize are very obvious. The grand prize of up to 1000 million yen is enough to crush the newcomer prize of any other publishing house in Japan.Simply for this bonus, there are countless new writers who are willing to fight for it.

Of course, this has also brought great competitive pressure to the contestants of the Edogawa Ranpo Prize. Although the Japanese literary world in this world is very different from the previous life, it is still an era where talents emerge in large numbers.There is only one chance for any newcomer reward. If you miss it, you will never have the chance to compete again.

The book "Confessions" actually only has Chapter 1 that is related to reasoning, and the rest of the book becomes a pure crime-themed novel. Compared with the many original mystery novels that participated in the Edogawa Ranpo Prize, the subject matter is Although the types of Japanese mystery novels are changing with each passing day, the judges still prefer to see excellent case reasoning.

Another point is that the Edogawa Ranpo Prize requires you to write the entire book at once and submit it directly to the competition, which also gives Hikigaya Hachiman a headache.

Hikigaya Hachiman is not particularly confident in his writing, and he needs to serialize it.During the serialization process, editors and readers will provide valuable opinions to improve his writing.After all, he didn't have a golden finger and couldn't retell the original work intact. Listening to other people's opinions while writing was the best way.

To sum up, Hikigaya Hachiman decided to choose another newcomer award - the "All Readings" Newcomer Award, which is sponsored by the most prestigious popular literature magazine "All Readings" under Bungeishunqiu Publishing House.

Although the prize is only 50 yen, you only need a minimum of 1 words to submit, which is just enough to write "Confession" Chapter [-] "Priest".

The story told in just [-] words is complete and exciting enough to make readers look forward to the next development, making it the perfect material for submission.

"I really wish I could get up and start typing now."

However, it was already late at night, and Hikigaya Hachiman decided to go to bed first. He did not dare to code in the middle of the night and fall asleep in class the next day.

Chapter 4 Hikigaya Hachiman's coding routine

Chiba in May is still at the end of spring, the temperature is neither high nor low, and the breeze is gentle.However, Hikigaya Hachiman had no intention of experiencing the precious spring scenery before the rainy season.

Coding is always a painful thing.Hikigaya Hachiman thinks so.

Chapter 1 of "Confessions" has a very unique writing method. The [-] words of content are almost all monologues by Yuko Moriguchi.When I read it, I felt like I was attending a very long class meeting. Hachiman tried his best to polish the sentences to be as delicate, unhurried and eloquent as the original work.

The result is Chapter 2 of more than 1 words. After writing for more than a week, I only finished more than 1 words. If I had written a web article at this speed, I would have starved to death.

"Ni-chan, please stop staring at your phone all the time. We finally went out for a meal, so let's talk more."

The owner of the milky voice is naturally Hikigaya Hachiman's dearest sister, Hikigaya Komachi.Although Komachi and Hachiman are siblings, their personalities are completely different.

Hikigaya Hachiman's dead fish eyes and poker face always exude an aura that repels others, while Komachi always has a natural smile on his face, giving him an innate affinity.Komachi, who has not yet entered junior high school at this time, already possesses all the qualities of an excellent teacher.

"Let's order first."

Hachiman smiled and touched Komachi's head and said to his parents.

At this time, the Hikigaya family was in a family restaurant not far from their residence. The Hikigaya couple discovered that their already taciturn son had been spending more and more time with his mobile phone recently, and from time to time he raised his head to think and talk. The state of chanting words.

"Hachiman, tell mom the truth, have you fallen in love with any girl recently?"

Mrs. Hikigaya asked firmly.

Her version is a bit outdated. At this moment, Hikigaya Hachiman is no longer trapped by love.

Hachiman was stunned, but he quickly cleared his mind.Recently, he uses the computer to code when he is in the room, and uses his mobile phone to code when he leaves the room. Moreover, because the coding process is extremely constipated, he really looks like an innocent boy in puberty, exchanging emails with the girl he has a crush on every day.

"Uh-huh, actually I..."

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know where to start. He had to confess to his parents that he wanted to write a novel and submit it, because at his current age, many things after the novel started being serialized and even published were not allowed to be done alone. As his guardians, his parents must accompany him.

"Who is it, who is it?"

"It's okay Hachiman, say it boldly!"

"Brother, do you really have a sweetheart? Is he a classmate?"

The voices of parents and Komachi came together.

The fire of gossip in the eyes of the family is already burning brightly.In their opinion, their son (brother), who was usually silent and withdrawn, finally came to his senses and took the initiative to take the first step towards serving other people's cabbage.

"Dad, Mom, actually...I'm writing a novel recently, and I want to participate in the Newcomer Award of the "All Readings" monthly magazine..."

Hachiman confessed straight away.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey (the pitch gradually rises)?!"

After that, Hikigaya Hachiman spent a long time telling his family about his specific plan, which sounded weird.Normal parents would definitely not allow their 14-year-old son to become a writer. After Hikigaya Hachiman said that this would never affect his academic performance and promised that he would show his parents the content of his first submission, The Hikigaya couple reluctantly agreed to put aside the dispute.

... ...

After solving the last and most important matter of convincing his parents, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that his writing efficiency had improved to a new level.

One week before the submission deadline for the "All Readings" Newcomer Award (June [-]th every year), Hikigaya Hachiman typed out the last paragraph of the first volume in the document:

Amy's father and I have been living together since the incident.We were going to get married.I want to live a peaceful life with him from this spring break until the end.Everyone, please also have a meaningful spring break.Thank you all for this year.

My words end here.

... ...

Hikigaya Hachiman handed the finished first volume to his parents, and proudly watched their expressions become a little more complicated as the plot progressed.

They put down the manuscripts in their hands one after another, and the Hikigaya couple looked at their children with complicated eyes. At this time, Hachiman became a little strange in his eyes.Even Mr. Hikigaya, who often reads novel magazines, has to admit that the novel written by his son is an undisputed masterpiece.

"Hachiman, is your novel too dark?"

Hikigaya's mother discovered the problem, why her 14-year-old son wrote such a vicious conspiracy.

Where does this go, Hikigaya Hachiman thought to himself, the characteristic of this book is that it goes from dark to dark, and it can even be regarded as a refreshing novel.A ruthless counterattack against the little devils protected by the minor protection law will not only not make the experience bad, but will instead give readers an extremely comfortable reading experience.In the simple moral outlook of the public, it is very reasonable that evil people still need to be punished by evil people.

"Really? In fact, a plot like Teacher Moriguchi's revenge would never exist in reality. I think this is the meaning of the existence of novels. In reality, the two murderous students might really escape easily. Only in novels can they be judged."

"What you said makes sense. Mom, from the perspective of a reader, your novel, Hachiman, is really wonderful. Mom is very proud that you can write such a novel at the age of 14. It seems that there will be a big one in the Hikigaya family. He's a literary giant now."

"Brother-Brother! I also want to read the novel you wrote! It's so unfair to only show it to mom and dad!"

Hikigaya Komachi was very curious that his brother's novel was unanimously approved by his parents.

"No, Komachi."

Hachiman raised the manuscript in his hand high, enjoying the feeling of Komachi bouncing against his body.

"At least I have to wait until you are in junior high school to see it."

"What's the difference? I will be a junior high school student next March."

Komachi was still reluctant. Fortunately, Hikigaya's parents also believed that Komachi, an elementary school student, should not be allowed to read such dark literature, so they coaxed Komachi away.

"I remember the name of the magazine is All Readings...come on."

Hikigaya Komachi tried hard to remember the magazine that his brother mentioned when he was in the restaurant.

"Since no one showed me the manuscript, I had to use my pocket money to buy magazines to read."

Komachi thought silently. She naively thought that this novel would be published in next month's magazine. In fact, the results of the Newcomer Awards of "All Readings" magazine are not officially announced until the November issue of each year. There are still four days left before now. More than a month.

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"When "Confessions" is published later, let's give Komachi a collector's edition."

The ultimate girl control Hikigaya Hachiman thought so.

Chapter 5 Hikigaya Hachiman's serialization plan

Japanese junior high schools have a three-semester system. At this time, Hachiman has finished the first semester of his second year in junior high school and is enjoying his summer vacation.

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It is better to say that he is enjoying the summer vacation than enjoying the air conditioning. For a guy like Hikigaya Hachiman who has no friends, it is normal to stay at home for the whole vacation.

In the stage exam before the summer vacation, Hikigaya Hachiman performed exceptionally well. In his previous life, he was not good at mathematics, but at least he was able to get into a good university. His mathematics knowledge in the second grade of junior high school did not make him black-eyed.And his strong liberal arts knowledge directly helped him become the liberal arts champion in his grade.

"Is this the energy that a lovelorn man can unleash?"

His classmates sighed.

Thanks to his excellent grades, Hikigaya Hachiman's life in school has been a little better. At least the rumors about him in the girls' group have basically stopped. Junior high school students are sometimes so simple. To put it bluntly, they have a strong mentality.

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After Hikigaya Hachiman completed the first volume of "Confessions", he carefully proofread it and submitted it to the designated mailbox for the "All Readings" Newcomer Award.

"It's so convenient, the Internet."

Hikigaya Hachiman sighed, you must know that a few years ago, most magazine newcomer awards still needed to use original paper for writing, and then delivered it in person or mailed it to the publisher of the publication.

"Speaking of which, it's more convenient to use original paper."

Manuscript paper is a unified paper used for submission to all magazines in Japan. It is usually 400 words per page. Comic magazines also have the same manga manuscript paper.

There is a very obvious advantage of using this kind of manuscript paper, which is that it is convenient to calculate the manuscript fee.In Japan, the fee for submitting articles to literary magazines is usually [-] to [-] yen per piece of manuscript paper.This price is extremely uniform for writers. Even if Haruki Murakami came in his previous life, he would be given a treatment of up to [-] yen per piece.It is easy to understand that writers who are not famous have no right to bargain, and writers who are famous do not like the money given by magazines. For them, royalties after publication are the main source of income.

Hikigaya Hachiman is not a very self-disciplined person. When he thinks that he has worked or studied very hard, he will start to reward himself.

"We can't go on like this! Hachiman, where was your ambition when you decided to become a literary giant?"

Hikigaya roared at himself, but opened the turret anyway.

During his free time after the rewards were over, Hikigaya Hachiman decided to buy a typewriter.It sounds retro, but even in this day and age, there are still a large number of writers who use typewriters to write, and there are still manufacturers producing new typewriters.A typewriter not only allows writing directly on manuscript paper, but also allows writers to concentrate on writing.

"Ugh...it's so expensive."

Hikigaya Hachiman browsed Nichia's typewriter products. A slightly better typewriter on the market would start at [-] yen.

"Let's wait until the first month's royalties are paid..."

Hikigaya Hachiman has specifically calculated the income that the book "Confessions" can bring to him during the serialization stage.He plans to serialize it in the "All Readings" magazine for four months, publishing a total of 220 words, which is about 110 pieces of manuscript paper. The pure royalties for these four months will be more than 50 million yen, and if he wins the award, there will be more Prize money of [-] yen.

Of course, if it can be published successfully next year, these will be small sums of money.Thinking of this, Hikigaya Hachiman became smug again.

Chapter 1 of "Confessions" is a monologue by Teacher Moriguchi. She told the students the truth about the death of her young daughter after her investigation. Her daughter was killed by two murderers. She decided to use her own way to punish the murderer, and the content of the punishment is revealed at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 2, the main perspective changes to a classmate named Mitsuki in Mr. Moriguchi's class.Teacher Moriguchi's revenge was very effective, and gradually the students began to engage in endless bullying against a classmate in the name of "justice."Mitsuki, who was unwilling to participate, also became the target of bullying.

In Chapter 3, the narrator is changed to the sister of one of the murderers. Her brother has not been in school for a long time for unknown reasons.The day before Obon, she learned from her father's phone call that her brother had killed her mother.When she returned home, she found a diary of her mother, which recorded a human tragedy between her mother and her brother within a few months. She decided to find out the truth about the changes in her brother.

Chapter 4, the main perspective returns to the younger brother. He tells the story of himself and another murderer, as well as the endless torture he suffered after being retaliated by Teacher Moriguchi, and also reveals the truth about matricide.

The first four chapters of this book have completed a closed loop, and each chapter will give readers a better understanding of the whole thing.As for Chapters [-] and [-] of this book, they are about an even crazier revenge that goes beyond the revenge incident.

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Hikigaya Hachiman does not intend to serialize the content of the last two chapters. The first four chapters are undoubtedly exciting enough, and the fifth and sixth chapters will be directly put into the published book.Want to know what happened next?Please buy "Confession", thank you, meow.

This is not a despicable business method. Rather, isn't this the point of magazine serialization? Just like a singer always releases a few songs before releasing an entire album, consumers need to have a preliminary Only by making good judgment can you firmly decide whether to pay or not.

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Mr. Ryutaro, a 63-year-old literary giant, is reviewing the submissions for the "All Readings" Newcomer Award at home. He is the current chief judge of the "All Readings" Newcomer Award.Having written numerous books and read countless articles throughout his life, he naturally would not be impatient because of the uneven quality of submissions.But I couldn't stand it, and the editorial department would urge me from time to time. After all, there were more than 2000 submissions of at least [-] words, and the work was really heavy. As the writer with the most important opinions on the jury, Mr. Ryutaro's evaluation can largely determine the work. life and death.

"What a delicate brushstroke, but underneath this delicacy, there is a ruthlessness that is rational to the extreme."

This is a comment written by Mr. Ryutaro after the contribution of this article titled "Confession".

"It's incredible. As a mystery novel, it not only does its job very well, but it is also remarkable in terms of literary quality. I have to give Arisukawa a call."

Arisukawa is a famous mystery writer. Since a large number of mystery novels are submitted for the "All Readings" Newcomer Award every year, a mystery novelist needs to be among the judges. This year, he was invited to be a judge for the "All Readings" Newcomer Award for the first time.

"The person you dialed is currently on a call..."

"This Arisukawa, what are you busy with?"

Mr. Ryutaro, who didn't answer the phone, muttered.But soon, his cell phone rang, and the caller was Arisukawa.

"Finally the call got through. Hey, Ryutaro, aren't you busy? The line I just called you was busy."

"I was just calling you."

"Hahaha, we really have a good understanding of each other. Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm just reading the submissions for the Newcomer Award. This is really a good mystery novel. It should be the highest quality among this year's batch. I Let me tell you..."

Arisugawa kept chattering, but Mr. Ryutaro was already eager to confirm the answer.

"Oh, I haven't told you my name for a long time. This submission is called..."

"'Confession'?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Ryutaro, how did you know? Did you also see this?"

"What if I said, I made the call also for this submission?"

From this moment on, the winner of this year's Newcomer Award seems to be a certainty.

Chapter 6 Hikigaya Hachiman is about to get on the right track

The scorching sun in Chiba in September has not faded away, and Hikigaya Hachiman is also in a very anxious mood.

"I hate waiting the most."

He said so.

Hikigaya Hachiman is very confident in the completion quality of the first volume of "Confessions".Although there is also the possibility that a strong man will suddenly appear from among the competitors in the same year and take away his rookie award. Even if this happens, it is a certainty that "Confession" will win the alternate spot.

There are more than 2000 submissions for the "all Readings" Newcomer Award every year. There is only one winning work and a bonus of 50 yen. The number of candidate works is generally less than five. These works will be selected in the "all Readings" on October 22 every year. Published in the November issue of "Readings".

Hikigaya Hachiman was not completely unacceptable after receiving the waiting list, but the loss of 50 yen in bonuses made him feel a little sad. He was also counting on the money to buy a good typewriter.

"Hikigaya-san, zaima? Are you free tomorrow?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was in a daze when his attention was attracted by a sudden email on his mobile phone. The sender turned out to be Kaori Orimoto, whom he had not communicated with for a long time.

"What does she want to do, go on a date?"

Hikigaya Hachiman is very strange. Now she is not very interested in folding books or even the opposite sex. He just wants to write (move) books and socializing is a hindrance.

"I've actually been quite busy lately. What can I do, Orimoto-san?"

Now it only takes more than ten seconds for Hikigaya Hachiman to reply to Orimoto Kaori's email.

Soon, Orimoto-san's reply came again.

"Well, it's nothing serious. A few friends and I didn't do very well in Chinese language classes. We plan to have a study session tomorrow and Saturday. I want you to tutor us... Since you're not free, forget it. ."

"Okay, let's talk about it later. Good night Orimoto-san."

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't want to have too much communication and just said good night.

This little episode didn't draw Hikigaya Hachiman's attention too much.

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Editorial Department of "all readings" published by Bungeishunqiu Publishing House, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

"Because there are quite a lot of submissions for this year's Newcomer Awards, several judges spent a long time reviewing them. Now that the results have been confirmed and will be published on October 22, we only have more than half a month left to work with them. Awarded and candidate authors sign contracts and discuss future related cooperation matters."

Things sounded urgent, but Matsui Koichi's voice sounded unhurried.He is the current editor-in-chief of "All Readings". This time, he called several editors from the magazine together for a meeting to arrange matters related to the newcomer award.

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"This year's situation is quite special. Several judges rarely voted unanimously for this mystery novel called "Confession." I also think this is a rare masterpiece among the works that have been awarded in recent years. Editor Imamura?"

"Yes!"

Naho Imamura stood up immediately when her name was called. She is the new editor of "All Readings" magazine this year. She is responsible for connecting mystery novel writers. She is also the only editor in the entire publishing house who is under 30 years old.

"You are responsible for connecting with Mr. Hachiman. After discussing with the judges, I believe that this "Confession" has great potential for follow-up. If the standard of submission of this chapter can be maintained, it may become a classic. Our "all reading" "Magazine has provided many excellent mystery novels to Literary Spring and Autumn, and now this task is left to you."

"I understand, editor-in-chief, I will start contacting you as soon as possible."

Naho Imamura took the file bag containing a copy of "Confessions" and returned to her workstation to start reading it carefully.

Naho Imamura, who just became the editor of "All Reading" magazine at the beginning of this year, is an avid fan of mystery novels. When she was in college, she also wanted to be a writer and write amazing mystery literature.But obviously she doesn't have this talent.Accepting her fate, she entered the publishing industry after graduation. With her high education and rich theoretical experience in mystery novels, she officially became an editor at the age of 28, responsible for her favorite mystery novels.

As a qualified editor, what Imamura is best at is reading quickly but carefully. He finished reading a 10-word manuscript in just [-] minutes.

"Is this really a new author..."

Naho Imamura was shocked, and as an insider in the publishing industry, she quickly came to the same conclusion as the editor-in-chief at the meeting: the [-]-word submission was just the tip of the iceberg, and the story the author wanted to tell must be more than that.

"We need to get in touch with this teacher Hachiman quickly..."

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"Hikigaya-san, Hikigaya-san?"

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was taking a nap on the table after lunch, felt someone calling him, but he didn't want to pay attention.His "Confession" is currently being finished, and he is very particular about words and will accidentally stay up late.

Poke...poke...

Hikigaya Hachiman helplessly jumped up from the table as his cock was tickled.Standing next to him was a girl with short brown hair. She looked gentle and quiet. Hikigaya recognized her as a member of Orimoto Kaori's small group, a member of the listening role who seldom spoke.

"Excuse me, what's the matter, Nakamachi-kun?"

"Ah! So Hikigaya-san knows my name? I was planning to introduce myself."

Hikigaya Hachiman's memory is very good. He was able to match the faces and names of all the classmates in a short period of time after he entered the second grade of junior high school. However, he only received a "kimo" comment from some classmates.

"There's no need to be so surprised. If you woke me up just to introduce yourself, then I'm going to go back to sleep."

"Huh——? Hikigaya-kun, I came here with good intentions to return some of your lost belongings, but you are so indifferent."

"What on earth are you talking about? It's really..."

As he spoke, Hikigaya Hachiman, who subconsciously wanted to take out his flip phone to check the time, was stunned. The pocket where he usually kept his phone was now empty.

On the side, Nakamachi-san was looking at Hikigaya with a smile. She held a lanyard in her right hand, as if to hypnotize Hikigaya Hachiman, and shook the mobile phone tied to the end of the lanyard.

"...Thank you very much, Nakamachi-san, where did you find it?"

"It's the place where you often eat lunch alone, Hikigaya-san. By the way, Hikigaya-san, you've been really out of your mind lately. Even after Orimoto-san rejected you, you weren't so listless."

"...Don't mention that matter. I just have poor sleep quality. Thank you for your concern."

Nakamachi-san seemed to be still talking, but Hikigaya Hachiman didn't want to listen anymore. He found that there were several missed calls on his cell phone that he didn't recognize. No outsider would call him as a junior high school student for no reason. He seemed to realize something.

Chapter 7 Hikigaya Hachiman's Heaven's Way Rewards Those Who Have Served

"Hikigaya-kun, there were two calls on your cell phone on the way I came here. Don't you need to call me back?"

"What are you talking about...Oh, it may be an advertising promotion or something, just ignore it."

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Hikigaya Hachiman, whose thoughts were far away in the sky, was startled by Nakamachi-san's reminder and hesitated.

"But the sales call will be made twice in a row, and each time it is forced to hang up until the prompt tone comes out. Aren't sales calls a race against time? I think it must be urgent."

"Damn it! Such a keen girl hates this kind of caring that she thinks is gentle."

Hikigaya complained secretly.

"Then I won't disturb you, Hikigaya-san. Don't be so careless in the future. Bye."

Sensing that Hikigaya was a little embarrassed, Nakamachi-san left the room very well and looked mature, unlike a junior high school student.

Hikigaya waved his hand with a stiff smile, but he didn't expect that Nakamachi-san, who looked at him quietly, had some little devil attributes.He quickly walked out of the class and came to a deserted place on campus.This clamshell phone has never had a phone call with anyone outside Hikigaya's family since it was purchased, and he has never exchanged mobile phone numbers with any other classmates. So the only time I took the initiative to publish the phone number was.

"Registration for Newcomer Award..."

Hikigaya muttered to himself.

"The "All Readings" Newcomer Award receives about two thousand submissions every year, but in the end, only the five winners and candidates can be published. The remaining unselected ones will definitely not be notified by phone one by one. That's a lot of work. too big."

The more Hikigaya Hachiman thought about it, the more confident he became. He had to convince himself that the call must be good news, and then he would have the courage to call back.

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Naho Imamura is very confused

In her understanding, Mr. Hachiman, the author of "Confessions", is either a part-time novelist with his own job or a full-time novelist who makes a living by writing, even if he is a college student who has not yet graduated (PS: "all readings" "The youngest winning writer in the Newcomer Award is a freshman at the University of Tokyo, aged 19). At noon on a working day, he should have time to answer the phone.

However, I called twice, but no one answered each time. In any case, it would be rude to call again.

"I'm going to report the situation to the editor this afternoon. Mr. Hachiman, don't mess with me... call me back quickly..."

The anxious Imamura began to randomly tap on the keyboard of her phone to relieve stress. She suddenly remembered that she had often seen people online recently saying things like "Buck 1 is really useful."

The 1 deduction really moved God. Teacher Hachiman's call came back. Naho Imamura took a deep breath quickly to avoid being too excited on the phone.

"Hello, this is Naho Imamura from the editorial department of "All Readings". Are you Mr. Hachiman?"

"Ah...yes, Ms. Imamura, Hachiman is my pen name."

At this time, Hachiman was in a high-spirited mood and was confident in his answer.

But in Imamura's opinion, the voice was too young, just like that of an energetic young man. But since the other party had already revealed his identity, she chose to get to the point directly.

"Teacher Hachiman, please allow me to congratulate you. Your work "Confession" has been unanimously recognized by the judges of the "All Readings" Newcomer Award. Congratulations on winning this year's "All Readings" Newcomer Award."

Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to roar now.That's right!Not only did it win, but it was unanimously recognized!Those prominent writers in the Japanese literary world who are in their 60s and [-]s unanimously approved of this work!That's how it should be!What am I worried about?

Hachiman's right hand was clenched into a fist, and his manicured nails dug into his flesh.

"Okay...Okay, I understand. Thank you very much for your company's recognition of me. What should I do next?"

"We would like to thank you, Mr. Hachiman. It is our honor that you choose to submit your article in "All Readers". Your novel will be published in the November issue of "All Readers" ten days later. Before that, please ask Mr. Hachiman. If you have time, I would like to discuss some contract-related issues with you in person, and I will just go to you."

"Of course it's no problem. I'm free both days on weekends. If it's convenient, we'll schedule it on Saturday at [-] noon. The location is the restaurant called Suzusen across the street from Chiba Municipal Chunmori Middle School. We can... Let's talk while eating."

Hikigaya randomly found a restaurant near the school. In fact, he had only been there once.

"Ring... Qian... Okay, Mr. Hachiman, I have remembered it. I will discuss more detailed matters when we meet. If Mr. Hachiman has nothing else to ask, I won't disturb you."

"Wait a moment, Ms. Imamura."

Hikigaya Hachiman has one more important thing that he hasn't said yet.

"Please speak, Hachiman-sensei."

"I need to bring my parents to meet you on Saturday. There is no other reason. The main reason is that my current age may not allow me to sign a contract alone."

"...Teacher Hachiman, I can understand your words to mean that you are not yet sixteen years old."

Naho Imamura felt that her mind was a little blank.

"Yes, I just celebrated my fifteenth birthday two months ago, although I didn't celebrate much."

Hikigaya Hachiman complained quietly.

"This...I think it's okay."

Imamura could no longer say any unnecessary words, and he couldn't even utter the honorific.

"Okay, let's see you on Saturday. I wish you a happy life, Editor Imamura."

Teacher Hachiman hung up the phone, leaving Naho Imamura alone.

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