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"You mean, Mr. Hachiman is actually a junior high school student?"
The editor-in-chief also felt that his brain was a bit exhausted.
"Yes, Editor Matsui, I must meet with his guardian, otherwise we will be breaking the law."
"There is indeed no shortage of young talents in the "All Readings" Newcomer Award, but Mr. Hachiman is just a teenager. Are you really sure it's him? Can a second-year junior high school student have such writing power?"
"If the information you gave me, editor-in-chief, is correct, I think he is Mr. Hachiman. I think all questions will be answered after we meet on Saturday."
"That's all it takes."
Editor Matsui leaned back and leaned on the back of his chair.
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"Don't let things like age affect your mission. I emphasize again, you need to confirm with Mr. Hachiman whether he has created the later part of "Confession" and what the progress of the creation is. If there is a manuscript of the subsequent content, convince Mr. Hachiman Let me browse through it for you. If you don't have the original manuscript, you can ask Mr. Hachiman to dictate his general thoughts. Your retelling and evaluation of the subsequent content will directly determine the future promotion of "Confessions" by our magazine and publishing house."
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"Understood, Editor-in-Chief Matsumoto!"
Chapter 8 Hikigaya Hachiman's new look
After answering the phone, Hikigaya Hachiman was no longer sleepy.He returned to the classroom radiant and full of energy. Although it was not reflected in his expression, Hikigaya Hachiman's high-spirited state of mind, which was completely different from his daily routine, was very easy to capture.
At the middle school level in Japan, the afternoon teaching time is very short because sufficient time must be left for club activities.Hikigaya Hachiman of the Ten Thousand Years Return Club left school before three o'clock.
"Hey, Chika, do you feel that Hikigaya-san is so excited today?"
Kaori Orimoto asked her best friend Nakamachi-san for her opinion, which started a topic.
"Really? I don't pay much attention to him."
Nakamachi-san was packing his schoolbag and preparing to participate in club activities, so he replied without interest.
Seeing that his friend was not interested in this matter, Orimoto shrugged and did not continue the topic.
"I just went out to make a phone call, and when I came back, I was a completely different person? Hikigaya-san."
Nakamachi-san thought silently. Ever since Orimoto told her that Hikigaya-san used Dazai Osamu's famous phrase to express his love, she became interested in Hikigaya Hachiman, a classmate who usually seemed very withdrawn. She was also the girl who smiled at Hikigaya that day. one.But this kind of interest must not be shown to Orimoto-san, otherwise this careless friend will spread the news.
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In the evening, Hikigaya Hachiman told his family about his award and that the magazine editor would come to Chiba to meet him on Saturday. He received a warm hug from his parents and Komachi. Komachi's hug lasted extra long because Hachiman Never willing to let go.
After getting excited, Mr. Hikigaya still raised a very practical question, that is, even though the couple accompanied Hachiman to meet the editor, they turned a blind eye when it came to many legal details related to the contract.You can't just find a lawyer to accompany you.
"It doesn't have to be a lawyer."
Mrs. Hikigaya suddenly spoke.
"If you are also working in the publishing industry, you can do it as well, as long as you have a sufficient understanding of the contract contents in this industry."
"Mom, do you know the editors of other publishing houses or magazines?"
Hikigaya Hachiman asked in surprise.
"Yes, mom is awesome. She is a customer in our beauty shop. She is not very young, but she stays up all night very hard. She also said that she is very envious of my skin. I talked with her a lot. Regarding skin care knowledge, we still keep in touch. She told me a while ago that she was promoted and is now an editor, but I don't know where she works. Her name is Machida Enko."
Mrs. Hikigaya recalled.
"It would be great if we could get an editor."
Mr. Hikigaya also agreed.
"I said the child's father, you don't have to go there on Saturday. It's enough for me, Yuanzi, and Hachiman. You can prepare dinner at home."
"So, this Machida-san is still a beauty?"
Hikigaya Hachiman guessed that the background sound was Hikigaya's father's lamentation.
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October in Chiba is a time of crisp autumn weather.
Naho Imamura got off the bus at Higashi Chiba Station. She breathed a sigh of relief when she found out that Mr. Hachiman lived in Chiba. Chiba City is not very far from the Bunge Shunqiu headquarters in Chiyoda Ward. In the future, she might have to meet Mr. Hachiman more often. It would be better to be closer to each other.
Imamura looked at the time, it was already 10:30.She hailed a taxi without thinking. Anyway, the business trip expenses were reimbursed, so there was no need to save.
At almost 10:[-], Imamura arrived at the door of "Suzuki" and arrived [-] minutes before the agreed time. He was neither too early nor too late, which was very etiquette.
"Excuse me, is this Editor Imamura?"
Just as Naho Imamura was about to step into the store, the same voice as Mr. Hachiman's voice that she heard on the phone came from behind.
Immediately realizing something, Imamura turned around and saw three people: walking at the front was a handsome young man, wearing a pair of plain glasses and showing a decent smile.
This is Hikigaya Hachiman in full business mode. He wears glasses to eliminate his dead eyes and bring out Hikigaya Hachiman's good looks.Mrs. Hikigaya firmly believed that her son's appearance was very good, but his dead eyes were too much.As it turns out, the 28-year-old unmarried Naho Imamura even had a moment of nymphomania.
As for the two women behind Mr. Hachiman, one is older and should be his mother, and as for the other...
"Machida-senpai?!"
"Imamura-senpai?!"
The two shouted at the same time.
"What a coincidence, Mom."
Teacher Hachiman in front of him sighed.
The group of people came to the private room inside the restaurant and sat down.
"Please forgive my rudeness just now, Mr. Hachiman, let me introduce myself again. I am Naho Imamura, the editor of "All Readings" magazine under Bungeishunqiu Publishing House."
"'Teacher Hachiman'? You call me so close, senpai?"
Machida Enko narrowed her eyes and looked at her senior sister.
"It's not what you think, Editor Machida, Hachiman is the pen name I use."
Realizing that although the two people in front of him knew each other, their relationship might not be that good, Hikigaya Hachiman hurriedly explained.
"Hmph, Hikigaya-chan, you must be careful with this older spinster. It's easy for her to lose control of a cute little boy like you."
Machida Enko put her arm around Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulders and whispered in a voice just loud enough for Naho Imamura to hear.
In fact, Machida Enko had only just met Hikigaya Hachiman for a few days. After hearing Mrs. Hikigaya's request, she immediately agreed to help and asked to meet Hikigaya Hachiman. Although she was a light novel editor, the young genius writer was very interested in her. Still very attractive.
"??, Mr. Hachiman, time is running out. I think we should start discussing some things about the Newcomer Award. Can some unrelated personnel of some third-rate light novel libraries please be quiet first? You are disturbing me and Mr. Hachiman." Let's have a conversation."
Although she was very angry at the noisy school girl, after all, Naho Imamura was at work now, and she couldn't quarrel with Machida like before.
"I'm not an unrelated person, senior sister. I was entrusted by Mr. Hachiman's family to prevent you unscrupulous editors from using contracts to deceive young Mr. Hachiman. Therefore, I will always be by your side today and listen to whatever you say. "
Naho Imamura slapped herself in the face.
Chapter 9 Hikigaya Hachiman sees through everything
"So, Editor Imamura and Editor Machida, you were not only seniors in the same university, but also members of the same literary club, right?"
Hikigaya Hachiman and Hikigaya's mother, who decided to eat first, said after asking about their relationship.
"Yes, but this Machida-senpai is a little too obsessed with Two-dimensional. She even wanted to change the literature club into a light novel club. Two-dimensional and I couldn't get along, so we left."
"..."
Hikigaya Hachiman and Hikigaya's mother were both silent.For the first time, Machida Enko did not refute. It seemed that Imamura Naho was telling the truth.
"Then, Mr. Hachiman, please allow me to continue to call you by my pen name. The first thing I came here to do today is to confirm your bank account. The bonus for this "All Reading" Newcomer Award and "Confession" will be serialized in this magazine. If you, Mr. Hachiman, continue to publish other works in this magazine in the future, the relevant manuscript fees will be credited to the bank card you provided."
"Already prepared."
Hikigaya Hachiman took out a Mitsubishi UFJ bank card and handed it to Naho Imamura.He went to apply for this card yesterday accompanied by his parents. This is the first bank account in Hikigaya Hachiman's life that is truly his own.
Imamura wrote down the card number and handed it back to Hikigaya.
"Then next, I would like to ask Mr. Hachiman some questions about the work "Confession". First of all, Mr. Hachiman, have you carried out the subsequent creation of this work?"
This is actually the most important question for Imamura here today.
"I really can't hide it from you. Yes, "Confession" has six chapters in total. The number of words in each chapter will be similar to Chapter 1, which is about 12 words. The total is about [-] words. It is basically completed now."
Hikigaya Hachiman has no need to hide anything. Chapter 1 of "Confession" was submitted to "All Readers", which means that the remaining serialization of this book can only be carried out in "All Readers", and the publication of this book can only be done by Bungeishunqiu Responsible.
"That's great, Mr. Hachiman. Based on the quality of the first volume of "Confessions", we will not hesitate to provide you with the highest serialization treatment of 6000 yen per manuscript paper. But as a matter of routine, have you brought the subsequent manuscripts with you now? I'd like to read it."
"Of course I will take it with me. But I'm sorry, Editor Imamura, I can only give you the manuscripts of two to four volumes now."
Hikigaya Hachiman paused and looked at the confused Naho Imamura.
"I think if we are just discussing serialization in the magazine, there is no need to face each other, Editor Imamura. I will send the manuscript to you, and you can just send me the money? Isn't this the case for magazine submissions throughout the ages? pattern?"
Hikigaya Hachiman continued to maintain a decent smile.However, Naho Imamura felt that her underwear had been penetrated. The step-by-step conversation strategy she had prepared for a long time was completely invisible in front of this boy.
"From the moment your company saw my work, you should have been determined to publish it. But you don't know whether I continued to create the follow-up work of "Confession". Assuming that I created it, what is the quality of the follow-up work? That's another thing. This is the purpose of Editor Imamura's visit today."
"Ahaha, have you been completely seen through..."
Naho Imamura said self-defeatingly.Ignore the corners of Machida Enko's lips that are raised to the sky.
"Yes, Mr. Hikigaya, you are absolutely right. From Bungeishunqiu Publishing House to our editorial department, everyone has high hopes for your "Confession."
Imamura has given up any cover-up. After being seen through, she can only impress the other party with sincerity.
"If the follow-up plot is still excellent, they will directly sign a publishing contract with me and start publicity. If the follow-up plot is lackluster, they will simply deal with it coldly and rush to serialize it as if nothing happened. It is a cruel reality. I am right. , edited by Imamura."
Hikigaya Hachiman said calmly, but what he said made Naho Imamura wonder if he had eavesdropped on the internal meeting of the editorial department.
"but!"
Hikigaya Hachiman's voice suddenly rose, and Imamura also raised his head, staring at the genius boy in front of him.
"I believe that my subsequent creation will be even more exciting than Chapter 1. Please take a look, Editor Imamura."
"Okay! Okay! Thank you, Mr. Hachiman!"
Naho Imamura took the manuscript with both hands as if she had received a gift.Hikigaya Hachiman is very strange. Isn't it normal for authors who submit articles to magazines to hand over the content that needs to be serialized to the editor for review? Why is Editor Imamura acting so exaggerated?
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For about an hour, Machida Enko and Mrs. Hikigaya chatted about skin care while eating.Hikigaya Hachiman drank an unlimited cup of coffee by himself, staring at Naho Imamura across from him. This was one of his favorite things, admiring other people's expressions when they read his works.
There was no doubt that Naho Imamura was completely in a reading state. Neither the waiter serving the food nor the chat next door distracted her at all.She has been completely immersed in this Rashomon-like narrative and cannot extricate herself. Are her classmates following suit?Negligent teacher?Crazy mother?Silent murderer?The people in the story are both victims and perpetrators.Can they be defined in terms of simple black and white, good and evil?
After Naho Imamura read the murderer's monologue in Chapter 4, she turned the page quickly, but only saw a smooth desktop.
"Teacher Hachiman, what's next? What's the fate of the other student?"
Imamura couldn't notice that her voice had a hint of pleading tremor.
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"It's like this, Editor Imamura, my plan is to serialize only the first four chapters in the magazine. By then, they will have accumulated enough popularity and discussion. Chapters [-] and [-] will be directly put into the published "Confessions" "It'll be fine."
"Anything is fine! Mr. Hachiman, please show me the last two chapters. Didn't you say they are all finished!?"
"So you just want to finish reading..."
Hikigaya Hachiman said speechlessly.
"Huh -? Senior sister, do you want to know the plot behind it? If you are willing to beg me, I can't tell it to you orally?"
Naho Imamura broke her defense.
"Has this woman even read the last two chapters?! Mr. Hachiman, I can't accept this!!"
Naho Imamura pointed her finger at Machida Enko, leaned forward and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman in protest.Even Machida, the editor of Dengeki Bunko, finished reading such an excellent mystery novel before her. This was simply a great shame.
"It turns out that this editor is a fan of mystery novels... Then the next thing will be easy to talk about."
Hikigaya Hachiman said secretly.
Chapter 10 "Confession" by Hikigaya Hachiman
After remembering the main purpose of today's meeting, Imamura Naho calmed down.Now it seems that the most important task that the editor-in-chief asked her to do has been completed.From the approximately [-] words in the first four chapters of "Confession", she can boldly conclude that a masterpiece of socialist reasoning was born.There is no doubt that this will be the most important publishing project of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House next year.
The matter was so important that there might not be enough time today to talk about the next thing. She needed to go back to the company immediately.
"Teacher Hachiman, can I take the manuscript of the first four chapters back to the publisher?"
"Of course you can. Rather, I welcome you to do so. Editor Imamura, please help me negotiate a reasonable price with your publisher."
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Hikigaya Hachiman still maintained his calmness that saw through everything.
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"Okay... okay."
Naho Imamura was stunned for a moment, then agreed.It stands to reason that as a member of the publishing house, she should seek benefits for the publishing house, but now she has agreed to seek benefits for the author in a daze.
"You may have many more questions about this novel, but let's eat first. You should be very hungry already."
Hikigaya Hachiman picked up the chopsticks and said.
Only then did Imamura Naho realize that it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and her stomach had protested countless times, so she had no choice but to pick up the chopsticks with a slightly red face.Imamura felt very ashamed. After she met Mr. Hachiman, all the conversations were led by this boy who was 13 years younger than her. However, she did not feel any discomfort at all and actually enjoyed the way this boy spoke. , when she realized it, the conversation between the two parties was completely over.
The two parties quickly ended their meal.
"Then, let's stop here today, Teacher Hachiman. Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I and the staff of Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House will go to your home in person to sign the publishing contract."
"No problem, it will be just a few of us tomorrow. I believe Editor Imamura can bring you a contract that Editor Machida can't find fault with."
Hikigaya Hachiman joked, and Imamura Naho looked at Machida sadly.
"I have already paid for today's meal, senior. But please don't get me wrong, I just want to thank Hachiman for being willing to read such a great novel to me for the first time. You are here by the way. See you tomorrow, senior."
After Machida Enko finished speaking, she smiled and waved to Hikigaya and her son, and then drove away.Naho Imamura was left helpless and furious.
"Teacher Hachiman! I am making a request to you now as a fan! No matter what works you write in the future, you must send them to me as soon as possible! Let's exchange email addresses."
The corners of Hikigaya Hachiman's mouth twitched slightly. He suddenly had a feeling that these two women, who both started out ten years older than him, were jealous of him.
After bidding farewell to Imamura Naho, Hikigaya's mother, who had been making soy sauce, suddenly patted Hachiman's head.
"You kid, you can look so good-looking with just a little bit of dressing up, but you had to make yourself so withdrawn before. You won't be able to make friends this way."
"Mom, socializing will only affect writing. I am not a genius. I just use the time that others spend chatting, partying and singing karaoke to write articles."
Hikigaya Hachiman casually used a famous quote, took off his glasses, and instantly restored his original fish-eye poker face.After just staying open for more than two hours, his facial muscles were almost completely frozen.
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Chiyoda Ward Bungeishunqiu Publishing House Headquarters
"I believe that everyone has read the first four chapters of "Confession". All the doubts and uneasiness we had before should have disappeared at this point in time. As for the last two chapters that are still in the hands of Mr. Hachiman, I firmly believe that only It will be more shocking than the first four chapters."
"All Readings" editor-in-chief Matsui Koichi confidently announced this to the heads of the publishing department.
"I agree with Editor Matsui. Putting aside the biggest gimmick that the author is only 15 years old, the content discussed in this book alone is enough to trigger widespread social discussion. This type of novel is the easiest to sell."
echoed a staff member in the publishing department.Other attendees nodded in agreement.
"Since everyone is unanimously optimistic about the prospects of "Confession", we must also show the sincerity of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House."
The head of the publishing department, Chubu Jiaren, said solemnly.
"With a royalty rate of 13.00%, we will try our best to strive for Mr. Hachiman to continue to submit articles under Bungeishunqiu in the future. Editor Imamura, you and Sasaki from the publishing department will make another trip tomorrow. I look forward to your good news."
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The signing process on Sunday was very relaxed. Naho Imamura and Sasaki, who was traveling with him, did not even use the planned rhetoric.
"The royalty rate of 13.00% is a very generous treatment. The industry norm is generally 12.00% to 14.00%, and the top writers can only get [-]%."
Machida Enko, who is responsible for supervising the contents of the contract, said this to the Hikigaya family.Even though she and Imamura had such an unpleasant past, it was still very fair when it came to business matters.
"As for the additional terms, the serialization and publication of the next two novels will be carried out under Bungeishunqiu Publishing House, as well as the distribution rights of overseas copyrights. I think there is no problem with the former. They are already the leader in Japanese popular literature, whether it is Both the magazine circulation and the number of cooperative bookstores are very impressive. As for overseas copyrights, publishing houses are usually taken over. They have mature overseas distribution experience, and you can still get commissions."
Machida Enoko added, as if she was the representative who signed the contract with Bungeishunju and Hikigaya Hachiman.
"As long as I have the rights to film and television adaptations, I'll have no problem with it."
Hikigaya Hachiman confirmed the contract again and said to Imamura and Sasaki.
Since Hikigaya Hachiman was under 16 years old, after he signed, Hikigaya and his wife signed the guardian column respectively, which meant that the contract officially came into effect.
"I think this should be celebrated. You two, please be respectful and have a meal at my home today."
Mrs. Hikigaya extended the invitation. She believed that true hospitality was to cook the meal yourself.
After completing their work, Imamura Naho and Sasaki had no reason to refuse, so they happily accepted.
"Oh, by the way, I can leave this to you now."
Hikigaya Hachiman took out the last two volumes of "Confession" manuscripts. Before they were completely handed out, Imamura's hands took them with his eyes shining brightly. At this time, there was still a long time before lunch time, enough for her to finish reading.
The last two chapters of "Confession" are relatively short, but the narrators are the two most important characters in the book: the genius boy Shuya and the bereaved class teacher Moriguchi. Chapter 5 reflects the psychological distortion caused by the loss of maternal love, which is one of the sources of tragedy in this book.
Chapter 6 is the most exciting reversal chapter, and the biggest reversal appears on the last page of the book. It ends abruptly at the moment when the reader's emotions are aroused to its peak. This is also a common writing technique in Japanese mystery novels.
"Student Hikigu."
Naho Imamura, who seemed to have finished reading, suddenly raised her head and called Hikigaya Hachiman without any emotion.
"You really are a genius."
It was still a voice without any emotion.
"Of course, that goes without saying."
Chapter 11 Hikigaya Hachiman's first pot of gold
After Hikigaya Hachiman signed a contract with Bungeishunsu Publishing House on Sunday, he received two payment notifications from his bank account the next day.The first payment is the bonus from the Newcomer Award of "All Readings", which totals 45 yen after deducting income tax; the second payment is the first month's remuneration for "Confessions" which will be serialized next week, after tax deduction A total of 27 yen was received.
"You will have money all of a sudden..."
Hikigaya Hachiman, who usually has less than a fraction of Komachi's pocket money, couldn't help but sigh.But he soon began to feel distressed about the [-] yen in income tax that had been confiscated before they even met. Hikigaya Hachiman also knew very well that neither the current amount of income nor the amount of taxes were comparable to the amount after the publication of "Confession" .
Hikigaya Hachiman began to make a calculation in his mind:
Assuming that the single volume of "Confessions" is first printed in 13.00 copies, based on the selling price of 950 yen per single volume and the royalty rate of 2000%, Hikigaya Hachiman can directly receive [-] million yen. This The number does not need to consider how many books are actually sold to readers. Even if one book is not sold, Hikigaya Hachiman can still receive a pre-tax income of [-] million yen.
In Japan, where books are ridiculously expensive, the sales volume of cheap and easy-to-carry Bunko volumes are often several times that of single volumes. Especially in the field of shorter mystery novels, there have even been cases where the sales volume of Bunko volumes are ten to five times that of single volumes. A huge difference of ten times.
"Confessions" is no exception. Hikigaya Hachiman doesn't expect the stand-alone version of "Confessions" to sell well, but the library version will definitely sell well, which will be the main source of future royalties.
"Forget it, these are all things for next year."
Hikigaya Hachiman shook his head. He is now more focused on the things in front of him. For example, he needs a thin and light laptop. This way, when he wants to code words outside of home, he does not need to use a small and difficult-to-press clamshell all the time. The phone is gone.
As for the typewriter that he had thought about before... After Hachiman looked up the input method of the Japanese typewriter, he immediately stopped thinking about using it. It was too complicated. His goal was not to become an automatic note taker. I.
The week of classes passed quickly and it was Saturday.Hikigaya Hachiman decided to buy a laptop.Speaking of purchasing, in this era when thin and light notebooks have not yet become popular, Hikigaya Hachiman also knows that a notebook computer that is both high-end and portable enough has already been launched into the fifth generation of MacBook Air.
Hikigaya Hachiman came to the Apple store on the first floor of a Ginza store in Chiba City alone. After explaining his intention to purchase, he started trying it out. The clerk followed him closely and talked nonsense.
Hikigaya, who was not short of money, paid happily and walked out of the store as several clerks bowed to see him off.Then he walked into a cafe next door and found a secluded place to sit. Adhering to the spirit of using it immediately after buying it, he decided to use this brand-new laptop here to start his new work.
Hikigaya Hachiman is more hesitant about new work plans.Because the writing style and overall style of "Confession" are too special, Hikigaya Hachiman doesn't want the style to deviate too far when choosing the next book, and the content of the book must be exciting enough so that it can be suitable for serialization...
"Malicious".
Hikigaya Hachiman typed the title of the book on the screen.This novel is an early work by Keigo Higashino. From the perspective of more than 20 years later, this work has undoubtedly achieved great success.Commercially, this book has at least three versions of single books and library books. In terms of reputation, "Malevolence" is widely regarded as the best work of Keigo Higashino in the early and middle period. It is one of his representative works of socialist reasoning and is also popular among many folk. One of the must-recommend works on the wild list.
But historically speaking, the book Malice did not receive the attention it deserved for a long time after its publication.In 20, when it was published, "Malice" was only ranked No. [-] or fourth in the "This Mystery Novel is So Great" selection that year.It was not until a few years later that "Malice" was reprinted and published by the publishing giant Kodansha that the book gained widespread popularity and its status grew.
Hikigaya Hachiman is not worried that "Malicious" written in this era will reproduce the failure of talents in his previous life. Today, the Internet information circulates extremely quickly and word-of-mouth fermentation is extremely fast.Not to mention the strong marketing strength of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House will not allow such a work to be buried.
Malice is also a novel very suitable for serialization.There is almost no useless description from the beginning, and the case part is entered very quickly.It's enough to grab the reader's attention from the first serialization.
Hikigaya Hachiman believes that there is a certain gap between "Malice" and "Confession" in terms of commerciality. Both are social mystery novels, but "Malice" hardly touches on any social topics and has no intention to discuss them. Its essence It is the most typical "police solving crime" type of mystery novel.As popular literature, "Malice" is far less entertaining than "Confession".
The similarities between "Malevolence" and "Confession" are also obvious. For example, the core of both books is carefully planned revenge; the last chapter of both books reveals the whole mystery in a person's monologue. , not a single sentence describes the murderer's reaction after the truth is revealed. This huge blank space is Hikigaya Hachiman's favorite writing technique.
"This book may not achieve very good commercial performance, but its reputation will definitely not lose to "Confessions"."
This is Hikigaya Hachiman's final conclusion to Malice.However, he believes that it is too early to start writing. He only needs to plan the general serialization framework of "Malevolence" now. This book in the previous life was not serialized, but was directly released as a single volume, and he had no experience to draw from.
Turning around, Monday, October 22nd, "Confessions" Chapter 1 "The Priest" was published in the new issue of "All Readings" magazine. Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House used the most conspicuous way to promote this newcomer award. Award-winning work.Including the unanimous praise of the five judges, which is rare in history, the author who is only 15 years old, the new masterpiece of the socialists, the in-depth analysis of hot social issues, etc., all come together to give all readers a vigorous first impression.
After raising the banner, the next step is to rely on the excellent quality of "Confessions" to completely win over readers. This is actually the least worrying thing for everyone in the literary and artistic age.
Chapter 12 Yukinoshita Harano is curious
Yukinoshita House, Chiba City
The Yukinoshita family is one of the traditional wealthy families in Chiba Prefecture. Japanese wealthy families have always pursued influence in both political and business circles, and the Yukinoshita family is no exception.
The current representative of the Yukinoshita family is Mr. Yukinoshita, who is one of the members of the Chiba Prefecture Assembly.However, he is the son-in-law of the Yukinoshita family. For this reason, in the eyes of many outsiders, the actual head of the Yukinoshita family should be Mrs. Yukinoshita, who manages the existing businesses of the Yukinoshita family.
This is indeed the case, Mrs. Yukinoshita's control over the entire family is unparalleled.She possesses almost all the characteristics that outsiders have in the stereotype of a wealthy Japanese hostess: wearing a kimono, having a cold temperament, speaking her mind, and not being angry or assertive.
The love story between Mrs. Yukinoshita and Mr. Yukinoshita is like a fairy tale: a delinquent who comes from an ordinary background and skips school all day long to smoke and play mahjong, but his girlfriend is a daughter of a local wealthy family.Under the supervision and discipline of his stern girlfriend, Mr. Yukinoshita finally changed his ways and even quit smoking. He was finally recognized by the head of Yukinoshita's family and officially became his wife.
However, Mrs. Yukinoshita, who has experienced beautiful love stories, will never allow her two daughters to bravely fall in love like her.People will always become what they hate the most. When Mrs. Yukinoshita became the one in power and had to consider the interests of the Yukinoshita family, she had to admit that the political marriage she once hated the most was indeed the key to maintaining Yukinoshita's family. The best way for your family to prosper.
Her two daughters all inherited her excellent appearance.The youngest daughter, Yukinoshita Yukino, has a cold personality and is currently studying overseas, so she won't mention it for now.The eldest daughter Yukinoshita Harano, a sophomore at Chiba City Sobu High School, grew up under the strict guidance of her mother. She is in awe of Mrs. Yukinoshita. At the age of 17, she has already begun to prepare for the future as a new Yukinoshita. I am the head of the family and strive to improve myself.
Although Mrs. Yukinoshita strictly raises her children, she does not restrict Yukino and Harano from freely developing interests that are beneficial to their bodies and minds.Reading is the most basic one. Yukinoshita's family has the habit of reading for a long time.A wide variety of newspapers are delivered to the mailbox in front of Yukinoshita's house every day, and various weekly and monthly magazines also arrive on time.
Yukinoshita Yono is not a loyal reader of any of these magazines. She just likes to read widely, from "Weekly Shonen Jump", a comic magazine that is widely loved by teenagers, to "Literary World", which is full of serious content. The literary magazines discussed are all to which she subscribes.On a brand new Monday morning, Yukinoshita Yono, who was about to go to school after saying goodbye to her parents, casually took out the November issue of "All Readings" that was newly delivered today from the mailbox, intending to wait for the driver to take her to school. Read it casually for a while.
"Speaking of which, the works for the Newcomer Award of "All Readings" are published in this issue."
Yukinoshita Harano looked at the promotion on the cover and turned directly to the Newcomer Awards column.
"The 15-year-old genius writer Hachiman was born! Breaking the minimum age for new writers in one fell swoop!" "The award-winning work was unanimously praised by the five judges!" "Mystery novel giant Arisugawa strongly praised Hachiman: This is the future of Japanese mystery novels!" ...
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Yukinoshita Yono was a little confused by these slogans in large and bold fonts. In her understanding, "All Readings", as a popular literature magazine, rarely went as far as light novels and comic magazines. Such exaggerated propaganda.
The three characters "15 years old" shocked Yukinoshita Yono. 15 years old, that is, the second and third grade of junior high school, the same age as her dear sister Yukino.But this "Teacher Hachiman" has already won the "All Readings" Newcomer Award, and has also received unanimous praise from these literary giants.
Although the promotional form of "All Readings" magazine is exaggerated, most of it is the original words of the Newcomer Awards judges. It is impossible for these literary giants who are familiar with Japan to deliberately exaggerate and publicize against their true intentions.Yukinoshita Yangno felt more and more that this year's award-winning work must be extraordinary, but at this time the car had already arrived at the school gate. Yangno put the magazine in his schoolbag and got out of the car.She is the student council president of Sobu High School. It would not be very good if she was seen bringing magazines into school.
"I will be very busy today. I hope I can have time to read this "Confession"."
Looking at the several student union officials walking towards her, Yangno sighed.
It was noon, and Yukinoshita Yono always used the student union office as a place for her lunch break, but no one objected.She decided to use this uninterrupted time to read.
""Confession" Chapter 1 There are many situations in this world where clergy have wildly different views on the same matter due to different perspectives."
This was the first sentence that caught Yukinoshita Yono's eyes.It's a very simple and simple truth. The content of this novel may be a concrete presentation of this sentence. Yukinoshita Yono thinks so.
Time always goes by very quickly when reading. About 10 minutes passed. Yukinoshita Yono raised his head with a complicated expression on his face.
"This Hachiman-sensei is so amazing..."
Yukinoshita Yono was so shocked that she was speechless.Whether it is the shocking foreshadowing that Mr. Moriguchi tells about his lover suffering from AIDS shortly at the beginning, or the penetrating analysis of social phenomena such as the causes of juvenile delinquency and the misguidance of the media, all reflect the author's strong writing skills.
Yukinoshita Yono believed that the magazine would not create false gimmicks, but because of this, she wanted to know more about this talented writer who was the same age as her sister. She didn't know exactly what she wanted to know about Mr. Hachiman, but There was an inexplicable desire driving her.
For ordinary readers, the only way to understand the writer's situation is through some public information.However, Yukinoshita Yono is not an ordinary reader, and the Yukinoshita family is not an ordinary family. She believes that she can always find a way.
"The editor of "All Magazine"? I probably don't know him, but I have a classmate from Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House. He might know something."
At Yukinoshita's house at night, Mr. Yukinoshita said thoughtfully after understanding the eldest daughter's request.
Mr. Yukinoshita did not ask Yangono why he wanted to know about a junior high school writer. He believed that Yangono would not do anything outrageous.
"Asked, Yangno. This friend of mine said that the publishing house is keeping the specific information of this Hachiman-sensei confidential. But his colleague went to sign a contract with Hachiman-sensei last week, and the business trip at that time was in Chiba City."
Chapter 13 Hikigaya Hachiman's singing and writing will continue
Just like Yukinoshita Haruno, many readers who have read the first volume of "Confessions" were shocked by this short book of more than 2 words.In the Internet era, everyone can more easily share excellent works and are willing to express their opinions. On the daily push in the afternoon, many netizens started selling Amway, including some well-known accounts, including Some of them are naturally the work of Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House.
Hikigaya Hachiman received a call from Naho Imamura at five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Teacher Hachiman, good news. Your "Confessions" has begun to gain popularity on the Internet. This month's printing volume of the magazine is expected to reach a new high in recent years. This is all thanks to you. On behalf of "all Readings" "magazine thanks you."
There was unconcealable excitement in Naho Imamura's tone, not only because the novel she was responsible for as editor was definitely going to become a hit, but also because she had already become a fan of Hikigaya Hachiman and saw what she liked. The mystery novel can be widely recognized, which makes her even happier than her career success.
"I'm ashamed that I couldn't cooperate with your company to carry out more publicity. I can only ask you to pay more attention to other aspects."
Hikigaya Hachiman said slightly embarrassed.
According to the practice of previous years, the winning writers of the Newcomer Award should accept an exclusive interview and talk about some things about the creative process and themselves to satisfy the curiosity of readers. This content will be published behind the winning works as supplementary reading content.However, since Hikigaya Hachiman is still a junior high school student, he does not have enough free time, and his young age is not suitable for overexposure.The publishing house considered it over and over again and finally gave up allowing Hachiman to be interviewed, which was also in line with Hikigaya Hachiman's own thoughts.
"Please don't blame yourself, Mr. Hachiman, this is what we should do. We all think that you should not accept such an interview at your age."
Naho Imamura said hurriedly.
"Editor Imamura, are you free this Saturday? Maybe we can come out and meet. I would like to discuss some ideas about new works."
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Hikigaya Hachiman invited.Although he has the memories of his past life, it is still a bit difficult for him to simply work behind closed doors without a golden finger.He needs someone who can listen to his ideas and give reasonable suggestions. At present, editor Imamura seems to be the best choice.
"Of course, no problem! Mr. Hachiman, as long as you have any ideas about the new work, I will be here at your call!"
As an avid fan of mystery novels, Naho Imamura would naturally not refuse the invitation of a mystery genius, and she was also Teacher Hachiman's nominal editor, just doing normal work.
On Saturday, it was late October in Chiba City, and there were faint signs of winter.
The place where Hikigaya Hachiman and Imamura Naho met was the same cafe in Ginza that Hikigaya had visited before. The environment was quiet and beautiful, very suitable for two people to talk together.
Naho Imamura still wears a standard female OL suit, which highlights her superior body shape, with her legs wrapped in flesh-colored pantyhose.Hikigaya Hachiman did not wear his sales-specific glasses like the previous two meetings, and showed his original dead fish eyes to Imamura Naho without any reservation.
"...Mr. Hachiman, to be honest, I still like you better with glasses on."
Naho Imamura said bluntly that she began to miss the handsome young man when they first met. The appearance of Teacher Hachiman in front of her was the same as before, but his temperament was completely different.
"This is my real face. I think our future cooperation and meetings will last for a long time. It is better to show my original face to Editor Imamura."
Hikigaya Hachiman said as he took out the laptop he just bought and put it on the table.
"The overall length of my new work will be similar to "Confessions", maybe a little shorter, less than 12 words. I initially plan to publish it in the April issue of "All Readings" next year, which is one month after the serialization of "Confessions" ends. It will be published every month. After all, "Confessions" will be published immediately after the February issue ends, so it is always good to leave a gap."
Hikigaya Hachiman informed Naho Imamura of the serialization plan for his new work.
"I think it's very reasonable, Mr. Hachiman. I think the new serialization and publication can completely replicate the experience of "Confession"."
Now the publication sample of "Confession" has been printed. Although it is only the first edition, the final release effect will not be much different.
"The name of this work is "Malice". It will be a more traditional mystery novel, with only one case from beginning to end. I haven't started writing yet, so here is an outline. Editor Imamura, you can take a look at it first. "
Naho Imamura took the outline from Hikigaya Hachiman and studied it carefully.
"Teacher Hachiman, are you saying that the murderer in this case was arrested only a third of the way through the plot?"
Imamura felt incredible.
"Yes, the main part of this novel will be used to reveal the murderer's motive. Rather, most of the content in the novel will exist to foreshadow the murderer's motive, and the murder will be a foil."
Hikigaya Hachiman replied.
"I think this is a very bold breakthrough. No one has ever written such a mystery novel before. Mr. Hachiman, I have begun to look forward to your creation infinitely."
Just looking at the synopsis, you can't see any highlights, but Naho Imamura, who has seen how powerful Hikigaya Hachiman is, chose to completely trust her opponent's abilities.
"Then Editor Imamura, after I finish writing a chapter, I will send you an electronic copy via email. Then I will ask Editor Imamura to help me steer the steering wheel to prevent me from being unable to control my writing and going too far."
"You are so humble, Mr. Hachiman. You completed "Confession" perfectly by yourself."
Imamura Naho was very proud. This meant that she could see Mr. Hachiman's manuscript before that annoying school girl. That's about it...
"Oh, I forgot to tell Editor Imamura. Ms. Machida has also been urging me for updates recently. She said that she would use all her experience as an editor to help my writing."
"She, is she worthy? She knows a lot about mystery novels!"
Naho Imamura suddenly lost her previous reserve.
She behaved very much in line with Hikigaya Hachiman's imagination, which was the effect he wanted.
"Teacher Hachiman, I will use practical actions to prove that my professional ability is far stronger than that woman. This is the confidence that "All Readings" magazine has given me!"
Chapter 14 Yukinoshita Harano makes no progress
Written above: This chapter and the next chapter deal with some descriptions of the narrative machinations of Keigo Higashino's "Malevolence" without any spoilers.If you read the novel after reading this chapter, it may affect your reading thinking and make the ending of the original novel less shocking. Please be aware.
A month passed quickly, and the December issue of "All Readings" was delivered to the newspaper boxes of thousands of households across Japan on time.The first thing many readers do after receiving the magazine is to look for the page in the catalog where the second volume of "Confessions" is located.
After the first volume of "Confession" was published, it has undoubtedly become a social topic in the past month. Many lawmakers have even begun to quote the contents of "Confession" in their political speeches.
While everyone was sighing at the excellence of this novel, they also became more interested in this mysterious "Teacher Hachiman". The more mysterious it is, the more it arouses the curiosity of the public. Everyone wants to know more about this person. A 15-year-old junior high school student writer.
Yukinoshita Yono is naturally one of them, and her investigation of Mr. Hachiman was the earliest.On the night when "Confession" Chapter 1 was published, she learned through her father's relationship that Mr. Hachiman should be living in Chiba City now.
"Japan is big, but Chiba City is small."
At that time, Yukinoshita Yono thought so. With the Yukinoshita family's network, it was too easy to find a talented junior high school student in his home city.
Although there are many junior high schools in Chiba City, there are countless junior high school students.But nothing happens without warning. This is Yukinoshita Yono's creed. She believes that Mr. Hachiman must be very good at writing, and maybe she can find clues from the essay competitions in which students from these schools participate.
As for the pen name "Hachiman", Yangno didn't pay too much attention to it. She did a simple online search and found out that "Hachiman" was the name of a place in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It was unremarkable. Maybe the author took the pen name from here, or Maybe not, it doesn't matter, Yang Nai thinks that no one would directly use his real name as a pen name, otherwise what is the point of being so mysterious?
To sum up, Yukinoshita Yono, whose search scope was completely deviated, naturally found nothing in a month. Instead, she read a bunch of competition essays written by junior high school students. Naturally, she couldn't find any essays that could compare with Hachiman. Corresponds to the teacher's style.
It's not like she hasn't investigated Hikigaya Hachiman's middle school. However, because she preconceived the idea that writers wouldn't use their real names as pen names, she naturally ignored the name of the second-year junior high school student who ranked first in liberal arts in the midterm exam.
Naturally, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know that someone was investigating him. In fact, he wouldn't be worried even if he knew.He dared to directly use "Hachiman" as his pen name. Naturally, he had his own considerations. There are two reasons:
First, the majority of readers of the publication "All Readings" are almost all social animals. College students who love literature may subscribe to this publication. However, in high schools, "All Readings" has basically disappeared, and junior high school students have no idea about it at all. I have never heard of the name of this magazine, so there is no objective risk of his true identity being discovered by his classmates;
The second is that Hikigaya Hachiman himself has no reputation at all. Before the soul was transferred, Hikigaya Hachiman was withdrawn and had an instinctive resistance to interpersonal communication. Now Hikigaya Hachiman is obsessed with writing and has no time or energy to communicate with others. Some students mentioned that they only have a very ambiguous impression of him, and it is difficult to directly associate him with the name "Hachiman".
At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman has advanced "Malice" to the part where Nonoguchi Osamu pleads guilty and accepts punishment. Although he thinks that the detective part alone, which accounts for less than one-third of the book, is exciting enough, many old mystery fans You can definitely see the homage to many classical mystery novels at a glance, and it is not difficult for them to guess the result.
Hikigaya Hachiman's goal is achieved when the readers are expecting the murderer's arrest, and when they have a first impression of the victim such as "this person is not a good person".Of course, whether it will have such an effect on readers still needs to be read by the two editors Imamura and Machida who volunteered to be guinea pigs. Editor Machida's reaction can roughly represent the general readers, and editor Imamura naturally represents the old Mystery fan.
After sending the electronic version to the two editors respectively, the phased work of "Malicious" is over, and the next step is to wait quietly for their replies.
In this rare free time, Hikigaya Hachiman began to browse the Internet's reactions to "Confession" Chapter 2.
A Tokyo council member candidate immediately tweeted his thoughts after reading: Chapter 2 titled "Martyr" turns his writing to the two sharp topics of school violence and educator negligence, providing a profound analysis. The causes of school violence and the irreversible psychological damage caused by bullying to students, including juvenile delinquency in Chapter 1, are things that happen every day, but we are unwilling to mention them.Now it takes a 15-year-old boy to bring these darkness to the table to trigger widespread discussion. This is the tragedy of our times! (The following part is the promotion link for the election and has been automatically omitted)
What was said in the front was simplified, and the process of canvassing for votes began later.Many politicians began to take notice of "Confession" and unceremoniously used it as one of their propaganda tools.Of course, they themselves have become a promotional tool for "Confession", so Hikigaya Hachiman doesn't resent this behavior.
In addition, a large number of readers who have had the experience of being bullied have begun to tell online about their personal experiences of campus bullying, or the incompetent teachers they encountered, etc.
"The behavior of junior high school students is easily biased by their impulsive brains. After experiencing a rapid development, they have the physical conditions to do evil, but their minds are far from mature. This has led to junior high school students becoming a violent group on campus The most reckless of existences."
This is the analysis of a former junior high school teacher.
"It is precisely because the minds of junior high school students are not fully developed that they need better guidance from teachers, right? If there is a teacher like Lianghui in the chapter of 'Martyrs', wouldn't it inadvertently encourage school bullying? happened?"
A parent of a student responded.
"In fact, bullying in primary schools is also very serious, and there is no reason. They may even bully simply because they are jealous of the excellence of others."
This is a comment made by a user whose IP address is overseas. There are many people who responded, maybe he is an international student.
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"It's the season of the white album again…"
Hikigaya Hachiman muttered words that others could not understand.
It's now December, and winter has already entered Chiba.At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman was wearing a knee-length white belted trench coat and a light yellow scarf. He was standing in the cold wind outside Ginza with his hands in his pockets, waiting. In order to resist the cold, he tried his best to turn his face towards His lower body was buried in the scarf. This action gave him wearing glasses a hint of frailty.From time to time it attracts side glances from girls passing by.
The people he is waiting for are naturally the two people under the identity of "Teacher Hachiman".
Hardcore fans: Naho Imamura and Enoko Machida.Wearing glasses was also a unanimous request from the two editors the night before.
Soon, two figures familiar to Hikigaya Hachiman appeared across the street, but they were no longer wearing the previous OL uniforms, but ordinary down jackets.These two are past the age where they like to dress up, Hikigaya Hachiman thinks so.
However, after seeing Hikigaya Hachiman, the two of them were obviously not calm.
"Why is this boy so good at dressing up all of a sudden? I really want to hug him tightly and rub him hard."
This is Machida Enko who had previously advised Hachiman to be careful with Imamura Nao, and she slowly began to move closer to dangerous people.
"Sister, please be more reserved. Isn't it embarrassing to be obsessed with a boy who is more than ten years younger than you?"
Naho Imamura seized the opportunity and said sarcastically.
"Haha, at least I'm sincere, but you should first close the corners of your mouth that are about to reach behind your ears, so as not to scare Mr. Hachiman."
Machida Enko exposed the other party without mercy.
Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know what the two older young women were standing there muttering about, but decided to go up to them himself.He walked up to the two of them, bowed slightly and offered his apology:
"Sorry to bother you two, you have to come here in such a cold weather today. You can explain it clearly in the email."
Of course, I didn't dare to say that I came mainly to meet Hikigaya Hachiman and the two of them said in unison that it wouldn't be troublesome.
"Teacher Hachiman, let's go in and talk."
Naho Imamura was the first to speak. In fact, Hikigaya Hachiman had hinted to Imamura before. Now that he knew his real name, he could directly call him by his surname instead of calling him by his pen name all the time.But Imamura still liked to call him "Teacher Hachiman" for some reason, and Hikigaya Hachiman didn't bother to mention it anymore.
The place the three agreed on was still the cafe in Ginza, and the two female editors chose to sit to the left and right of Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Hikigaya-kun, you can really be considered a girl killer in your current state. It is no exaggeration to say that if I were ten years younger, I might really be obsessed with you."
Machida Enko spoke bluntly, her eyes still wandering on Hikigaya Hachiman.
"You are sexual harassment!"
Naho Imamura couldn't tolerate that her school girl kept trying to attract Teacher Hachiman's attention with such shameless behavior, and directly put a big label of "sexual harassment" on her head.
"I'm sorry for scaring you two. I will never go out like this again."
In fact, it was not Hikigaya Hachiman who dressed up himself, but it was the work of his fashionista mother.
Hikigaya Hachiman's parents have long stated that the money he earns from writing books is entirely at Hachiman's control, but the content he consumes needs to be supervised by his parents.However, a few months later, Hachiman spent almost no extra money except for a laptop for work.
This made Hikigaya's mother, who was eager to change Hachiman's withdrawn character, extremely anxious. She believed that if she wanted to change her character, she must first change Hachiman's temperament.People rely on clothes. After semi-obtaining Hachiman's consent, Hikigaya's mother bought the white belted windbreaker that he is wearing now that costs nothing, and an equally expensive scarf.The image of Hikigaya Hachiman has completely changed.Today is the first appearance of this image of Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Please do not!!"
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The two female editors said in unison.Hikigaya Hachiman thought that the two of them always had an inexplicable tacit understanding at times like this.
All in all, the discussion about the first third of Malice has finally begun.
"Teacher Hachiman, after you sent me the manuscript, I have read it through it many times. As a mystery novel editor, I think the techniques and other things in this case are indeed more subtle, but they all have the routines of classic works. The foreshadowing is more obvious. I can see some Agatha Christie vibes. But considering you said that this is only less than one-third of the plot of the book, I believe there will be a twist in the plot later."
Naho Imamura reported from the perspective of a professional mystery novel editor, which was basically consistent with Hikigaya Hachiman's conjecture.
"My opinion is that the process of the case is compact enough, and the method of committing the crime did not surprise me, but overall it feels not exciting enough. The current part of "Malevolence" is definitely more like a standard movie than "Confession" It is a mystery novel, but I think it is not as good as "Confession" in terms of readability. I look forward to your next content."
This is the evaluation of Machida Enko, a representative of general readers who has not read many mystery novels.
"Okay, I have received your comments, and they are not much different from what I thought. Now I would like to ask you a few questions about the article."
Hikigaya Hachiman thought for a moment and then said.
The two women next to her immediately became attentive. Naho Imamura even took out a small notebook full of things.
"The first question is, what do you think of Hidaka Kunihiko? Editor Machida will tell you first."
"I have a bad impression of him. I can't tell you specifically. Maybe it was the conversation about killing the cat at the beginning that shocked me."
Machida Enko expressed her views simply.
"I agree with what Yuanzi said. The plot of Hidaka admitting to killing the cat can be regarded as a small reversal at the beginning of the chapter. I even have a feeling that after this description, Hidaka went to see the woman he had never wanted to see before, just to Send Nonoguchi away."
Naho Imamura's mind is more active.
If Hikigaya Hachiman's psychological activities were reflected on his face at this moment, it would definitely be very exciting.He did admire Editor Imamura's keen observation, but the more accurate her speculations were, the deeper she fell into the trap dug by Hikigaya Hachiman. Many other senior mystery fans may have the same views as her.
"OK, I understand, then the second question. Do you still remember the titles of the three chapters I sent you?"
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"Chapter names? I actually wrote them down in my notepad. They are 'Chapter of Incidents: Osamu Nonoguchi's Notes', 'Chapter of Doubts: Records of Kyouichiro Kaga' and 'Chapter of Resolution: Osamu Nonoguchi's Notes'."
The professional Naho Imamura answered quickly.Machida Enko's eyes darkened. This is in line with the reading habits of most ordinary readers. They don't care about the chapter names because they are of no use.
"So, Editor Imamura, did you have any direct thoughts when you saw these questions?"
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"No, Mr. Hachiman, what does this mean?"
Naho Imamura answered truthfully that she rarely paid attention to chapter names and recorded them purely to facilitate discussion in chapters.
"Then let me ask another question. You just mentioned that you felt something similar to Agatha Christie from the book. So which part of the text made you feel this way?"
"Uh...I guess it's the way of writing, or...the killing method or something like that?"
Naho Imamura herself said she didn't quite understand.
"You can read Agatha in the modus operandi of this book, and you can also read Matsumoto Kiyonaga. He even looks a bit like Conan Doyle. This is not the point. Editor Imamura, the unique charm of Agatha Christie does not Not here. Forget it, I have finished asking my questions, and I would like to thank both of you for your valuable opinions. Next, I suggest that we have something to eat and talk about things other than work."
Hikigaya Hachiman ignored Editor Imamura's angry expression and changed the topic.He has completely confirmed that even with his prompting, Editor Imamura, a veteran mystery fan, could not discover the core conspiracy of the book. If he did not prompt it, it would have been ignored.Imamura is like this, let alone Machida Enko. This kind of trick is a sure way to trick ordinary readers like her.