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Chapter 35 Hikigaya Hachiman Sword Pointer Mystery Grand Prize
Hikigaya Hachiman is very satisfied with the response on the Internet about the serialization of Chapter 2 of "Malevolence".
The vast majority of comments prove one thing. These readers have been completely led into a ditch by Hikigaya Hachiman's narrative. They analyze the plot that they think is foreshadowing and can only draw the most superficial conclusions. .
"This year's readers are not good. They really need me to give everyone some strong medicine."
Hikigaya Hachiman shook his head, a sense of mission welling up.
As for another strong drug, "Confession", which I talked about before, was selected for the "Japan Mystery Writers Association Award", I don't know what the situation is now.Although Mr. Sukawa had assured him that winning the award was a sure thing, how could Hikigaya Hachiman not be nervous at all?
"Should I prepare an acceptance speech first? No, no, no, what's the difference between this and opening champagne at halftime?"
Hikigaya Hachiman was pacing back and forth in the room. He is an already famous writer, and he must be indifferent to things like awards...
"No! It's impossible! Do you want to call Mr. Arisukawa to find out some gossip? No, it's just the beginning of May and the awards won't be awarded until the end of the month. The teacher will definitely not be able to get any results. He will only make crazy sarcasm. I'll give it a try."
Hikigaya Hachiman fell on his bed dejectedly. As a writer, he is still pursuing awards.Although Mr. Arisukawa usually seems carefree, he also claims that his books are "things that not many people read."But in fact, before Hikigaya Hachiman was born, he had already won the top three awards in the mystery novel world: the Edogawa Ranpo Award, the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, and the Honka Mystery Award.
Therefore, it is normal for Mr. Arisugawa to be unfazed by the honor and disgrace of the award, just like the current Hikigaya Hachiman is also unfazed by the money of 200 million yen.
Arisukawa now supports and helps Hikigaya Hachiman without reservation. He has become completely successful and has no longer pursued things like reputation and status, not to mention that he has neither.
If Hikigaya Hachiman can win the Mystery Writers Association Award, the most direct benefit is that his "Confession" will add a very heavyweight slogan to his belt.The second benefit is that winning the award means that he has been accepted by the most mainstream group in Japan's reasoning world and officially joined the group.
"Those who help themselves will be helped by God. Hachiman, you have done enough. Now just trust in fate."
Hikigaya's mother, who understood her son's thoughts, said this to Hachiman.Although his son has achieved such great achievements at the age of 15, he is still a child after all, and appropriate psychological counseling is still needed.
Hikigaya Hachiman naturally understands these truths, but it is always easy to reason.Therefore, he is still quite burdened and can only calm down by studying hard and talking on the phone with his older sisters.
After entering the third grade of junior high school, Hikigaya Hachiman, who was obsessed with solving problems, had little time to write the work "The Clock Museum Incident".His current writing progress has just reached the scene where the first group of people came to the old building to perform a spiritual summoning ceremony.
That's right, it's a spiritual conjuring ceremony.One of the characteristics of the new reasoning is that there are many plots of pretending to be magical, although in the end it basically turns into science.These contents will make the storyline more exciting and exciting, and can also create a good horror atmosphere in this book.
In order to explore the strange past of a special building, a group of people decided to find a psychic to perform a soul-calling ritual in this building in order to achieve the purpose of talking to the dead.As for this building, it is completely sealed off from the outside world and cannot even let in light.Such a story is particularly suitable for creating a horror atmosphere when you think about it. This is one of the reasons why "The Clock Museum Incident" is very readable.
Readers who follow this terrifying plot atmosphere to the end will still be shocked by the grand core conspiracy and the motivation for the existence of this watch museum.Although new innate reasoning is always criticized: think of tricks with your heart and think of motives with your feet.But "The Incident at the Clock House" is such a work with excellent conspiracies and motives, which is also the reason why it finally became a classic.
"I'll believe it even if you say it's a ghost story, Hachiman-sensei."
Naho Imamura said this to Hachiman Kitani on the phone.
"Very good. This shows that my early goal has been achieved. The most taboo thing about basic reasoning is that the parts other than the case are too boring."
Hikigaya Hachiman is very satisfied. He tried his best to make the overall reading experience of this book as exciting as possible, so that readers will not lose interest in reading halfway.
Losing interest in reading is not an exaggeration. Some novels written by original writers, which were originally written in a plain writing style but with plots at the back, turned into descriptions of travel and sightseeing, local customs and customs, and these descriptions were later proven to be inconsistent with The main plot has nothing to do with it. It's simply the writer's desire to write it, which will directly discourage a large number of readers.
"I admit that the reading experience of this part of the text you sent me is very good. This atmosphere makes me want to leave my job right now and go play a script killing game."
"Then go and have fun, Editor Imamura. If anyone asks, just say that you are discussing work with Mr. Hachiman."
Hikigaya Hachiman joked.
"You're right, Mr. Hachiman. I'll go right away. If the editor-in-chief asks you to give me a confession, please help me. Thank you."
"Wait, wait, I'm kidding. Editor Imamura? Editor Imamura?"
However, there was only a beeping sound on the phone.
Of course, Editor Imamura is not a very undisciplined person. She had this reaction mainly because today is Saturday's day off.
Thanks to Hikigaya Hachiman's meteoric rise after his debut in "All Reading" magazine, the number of submissions received by the magazine's editorial department has been on a straight-line rise in the past few months.What particularly annoyed Editor Imamura was that there were actually a large number of fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old kids who thought they were good enough and began to submit to the magazine what they might have secretly written in class.
"What are you, these little brats! I really think you can recreate Mr. Hachiman!"
Naho Imamura, who was assigned to work overtime on weekends due to an increase in workload, felt extremely fragile and irritable at this time, and she really wanted to leave here and have some fun.So after hearing what Hikigaya Hachiman said, he immediately left the office without considering whether the other party was serious.
"It seems that Editor Imamura is really busy. It's time to find an opportunity to buy her a gift to repay her."
Hikigaya Hachiman said as he looked at the screen of his phone.
Chapter 36 Yukinoshita Harano's plan
The schedules of most middle schools in Japan tend to give people the illusion of "Don't they need to study?"People who think this way will definitely give up this idea if they see the entrance examination questions of some famous universities in Japan.
Therefore, for most students in Japan who want to get into prestigious universities, relying only on the few classes they take in school is definitely not enough.Studying in cram schools has become a very important link. Japanese cram schools are highly targeted and have excellent teacher resources. Of course, they are also expensive.
Yukinoshita Harano is in her senior year of high school this year. The goal chosen by her family is the local Chiba University. It is not difficult for her, but she still needs to work hard to get into it.She does not need to attend cram school, because her family will help her invite cram school teachers directly to her home to save her time as much as possible.
"The results this afternoon are very good, Yukinoshita-san. I think even if you go directly to take the Chiba University entrance exam in your current state, there is still hope of passing the exam."
Yukinoshita Harano's tutor is Mr. Tsuboda, a famous local school teacher in Chiba.He did not hesitate to praise the top academic girl in front of him.
He has always believed that with Yukinoshita Yono's current level, it would not be difficult to enter the University of Tokyo after more than half a year of study.But he didn't talk too much. A famous family like the Yukinoshita family must have carefully considered the arrangements for their children. It was not his turn as an outsider to suggest anything.
"You are so flattering, Mr. Tsuboda, you are the better teacher."
Yukinoshita Harano stood at the door, bowed slightly, and watched Tsuboda get into the car and leave.
The original Yukinoshita Harano was somewhat resentful of her mother's request for her to enter Chiba University. Although she would never disobey her mother at all, she still regretted that she could not go to a higher education institution.
However, ever since that day, when Harano found out that her best student, Mr. Hachiman, had also set Chiba University as his goal, she was extremely grateful to her mother for making this decision.Even if she only has one year as a classmate, she will be looking forward to it.
At this time, Yangno thought of her dear sister. As an invisible sister control, she loved her sister, but she hoped that Yukino could be more sensible and independent.Therefore, her attitude towards Yukino is sometimes affectionate and sometimes cold and violent.
However, this younger sister has an advantage that Yangno is extremely envious of but cannot envy, that is, she is in the same grade as Mr. Hachiman.
This is why Yangno deliberately cut off the possibility of contact between the two.If Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukino establish a connection, even if Yukino does not know the true identity of the other party, she will most likely fall quickly.
The reason why Yangno can make this judgment is because she is too familiar with her sister's character.Yukino seems to be a girl who does not follow the crowd and has independent thoughts, but as long as she meets someone who can guide her in difficulties, she will gradually increase her dependence on that person in her future life, and finally hand her over completely. to that person.
Now Hikigaya Hachiman has undoubtedly completed the first step.Yukinoshita Harano firmly believed that with how evil Hachiman-sensei was, even if he and Yukino only communicated through phone calls or emails thousands of miles apart, Yukino's heart would have changed into the shape of Hikigaya Hachiman after returning to Japan.
What Yukinoshita Yono hopes is to delay Yukino's fall until at least after high school. This will be a good thing for both Yono herself and Yukino.Hachiman-sensei can be left alone for a while, and Yukino can think independently for a while.
"Oh, I'm so good to Yukino. I always think about her. Where else in this world can I find such a good sister like me."
Yangno was moved by his thoughtfulness.
But Yang Na also knows very well that if you win, win, win, you will lose everything in the end.
When Yukino returned from the United States and entered Sobu High, no matter what Harano did, it was impossible to prevent her sister from meeting Hikigaya Hachiman.Yangno couldn't bear to think about what happened after that, her back molars were almost broken.
"Forget it, let's find an opportunity first to reveal Teacher Hachiman's true identity."
Yukinoshita Haruno has been planning this, although it would be fun to keep the current relationship undisclosed.But she mainly wanted to get some unpublished manuscripts from Mr. Hachiman and feast her eyes on them first. This was much more meaningful than entertaining junior high school students.
After several months of investigation by Yono, the only possible public appearance of Mr. Hachiman was at the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award Ceremony at the end of May.This award ceremony has never been broadcast live, and no photos are allowed for external broadcasts. The award results will only be announced on the official website of the association after the award ceremony.
These conditions are undoubtedly in line with Mr. Hachiman's low-key style, so he will definitely attend the award ceremony.As for Yangno herself, she only needed to show up at the venue that day and create a chance encounter with Teacher Hachiman, and everything would be settled.
May [-]th is one week away from the Mystery Writers Association Awards.
"Okay, okay, I understand, thank you very much. Well, I also wish you a happy life, goodbye."
Hikigaya Hachiman put down the phone. He had just received a call from the staff of the Japan Mystery Writers Association, informing him that he would arrive at the Tokyo Yunshu Theater in Toshima District, Tokyo, before 60:60 pm next Saturday to participate in the No. [-] Return to the River. Togawa Ranpo Award and No. [-] Seventh Japan Mystery Writers Association Award Ceremony.
Yes, the award ceremonies for these two highest awards in Japan's mystery world are connected together, because they are both hosted by the Japan Mystery Writers Association.
Hikigaya Hachiman knew about the Tokyo Yunjutsu Theater, which was nearby a very prosperous business district in the Ikebukuro area.
"Let's go early that day, go shopping in Ikebukuro with Editor Imamura, and buy her a thank-you gift by the way."
Hikigaya Hachiman planned this.Whether it was before or after his debut, editor Imamura helped him a lot.Especially after it was published, she was so busy that she couldn't even reply to emails so quickly.
"Is it really okay, Mr. Hachiman? I'm so happy, wuwuwuwu... No, I'm just pretending to cry. But I feel that all the work I've been doing for so long has been worth it, even now The overtime work is no longer so uncomfortable."
After learning that Teacher Hachiman invited her to go shopping in Ikebukuro next Saturday, Imamura Naho immediately felt that her life as a social worker was full of hope again, and she continued to devote herself to the great cause of working overtime with full energy.
Hachiman also mentioned buying a gift for the other party on the phone. He believed that there was nothing to hide. There was no need to be secretive about buying a gift for an elder.
Chapter 37 Hikigaya Hachiman the Digging Maniac
Before Hikigaya Hachiman attends the award ceremony, there is another very important thing, that is, the third part of "Malice" was officially published in the June issue of "All Readings".
Countless mystery fans got the magazine as soon as they got it, and quickly turned to the page of "Malevolence" and started reading carefully. They wanted to see how Mr. Hachiman was going to continue writing about a murder case in which the murderer had been caught.
The length of the third part of "Malevolence" has returned to the level of the first part, with more than 5000 words.The chapter is called Detective Kaga's Monologue, which tells the story of Detective Kaga's investigation to find out why the murderer who confessed in the previous chapter committed the crime.
"Do you think there really is such a criminal police officer in reality? He has obviously arrested the person, the evidence is conclusive, and the murderer has confessed, but he is still working so hard to investigate for a motive. It seems that he is still not busy enough."
Some netizens complained like this.He felt that since the criminals had been caught, it would be better to hand them over directly to the prosecutor and wait for prosecution. Why waste police resources on investigating completely trivial motives?
"There must be something wrong with people seeking a sense of reality in virtual reality..."
A netizen who did not want to reveal his full name replied.
"I think this is the romantic part of the socialist mystery. No one cares about the original mystery and there is no motivation for the writer to write it well, but Mr. Hachiman has to use a huge amount of space to find it. Looking back at the history of mystery novels , is there any precedent?"
This is the statement of a die-hard fan of social reasoning. He is very excited. He thinks that Mr. Hachiman has accomplished something that has never been done by anyone in the reasoning world.
"Yes, the process of searching for the truth will never be boring. The courage to pursue the truth that others are unwilling to pursue is always worthy of admiration."
"But after you have said so much, what is the truth? What conclusion can be drawn from this serial?"
"Look, I'm in a hurry."
At this time, the Mystery Literature Department of Chiba University gathered together as usual, but there were two less figures than usual.One of them is the minister. He told everyone in the group that he has something to do today and is temporarily unable to come. The other person is the school girl with a very quiet voice. Usually no one cares about her. Everyone only cares about mystery novels.
In fact, the two people who disappeared were in a ramen restaurant outside the school. After reading the latest chapter of "Malevolence", they met and went out to have a bowl of ramen together.
"It's worthy of you to say that it's Hachiman-sensei who put so much effort into pursuing the motive. He took socialist reasoning in directions we didn't expect."
The minister said with emotion that he admired Mr. Hachiman more and more, and he could not understand Mr. Hachiman less and less.
"I agree, senior. After reading this series, I think Mr. Hachiman's ambition is so great that I cannot predict it."
said the freshman girl who had just swallowed her last mouthful of ramen.
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"You always have different opinions. Let me hear it again today."
During the communication with the school girl this month, the minister discovered that she was indeed very knowledgeable about mystery literature.He has an almost complete understanding of the possible plot developments of various mystery novels.
"Sorry, senior. You also said that what Mr. Hachiman has written is a mystery novel that has never been done before. No writer has ever considered finding motivations as the main content of a book. Moreover, judging from the ending, it is obvious that there will be more There are many clues that the author did not show us, and the narrative subject of this chapter is a criminal policeman, so there is no possibility of deliberately misleading us. I really can't analyze it."
"That's it, forget it, let's just go shopping this afternoon and stop thinking about the novel."
The minister did not ask further questions and instead invited.
"Ah."
On the Internet, everyone's thoughts have not changed.
"We definitely know that the murderer has a secret. As for what the secret is, is it because the deceased robbed his love? This is too superficial."
"And that's not his love. She is a married woman, and it's just adultery."
A reader commented sharply.
"If the murderer is really the shadow writer of the deceased, then what is the point of killing him? Will he still exist without his shadow?"
"Maybe it's related to the murderer's terminal illness? He didn't have much time left to live, so he had murderous intentions."
"Is there any logic behind your conjecture..."
Looking at these discussions on the Internet, the pit-digging master Hikigaya Hachiman is very proud.He watched helplessly as some readers came close to the truth by mistake, but were rejected by other readers. A group of people fell deeper and deeper into the stereotypes planted in Chapter 1, and naturally became further and further away from the truth.
Hikigaya Hachiman has finished surfing the Internet and will start preparing for the awards ceremony this Saturday.
In terms of personal appearance, he still has to rent a suit, but he will definitely not comb his hair at the back. He can simply comb it with a front and middle parting to expose his forehead.As for his watch worth 50 yen, he no longer needs to wear it, because the prize after winning is a famous watch with his name engraved on it.Wait, why did he think he would definitely win the award?Opening champagne at halftime is not advisable.
As for the possible acceptance speech, Mr. Arisukawa reminded him to make it as long as possible. The acceptance speech for the literature award is basically a complete article, and cannot be fooled by a speech like thanking Zhang and thanking Li.
Hikigaya Hachiman did write a speech of moderate length seriously. There was nothing ambitious in the article, and there was nothing overly modest. In short, it was pragmatic and moderate, and it would never make people feel sharp or insincere.
The more carefully Hikigaya Hachiman prepares, the more he feels that this award should be awarded to him. Otherwise, it would be too unworthy to just go and run with him after all the preparations.
While Hikigaya Hachiman was checking and filling in the gaps, Yukinoshita Harano suddenly called.
"Hello, senior Hikigaya, are you free this Saturday? Do you want to go horse riding with your sister again? Senior sister will take you to a large horse farm in the suburbs."
It's still Yangno's energetic yet playful voice.
"Sorry, senior sister. Our family is going on a trip together this weekend. Let's wait until next time."
This is a lie. Hachiman's parents have to work on the weekend, Komachi went to cash on the weekend, and it is true that there is no one at home.
"Oh, well, we'll just have to wait until next time."
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Yangono's voice sounded a little disappointed.This made Hikigaya Hachiman feel a little guilty. Sometimes he would lie to the point of numbness in order to cover up his true identity, but he didn't want to become a person who relied on lies to get along with others.
"Let's wait for an opportunity to confess our true identity to my senior... It's not an option to continue like this."
Hikigaya Hachiman made up his mind.
"Hmph, in this way, the last doubt is eliminated. He will definitely appear at the venue that day. I really want to see your expression now, Mr. Hachiman, your panicked face after meeting me by chance. "
Yukinoshita Harano looked at the hung up phone and slightly stuck out the tip of her tongue.
Chapter 38 Yukinoshita Harano's unexpected discovery
On the last Saturday in May, at ten o'clock in the morning, Hikigaya Hachiman and Imamura Naho were strolling leisurely through the streets of Nishi Ikebukuro.
It's not because of work, and there's no Machida-senpai around to bother me.Naho Imamura was completely enjoying her walk with Teacher Hachiman at this time, especially since the boy had said on the phone that he wanted to buy her a gift. She instantly felt that all the busyness in the past few months had been worth it.
Frankly speaking, Wenyi Chunqiu is not a shady enterprise.Although I have been working overtime and being busy in the past few months, I have never been short of various benefits, subsidies, bonuses, etc.An unmarried woman like her can save money very quickly. When she saw her account balance one day, she even had the illusion that if she continued to work hard, she might be able to buy a house in Chiyoda Ward.
After his thoughts returned to reality, Imamura felt a little envious when he looked at the boy next to him who could actually afford a house in Chiyoda District at the age of 15, and he sighed unconsciously.
"What's wrong, Editor Imamura?"
Hikigaya Hachiman asked softly.
"Well, it's okay. I was just thinking that if I were you, Mr. Hachiman, you should be able to buy a house in Chiyoda Ward."
"Houses in Chiyoda Ward are a bit expensive even for me. A slightly larger one would cost hundreds of millions of yen, not to mention the 10,000+ yen that I have to pay every month. The cost is simply a bottomless pit. If you think about it, Chiba is better."
Hikigaya Hachiman also looked at the houses in Chiyoda District when he had nothing to do. They were all so expensive that he could not even imagine them.
"So, Mr. Hachiman, you can't afford the house price in Chiyoda!? Sure enough, it's not a place for people... I might as well resign and go to Fusukawa Bunko to join Enzi..."
The more Naho Imamura talked, the more depressed she became, even her head dropped.
"Okay, this is how life is in the capital. It would be better to say that Editor Imamura, you have done better than most people."
Hikigaya Hachiman really didn't know how to comfort a social beast, so he had no choice but to say this.
"Yeah, you're right, Mr. Hachiman. I think I have worked hard for so many years after graduation, and meeting you, Mr. Hachiman, is the best gift that life has given me."
Naho Imamura turned around and looked at Hikigaya with bright eyes, as if she was admiring the gift given to her by God.
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"Ahaha... Editor Imamura, let's go look at the gifts."
Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head and avoided the other party's blazing gaze.
"No, absolutely not, Teacher Hachiman. No matter what, I cannot accept such an expensive gift. Please understand."
"It's just Cartier. Editor Imamura, you are making too much fuss."
Hikigaya Hachiman said that he and Imamura Naho, who likes watches, were browsing in a Cartier watch store in Ginza.
"What do you mean 'it's just Cartier'? Mr. Hachiman, there is a big problem with your consumption concept!"
Naho Imamura was very helpless. The young man in front of him was too shocking, but he did have the strength.
"Really? Editor Imamura, your monthly salary should be able to afford one of these."
Hikigaya Hachiman was puzzled. He had no need to pretend. He really felt that these watches were not that expensive.
"Who gave you the illusion that you can save a salary by working and living in Tokyo..."
Naho Imamura said, if she spends one month's salary to buy a watch here, she may not even have money to take the subway.
"Don't worry, Editor Imamura. I don't spend money randomly. I just feel that you have helped me so much. This watch is not enough to express my gratitude."
Hikigaya Hachiman said sincerely.
"It's enough for me to have your words, Mr. Hachiman. As an editor, there are many things I should do. But I really can't accept such an expensive gift. If I don't wear the gift you gave me, There is no point in going out, and if you wear it, it will have a bad impact. Maybe you still can't understand it, but in our world, any kind of gossip is possible."
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Naho Imamura said.
Seeing what the other party said, Hikigaya Hachiman no longer insisted.I had no choice but to take Naho Imamura to the Longines store next door. As the bottom of the high-priced watch chain, Longines is deeply loved by female users.Editor Imamura also accepted a watch selected by Hachiman for less than 20 yen.
"Hmph, I want to take a selfie and send it to Yuanzi. I really want to see her twisted expression and teeth in jealousy."
At this time, Naho Imamura couldn't wait to put on the watch, raised her hand to block the sun and looked at it carefully.
"At least don't irritate Editor Machida until the awards ceremony is over tonight. I don't want to be bombarded by her phone calls and emails..."
Hikigaya Hachiman said weakly.
"Don't worry, sister understands that there will be plenty of opportunities to make her angry in the future."
Imamura Naho was so happy that she even changed her title. She naturally stretched out her hand and put it on Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulder. She didn't mean to take advantage of him, but simply felt that the atmosphere was there.
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"WHAT THE F——?"
Yukinoshita Yono felt that her eyes must be broken.
How could she see Mr. Hachiman walking intimately with another woman, arm in arm?She obviously just wanted to walk around Ikebukuro by herself to relax before the award ceremony.Why did God punish her like this?
The closer he looked, the clearer it became that the boy was Hikigaya Hachiman.Her heart became colder.
"Haha, luckily I still feel like I have everything under control."
Yukinoshita Yono laughed at herself. She now felt that all the plans she had painstakingly worked out before seemed a bit humorous in this situation.
"But, isn't this woman a little old? Is she Hachiman-sensei's mother? No, she's too young...is she another relative?"
Yangno continued to observe in secret. She felt that the woman next to Mr. Hachiman was at least one round older than Mr. Hachiman.But in all her previous exchanges with Hikigaya, the other party never mentioned that she had any sisters or other relatives, and this woman had nothing in common with him in appearance.
"It turns out that being three years older than me is not enough. Do you have to be 13 years older than Mr. Hachiman to have a chance?"
Yukinoshita Harano complained.
Although such an unexpected discovery occurred while shopping, Yukinoshita Harano's plan would not change.It was precisely because she discovered that her competitors were far more than Yukino, who had not yet joined the battle, that she needed to seize the time even more.
Chapter 39 Hikigaya Hachiman panicked
At 05:30 in the afternoon, Hikigaya Hachiman, who had already changed his clothes, entered the Tokyo Yunshu Theater with Naho Imamura.
The interior of the theater is decorated in a very literary and artistic style, and the lighting in the main venue is common warm colors.Participants have begun to arrive one after another, and there are some staff on the stage doing final adjustments to ensure that there are no problems.
"Editor Imamura, have you often come to such occasions before?"
Hikigaya Hachiman asked curiously.
"Often? Don't count. I've only been here two or three times. For our publishing house, there are still quite a lot of seats allocated every year, but everyone knows that it will be boring, so there is no interest in it. "
Naho Imamura explained.She could come every year if she wanted to, but it wasn't necessary.
"I see, so you will still meet many colleagues from other publishing houses on site, is that right?"
Hikigaya Hachiman needs to confirm this.
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"Yes, Mr. Hachiman. Although I haven't met him yet, he will definitely happen. Let's separate first. After all, your seat is not the same as mine."
Hikigaya Hachiman's seat is an exclusive area for writers, and only invited writers can sit there.
"Okay, Editor Imamura, see you later."
"Well, see you then, Hachiman-sensei."
After the two separated, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't want to sit down immediately, so he went to the entrance hall and found a sofa to sit down first.I plan to wait until the broadcast starts before entering the main venue.
Then, he heard a sound that made his heart and lungs stop. This sound was familiar to him, but it should not have appeared in this situation.
"Hello, Hikigaya-senpai, I didn't expect to meet you here."
This is of course the voice of Yukinoshita Haruno. She still has the smart shoulder-length short hair and the gradient blue dress. Everything is the same as when she first met Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Hello, senior sister."
Hikigaya Hachiman's brain suddenly started playing the classic song from "Interstellar", and then a bunch of mathematical formulas, images of mountains, rivers, stars and galaxies began to pass before his eyes like a revolving lantern.
"Is this the place where juniors and their families travel together? Why are juniors alone? Don't you often say that you have a very cute sister? We happened to meet her today. Senior wants to meet Komachi."
Yukinoshita Harano said happily, sitting next to Hikigaya Hachiman and watching him quietly.
At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that his head looked a bit like a classic expression of a black brother.
"What's wrong, Hikigaya-senpai? You're sweating a lot. This hall is air-conditioned."
Yukinoshita Harano took out a tissue and gently wiped away the thin beads of sweat on Hachiman's forehead.
"I'm sorry, Yukinoshita-senpai."
Hikigaya Hachiman decided to confess, and it was too late to give him any time to make up a new lie.
"Hmm, why?"
Yukinoshita Yono was not surprised at all by the other party's sudden apology. Instead, she continued to ask with a smile, with a hint of sweetness in her smile.
"Because...because..."
Hikigaya Hachiman stuttered a little, and he didn't know whether he should say the next words.
"It's okay, Hikigaya-senpai, I will forgive you for whatever you say."
Yukinoshita Yono continued to induce the other party.
"Because I actually went out to play with my girlfriend today. Her name is Imamura Naho, and she is 13 years older than me. Senior sister, you should have seen the two of us in Ginza this morning. I was buying a gift for her at that time."
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"Hikigaya-kun, you are here, come and sit down, we are all waiting for you."
Seeing Hikigaya Hachiman walking towards the writers area, Arisukawa immediately waved and called.
"Hello, Teacher Arisukawa, I have really troubled you recently. Regardless of whether I win or not, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Hikigaya Hachiman walked towards Arisu River and bowed to him.He knew that during the review period for the Mystery Writers Association Award, Mr. Arisugawa, who was an important member of the association, spoke for him frequently.Yu Qichuan told him before that the award was certain, precisely because he was a senior executive of the Mystery Writers Association. With the excellent quality of "Confessions" and his connections, it would be difficult not to win the award.
"Haha, there's no need for this. If it weren't for your writing, Hikigaya-kun, no one would pay attention to me no matter how much I lobby."
Arisukawa said happily, he knew in his heart that Hikigaya Hachiman won the award and no one could steal it.
"Well, Hikigaya-kun, I'm going to sit on the stage. See you when the awards are presented."
After Arisukawa finished speaking, he waved and walked towards the award podium.Key members of their Mystery Writers Association will be seated on stage to facilitate introductions by the host, and they will also serve as award presenters.
After saying goodbye to Mr. Arisugawa, Hikigaya Hachiman sat down in his seat, but he had to get up from time to time to greet the writers who recognized him.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the awards ceremony was finally about to officially begin.The first award was Japan's highest reasoning award: the Edogawa Ranpo Award.Since Hikigaya Hachiman chose to submit his debut work to a magazine, he and the award lost their fate forever.
There are many steps before the award. The host reads the opening speech, introduces the main members of the Mystery Writers Association one by one, and then the current president of the Mystery Writers Association, Shoji Shimada, delivers a speech, and then the official award ceremony begins.
Although the Edogawa Ranpo Award is a well-known newcomer award, this year's winner is obviously in his forties. It seems that he switched to novel writing halfway, and finally got his wish.
The prize awarded to the author is a small statue of Edogawa Ranpo, which is exquisitely crafted. In addition, there is a bonus of 1000 million yen. This is naturally paid directly to the card and will not be presented to the audience.
After this, in the award-winning speech section, the judges' representative, the publisher's representative, and the award-winning author himself took the stage to deliver speeches.When the Edogawa Ranpo Prize section was completely over, more than an hour had passed.The host announced an intermission and returned to continue awarding the Japan Mystery Writers Association Awards.
Hikigaya Hachiman came to the hall outside, stretched out, and saw a familiar figure walking towards him quickly.
"Teacher Hikigaya Hachiman, I must resort to the strongest words to express my strong objection to the despicable way you just used to deceive me, an underage high school student, in an almost humiliating way, which caused me to completely I lost my temper and almost went to the toilet to call my sister and cry!"
Yukinoshita Yono gritted her teeth in embarrassment and uttered a long and difficult sentence that Hikigaya Hachiman could barely understand.
Chapter 40 Hikigaya Hachiman gave a speech on stage
Set the time back an hour ago.
Yukinoshita Yono never thought that her plan would fail.But her biggest miscalculation was that she shouldn't have competed with a mystery novel writer to see who had the deeper routine, even if the other person was only 15 years old.
After hearing Teacher Hachiman's answer of cardiopulmonary arrest, Yukinoshita Harano directly turned into a wooden man. No matter how much Hikigaya Hachiman called, there was no response, as if his soul had been sucked away.
Hikigaya Hachiman was about to enter the venue, but he had no choice but to write a small note, telling her that Naho Imamura was just his editor. They were both very innocent, and it was only today that he discovered that Harano already knew his identity.After writing, she put the note into Yangno's hand and helped her close it.
When Yukinoshita Harano came back to her senses, she found that the teacher Hachiman next to her had disappeared.I remembered what he said just now.Yangno's tears almost fell on the spot. She wanted to find a place where no one was on the phone to talk, but she found that there was no one else to talk to except her sister.
When she was about to make the call, she found a small note in her left hand...
"Senior Yukinoshita, please listen to my excuses."
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Hikigaya Hachiman still wanted to laugh a little, so he tried his best to hold himself together, otherwise the other party would make trouble again.
"It's okay, Hikigaya Hachiman-sensei. I won't say anything for now. There will be awards related to you in a while. You'd better go and wait for the awards."
Yukinoshita Harano calmed down quickly, but she had no intention of letting it go.She knew it wasn't the right time to say anything. It was only halftime and there wasn't much time to talk.
"Senior Yukinoshita, please."
Hikigaya Hachiman turned sideways and stretched his right arm slightly outward.
"Junior, what are you..."
Yang Nai was a little confused. Did this junior mean to let her hold her arm?
"Hurry up, senior. If I take the initiative to pull you, it won't be in line with my personality. It's better for you, senior, to suffer."
Hikigaya Hachiman looked in another direction and said nonchalantly.
"You...junior."
Yukinoshita Harano sighed happily, stretched out her slender hand, and took Hikigaya Hachiman's arm.
"Don't try too hard, senior, this is just etiquette for such occasions."
Hikigaya Hachiman felt that the other party's arm was a little too tight, so he couldn't help but remind him.
"Well, I understand."
Yukinoshita Yono was still smiling sweetly.
The other writers were a little surprised to see a beautiful woman next to Mr. Hachiman who came back from the break.In fact, although this area is said to be a writer's area, there are many empty seats, which is actually convenient for writers to bring their relatives and friends to participate.So everyone didn't pay too much attention to it, but they just wondered why the beautiful woman was not with him just now.
"No. 60 Seventh Japanese Writers' Mystery Association Award, long series and short series department, the winner is——"
In order to create suspense, the award presenter also deliberately paused.
"Hachiman! The award-winning work "Confession"!"
Hikigaya Hachiman put his hands on the armrests on both sides of his seat, slowly raised his head and looked into the distance, as if bathed in the applause of the audience.
He made eye contact with Yukinoshita Yono, who was applauding fiercely, and then stood up and left his seat. Under the applause and attention of the audience, he took the gift and certificate from the award-winning guest. Both parties looked forward and took a group photo together.
After handing over the prize certificate to the staff for safekeeping, Hikigaya Hachiman took out his speech.
"First of all, I would like to thank the association for awarding this significant award to me, a fledgling writer. I sincerely hope that I will work harder in the future to live up to the association's recognition. I especially want to thank Mr. Arisukawa for your promotion of me. That made me stand here today."
After saying this, Hikigaya Hachiman nodded to Arisugawa, who was sitting next to the medal podium, and he gave him a thumbs up in response.
"I would also like to thank my editor, Ms. Naho Imamura of Bungeishunqiu Publishing House, for your excellent work, which made my serialization and publication possible so smoothly."
Naho Imamura's nose felt sore after hearing this, and she covered half of her face in embarrassment, feeling the envious looks from around her.
Next, Hikigaya Hachiman thanked his family members, publishers, etc. who were not present.After the thank you session, it was time for the speeches.
"Today's Japanese mystery novels are undoubtedly in an era where a hundred flowers are blooming. If my works can add a bit of brightness to this era, it will be my honor."
Hikigaya Hachiman first expressed his modesty. He did not belittle his own works, but admitted that he was living in a good era. This was tantamount to praising other writers on the scene.
"According to the current stage, one of the more accepted theories about the development of Japanese mystery novels is that before the 80s, Japanese mystery writers followed Mr. Matsumoto Seicho as a model, while after the 80s, mystery writers followed Shima Mr. Tian Shoji set an example and each created an era of Japanese reasoning."
After saying this, Hikigaya Hachiman paused and looked at Mr. Shimada Shoji who was sitting in the chairman's seat, who was looking at him kindly.
"The trend led by Mr. Shimada Shoji is the well-known new Honka movement. Starting from Mr. Shimada, Honka mystery, the oldest and most charming type of mystery novels, has returned to the great stage of Japanese mystery literature. The stage shines brighter than ever before."
Hikigaya Hachiman's words praised many writers present, especially the main members of the association. Most of them are original mystery writers, and they all yearn for Japan to recreate the golden age of original mystery.
"Although my first two works were both solid social reasoning, I'm really embarrassed to say it. However, I have always had the idea of creating my own character in my heart, and I have put some of my ideas on paper. On the surface."
I heard that this talented young man on stage also wanted to create his own style, and the scene became a little restless.People who like mystery novels cannot resist the charm of original reasoning.And these mystery writers all regard the original reasoning as as beautiful as first love, but some of them have temporarily cheated on the social faction.
"I hope to create some brand-new novels. I hope to inject new vitality into the reasoning. If I can do this, I will be worthy of becoming a mystery novelist."
Hikigaya Hachiman made a true declaration. After the award ceremony, his acceptance speech will be posted on the official website of the Mystery Writers Association.At that time, mystery fans all over Japan will know that Mr. Hachiman will enter the field of true reasoning.
Chapter 41 Hikigaya Hachiman's Shura Field (fake)
Hikigaya Hachiman's next speech seemed unremarkable. He himself did not intend to say anything too eye-catching in his speech. They were not traffic stars and did not need to rely on this form to attract attention. Moreover, there was no need to do so. There is no eyeball to bet on (in reality, the award ceremony of these two awards did not have more than [-] views on YouTube, and no one commented).
After returning to his seat, the writers around him congratulated him, and he responded to them one by one.
About an hour later, the award ceremony finally ended, and Hachiman and Harano did not leave immediately.
Yukinoshita Harano seemed extremely calm at this time. After a short silence, she gently pinched the other party's little finger, and received a confused look from Hikigaya Hachiman. She said softly:
"I didn't expect you to plan to write a case study. I'm looking forward to it, senior Hikigaya."
"...Senior sister, if you have anything to say, please just say it. You are making me panic."
Hikigaya Hachiman was a little speechless. The little devil attribute of this beautiful senior girl really made it difficult for him to resist.
"Huh? Sister, I don't have anything to say. I'm just an ordinary fan of Mr. Hachiman. My hope in life every month is to read Mr. Hachiman's serials on time, and then look forward to next month while waiting in endless pain. The magazine is here."
Yukinoshita Harano said pitifully, her body already pressed against Hikigaya Hachiman's arm.
Hikigaya Hachiman enjoyed it, oh no, he felt the soft touch coming from his left arm, and patted Harano's hand.
"I understand what you mean, senior. Don't you just want to know the ending? I'll tell you right away. In fact, Osamu Nonoguchi's real purpose in "Malicious" is..."
Before Hikigaya Hachiman could finish speaking, Yukinoshita Haruno fiercely covered his mouth.Yangno's palm was small, but she exerted great force, which showed that she was really anxious.
"Bi·qi·gu·hachiban! If you continue like this, you will lose me as a senior. I don't mean to lose my heart, but to lose me as a person, a physiological concept!"
Yukinoshita Yono said angrily, she found that she really couldn't take advantage of this junior student.This was the first time in her life that she felt that her emotions could be so casually manipulated by another person, and this person was three years younger than herself.
"Ahem...don't be so excited, senior, did I really look like I was going to give you a spoiler just now? Then my acting skills are pretty good."
Hachiman said with a smile after being released by Harno.
"Teacher Hachiman, it's time to leave. Should we go...?"
Naho Imamura, who was walking towards Hikigaya Hachiman, noticed that there was a beautifully dressed woman beside Teacher Hachiman, and she seemed to be only two or three years older than Teacher Hachiman.Imamura's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Teacher Hachiman, who is the lady next to you?"
Hikigaya Hachiman was still thinking about how to introduce his troublesome senior, so she spoke first.
"Hello, you must be editor Naho Imamura. Hikigaya-san is under your care at work. As for my relationship with Hachiman-sensei, do you want to take a guess?"
For this editor Imamura who went shopping sweetly with her juniors during the day, and was used as a weapon by his juniors at night to hurt her young heart, Yangno naturally did not have any good feelings. She hugged the arm of Hikigaya Hachiman who was about to stand up. Ignoring the pleading look from the other party.
Imamura Naho had no intention of having such a childish confrontation with this girl who was ten years younger than her, but the other party was too pretentious, so she had to take action.
Imamura thought of how Hachiman-sensei had told her when she was shopping in the morning that Machida Eonko was the only one who knew Hachiman's identity apart from her family and the publishing house. So the girl in front of her must have just found out about Hachiman-sensei's identity not long ago, so... .
"Teacher Hachiman."
Imamura suddenly called Hikigaya, and the other person raised his head, not knowing what Imamura meant.
"I have read the manuscript of "Malice" that you sent me before. I really didn't expect Osamu Nonoguchi to..."
"I was wrong, Editor Imamura, Hachiman-sensei and I are still friends for the time being."
Yukinoshita Yono stood up in an instant and bowed deeply. Her attitude was extremely sincere, but her heart was broken. She was indeed eaten all over the place by one move.
"Very well, Yukinoshita-san, since we are all friends of Mr. Hachiman, there is no need to target each other like this, right?"
With a winner's smile, Imamura Naho dragged her left arm with her right hand and supported her chin with her left hand. She pointed her Longines watch at Yukinoshita Harano without any trace, and the lights of the venue shone slightly on the dial. Reflective.
Harano looked at Imamura showing off her watch, suddenly realized something, and stared at Hikigaya Hachiman.
"Uh...that thing about buying gifts is indeed true."
Hikigaya Hachiman had no choice but to admit.
...
"Oh, in the end, did I still lose to your move?"
Editor Imamura sighed.She didn't expect Yukinoshita Yukino to be the daughter of a big family. When she came to Toshima District from Chiba, her family's driver drove her there in a luxury car, so he would naturally send her back.Of course, the luxury car was big enough to seat both Haruno and Hachiman.
"You have won too much today, Editor Imamura. Let me save face this time."
Yukinoshita Yono said without energy that whether she faced Hachiman or Imamura today, she lost a bit completely.
Imamura took Yangno aside and said to her:
"I know you have thoughts about your teacher Hachiman. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely compete with you. But sister, I am 28 years old this year. I am exhausted by life and work. Social beast, Mr. Hachiman's appearance became the only light in my dark life. To put it simply, he healed me. But I will not have any unrealistic illusions about Mr. Hachiman."
Naho Imamura looked at the somewhat guilty Yukinoshita Harano and continued:
"I think you can also feel it. No matter now or in the future, Mr. Hachiman will never be short of girls of all kinds around him. Yukinoshita-san, you are so fat in the early stage, so don't let your home be stolen." Oh."
After saying that, Imamura Naho turned around and left calmly, leaving Yukinoshita Harano alone in a daze.
"Senior? Get in the car quickly. It's quite cold outside now. Don't catch a cold."
Hikigaya Hachiman's voice came at the right time, bringing Haruno's heart back.
"I'm here, junior. I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
Yukinoshita Yangno smiled, turned around and boarded the car.There is still a long way to go back to Chiba, but both Harano and Hachiman maintain a tacit silence and enjoy this time quietly.
Chapter 42 Yukinoshita Harano escaped death
Since it was closer to Yukinoshita's house from Toshima Ward, the driver would take Haruno home first, then take Hikigaya Hachiman home and then turn back.
The car stopped in front of Yukinoshita's house. Before getting out of the car, Yukinoshita Harano looked at Hikigaya Hachiman and asked seriously:
"Why don't you come and sit at my house? Teacher Hachiman, my parents are both your readers. They will definitely be willing to meet you."
"I would like to ask Miss Yukinoshita Yono, it's almost ten o'clock in the evening. You invited me to sit at home. Not to mention whether your parents have fallen asleep. Even if you can really talk to your parents, I can still leave after it's over. Your mansion?"
Hikigaya Hachiman felt that the opponent's abacus was about to fall into his face.
"That's a pity, Hikigaya-senpai. In fact, I just said hello one-sidedly today and left home. With the tutor in our family, you should be able to imagine that my mother must be sitting angrily right now. You are waiting for my explanation at home. Even so, aren't you willing to sit at home with me?"
Yukinoshita Yangno said it very pitifully.
"Am I really that smart? Can your mother not care about your rebellion today?"
Hikigaya Hachiman didn't believe it.
"No, mother will still care about me, but tonight her eyes will only be on you, just to help me divert the fire of this night. When she wakes up tomorrow, her anger will be much smaller."
Yukinoshita Yangno analyzed.
"You are right, but let me refuse."
Hikigaya Hachiman showed no mercy.
"Oh, you brother, you really make me sad, senior. Let's take a photo together to at least prove that I am really with you tonight, so that my mother can believe it."
Yang Naijian failed to abduct him, so he retreated to the next best thing.
"Of course it's fine."
Hikigaya Hachiman agreed, and then the two naturally leaned together and took a photo that looked like a couple.
"I hope this is useful, then, goodbye Hikigaya-senpai, good night."
Yukinoshita Harano said goodbye to Hikigaya Hachiman, turned around and walked into her home.
... ...
As Yuno expected, Mrs. Yukinoshita was sitting on the inside of the table in the center of the hall. She had always been intangible, and no emotion could be seen from her face, but Yukino believed that her mother's heart was already filled with emotions. It burst into flames.
"Sit down, Harno."
Mrs. Yukinoshita ordered in an irresistible voice.Yangonoguang's legs softened when he heard this voice, and he quickly sat down in her position in a standard manner.
"Today is the first time since you were sensible that you have gone out for such a long time without my permission. Usually on weekends, when you go out to relax during the day, I rarely stop you. So I hope you can give me a A reasonable explanation and who the other person in the car was."
Mrs. Yukinoshita was indeed very angry. She didn't expect that her youngest daughter's rebellion had just begun to abate. Her eldest daughter, who had been obedient for more than ten years and the future head of the family, Yukinoshita Harano, He actually did something that even Yukino didn't dare to do - left the house for a whole day without permission, and didn't come home until ten o'clock in the evening, and he came back with another person.
"I'm very sorry, mother. But there is indeed a reason for my willfulness today, and this is it."
Yukinoshita Harano handed the cell phone with the photo she just took to Mrs. Yukinoshita with both hands.
"This boy is Mr. Hachiman. His full name is Hikigaya Hachiman. Just a few hours ago, he won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award. I was sitting next to him at the time. You can find any member of this association. The writer went to confirm what I said and whether the person in the photo was him."
Yukinoshita Yangno finished speaking in one breath, but her heartbeat became more and more steady, which surprised even herself.
Mrs. Yukinoshita looked at the photo for a long time before she finally spoke slowly. This time her voice was gentle and different from the others.
"Yangno, why didn't you invite me in to sit here? Although it's a little late, our house doesn't have guest rooms."