The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels

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."