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

"I'm sorry, mother, it was Mr. Hachiman who thought it would disturb your rest, so he left on his own initiative."

Yukinoshita Yono was shocked by the power of this photo and knew that he was completely out of danger.

"That's it. He is such a considerate child."

Yukinoshita Yono even saw a little kindness in her mother's eyes.

"But, Yangno. If this is the case, I will definitely not stop you. Why would you leave without saying goodbye? Your father and I are very worried about you."

Mrs. Yukinoshita asked puzzledly.

"Mom, actually before I left home, everything was still unknown. A lot really happened today."

Yukinoshita Yangono said this.

The amount of information in this sentence was a bit large. Mrs. Yukinoshita thought about it for a while before she nodded slightly.

"Your behavior today is quite similar to how I felt back then. Okay, let's not talk anymore. It's too late today and you haven't washed up yet. Take your time and go to bed early. Good night, Yangno."

"Good night, mother."

After the conversation between the two parties ended, Harano received an email on her mobile phone from Hikigaya Hachiman.

"I'm home. The driver is very good at driving. How's it going? Did my face work? Are you out of danger?"

"It is indeed a very convenient face, Hikigaya-senpai. I even have a feeling that if I want to go out to play in the future, as long as I tell my name, my mother will allow it no matter how long I don't come home."

Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned when he saw this reply. He felt that it was Imamura Naho who did this kind of thing last time.

"As long as it's useful, I'll visit you at home when it's convenient. Good night, senior."

After the night's struggle, Hikigaya Hachiman could finally take a look at his prize - a watch engraved with his name.Hikigaya Hachiman likes watches very much, and he can't put it down even more for such memorable and unique watches.

He decided to inform his readers in a more subtle way that he had won the award, so he put on his watch, took a photo of his arm, and posted it on Twitter without any text.

"Look, look, Hachiman-sensei has posted on Twitter. Is he finally going to announce his award?"

In many places in Japan, there are many mystery fans waiting for the results. They all hope to see Mr. Hachiman win the award, so they monitor his Twitter all night long.

"What is this? Mr. Hachiman's arm? Forget it, lick it first."

"Ugh, there's a pervert upstairs."

"For those of you who can't grasp the key points, Mr. Hachiman wants to show you his watch. This is Louis Erard, a relatively unpopular Swiss watch. This is the brand used in the Mystery Writers Association Awards."

"Yes, look carefully and there is 'Hachiman' engraved on the dial. Doesn't this mean that Mr. Hachiman has won the award?"

Soon, the news that Mr. Hachiman, who was only 15 years old, won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, spread throughout Japan’s mystery fan community.

Chapter 43 Hikigaya Hachiman’s status confirmed

Hikigaya Hachiman won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, although this is not a surprise to the writers involved and the association.

But for readers and other publishers, this is nothing less than a thunderbolt.Last year, Mr. Hachiman significantly broke the age limit for winning the "All Readings" Newcomer Award at the age of 15. However, since it was only a magazine's Newcomer Award, its influence was limited.

The Mystery Writers Association Award that Mr. Hachiman won this time is a heavyweight award that all mystery readers know. The jury is a group of uncles in their 60s and [-]s, and the representative Shimada Shoji is over [-] years old.

Such a group of judges, who represent the authority and status of Japanese mystery writers, awarded this heavyweight award to the 15-year-old teacher Hachiman, which actually means that they have recognized this young man and believe that the future of Japanese mystery writers lies in his hands. .

And other publishing houses in Japan are even more envious of Literary Spring and Autumn, so much so that they have pink eye.What's even more despicable is that they have no idea how to poach this talented young man.Bungeishunqiu offered Mr. Hachiman the highest salary that the industry could offer. Even if other publishing houses were willing to pay higher, they could not break the old rules of the industry.

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As for Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House itself, it began to frantically produce a new style of book waist, adding bold and emphasized letters on it to announce that the book "Confessions" had won the Mystery Writers Association Award, and the related supporting publicity was in full swing to help "Confession" Sales of "Confession" achieved reverse growth in June.

The editorial department of "All Readings" magazine is as busy as ever. Because of Mr. Hachiman's award, the number of submitted manuscripts has increased much more.It is estimated that the number of submissions for this year's Newcomer Award will increase by more than 50.00% compared to the highest level in previous years.

Considering that the reasoning craze started by Mr. Hachiman will not dissipate in a few short years. Ryutaro, the chief judge of the "All Readings" Newcomer Award, has proposed to Bungei Chunqiu Publishing House that changing the Newcomer Award to a Newcomer Award only for "historical era" novels can greatly reduce the number of submissions and reduce the burden on the magazine and the review team. work pressure.

After holding many rounds of meetings and weighing the matter, the publishing house agreed to the proposal, and decided to take effect next year. The "All Readings" Newcomer Award, which has lasted for more than 60 years, will be officially changed to "All Readings" Historical Era Novel Newcomers. reward (in reality, it will not be officially changed until 2021).

These are all the influences caused by Hikigaya Hachiman's winning this award, but he himself knows almost nothing about it because he is immersed in intense and exciting studies again.

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Unknowingly, two months have passed in the first semester. In the first stage exam, Hikigaya Hachiman's score fell to the ninth grade. He deeply reflected on this.

"What he did must have been done by Yukinoshita Yono!"

Hikigaya Hachiman quickly reflected on the result.

When school started in early April, Hikigaya Hachiman vowed to study hard on weekends and plan his writing and studying time appropriately.

Two months have passed, and his weekends seem to be either hanging out with Yukinoshita Harano, or calling and sending emails with Yukinoshita Harano.Therefore, his decline in academic performance must be caused by this annoying senior.

"I have to call her and reprimand her for this behavior that affects my study."

So the two chatted on the phone for a long time again, but this time Yangno heard that her junior student's grades had declined, and she became really worried.

"No kidding, I think it is really necessary for you to receive tutoring. You have to know, Hikigaya-san, your competitors may have signed up for tutoring classes. If you only rely on classroom study and after-school self-study It’s hard to compete with them.”

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Yukinoshita Yono's improvement in academic performance mainly relies on the tutor's teaching and the consolidation and improvement through the test papers he assigned. She knows the importance of extracurricular tutoring.

"Senior sister, you are at a critical stage of review now, don't worry, I will find a way on my own."

Hikigaya Hachiman still rejected Yukinoshita Harano's suggestion to tutor him. If she asked him to go out riding, he might really agree.But tutoring, especially tutoring that spans three grades, is definitely useless for teaching people. How much knowledge he can gain from tutoring with his senior sister is another matter.

Feeling that her junior classmate would not accept her tutoring, Yukinoshita Harano no longer insisted. After a brief chat, she hung up the phone, hoping to give Hikigaya Hachiman enough time to study.

"Hikigaya-senpai, you must be admitted to the Sobu High School."

Yukinoshita Harano prayed in her heart. She also felt that she was playing with Hikigaya Hachiman a little too often.

Even though Hikigaya Hachiman is in the top ten of his grade every time he takes exams, he seems very powerful.He knew very well that the average level of the students at the municipal Chumori Junior High School he attended was hard to praise.

Playing chess with a group of bad chess players every day will not improve his chess skills much. What's more, there are eight people who he can't play, which means that he is also one of the bad chess players.

After telling my mother about this, she had an idea. Isn't there a top student who graduated from a prestigious university?Why bother looking around.

This person is naturally Machida Enko. She and Imamura Naho are both top students who graduated from Meiji University. Tutoring a junior high school student is really a bit like anti-aircraft guns.

Of course, Machida Enko was very willing to do this for Hikigaya Hachiman. For her, after a week of working as a social worker, it was a pleasure to be able to teach Hachiman about junior high school knowledge for half a day.

So, starting from the first weekend of June, Hikigaya Hachiman had one day to receive tutoring in math and science from Machida Enko.

Hikigaya had to admit that Machida Enko was indeed a decent teacher. She explained all the knowledge points very thoroughly and was very strict. She only gave Hachiman very little rest time throughout the afternoon.She believes that Hachiman's deficiencies in mathematics and science are not minor problems and need to be quickly identified and filled.

Thanks to Machida Enko's excellent teaching and after-school tasks, Hikigaya Hachiman believes that his math and science skills have grown rapidly, and he only needs to wait for the final exam in late July to test his quality.

Before that, something very important had already happened, but Hikigaya Hachiman was so absorbed in his studies that he didn't notice.That is, the July issue of "All Readings" which carries the fourth part of the serialization of "Malicious" has been officially released, which means that the single volume of "Malicious" will be released soon.

Chapter 44 Hikigaya Hachiman is popular in junior high school

The fourth part of "Malevolence" forgotten by Hikigaya Hachiman, the chapter title is The Murderer's Monologue.

After Detective Kaga discovered key evidence, the murderer decided to confess his motives. He recounted his process from getting to know the deceased to finally killing him.In particular, he mentioned that over the years, he had experienced the resentment of not being able to get what he wanted from his lover, not being able to appreciate his own works, and being blackmailed by the deceased for several years.

And the incurable disease he contracted was the straw that broke the camel's back.From then on, he strengthened his determination to commit the crime. He regarded this as revenge for the other party taking everything he should have.

Just like "Confession", the single volume and library volume of "Malevolence" will also be officially released four days after the serialization.

The discussion and popularity brought about by "Malice" is far less than that of "Confession", but most readers still gave positive reviews and said they would definitely buy the book.This gave Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House the confidence to maintain the same number of 50 individual volumes and [-] library volumes for the first printing. In any case, these can definitely be sold out within a year.

As for the publishing contract of "Malice", Bungei Shunqiu increased the royalty rate for Hikigaya Hachiman by one point, reaching 14.00%.This means that Hikigaya Hachiman has officially received the highest royalty rate that a Japanese writer can receive. Looking at this treatment alone, he has become one of the top people in the Japanese literary world.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was obsessed with studying, didn't pay attention to the fact that his account had an extra 500 million yen. It was better not to care, otherwise he would have to worry about the huge tax again.

"Teacher Hachiman, I know you are under a lot of pressure from studying recently, and we will not disturb you during the pre-release promotion stage of "Malevolence". You only need to send this message we edited to your Twitter. Okay, please excuse me."

This was a call from a staff member of Bungeishunqiu Publishing House. She spoke to Hikigaya Hachiman carefully, making him very confused.

However, Hikigaya Hachiman thought about it again. During the period when "Malevolence" was about to be released, as the author with whom he was most closely related, it seemed as if the book had nothing to do with him at all.Even when Bungeishunqiu was promoting it like crazy, he posted a photo of himself cooking on Twitter, which attracted a group of Yawata teacher flesh chefs to lick the screen like crazy.

"Oh, this is indeed not kind enough. I'd better help you a little bit."

Hikigaya Hachiman muttered to himself.

So, he picked up the sample of "Malice" sent by the publisher before, put it on his chest, and asked Komachi to take a faceless photo for him, focusing on the book.

"Brother, why don't you show your face? Your appearance will be greatly improved after wearing glasses. You will definitely attract many fans online."

Hikigaya Komachi asked innocently.

"Aha, thank you for the compliment, Komachi. Maybe you still don't understand, but it's precisely because my appearance is decent, brother, that I can't just post pictures of my face on the Internet. It's dangerous, and the same goes for you, Komachi. .”

Hikigaya Hachiman touched Komachi's head and warned.There is no need for him to let Komachi know just how crazy the bastards in Japan are and how many unbelievable things they have done.

Hachiman believes that as a writer with relatively public influence, it is very reasonable to give up some personal privacy and life, but how much he gives up is completely up to him.

At least for now, he will never make his appearance public, otherwise the impact on his own life will be small, and the impact on his parents and sister is what worries him the most.

When he reaches high school and moves into a newly purchased house, he can gradually loosen these restrictions.The apartment he was interested in was located in a high-end residential building, and security measures were very strict to prevent possible harassment as much as possible.

In fact, the management of personal image has always been something that many creators attach great importance to, such as the frozen cartoonist Araki, or a cartoonist who likes to draw fitness and boxing themes. He is really a Big muscle guy.

Bungeishunqiu Publishing House will also send someone to tell Hikigaya Hachiman not to stay up too late, use more skin care products (if you don’t have any, you can send it to him directly), try not to gain weight, etc.It all shows that his appearance is also part of the writer's business card, and if he wants to show it to the public, he should show his best side.

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On June 26, "Malevolence" was officially released. If we talk about the situation on the first day of release, it was even better than "Confession".After all, at this time, Hikigaya Hachiman already has a huge fan base, and fans will support the huge first wave of consumption.

"Is this the fan economy?"

Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but sigh when he saw the long queue in front of the bookstore on his way to school.He was originally quite shameless about this kind of behavior. A group of people were watching the release time just to get the first release. This not only wasted their own time, but also caused such a congestion in front of them. It was really of no benefit.

However, when he thought that these people were waiting in line to buy his book, Hikigaya Hachiman had a completely different idea.Readers are willing to support him so actively, how can he maintain absolute objectivity and criticize them.

“Let’s find an opportunity to mention this on Twitter a little bit in the future.”

Hikigaya Hachiman plans to use a gentler method to restrain the behavior of fans.He really didn't expect that as a literary creator, he would need to do this kind of thing. He could only say that the title of young man was very useful.

Hikigaya arrived at class relatively early, and there were not many people in the class yet, so it was relatively quiet.In fact, even if there are more people, it will not become noisy. Everyone will just study quietly and wait for the teacher to come.

Today, however, the situation is a little different.

"Good morning, Suzuki-san, see what I bought?"

"Morning... eh? Is this the single volume of "Malevolence"? Is it going to be released today?"

"Yes, I queued for a long time to buy it this morning. Let me tell you..."

Hikigaya Hachiman was surprised to find that his book had become a topic of discussion among students at school.Even Class A, who usually only knows how to study, has many fans of his books.

Second period math class in the morning, Class C

"Hey, Orimoto! What are you doing sneaking around?"

The math teacher suddenly attacked, and his target was Kaori Orimoto, who was sneaking around in his seat.

"No, nothing, teacher."

Orimoto-san hurriedly covered it up, but the teacher was already walking towards her quickly.

"Here, you are reading a novel during class? Teacher, I have to confiscate it. Come to my office after class and take it back. Wait, is this book? Then come back when school is over in the afternoon. . Let’s continue the lecture.”

The math teacher put the confiscated "Malice" into his arms and returned to the podium.

Chapter 45 Mrs. Yukinoshita’s earnest teachings

(Written beforehand: This chapter contains details about the core motivations of evil. Readers who have not read this book and do not want to be spoiled are advised to read this chapter at their discretion)

After the release of "Malevolence", Twitter soon started a round of crazy book sharing. It is obvious that the works of author "Yawata" already have strong social attributes.

However, as readers gradually finished reading the book, the discussion on the Internet immediately changed dramatically.Countless netizens resisted the strong urge to spoil the movie and began to use all possible words of praise for "Malice".

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"Even though it's only June, I can boldly conclude that "Malevolence" will be the best of the year! With just over [-] words, it vividly depicts the evil of human nature and is more spine-chilling than "Confession"!"

This is the netizen who previously questioned whether "Malicious" spent a lot of time searching for motives, but now he is convinced.

"Although I also think this book is explosive, did you pop the champagne too early upstairs?"

"Professional commentators must dare to make judgments!"

"I admit that your book "Malevolence" is very strong, but if, I mean if, Mr. Hachiman writes another case-based mystery at the end of the year and shocks the reasoning world, how should "Malevolence" be dealt with?"

The speech that Hikigaya Hachiman gave at the award ceremony has been made public by the official website.All mystery readers know that Mr. Hachiman will enter the ranks of true reasoning.

"Mr. Hachiman must have just told those adults! He will never betray the socialist reasoning!"