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

At this time, Yan Wenyi Chunqiu had distributed all 80 copies of the first printing of "The Clock Museum Incident" to all parts of the country.Among them, several famous large bookstores in Tokyo will temporarily display "The Clock Museum Incident" on all the bookshelves on the first floor on July [-], and there will also be special editions with Hikigaya Hachiman's signature mixed in.

"Everything is ready, Mr. Hachiman. We even received news that many readers decided to sleep outside several large bookstores in Tokyo tonight in order to buy "Clock Museum Time" as soon as possible. Then go to work quickly, after all, tomorrow is Friday and they still have to work."

Naho Imamura said during a phone call with Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Oh, this is too enthusiastic. Even if I go home from get off work and buy a book by the way, it won't be delayed..."

Hikigaya Hachiman is both moved and worried about the fanaticism of his readers. Fortunately, it is already July, so it won't be too cold to spend the night on the street, but you will still be sucked by mosquitoes.

"You didn't expect this, Mr. Hachiman. In fact, according to the questionnaires issued by several major bookstores in Tokyo, there will definitely be a shortage on the first day. Because of the activity organized by the publishing house , many readers will gather in several major bookstores, wanting to buy a special edition with your signature."

Naho Imamura explained.

"You still have too much fun in Tokyo... We won't have such a thing here in Chiba."

Hikigaya Hachiman complained.However, he underestimated the enthusiasm of book fans in his hometown.

"Ah! Hello, Hikigaya-san. Our mystery novel club has unanimously decided to gather at five o'clock tomorrow morning and line up in front of Tsutaya Bookstore."

Kamiki-san saw Hikigaya Hachiman and excitedly told him about the mystery novel club’s plan.

"Five o'clock in the morning? Isn't that too early? It's not too late to buy something on the way to school."

“We have done some research and found out that in the first wave of sales of “The Clock Museum Incident”, bookstores in Chiba City did not receive many copies. Most of them were taken away by bookstores in Tokyo, so we had to rush early. "

Kamiki-san explained.

"And you know, Hikigaya-san. The seniors of the Chiba University Mystery Literature Research Club will do the same thing tomorrow, but the news we got is that the seniors will gather at 05:30 in the morning, so we decided to compare them Half an hour earlier.”

"Okay, as long as you are happy. But no matter what, you still have to ensure time for rest. You must go to bed early tonight."

Hikigaya Hachiman warned.

"No problem! Hikigaya-san. I will convey your words to the club members."

Shenmu-san is like a soldier accepting orders from his superiors.

And all of this is the epitome of the madness of book fans across Japan on the eve of the release of "The Clock Museum Incident".

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On Friday, July [-]rd, "The Clock House Incident" will be released.

"This is really...even though I can guess that this will definitely be the case, it will still be shocking if I witness it with my own eyes."

When Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita Yukino were going for a morning jog that morning, they saw an exaggeratedly long queue in front of a bookstore down the street that had not yet opened for business.

"Hikigaya-kun, it's time for you to have a new understanding of your own influence."

After Yukinoshita Yukino calmed down, she said to Hikigaya Hachiman.Naturally, she had read "The Clock Museum Incident" a long time ago. Even if she was not a fan of original reasoning, she could still feel the unparalleled beauty in this novel.

"Wow, how come the word 'queue' is trending on Twitter? All I click on is to show off how long my queue is. You're pretty proud of it, aren't you?"

Hikigaya Hachiman complained while scrolling through Twitter.

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In fact, this is also within the calculation of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House.If it is scheduled to be released on Saturdays and Sundays, then many social animals and students will not queue up early in the morning, and naturally such a grand event with no crowds of people will be possible.

"Do you know what I think, Hikigaya-kun? I hope to clear all the memories of "The Clock Museum Incident" in my mind, and then queue up to buy a copy now, and read it secretly during class, so that I can More exciting, what do you think?"

"This is not what you, a good student, should say. Yukinoshita-san, you secretly read novels and stuff in class."

"That's because you don't know me well enough, Hikigaya-kun. I'm not exactly as good a student as everyone thinks."

Yukinoshita Yukino said somewhat proudly.

"for example?"

"For example... I am in Sobu High School, which has such strict requirements on ethics and discipline, but I always enter the school gate with a person of the opposite sex every morning. Isn't this a violation of school rules and disciplines?"

Yukino said thoughtfully.

"What kind of violation of school rules and disciplines is this? Hey, the disciplinary committee has never given us any trouble."

"Actually, Hikigaya-kun, the student council just doesn't cause trouble for 'us', it doesn't mean that it doesn't cause trouble for other people. Hmm, speaking of which, I have to thank my sister for this."

With Yangno's relationship, the current student union would never be able to cause trouble for her sister.

After getting to his seat and getting ready, Hikigaya Hachiman decided to take advantage of the time before class to check Twitter again.

At this time, most of the people who queued up early in the morning have already bought the "The Clock Museum Incident" that they have longed for.Of course, there are a very few unlucky ones who queue until the end and are informed that the product is out of stock, so they have to go to work while crying.

Of course, the current fanatical atmosphere is just caused by everyone rushing to take advantage of this huge wave of popularity.

What is really important for a novel is the reaction of the first readers who bought it after reading it.Considering that "The Clock Museum Incident" is somewhat difficult to read, it may take several days or even weeks for the book's reputation to fully develop.

At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman has completely lost the impetuosity he had before the novel was released. Now Hachiman only hopes that his "The Clock Museum Incident" can turn the world of mystery literature upside down.

Chapter 130 "The Clock Museum Incident" is on sale

When the first batch of readers who queued up to buy "The Clock Museum Incident" finally got their hands on the novel, the first thing that caught their eyes was the six large characters on the cover, "Highly recommended by Shoji Shimada."

How valuable are these six words?In fact, this is the first time that the name of the writer, who is revered as Japan’s “God of Mystery”, appears on the cover of a novel.Countless publishing houses have tried their best to persuade this giant to say a good word for the novels they published, but "The Clock Museum Incident" did it.

As for the back of the book, the words of praise from various critics and writers are almost unprintable.

"If you missed "Astrological Killing Magic" in 1980, you should never miss "The Clock Museum Incident" in [-]!"

The reviewer who wrote this recommendation is already quite old, and he obviously misjudged the age group of the readers of "The Incident at the Clock House".

"A great monument to the original reasoning and an epoch-making masterpiece."

This is a comment made by a highly respected editor-in-chief of "Weekly Bunshun" magazine. Although this seems to be a bit of a compliment, the editor-in-chief undoubtedly means it sincerely.

"The giant of contemporary mystery fiction has arrived!"

This comment came from a writer whom Arisugawa brought Hikigaya Hachiman to know at a previous banquet in Chiba City. After reading "The Clock Museum Incident", he took the initiative to ask the publisher to add a comment of his.

It can be said that any discerning person in the mystery literature industry, after watching "The Clock Museum Incident", will be keenly aware that this will be a milestone work in the mystery literature world.It is also an honor for them to leave a comment on the cover of such a work.

"This is a work that allows everyone to feel the beauty of original reasoning. If conditions permit, please read it carefully and read it again and again."

This is Mr. Arisugawa's comment. It seems very plain, but it is much more useful than those unrestrained praises.

Arisukawa is well aware of the greatness of "The Clock Museum Incident", but today's impetuous atmosphere will prevent many people from calming down to read this novel.Excellent mystery novels must be read carefully and are worth reading many times.Arisukawa is worried that many readers will finish reading this novel with an extremely impetuous mentality and will not be able to perceive the excellence of "The Clock Museum Incident".

The pattern of "The Clock Museum Incident" is very classic.A magazine editor who focuses on paranormal phenomena, a member of a university's paranormal research society, and a psychic walked into a huge building full of mysterious and strange atmosphere to prepare for a psychic ritual. The building is the Clock Museum.

However, during the three days that the group was isolated from the outside world in the clock museum, they were brutally murdered by unknown murderers one after another.At this time, the detective outside the museum arrived late. After entering the inner museum, he found that all the people attending the event had been killed except for the magazine editor. So the detective began his reasoning and found out the real murderer. , and also discovered a shocking secret in this watch museum.

Judging from the writing process, this work is undoubtedly orthodox original reasoning; and a careful analysis of the elements in the book shows that this work contains a large amount of new original content, so many bookstores have further listed "The Clock Museum Incident" in In the category of "New Character".

"This morning, the new work "The Clock House Incident" by the famous mystery novelist Hachiman was officially released. As of now, bookstores in fifteen wards in Tokyo's 23 wards have been out of stock. We are very happy to see that on the Internet, Today, the era has fully arrived, but physical books still retain their original charm and can still create a craze in our society."

This is the opening speech of an evening talk show on the NHK comprehensive channel. Today's theme is the popularity of "The Watch House Incident" and its subsequent impact, and the guests on the show tonight are even more heavyweight.

"Hello everyone, I am writer Hachiman."

Hikigaya Hachiman bowed slightly to the broadcast camera and said hello to the non-existent audience. This program is not a live broadcast.Last weekend, Hachiman received an interview invitation from NHK. Now Hachiman no longer has any resistance to showing his face, and this matter can also greatly promote the sales of the novel, which is a win-win cooperation.

"Hello, Mr. Hachiman. The first-day sales of "The Clock Museum Incident" are still being counted. According to existing information, this number will not be less than 20 copies. What do you think of this result?"

Generally speaking, it is rare for a published novel to count the first-day sales data, because this requires the cooperation of bookstores across the country, and the statistics are extremely inaccurate most of the time.However, in order to build momentum, Li Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House resolutely carried out this thankless work and announced the preliminary figure of 20 copies at [-] p.m.

"Frankly, I was shocked. Especially when I realized that this novel had the potential to be a bigger commercial success than "Confessions," it felt unreal, but of course it's much better now."

Hikigaya, who was wearing glasses, smiled shyly.

"Your "Confessions" sold 140 million copies in one year, which is already a very amazing achievement, and "The Clock Museum Incident" has now sold one-seventh of this number. I believe this is The novel will achieve greater success."

The host also confirmed what Hachiman said, which was not in his script.

"At this point in time, the first batch of readers who have finished reading "The Clock Museum Incident" have begun to post their thoughts on the Internet. We have simply classified the comments on Twitter in the past two hours, and more than 90.00% of them have Netizens have used words like 'masterpiece', 'perfect', 'supreme', etc. to describe your novel. What do you think?"

"I'm always flattered by my readers who are always willing to praise me in any way they can. Without their support I don't think I would be where I am today."

Hikigaya Hachiman means it.What author would hate fans who pack up in front of a bookstore the night before to buy his book?

"Excellent writers will naturally have excellent readers, and this is what you deserve, Mr. Hachiman."

The host nodded.

"We have noticed that many celebrities in the field of mystery literature, including Mr. Shoji Shimada, the god of mystery, have praised "The Clock Museum Incident". Maybe we can go further to evaluate this work. It is not just a story. This is a masterpiece of contemporary mystery. Perhaps in a few decades, people will use the publication of "The Clock Museum Incident" as a dividing line to divide the development history of Japanese mystery literature into two parts."

This is not a question, but it is the most important question today.

"Well, I have no intention of pursuing the historical status of this book. But if more readers can become interested in mystery reasoning after reading this novel, and more authors are willing to devote themselves to the creation of mystery novels. Then "The Clock House" "Event" has completed its historical mission."

Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes were as bright as a torch.

Chapter 131 An epoch-making work has appeared

Japanese mystery novels have been in a state of excess quantity but insufficient quality in recent years.Newcomers lack the courage to step into this field, and writers who have been famous for a long time find it difficult to replicate the glory of the past.

Therefore, when Hikigaya Hachiman, who had just debuted for less than a year, declared at the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award Ceremony that he would create a true mystery.Many veteran writers and mystery readers are extremely excited. This field is in great need of a talented young writer, and such a writer has not appeared for too long.

Later, Hikigaya Hachiman created "The Causes of Disintegration", although according to his own statement, this was just a "small attempt" at reasoning about the original pattern.However, in the eyes of the industry, this book is enough to make them shine. There are many genius designs in the book. It may be enough for other authors to complete a book, but for Mr. Hachiman, this is just an attempt.

Finally, "The Clock Museum Incident" is here.This work represents Mr. Hachiman’s official entry into the realm of true reasoning, but it has really made many people in the industry sweat, and the reason is very simple.

Because this book, as a starting point, is really too high.

As a true mystery novel, its core is the murderer's conspiracy, supplemented by exciting adventures, fascinating atmosphere, and shocking plot."The Clock Museum Incident" actually includes all the above elements, and almost reaches the extreme.

"The most valuable thing about this book is that there is almost no filler part in the plot. Every word of the 26-word novel is a key part of the plot."

Japan's most famous mystery society, the official Twitter of the Kyoto University Mystery Fiction Research Society commented this way.

This society is a very fundamental reasoning society, and many famous mystery writers have emerged from this society.After Hachiman was born, the society was once very resistant to this talented writer who became famous for writing socialist mysteries.After all, in their eyes, social reasoning cannot be considered mystery novels at all.

However, after the release of "The Clock House Incident", this club became a fan club for Hikigaya Hachiman almost overnight. Eight members stayed up late to write out their review of "The Clock House Incident" and published it publicly.

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On the Saturday after the release of the book, all members of the club gathered in the activity room to conduct a second study of the book and exchange opinions. They vowed to become the group of people in Japan who have studied the "Clock Museum Incident" most thoroughly.

"I still prefer your unruly look before."

The instructor of the club couldn't help but sigh when he saw the members studying it very seriously.

In the opinion of this teacher, Hachiman is such a magical writer: there are many people who have questioned him, but he has never publicly made any targeted remarks. His Twitter is only for himself, except for sharing his daily life. When it comes to advertising books, he can even be regarded as somewhat aloof from the world.

However, such a writer can write about the extreme side of human nature in "Confession" and "Malevolence", as well as romantic and gorgeous conspiracies with sky-breaking imagination like "The Incident at the Clock Museum".

He never quarreled with those who doubted him. He just used his works to remind these people again and again: questioning him is like throwing an ax at the sky. No matter how high or far you throw it, it will not hurt the sky at all. In the end It will only fall and hit itself.

"Teacher, let's just change the name of this club from now on. How about calling it 'Ms. Hachiman's Works Research Club'?"

A classmate in the activity room suggested.This classmate has been very fond of Hachiman's works since his debut, and because of this, he has been ostracized in the club for a long time.But now he is completely proud, walking sideways, and the seniors in the club have to bow first when they see him.

"Bullshit! Bullshit! The Peking University Mystery Novels Research Society has been in existence for 30 years! How can you just change the name? Ask the seniors who came out of here and are now managers of the Mystery Writers Association, will they agree? "

The instructor was a little angry. He was a member of this club 20 years ago. At that time, several students in the club had become mystery writers.He has a very deep affection for this community.

"Sorry, I'm a little excited. I shouldn't use harsh words. All in all, Mr. Hachiman has created such an excellent work. It is a blessing for us and the entire mystery literature world. Everyone must be serious Study and study this book. Members of our society are different from ordinary readers. We will really publish mystery literature in the future!"

The instructor lectured all members of the club.

"But I would also like to remind you, study excellent works in order to be inspired by them. Rather than simply imitating or even plagiarizing! That will make Mr. Hachiman and the entire industry look down on us. All of you here, We all have to take some responsibility for the reputation of Kyoto University Research Society. Okay, I’ll just say this, and you can continue your research.”

The Kyoto University club is just one of the many groups that Hikigaya Hachiman has impressed with the quality of his works.In fact, after the release of "The Clock Museum Incident", a large number of people and groups who had criticized Hikigaya Hachiman began to frantically clean up their previous remarks, and licked this work out of proportion even more exaggerated than Hachiman's fans. tricks.

More than a week has passed, and many readers have read this book more than once, and a large number of literary critics and YouTubers have begun to express their opinions on various channels.

Their final conclusion was also highly consistent: "The Clock Museum Incident" is undoubtedly the highest masterpiece born in the Japanese mystery literary world after "Astrology Murder Magic" in 1980. The scale and magnificence of its conspiracy are unprecedented. It is a groundbreaking and landmark classic.

"It is foreseeable that later generations of fictional reasoning writers will be more or less influenced by this work. The elements in this work will be borrowed, imitated and even plagiarized countless times. The reason is also very simple, " The work "The Incident at the Clock Hall" contains all the elements of the new style of reasoning, and it is the best definition of the term 'new style'."

This is a literary review published by Shukan Bunshun magazine two weeks after the release of "The Clock Museum Incident".This can be regarded as a secret reminder from Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House to other authors and publishers: all of you who want to ride on the hurricane caused by "The Clock Museum Incident" should not forget Li: This book is the source that inspires you and allows you to burst out inspiration.

All in all, it is a great work that will forever stand on the throne of Japanese mystery literature.

Chapter 132 Multiple tasks are on the agenda

Hikigaya Hachiman has been in the limelight since the release of "The Clock Museum Incident".Not to mention other places, his fame has reached a higher level in Sobu High School alone. Many senior female seniors even came to the door of Class F to see the true face of Hikigaya Hachiman. In the end, Okay, I can also get an autograph.

Fortunately, most people don't know that he is a member of the service department, otherwise he would not be able to stay in this only pure land.

"Hikigaya-kun, are you okay? I saw you coming out of the class and you were surrounded by many people."

Yuigahama Yui looked at Hikigaya with some concern. At this time, she had roughly understood what kind of writer Hikigaya Hachiman was. She also basically understood his story through videos such as "Two 10 Minutes to Read with You" on YouTube. novel.