tokyo writer

2:20 p.m., Setagaya Ward.

Akihara Hiroto came to an unattractive building according to the address that Seto Tamae said.

The building is about 6 stories high, and it is ordinary, a bit similar to the teaching buildings in Japanese middle schools.

But on the wall just outside the door of the building, there is a plaque with the words "Association of Reasoning Writers" written on it.

Hiroto Akihara took a brief look, then pushed open the door of the building, walked to the front desk, and asked a "Mediterranean" man who was on duty.

"Hello, I'm Yuto Akihara, and I've made an appointment by phone before."

The "Mediterranean" man looked down at a form on the table, then nodded, handed Akihara Yuto a badge, and pointed to the elevator next to him.

"Akihara-san, the elevator goes straight up to the 6th floor, then turn right and the first room is there."

Hiroto Akihara complained secretly in his heart, compared to the front desk receptionist of Mantansha, this is too casual, right?

But he still thanked him, took the badge and pinned it in front of his body, and left and took the elevator to the room the other party mentioned.

He walked to the room the man had mentioned, knocked lightly on the door, and pushed open the door after hearing a "come in".

Inside the door is a simple reception room, and three "acquaintances" are sitting on the sofa in this reception room.

They are the writer Tamae Seto, Shinta Kawai, the vice president of the Mystery Writers Association, and Yosuke Miyagawa, who had met at Tokyo Women's University before.

After seeing the three of them, Hiroto Akihara immediately bowed and greeted them politely, and the other three people on the field also stood up and responded politely.

"Teacher Akihara, please sit down." Kawai Shinta waved his hand in a mentality, and then called Akihara Yuto to sit down too.

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and sat down with the others.

He knew that he belonged to the younger generation. In terms of seniority, he only belonged to the "newcomers" who debuted for less than half a year, so he consciously sat in the seat closest to the door.

This position means that his qualifications are the lowest.

After sitting down, Hiroto Akihara looked around at the others, and then asked politely: "President Kawai, I am honored to receive your invitation, but may I ask you, what is the purpose of inviting me this time? "

"Teacher Akihara, don't be so anxious." Kawai Shinta smiled, and then took the initiative to pass a cup of brewed tea to Akihara Yuto, "I invite you this time to give you a small test."

Hiroto Akihara took the tea, but there was a lot of doubt in his heart.

small test?What's this?

He recalled the "riddles" he received on the night of the Mystery Literature Newcomer Awards, and he became even more speechless, thinking that the president of Kawai was indeed a strange person.

Akihara Hiroto subconsciously glanced at Seto Yuzhi, and found that she was also smiling, looking like a trickster.

Yosuke Miyagawa, who was sitting by the side, accepted the words with a smile, "Mr. Akihara, this test is just a routine process. I hope you don't mind. If there is no problem, I will start here."

Prior to this, he had already learned through the mouths of the other two that Hiroto Akihara had proposed nine tricks, which contained all the rules of deduction and trick design.

After learning the specific content, he appreciated Akihara Yuto's talent even more.

In his opinion, the so-called routine tests are nothing more than easy questions for Hiroto Akihara.

Hiroto Akihara was still at a loss, but he also heard the meaning inside. If he passed this test, might there be any unexpected gains?

He thought for a while, then nodded, indicating that he was ready.

Yosuke Miyagawa coughed lightly, and then began to speak.

"Generally speaking, when authors design reasoning works, they often set some writing rules or taboos for themselves, so as to avoid the irrationality of their works. So today I would like to ask Mr. Akihara, are you creating reasoning works? Is there any special rules to follow when making works?"

After a pause, he added: "Simply talk."

Although Yosuke Miyagawa said he didn't look forward to it, he was actually very curious in his heart.

After all, in his opinion, since Hiroto Akihara can come up with the theory of nine tricks, it is only normal to talk about other reasoning theories.

Maybe this little test today can bring me a different experience.

When Akihara Hiroto heard this question, he became entangled instead.

Code of reasoning?

He took a sip of his tea, then frowned, lost in thought.

If it is the code of reasoning, then I have to mention Knox's Ten Commandments and Van Dyne's Twenty Rules. In these two rules, many design techniques for reasoning are framed.

But to be honest, these two codes are too old and outdated, and some of the designs in them are not only unreasonable, but also full of some religious and racial prejudices.

So in this test, it is meaningless to talk about these two rules.

That "The Code of the Detective" by Keigo Higashino.

Forget it, it is full of criticisms and complaints about the Benge faction. If you really want to say it, it will probably make a lot of Benge factions dissatisfied.

He didn't want to make enemies now.

But other than that, what else can I say?

Although this Miyagawa-sensei said that a simple talk is enough, but if he talks briefly, then the image of a genius writer he has established before will undoubtedly be shattered.

Hiroto Akihara closed his eyes and kept digging in his mind.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said: "When I was writing reasoning works, I designed the following guidelines..."

[161.1 Chapter [-] Is this guy a monster? ! ]

Regarding the creation of reasoning, Europe, America and Japan have relevant codes and regulations.

However, many of the contents of these regulations have changed over time, and have been refuted one by one by contemporaries and even later reasoning writers one by one.

For example, the most widely circulated Ten Commandments of Knox proposes that "there must not be one or more secret rooms or passages in the story".

However, in the series of Benge School and New Benge works that appeared in Japan, there are many works that do not conform to its principles.

Another example is another very well-known code of reasoning-Van Dyne's twenty rules, which have made various extremely rigid frameworks, and even stipulated that there should be no love plots in the works.

If judged according to his framework, works such as "Suspect X" and "White Night Walk" are not reasoning at all.

Therefore, in Akihara Hiroto's view, the framework of reasoning rules should not be fixed, but should be based on the premise of pursuing the rationality of the story.

Then, under the principle of rationality, design tricks and human nature.

Hiroto Akihara thought for two seconds, and then continued: "I have designed the following guidelines, each with 9 rules."

At the same time, he took the pen and paper on the table, and wrote nine lines while talking: