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Akihara Hiroto didn't react, subconsciously replied: "No, I don't think it's difficult."

Hearing this answer, Kawai Shinta showed a stunned look...

[Chapter 236.235 Tracking and Killing Intent]

After bidding farewell to Shinta Kawai, Hiroto Akihara returned to his high-end apartment, nestled in his study and thought about his next work.

He took out the paper, pondered for a while, and wrote down the names of Shimada Shoji and Ayatsuji Koto.

Shoji Shimada claims to have created the "Neo-Benge School of Reasoning", and is even called the "God of Japanese Reasoning" by some fanatical fans.

His masterpiece is undoubtedly "Astrology Murder".

In this book, the murderer kills five people and puts together six corpses, and then uses Asold's rumors to deceive the world, so that people think it is six corpses.

Because the tricks are so different from all the works of Benge School at that time, it shocked many people after reading it.

But this work is not without shortcomings, that is, the explanation of human nature, or the motive of killing is too "far-fetched".However, compared with the tricks of the work itself, it can only be said that its flaws do not conceal its advantages.

In addition to Shimada Shoji, there is Ayatsuji pedestrian who is known as the "head of the new book".

His museum series works are well-known, among which "The Clock Museum" was highly praised by many book critics, calling it a masterpiece that should be included in the highest rank in any reasoning evaluation system.

This book unfolds the story of Blizzard Villa: the lost architect, the mysterious mansion, the restless outsiders, and the past of the unknown owner of the mansion.

Accompanied by the frantic sound of clocks and watches, people inside the museum died one by one, but people outside the museum knew nothing about it.

In the development of the story, the speculation about the murderer, the past of the museum owner's parents, the ghosts and mysterious poems in the museum are full of curiosity.

Or just choose one of the two works, "The Astrology Murder" and "The Clockwork Hall".

Akihara Hiroto thought for a long time, and suddenly realized a problem.

The representative works of these two people are both long novels. If we use such long novels, will we repeat the mistakes of "The Invisible Guest" again, and make some book reviewers and readers lose patience with themselves.

He rubbed his chin and realized that it was very likely that if the newspaper serialized it, it was better not to use a long story.

But in this case, what excellent series of Benge short stories can be published?

He stood up, stared at the Tokyo Bay outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, thought for a full 5 minutes, and then remembered the name of a writer——Edogawa Ranpo.

Edogawa Ranpo, known as the "father of detective reasoning", is one of the "three peaks of Japanese reasoning literature" together with Matsumoto Seicho and Henggou Zhengshi.

He created the neon "benge" detective genre, which made the local neon and European and American detectives go on a different path. He was the national writer of neon at that time.

His works contain a lot of short reasoning.

However, judging from the age of creation, it may be a little earlier.

But some of his methods don't seem outdated.

After all, in the previous life, it was because after he became famous, a large number of writers borrowed and imitated his techniques (such as Conan), which caused his tricks to be outdated.

But in this world, no one can imitate his works.

Many of the popular Benedictine schools are still close to the European and American detectives in the style of solving crimes in a closed room.

Hiroto Akihara frowned and thought for a while, then decided to prepare with both hands.

First serialize a collection of short stories by Edogawa Ranpo in the newspaper to see the market and book reviewers' reactions, and then directly publish the separate volumes of "The Clockwork House" or "Astrology Murder".

After making a decision, he sat down at the desk again, took a pen and wrote a title on the paper - "Murder in Version D".

Immediately afterwards, he began to write furiously.

……

At the same time, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo.

Miho Toyama has just finished her afternoon classes and is heading home with her friends.

But just as she was leaving, a male teaching assistant stopped her and handed her an envelope, "Student Yuanshan, this is your letter."

After saying this, he left.

Toyama Miho said "thank you" to the teaching assistant, and then opened the envelope on the spot.

But when she opened the envelope and saw the contents, she showed a joyful expression.

A short story she had previously contributed was accepted by a monthly magazine of a medium-sized publishing house.

In the letter, the other party said that the manuscript fee would be settled to her at the end of this month.

Just as she was thinking, a crisp voice suddenly sounded from her right.

"Yuanshan sauce, don't you want to go home?"

Toyama Miho turned her head and found that it was her classmate and friend Nagaoka Eriko who she just met, and said with a smile: "Let's go."

The two left the classroom with the flow of people and walked towards the tram stop.

As he walked, he chatted about a recent case.

A woman broke up with her boyfriend, but was stabbed 3 times and died of serious injuries by her exasperated boyfriend, but the latter issued a mental illness certificate issued by the hospital after being arrested by the police.

Nagaoka Eriko turned sideways and asked Toyama Miho, "What do you think about that matter?"

Toyama Miho thought for a while, and replied: "It is probably difficult to be sentenced to a heavy sentence."

Nagaoka Riko sighed, dissatisfied: "This is really a bad law."

Because of the influence of European and American judicial circles, the Japanese judiciary has been increasing the protection of criminals' human rights.Not only that, but it even reached a point where it got worse.

For a murderer who can be determined to be mentally ill, it is estimated that it will be even more difficult to impose a severe sentence.

This incident had nothing to do with the two of them, but it just happened to develop around the campus where they were located, so it attracted the attention of the two of them.

After walking for 20 minutes, the two walked to the tram stop. Miko Nagaoka waved her hand and said "Be careful on the road" before bidding farewell to Miho Toyama.

Toyama Miho also nodded with a smile and said goodbye, then swiped her card and walked into the gate in the opposite direction.

But what she didn't know was that a man wearing a peaked cap and a mask had been following her.

After seeing Toyama Miho board the tram and leave, the man took out a notebook from his pocket, recorded the time and place, and then turned and left.

If Akihara Hiroto was around, he would have found that this man was Otsuki Masakazu.

……

Okinawa Masakazu left the tram station, took a bus, and returned to his current residence—a "cardboard house" built deep in the park with rags and sticks.