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Akihara Yuto was a little surprised, he was still considering whether to scold the door assistant Youzhen again, but he didn't expect the other party to give in so quickly.He bowed to express his gratitude to Mie Seto, and found an empty seat on the right to sit cross-legged.

Imamura Yuto saw that the atmosphere on the field had eased, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Seto Yuzhi shook the bell hanging on the door, and called for a servant to pour tea for everyone, and then knelt and sat on the main seat in the room—that is, the position farthest from the door.

As the oldest and most famous writer present here, it is only natural that she should sit in this position.

She glanced around at the crowd, and then said in an unhurried manner: "Then let's discuss the previous topic, how to devise tricks when creating murders in mystery novels. Teacher Ishii, please continue to tell your own point of view. "

Hiroto Akihara took a look and found that the other party was Ishiiyou, the writer of "Tokyo Literature".After hearing Seto Yuzhi's request, he put down the tea in his hand, coughed, and then spoke.

"I am ashamed to say that the way I design tricks is inseparable from the chemistry major I have studied. When designing tricks, I often look for some chemistry textbooks, and then based on the above characteristics, such as Na's Combustion, the dissolution of rust, the luminescence of magnesium, in order to conceive and design the murderer's method of killing."

Seeing him pause, Imamura Yuto, who was sitting next to him, interrupted: "Mr. Ishii, your techniques are already very powerful. After all, your techniques are beyond the imagination of most authors."

But to Imamura Yuuto's surprise, Ishii shook his head, "Mr. Imamura, you don't know. Recently, some book reviewers criticized me, thinking that I increased the threshold for readers to guess the murderer. After all, if even a mystery writer If you can’t think of these techniques, then most readers can’t even think of them..."

Yuuto Imamura was speechless for a while, but Hiroto Akihara was moved in his heart. He thought that Mr. Ishii's idea was a bit too biased. After all, the essence of reasoning lies in innovation, and the purpose of writing may not be to make all readers guess.

Like in his previous life, Keigo Higashino also used a lot of tricks in physics and chemistry, and his works can still sell well.

But he didn't say these words, after all, after being provoked by the door assistant Youzhen just now, it's not suitable for him to be too high-profile, it's better to hide his clumsiness.

After Ishii-san shared his views, the author with square glasses on the right also shared his views.

"I agree with Mr. Ishii's point of view. I think the essence of the work is to make most readers enjoy it. So I will first design a plot, which must be very interesting, and then add a more reasonable trick ...that way, even if the tricks aren't too prominent, the reader will be able to read the story in one sitting because it's interesting."

As soon as this point of view came out, there were obviously different opinions among the people. Some people thought it was right, and they should design tricks based on the story.

Amidst the chatter of the crowd, the atmosphere on the field was quite lively.

Hiroto Akihara didn't get into the topic. The theories they talked about, he had seen similar views in his previous life, so there was nothing new about them.

Seeing that he was silent all the time, Mieda Seto took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Akihara, what do you think about the design of tricks?"

She was really curious, whether this recently rumored genius was really talented, or just another product of "hype".

"Mr. Akihara, you are a 'genius writer', this aspect is not difficult for you at all, right?"

Seeing this, Youzhen of the door association took the initiative to intervene, emphasizing the word "genius writer".To be honest, he didn't believe that Akihara Hiroto had any research on this aspect at all.

He has studied all the series of novels written by the other party. They are nothing more than horror and novelty themes, which belong to "pseudo-reasoning" novels with no reasoning elements at all.And he also learned about the background of growing up in the other welfare institution.

Through these information, he didn't think Akihara Yuto could tell the reason, so he satirized him directly.

Hiroto Akihara sighed inwardly. He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but unexpectedly he was pulled out.

Forget it, I'm not a neon person, so don't play with the air atmosphere.

He let go of his worries, and under the curious eyes of everyone, he spoke directly: "In my opinion, there are mainly nine kinds of trick designs..."

[71.Chapter 71 nine tricks]

The so-called tricks in mystery novels mainly refer to the schemes of the murderer to achieve the purpose of the crime or to cover up the crime.And the exposure of the tricks has become a refreshing point that makes all readers of mystery novels want to stop.

In his previous life, Ranpo Edogawa, known as the "Father of Neon Detective Mystery Novels", made a special classification of various tricks on the market.

What Hiroto Akihara is talking about now is the final version of Edogawa's narration. These contents have not been covered in his professional courses in his previous life, but as a reasoning fan, he has learned about this content in related forums.

And he decided to talk about this here, and he also had his own considerations.After all, the nine tricks are only theoretical, and they are far from practical.Any writer who devises a trick must also consider the fit with the story.

Even if he doesn't talk about it, it is estimated that someone will do related research in a few years.That being the case, why don't you make it public first, so as to make yourself famous.

But after hearing Akihara Yuto's words, Ishiiyou couldn't help being surprised: "There are only nine kinds! Mr. Akihara, are you kidding me?"

As a reasoning writer, he usually knows a lot of reasoning works by himself. In his opinion, there are thousands of reasoning tricks, and there are only nine kinds of reasoning tricks.

Seto Mie was also a little puzzled, showing a surprised look, and Menke Yuma laughed directly.

Hiroto Akihara didn't care about the performance of others, but continued: "Among the nine tricks I analyzed, the first one is about the murderer or the victim's personal tricks, the second one is about the murderer's tricks of getting in and out of the scene, and the third one is about the murderer's tricks. The third is the trick about the timing of the murder, the fourth is the trick about the murder weapon and poison, the fifth is the trick of disappearing people or objects, the sixth is other tricks, the seventh is the type of code notation, and the eighth is abnormal The motive of the ninth is to uncover clues to clever crimes."

Hearing what Akihara Yuto said, everyone who was still a bit disapproving was also stunned: Menke Yuma showed a serious expression, Seto Mie frowned, and the worry on Imamura Yuto's face disappeared.

Ishiiyou nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Mr. Akihara, what kind of trick do you think the trick I just mentioned belongs to?"

"Mr. Ishii, I think the trick you constructed using chemistry belongs to the fourth kind of trick I just mentioned, which is the trick about murder weapons and poison."

Hiroto Akihara took a sip from the teacup, and then continued: "Be it chemistry or physics, they are all weapons used by the murderer to kill the victim. By analogy, we can use more techniques to design Techniques, such as letting the murderer use animals, electricity, strange bullets and sharp instruments, or letting the victim die by beating, drowning, hanging, crushing, falling and poison, etc. In addition, in terms of poison alone, It can also be divided into swallowing poison, injection poison and inhalation poison.”

Although they were only discussing tricks, many writers present subconsciously swallowed their saliva when they heard Hiroto Akihara speak so solemnly about how to kill the victim, wondering if Hiroto Akihara was a psychopath.

The door association Youzhen was also silent, and he began to think whether it was the right decision for him to continue provoking Akihara Yuto like this, after all, it was a bit of a loss to be killed because of a dispute between emotions...

Seto Mie nodded with great interest, and what Akihara Yuto said made her eyes shine. She thought for a while and asked politely: "Mr. Akihara, can you tell me about the first category you just mentioned?" The method is the method of the person."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and then began to narrate: "I divided the methods of personal life into four categories, namely, one person with two corners, prisoners other than one person with two corners, the prisoner himself obliterating himself, and strange victims."

Hearing this, everyone on the field became even more curious, and some even took out their notebooks and began to record.

Hiroto Akihara didn't take it seriously, and said in an unhurried pace: "First of all, there are two roles for one person. Generally speaking, apart from detectives, mystery novels have victims, murderers, and other suspects. The prisoner becomes the victim, or the prisoner and the victim are the same person, and so on, and it can also be designed that the prisoner is fictional, the prisoner wants to transfer the prisoner's identity, the prisoner dresses up as the victim, and so on."

When Menxie Youzhen heard this, he also silently wrote it down in his heart. His works depict the police arresting criminals, and many of the techniques the other party said can be used for reference...

Mie Seto was also thoughtful, and murmured: "The prisoner can also be a detective or someone else..."

"Seto-sensei is right," Akihara Yuto said with a smile, "This is the type of prisoner other than one person and two corners. In addition to detectives, prisoners can also be policemen, investigators of cases, corpses, or other things." animal."

Imamura Yuto was curious: "How can a corpse kill someone?"

Hiroto Akihara replied: "For example, the prisoner first designed a mechanism, and then swallowed an overdose of poison to die. After death, due to the function of the mechanism, his body was manipulated to make some actions, it would be fine Did it lead to the death of the victim? But such a design is a bit far-fetched, and the prisoner's motives need to be carefully sculpted."

Everyone in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay. This trick was a bit unexpected. If it is matched with a suitable motive, such as love killing or something, it may make many readers look sideways.

A writer who spoke before also raised his own doubts: "Mr. Qiuyuan, can you explain in detail the trick of the murderer entering and exiting the scene."

Hiroto Akihara's mouth was a little dry, but he still satisfied his request: "Actually, this trick is also a general secret room technique. I subdivide it into four categories, namely, the criminal is not in the room when the crime is committed, and the criminal is in the room when the crime is committed." , the victim was out of the room at the time of the crime, and escape room tricks."

"It is most common that the criminal is not in the room when committing a crime. Generally speaking, the murderer uses the mechanism in the room or together with the gaps and windows in the room to kill people. In addition, it is the suicide in the room disguised as homicide, or the homicide disguised. Suicide, here, you can also arrange an inhuman prisoner in the room."

"It's not hard to think that the criminal is on the scene when the crime is committed. The criminal creates what others think is a secret room, such as using a special mechanical device to open the secret room, such as making the crime happen earlier or later than people think, or hiding directly behind the door. .”

"I don't need to say more about the remaining two categories."

Seeing that he had run out of tea, Seto Meie immediately summoned a servant to fetch the tea, but this time she got up herself, poured the tea and handed it to Yuuto Akihara, and at the same time asked politely.

"Teacher Qiuyuan, since we've covered this far, I'd like to trouble you to finish all the nine tricks you just mentioned. All the teachers really want to hear your opinions."

Akihara Yuto looked around and saw the longing in the eyes of these writers. Although the door assistant Youzhen lowered his head, he also found that he was secretly taking notes.