Yunyang Novelist Luanbu

Ranpo came back to life amid the exclamation of netizens who knew that all four of his articles had been selected for the Naoki Award.

Now he can't wait to tell the whole world how good he is, just like a narcissistic student who got the first place in the whole grade in the exam, he can't wait to tell the world about his results, so that everyone in the world will praise him for being smart and say he is amazing.Even if it's nothing new, dry rainbow fart, he can listen to it for a year.

Because he is happy.

Today's incident was planned by Luanbu.

When Luanbu was in Youkexin City, he was already a god in the literary world.Before coming to this world, he was more sure that his future path was closely related to "creation".He likes to read mystery novels, and he also likes to write mystery novels. Similarly, because he likes it, he wants the whole world to know, and he also wants the whole world to follow him in liking mystery novels.

When he was staying in Jugao at the beginning, he had already discovered the barrenness of the world's literary world, especially the field of mystery novels, which was not even called "literary creation". The unpopular among the unpopular.There are only a handful of people who are as successful as Yusaku Kudo.There are no awards in the literary world to support mystery novels.

Of course, Luanbu can still be like walking the old road of Youkexin City, winning awards in his debut, and opening up his own broad avenue in the literary world.Although Ranpo seldom writes novels, his short stories have a high output and high quality, and he has become famous all over the mainland in just one year.Repeating the previous practice, it is absolutely impossible for Ranpo to do worse than Yusaku Kudo.However, if Ranpo wants to make mystery novels one of the mainstreams of literary creation, the previous methods are limited.

So how can we do it?

After thinking about it carefully, he must make a big news if he must increase the popularity of mystery novels in a short period of time. "Multiple manuscripts by one person" can create a gimmick, but it is not so easy to maintain the popularity.And "being praised for being talented" is not the goal of Luanpo.If we want more writers to enter the field of reasoning, we must let others know that the field of reasoning is a big gold mine, and the market of readers who can consume reasoning novels is immeasurable to them.

And if this goal is to be realized, the simplest thing is to increase "sales".Sales volume is an intuitive phenomenon, and it is also the one that can most impress creators.It doesn't matter whether the other party really loves to create, or just wants to make money, it doesn't matter, as long as more and more people start writing mystery novels, more and more people like mystery novels.

So, how to increase sales?

The easiest thing is for someone to do publicity for him first.

With the support and push of great writers.

Well, in this society that reads literature and recognizes writers, this must be acceptable.Ranpo easily found Yusaku Kudo, a world-class writer, and gained his support.

But is this enough?

Ranpo had been thinking about this question before he won the award, until he met the second great writer Sajiro Yamamoto.Having a dispute with a great writer is more likely to attract attention than becoming an old friend with a great writer.No matter which world people are in, they like to watch the excitement.However, the problem lies in "how to deal with conflicts after a dispute occurs". Ranpo hates apologizing and troubles. It would be great if someone helped control it.

Just when Ranpo was thinking about who would be the most suitable person to help him, he met Ayanokōji Kiyotaka.In fact, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka is indeed a very suitable person.Luanpo hesitated at first, but when it comes to the astral body incident, Ayanokouji is a person who can keep up with his own rhythm.There are not many people who can get along with me, and Ayanokōji is the first one so far.

He looks slow to react, but in fact his mind is very flexible, and he can do anything, and he does things quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, without showing affection at all.Ranpo knew that Ayanokōji deliberately made mistakes in the astral body incident, so that he failed.Of course, this was when he was in the Xingxing Palace the day afterward, and Ranpo thought that this matter had something to do with Ayanokōji.In order to confirm this point, Ranpo went to Fu Heisher's house as soon as the incident was over, and asked Ayanokoji to come out to meet him.

If Ayanokōji's purpose is to frustrate himself, then he will definitely agree.Because Ayanokōji is a cautious person, in order to be sure of his success, he will definitely see the status with his own eyes.It was not easy for Ayanokōji to go from Yokohama to Tokyo, and he had learned to refuse in the process of getting along with Ranpo. If he really didn't care about Ranpo's state, he would directly refuse, instead of traveling thousands of miles to see his own situation.

During the entire process of getting along with the astral body incident, Ranpo basically knew Ayanokoji's character and habits.He is very cautious by nature and doesn't like high-profile things.He is not a treacherous person, but his methods are very ruthless, and he even doesn't care about friendship and sacrifice in order to achieve his goals.

In all fairness, Ranpo is very interested in people like Ayanokouji who lack emotion.

Luanbu has met many cold-hearted people, but they all have their own pursuit and persistence.For example, the Dadike family he knew, each of them has a human side, even a crazy side, but Ayanokōji seems to be dispensable to everything.

...This is a little bit far.

At the author's conference that day, after seeing Ayanokouji approaching, Ranpo decided that Ayanokouji had doubts in his heart, and was uncertain about the success of his strategy, so he continued to provoke Ayanokouji.Ranpo deliberately checked Ayanokouji's shoes without his knowledge.Ayanokōji is very serious about his identity and privacy, if he finds that Ranpo is investigating his residence, his actions will definitely be intensified.

But in fact, when he met Ayanokoji for the first time, that is, when he asked Morishita Amori for a kimono and a map, he already knew where Ayanokoji lived.It's just that there are some things that need to be done specifically for the other party to see.

Ranpo deliberately discussed things with Fu Heisher while Ayanokoji was still there.He didn't intend to tell Fuheshier all the details, he only said pimping and going to a certain address.According to Ayanokōji's thoughts, he might think that he was going to be lured by Ranpo to meet Sajiro Yamamoto.

When I wrote "Interrogation" last time, Ranpo had discovered that Ayanokouji did not have the habit of guessing the motives of actions and other people's thoughts. Thinking about what the other person thinks about doing something will increase the amount of indifferent thinking.In addition, Ayanokouji himself has no habit of empathizing with others.

In any case, Ayanokouji should follow the "failure" of the astral body, and continue to spare no effort to fight against Ranpo, this time starting from Ranpo's occupation.Ayanokōji will definitely make a big fuss by taking advantage of the "multiple manuscripts by one person", and may use Yamamoto Sajiro's ability and authority to completely ban Ranpo in the literary world.Even if it didn't make him unable to hold a pen, it would make him miss other literary awards.But what Ayanokōji never imagined was that Ranpo had no interest in the literary award at all.

And to control Sajiro Yamamoto to obey Ayanokouji's own words, Ayanokouji will definitely pinpoint Sajiro Yamamoto's key points, and will not hesitate to create false evidence to frame him.And in order to be able to retreat unscathed, he will definitely put all the responsibility on Fuheshier, who had been in contact with Zuojiro Yamamoto.

These are wild speculations.

However, the truth is that it is as if he has written the fate of all people—only when the time is up, the characters will be in place one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, they will push things to happen one by one.

……

The reason why Ranbu came to Morishita Yumori was to determine the sales problem, and then he could propose a truce with Ayanokouji.Ranbu was lazy in the first place, if he kept being watched by Ayanokouji, he would be exhausted to death.So, as soon as he got the news, Ranpo took Nakahara Chuya to find Ayanokoji.

Nakahara Chuya originally came to talk to Ranpo about finding out about his life experience. Since Ranpo left a note, Zhongyuan confirmed the situation with the members of "Sheep" one by one. There are many types of children among the members of "Sheep", some were abducted, some were lost, some ran away from their original families, and some were abandoned.Even though most of the children are homeless, a small number really want to go home.So Zhongyuan Zhong also helped them contact the police station one by one, and one or two children had already been picked up.

The children who were taken away appeared, and Nakahara Chuya also began to have thoughts about his own life experience.So I went to Qingxueguan Publishing House and planned to find Yusen Mori, but there were reporters staring at the door of the publishing house all the time. Seeing Yusen Mori and the others should be very busy, Nakahara Nakahara didn't go in to look for it.After a few days, he met Edogawa Ranpo at the gate of the publishing house, followed by a three-colored cat.

Ranpo didn't notice this on the surface.

Why on the surface?

Because as soon as Ranbu saw Zhongyuan Zhongya, he immediately asked Zhongyuan Zhongya to catch the cat, so as not to let it run away.So after Zhongyuan Zhong also caught the cat, he kept using his abilities to control the cat so that it could not move.

Now Zhongyuan Zhong also has not had time to investigate the matter of his life experience, and was taken by Ranbu to look for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

The place where Ranpo and Ayanokoji met was a candy shop next to the ancient bookstore.You can get great snacks for just ten yen.

Ayanokouji was still wearing the clothes she had when she met Ranpo for the first time, and Ranpo was still wearing the clothes she had been wearing when she first met Ranpo.The excuse for this meeting is that Ranpo has already finished the short essay on "Interrogation" last time.

The news that Sajiro Yamamoto was arrested by the police for indecent/molesting the children of high-ranking officials in Yokohama was published in the nearby books and newspapers, and Sajiro Yamamoto kept clamoring that someone introduced him to him. The video provided by Sajiro Yamamoto was published in the newspaper. Although the man typed, if he was familiar with Fu Heisher, he would probably be able to recognize him at a glance.The police also threatened to arrest the suspicious person.

Ranpo glanced at the headlines in the newspaper, then handed the story he had written to Ayanokoji.

Ayanokōji didn't say a word about what he did, and Ranpo didn't ask, as if all the stories had nothing to do with them.From the beginning to the end, they were just friends who would go out to eat, drink and have fun after meeting each other.

When Ayanokōji finished listening to the article "Interrogation" last time, he already guessed that it should have something to do with Policeman A.At that time, although it was inferred from the ten commandments of mystery novels, in fact, Ranbu had already put a lot of foreshadowing in the text.

The most prominent contradiction in the story is that the prisoner will not do anything to girls, but there is a corpse that was violently beaten, so the most important thing is that only this corpse has an accident.

At that time, Ayanokōji guessed that when policeman A found the body, he found that the body was not dead, so he used violence on him, resulting in his death.The previous article has introduced at length that Police A is full of sense of justice and very impulsive, which allowed him to beat the prisoner at the crime scene and lay the groundwork for his personal interrogation of the prisoner in the interrogation room.

If the reason that drove him to beat the prisoner violently and come to the interrogation room in person was not a sense of justice, it was probably to cover up his criminal evidence and forge evidence.

Before Ling Xiaolu started watching, he said, "You replaced the murderer?"

"No more, please."

Ranbu said confidently.

Ayanokōji was noncommittal, and was about to watch, when Ranpo said, "What do you think his motive is? I will answer yes or no."

For Ayanokōji, his criminal motives are not of much concern, what is more important is his method of covering up the crime.However, compared to other crime novels, his method was not as refined and seamless as imagined, but in the situation at that time, even if the prisoner clamored that he did not kill the girl, no one would believe it.

So, unless someone discovers Police A's crime, and someone notices the incongruity of the case and investigates it, the story probably ends with Police A's victory.

Ayanokōji looked at Ranpo and began to tear the wrapping paper of the thick snacks, waiting for himself to speak leisurely, it seemed that he had tacitly agreed that he would cooperate with Ranpo to play this game.

"Does policeman A have something to do with this girl? For example, love or feud?"

"No."

"Policeman A saw this girl for the first time at the crime scene?"

"Yes."

"Before it was determined that there was no wrongdoing, so policeman A is actually a potential criminal?"

"No."

"Did policeman A do something at the crime scene to silence the deceased?"

"No."

Why would a policeman with a sense of justice kill the deceased if he had no grievances with the deceased, was not a potential criminal, and did not do anything shady?

Ayanokōji thought for a while and said, "Did policeman A not realize that he had killed the deceased unintentionally? Did he start remedial action afterwards?"

"No."

"Police A found out that the deceased was not dead, so did he deliberately attack her?"

"Yes."

Ayanokōji carefully recalled the content of the original "Interrogation" story. The deceased had a group of fungi growing on her body. It is entirely possible that she died unintentionally because she did not notice that she was not dead.But Ranpo has already said "no", but "intentionally" to start.

"It should be that the police found that the deceased covered with fungus was not dead, and was frightened by the horrible face, killing with passion"

"No."

Seeing Ayanokoji enter a dead end, Ranbu laughed even more freely.

Ayanokouji didn't like Ranpo's smirk, so he thought about all the known story content and plot.Policeman A is repeatedly mentioned as a just and arbitrary person.If it weren't for passion to kill——

Ayanokōji said: "Policeman A is a self-proclaimed righteous person who eliminates harm for the people. When encountering a situation where the deceased is still alive, his first reaction is to breathe a sigh of relief, because he has saved at least one person. But he is very sad. Soon there was a murderous intention again. No, maybe it was not a murderous intention. What the policeman A started was a "saved intention".He thought that it was a painful torture for the deceased to survive now, so he simply made a decision for her and beat her to death.Beating the prisoner at the crime scene and destroying the crime scene was only one of the purposes. Police A at the time was indeed extremely angry. "

"correct."

Edogawa Ranpo was not surprised that Ayanokouji guessed the answer.If you have read the article, there will be more details in it, but Ayanokōji guessed that the motive is also very strong based on a few questions.

"Policeman A is not a savior at all, he is just deciding the life and death of others according to his own judgment. If he really felt pity for that girl, he would not choose to beat her, but to strangle her to death or other milder means. For him Said that removing violence and reassuring the people is a manifestation of his own strength, he is immersed in his own strength and power, and he is not really thinking about the victims."

Ayanokouji didn't feel that this story could be judged good or bad in one or two sentences.It's just that Ranpo, as a debut novelist, doesn't advocate justice when writing such crime novels?

"Can you pass the trial if you write like this?"

After Luanbu ate his snacks, he said slowly: "I never write novels for the sake of national righteousness, nor for enlightenment, vigilance, or healing of others, nor for teaching people to do good deeds. Do bad things.

Punish evil and promote good, I am not the type to do this kind of work. "

Ayanokōji said calmly: "I thought this article was called "Interrogation". It was policeman A's interrogation of criminals, and readers' interrogation of characters, or of what they thought they had done in the past. Is it possible that some things are too taken for granted, so they are taken for granted, and are stubborn and obsessed with obsession?"

Ranpo began to think that Ayanokōji thought he was satirizing him with the article, but there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers, so even if he explained it, it would be useless.

Just when he was about to speak, Ayanokōji said, "When did you make sure that I would make four of your articles shortlisted for the Naoki Award, and designed you to be restricted or blocked by all literary awards?"

Ayanokōji realized after seeing the reactions of netizens that Ranpo might not care about literary awards at all, all he wanted was sales, sales that everyone admired and could be used as a gimmick everywhere.Misjudgment occurred because Ayanokōji found that Ranpo didn't care about money. It is unreasonable for a person who can guess the winning number to care about money.

"Probably that morning in Yokohama, when I entrusted the man with the scar to do something, I asked him what kind of payment method he wanted." Ranbu was referring to the obvious scar on the corner of Fu Heisher's mouth, "One is to accept the publication of my novel [-]% of the final sales, one is directly charged [-] yen."

Ling Xiaolu's eyes flashed enlightened: "So you asked this question before. It's no wonder."

"If the scarred man told you about this, you must know that I am using your plan. After all, he loves to bet on horses so much and lost so much money. It must have something to do with luck. It is related to his gambling habits. He is used to adopting high-risk and high-yield aggressive strategies in gambling, but when I gave him two choices, he didn’t want the income at all, but asked for [-] yen directly. It means that he must know that I cannot normally win awards and publish works."

"Under what circumstances can I not publish normally? The fact that I have "multiple papers" has been exposed.But what is the problem?The communication information I leave in each article is someone I know, and they will definitely contact me first, lest the work be shortlisted for nomination, which will lead to my disqualification.Therefore, the scarred man knew that you would not let me win the prize, so he just took the ready-made [-] yen. "

Speaking of this, Luanbu asked: "When did you find out that I submitted more than one manuscript? Do you know my other articles?"

"When I met you on the first day, I was in contact with Sajiro Yamamoto. I found out when I asked for the list of authors of the Naoki Award."

"Mirror Hell" author "OPNA"

"Red Room" author "RAWA"

"The Man Who Travels with Stickers" by "GOD"

The combination of these three names is "OPNARAWAGOD", but if it is reversed, it is "DOGAWARANPO". Edogawa Ranpo's name is "EDOGAWARANPO" without an "E".

Why is E missing?

In addition to confusing the public, "GOD" also has the bad taste of Edogawa Ranpo.If it was reversed like Ranpo, the author of the last article should be named "GODE".

However, in English, if the last three letters of a word end in the form of vowel plus consonant plus e, the last e is usually not pronounced, so the pronunciation should be directly "GOD".

Whether there is really the English word GODE is another matter.

But Ranpo is indeed playing.

"At that time, I only thought you were having fun, but I didn't expect you to do it on purpose." Ling Xiaolu said with serious eyes, "Why are you so sure that I will definitely oppose you?"

"Because I think you want me to do something for you."

Perhaps it is through this thing to control the chaos.

Luanbu continued: "The reason why I came here is to finish reading the "Interrogation" for you, and to finish it off. A truce! If you need my help, I can help you."

"And shall I be grateful to you for the rest of my life?" Ling Xiaolu said coolly, "letting others help you" is different from "controlling the other person's behavior to achieve your own goals".

Although Ranpo discovered that Ayanokouji was not bad in nature, or that he didn't have a clear view of good and evil, Ayanokouji's thoughts were somewhat dark.Ranpo himself is a prankster and likes to scare others, but he doesn't have any ghostly thoughts about people.

He said directly: "No, why? I help you, just like letting go of a bird in a cage. I don't expect the bird to thank me for staying by my side for the rest of my life. The bird flies away and flies away I'm expecting it to look back at me? If that's the case, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"

"..."

Seeing that Lingxiaolu couldn't trust him, Luanbu said directly: "Do you want it? I also had a whim. If I miss it, I won't help you."

"No need." Ayanokouji flatly refused.

This made Ranpo inexplicably feel a little lost.

After the matter was over, even the novel was shown to him, so there was no reason to come and play with Ayanokouji in the future.If Ayanokōji didn't ask about those things directly, Ranpo would pretend not to know, anyway, those things would be irrelevant.But now Ayanokōji has rejected him outright, and he probably will never meet him again.

Seeing that they hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhongyuan, who had been staying not far away, came to find Luanbu and asked him if he could go with him?Luanbu took the opportunity to leave.However, Ranbu didn't care about Chuya Nakahara's life experience, so he asked him to wait for him at the publishing house when he was in a better mood.Before the next meeting, Luanbu asks Nakahara to help him take care of Sanhuamao by the way.

When the curse was high, Luanbu sat on the table in a daze. He still had many other things to do.Now that mystery novels are about to become very popular, what he needs to do now is to collect more great writers and start writing mystery novels, solicit manuscripts everywhere.But he doesn't even want to write articles now.

In fact, when he first came into contact with Ayanokouji, Ranpo planned to use his telekinetic ability on him, but Ayanokouji himself didn't have much emotional change.Even during the confrontation today, he was still very calm.Ranpo doesn't know whether this "lostness" is related to "the memory of Ayanokoji still not being able to get at the time of separation at the end", so I can't get the material.

He was still feeling stuffy, when suddenly he felt a slight weight on the top of his head.

As soon as he lowered his head, a plump strawberry-flavored candy fell down.

Then, several more candies were placed on the head, and they fell one after another, like a rain of colorful candies.

"It's sugar!" Luanbu grabbed a handful with one hand, "It looks delicious!"

Xia Youjie, who gave Luanbu candy, couldn't help laughing. After rubbing Luanbu's head, he sat cross-legged on the tatami: "Why are you in a daze? I heard that your debut work will be printed in 100 million copies. Not excited?"

Luanbu sighed suddenly: "It feels like seeing a bird that has let go of the cage. The bird flies away without looking back, so it's a bit boring."

"What's the situation?" Xia Youjie couldn't laugh or cry. It was a metaphor, but it was also very abstract.

"Let me tell you, can't I write spells?"

"Ah."

"Actually, before writing, I can see other people's memories."

Xia Youjie's eyes widened immediately. According to his understanding of Ranbu, this guy definitely regarded this ability as his ability to obtain materials.

"You can't do that to your friends."

Xia Youjie said.

"But I also help reduce negative emotions."

"Everyone has their own secrets, and there are times when they don't want to be seen by others. If you see it, your friends will turn against you instead."

"..."

Friends are really troublesome existence.

"If you really regard him as a friend and want to help him, you should wait for him to tell you his unhappiness, instead of forcibly prying the other person's memory."

Luanbu felt that he thought things like friends too simply: "Isn't this a waste of time? Couldn't you help solve it earlier?"

"It takes time to make friends, and it takes a lot of time, so if you really value the other person, you have to be patient and wait for him to speak. This is politeness, and it is also respect."

"It still feels time-consuming..."

Luanbu muttered in a low voice, and his face clearly showed a half-understanding expression, but when Xia Youjie looked over, he immediately nodded like swallowing a jujube, indicating that he had accepted the education.

"I see."

"Then eat candy."

Luanbu lowered his head and began to tear open the candy wrapping paper.Although the candy is delicious, Ranpo still feels obsessed with the matter of Ayanokoji. Until his debut and publishing, Ranpo has never been out of the house, and he spends all day reading in Jugao.

On the day the booklet was published, Ranpo received many blessings, such as those from the teachers and students of Jugao, from the Kudo family in the United States, from Qinggakukan, and letters from readers who read "Inference History".In it, Ranpo received a letter from Kiyotaka Ayanokōji.

Ling Xiaolu's handwriting is not as rigid as he looks, but rather broad and graceful, with strong strokes and strong strokes, and has his own castle.He only wrote one sentence, "It turns out that the editor of Qingxueguan picked up a ghost."

Ranpo felt that Ayanokōji was turning a corner and praised his four works, staring at the letter paper and laughing non-stop.

How could it be just a ghost?

It has to be the Demon King!

After putting down the letter, Ranpo felt that he was inspired again.

How about writing a dangerous person who likes to hide behind others and hide himself?

How does he hide himself?

Luanbu swayed, and the wooden chair also swayed.

Hearing this creaking sound, the thoughts of walking in disorder are like carps in a pond meeting food, they huddle together, and there are more and more.

So first write down four large characters on the paper——

"Human Chair".

The author has something to say: Chuya Nakahara is hugging the cat and looking at the moon: How long do we have to wait before going back to Yokohama......