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Initial print runs have been determined.What needs to be specially added when printing is the most important one-page illustration that matches the Hoshinosha official website notice.

——This is also an illustration prepared by Hualichun, and it will be a battle with readers!

At midnight on the 15th, the eighth issue of "Monthly Literature" went on sale on Hoshinosha's official website.

Although offline bookstores are also released on the same day, bookstores generally don't open until [-] to [-] am.Therefore, only online sales can be counted in the middle of the night.

But this time, the sales volume of the eighth issue of "Monthly Literature" half an hour before its release was astonishing - [-] copies.

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"I'm coming!"

The door of the first-year classroom in Tokyo High School was opened with a "crash". When someone opened the door with too much force, the sliding door even bounced back violently when it hit the door frame.

The white-haired male high school student wearing small round sunglasses excitedly carried a few magazines, strode in, and put the magazines on the table: "The eighth issue of "Monthly Literature" has been delivered!"

Xia Youjie and Jiaru Nitrozi in the classroom cast their gazes towards the door.Jia Ruozi couldn't help but said, "So active."

Class was about to begin, but Gojo Satoru ignored the time, put the magazine on the table, picked up one and flipped through it: "I'd like to take a look at those strange pictures on the Hoshinosha website. What is the answer to the mystery?"

Under Gojo Satoru's nagging during this time, Xia Youjie and Jiaru Nitrozi were also aroused to be curious about the mystery of the official website of "Monthly Literature".

Seeing that Gojo Satoru couldn't wait to open the magazine and start reading, the two also took a copy of "Monthly Literature".

The magazine has been released, and the new work that tantalizes the appetite is no longer hidden.On the cover of this issue of "Monthly Literature", there are eye-catching characters: Immersed in daily suspense and horror, Edogawa Ranpo "The Chair in the World".

But even so, it is still impossible to guess the details just by looking at the title.

Xia Youjie and Jia Ruozi didn't think too much, they also opened the magazine and got up.

Time passed by every minute and every second.Soon, the time for class has arrived.However, Noctua Zhengdao, the teacher in charge of teaching, did not come to the classroom, and the three of them did not notice this at all, completely immersed in the world of love.

Finally, the second hand turned again with a "click".

With a "swipe", the three of them stood up almost at the same time and left the chairs they were sitting on.

"..."

The three of them were startled by each other's actions almost at the same time, and looked at each other after recovering.

Gojo Satoru first bite the bullet and sat down, and at the same time he didn't forget to slap him: "Why did you two stand up suddenly, I was shocked."

"Who can scare you?" Jia Ruozi exposed Gojo Wu's stubbornness without hesitation, "You were shocked by the content, right?"

Seeing that he was being exposed mercilessly, Gojo Satoru's expression froze for a moment, but Jiarui Nizi continued: "But in the moment just now, I really felt that kind of feeling..."

"It's as if I'm really in the world inside, and I feel that the chair I'm sitting on seems to move..."

"I feel like there is really someone in the chair behind me."

"The sense of substitution is so powerful," Jia Ruozi looked back at the simple plastic chair behind him, and sighed, "We have seen many conjurers who have cursed big and small, and we can still feel creepy because of this kind of creepiness." It’s an incredible feeling.”

Gojo Wu and Xia Youjie were speechless—this was how they felt too.

Recalling Hoshinosha's picture preview again, everything became extremely clear-who would have thought that the secret of the still life preview picture with a single armchair as the theme lies in the person hiding in the sofa chair.

In the preview image that has changed slightly over time, whether it is the sofa that has been slightly moved, the food and water that disappeared in the cabinet behind, the shallow footprints that appeared on the carpet, and the faint fingerprints on the photo, they are all in progress. a hint.

The people in the sofa used to come out and move around.He ate from the cupboard, drank water, walked around the empty room, looked at the pictures of the owner on the wall, and quickly hid back on the sofa before anyone came, leaving nothing behind. Knowing people sat on him.

Before the release of the eighth issue of "Monthly Literature", although the subtle changes in the preview map were found out one by one, no one has guessed the secret of the preview map so far.

After finishing "The Chair in the World" and the mystery is revealed, and recalling the changes in the details of the illustrations, you will find that this is really too creepy.

Thinking of this, Gojo Satoru's eyes fell on the illustration of "The Chair in the World" in the magazine.

It was a double-sided illustration, and the front side was the main character in the trailer on the official website—facing the reader's sofa chair.Unlike the trailer, the illustrations on the official website show empty chairs and no one sitting on them.But in the illustration of the magazine, there is a beautiful woman relaxing and taking a nap on this chair, who does not know the secret of the chair.

Turning to the reverse side, it is the back of the sofa chair, which is the scene where the virtual camera moves around the back of the chair to shoot.

"This kind of double-sided illustration is also quite innovative. It is the front and back of the chair respectively, which has a three-dimensional feeling. And in the trailer, the protagonist has not sat on the chair. Wait until you finish reading the text of "The Chair in the World". By the time of the illustration, the hostess has already sat on the chair without knowing anything." The white-haired boy complained, "This feeling really makes people get goosebumps, I can't wait to get into the painting and get her out of the chair. Pull up."

Xia Youjie frowned: "It's amazing, but it's too dark. I don't like this feeling very much."

Gojo Satoru didn't answer Xia Youjie's words, but flipped through the front and back of the illustration, and immediately noticed something, "Huh? Is this a folding page?"

The white-haired boy stared at the illustration for a while, suddenly felt a little funny, and his mood recovered a little from the shock of reading "The Chair in the World": "What. In order to win Naoya Zenyuan, that guy plans to learn from those vulgar small magazines to promote The method of sales, is it also printed some pictures of beautiful women on the folding pages?"

"Jie, do you have a paper cutter?" Wujo Wu raised his head and asked Xia Youjie.

Xia Youjie took out a small paper knife from the desk.

Seeing Gojo Satoru took the knife and neatly cut the fold, Jia Ruzi couldn't help complaining: "Why do you even know this, and you are so proficient in your movements. Are you worthy of being a bloody DK?"

"Even the standby screen of Wujo's phone has pictures like this." Xia Youjie said narrowly, while glancing at Gojo Wu's phone, his expression suddenly became a little surprised, "Eh? It's not a photo of a beauty anymore." Yet?"

I saw that the mobile phone placed on the table by Gojo Satoru happened to be displaying the standby screen, and the original photo was gone, replaced by a default screensaver.

"Ah, um. I changed the original standby screen some time ago."

Gojo Satoru responded casually, and cut the last point of the fold with a "click".

As he opened it, he said excitedly, "Let me see what that guy hides in the fold..."

The moment the closed hinge was opened, Gojo Satoru's voice stopped abruptly.

——What is printed on the inside of the fold is not a picture of a beautiful woman, but a cross-sectional view of the armchair outside the fold, described with delicate and weird strokes.

Inlaid in the gap inside the armchair is a gloomy man whose body has been squeezed inside the chair for a long time, resulting in an almost deformed figure, which is depicted so finely down to the pores.

The impact was so terrifying and creepy that I even forgot to breathe.

——This is the secret hidden in the folding pages, and it is the final decisive blow brought to the readers by "Monthly Literature"!

……

"Compared to using advertisements or gifts to promote sales, did you finally choose the most fundamental and correct method-to broaden the new readership?"

Every morning after the release of "Monthly Literature", Jun Huali would call Gongqian Jian to briefly discuss the sales status with him this time, and this time was no exception.

"The combination of the preview image and the folding illustration is very innovative. The suspenseful author's challenge to the readers, as well as the meticulous and realistic style of painting in the accompanying picture, combine the impact of "The Chair on Earth" within the scope of the image. Made the most of it. That's a good job."

Miyamae Ken said, "There are some cartoonists on our side who specially brought that illustration to ask me what I think when we meet. Your illustration is enough to make professional cartoonists feel a sense of crisis."

"Also," he asked again, "have you looked at the social network?"

"I've seen it," Hualichun couldn't help nodding even though Gongqianjian couldn't see it through the phone, "But so far, I haven't seen many people discussing this issue of "Monthly Literature". ..."

"Don't worry." Gongqian Jian's voice came over, interrupting Hualichun's words, "This is just a momentary gap caused by the shock. It is because it is too shocking that readers need time to digest it."

"What's more, in addition to "The Chair in the World", there are more excellent articles published in the magazine. Readers who are shocked by "The Chair in the World" should eagerly continue to read other articles. You should also be aware of this I know the rich amount of information in the "Monthly Literature"."

"It will take a while for shocked readers to react."

……

What happened to Wujo Satoru and others also happened to other readers of the eighth issue of "Monthly Literature".

At noon on the 15th of the release day, the first batch of readers who finished reading "The Chair in the World" and discovered the secrets of the trailer and illustrations had already started heated discussions on the Internet.

Some readers originally thought that the folder was a photo of a beautiful woman, but after cutting it open, they found that the inside was a scary man. They were so frightened that they threw the magazine away. After recovering, they couldn’t help but pick it up and continue reading. Some people even said that after seeing the human chair, he disassembled and checked all the sofas at home before he was relieved.

"Ranpo Edogawa pays for my sofa!" the reader tweeted angrily.

Reasoning enthusiasts were shocked by the explosive content after reading "The Chair in the World".For literature lovers, the literary nature of "The Human Chair" and its reasoning coexistence also satisfy them.

At night, "Human Chair" and "Monthly Literature" once again climbed the Twitter trend list.The online and offline sales of "Monthly Literature" once again ushered in a peak different from that at midnight.

Uncommonly, the sales volume of the eighth issue of "Monthly Literature" on the second day of its release was twice that of the first day.

On the fourth day, the discussions among the readers of "Monthly Literature" began to gradually decrease.However, at this time, the suspenseful reasoner Mei Yuan suddenly sent out a tweet.

[Mei Yonehara: After reading "The Chair in the World" in "Monthly Literature", I couldn't help feeling jealous of the talent of Mr. Edogawa who wrote this article.Driven by curiosity, I found previous issues of the magazine, but found that every article in it was so scary.Really scared. 】

Mei Yonehara is a veteran writer with a total sales volume of more than 1200 million copies. His representative works include "Mystery in the Fog City", "Tokyo Pagan Murder", "Deep Under the Waves", "The Code of El Dorado" and so on.As a famous writer, she rarely praised her peers so unreservedly.Therefore, this tweet is like a blockbuster dropped when people are caught off guard.

In just 24 hours, the number of retweets of Mei Yuan Mei's tweet exceeded five figures.Even more reasoners re-commented this tweet because of this, and their words were full of shock at the writing method of "The Chair in the World".

This made the attention to "Monthly Literature" boil again.

Many people who didn't know "Monthly Literature" opened Hoshinosha's official website after retweeting it, and clicked the purchase button.

And "Revival!"Wen Hao Publishing House" also appeared a new reminder.

【Hoshinosha popularity 200】

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At night, in front of the closed Date Bookstore.

The purple-haired girl sitting on the steps at the entrance of the bookstore was wearing a white T-shirt and a simple apricot-colored tie dress, carrying a schoolbag on her shoulders, and holding a "Monthly Literature" in her hand, quietly.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a figure approaching. The girl closed the magazine in her hand, stood up, and turned to look at the person coming.

"You are here."

The girl's emerald green eyes reflected the gloomy expression of the son-in-law of the Buddhist monastery in a kimono—the handsome facial features of the blond boy are now distorted due to humiliation and unwillingness, his eyebrows are raised abruptly, and the tails of his eyes are slightly raised. It was red, and his expression looked like someone had punched him in the face.

Hualichun put the "Monthly Literature" in her hand into her schoolbag unmoved.Then, she took out a brand new electric razor from her bag, tossed it in her hand, and pushed the switch.

The blade of the electric razor suddenly spun rapidly, making a buzzing sound.

"Choose one, do you want me to shave it for you, or do you do it yourself?" Hualichun looked at Zenyuan Naoya calmly and asked, holding up the razor.