Revive it!Wenhao Press

"Recently, I haven't seen that guy's face except that he regularly sends out sales for me."

At Tokyo Juju High School, an empty soda can fell into the trash can with a bang.Gojo Satoru withdrew his hand and stuffed his palm into his trouser pocket.

"Isn't he busy?" Jia Ruozi said slowly from the side, "And aren't we also very busy recently? The weather is getting colder and the New Year is over, so the curses caused by negative emotions have increased. .”

"Even so..."

The white-haired boy with his hands in his pockets frowned, looked back at Jia Ruzi, and complained: "But recently Jie is always alone, shutting himself in the room after class and finishing tasks, He also told others not to disturb him for the time being, and he didn’t know what he was doing.”

"...Moreover, I always feel that it was after watching Huali's award ceremony."

Gojo Wu paused, and muttered to himself: "Jie's abnormality must have something to do with Huali, right?"

"I think so." Jiarui Niuzi affirmed, "I saw that he bought a lot of books and delivered them to the college. He probably cared about what Chunjiang said after the award ceremony."

"Really?" Gojo Satoru was taken aback, "I see, Nitro, do you think Jie wants to be a writer too?"

"Eh?" Jia Ruozi was taken aback, "I didn't say that..."

"It's decided!" Gojo Satoru slapped his hands and announced enthusiastically, "I have a solution!"

……

"Contribution?"

Hui Yuanxiong, who was sitting in the student rest area, spoke in astonishment.And the other high school students who were summoned by Gojo Satoru also showed a look of astonishment.

"That's right!" Gojo Satoru's sunglasses slipped slightly from the bridge of his nose, and his blue eyes were shining brightly, "Didn't everyone watch the award ceremony last time? Didn't you think about letting yourself go after watching it?" Become a writer too?"

Hui Yuanxiong: "Aren't we magicians?"

"Indeed," Gojo Satoru blinked his blue eyes at him, "but no one said that conjurers can't also write and become writers!"

"Indeed, the speech at the award ceremony will make people very excited," Jianren Nanami nodded, "But if this proposal is made by Senior Wutiao, I feel a little... Anyway, at least it should be Senior Xia You, or Senior Mingming..."

Hearing the words, Mingming couldn't help laughing.

Gojo Satoru: "Hi!"

However, at this moment, Xia Youjie, who had been silent by the side just now, suddenly nodded, with a faint smile on his face: "Very good, I agree."

"But let me ask you first, where are the submissions going?" Angeji seemed to be quite interested in this project, and it was rare that she didn't quarrel with Gojo Satoru, but asked him carefully, "In the classical After the award ceremony of the Art and Literature Award, many publishing houses have started to solicit submissions, right?"

"Xinzhiguan, Dachengshe, Seagull Library... even the largest publishing house 'Bailangshe' has also planned a newcomer award," she said, counting on her fingers, "the No. 1 bonus seems to be 500 million, and you can also get " The chance of serialization of "The Age of Literature and Art" and the planning of a separate book..."

Hui Yuanxiong was taken aback: "500 million? Isn't that too generous?"

"I'm afraid it was stimulated by Xiaohuali's announcement at the classical award ceremony. After all, she declared that the era of Hoshinosha would be in the future, and the subtext was that she was determined to win all the awards and rankings in the future." Ming Ming raised her hand. , straightened the long hair on the side of the cheek, and said to himself, "But that's 500 million... why don't you just vote for Bailang Club and try it out?"

"No, of course it's Hoshinosha who voted for Huali." Gojo Satoru said naturally, "a challenge to those who are interested in literature across the country—is she the one who said it herself?"

"So that's it, then I'll join!" An Geji said excitedly, "I quite like Huali's style!"

"I want to be together too!" Haibara Yuu raised his hand, "Everyone join in! This activity is really interesting, and among us, there might be someone who has the potential to become a great writer!"

Soon, the contribution activity involving all members of the Higher Education Commission was finalized in this way.

"Let's set the delivery time within two weeks." Xia Youjie suggested, "It's not good if the battle line is too long. It's enough time to write a short story. If anyone wants to write a long story, just write a short story. It should be okay to send it at the beginning.”

"Okay!" Gojo Satoru immediately agreed, "That's it. Next Sunday afternoon, I will come to you to collect the manuscript. If there is anyone who has not written by then, I will supervise that person to write overnight. oh!"

***

Jun Huali knew nothing about what happened in the Tokyo Conjuration High School.At the current Hoshino Club, the girl who is the president is worrying about other issues.

[Hint: The existence of the detective puppy may bring mysterious challengers.Please remember to check your mailbox every day, maybe there will be unexpected joy]

The reminder card reminded Hualichun of Zhongye Dog—the orange and white puppy she found under the hat above the mailbox.Therefore, since she got this card, she has followed the instructions on the card and checked the mailbox at the door of Hoshino Club twice a day, morning and evening, but after several days in a row, she always found nothing.

There have never been any dogs in the mailbox, only letters from readers that will be automatically stuffed in every day according to the game mechanism.There are fan letters from readers, and works from newcomers who want to contribute to "Monthly Literature".

Since the declaration at the award ceremony of the Classical Art and Literature Award, the challenge issued by Hoshinosha writers has inspired many writers to be competitive, and at the same time, many newcomers who are interested in literature have taken a step towards this field.

With the passage of time, various publishing houses have gradually received more contributions from newcomers than in previous years, and this phenomenon has gradually been noticed by more and more people in the industry.

Although it is not reconciled that the person who caused this phenomenon is Hoshinosha, but in the face of more and more newcomers submitting articles, each publishing house has to admit that the Hoshinosha writer who won the highest award of the Classical Art and Literature Award has a great impact on the industry. had a positive impact.

Among them, Hoshinosha received very few submissions from new writers until "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" won the awards.On the eve of the announcement of the results of the Classical Art and Literature Awards, Hoshinosha only received about a dozen submissions a month on average.After winning the award, the number of submissions soared from a dozen per month to more than 200 per month, which is dazzling.

And Hualichun will check these letters every day, select some fan letters and send them to various teachers who are not human, as well as newcomers to contribute, and write different replies according to the content and quality of the manuscripts.And every time a reply letter is completed, "Let's Revive!Bunhao Publishing House" will remind Hoshinosha that its popularity has increased slightly by one or two points.

Fortunately, with the help of the handheld, it is not difficult for Hualichun to screen newcomers' contributions and reply to them.It’s just that so far, none of the submissions have reached the standard for publication. Most of the manuscripts have been rated as D to E grades, and a few have C and F grades.

But no matter what kind of manuscript, Hualichun carefully chose different replies according to the content of the article.

It would be great if any of these newcomers can make persistent efforts after seeing the reply, and finally become a writer.

……

in the afternoon.

The small mailbox at the door of Hoshino Club made a "click", and the door was opened again.

Hualichun pulled the door of the mailbox, and looked inside expectantly: "..."

Seeing that there is still no sign of dogs inside or near the mailbox, hope turned into disappointment again.Hualichun reached out and took out the newly added stack of letters in the mailbox, fumbled for the last time, and confirmed that there was nothing in it, then walked in the door with the letters in her arms.

Most of the newly added letters are fan letters from readers, and a small half are contributed by newcomers.When Hualichun sorted the letters sent to each teacher one by one, he suddenly found that one of the letters addressed to Ranpo Dog was a bit strange.

It was a letter wrapped in a black envelope, which stood out among the letters from readers in light-colored envelopes.On the front of the envelope, a line of words was typed in golden Gothic font: Received by Edogawa Ranpo-sensei.

It is the editor's job to review fan letters before handing them over to the writer, so that letters with abnormal content, such as love letters, threatening letters, and hate letters, will not affect the writer's normal life.If necessary, the editor will also assist the writer to call the police to deal with readers who pose a threat to the writer's personal safety.This is also one of the ways that publishing houses protect writers.At present, this work of Hoshino Club is naturally in charge of Huali Jun.

Now that she found this black letter, Hualichun suddenly felt a sense of crisis in her heart.She opened the letter without hesitation and decided to confirm the contents inside.

However, after opening the envelope, what appeared inside was not the hate letter or personal threats that Hualichun had imagined, but a black gold-stamped invitation.

On the card were written a few lines in the same typeface as on the envelope.

【Challenge】

[We will contribute articles to your company in the daytime, please allow us to challenge the writer Edogawa Ranpo of your company with this article. 】

【Your company will have the right to publish our articles in your company's magazine "Monthly Literature".The winner is determined by the number of fan letters received, and the side with the most fan letters wins. 】

[This is a duel between famous detectives, and we are looking forward to the day when the winner will be decided. 】

[From Edgar Allan Poe]

Hualichun stared blankly at these lines.

...not a dangerous reader, but a challenger to Cue Cary's Detective Puppy!

But does this rookie writer know that the object he wants to challenge is actually a puppy?

And looking at the name, this challenger is not even Japanese, but his tone is polite, and he claims to be "my generation", and the overall feeling has a wonderful secondary feeling...

Thinking of this, Hualichun's body trembled, and suddenly felt a feeling of being stared at.

And this sight seems to come from...

In the garden!

Realizing this, Hualichun turned her head abruptly, and looked at the courtyard with sharp eyes.

A few puppies playing ball in the courtyard noticed Hualichun's gaze, stopped quickly, and stood on the spot with their little heads tilted to stare at her in puzzlement.During this period of time, the colorful puppies have been well-fed and well-fed. At this moment, the little tails are shaking quickly full of curiosity, as if asking with their eyes: Do you need a massage?

Seeing the cute puppies, Huali's sharp eyes slowly relaxed: "Is it just an illusion..."

Puppies: "Wow?"

Although Hualichun really wanted to be massaged by the little milk dog, but now is not the time.After thinking about it, she turned her attention to the challenge form again.

"However, it would be great if we could find the Edgar Allan Poe who wants to challenge Ranpo teacher..." She muttered to herself, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly looked for the address on the envelope.

However, to Hualichun's surprise, there was no other handwriting on this letter except that the recipient was the editorial department of Hoshinosha's "Monthly Literature", and there were no stamps or postmarks from the post office on the envelope.

——Worthy of being the challenger of Detective Puppy, the other party not only found the location of Hoshinosha, but also did not leave any clues about himself.

It seems that he only wants to challenge Ranpo Dog by submitting manuscripts, and he doesn't intend to show up.

What kind of person is that?

Hualichun stood up silently, and said to himself with a serious expression: "I always thought it might be a stalker, but I still call the police..."

And at this moment, Hualichun felt a strong gaze again.

She raised her head abruptly and looked towards the courtyard again.

This time, Hualichun saw it—at the end of the courtyard, a black shadow flashed past quickly and disappeared into the bushes in an instant.

"..."

The girl was silent for a moment, then silently hid the game console under the table, and secretly used "Let's Revive!"The extended function of Wenhao Publishing House sets a small trap in the courtyard.

——Something is watching her!

……

Time passed minute by minute.While Hualichun sorted out the remaining fan letters, she waited.

Finally, there was a tiny, snapping sound from the courtyard, followed by the sound of something being dragged.

- got it!

Hualichun jumped up suddenly, and ran towards the end of the courtyard.The puppies who were playing with the ball on the grass hurriedly followed curiously, bouncing like a team of colorful fluffy balls.

All the way to the end of the courtyard, Hualichun found a shadow hanging upside down on the tree.She stared blankly, and immediately quickened her pace.

And at this moment, the shadow hanging on the tree slowly turned around, revealing a wise fluffy dog ​​face.

"..." Hualichun kept a straight face, and her running speed gradually slowed down, and finally turned into a slow walk.

She slowly walked up to the dog, and together with the puppies who were chasing after her looked up at the familiar dog dangling by its hind legs hanging from a tree, she hesitated to speak: "Mr. Dazai... "

The Dazai dog hanging on the tree didn't feel anything wrong, and even raised the dog's paw to greet Hualichun.

In desperation, Hualichun had no choice but to untie the noose and let the Dazai dog down.

After the sand-colored dog landed on its four paws, it seemed that it was still a little unfinished, and it leaned up to sniff the rope trap.It seems that he is very interested in rope.Hualichun was worried that Dazai Gou wanted to kill himself again, so he quickly removed the trap.

"Teacher Dazai, actually..."

Huali Chunzheng wanted to tell Dazai Dog about Sombra's situation, but at this moment there was a sharp dog barking from the direction of the small building.

"Wow woof woof woof! woof woof!"

Hualichun was stunned: "That's Teacher Zhongye's voice! And the location of the voice is..."

--kitchen!

Thinking of this, Hualichun hurriedly rushed to the small building of Hoshinosha.

When she ran to the kitchen door in one breath, she happened to see the small but majestic orange-white puppy with its fangs bared and its back hair standing on end, barking lowly towards the corner of the kitchen.In the distance, the little white tiger and the little black dog were galloping towards the kitchen, while pricking up their ears and tail vigilantly.

And on the kitchen floor in front of Zhongye Dog, there is a bag of torn marshmallows scattered—Hua Lichun recognizes the bag of marshmallows, which she bought two days ago for Ranbu, Xiaobaihu and the puppies One of the snacks you eat.

Hualichun was taken aback, and looked in the direction of the little orange dog's demonstration——

Behind the overturned trash can in the kitchen, there was a fat raccoon with sleek fur and a handful of snow-white cotton candy secretly hidden in its arms.