In the Literary Spring and Autumn Headquarters, the editor of Hisaki has forgotten the time.

"After School" is also too interesting for newcomers.

Aso-sensei's affairs will go over first.

Although it is indeed written, it is more red-faced.

However, it is not too excessive, the key is the plot of the whole book, as well as the reasoning link, and of course, the shaping of the characters.

In terms of plot, there is more than one homicide.

The first victim, Mr. Murahashi, is a typical murder in a closed room.

And the second, that is, the killing of Mr. Takei, is obviously different.

The most critical thing is the issue of the actor's 'me'.

He's also a target.

So, what exactly is the truth?

Instead of turning to the end, Hisagi left about 20 pages.

He first made a deduction on his own.

The characters who appear in this novel are like this.

The male protagonist, I, Maejima.

The heroine, Keiko Sugida, is the chief general of the Western Bow and Arrow Department.

The supporting actress, Yoko Takahara, she is a beautiful girl who is interesting to the male lead.

Supporting actress, Masami Hojo, a schoolgirl who is super good at learning and has a very smart brain, she once made a secret room reasoning, but it was just incorrect.

The female teacher, Aso, is the character that makes people blush.

The principal, and a few teachers, Fujimoto, Hori, these should all be tricks.

As for the policeman, Detective Ohtani, he should be a character who confuses the reader.

As in most mystery novels, as long as it is not a certain criminal police officer as the protagonist, then the criminal police are all in this role.

Anyway, the police are useless, otherwise, how can the protagonist stand out?

As a professional editor, I don't know how many novels I've read, and it's normal for Hisaki to have such thoughts.

Unless you are a veteran mystery novel reader, you will definitely be deceived by this Otani detective.

So, what is the truth that Hiagi, who sorted out these things, what is the truth he decides?

The murderer, Keiko Sugida!

That's right, it should be her.

Although, the two male teachers have almost no entanglement with Keiko Sugida.

However, mystery novels are sometimes like this, the murderer is very hidden, and even has nothing to do with the deceased on the surface.

Hiagi can't help but feel a little proud, the author of this novel is still a newcomer, not as old as him.

However, the key lies in the modus operandi.

Edit Hiagi began to flip through the last 20 pages...

"Keiko Sugita-san, the murderer is you, right?"

"Maejima-san, why do you think that?"

"The death of Mr. Takei, I can't think of anyone who can do it, and besides, the death of Mr. Murahashi before, that secret room, only you can do it. Even, if someone wants to kill me, it's all your suspicion. ”

"Hah...... It seems that Maejima-san's has already decided on it, so tell me, how did I do it?"

"Murahashi-sensei died in the locker room, this secret room is ...... with your arrows"

Here it is, here comes the truth!

It's an arrow!

When Hisagi saw this, the murderer was exactly as he thought, and as for this arrow...... Aha!

Ingenious, really ingenious.

The first Murahashi teacher to be killed, this is a secret room killing, then, the key is how to complete this secret room.

From the point of view of the actor Maejima, he had a move at that time, which was to see the situation of this secret room through the vent.

Maejima didn't just see Murahashi-sensei's body, he saw something as well.

A stick, diagonally pressed against the sliding door.

To put it simply, from his point of view, he couldn't open this door before because of this stick.

However, this stick, like the lock outside the men's locker, is also a trick.

What really held up the sliding door was an arrow.

The heroine, Keiko Sugita is the main general of the Sunset Bow and Arrow Department, and her arrows.

And what is even more ingenious is that Keiko Sugida is equivalent to a witness, she knocked the door open with Maejima, don't forget, Keiko Sugida at this time has just finished training, she is carrying a quiver, of course, there are many arrows in it.

After slamming the door open, the arrows in the quiver fell to the ground.

This is normal.

But this phenomenon made Keiko Sugita hide from the world.

And the arrows on the ground were mixed with the arrows that were against the sliding door.

At this time, it is impossible for Maejima to pay attention to the details of Keiko Sugida, and Murahashi's body is right in front of him.

So, as long as Keiko Sugita picked up that arrow and mixed it with her own arrow, she couldn't see anything.

In fact, there is another thing that makes Maejima a 'helper' for Keiko Sugita.

RB High School uses sliding doors, and if you pull the door, of course, there are grooves on the ground.

The kind of arrows used in Western bows and arrows are very thin, but they are also very tough.

As long as Keiko Sugida is outside, pulling with a thin rope, she can drop the arrow into that groove, and in this way, the secret room can be completed.

And because the arrow is in the groove, Maejima looks through the vent, of course, the perspective is not very good, plus he will also see a person lying on the ground.

Of course, there is no arrow in the recess that really holds up to the sliding door.

Especially the method of this operation, Keiko Sugida, the real murderer, has been watching from the sidelines.

Perfect!

Hiagi was amazed by the secret room technique.

"Where's the evidence?" said Keiko Sugida, who still had a smile on her face.

Maejima said solemnly: "The development of modern trace science has been very powerful, although you may have processed your arrows, but I believe that the arrow feathers of that arrow will definitely leave dust in the groove of the sliding door of the women's locker room, as long as you test it, you can do it, and the tip of the arrow will also leave traces." ”

When Hiagi saw this, he suddenly thought of some details earlier in the novel.

The actor Maejima seems to be being targeted, and his life is also in danger, so Maejima has learned a lot of detective knowledge by himself, including trace studies.

But in this final stage, Maejima has already understood that she is not the target of the other party, that is, all her encounters are a cover-up, in order to kill Murahashi and Takei, especially Takei, almost makes people feel that her target is Maejima.

Before-and-after.

It's good, it's good.

When Hiagi read this, he felt as if he had completely watched a mystery drama.

Trace science is a relatively new thing at the moment, and the National Geographic Channel in the United States has done a special feature on this.

Not good!

Suddenly, Hiagi was startled.

He had left more than 20 pages, calculated by the fact that he could write 300 to 350 words on a piece of manuscript paper.

That's more than 6,000 words.

Hisagi thought that this should be enough to wrap up, but in the end, he realized that it was wrong, because there was no motivation for writing yet!

Mystery novels often do not just catch the murderer and crack the murder method, which is not enough, what is more interesting is the motive.

But isn't there a novel?

Turned to the last page...

"Maejima-san, thank you. ”

Keiko Sugita said only one sentence.

And then there was none.

This can't be!

Hiagi wanted to scream, he even wanted to curse.

As a senior editor who has read countless articles, Hisagi knew it in his heart from the moment he took out this manuscript.

This should be a complete novel, probably more than 100,000 words or so.

This is not difficult for him at all, the manuscript paper can write so many words, as long as there is a rough estimate of how much manuscript paper is about the same.

However, can't you finish writing more than 100,000 words?

Is this kind of contribution a joke about yourself?

Calm, calm down.

Sure enough, there was a new discovery.

"Dear editor Hisagi, I am a rookie writer who wants to write novels for a living, and if the editor thinks this article is good, please invite me to the Higashino grocery store in Okinawa Okinawa Island to talk about it. ”

On the back of the last page, there is such a sentence, and there is a string of numbers below, which should be the contact number.

After reading it, Hiagi immediately understood.

This newcomer author is hoping that he can go over to talk about it......

Generally speaking, newcomers come to the publishing house by themselves and then communicate with the editor.

Hiagi has been an editor for many years, and he has come into contact with a lot of newcomers, many of whom are really untalented, and he was a little unbearable at the beginning.

But later, as time went by, I read too many books and came into contact with too many talented people.

It's better to be ruthless with a guy like that.

Now, a very talented guy has appeared, but he uses such means.

To hell with guys like this!

If it had been before, Hiagi would probably have just thrown this manuscript in the trash.

But now...... This book really wants to know the final truth.

In particular, why did Keiko Sugita do this?

Her motives were completely unrecognizable, and she had little to do with the deceased.

And, why does she say thank you to the protagonist?

And what about Mr. Aso?

Her couple...... Ahem.

I hadn't been in such a mood for a long time, and Hisaki had the urge to go to Okinawa.

At this moment, suddenly, the voice of the editor-in-chief came.

"How can it be repaired!"

What happened?

Many editors who consciously work overtime like Hisagi can't help but look at the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief's name is Yoshiki Tanaka, and he should have been talking on the phone just now, but now, he dropped the phone directly.

"Weekly's bastards! They've made a big story!"

This sentence made all the editors come to the spirit.

"What's the news?"

"What else can gossip about?"

"Those guys are a bunch of shameless paparazzi!

Everyone was indignant and condemned.

The editor-in-chief put his hands in his hair and said, "There will be a special issue tomorrow dedicated to the ugly story of Dennis's boss, this guy, hehehe...... Guess what he did?"

Janis?

Boss?

Sure enough, it's super big news.

Hisagi is a serious editor, but he also knows a little bit about it.

As the most powerful economic company in the whole RB, Genesys doesn't know if it's too bad, but recently it has been rumored that Kitagawa, the boss of Genesys, likes Luan Tong ......

Could it be that this matter has been confirmed?

Then "Weekly Wenchun" is not popular in outer space?

Obviously, the main business of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House...

The pressure on the editor-in-chief is as high as you can imagine.

"You guys, useless idiots!"

Sure enough, the editor-in-chief's rant reappeared, and this time there was no need for a meeting at all.

Hirogi, his heart moved.

"Editor-in-chief, I have a newcomer here, and I think it's good, but he wants me to go to Okinawa for a detailed discussion. ”

The original manuscript of "After School" was handed over.

PS: Thank you, there are two more helmsmen appearing, thank you very much! I will definitely work hard for the black car, and when it is put on the shelf, it will inevitably break out. In addition, Takeshi Kitano had an accident, and this has nothing to do with my black car, right? The last book was just a simple write, really, I'm not poisoned milk, and I don't want to write about whoever is that, woo...... In addition, this of Kitagawa... It is an extremely important event in the RB entertainment industry, and since then, Janis and Weekly Wenchun have been fighting endlessly, and they have been fighting until now.