Seven days ago.

Kazuo Nakayama sat at his desk, on which was a thick stack of manuscripts, all of which had been printed out for the Mystery Writers Association Awards.

The selection of this manuscript is divided into three layers, first reviewed by a part of the editors, and those who pass enter the second layer, this layer of review is basically more relaxed, as long as it meets the requirements of a wonderful mystery novel, it can be passed, and the review of this layer is called the primary selection.

Then the manuscript that passed the primary selection will be reviewed by a part of the editors again, this time the requirements are stricter, the scale is more rigorous, and the manuscript must be analyzed in depth, and after passing, it will enter the third layer, and the second level of review is called reselection.

After the re-selection of the manuscript, basically there are very few, in this very small number of manuscripts, the top three are selected, of course, the final award is only the first place, but the second and third place, can still win the silver and bronze awards, before this award is not the second or third place, only this year in order to increase competitiveness, expand the influence, the new policy was made.

The primary selection editors are the most tired, because they have to read all the manuscripts, although there are many people to read together, but it is also the largest workload, it is now half past nine in the evening, and Kazuo Nakayama has not yet gone home, because this issue of the Reasoning Writers Association Award has received a lot of manuscripts, and the workload is very large, and Kazuo Nakayama wants to read more manuscripts.

After reviewing the manuscript for a day, Kazuo Nakayama's eyes were sour, his spirit was very tired, and in the end he was even a little numb, and Kazuo Nakayama was ready to read another manuscript and went home, because of this state, it was no longer suitable to continue reading. If you have to continue reading, you are not responsible for the authors of these manuscripts.

Picking up the manuscript at the top of the desk, Kazuo Nakayama read it.

"Huh? The devotion of Suspect X? The name is kind of interesting. Kazuo Nakayama was first attracted by the title of the manuscript.

Looking at other manuscripts, it is nothing more than xxx murder, xxx case. This kind of name is the same, although it is not bad, but it definitely does not achieve the effect of making people shine, and this 'suspect x dedication' makes people look at it, and they can't know the content and direction of the story, but they do. There is sacrifice in this story, which immediately arouses the reader's desire to read it.

Kazuo Nakayama was just amazed by the name, and then looked at it very carefully, the name can only attract people's attention, and in the end, can it be loved by readers. That's up to the story.

But this novel, just like its name, did not disappoint Kazuo Nakayama at all, the excitement of the story is quite high, it is an innovation in the technique of the Benge school, and it makes people look at it more and more spiritually, and they can't help but be worried about the progress of the case, and the sense of substitution is very strong.

At this time, Kazuo Nakayama remembered to look at the name of this author.

Kobayashi Takeyo. Eun has a strange name, but Kazuo Nakayama doesn't care, and the most important thing is that the story is exciting. When he finished reading the whole story, he couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

Many of the novels participating in the selection this time have a sad ending, but none of them can make people feel completely sorry like this 'The Dedication of Suspect X', and this regret is so heart-wrenching. It's hopeless.

Fighting wits is indispensable in mystery novels. However, it is possible to exert the fighting spirit to such an extreme. It's really not.,All kinds of wonderful duels between the layout and the game-breaker,Let Kazuo Nakayama watch it addictively.,After reading it, I will scrutinize it.,There is no unreasonable logical problem.,This novel,It's the best novel he's seen in this selection.,Even among the previous novels,,There are few books that can be better than this one.。

Momotaro's novels, he has also read them, and this time the selection focuses on Momotaro.

Momotaro's novel entering the top three is already a sure thing, this is predetermined, although this is not in line with the spirit of fair competition, but this is a matter of honor to the island country, and it is reasonable to do fraud.

But then again, Momotaro's book "Love Sin" is indeed a masterpiece, and it can be said that it is the best of all Momotaro's works, and it is not an excellent star, but a lot.

Some people suspect that Momotaro is looking for a team to create, or that there are many people helping him, or even that this book is completed by many famous mystery novelists, but, at this time, who wants to care about these problems? That's what I like to see.

However, Momotaro's book is much worse than this "Suspect X's Dedication", not a little.

Kazuo Yamamoto breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it's not the work of that Chinese person, if it is, it's really not easy to do!

The manuscript was thrown out separately and marked with emphasis, and Kazuo Yamamoto was allowed to recommend this manuscript to the re-selected editors as soon as he went to work tomorrow, and in his eyes, this book should be the award-winning work of this time.

If the champion is decided, even if Momotaro's "Love Sin" wins second place, it will win the Chinese man.

Besides, I haven't seen the work of that Chinese man yet, and I don't know what it has written!

After reading 'The Devotion of Suspect X', Kazuo Yamamoto has no more ** to continue reading, and now his mind is full of the plot of this novel, look at the watch, it's almost eleven o'clock, the subway is almost gone at this time, only the last midnight bus, Kazuo Yamamoto thought about it and dialed the phone at home.

"If you're working overtime, you won't go home, you don't have to wait for me." Kazuo Yamamoto said to his wife.

Early the next morning, colleagues came one after another, and when everyone arrived, Kazuo Yamamoto took the 'dedication of Suspect X' to the head of the reselection team, Endo Shushita.

It's very strange that Kazuo Yamamoto personally came over to recommend a manuscript, because this kind of thing is done in batches, and there is no precedent for sending a single copy at a time.

Kazuo Yamamoto was able to do this, which shows that he attaches great importance to this manuscript.

After Kazuo Yamamoto left, with curiosity, Endo began to look at this 'Suspect X's dedication'.

130,000 words, Endo under the tree for four hours, until noon, he completely put down the manuscript.

He spent an hour reviewing the manuscript, then spent an hour carefully understanding the whole story, and spent two hours repeatedly scrutinizing and arguing, and finally he rested completely and contentedly.

Such a masterpiece is really enjoyable to watch! (To be continued)