Chapter 30: Continuing the Murders

Suddenly there was a burst of applause from outside the door, and he knew what was going on if he thought about it with his brain, of course, he thought with Mo Ming's brain.

"Come out."

Mo Ming said lightly towards the door angrily, and then, Chen Yingjie and Jiang Wentai both appeared on the stage, Chen Yingjie was a little ashamed of eavesdropping, and Jiang Wentai had a frank face and a smile.

"I met Senior Sister when I came here just now, and I was excited to think about what would happen to you and the minister's lonely man and widow in the activity room."

"It's a bad taste."

Mo Ming gave him a blank look. Qiu Yanzi blushed, obviously frightened by this large-scale joke, and twisted and pinched.

"Don't mind, minister, this guy is just a joke with no nutrition."

Mo Ming enlightened her, and then Jiang Wentai also scratched his head, and hurriedly said "I'm sorry" "I'm sorry".

"It's okay."

Qiu Hinako, who reacted, let out a long breath, scared her to death.

"But, it's really surprising, this kind of thing happened to the school magazine last year."

Chen Yingjie held her chin in her hand and thought about it, and looked at Mo Ming a few more times, feeling incredible.

"Monsters."

"Uh...... Who are you talking about?"

"It's the monster who is talking, and you admit that you're a monster?"

"Childish ......"

"Alright, let's discuss what the minister said."

Jiang Wentai smiled heartily and brought the fact of his eavesdropping in a word.

It's six o'clock now, and there is still some time before the end of the club activities, so everyone is sitting in their seats and starting to think about the next countermeasures.

"There is another serious problem, if you want to complete the thirty-second issue."

Jiang Wentai hastily flipped through the 31 issues of the school magazine and felt that things were tricky.

"So? Jiang Wentai, do you think there is any problem?"

"Well, in this issue of "Gray Feather", the theme or anything can be discussed, and if you want to be a column, you can follow the previous one, but the two serials are really nerve-wracking."

"Huh? Are you talking about novels and comics?"

"That's right, the ending or something, you have to consult the original author, right? Besides, we can't write at that level, can we?"

Jiang Wentai pointed out the key point, that is, the degree of fit between the writing and the plot, if you are not careful, it will end badly, and the original author is still the same, so the pressure is too great.

"Hinata, can't you ask Senior Sister Qiu Linglong to help write it?"

Chen Yingjie said what everyone wanted to say.

"Actually...... Actually, I asked by email yesterday, and my cousin said that she had forgotten the plot and didn't want to write it."

"Huh? Is there a manuscript in place? For example, the ending has already been written or something?"

"Well, in fact, the focus of her writing is on the magazines outside the school, and she took the time to write the serialized novels on "Gray Feather" before the deadline, so she didn't save the manuscript."

"That's right...... That's nerve-wracking."

"Besides...... Looking at the way she looks, I probably don't want to continue the ending."

"Alright then, let's think about something else."

"That...... The comic part, I can draw it."

Taking advantage of everyone's speeches, Senior Sister Yang Huhu raised her hand a little embarrassed to express her decision.

"Although...... Although it may not be the ending that Linglong Senpai wants, I ...... every issue of her serialized comics I've seen it all, and it's not going to be over."

In fact, Yang Huhu is a little too modest, Qiu Linglong's comics, in fact, are not as good as her in terms of painting style and plot, and can only be said to be the level of a comic book lover. Although Qiu Linglong is an out-and-out genius, there is an essential difference between writing and comics, and novels are interesting to write, but comics are not necessarily equally interesting. It involves a series of professional issues such as original painting storyboards.

"That's okay, I'll rest assured if I hand it over to Senior Sister Huhu, and all that's left is the novel."

Everyone is starting to be a little dazed again, the novel must be written by myself, right? It's not like that if he has been speechless, Mo Ming picked up the thirty-first issue of "Gray Feather" and turned to the side of the serialized novel.

The name of the novel is "Murder in the Office", alas, how did it pass the censorship...... Mo Ming didn't complain first, but looked at this 5,000-word serialized novel a little carefully, looking at ...... Looking at it, he began to frown.

The four of them noticed this and began to stare at Mo Ming, Qiu Yanzi stood up directly, leaned forward and leaned forward in front of Mo Ming, his eyes flashing.

"Mo Ming, is there any trouble?"

Mo Ming raised his head slowly.

"Ah, big trouble."

Even Mo Ming said that it was troublesome, and everyone was even more confused.

"Xiao Ming, what is this long story about?"

"Haven't you all seen it?"

"Uh...... After all, it's a long story, so I have to start with the first chapter, I'm afraid it's a bit much."

"I'm sorry, classmate Mo Ming, I haven't seen it either."

"Mo Ming...... You know, my brain doesn't seem to be able to read books, it hurts."

"Manga Contest High ......"

"Okay...... I can't help it."

Mo Ming sighed, but fortunately they didn't read it, otherwise they might not have said that they wanted to continue to write "Gray Feather".

"Just like the title of the serialized book "Murder in the Office", this is about a murder, and then, this is a mystery novel, Benge Reasoning."

"What does ontological reasoning mean? Mo Ming."

Qiu was very unfamiliar with the term, but she was very interested.

"Phenylchrome?"

Chen Yingjie heard this term for the first time, and she didn't understand what it was at all, and she always felt very powerful, but she couldn't tell what was powerful.

"Uh...... Do you want to start explaining here?" Mo Ming secretly hated trouble in his heart.

"Ontological reasoning refers to a school of reasoning, which is traditional and authentic. Its two necessary conditions are trickery and logic, trickery refers to the method of committing crimes, and logic refers to reasoning to solve the mystery. And one thing to note is that the detective of the Benge mystery novel is standing at the same starting point as the reader, and has the same conditions, so the Benge mystery novel, which can be said to be a novel that challenges the reader, is a contest between the author and the reader."

Jiang Wentai explained the definition of ontological reasoning in concise language in the case of everyone's blindfolding.

"Pretty helpful, Buntai." Mo Ming was secretly grateful in his heart.

"This is the ontological reasoning, it's really interesting!"

Feeling that something strange had been triggered, Qiu Hinako's excitement was as if she had discovered a new continent, and her excitement was based on the pain of a man who was having a headache right now, "That's terrible......

"Then Mo Ming, how do you know that you are reasoning? You've really just read a chapter, are the conditions on it sufficient? Or does Mo Ming already know the answer through the conditions?"

There were three questions, and Mo Ming was scared and didn't know how to say it.

"That...... The former minister's novels have a distinctly ontological reasoning style, because the writing is very similar to Edogawa Ranbu, and there are many books by this author on the shelves, I guess......

I hope she is satisfied with this answer, in fact, Mo Ming also thinks so.

"Mo Ming, what is Edogawa Ranbu?"

At this time, Chen Yingjie began to wonder, she probably thought, "What are you talking about inexplicably?"

"Let's go back and do our homework."

Mo Ming doesn't have much patience for her, don't you think you're tired of talking?

"Uh...... Okay."

There is nothing to say, nothing to say, Chen Yingjie can only temporarily shut up and not insert herself into everyone's discussion, anyway, it is also trouble.

"Then Mo Ming, what do you think should be done? Who should write the novel?"

"Original author......

"What else?"

"Readers......

"Readers write? Because it is a book in which the author challenges the reader, will there be any reader who will accept the challenge?"

"I...... I don't know."

"That...... That ......."

Yang Huhu suddenly had something to say, and his eyes also fell on her, she was a little shy, but it didn't affect her expression.

School Reasoning Club...... has been challenging Senior Sister Linglong's "Office Murder", the ...... of the thirty-first issue After the school magazine came out, it seems that I sent a lot of letters to the school magazine, letters about who the murderer was."

"Huh? Is there such a faith? Tiger Tiger Senpai."

Although Chen Yingjie doesn't know what happened, if there are letters from previous readers, maybe she can save a lot of trouble.

"Although there is, the activity room has stopped club activities since the letter was submitted...... So...... That's why the letters are all from Mr. Xiao, the head of the year."

"Then let's go get it tomorrow."

"Indeed, if you have a reader's letter, you may save a lot of trouble, choose one that is reasonable from some reasoning in it, or choose a few to neutralize together to form an optimal solution, and then ask a student who writes a novel to help create it."

"yes, that's a lot easier, Wentai really has yours."

"Huh...... Yes."

When everyone was discussing this issue, Qiu Yanzi kept her head buried without saying a word, and Mo Ming noticed her depression and asked her in a rare tone of concern.

"What? Thinking about things?"

"Uh-huh."

Qiu Yanzi slowly raised his head, and the stubbornness in his eyes was discovered by Mo Ming again.

"What?"

"Well, since the Benge mystery novel is a challenge to the reader, does handing over the ending to the reader mean that the author admits defeat?"

Qiu Yanzi's words made Mo Ming a little confused, isn't the novel just to please readers? Even if you lose to the reader, it's nothing, right? But, is the novel meant to please the reader?

Qiu Yanzi's stubbornness was only for a while, probably after discovering his willfulness, he felt sorry and added another sentence.

"I'm sorry, but I'm just a little concerned and let the reader write the ending...... I'm okay."

Since there are no opinions, the meeting can also end naturally, clarify the direction of the future, and then these people can publish the school magazine in an orderly manner.

It's just that...... It's just that Mo Ming always has some things that he can't let go.