Kazuhiko Itagaki continued to watch.

He followed the perspective of police officer Junzo Sasahara all the way to investigate, at which time a mother and daughter came into the police's field of vision, and according to the clues that the deceased had taken large sums of money and bought pudding before his death, a single mother named Nishimoto seemed to have an affair with the deceased during his lifetime.

New characters appeared one after another, but Kazuhiko Itagaki didn't feel cluttered and couldn't remember the characters at all, which surprised him a little.

Mystery novels are actually very difficult to write, and many new authors often throw out a bunch of clues to make the reader's head spin, and it is not thirty years ago now, and the reader's patience is greatly reduced, and it is easy to lose interest in doing so.

The book, on the other hand, is written just right, constantly throwing out new clues and leading the reader to further explore the truth, but it does not feel cluttered and verbose.

But that's it......

Although the writing is not bad, it is not too eye-catching, and it is even a bit old-fashioned.

Thinking of this, Kazuhiko Itagaki opened the second chapter.

The perspective suddenly changed, and Kazuhiko Itagaki was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the timeline had shifted to a few years later.

What do you mean? What about the original case? Not broken?

Junzo Sasahara looked at it for a while and was sure that the case had become a complete unsolved case. And the two children related to the case back then, the son of the deceased and the daughter of the mother and daughter back then, entered the reader's field of vision.

The story is instantly divided into two story lines, one is about the heroine Karasawa Yukiho, and the other is about the male protagonist Ryoji Kirihara.

Their stories are told separately, but the plot of the book constantly hints at the reader, and the two keep in touch.

Why did the deceased's son and the suspect's daughter keep in touch?

Don't......

Itagaki Kazuhiko only discovered at this time that one of the major features of this novel is that the author never deliberately conceals the truth about the mysteries in the book, but he never publishes the answers.

"That...... What's your name, little brother? Kazuhiko Itagaki suddenly asked.

"Kei Fujiwara."

"Fujiwara-kun, are you writing a novel for the first time?"

"Yes, I'm still a newcomer."

It's not easy. Itagaki and Hikoshin said that even writers who have debuted for more than ten years may not be able to control this way of writing.

Kazuhiko Itagaki continued to read, and in the third chapter, the plot had a big climax, and the male protagonist Ryoji Kirihara sold the male classmates in his class to several rich big sisters, and made the difference.

However, when the male classmate had a private relationship with the rich woman, he used too much force and let the client die in bed......

Kazuhiko Itagaki: "......"

The character created in the second chapter is Tang Ze Yukiho, and the character created in the third chapter is the male protagonist Ryoji Kirihara, and the image of the two protagonists doing whatever it takes to achieve their goals jumps on the page.

After the third chapter ended, Kazuhiko Itagaki couldn't wait to open the fourth chapter.

Kazuhiko Itagaki read the book very quickly as an editor, but he read it very carefully, and when he noticed that there was not much manuscript in his hand, he raised his head and asked, "Fujiwara-kun, did you only write four chapters?" ”

Fujiwara Kei thought for a moment and took out the rest of the manuscript from his bag, "Actually, I've already finished the manuscript, but I think four chapters are enough to judge the merits of the article." ”

"Your novel is so well written, it's hard to believe it was written by a newcomer." "But because I'm a newcomer, it's hard to pass the serialization meeting, especially for the works of the social school." If you don't mind, can you give me a copy of the whole book? ”

Kei Fujiwara handed over the rest of the manuscript, "Please." ”

Kazuhiko Itagaki had a printer at home, so he took it directly to make copies, and the roar of the machine rang for a while, and Kazuhiko Itagaki returned the manuscript to Kei Fujiwara.

"Fujiwara-kun, please give me a business card."

"I'm sorry, I don't have a business card, can I leave my contact information?"

Kazuhiko Itagaki handed over a piece of paper, and Kei Fujiwara left the apartment room phone number and pager number on the paper.

"Then I won't bother." Kei Fujiwara bowed to Kazuhiko Itagaki.

"No matter what the outcome of the novel is, I will contact you to tell you about the follow-up, which is estimated to take about three or five days." Of course, Kazuhiko Itagaki knows the thoughts of the contributors, "You have my contact information, you can contact me at any time." ”

After speaking, Kazuhiko Itagaki suddenly asked, "Fujiwara-kun, can I ask?" Why did you choose to write a social novel? ”

"Your novels are very complete, and you are a newcomer, and you must have put a lot of effort into writing and read many novels, so you should know that the novels of the social school are not selling well."

"Many famous writers have written social works, but most of them have failed. Even Hattori-san, the president of the Mystery Fiction Association, has only bought 200,000 copies of his social works. For him, this sales volume is already very small. ”

"To be honest, I just signed a contract with an unknown author not long ago, and the serialization of his socio-style novels is very unpopular, so the magazine has already talked a little bit about the socialists."

Fujiwara Kei thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Itagaki, I think that the works of the social school will become popular soon, and it is not that readers do not like the mystery novels of the social school, but that this genre has never had a truly wonderful work come out. ”

"As long as the story is interesting enough, readers will enjoy it."

Fujiwara Kei paused and said, "I actually read the social mystery novel that was serialized not long ago in the Spring and Autumn Bun Reward, and I think the story is quite interesting, and the reason why it is not popular may be that it is too advanced." ”

Itagaki was stunned, and at the internal meeting of their editorial department, the chief editor also said the same thing when analyzing the reasons for the failure of this work.

Kei Fujiwara continued, "Popular works must keep up with the times, not lagging behind the times, but also not too far ahead of the times...... It only takes one centimeter ahead of the times. ”

Kazuhiko Itagaki asked with a smile, "Fujiwara-kun, do you think "White Night Walking" is such a work?" ”

Kei Fujiwara took a deep breath, and then his voice raised two tones, "Yes! Mr. Itagaki! ”

Itagaki Kazuhiko said: "I feel your determination, go back and wait for my news." ”

"Excuse me."

Kei Fujiwara turned to leave.

When the door closed, Kazuhiko Itagaki rubbed the still hot copy in his hand.

Walking to the desk, Kazuhiko Itagaki turned on the lamp, bound the manuscript, and read it.

It was a little too fast to see it just now, and this time, he was going to look at it more carefully.

Time passed little by little, the pointer gradually pointed to the twelfth position, the study door opened, and Itagaki's wife poked her head in: "Are you still working on work?" Shouldn't you be on vacation today? ”

"Well, it's been dealt with."

"Hurry up and go back to the room, the child is already asleep......"

Kazuhiko Itagaki turned off the lamp and went back to the bedroom, but he couldn't keep the plot of the novel in his mind.

The image of the witch of Tang Ze Xueho appeared in front of him very realistically, and when Itagaki thought of her, he felt a slight chill in his back.

But thinking of her past, and heartfelt sympathy, a complicated feeling emerged from my heart.

Mrs. Itagaki smiled and replaced it with a dead reservoir of water, picked up a bottle of perfume and sprayed it twice, "Do you think it smells good?" ”

"Snow Spike ......"

Mrs. Itagaki was stunned for a moment, then she became furious and clenched the perfume bottle in her hand: "Whose name are you calling?" Who is Yukisui?! ”

Kazuhiko Itagaki reacted at this time, and quickly said, "Don't get me wrong! It's a character from a novel! ”

"You're a liar!"

Seeing that bloodshed was about to occur, Kazuhiko Itagaki hurriedly brought his angry little wife to the study and asked her to read the manuscript on the table.

After seeing the words "Karasawa Yukiho", Mrs. Itagaki dispelled most of her doubts and said, "Who wrote this novel?" Can you still say the name in the book before you go to bed? ”

"It's a newcomer......" was reminded by his wife, and Kazuhiko Itagaki realized it.

Yes, this "White Night Walking" has such magic!

The last time I saw such an inseparable story, I am afraid it was three years ago, and this "White Night Walking" is even better than the previous book!

Thinking of this, Itagaki Kazuhiko said to his wife, "Honey, you go back to your room and sleep first, I will finish this book tonight." ”

Mrs. Itagaki was stunned: "Are you serious?" Believe it or not, I killed you? ”

Kazuhiko Itagaki hurriedly kissed his wife, "I count on it for my performance award!" Maybe you can change the car when the time comes! ”

Mrs. Itagaki looked at the pile of manuscript paper on the desk and sighed, "Okay, then don't stay up too late and go to bed early." ”

After sending his wife away, Kazuhiko Itagaki made himself a cup of strong tea, put it under the lamp, and looked at the lead words on the paper, showing a satisfied smile.

The last time I saw such a fascinating story was the last time.