"Boss, how did you buy so many goods?"

The new clerk looked at the shelves full of "White Night Walking", placed in the most conspicuous place, and asked a little puzzled.

The author of this novel has hardly heard of the name, is not a famous author, and it is estimated that not too many readers will buy it.

But it was such a novel whose name was almost unheard of, and the young owner Nagaharu Ohno bought a large number of them, three or four hundred copies, and sold them in the most conspicuous place in the bookstore.

"The new book of the Spring and Autumn Society, I saw some of it." Nagaharu Ohno said while reading the manga.

"That's not all...... So much, can it be sold? ”

"Who knows? It's hard to estimate. Ohno Nagaji Road.

"Huh?" The clerk looked at him puzzled, thinking that it was difficult to enter so much?

Sure enough, only one copy of the book sold on the first day.

The next day, there were a little more sales, about three, but "Aurora Murder 2" has already sold dozens of copies, and the sales gap is almost visible to the naked eye.

And at this time, the Yomiuri Daily once again serialized a new article by Shinichi Chiba: "White Night Walking" - the best social work of all time, there is not one.

In the article, Shinichi Chiba refuted the previous claim of "half a masterpiece", claiming that the ending of "White Night Walking" is also shocking, and this novel is not a "half masterpiece", it can be called a masterpiece from beginning to end.

In addition to Chiba Shinichi, other book critics have also given evaluations, and there is no shortage of tricky elements among the critics, no matter how good the work is, they can find faults: they will criticize commercial works that are not profound, they will criticize profound works that are not romantic, and romantic works they will criticize whether they are not popular......

However, "White Night Walking" has received unanimous praise in a short period of time, firstly, because Kei Fujiwara has the aura of a novice, and critics prefer to target well-known writers rather than make things difficult for newcomers;

The second is that "White Night Walking" is a social work, which reflects social phenomena to a certain extent, and to a certain extent, it achieves "the text carries the Tao", so it naturally has a high style.

Under the impetus of various reasons, the reputation of "White Night Walking" is increasing day by day, and there is hardly any work released in the same period that can surpass it.

As a sequel to the first part, the second part of the Aurora series has no new ideas, whether it is a trick or a narrative, and it is far inferior to the first part. This is a work created purely for the sake of making money, and it is simply a third-rate novel.

In major literary magazines and newspapers, the evaluation of the two works of "Aurora 2" and "White Night Walking" is almost unified but opposite, full of accusations and criticisms for "Aurora 2", but not stingy with praise for "White Night Walking".

However, reviews are reviews and do not truly reflect the market, and after only half a month, the first printing of "Aurora Murder 2" was almost sold out of 100,000 copies, while "White Night Walking" only sold 10,000 copies.

Keigo Higashino was already a well-known writer before he wrote "White Night Walking", but Kei Fujiwara did not have such a readership, so he could only wait patiently for sales to slowly increase.

……

Nanako Tokada came to Ono Bookstore.

She is a sophomore at Tokyo University of Literature and Art and a member of the Faculty of Letters, and has had a fanatical love for fiction since she was a child, especially mystery novels.

In this book, reading mystery novels is a national hobby, almost second only to comics, especially in this era, light novels have not yet seized the market for teenagers, and mystery novels almost dominate the major literary categories.

She came to buy "Aurora Murder 2", although this novel seems to be underrated now, but out of love for the first part, she decided to buy it.

She took a copy of "Aurora Murder 2", and just wanted to leave, when she turned her face and saw "White Night Walking", which was placed in the most conspicuous position, and it was a little strange for a while, the popularity of this book didn't seem to be very high, why was it placed in such a high position.

She vaguely remembers that she seems to have seen a review of this book in the newspaper, and it seems to be good, as if it was recommended by Mika Miyano.

After some hesitation, Nanako Toshida hesitated and took the book away.

After checking out at the counter, Nanako Toshida put the novel in her bag and prepared to take it home to read.

In the evening, Nanako Toshida took a shower, dried her hair roots with a hair dryer, and sat on a chair waiting for the ends of her hair to dry, and it was best to spend boring time like this reading novels, so she took out two novels that she bought at Ono Bookstore from her bag.

She picked up "Aurora 2" first and watched it, and watched it seriously for about half an hour, and the first murder appeared.

Legata frowned, this modus operandi didn't seem to be complicated, she immediately saw the murderer's trick - it wouldn't be that simple, right? Isn't this a one-on-one guess?

She hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't hold back her curiosity, and turned directly to the last few chapters, hurriedly glanced at it, and was immediately disappointed: there seemed to be no reversal, and it was no different from what she had guessed.

"What......" Toshida complained a little, no wonder the evaluation was not good! This level also deceives rookies.

When he was lamenting that he had spent a lot of money to buy a not so wonderful novel, Tokada turned his face and saw White Night Walk again, so he put down "Aurora 2" and turned the first page of "White Night Walk".

The murder described at the beginning of "White Night Walking" doesn't seem to be difficult, but the brilliance of the book doesn't seem to be in the true identity of the murderer......

The more he watched, the more engaged he became, and when he saw the third chapter, his pupils suddenly dilated.

She turned back page by page, and the closer she got to the end, the closer she got to the core puzzle of the novel, until at the end, when all the truth was solved, Toshikata's scalp was numb instantly, and when the last sentence of the book came into view, a line of tears unconsciously slipped down.

"She didn't look back once."

Not once did she look back.

The man who did not hesitate to give his life to protect her died, and she did not look back once.

The man who did not hesitate to defile her body and soul in order to protect her died, and she did not look back once.

Does Yukiho Karasawa love Ryoji Kirihara or not?

And what kind of emotions does Ryoji Kirihara have for Yukiho Karasawa?

Is it love, obedience, or guilt?

She didn't know.

Perhaps no one but the author can know.

This is the ultimate puzzle of this book.

Toshida felt her heart beat faster, she hadn't seen such a powerful novel in a long time.

No wonder those book reviewers praised the book so highly, and she thought it was some special treatment for the socialists? Although many socialists have good evaluations, they are not good-looking!

But this book is very wonderful, and among the novels she has read, she is even willing to put this novel in the top three.

It's no wonder that the owner of Ohno Bookstore would put this not-so-hot book in the most prominent position, it seems that the bookstore owner is a potential master and prescient!