Chapter Seventy-Three: A Professional Killer Before Being a Writer
"Indeed, it is."
Fujiwara Kei looked at the student with a smile and said, "It's true that there is no very complicated trickery design in 'White Night Walking', that's because at the beginning of my book's conception, I decided to use the cruel fate of the hero and heroine as the main selling point, so I didn't have a foggy package for the murderous methods of the two."
"There are no rules for writing, and if you don't want to design complex tricks in your work, that's fine. But if you want to create a social work of reasoning, you can never make a good work if you tell yourself that trickery doesn't matter, or if you can't think of a good trick and use the theory that trickery doesn't matter."
The student was silent for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.
"As we all know, reasoning originated in the United States, and at the beginning of the birth of reasoning, in the era of classical reasoning, there were people who put forward the Ten Commandments of reasoning."
Kei Fujiwara picked up the marker and began to write word by word on the whiteboard behind him.
Jin Mu Longyi is also a lover of reasoning, he has seen a lot of reasoning works, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, he is a loyal lover of his character. So I am a little dismissive of the latest rising social faction represented by "White Night Walking". Even if the head of the social faction is his former colleague, the relationship is not bad.
But the recent social faction has been very windy, which makes him faintly worried, whether there will be no riddle-solving process in the future reasoning, then it's a fart!
As a result, today he learned that Kei Fujiwara, the person who led the trend of socialism, was disdainful of the rules of social writing, which were originally regarded as the guidelines by many authors and readers?
But what are the "Ten Commandments of Reasoning" he is talking about? I've never heard of it......
Nanako Toshida also quickly took out a ballpoint pen, opened her small notebook, and memorized it carefully.
Kei Fujiwara wrote word by word on the whiteboard:
1. The offender must be a person who appeared at the beginning, but not a person whose thoughts the reader can trace.
2. Detectives cannot use supernatural or bizarre detective methods.
3. There must be no more than one secret room and passage at the crime scene.
Fourth, it is not allowed to use poisons that have not yet been invented or devices that need to be scientifically explained for the Olympic bid.
Fifth, no Chinese are allowed to appear in the story.
6. Detectives cannot use chance or irresponsible intuition to solve the problem.
7. Detectives must not be criminals.
8. Detectives are not allowed to break the case based on clues that have not been shown to the reader.
9. The detective's stupid friend must unreservedly tell the reader of his judgment, and that his intelligence must be slightly below the average of the reader.
10. If there are twins or people who look very similar, you need to tell the reader in advance.
In the original world of Kei Fujiwara, these are the ten rules of reasoning proposed by a classical reasoning author. The Ten Precepts of Reasoning had a far-reaching influence in the world of reasoning, and was even regarded as an iron law by the authors at the time, who were superstitious about the Ten Precepts just as the authors of later generations believed in the "Golden Three Chapters".
But from a modern perspective, the so-called Ten Commandments were full of discrimination and short-sightedness, which at the time were golden rules. Until a female writer named Agatha Christie appeared and broke the so-called Ten Commandments one by one in a deliberately provocative manner, and then almost no one paid attention to the Ten Commandments.
And in this world, at the beginning of the 20th century, when classical reasoning was prevalent, the rules of the Ten Precepts were also followed, but no celebrity summed up the Ten Precepts in his own tone.
After finishing writing, Kei Fujiwara turned to look at the students in the audience, "This is the creative rule that writers at that time followed in the era of classical reasoning. But from our point of view, these rules are more stupid than the other......
As he spoke, he picked up the eraser and took the lead in erasing the fifth.
"I won't say much about this one, because at that time the Yellow Peril theory was prevalent in the West, and this rule was a product of discrimination.
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"The first one, Watanabe Ikema's "Aurora Murder" broke this rule."
"The second rule is that detectives are not allowed to use supernatural powers, and Mika Miyano's When the Head Falls breaks that rule."
"Article 3 ......"
With each erase of Kei Fujiwara, he will name a famous work that has broken the rules, until all ten of them disappear from the blackboard.
"These so-called rules are the self-righteous remarks of some mediocre people based on some successful works. And the fact that there should be no complicated trickery in the works of the social school that is prevalent today also belongs to this category of violent theories. If you believe that, then in the end you will only be able to write a copy of "White Night Walking", and you will never be able to have a work that is truly your own."
There was no sound underneath, and Ryuichi Kaneki subconsciously clenched his fists and secretly applauded Kei Fujiwara.
That's right, Fujiwara-kun! Weakening trickery in reasoning, can it still be considered reasoning? Don't even look at dogs like that!
"Of course, it would be equally stupid for anyone to think that reasoning has to be complicated, and again, there are no rules for writing. Whether you reveal the mystery at the beginning or hide it at the end; Whether your mystery is the modus operandi, the identity of the killer, or the motive for the killing, you can do it. Your purpose is to attract readers, to arouse their anticipation and curiosity about your work."
Ryuichi Kaneki: "Ahem......"
"But I also understand that for new writers, the design of trickery is the most difficult part of creative reasoning." Kei Fujiwara looked at the crowd, "So I'll tell you how to design some tricks for your reference."
"...... Tokada," Kei Fujiwara suddenly looked at Nanako Tokata, "You don't have to write down every word I say."
Nanako Tokada was like a living roomman, eager to write down every word that Fujiwara Kei said, and the saliva that Fujiwara said above splashed everywhere, and the tip of her pen had to rub sparks underneath.
"Okay......" Someone next to him laughed, and Nanako Tokata's cheeks turned even redder.
"But what I said next, you can make a proper record, maybe it will help you." Keido Fujiwara, "The common tricks used in reasoning are mainly divided into the following types......
"The first is the trickery about the identity of the prisoner: the prisoner or accomplice can become a victim to escape suspicion, or he can dress up as a victim, or the prisoner and the victim themselves are the same person and achieve some end by harming themselves; It can be two people in one role, such as the famous twin trick; You can also play two roles for one person, one person for triangles, and play different people through makeup and other means, so as to achieve the goal......
"The identity of the prisoner can be accidental, it can be a police officer or a judge, it can be the narrator of a melody, it can be a child, an elderly person or even a retarded person, or even an animal committing murder."
"Then there's the trickery about the scene of the coffin, the most well-known being the secret room trick. If the offender is not in the room at the time of the crime, the following methods may be used to create a ruse."
"For example, indoor mechanisms, or killing people through cracks in doors and windows, by the way, silk thread is a very useful tool. It is also possible to move to the secret room after killing someone outside the secret room, or it can be suicide disguised as homicide......
"If the offender is indoors at the time of the crime, he can ......."
"And then there's the trickery of time......
"The Trick of the Murder Weapon and Poison......
"A ruse to make a corpse or object disappear......
"Mirror Trick......
"Visual Trick ......"
"Legal tricks, such as pretending to be a legitimate killing, or taking advantage of the principle of res judicata......
"Nursery Rhyme Kills ......"
"Hypnotic Murder ......"
"Labyrinth Killer ......"
"Exchange Killing ......"
Fujiwara Kei gushed about the murder methods in various reasoning works summarized by later generations, and even casually said several times in order to make the students better understand
The murderous modus operandi that appeared in Conan.
Kaneki Ryuichi looked at Kei Fujiwara blankly...... I don't know what to say for a while......
This guy was a professional killer before he became a writer, right?