armyinform Chapter 644: The Genius Criminal
Chapter 644: The Genius Criminal
Chapter 644: The Genius Criminal
As soon as Kurokawa Toyomasa started talking, Nishizawa Yang already knew the other party's choice.
"Are you crazy?! That's Mr. Masao Tsuruta, could you..." he said in disbelief.
"Being selected as a judge is a sign of the trust that the association and the mystery community have in me. As a writer, I also have my own persistence and my own understanding of mystery novels."
Kurokawa Toyomasa held his head high with his chest puffed out, and his "literary style" was very chic:
"If Mr. Tsuruta has any misunderstandings, I will explain to him in person. I believe he will understand me. After all, even if we have different ideas, we are all working for the future of Neon Mystery."
These words were spoken with such righteousness that Nishizawa Yang understood them. Rather than facing Tsuruta Masashi head-on, Kurokawa was more unwilling to endure Hojo Kyosuke's wrath.
He figured this out in a flash, but more doubts followed.
Why? Why would Kurokawa prefer to offend Mr. Tsuruta rather than betray Hojo Kyosuke? What else is there for him to value about that little Hojo kid besides his ability to attract attention?
"Kurokawa, you..."
"All right!"
Nishizawa was interrupted by the chairman Kitamura Kazuo, who clapped his hands twice, then looked at the clerk sitting in the corner of the circular table and said:
"The final selection has officially begun. Sakashita, please start recording from now on. Oh, and don't forget to write down what Mr. Kurokawa just said."
The clerk Sakashita Takenori tore up the several pages of notes he had written down without saying a word, and then began to write again.
Even though there are now recorders and laptops, this traditional association is still accustomed to using this most traditional recording method.
Nishizawa swallowed the threat helplessly. He knew what Kitamura Kazuo meant. He was warning him that the nonsense would stop here and the selection would follow the normal process.
call--
A long breath suddenly sounded in the quiet air. The one who breathed a sigh of relief was not the tortured Kurokawa Toyomasa, nor the inexplicably victorious Oosaka Tsuyoshi, but the fifth judge, Ogawa Tetsu.
As God knows, Ogawa Tetsu, who was caught in the middle from the beginning, never expected that this year's selection would cause so many troubles. If he had known earlier, he would have shouted "No" when asked if he was willing to serve as a judge! The work he recommended was called "Yuanxia".
He would insist on recommending the other party, one reason being that the work really suited his taste, whether it was the tricks or the plot and character settings, they were all excellent. Moreover, the author Ohsaki Go had been nominated twice, which meant that he had been a stepping stone for others twice. According to convention, he should have given the other party the award this time, but the result...
I'm sorry, Osaki-kun, next time when you become a candidate for the third time, I will definitely help you canvass votes from the judges!
The selection entered the final stage. Everyone took out a piece of manuscript paper, which was a comment written in advance. It would be submitted to the association and announced to the public on the association's official website as the basis for the selection.
“These are five candidates with completely different colors, flavors, and textures. They are stories full of personality and particularly confusing. As a reader, I had a very happy reading experience, but as a selection committee member, I felt confused and troubled, and had to ask myself whether I was qualified to evaluate these works or even choose the best one among them.
What do I want from a story? What do I want? What attracts me? I asked myself, and then I found the answer myself. It’s been a long time, and although I’m still very immature, it gave me important experience, which I think is useful. ”
Ogawa Tetsu was the first to stand up, holding the manuscript and reading aloud:
"After careful consideration, I decided to vote for "The Devotion of Suspect X."
Nishizawa leaned back and looked hard at Ogawa Tetsu's speech. When he saw the words "Yuanxia" written on it, his triangular eyes were immediately filled with resentment.
Yes, after experiencing the threat from Nishizawa and seeing the struggle between the two sides, Ogawa Tetsu chose to directly side with Hojo Kyosuke. He knew that he had been able to stay out of the matter before because Hojo Kyosuke and Nishizawa were fighting fiercely and had no time to pay attention to him, but once one side won, he would face the reckoning.
Moreover, Hojo Kyosuke now has four votes in his hand. If he still insists on choosing "Yuuka", wouldn't he be offending people for nothing? As for the boss Tsuruta Masashi...even if he wants to be held accountable, he will first find Kurokawa and the others.
Ogawa Tetsu, who had already made up his mind, didn't even look at the others, and just read the speech in his hand. Although this was written entirely for "Yuanxia", it could be changed temporarily and used for "The Devotion of Suspect X".
“…In the work “The Devotion of Suspect X”, the protagonist Tetsuya Ishigami left a deep impression on me. As Hegel said, “Man as a whole is a living being, not an abstract entity of an encouraging character.” Ishigami is a mathematical genius that only appears once in a century, but the life of such a genius is not as happy as that of an ordinary person. This can’t help but raise a question in my mind - what kind of person can live happily in this world?
With this question in mind, I eagerly continued to watch. I saw the single mother Hanaoka Shizuko who raised her daughter alone, I saw Hanaoka Misato who stood up to protect her mother, I saw Kudo Kuniaki who had a successful career and a happy family but still lusted after the dance hall girls, I saw Yukawa Manabu who was extremely smart but insufferable...
After seeing all these people, I was shocked to find that the freest and happiest person among them was Togashi Shinji, who was idle every day and could get pocket money from his ex-wife to buy alcohol. Even after his death, there were still so many people running around for him..."
Tetsu Ogawa is indeed a famous writer. He even does a good job in writing reviews, which even Oosaka Tsuyoshi looked over in surprise.
This guy... could it be that he has been secretly in contact with Hojo for a long time?
"…Even if we put aside the trick of the mystery novel itself, the profound social nature of this novel shocked me. What is even more unbelievable to me is that Mr. Hojo actually used a trick to connect everything together, making the story that should have been boring and boring very interesting.
This is the work that made me feel the charm of the story the most!
On the contrary, "Yuanxia" is really interesting to read. The author cleverly uses the fight between the two detectives in the novel to add a lot of readability to the work, but I think the two detectives sometimes seem like one person. This is related to the nature of decryption, but more because of the young author's lack of experience. I am looking forward to Osaki's next work..."
He really has no shame at all. When it comes to youth, who is younger than Hojo?
Nishizawa Osamu and Oosaka Tsuyoshi thought of this at the same time.
Ogawa Tetsu expressed his opinions on the five candidate works one by one, then tore the manuscript paper in his hand into pieces and said to the clerk with a smile:
"I'll submit a copy later."
This document cannot be shown to others. If others see it filled with praises for "Fate", they will laugh at you.
The next person to stand up was Osaka Tsuyoshi, who spoke more bluntly:
"I attended the selection meeting to recommend "The Devotion of Suspect X", which is a genius work written by a genius author. I believe that every mystery novelist has thought about a question - how to create a genius detective. In my many years of writing, I came to several conclusions, but I was not very satisfied with them. It was not until I read "The Devotion of Suspect X" by Mr. Hojo that I finally found the answer.
If you want to create a genius detective, you need a genius criminal!
Just like in American movies, only superheroes can solve super criminals. This is in line with common sense. If a criminal uses a lame trick to commit a crime, then no matter how well the detective solves the mystery, it cannot prove his genius. Similarly, if a brilliant criminal appears, carrying a trick that even readers with a God's perspective think is impeccable, then who else can solve the case except a genius?
The Devotion of Suspect X is such a work. Ishigami Tetsuya's tricks may not be the most sophisticated, but they are definitely the most genius. The excellent tricks in turn make Ishigami's genius personality more distinct. Later, the detective Yukawa Manabu appeared and keenly discovered the flaw with just a trivial detail, which also made the readers have no doubt about his genius identity.
The collision of geniuses makes me very excited, and I believe that every reader will have the same feeling as me..."
You really have no shame at all...
Looking at the incessant Oosaka Tsuyoshi, the others in the meeting room all thought the same thing. Although this guy clearly supported Hojo Kyousuke from the beginning and kept campaigning for him in the association, his current behavior is really too exaggerated.
Humph, I'm Hojo's good brother, want to cut in line? Dream on!
As Osaka Tsuyoshi read his speech, he glanced at Ogawa Tetsu calmly. The guy's shamelessness made him feel a little threatened.
After all, in Hojo's new work "The Dream and Death of Writer K", the only person who was not killed by him besides the protagonist's mother-in-law was the judge who firmly supported the book from the beginning and ignored the protagonist at all. Even until the end, Writer K still went to the door, eager to get the other party's recognition.
How similar is that judge to the current Tetsu Ogawa?
However, this is not the case for a good writer who has persistence and bottom line.
This is a scumbag. She is trying to PUA you, Hojo!
Since you can write a character like that, you should be able to see through this! Don't be fooled!
The clerk's hands were shaking from writing and he couldn't keep up with what Oosaka Tsuyoshi said. In the end, he just gave up. Anyway, it seemed that Mr. Oosaka would hand over the speech as soon as possible, and maybe even check his notes to see if there were any mistakes.
But there is one good thing about Osaka Tsuyoshi. In addition to praising Hojo Kyosuke's works like a fanatic, he also picked up the advantages of the other four candidate works and then mentioned some insignificant shortcomings. To sum it up in one sentence:
At any other time, all four of you would have won the prize, but unfortunately, the person you met was Hojo Kyosuke.
It's a pity that you and Hojo Kyosuke were born in the same era. At the same time, it's an honor that you and Hojo Kyosuke were born in the same era.
Seeing Oosaka Tsuyoshi sitting down with an unsatisfied look, Kurokawa Toyomasa clenched the speech manuscript in his hand. He also spent a lot of time on his evaluation of Hojo Kyousuke, thinking that this way he could narrow the distance between the two sides, and at the same time, he also wanted to dispel the rumors on the Internet that he was a shady judge.
But his carefully crafted speech is nothing compared to that guy Oosaka Tsuyoshi...
Asshole, if you are such a flatterer, why don't you become a bureaucrat and become famous? What's the point of being a small writer here?
Thinking of this, Kurokawa Toyomasa stood up.
"…Even with its minor flaws, this work still has the power to horrify people. It truly depicts the people who are trying to survive in this society, and it captures the face of people who commit crimes. For an author who has appropriated the murderer's wail as his own, there is no better award than the Association Prize."
Kurokawa Toyomasa sat down with a confident smile, thinking over and over what he had just said.
Well, he should be more sincere than that guy Oosaka Tsuyoshi.
So the clerk did not receive the speech again, and in the end, he only had two speech manuscripts in his hand.
One was written by Tsuyoshi Osaka, which highly praised Kyosuke Hojo's "The Devotion of Suspect X". The other was written by Hiroyuki Nishizawa, which highly criticized Kyosuke Hojo's "The Devotion of Suspect X", not only the work itself, but also the author himself. It was so serious that the clerk didn't know whether to upload it to the website intact.
"Don't worry, just record it like this. Controversy leads to progress. Doesn't this prove that our selection is fair?"
Kitamura Kazuo said nonchalantly that members of the National Assembly who beat up their opponents for their own governing philosophy would not only not be abandoned, but would be regarded as genuine by the people and loyal by the party. The same principle applies to their small selection committee. If everyone praises every work like Osaka Tsuyoshi, the people would be suspicious.
This is just right, forming a sharp contrast.
As for whether Nishizawa Osamu would get into trouble because of that selection article, what does that have to do with him? Kitamura Kazuo hated Nishizawa Osamu now, because he dragged Tsuruta Masao out, making the originally simple selection extremely troublesome. Kitamura Kazuo couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about what might happen at the award ceremony later.
Even though the main enemy of Nishizawa's gang is Hojo Kyosuke, as the chairman of the board, he cannot escape his responsibility.
Damn it! Not only did I not gain anything, I also got into trouble.
Kitamura Kazuo leaned back in his chair, his eyes uncertain. After a while, he stood up suddenly as if he had made up his mind.
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(End of this chapter)