Uyama Hiideomi looked at the few dozen pages of manuscript paper left in his hand.
A puzzled expression suddenly appeared on his face as he looked at Maijo Kyousuke:
"Mr. Wucheng! Is the murderer among the six dead?"
"Is this... am I seeing it wrong? Or is it a clerical error on your part?"
Uyama Hiideomi had a confused look on his face, placed the manuscript in front of Maijo Kyousuke, pointed at the manuscript and asked questions.
Maijo Kyousuke looked towards the position pointed by Uyama Hinodeomi's finger, then smiled and shook his head:
"Mr. Yushan, you read it correctly, and I wrote it correctly. The murderer is indeed among the six deceased."
“And, didn’t I write two reader challenges in the book?”
"All the details of the case have been written down in the book. Have you deduced the truth?"
Uyama Hiideomi was slightly startled when he heard what Maijo Keisuke said, and then smiled and said to Maijo Keisuke:
"Mr. Wucheng, you really opened my eyes today. This is the first time I've seen someone like you challenge readers twice in a book."
"However, from the current point of view, I lost, and I lost completely."
"Even though you hinted at it many times in the book, I still couldn't guess the answer."
After hearing what Uyama Himideomi said, Maijo Keisuke handed the manuscript to Uyama Himideomi with full confidence on his face:
"Since Mr. Ushan has not guessed the answer to the riddle, please continue reading."
"I believe that when the mystery is solved, you will be amazed by the murderer's gorgeous killing techniques!"
Although Uyama Hiideomi has long been attracted by the "astrological killing magic" written by Maishiro Kesuke, he even lamented that it is "unparalleled killing magic"!
But seeing Maijo Keisuke looking so confident, Uyama Hinodeomi still didn't believe in evil.
After all, I am the deputy editor-in-chief of the Third Publishing Department of Kodansha Literary Museum, and I have read at least tens of thousands of manuscripts over the years!
Except for those BAKA mystery novels where the information is inherently unfair, as long as it is pure inference, Uyama Hinideomi can guess the plot almost without even seeing the reader's challenge!
Thinking of this, Uyama Hiideomi stretched out his hand to take the manuscript back, but did not read it in a hurry.
Instead, he took out a small notepad from his arms and started sorting out the case with the signature pen on the notepad.
Looking at this posture, it is obvious that he wants to have a real contest with Maijo Keisuke!
When Maijo Kyousuke saw this scene, he also looked fearless.
After all, this is no ordinary mystery novel, but astrological killing magic!
It was rated by later generations as one of the top three mystery novels in Japan and ranked second in the world by The Guardian!
Uyama Hiideomi wrote and drew in his notebook for a while, but he couldn't figure out the core plot.
In the end, I could only take a sip of sake and look at Maijo Keisuke sitting opposite:
"Mr. Wucheng, when I read the astrological killing magic, I have always had a question?"
"Why did the murderer divide the six corpses into shallow burial groups and deep burial groups?"
"Is this the key clue to uncovering the truth?"
After hearing what Uyama Himideomi said, Maijo Kyousuke nodded seriously:
"Mr. Yushan is worthy of being the deputy editor. He found important clues to the case in no time!"
When Uyama Hiideomi heard what Maijo Kesuke said, instead of showing a happy expression on his face, he looked at Maijo Kesuke with a disappointed expression:
"but?"
Seeing that Uyama Hinodeomi understood what he was saying, Maijo Kyousuke smiled and pointed at the manuscript on the table:
"But, Mr. Ushan, I have laid out a lot of complicated clues in this book, as well as mixed true and false narratives."
"So, just being aware of the problems of the shallowly buried group and the deeply buried group cannot touch the core conspiracy, because it is only a link in the core conspiracy, or the tip of the iceberg in a huge conspiracy."
Uyama Hiideomi turned the pen in his hand helplessly a few times, pointed at the (picture) he drew and said:
"If the murderer is really among the six dead."
"Then it's obvious that the murderer can only be Tokiko, right?"
"After all, the body can get away with it, but the head, which is a person's most distinctive face, definitely can't get away with it."
"In other words, a person without a head or a face is the murderer!"
"And among these six corpses, only Tokiko has no face!"
Maijo Kyousuke smiled noncommittally, which made Uyama Hiideomi feel a little confused. In the end, he could only helplessly spread his hands towards Maijo Kyousuke:
"Mr. Wucheng, I can only guess here."
"Because I really have no choice and I really can't imagine. How are you going to answer how Tokiko came back from the dead?"
"But...mentioned resurrection from the dead!"
Uyama Himideomi raised his eyebrows and looked at Maijo Keisuke in surprise:
"Mr. Maijo! Could it be? Tokiko is the so-called perfect goddess Assoudo?"
"Using the missing body parts of each person to reassemble a new time?"
"Like Frankenstein, like Frankenstein?"
Maijo Kyousuke did not answer Uyama Hinodeomi's words, but replied with the same words as before:
"Mr. Ushan, the answers are all in the book."
"I believe that when the mystery is solved, you will be amazed by the murderer's gorgeous killing techniques!"
Seeing that he couldn't get any clues out of Maijo Kyousuke's mouth, Uyama Hinode could only pick up the manuscript again and enter the final chapter of the story!
——
It was almost the same as Uyama Hinodeomi expected.
Mitarashiyoshi also deduced that the murderer was Tokiko based on the fact that Tokiko's body had no head!
And in order to make people understand how Tokiko came back from the dead.
Mitarai Keiyoshi also mentioned a crime case in which tens of thousands of yen banknotes could be conjured out of thin air.
To put it simply, prepare 20 banknotes and cut these 20 banknotes along the dotted lines.
The position of the dotted line can be set easily. Divide the length of the banknotes by 21, and stack the results one by one to get the position distribution of the dotted line.
According to this method, 20 banknotes are cut into 40 small sheets (picture).
Then use the corner cut off from the first banknote to join it with the second banknote.
Cut off the corner of the second banknote and splice it with the third banknote, and so on.
Because of the misaligned splicing, the banknote will be about 1/21 shorter after each splicing.
After the splicing is successful, use opaque tape to stick it together, leaving a little gap at the interface to prevent the shortage of banknotes from being discovered.
After all the banknotes are successfully spliced together, there will be an extra No. 21 banknote.
The only thing you need to worry about is the No. 1 and No. 21 bills, because the edges of these two bills are missing, but as long as you fold them when paying, you can get away with it.
After all, it is not uncommon to see bills with holes repaired with tape and paper on the market, and no one will think twice about them if they are missing a corner.
According to this method, a very magical scene will appear.
Although 21 banknotes entered the market, there were actually only 20 banknotes.
The astrological murder magic incident and the case of conjuring money out of thin air are essentially the same...
