Although Toru Miyoshi was the chairman of the Japanese Mystery Writers Association at the time, he had a high status.
But facing Takao Tsuchiya, a master of reasoning from the original school, you still have to show some respect.
After all, Teacher Takagi Binguang and Teacher Henggou Masashi are still alive. If he really makes the Honge sect anxious.
Takao Tsuchiya would really carry out Masashi Yokomori, the great master of surgery!
When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll lose my skin even if I don't die!
"Teacher Tsuchiya, what do you think you are saying?!"
"It's as if I deliberately manipulated the competition and didn't invite a master of personal reasoning to be the judge."
"But, you also know that Mr. Masashi Yokomori's health problem is very serious at the moment, Mr. Takagi Binguang is preparing a new book, and Mr. Ayukawa Tetsuya almost never participates in these things."
"So, there is no one else but you who is qualified to serve as a judge for the Edogawa Ranpo Awards. You are from the original school."
"This is because the person in charge of Kodansha asked us to find a master of true reasoning to be the judge, so we found you first."
"You have to know that for the Japanese Mystery Writers Association Award held by the Kwangbunshe next door, the five judges are all socialists, and not a single judge from the original school was invited!"
Toru Miyoshi was naturally able to become the chairman of the Mystery Writers Association. He put away his previous arrogant character and calmed Takao Tsuchiya's anger in just a few words.
Because Takao Tsuchiya himself knew very well that under the strong impact of the "Qingzhang Curse", the original reasoning had indeed been in a state of failure.
That's why Takao Tsuchiya is eager to support Kyousuke Cheng as the true standard-bearer of the new era!
Even though Maijo Kyousuke only wrote this one "Astrology Killing Magic", he turned to the embrace of the socialists.
That can be regarded as Maishiro Keisuke's continued breath of reasoning!
As long as this breath exists, idiographic reasoning will never die!
Takao Tsuchiya stood on the stage, gently touching the manuscript of "Astrological Killing Magic" placed on the table with his wrinkled hands, full of appreciation in his heart.
Suddenly, I recalled the scene when I was young and happily placed the manuscript on the desk of my idol, Mr. Edogawa. After reading the manuscript, Mr. Edogawa could not stop praising him.
When he came back to his senses, Takao Tsuchiya remembered that it was nearly thirty years ago...
Wiping away a few tears from the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes with his hands, Takao Tsuchiya sat on the chair as if he had exhausted all his strength, no longer as tough as before.
The originally heated quarrel fell into calm.
Miyoshi Toru, Chen Shunchen, and Itsuki Hiroshi quarreled and quarreled over their own positions, but everyone's desire was pure, that is, they wanted to make the Japanese literary world better and better.
At this moment, seeing Takao Tsuchiya sitting on a chair like a little old man with tears in his eyes, everyone felt very uncomfortable.
I don’t even want to make this “special dragon climbing reward” as heavy as a farewell ceremony for the original reasoning.
Therefore, the three of them could only turn their attention to the "initiator" Gonda Manji, and wanted him to explain clearly what the hell he was doing just now!
Gonda Manji didn't expect that his words would invisibly make the situation so embarrassing, so he could only show a wry smile and turn on the microphone in front of him.
"First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for my gaffe just now. It was my lack of consideration that put Dragon Climb into this situation."
Gonda Manji stood up, adjusted his suit, and bowed to the four judges.
Then he bowed deeply to everyone in Kodansha in the audience.
After the bowing ended, Gonda Manji slowly placed his hands on the two manuscripts in front of him and said:
"We are all employees of Kodansha. I believe that everyone has read these two books, and in the bottom of their hearts, they know which one is better."
"But why do I vote for Izawa Motohiko's "Sarumaru's Vision" even though I clearly prefer "Astrology: The Magic of Killing" by Mr. Kyousuke Maijo?"
"Actually, the reason is very simple, because "Sarumaru Vision" written by Izawa Motohiko involves Japanese history, criminology, cryptography, folklore, and science fiction elements."
"It is not easy to stuff these things into it and still make it logically consistent. More importantly, it contains the history of Japan and the Japanese songs!"
Gonda Manji looked at the four judges not far away, with a helpless smile on his face:
"Everyone was just discussing the decline of literal reasoning, saying that literal reasoning has entered an era of inactivity."
"But have you ever thought about it? Apart from Teacher Chen Shunchen and Chairman Miyoshi Toru, are there any well-known historical mystery writers in Japan?"
"Two years ago, Mr. Awako Tsumabuki won the Japanese Mystery Writers Association Award for the original mystery novel "The Out-of-control Toy"."
"But the last time, the historical mystery novel that won the Naoki Prize was Mr. Chen Shun-chen's "The Sapphire Incense Burner Lion"!"
"Let's not talk about Teacher Chen Shunchen's historical reasoning, which describes the history of China, but even so, it was already eleven years ago!"
"You always say that literal reasoning is in decline, but at least the roots of literal reasoning are still there!"
"It's not like historical reasoning. The roots are dead, and only the trunk, which is strong on the outside and strong on the inside, is holding on!"
Gonda Manji sighed heavily, pointed at the two manuscripts in front of him and continued:
"So, my attitude is very simple, because I clearly understand that even if Mr. Maijo Kyousuke does not win the 'Dragon Climb Award'."
"With his sharp-edged and arrogant style, he will still make his debut as a writer, and will probably leave a very important mark in the history of Japanese reasoning."
"But if Izawa Motohiko doesn't win the 'Dragon Climbing Award', no one in Japan will continue to write works about Japanese historical reasoning!"
When Chen Shunchen and Miyoshi Toru heard Gonda Manji's words, their faces became a little ugly.
Because the two of them were completely unaware that historical reasoning was already dead long ago compared to the decline of intrinsic reasoning!
This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to historical mystery writers like them!
Gonda Manji is worthy of being a reasoning critic. As his arguments were spoken, he not only infected the other four judges on the stage.
There were many people in the audience, and they began to whisper.
Needless to say, the reason is that the purpose of the Edogawa Ranpo Prize is to select writers who can influence future generations.
If we look at the style, resonance, temperament, trickery, and aftertaste, it is obvious that "Astrology Killing Magic" by Kyousuke Maijo is the winner!
But if Izawa Motohiko is added, the rogue rhetoric of the Japanese historical reasoning school can be preserved.
If nothing else goes wrong, Izawa Motohiko will definitely win the "Dragon Climbing Award" with "Sarumaru Vision" and become the standard bearer of historical reasoning!
Faced with this situation, not only Uyama Himideomi, but also the deputy editor who discovered Maijo Keisuke disagreed!
Eryome, who has completely become famous in the magazine with the help of Maijo Keisuke's "A Platycodon Flower", cannot accept it at all!
"Mr. Gonda Manji, stop fooling around!"
"Lack of ability means lack of ability. Don't use political correctness as a fig leaf!"
"If we want to preserve historical reasoning, we must award the Climbing Dragon Award to Izawa Motohiko."
"What's the difference between this and using a miserable life experience to win the sympathy of the judges?!"
Eryomeli stood in the audience, pointed her finger at Gonda Manji on the stage and issued a cold question!
The light fell on Jiang Liu's beautiful body, coating it with gold.
At this moment, she was like the goddess of justice holding a sharp sword and about to confront the forces of evil. Her whole body exuded a sense of sacred and inviolable justice!
