Chapter 29 Unique!
Chapter 29 Unique!
[Perhaps he has some kind of mental illness, Goda Saburo has no interest in any games, work, or activities. In his opinion, this world is simply not fun at all.
From the time he graduated from school to the time he was in school, he only attended classes a few times a year...]
The beginning is quite interesting. This Goda Saburo is so indifferent that he can't even get interested in H, gambling, or drugs. Han Zang frowned.
Ever since Conan Doyle opened the golden age of reasoning, the image of detectives has changed from perfect heroes to flawed and down-to-earth "ordinary people". But isn't it too much to say that they do nothing and just live off their parents?
But the text of this novel is very interesting, like this sentence, "Even though the 25-year-old had the idea of suicide on his lips all day long, he still couldn't bring himself to end his life, so he lingered on until now." It feels like many people were touched by it, and Han Zang has to take it seriously for the sake of the text.
"Okay, I've been overthinking. It turns out that this Goda Saburo is the murderer?" Han Zang understood in his heart. It was quite interesting to start the story from the murderer's perspective.
The detective in the book is Goda Saburo's friend, the Chinese student Kogoro Akechi (Wu Mingzhi). Although they are called friends, according to the description in the story, Akechi seems to treat Goda Saburo as research material because he feels that Goda's mental state is very interesting.
At the same time, Goda seemed to have found the joy of life in his conversation with Akechi. It was while chatting with him in a cafe that he heard Akechi talking about a suspenseful crime case.
To be more precise, it activated the evil gene in his bones.
I bought many books about crime and read them all, which made me very excited.
However, Goda only fantasized about it in his mind and didn't dare to put it into practice. The more crime books he read, the more he knew that even the most perfect crime would leave loopholes. Goda didn't want to live, but he didn't want to face the disappointed eyes of his relatives.
Just like what the Internet joked about, if you get hit by a car, you must clear your phone’s browsing history before you lose consciousness... I can die, but I can’t die socially.
"He's possessed. He only needs one push to get out of control." Han Zang murmured. This was his habit as a review editor.
When ordinary people read a book, the more exciting and interesting it is, the more eager they are to quickly scan the text. Even if they want to praise something, they have to finish reading it first.
Just as the editor-in-chief Han Zang thought, Xiangtian began to "imitate crimes", such as pretending to be a thief following someone... But it didn't take long before imitating crimes could no longer satisfy him.
The "thrill" of committing a crime is because it involves risk, and pretending means there is no crime, no risk.
Soon, the "pusher" that Han Zang wanted appeared and moved into their new residence, Suokouqiuguan (a newly built building). By chance, Xiangtian pushed open the ceiling and discovered another thing that could arouse his interest, peeping!
The walker on the ceiling sums up the theme. From then on, peeking at the lives of all the tenants of Suokouqiu Hall from the ceiling became his most anticipated thing every day.
If you peek without restraint, you will find that office workers, students, speculators and college baseball players all have an unknown side.
"Monitoring other people's lives is a classic theme in suspense movies." Han Zang said, "I know why the neon background was chosen. First of all, the protagonist peeks into people's lives through the gaps in the ceiling. Earthquakes are frequent in island countries, so even in cities, most buildings are made of wood. There are gaps in the ceiling, so you can peek."
Correspondingly, if it is the domestic ceiling - it is not an urban village, it is all high-rise buildings, and there are few buildings with even one floor, let alone wooden buildings.
"There are no private detectives in China. This profession is illegal." Han Zang smiled. As the editor-in-chief, he often chats with the author. In China, detectives can only be a side job. The main job can be any profession such as forensic doctor, lawyer, public security, etc.
One time, while walking on the ceiling as usual, Goda found a loose piece of the ceiling. After removing it, he saw Endo, a student from the dental school, snoring with his mouth wide open.
Goda decided to kill Endo. [He and Endo not only had no deep hatred, but they had only known each other for less than half a month. Since they happened to move into Sugokugaoka on the same day, they had visited each other, but other than that, they had no deeper contact.]
If one had to find some dissatisfaction, perhaps it was that Goda didn't like Endo's appearance and had murderous intentions. He just happened to have the opportunity to kill someone, and the two of them had no grudges or entanglements, so he would not be suspected.
Han Zang finished reading the 20,000-word novella in a short while. Even with his serious attitude towards reviewing, it was still fast. "This mystery novel is so strange. The protagonist Mingzhi..." Han Zang didn't know how to describe it. "He is really that kind... very rare."
Han Zang, who has read many mystery novels, couldn't find the words to describe it. The novel starts from the murderer's perspective, and the murder and the crime process are explained clearly. The only "small" problem is that Goda Saburo is indeed a perfect crime, leaving no evidence.
Therefore, Mingzhi did not look for clues and evidence like other detectives, but focused on winning the hearts of the people.
He took the initiative to ask Gota to take him to the crime scene, and imitated Gota by acting as a walker on the ceiling.
"The most common poisonous point in detective novels is the murderer's fraud. There are often many puzzles in detective novels, and the solutions are cesspools. The ending depends on the detective finding loopholes in the murderer's words." Han Zang can name 20 or 30 books with similar plots. He suddenly changed the subject and said, "But why is this story not poisonous at all, but rather very smooth?"
After research, Han Zang summarized three reasons:
"First of all, the story begins from the murderer's perspective. We know even more than the detective, so we don't have to think about it, and naturally there is no sense of expectation."
"Secondly, the whole story is describing the murderer's psychological state, the psychopath and the psychological attack, which is also consistent."
"In the end, there was no evidence left in this case, so the only way was to attack the heart. It's a magical mystery novel. Let me see the author's name - Gu Lu. Very good, I'll remember you. I felt creepy after reading it."
He basically knows that among the well-known mystery writers on the market, at least in China, there are definitely no ones with this style of writing.
It's true that I feel uneasy. As for the murderer, Goto, he doesn't need a reason to kill people. He just happened to have the opportunity.
The only minor flaw is that there is a slight error in the description of Neon. "Cheng" means "street, town", so there is no need to repeat it and add the word "jie". Han Zang is sent to Neon every year, so he is very clear about it.
Han Zang thinks it may be related to the fact that the author has never been abroad.
"Wait, there are two more articles here, "D-Sakagawa Murder Case" and "Dr. Muro's Incredible Crime". That's three more."
He did not examine the next article right away. He just took out a piece of bread from the drawer. Han Zang ate something first. It seemed as if he was back in his school days, eating bread in the dormitory while eating "The Tragedy of X".
Although I didn't eat anything good physically, I had a satisfying meal spiritually.
Of course, Han Zang didn’t think that the work in front of him could compare to Quinn and Grandma, mainly because he had no idea where the story was going, which made him miss it so much.
"D-Sakagawa Murder Case" and "Dr. Moro's Incredible Crime" have the same style. They are not good at tricks, but focus on the murderer's psychological defenses.
"This style of mystery novel is unique!" Han Zang strongly recommended it. Even though he would have to review it and do the final review later, in his opinion, there was a 99% chance of it passing.
(End of this chapter)