Conan’s Corpse Picker

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When they arrived at the editorial office, the three of them got out of the car and found the editor whose new name was Rentaro.

The editor sighed a little helplessly when he saw the new name Kaori. But after all, this was the daughter of his family's cash cow, and she was beautiful, so he finally collected himself and went to meet her.

"Mr. Xinming's manuscript?" The editor glanced at the calendar and said with a smile, "Then it's a coincidence that you are here. Today happens to be Saturday. Every Saturday morning, Mr. Xinming will fax the manuscript over - otherwise You guys go shopping nearby first and come back in the evening?”

Jiang Xia nodded: "We'll talk about it in the morning. Do you have the fax he sent before?"

"Yes, I'll look for it." The editor began to rummage through the boxes. At the same time, he turned and glanced at Shinname Kahoori.

Thinking of the young woman's insistence on her father's disappearance, he tactfully advised: "Although the manuscripts sent were all machine-typed, the fonts on them are exactly the same as those used by Mr. Shinmei in the past. And every time, Mr. Shinmei They will all write their own signatures next to the title.”

"Ah, here it is."

He quickly took out several manuscripts fixed with pins and handed them to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia took the manuscript and looked at it. The novel that is being serialized is called "The Peak of 1/2", and as expected, the word "Rentaro" is handwritten next to the title.

He handed the manuscript to Niina Kahori: "Is this your father's handwriting?"

Shinname Kahoori nodded.

The editor comforted: "Miss Xinming, don't worry too much. Your father must be obsessed with writing and doesn't want to be disturbed by the outside world, so he refuses to contact other people. I have seen many such authors. I will wait until I finish writing this novel." , he must have come back on his own.”

Conan: "But Mr. Shinname disappeared together with his wife. Even if Mr. Shinname wants to retreat, his wife will not lose contact with him."

The editor scratched his head: "This is indeed a bit strange..."

Jiang Xia: "I heard that Mr. Xinming always lives in seclusion. Apart from his family, he should have the most contact with you - in your opinion, has there been anything unusual about him recently?"

"This..." The editor racked his brains and thought about it, and finally remembered one thing:

"If I have to say it, it should be time to restart the "Detective Zuomonji" series - as you know, in the last story 10 years ago, Detective Zuojimoji and the real murderer behind the scenes died together and were buried in a sea of ​​fire.

“But our editorial department didn’t want this story to end here, so from very early on, we have been wanting to ask Mr. Shinname to resurrect Detective Zuomonji.

"But Mr. Shinname is a very principled writer who regards money as dirt. No matter how many times we ask, his answer always has only one sentence - 'Zuo Wenming is already dead, and even I can't let him Back to life.'"

The editor sighed: "Everyone has said so, we can't just push his head and let him continue writing. So we gave up this plan and focused on cultivating other excellent manuscripts.

"But who would have expected that two months ago, Mr. Shinmei actually took the initiative to call and said that he wanted to continue writing the story of Detective Zuo Wenwen and asked if there was still space in our magazine.

"Of course we have it! If we don't have it, we have to have it. We immediately freed up the best space and started to re-serialize the story of the Detective Zuojiji series - which is the "1/2 Summit" you see."

Conan touched his chin: Two months ago... it happened to be the time when the writer disappeared. Could it be that his disappearance was because some outlaw gangsters coerced him and forced him to continue writing the Detective Zuo Wenji series?

"By the way!" The editor remembered another thing, "Speaking of the new serialization, Mr. Shinname wrote this paragraph at the very beginning of this novel——"

[To famous detectives across the country:

If you want to prove that you are smarter than me, try to unravel the real mystery behind this incident. ]

Shinname Kahori looked down at the words on the manuscript, a little embarrassed: This is simply a provocation to all the famous detectives in the country... What on earth is his father thinking?

She glanced at Jiang Xia quietly, worried that the detective would be angry. Fortunately, Jiang Xia's mood didn't seem to fluctuate at all. On the contrary, the corner of the primary school student next to him twitched and seemed to complain about this provocative statement.

The editor did not pay attention to the emotions of the two real and fake detectives, and was obsessed with telling this interesting story: "At first we didn't understand Mr. Shinname's intention, so we just published this paragraph according to his request. Who knew that the first issue of the new issue would be published? Days later, we received so many calls and letters that we almost overwhelmed the editorial department - the last time readers were so enthusiastic was when a well-known author wrote a popular character to death."

Thinking of those anxious detectives, big and small, the editor became happy.

Halfway through his enjoyment, his smile froze slightly, and he suddenly remembered that there was a famous detective sitting opposite him.

"...Well, from the editorial department's point of view, we are quite happy with this response, but it is a bit abnormal for Mr. Shinmei to make such offensive remarks." The editor said seriously:

"Also, when it comes to aggression, some of Shinmei-sensei's fans are also very aggressive—we received a call half a year ago, saying that if "Detective Zuomonji" didn't resume serialization, he would set fire to the editorial office."

Jiang Xia nodded and suddenly pointed to a place on the manuscript: "Mr. Xinming himself is also in this novel?"

"Hmm? You read fast." The editor nodded, "Yes, Mr. Niname appears in the book as an old friend of the protagonist, but unlike in reality, in that story, he is a popular novelist living in France.

"There are more than 40 stories in the "Detective Samonji" series, and this is the first time that Mr. Niname has made a cameo appearance - I guess at the end of this series, Mr. Niname will end with his cameo appearance, saying 'I heard all the stories I told from Samonji'."

Jiang Xia: "It sounds a bit similar to the Sherlock Holmes collection."

Conan also noticed this, but he had no time to complain. At this time, the detective who was hit by the big move of Niname Rentaro was busy solving the puzzle in front of him. He leaned over to look at Jiang Xia's hand: "Where is the author's cameo clip? "

Jiang Xia handed it to him and pointed.

"When detective Sawamonji encountered a problem in solving a case, he called France to consult this novelist's reasoning and opinions..." Conan was silent for a moment, "This is completely different from Holmes and Watson."

"Huh?" He suddenly realized something and pointed to a paragraph, "They are obviously on the same page, why is it written here as '12 o'clock' and here as '1 o'clock'? Aren't Chinese characters and numbers generally unified?"