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Nishikido Kihara looked at the challenge letter and subconsciously clenched his fists.

His fighting spirit was aroused.

I, Nishikido Kirihara, am a top economics student at Kekei University! I have been interested in reasoning since I was in junior high school. What murderous tactics have I not seen before? There are only a handful of tricks that can deceive me!

I don’t believe that the mystery of Assold’s murder cannot be solved!

Thinking of this, Nishikido Uchihara took out all the issues of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" that he had purchased before. He read each chapter again and sorted out the clues.

Shiba Keita, I, Nishikido Urihara, accept your challenge!

Nishikido Urihara shouted in his heart, but he was embarrassed to say such unreasonable words.

At the same time, Togada Nanako also saw this challenge letter.

She looked at the challenge letter and said, "We sincerely invite you to visit the filming set of "Furuhata Shinsaburo" and have dinner together", and her heart suddenly aroused expectations.

So she also took out the previous issues of the magazine and read them again.

The sales volume of this issue of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" increased by nearly 50,000 copies compared to previous issues. Sima Keita's challenge book caused a sensation among mystery readers.

Although it is not uncommon for authors to issue challenges to readers, during the period when reasoning was just emerging and Benguetism was prevalent, authors would often write such challenges in their books to inform readers that all their clues had been given.

Let readers find out the answers before revealing the truth themselves.

But this is just a text technique to interact with the readers. Even if the readers succeed in the challenge, they will not get any benefits. However, the challenge letter in "Astrology Killing Magic" is different.

He really gave a prize. Whoever can find out the answer first will be able to visit the filming set of "Furuhata Jinsaburo" and be treated to a meal.

Sima Guitai, this old boy can handle it!

As a result, mystery enthusiasts began to accept Sima Keita's challenge and tried to find out the mystery of Asod in the book.

Who killed Umezawa Heiji, and who killed the six sisters? Who cut the bodies apart? Were they all done by the same person? What was the purpose of doing this?

In fact, it is not difficult to solve a puzzle, especially in the era when the Internet is prevalent. No matter how difficult the problem is, as long as there is an answer, it will definitely be found through collective efforts.

However, in this world, the Internet has not yet become popular, and online forums are only a community for a few people, and the reasoning enthusiasts participating in the discussion also have secret intentions for each other. After all, there are only ten people who can get the challenge reward, and one more person can find the truth.

Just one less chance.

On the reasoning forum, "Everyone, regarding the mystery of Assold, you can express your opinions on the forum. We will definitely be able to succeed in the challenge!"

"That's right. I hope you can share some of your reasoning."

"You share first."

"Oh, I have no clue right now."

"I do not have either."

"Where's Lantern-kun? Did he reveal his methods and the identity of the murderer as usual?"

"Haha, you think he's stupid. Things are different now. Even if he figured it out, he wouldn't say anything."

"Lantern Master" Nishikido Ukihara looked at these discussions on the forum and felt a little impatient for a while.

He has yet to solve the mystery of Assaud in the book, but every night, his hope of entering the top ten becomes slimmer.

Under the crowd tactics, there is no unsolvable puzzle, and the power of the crowd must not be underestimated. As long as all the clues are given, no puzzle can last more than two weeks in front of thousands of reasoning readers.

Although readers each have their own secrets and will not exchange their opinions easily, which may prolong the time to solve the problem. But as a student of Yingkei University, Nishikido Kihara is not an arrogant person. He knows that there are many smart people in the world.

, maybe someone has solved the mystery of Assaud by now and sent the letter to the editorial office.

He had accepted so many "Author's Challenges" before, and this was the most nervous one for him. Thinking that there might be tens of thousands of readers across Japan now participating in solving the puzzle, he felt both nervous and excited, as if he had done it back then.

Preparing for Yingqing University

a feeling of.

"Ding." The doorbell rang at this time, "Sorry, we are from a pizza shop. Did you just call to order pizza?"

It was a delivery from the pizza shop downstairs, which he had just called to order. Nishikido Kirihara walked to the door, took the pizza, paid for it, and planned to think about it while eating.

However, after opening the pizza box, Nishikido Gahara, who was always sensitive to things like portion size and price, couldn't help but be startled.

Today's pizza seems a little smaller than the one I bought before?

…

"My dear Nanako, I want to bake a pizza. What flavor do you want?" Ogata Shinyo put on an apron and stuck his head out of the kitchen and asked.

"Nanako?" Seeing that Togata Nanako didn't respond, Ogata Shinyo called out again.

"I'm sorry, what were you talking about just now?" Togata Nanako finally reacted and raised her head to look at Ogata Shinyo.

"Hmm...are you really into it? Is it that difficult? That puzzle?" Ogata Shinyo asked.

Nanako Togada shook her head: "Anyway, I can't think of an answer. Teacher Shiba Keita gave a lot of clues, but after I sorted out these clues, I don't know which ones are key clues and which ones were specially written to confuse me.

of."

"Every time I feel like I've caught something, but when I open my hand, there's nothing in the palm of my hand."

Togada Nanako looked a little defeated.

Ogata Shinyo walked over and looked at the "clues" written by Togata Nanako on a piece of paper and the magazine spread out on the table. He slapped the magazine with his hand.

"Don't worry about this. If people's blood sugar supply is insufficient, their IQ will also drop. Eat first!" Ogata Shinyo said loudly, "I'm going to bake pizza. Whatever flavor you want, I'll bake it for you.

.”

"The tuna is ready, thank you Shinyo." Togada Nanako said with a smile.

"You're welcome, I'll put more tuna in for you." Ogata Shinyo turned around and walked back to the kitchen.

Ogata Mayo's family owns a pizza shop, so she is very good at baking pizza and can make a lot of pizzas of various flavors. Every time Togata Nanako comes to her house as a guest, she will bake a delicious pizza for her.

Nanako Togada looked down at the magazine in front of her and sighed.

The cover of this issue of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" is the comic themed by "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyoshi". The content of the comic is that Mitarai Kyoshi is stuffing banknotes into a paper shredder, and the banknotes are chopped into pieces of paper.

Vomited out.

Nanako Togada ignored the content of the comic and continued to read the clues of "Astrology Killing Magic". It has been nearly a week since Keita Shiba issued the challenge. In another week, the answer will be revealed. By then

She had no chance at all.

Nanako Togata sighed, she really wanted to go to the filming set of "Furuhata Jinsaburo" to experience it.

But I still don’t have a clear idea.

After putting the pizza in the oven, Ogata Mayo came out of the kitchen wearing gloves and thought with Togata Nanako.

After a while, the oven in the kitchen made a "ding" sound, and Ogata Shinyo quickly ran into the kitchen and brought out the steaming pizza.

"Pizza is coming."

The delicious pizza was put on the table, and the aroma penetrated directly into the nostrils.

Nanako Togada picked up the pizza knife and tried to cut the pizza, but the first cut was not accurate and seemed to be a little crooked.

The pizza is divided into two parts, one side is bigger and the other side is smaller.

"Ah, I'm sorry, it was cut crookedly." Nanako Togada apologized.

"It doesn't matter." Ogata Shinyo looked at the pizza and suddenly smiled: "Hey, Nanako, I'll do a magic trick for you."

After that, she brought the pizza into the kitchen and brought it out after a while. The pizza had been cut into eight small cakes of the same size. Togada Nanako was a little surprised because she had just accidentally cut one side too big.

, logically speaking, it shouldn’t be so neat...

"How did you do that?" Toga Tana

Nako raised her head and asked.

"Dang-dang-dang." Ogata Shinyo took out another plate with a rectangular pizza on it.

"When I used to work in my family's pizza shop, I would eat the pizza at home secretly like this." Shinyo Ogata laughed, "Before cutting the pizza, cut a small strip in the middle of the pizza, and then put it in the middle of the pizza.

Put the remaining two halves of the cake together and cut them into eight pieces so that the guests can't see it."

"Glutty." Togada Nanako said with a smile.

"Many employees in pizza shops eat secretly like this. This is what others taught me." Ogata Shinyo shrugged, "In this way, for every six pizzas sold, I can secretly eat a whole pizza.

The portion is huge, and there are six flavors, haha..."

Ogata Shinyo was just casually sharing his secret eating tips, but when Nanako Togata heard this, she was suddenly stunned.

In an instant, it was as if a bolt of lightning passed through her mind, and the clues on the paper seemed to be connected in series.

Looking at the banknotes cut into strips on the cover of this issue of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation", it turns out that the editorial department had already given a hint.

"The six corpses turned out to be six pizza slices, no, five..." Nanako Togada muttered.

"Huh? What did you say?" Ogata Shinyo asked in confusion.

"I understand, I understand what's going on!" Nanako Togata excitedly grabbed Ogata Mayo's shoulders and swung her around, "So this is how Assold killed someone.

What a thing! To think of such a method, Teacher Sima Keita is an out-and-out genius!"