Chapter 193 Continue to write the rest of your life in the book
Chapter 193 Continue to write the rest of your life in the book
"Yeah."
Standing behind Gao Yuan, a man with an elegant mustache and a pair of glasses said calmly.
"I have long admired your name, Mr. Yusaku."
Turning around, Takato greeted - there is no doubt that the man in front of him is Kudo Shinichi's father, the world-renowned mystery novelist Mr. Kudo Yusaku.
"I didn't expect that you already know about Mr. Sunaga Hirubei."
"Why."
Somewhat sadly, Kudo Yusaku said, "When I returned to Japan this time, I just wanted to get some old materials. But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Japan, I saw the news about the death of Mr. Sunaga. So, I went to visit someone I knew.
The president of the publishing house saw Mr. Sunaga’s unpublished manuscript.”
"Have you realized the truth of the matter just by looking at a posthumous manuscript?"
Gao Yuan asked in surprise.
"Because, I have already noticed the secret hidden in Mr. Sunaga's non-series works."
Kudo Yusaku said, "You have already seen it, right?"
"Well, yes, but I only found out after seeing the first edition dates of all Sunaga-sensei's works."
Gao Yuan said, "As long as all of Mr. Suyong's works are in the same series, their first publication dates are in the same month, and this is true for the twenty-two series. If you look at it according to this rule, you will find that those very
The works in the series are also published in the same month, so according to the previous rules, these non-series works may also form their own series!"
In response, Kudo Yusaku nodded, but did not speak, signaling Takato to continue explaining.
"However, at first glance, all non-series works have different protagonists, different main characters, and completely different themes and types. So when I read all the non-series works for the first time, I didn't notice anything at all.
connect."
Gao Yuan said helplessly, "But after I noticed the clues about the publication date, I began to deliberately look for connections in non-series works, and the hidden connections emerged in front of me - there was a supporting character who appeared in all the works.
Not part of the series!"
As he said this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh - if this was just an easter egg, it would be too much effort!
"In the first work, a girl appeared in the protagonist's sister's class. She was a character that was almost mentioned in passing. It was only hinted that the student ID was very close to the protagonist's sister, and her surname started with M. And in the third film seven years later,
In the second work, a young woman appeared as a witness to the murder, but because she was only an eyewitness, there was no detailed description and only the surname 'Momota' was mentioned."
After taking a moment, Gao Yuan recalled the details.
"Nine years later, in the third work, the female police protagonist has a pen pal named 'Kangtian'. In the fourth work the following year, the protagonist asks for directions to a housewife named 'Asami' at the travel destination. Nine years later
Later, in the fifth work, a character called "Counter Auntie" appeared. Seven years later, in the sixth work, the protagonist's children gave up their seats to an older woman who called herself "Ah Chao". In the end, this is
In this posthumous manuscript written after twelve years, there appears an old farm woman who distributed cornmeal to the protagonist’s family.”
After talking about the supporting characters in seven non-series works at once, Gao Yuan began to summarize:
"Seven works, seven seemingly unrelated supporting characters, but if you connect all the publishing years, you will find an extremely wonderful detail: the girl in the first book was still a schoolgirl, and the second one seven years later
The book was for young women, then nine years later, the third one ten years later, the fourth book was for a housewife in her thirties...and then another nine years later, the fifth book was for a housewife in her forties.
"Auntie," seven years later, she was an old woman in her fifties in the sixth book, and twelve years later, she became an old woman in her sixties in the seventh book."
Somewhat shocked, Gao Yuan continued:
"If these characters are regarded as the same person, this is simply the life of an ordinary woman who grows up over time and lives in the stories in the book - the surname starting with 'M' in the first part can correspond to the second one
In the third part nine years later, the surname was changed to "Kangtian" because of marriage. It was not until the fourth part that the character's name finally appeared, and the name "Asami" can correspond to the name "Asami" in the sixth part.
Ah Chao'..."
"As the supporting character of the story, a girl named Momota Asami, her life in the story did not go wrong. She just made friends, got married, worked, got into a family, and had children... just like this, she lived in Sunaga.
Hirubei-sensei’s works span over forty years.”
Kudo Yusaku also said with some sadness.
"So, does the character Momota Asami... really exist?"
Confused, Gao Yuan asked this question.
After sighing, Kudo Yusaku said slowly:
"That was a woman who was the same age as him and lived near his home when Mr. Sunaga Hirei was seventeen years old. They had promised each other for life at that time, but Momota Asami died of terminal illness after that.
And since then, Master Sunaga Hirubei has never married."
Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little sad - in the book, the rest of her life, the romance in the world, is probably nothing more than this.
"Twelve years ago, I visited Mr. Hiruhei Sunaga. After asking him face to face about the easter egg in the non-series work, he was silent for a long while and calmly told me this story."
Kudo Yusaku said, "The month in which non-series works are published is Momota Asami's birthday."
"In the posthumous manuscript, Ms. Asami is still very healthy. If you want to write about a person's life, it will be considered the end of your life until you die. Therefore, the non-series works have not yet been completed, and Mr. Suunaga's wish has not been fulfilled, so it will never be
It's suicide, just..."
"Sunaga Hirubei-sensei himself can't hold on until that time."
Kudo Yusaku completed Takato's words.
"However, there is still a problem."
Gao Yuan said, "How did you know that I was investigating Teacher Suyong's affairs?"
"Today I went to the publishing house, and the president told me that they commissioned a white-haired female detective to investigate the matter six days ago. And it just so happened that the female detective left your home today. I think you two were together.
Let’s investigate this matter.”
Kudo Yusaku said.
In other words, Kudo Yusaku already knew the answer to what we are investigating these days twelve years ago...
Gao Yuan felt very helpless about this.
"Hey! Yuzu! Why don't you come back and dress up? Didn't you agree to give Xiaoxin a surprise together?"
At this time, Kudo Yukiko's voice came from inside Kudo's house, but the person who came out was a fat, middle-aged woman with glasses and black curly hair.
"Ah! Xiao Gaoyuan, you are here too!"
With this face, Kudo Yukiko couldn't help but said when she saw Takato talking to Kudo Yusaku.
"You... Yukiko-sama?"
Slightly surprised, Takato greeted like this - this is the face that the Kudos changed into Edogawa Fumiyo's face in order to scare the shrunken Kudo Shinichi later after Kudo Shinichi became smaller?
"Well, it's me!"
Kudo Yukiko was very satisfied with Gao Yuan taking the initiative to call her sister.
"By the way, don't tell Xiaoxin about our return to China! Otherwise, we won't be able to give him a surprise!"
Kudo Yukiko reminded.
To this, Gao Yuan naturally nodded in agreement, and then after a few pleasantries with Kudo and his wife, they said goodbye.
However, after returning to the room, Gao Yuan locked himself in the basement - wait a minute, at this time, he met Kudo Yusaku who returned to the country to get old information. If he remembers the original plot correctly, based on the current time, Kudo Shinichi is about
Wouldn’t it be tomorrow to become smaller?
In this case, I have to do something tomorrow!
However, after a night of thinking, Gao Yuan could not come up with any good ideas. The next morning, when he was about to secretly follow Kudo Shinichi and others, the appearance of a character disrupted all Gao Yuan's ideas——
In the morning, a figure came to the door of Gao Yuan's house and rang the doorbell.
Gao Yuan, who was woken up, looked out the window and saw the person standing at the door of his house. It was actually Miyano Akemi!