Conan: The Second Personality of Kaitou Kidd

Chapter 66 A bit unlucky
Yusaku Kudo: "..."

'This story is purely fictitious, if there is a real case, it is all a coincidence' what the hell.

Let's not mention this point full of slots for the time being, just talk about the Mephisto Award.

The Mephisto Award is a well-known newcomer award in the Japanese literary circle. It is famous for its 'excellent quality' and 'willfulness', and even the time of receipt and review is uncertain.

Moreover, most of the reviewers were novels.

If this letter is not a provocative letter, but just a reasoning short story that is too real and has a high probability of requiring strict investigation of the author, then it will be more capricious than the Mephisto Award.

Submitted without going through the formal submission process, did not leave any contact information, only briefly explained the submission, and the space was only two pieces of letter paper, revealing a perfunctory atmosphere from beginning to end.

This is undoubtedly emphasizing one point: yes, it is perfunctory to submit a manuscript for review, and the key point is letter.

Yusaku Kudo looked at those few lines, which were rather casual, and must have been written hastily in a perfunctory state. He paused for a few seconds before turning the page, and saw the editor's handwriting again.

The editor said embarrassingly:
①[In any case, this is a provocative letter, but it is disguised as a contribution, and the disguise is very perfunctory. ]
②[This letter has no stamp and no address, it appeared in the mailbox out of thin air, and even the recipients are only two "Mr. Judge" and "Mr. Detective". , only Yusaku Kudo. ]
Therefore, this letter must be directed at Yusaku Kudo.

③[...Help, the case time seems to have passed! ]
The editor really wanted to convince himself, 'It's just a talented writer, don't worry, it's definitely not a challenge to Mr. Yusaku Kudo by a murderer'.

For this reason, he found that he could not convince himself, so he decisively shared the letter with his colleagues, hoping that they could convince him.

Colleagues' first reaction is: look for news.

After inquiring about the news, they found that several cases related to the content of the letter had appeared recently, and they gave their opinions one after another: I didn’t see the letter so late, it’s already past the time of the crime, you’re screwed, please ask Yuu Kudo for help Be sir!

Yusaku Kudo was speechless.

He frowned, and re-read the letter again, trying to decide whether it was a 'willful submission letter' or an 'arrogant letter of provocation'.

Found some doubts.

The most suspicious point is: too real.

No one understands the subtleties between real cases and reasoning works better than Kudo Yusaku. Authors who have never experienced real cases, authors who have experienced real cases once or twice, and authors who have often experienced real cases, the angle of entry when writing completely different from the details.

Regardless of whether this letter is a contribution or a provocation, the person who wrote the letter must not be simple.

Yusaku Kudo re-read those few lines of perfunctory handwriting again, focusing on the pen name: [白. 】

He clicked on this strange and short name, "I will contact Police Officer Megure to inquire about unnatural deaths in Tokyo."

"But before that, I have to write a reply."

A reply letter that can respond to two situations: "willful cover letter" and "crazy provocative letter".

He took out a pen and paper, and quickly wrote: [See the words as they are, Mr. Bai:]

*

"Your word is like a face, Mr. Bai," Kuroba Kaito read aloud, "I'm very sorry, may I ask which incident I saw you in?"

Question marks filled his head, "Why did he ask who you are?"

What's even more confusing is, "Why is it Yusaku Kudo's letter?"

"Shouldn't a writer of his status have a lot of things to do every day? How could he reply to your letter? So your letter is for him???"

Too noisy.

Bai Shui pretended to support his chin, and pressed his hands on his temples calmly. He turned his eyes and glanced sideways at the students who were quietly listening to the lecture and the math teacher who was lecturing seriously.

Very good, no one paid attention, now he is in control of the body, and no one else can hear Kuroba Kaito's magic voice piercing his ears.

……

Forget it, it's not good that no one else can hear and only he is tortured.

He put his eyes back on the letter and replied silently, "I don't know."

"The letter was sent by you, and the reply was sent by you."

How did he know why Gong Tengyou would write a reply!

"Probably the chief judge knows Yusaku Kudo," Baishui said, adding an important point, "You decided to send this letter directly to the chief judge of the Mephisto Award,"

So, 'Why is Yusaku Kudo here! 'Kaito Kuroba should ask himself this question.

Kaito Kuroba was not entangled, he said quietly: "You wrote the letter, right?"

"And you see clearly, Kudo Yusaku wrote 'I'm very sorry, may I ask you in which incident did I meet you?'."

He concluded, "You guys need to be scrutinized."

Bai Shui: "..."

If you don't understand, just ask, is Kaito Kuroba's slander skill at the full level?
He looked down at the letter and continued reading.

Except for the opening sentence that attracted casual slander from the side of the road, where did I see you? ', the following words will be much more normal.

Kudo Yusaku politely and politely gave a few paragraphs of polite praise, praising the ingenious structure of the reasoning work, which was amazingly reversed, and he felt sweaty after reading it.

When I saw the last "door visit", I was even more horrified. Even the "Participation Mephisto Award" on the third page of the letter paper constituted a reversal link, and the ingenious design is really admirable.

He also joked humorously, saying that the editor was shocked after reading it, convinced that "this must be a real case", and praised the solid basic skills of this reasoning work.

It's just a pity: Yusaku Kudo saw this letter too late, a whole week later than the scheduled time in the letter.

He sighed and said: Mr. Bai is really outstanding, is he really a newcomer writer?It seems that Neon will soon turn out a ghost writer with aura, and I hope readers will bear it.

In the end, Kudo Yu made an apology and explained: He has encountered too many cases, most of which have nothing to do with him, and it is not clear where he met Baishui.

However, a month later, he will go to Tokyo to participate in a signing event, hoping to meet with Baishui at that time and have a more detailed exchange.

After reading all of them, Kaito Kuroba asked quietly, "He appreciates you so much."

"So, what code did you write to make Yusaku Kudo think he must have seen you?"

This reasoning short story "When Kuroba Kaito did not appear, Baishui quickly wrote it and prepared to publish it. When Kuroba Kaito appeared, Baishui immediately suppressed it. It was suspected that he intended to attract someone's attention". Yusaku Kudo?
Bai Shui re-read the last few sentences of apology and 'agreed to meet', and vaguely guessed it, he paused, "Maybe he regards me as a provocative murderer."

It may be that he was keenly aware of the 'real' atmosphere, and regarded him as the murderer who came to provoke him.

Therefore, the protagonist who wrote the letter to the detective who received the letter, "I was very impressed last time we met, this time, we will have a good fight" greeting, was regarded as his greeting to Yusaku Kudo.

There are so many neon detectives, but I met Yusaku Kudo, who is particularly proficient in the fields of 'mystery' and 'detective', and gained 'quiet hostility'.

A bit unlucky indeed.

...As expected, it was all Kuroba Kaito's fault.

(End of this chapter)