[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-136":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Literary Master of Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2354985,4607,"Chapter 136: The Results Are In","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-136",136,"\u003Cp>Morioka Yuho lowered her head, lost in thought, deducing the whereabouts of the corpse in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a bit interested now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, many mysteries often set up suspense at the beginning, then guide the reader step-by-step to discover clues, and finally solve the puzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this *Death by Negligence* did not reveal the whereabouts of the corpse even at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, this could provide a challenge to the reader, and a challenge often meant fun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her eyes and began to continuously recall the content of the article.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very beginning, there was a conversation between the police officers that the police box building was very old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the Takamatsu Daito family was locked in the police box interrogation room, it was mentioned that the walls and equipment of the police box were brand new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this a typo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was very likely the author's misdirection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two police boxes were not the same one, or the police box where the Takamatsu Daito family was locked up was a newly constructed one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when was the corpse transferred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Yuho thought for a moment, then flipped back to the front of the work and discovered a detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the night of October 3rd, after the protagonist got off the bus, he took a taxi to Lingpu and retrieved a large piece of luggage from a warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this line, Morioka Yuho couldn't help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems as I expected, the corpse was indeed buried somewhere in the police box!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought about it and admired the design of the work even more, and she had an even higher evaluation of it in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that this *Death by Negligence*, in addition to the cleverness of the trick design, also played a game of misdirection with the reader using text...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was already on a different level than the other two works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is no exaggeration to say that it is a bit of a grievance that this work only received the Newcomer Award instead of the Association Award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, there was no need to think much more about her own vote.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Yuho closed the work in her hands, looked at Takaoka Haruto, who was already idle in the upper right corner, and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Takaoka Haruto saw her action, immediately understood Morioka Yuho's intention, and also smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the two judges of the orthodox school and the new orthodox school were looking at each other, Ninomiya Ryota, representing the social school writers, also happened to close the work *Death by Negligence*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, he had almost finished reading all three books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this also left him conflicted about which work to cast his vote for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Spiral Staircase*?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This work used visual errors to construct a murder trick, which was very clever, but the description of society was very weak, and there was not much exploration of human nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it mainly belonged to the new orthodox school and was not in his consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*The Third Person Behind*?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This work had its merits; the murderer tried to hide the fact that he killed his girlfriend by hunting a series of young girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was a random killing, it was difficult for the police to find the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of human nature, it portrayed a very extreme high school boy, which seemed to be described quite well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of sociality, it also supplemented the incompetence of the police and the panic of the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hard-boiled school and the suspense school might vote for this, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, should he consider it too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the work *Death by Negligence*...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninomiya Ryota frowned, lost in conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of the cleverness of the tricks, this work was even better than *Spiral Staircase*, adopting a variety of trick design techniques, including time, memory, and the handling of evidence and corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of society and human nature, there were also various conflicts within it: the class opposition between the Takamatsu family and the Ito family, the conflict between judicial justice and protecting family members, and the Takamatsu couple and the Ito couple's equal love for their children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So although this work had elements of the orthodox school, it did not lack the shadow of the social school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of story design, it was also very reasonable and made people feel satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this ending... it actually escaped legal punishment in the end... would that be a bit inappropriate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this point made him very displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninomiya Ryota began to struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there had been a purely social school work shortlisted this time, he wouldn't have to be so conflicted now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was, should he vote for *The Third Person Behind* or *Death by Negligence*?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was 6:00 PM. Kawai Shinta, who was presiding over this judging meeting, raised his head, looked around, and saw that everyone had put down the works in their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinta coughed, and after attracting everyone's attention, said: \"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone should have finished reading the three works completely, right? Then I will announce that we are entering the next segment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Kawai Shinta saw that no one objected, so he called two assistants; one held a gray ballot box in both hands, and the other distributed a piece of paper to each of the 5 writers on the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the distribution was complete, Kawai Shinta said: \"Now, please write down the work you think is worthy of the award and cast it into this ballot box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and added: \"As for the results, they will be announced on the spot after all votes are collected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Morioka Yuho moved her pen, wrote the line *Death by Negligence* on the paper, and folded the paper after finishing. She looked around and found that everyone else had finished writing too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, she felt that the current voting rules were a bit cumbersome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few years ago, both the Mystery Writers Association Award and the Mystery Literature Newcomer Award adopted the form of public discussion and public voting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the new president of the Mystery Writers Association took office, he proposed to be as fair and just as possible and to avoid struggles between factions and cliques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, subsequent award selections adopted the form of blind review and secret ballot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Morioka Yuho was thinking about things, an assistant in a black suit holding a ballot box walked up to her. She thought for a moment and then cast her vote into the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After collecting all the votes, the assistant returned to the starting position with the ballot box and placed it at the front table of the conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this direction, everyone could see it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinta stood up from his seat and walked to the ballot box, \"Alright everyone, now I am going to start counting the votes for these three shortlisted works. If there are any objections, you can submit them to the Mystery Writers Association after the counting is finished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he prepared to take out the 5 ballots, and on the other side, the assistant had already taken out paper and pen, ready to perform the count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which work would win this Newcomer Award? Kawai Shinta was actually a bit curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Spiral Staircase*, an orthodox school work, mixed with some suspense elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*The Third Person Behind*, a suspense school work, containing a certain degree of sociality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Death by Negligence*, both an orthodox school work and containing an exploration of human nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the five writers on the scene were orthodox, new orthodox, social, suspense, and hard-boiled, respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how you look at it, the behind-the-scenes clashes and predictions in this voting election were no less than a brilliant mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me reveal this ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinta thought for a moment, then reached in and took out the votes one by one to start counting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he put the votes back and coughed: \"The final result is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinta deliberately looked at the people in the room and found that everyone's expression was calm and indifferent, so he felt a bit bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still continued: \"*Death by Negligence* three votes, *The Third Person Behind* two votes, *Spiral Staircase* zero votes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this result, the expressions of the people on the scene changed slightly, and the hand Morioka Yuho placed under the table gripped tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very good, *Death by Negligence* won this Newcomer Award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that this Mystery Literature Newcomer Award was another orthodox school work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt a burst of excitement, but was also a bit puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides herself and Takaoka Haruto, who else cast a vote?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Kawai Shinta, who announced the voting results, walked to the front of the conference room, turned to everyone, and said again: \"The work for this Mystery Literature Newcomer Award is *Death by Negligence*, and the author's name is Akiwara Yuto. In any case, I hope everyone will keep it confidential before the awards ceremony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this name, Morioka Yuho began to recall in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara... Yuto..., this name sounded very familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, didn't he write a series of suspense school works before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Yuho was a little surprised for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly incredible that a suspense school writer could switch to writing orthodox school, and write it so well.\u003C\u002Fp>",1588,"2026-06-21T03:58:01.347Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5dbbc56e189d7666e7a8c00a7be4826d3a6cec381ea8ff87f5ffa988e2a91f6f","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-137","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-135",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]