Chapter 178

"Akiwara, you really wrote a good work."

When Xidao Youhui was feeling emotional, the vice president of the Detective Association, Hehe Xintai, also expressed his exclamation.

Before this, Akiwara Yuto came to the Detective Association and told him that he just wanted to make a "new attempt" in detective literature. Although he expressed his praise for this approach on the surface, he was not optimistic in his heart.

In his view, so many writers who had been famous for many years had not been able to succeed in trying, as for a writer like Akiwara Yuto who had just debuted for half a year, it was even less likely.

However, he also felt that it was not a bad thing. After all, Akiwara Yuto was still young and had written some quite good works. Even if he failed once or twice, it was not a big deal.

Even if many book reviewers outside criticized Akiwara Yuto, he didn't intend to encourage or comfort the other party—which writer hadn't grown up being criticized by others.

It was just that he never expected that Akiwara Yuto would actually publish an extended special issue in "April Youth," explaining the subsequent story clearly, and even more so, using the excitement of the story to directly block the mouths of all book reviewers!

He could foresee that in the next few days, regarding Akiwara Yuto's work, there would undoubtedly only be one voice in the book review circle!

Just at this moment, the "ding-a-ling" phone ring sounded.

Hehe Xintai picked up the receiver and soon heard a familiar female voice.

"President Hehe, I am Seto, regarding that 'The Invisible Guest' by Mr. Akiwara, how do you feel after watching it?"

Hehe Xintai laughed and didn't answer, but asked back.

"Mr. Seto, as a signed author of 'Tokyo Literature', how do you feel? After all, counting it up, you can be considered competitors!"

Talking about the work, Seto Yuzhi hesitated for a while. Before this, she actually, like the book reviewers with negative views, believed that this work by Akiwara Yuto was too cumbersome and complex, and it was difficult to be welcomed by readers.

But after finishing this extended special issue, she realized that she had thought completely wrong.

She thought about it and said truthfully: "I originally thought that this work by Akiwara might fail, but after finishing the whole story, I found that I was wrong... If I have to use one word to describe my experience, I can only say that I am very surprised."

After Hehe Xintai finished listening, he also nodded in agreement, "Mr. Seto, I understand your mood. This work doesn't feel like it was written by a Nihon person, right?"

Traditional Nihon detective works, whether honkaku or social, have their own rules in them. But this work by Akiwara Yuto deviated from the cost of a school, and walked on the path of narrative trickery from beginning to end.

If it has to be classified, it can only be classified into the court school. But in this world, court school works are more popular in Europe and America than in Nihon itself.

Seto Yuzhi sighed: "To tell the truth, seeing that Akiwara has published so many excellent works in the half year since his debut, I feel a bit stressed. Maybe I am indeed old and should consider the days of retirement."

Hehe Xintai's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, if you are old, then what am I? An old immortal?

However, hearing Seto Yuzhi's thought of retirement because of Akiwara Yuto's work, Hehe Xintai couldn't help but feel emotional.

Akiwara Yuto, as a newcomer author, his achievements in the past half year, whether in quantity or quality, were indeed too scary!

I don't know how many senior detective writers will be like Seto Yuzhi and have this thought of retirement because of Akiwara Yuto.

Hehe Xintai lowered his head, looking at the "April Youth" in his hand, and had an extra thought in his heart.

Maybe, I am also old enough to consider the age of retirement, right?

Unlike Hehe Xintai who felt troubled, Shangshan Yuanzi held the extended special issue of "April Youth," and a satisfied expression appeared on her face.

She was just an ordinary reader, not thinking as much as authors and book reviewers. After finishing the whole work, she only had one feeling—that this work was really too exciting.

Before this, because of the cumbersome exposition and memories of the story "The Invisible Guest," she was a bit dissatisfied in her heart, and even considered whether to stop following it.

She had already made plans, which was to wait for a period of time, wait for Akiwara Yuto's new work to come out, and then go to support him.

But now, she was satisfied, because the development of this story was really too far beyond her expectations!

How to say, in her view, this story was like a Russian nesting doll, layer after layer of lingering, and the plot content was constantly reversing.

For example, she originally thought that this was indeed a closed-room murder case, but she didn't expect it to be just a lie fabricated by Xuxiang Shenzhi.

And for example, she originally thought that Xuxiang Shenzhi was just an innocent coward, but she didn't expect that he was the real murderer behind the scenes! And his lover was the one with a real sense of justice!

Also, she thought Watanabe Saki was just a lawyer who would stop at nothing to win at the beginning, but she didn't expect that this identity was disguised, and she was a mother who wanted to take revenge for her child!

Of course, besides these details, there were various plot reversals, including the criminal reality revealed layer by layer, and the continuous display of human nature's attitude, all of which made people remember very deeply.

At this moment, Shangshan Yuanzi was more convinced of Akiwara Yuto. She planned to read this work carefully two more times, and then continue to dig into the deep meaning in it, especially the writing technique regarding story reversal.

In her view, just reading it once, there was no way to experience the true excitement of this story.

She decided that in the future, all of Akiwara Yuto's works, no matter what, she would follow them carefully and seriously!

In another location, a group of people surrounded Akiwara Yuto and launched different discussions.

"Regarding this work by Akiwara Yuto, what are everyone's opinions?"

"This is indeed a bit unexpected."

"Didn't expect the ending of the story to be like this."

"Might have underestimated it too much before..."

Jingfan Society, the conference room of the "Literature Spring" editorial department, many editors surrounded the four sides of the large conference table and expressed their opinions one after another.

Yan Chengjing, as the deputy editor-in-chief, looked at the thick "April Youth" on the table and couldn't help but frown.

At the regular meeting two weeks ago, he kept saying that this work by Akiwara Yuto was not to be feared, and many colleagues in the editorial department also agreed with this view of his.

After all, during that time, both readers and book reviewers expressed dissatisfaction with the other party's work.

In fact, when Akiwara Yuto suspended publication last week, he even guessed in private whether this work would die! After all, no matter what serialization, suspension is a big problem that cannot be ignored.

But he didn't expect that "April Youth" would actually make such a strange move, and after suspending publication for a week, it directly issued a thickened special issue, putting all of Akiwara Yuto's subsequent works out at once!

Now, even readers who have no patience to follow Akiwara Yuto's work will consider the "sunk cost" already spent before and calm down to take a careful look!

While he was thinking, a middle-aged man wearing glasses asked him: "Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yan Cheng, regarding the subsequent sales of 'April Youth', what is your opinion?"

Yan Chengjing stood up, trying to express again the view that "April Youth" could not surpass "Literature Spring".

But he opened his mouth, only to find that he couldn't say anything.

With the quality of this work by Akiwara Yuto, there might be many book reviewers paying attention to it later, and as for readers, they might also express favorable opinions online.

By that time, relying on the word-of-mouth effect, "April Youth" might really be able to increase sales greatly!

Thinking of this, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Damn, could it be that the status of "Literature Spring" as the third is not guaranteed like this?