[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-305":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},2355154,4607,"Chapter 305: The Three Giants of the Social School","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-305",305,"\u003Cp>Social-school mystery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto looked up in surprise, looking at the smiling Kawai Shinita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter waved his hand and began to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although there are no New Orthodox writers among the judges this time, there are quite a few writers from other schools. In addition to 3 Orthodox-school writers, there are 2 Social-school writers, 1 Heterodox-school writer, and 1 Courtroom-school writer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Akiwara, if you can write a suitable Social-school work, being shortlisted is still not a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Akiwara Yuto thought for a while, then asked in a serious voice: \"What about the possibility of winning?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the New Orthodox school were excluded, his chances of winning would undoubtedly be much lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not intend to just be shortlisted and play a bit part like last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was all he could do, he might as well wait until next year to participate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinita laughed, \"Who do you think among the current mystery writers is more suitable to win than you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then said in a strange tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Akiwara, even if that bunch from the traditional Orthodox school doesn't like you, they have to admit your contribution to the development of mystery. If you continue to just run alongside the winner this time, public opinion will likely cast doubt on the judging committee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Jingfan Agency, Kawai Shinita, as the vice-chairman of the Mystery Writers Association, is very knowledgeable about the situation in the mystery publication market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the market in the first half of this year, for every 2 mystery novels sold, 1 was a work by Akiwara Yuto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if the Uemura Prize judging committee awards the prize to someone else again, it will undoubtedly offend the huge reader base in the market and may even affect the credibility of the Uemura Prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, no matter how stubborn that bunch from the traditional Orthodox school is, they wouldn't be stubborn to the point of losing their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto fell into deep thought upon hearing these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found that Kawai Shinita made sense; the greatest use of the Uemura Prize is undoubtedly to help the development of mystery, so it must value the readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his current sales figures have already reached the achievements of Seicho Matsumoto or Seishi Yokomizo from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he is shortlisted but cannot win, wouldn't that be unreasonable no matter how you look at it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that this time, he just needs to produce a decent work and then go with the flow to accept the award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having clarified the cause and effect, he smiled and then bid farewell to Kawai Shinita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chairman Kawai, then I will take my leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kawai Shinita did not intend to see him off, just nodded, \"I am waiting for your new work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no worries at all about whether Akiwara Yuto could write a work before the nomination selection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed from the bottom of his heart that Akiwara Yuto's talent was like water in a sponge; if you squeeze it, there will always be some.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Kawai Shinita's house, Akiwara Yuto took a private car back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he looked at the scenery constantly receding outside the window, thinking about a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it's a Social-school work, whose should he write? At the very least, it shouldn't be worse than *The Devotion of Suspect X* he wrote before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keigo Higashino?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has many works, but apart from *The Devotion of Suspect X*, his most recognized works by the public are *Journey Under the Midnight Sun*, *The Miracles of the Namiya General Store*, and *Malice*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other works are more or less slightly inferior in terms of recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these three works don't seem to have won any mystery awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because *The Miracles of the Namiya General Store* describes the laws of time and space, it is more science fiction than mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although *Journey Under the Midnight Sun* and *Malice* are very famous, they mainly highlight the complexity of human nature, and are much inferior to *The Devotion of Suspect X* in terms of trick design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such works might sell better, but they are not necessarily superior in literary quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seicho Matsumoto?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto thought for a while, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Seicho Matsumoto is listed as one of the three great masters of mystery along with Agatha and Conan Doyle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His works are more about the pioneering nature of the content and themes, as well as his contribution to the social dissemination of mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, his mystery work *Points and Lines*, although it established a form of Social-school mystery, has a certain gap in trick and logic design compared to some later works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were to write his works again, he might end up like when he adapted the works of Ranpo Edogawa, reduced to being appreciated by only a portion of readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this is no longer the era when mystery was just budding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If none of them are suitable, then what about Miyuki Miyabe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto weighed it and found it to be a very good choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all, Miyuki Miyabe debuted in 1987 and has been active at the forefront of the mystery literature world. Her works are undoubtedly very \"grounded,\" so there is no need to consider the issue of timeliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, in the Japanese literary scene, she is also one of the few female writers who can rival Keigo Higashino in sales and reputation, and has won the Mystery Writers Association Award and the Naoki Prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, he finally established his goal, and the car happened to drop him off downstairs at his apartment building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed the elevator to return home, brewed a cup of coffee, and sat at the desk in his study, starting to write Miyuki Miyabe's masterpiece, *All She Was Worth*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This work, which the *Yomiuri Shimbun* called \"the most amazing mystery suspense in Japan in 20 years,\" may be an exaggeration in its wording, but the plot is indeed excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tells the story of Honma, a police officer on suspension, who is entrusted by his nephew Kazuya to help find his fiancée Shoko, who has suddenly disappeared without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shoko does not have a high level of education and is looked down upon by Kazuya's family, but the two have a good relationship and have already promised themselves to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident started when Kazuya wanted to help Shoko apply for a credit card, but unexpectedly discovered that Shoko had previously applied for personal bankruptcy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he went to ask Shoko, and the two had some unpleasantness, resulting in Shoko disappearing the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a police officer, Honma began to investigate. The first step was to go to the place where Shoko worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a company with only 3 people in total, the boss Imai and a girl named Mitsu. Honma learned the general situation of Shoko from them: Sekine Shoko had a good figure and appearance, and was kind in nature, but she had not been to work since she quarreled with Kazuya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honma got the resume she submitted when she was hired and planned to find more information, but after telephone inquiries, he found that the companies filled in on the resume were all false information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, Honma found the law firm where Shoko had previously declared personal bankruptcy to consult the lawyer who handled her case at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawyer Mizoguchi knew a little about Shoko's past, and even knew that Shoko had worked in a nightclub before. Because Shoko used credit cards excessively, she fell into a debt crisis and finally had to declare bankruptcy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to understand clearly, Honma specially brought Shoko's photo today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a chilling thing happened. After Mizoguchi looked at the photo Honma brought for 10 seconds, he clearly told Honma that the person in the photo was not Sekine Shoko, and he did not know the person in the photo......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facts proved that the Sekine Shoko they knew was very likely fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this confusion, Honma and Kazuya went to check the place where the fake Shoko lived before she disappeared again, found the fake Shoko's old photo album, and discovered that the fake Shoko had a habit of cleaning the exhaust fan with gasoline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Honma found a colleague at the police station to help check the fake Shoko's household registration information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the household registration information, they found that Sekine Shoko had established a new household registration in Honancho, with only her name on it, and both parents had passed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from the new household registration information, this fake Sekine Shoko was not just borrowing the household registration; she was actually trying to completely replace this identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, who exactly is Sekine Shoko?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the two began a journey to find the true identity of the fake Shoko and where the real Shoko was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through a series of investigations, they discovered that the fake Shoko's name was Shinjo Kyoko, from Koriyama, Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her parents borrowed money to buy a house and overspent in their early years, had to borrow from loan sharks, and finally, unable to bear the urging of the debt collection company, the whole family fled their hometown of Koriyama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent being tracked by the debt collection company, the Shinjo Kyoko family went their separate ways, but were still discovered by the debt collection company: the mother was forced into prostitution and drug use, and finally died miserably;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the father finally escaped the clutches of the debt collection company, he had no ability to work, and after making a phone call at Namidabashi, his whereabouts became unknown;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinjo Kyoko finally met her Prince Charming and got married, but was chased by the debt collection company again due to the change of household registration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because their family's debt was the debt of the previous generation, Shinjo Kyoko did not need to repay it legally, but under the pervasive threats of the debt collection company, it was impossible for Shinjo Kyoko to stay out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the pressure of the debt collection company, the marriage was declared over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the marriage failed, Shinjo Kyoko began to think, is it possible that I can obtain happiness as long as I hide my name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she killed someone else, used someone else's household registration to start a new life, but it was still exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it was exposed, she still wanted to hurt another innocent person to continue her escape.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending a week, Akiwara Yuto finished this work and brought it to the publishing house to prepare for publication.\u003C\u002Fp>",1784,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","88594cac440d22cb479e98b430c9f14087f45a15778e5abd844128a0233073e1","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-306","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-304",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]