"In that case, okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, the next question."

Iwanaga Kotoko turned off the map, opened the Steel Man Nanase summary website on the computer, and said while browsing the messages on the message board.

“Now that a day has passed, the death of Officer Terada has become known to more people. On Twitter, Officer Terada is well known as the police officer who handled Akane-chan’s accident, and the discussion is rapidly increasing.

"

Iwanaga glanced at Yuki Akane and said, "Akane-chan, do you know how popular you are now?"

Suddenly being called out by Kotoko Iwanaga, Yuuki Akane glanced around with a guilty conscience. There were not many customers now, most of them were girls. Rather than looking at the faces of other guests, they preferred to focus on the cute owl.

On the clerk.

Fortunately, no one paid attention to me... Yuki Akane put on the mask silently.

Kamizawa looked through the comments on the website and remained silent.

"Did you hear that a policeman was killed by the ghost of a dead idol..."

"Is it so scary?"

"That's right, the opponent's name is Steel Man Nanase. He is holding a steel bar. It's super scary! You should also be careful. Even the police can be killed. We definitely have no power to fight back...

.”

Kotoko Iwanaga said: "Kamizawa-kun, as you can see, the matter of Steel Man Nanase has begun to ferment. This matter has quickly gone out of the circle, and some people have even begun to discuss it in mainstream forums.

This matter. We must solve this matter as soon as possible."

Shang Zegong asked: "How do you want to solve it?"

"Let them know the truth."

Yuki Akane asked in confusion: "The truth? Isn't the truth that Senior Nanase died in an accident, and Officer Terada was killed by an impostor of Steel Man Nanase? This is what you just said yourself."

"It's not the real truth, but the truth that they can understand." Iwanaga Kotoko shook her head.

"Akarone-chan, do you like reading mystery novels?" Iwanaga Kotoko did not directly answer Yuuki Akane's question, but asked.

"Yes, I usually watch it when I have free time." Jiecheng was a little confused, but still nodded.

Kotoko Iwanaga asked: "Keigo Higashino has a book called "The Code of Detectives", have you read it?"

"Uh...no."

Yuuki Akane has only read Keigo Higashino's "The Sorrow Store" and "White Night Journey", but not the other books, and she shook her head regretfully.

"Read it if you have time. This book is very short and you can read it in an hour!" Iwanaga Kotoko suddenly extended her index finger and pointed at Yuuki Akane, as if she hated the fact that iron cannot be made into steel, "As me

My assistant, you should prepare more professional knowledge for me!"

"Who is your assistant?" Yuki Akane had a title on his back inexplicably.

"What do you want to say? I have read this book." Uesawa Miya came to Yuuki Akane's rescue.

Keigo Higashino is a writer of mystery novels. This "Code of Detectives" is different from his previous works. It deconstructs the original mystery novel creation mode in a humorous and ironic tone, completely subverting the familiar tricks and crime methods.

Secret rooms, unexpected murderers, confined spaces, death codes, alibi, mutilated corpses, tricks, nursery rhyme murders, headless corpses... This book reproduces and complains about these common scenes in mystery novels.

During this period, the dialogue between the police department and the detective within the plot of the novel, as well as the dialogue outside the novel and the scene where the fourth wall is broken, are quite exciting. They are worth a read for all fans of detective novels, and Uesawa Miya has naturally seen it.

Iwanaga Kotoko asked: "Just read it. Do you still remember the reasoning performed by the detective in the last case?"

"Are you talking about the one where the police department was caught as the murderer?"

"No, it was the article before this!" Kotoko Iwanaga shook her head and said dissatisfiedly, "That article is not a case at all!"

"Let me think about it..." Shang Zegong thought for a while and said.

"The murderer coagulated the blood into a dagger, and then used it to kill the deceased. When the murderer dropped the body in the courtyard, the dagger shattered into pieces due to the impact and scattered everywhere. It later melted. See

When he got up, it was like he was ejected from a corpse."

In the past, the impression of the characters in this book was that of a resourceful detective and a stupid police department, but in this article, the detective's reasoning is very fantastic. This kind of outrageous reasoning can be compared with the sleeping famous detective Maori.

Comparable to Kogoro.

Iwanaga Kotoko nodded with satisfaction: "Do you still remember the real way of death of that person?"

The content of this chapter is very exciting. After reading it, Uesawa Miya was amazed by this unexpected development of the plot. He still remembers this chapter, "According to the detailed corpse investigation results of the forensic doctor, it was judged that the three wounds were caused by

Caused by the fractured end of the right femur.

This death was neither homicide nor murder. The patio was covered with glass for stargazing. It may have been that the deceased had a favorite star and stretched his body over the railing in order to see it. He accidentally fell down and died.

When a bone is broken, the end of the bone will become as sharp as a sharp weapon. The three stab wounds of the deceased were all due to this. Then, because the bones are attached with tendons and flesh, they probably return to their original positions when they fall.

It is the real cause of death of the deceased, not the [solidified blood sword] as the detective said."

Uesawa Palace still remembers that the murderer identified by the detective was "arrested" in the end. Even though he kept arguing that he was not the one who killed him, no one believed him, and the detective secretly tore up the evidence.

"Detectives are not always right; detectives are sometimes wrong.

However, in detective novels, what the detective says is correct. Even if it is not the truth, it will be believed by the onlookers because the other party's reasoning convinces the onlookers. Akane-chan, don't you feel that our current situation is different from the truth?

Is it the same as in the story?”

Kotoko Iwanaga said confidently, "What we have to do is, as a detective, use fictional reasoning to convince everyone that there really is such a murderer."

...

Nine o'clock in the evening.

The place where Kamizawamiya and the others were at was an ordinary family restaurant in Ikebukuro. Kuroishi Hitomi had already left. Kamizawamiya, Kotoko Iwanaga, and Akane Yuki had been staying here for several hours.

The Owl Café had to take the owl clerks out for a walk in the evening, so their closing time was very early. In order to find a place to wait, they came to this restaurant to eat and rest.

For high school students, family restaurants are a very familiar place. In addition to eating, they can also do homework, chat and play games here.
Chapter completed!