The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels

The defiant socialist reasoning fan cried out in despair on Twitter. He couldn't believe that Mr. Hachiman would give up his comfort zone and enter the already established model of character reasoning.

"Watching the socialist fans in the front row breaking the defense, XDDDD"

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"I have nothing to say. This book "Malice" shows us the possibility of socialist reasoning."

In the Mystery Literature Department of Chiba University, today's theme is not to discuss, but to see who can praise Mr. Hachiman.Even the minister and the school girl came today, and they were already sitting together.

"There will no longer be this kind of novel. Maybe even Mr. Hachiman won't be able to write it. He will move into character reasoning in the future."

One of the members said with regret.

"We were all deceived. From the first conversation between the murderer and the deceased, we were completely caught up in Mr. Hachiman's conspiracy. Now if we look back from the beginning, there are too many details that are completely misleading."

This member of the club had done the most analysis before, but now it seems that those analyzes that he thought had seen through Mr. Hachiman were all within Mr. Hachiman's expectations.

At this time, the schoolgirl sitting next to the minister spoke up, and no one would ignore her now.

"Everyone, before you finish reading this book, have you ever felt inferior because of the excellence of others? Have you ever suffered from others' tolerance? Have you ever hated others because of their pity?"

Everyone looked at each other, and there was no doubt that the answer was yes.However, when you think about it carefully, this is very abnormal. Repaying kindness with hatred is not in line with human nature.

"These are the real malice of the murderer. Good people should never be pointed at guns, but it is good people who are always being targeted. This kind of malice is unreasonable and goes against human nature, but it is also what we Everyone has experienced it. Teacher Hachiman’s insight is too powerful. Without him, we wouldn’t even be aware of the existence of this kind of malice, but our actions would be driven by this kind of malice.”

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"I still don't understand, mother. I just feel scared. I don't understand what the murderer's motives were."

In the evening, at Yukinoshita's house, after reading "Malevolence", Yono was still puzzled, so she decided to ask her mother for advice.

"Yano, it's normal that you don't understand, because you have always been looked up to by others until you grew up."

Mrs. Yukinoshita's face still showed no expression, but her voice was very gentle. This was a good opportunity to educate her daughter.

"Your father once told me a story. It was when he was in his third year of high school. He met a classmate from the countryside in a cram school. That classmate was very withdrawn and didn't know how to get along with others. He also made rude remarks to your father. . However, your father is willing to get along well with him and does not care about these things."

Hearing this, Yukinoshita Yono thought that her mother just wanted to tell her about her father's beautiful character.

"Afterwards, your father studied with him, but his learning ability was far better than the other's. Soon the cram school set very different goals for the two of them. And your father was willing to spend his precious study time , to help each other check and fill in the gaps. In the eyes of outsiders, these two are also very good friends in the cram school."

Mrs. Yukinoshita took a sip of tea and continued.

"Later, the college entrance examination was over. Although the grades of the classmate from the countryside were still far behind your father, they were much better than expected. He himself admitted that if it were not for your father, he would not have such good grades. In this way, the two When people say goodbye, they say a lot of things from their hearts. In the end, do you know what that classmate said to your father?"

Mrs. Yukinoshita asked a question, and Yukinoshita Yono was puzzled. She didn’t know how such a standard friendship story would have a different ending.

"He said: 'During the time we spent together, there were countless moments when I had the urge to kill you. You are the source of all my pressure and low self-esteem. The more helpful you are to me, the less I can forgive you. I used to be despicable. However, I have let it go now. I think I should be honest with you about these thoughts I have had. You don’t think I’m a freak, do you?'"

Yukinoshita Yono was already stunned. The amount of information in these words was too great, and it was enough to impact the education she had received and the values ​​she had formed over the years.

"Because it is more difficult to forgive others for their mistakes than to forgive others for their mistakes."

Mrs. Yukinoshita said so.

"When you quarrel with someone, you know very well that it is the other person's fault. As the reasonable party, even if the other person does not admit it, you will only think that the other person is messing around and let it go easily. But if the identities are swapped, you No matter how you think about it, you find that the other person is right. You may hate him, but you can't even find a reason to hate him. The more correct the other person is, the more unreasonable you are. This is how malice arises."

Mrs. Yukinoshita finished her conclusion and looked silently at Harano, whose expression was almost uncontrollable.

After thinking for a long time, Yukinoshita Yono finally spoke slowly, but her voice was already too small to be heard.

"Mom, what's going on with the classmate that my father met before?"

"He, he is very good and has a successful career. You even met him when you were a child, when you visited a shrine. He is still your father's friend and we often communicate with him on the phone."

Yukinoshita Yangno was stunned again.

"Yangno, I think through today's words, you should understand that human nature is very complex and elusive. Like your father's friend, he can be called a warrior if he dares to face his own heart. , most people will choose to hide the despicableness in their hearts, and the very few who turn this despicableness into action are the protagonists in "Malicious"."

"Mother, I think it may take me some time to digest these things. You have convinced me, but the impact of this fact is too great, and I cannot directly say that I understand."

Yangno returned to his normal demeanor, raised his head and said.

"This is normal. But, Yangno, mom didn't expect you to come to me to answer this question. Teacher Hachiman will definitely be able to give a better answer than me. If you still have any questions, just ask him directly." ."

Yukinoshita Yangno blushed. Why didn't she want to go directly to the junior student to ask questions.However, doesn't this require her to admit that she did not understand the other party's book, which is something that makes Yangno even more ashamed to accept.

No.40 Chapter [-] Mrs. Yukinoshita’s expectations

Ever since Haruno came home very late and brought the good news that she had hooked up (because the two had not officially established a relationship, but they seemed very close, so I can only use this word) and had sex with Mr. Hachiman.Mrs. Yukinoshita never stopped thinking about it.

The Yukinoshita family is a prominent family that has lasted for hundreds of years. To a certain extent, they are a microcosm of Japan, a country with solidified classes.Mrs. Yukinoshita, as the head of a family who grew up from a wealthy family, naturally does not believe in such things as changing one's destiny against the will of heaven and rising in class.

What?You mean Mr. Yukinoshita?Maybe, but getting married as one of the ways to change one's destiny is really a bit shabby.

According to Harano, this teacher Hachiman comes from an ordinary family that can be seen everywhere in Japan.If there is no literary creation, he will study in an ordinary way, graduate in an ordinary way, become a social beast, and be squeezed every day for the construction of capitalism, and that's it.

However, when Mr. Hachiman was 15 years old, two literary works written by him came out, which shocked the Japanese mystery literary world and became officially recognized as the future leader of the mystery world.And this person has a relationship with his eldest daughter Yukinoshita Harano that is obviously beyond ordinary friends.

This is really distressing...

"Why does it have to be Haruno?"

Mrs. Yukinoshita said to herself.

Yukinoshita Harano, when she was in junior high school, showed the qualities of an excellent successor family head:

Towards her family, she is respectful and obedient, and can successfully complete all the training plans assigned; externally, she has shown excellent leadership skills. She has served as the student council president since junior high school, and has served as the student council president at Sobu High School, the top school in Chiba. She has turned the entire student union into her voice, and her ability to organize activities and formulate plans is widely considered to be the strongest in the history of Sobu High School.

She is more sensible than Yukino, more humane than herself, and more decisive than her husband. This is Mrs. Yukinoshita's evaluation of Harano.There is no doubt that Yangno will become the next head of the family.

After she goes to college, the family will start giving her some work to complete.After she graduates from college with excellent grades, she will enter the company's management and begin to participate in the formulation of important plans and determine the future of the family.After many years, the energy of the Yukinoshita couple will have been exhausted, and it will be time to officially give way.

Such a clear plan and such a smooth process.At this time, Mrs. Yukinoshita had a happy trouble: her daughter, Yukinoshita Harano, actually fell in love with the famous teacher Hachiman, and the other party also regarded Harano as a good friend.

As Harano becomes the head of the family, her spouse is destined to choose to join the Yukinoshita family and work for the family.But Mr. Hachiman, how could he get married?When it comes time to talk about marriage, Mr. Hachiman estimates that he is already a wealthy man, and his influence will spread not only throughout Japan, but even to many places overseas.

Such a powerful person would marry into a local family.Mrs. Yukinoshita thinks this is also a fairy tale, but the protagonist has become the Yukinoshita family.

"It would be great if it was Yukino, then everything would be easier to talk about."

Mrs. Yukinoshita said something casually, but the idea that came out of her mouth made her think deeply.

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"Careful! Yukinoshita."

shouted the stable staff eagerly.

At this time, Yukinoshita Yukino was riding a horse. She was extremely familiar with horses, but when she dismounted, it seemed as if time had been taken away, and she almost fell off the horse.

"Thank you, I'm fine. I was a little careless just now."

Yukinoshita Yukino was very puzzled. An extremely simple movement of dismounting her horse, but she was distracted for a moment and almost fell down.

"Do you want to go back this summer vacation?"

Yukinoshita Yukino was in the lounge, thinking silently alone.

After studying abroad for the past two years, she would only return to Japan during the Christmas holidays to spend the New Year with her family because she hated the atmosphere at home.Of course, she still doesn't have any good feelings towards the family. The previous reconciliation was just a temporary truce. Without a substantial breakthrough, it was just appeasement.

Yukinoshita Yukino believes that this substantial breakthrough will definitely not open up the situation in the United States.

She wanted to return to Japan during the summer vacation to see if she could meet that Hikigaya Hachiman again. Maybe he would be able to figure it out.No matter what, she always felt that good things would happen when she returned to Japan.

After Yukino returned to her residence, she found a package placed at her door. She opened it and found a brand new copy of "Malice" inside.She was very happy, but when she thought that she had paid the price of being teased by Yangno for a long time, her smile faded away, even if no one saw it.

Since she had been reviewing the first four parts of "Malevolence", the plot was already familiar to her.So after getting the single volume, she directly turned to the unserialized part of the magazine and started reading.

"This is really...why is there such malice...?"

Yukinoshita Yono was trembling a little when she read the end. This was because she was frightened when the motivation in the book was completely revealed.Like Yangno, she was unable to deeply understand the murderer's heart, but she knew very well that the ending was extremely impactful.

So she decided to read the full text again, looking for details that she hadn't found. If it didn't work, she would go online to read the analysis. In short, she wanted to understand this book.

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"So Hachiman-sensei, is this what you're going to serialize next? With all due respect, is this a bit...a joke?"

Naho Imamura carefully considered the words, but in the end she could only come up with these three words.

"What's wrong? This is such a heartwarming little story. But don't worry, Editor Imamura, this is the first and only article. The following stories will be real murder cases."

Hikigaya Hachiman explained.This "joking" story mentioned by editor Imamura is actually one of the short stories in Hikigaya Hachiman's "The Causes of Disintegration" series that will be serialized soon.

No one died or was injured in this story, it just told a heartwarming little story about a family.Originally this was the sixth story in "The Causes of Disintegration", but Hikigaya Hachiman adjusted it to be the first story for serialization, with the intention of letting readers see a different, somewhat naughty teacher Hachiman.

"So, you put a warm little story in the first issue of the series because you want to write something particularly curious later? Mr. Hachiman."

Naho Imamura asked curiously.

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"That's right. Readers have had enough of me writing dark stories. It's time for me to use my pen to heal everyone."

Hikigaya Hachiman said solemnly.

Chapter 47 "Causes of Disintegration" by Hikigaya Hachiman

(This chapter contains spoilers for one of the stories in "The Causes of Disintegration", but you can read as normal. "The Causes of Disintegration" is Nishizawa Yasuhiko's debut work, and it is also a collection of short stories. It has a strong playful nature and a rough writing style. The original article is quite interesting, but it’s not a must-read. You can read my explanation or search for video explanations on Bilibili. The effect is almost the same.)

"Speaking of a family of five, there are five people: parents, the eldest sister in middle school, the second sister in fifth grade in elementary school, and a five-year-old brother. My mother once bought a toy bear for my brother, and he regarded it as his own friend. cherish."

Hikigaya Hachiman is telling a seemingly normal story, and the listener is Machida Enko.They were on a break from weekend tutoring when Hikigaya Hachiman asked to tell a story.

"One day when my mother came home, she found that the window of the house was open. The second sister had some out-of-body experience, and the younger brother was crying there. As for his little bear, one of his arms had been cut off by someone who used scissors. It's the one in mom's own cabinet. My brother treats the little bear as a friend, so he will naturally feel very uncomfortable."

"However, the matter is not over yet. The eldest sister in junior high school found that the handkerchief she placed on the top of the washing tub was also missing. The handkerchief was given to her by the senior sister she admired. It was not expensive, but she cherished it very much. Combined with Little Bear The eldest sister was afraid that an outsider came into the family to have her arm cut off."

When Hikigaya Hachiman said this, he observed Machida's reaction. He was very fascinated by what he heard.

"Just like that, on the afternoon of the next day, the eldest sister returned home earlier than usual because of her cram school. When she got home, she found her brother's little bear on the sofa, and his arm had been connected Got on. But the thing that tied her arm was not a bandage, but her lost handkerchief."

"She picked up Little Bear and looked at her handkerchief carefully, and found that there were some dark red stains on the handkerchief, which were undoubtedly blood stains. This series of things was too strange. One day later, the eldest sister told her tutor about it Listen and ask the tutor if he has the answer.”

Hikigaya Hachiman paused. Breaking the story before revealing the secret was his favorite thing to do, even if he told it face to face.

"What's going on? What's going on down there? Don't make me want to, Hikigaya-san."

Machida Enko's two hands grabbed Hikigaya Hachiman's upper arms and shook them back and forth.

"Okay, okay, Editor Machida, let me continue."

Hikigaya had no choice but to compromise. He was afraid that Editor Machida would add some outrageous material to his tutoring today.

"Actually, just think about it carefully. Whether it's the handkerchief in the laundry tub or the scissors in mother's drawer, they are all things that only family members know about, so these things must be done by family members. This should be very important. It’s easy to understand.”

"The real situation is that the second sister of the fifth grade had her aunt visit for the first time at home that day. The girl panicked, and when she was dealing with it in the bathroom, she grabbed a handkerchief on the top of the wash basin, causing the handkerchief to be stained Stained with blood.”

Hikigaya Hachiman looked at Machida Enko's complex affection and continued.

"And when the second sister came out with a handkerchief, his brother saw it. He didn't know what the second sister had gone through, but he recognized the handkerchief in the second sister's hand that the eldest sister cherished very much. He thought that the second sister was panicking. Because I soiled this handkerchief, I was afraid of being scolded by my eldest sister."

"So the younger brother came up with a plan, a plan to excuse his second sister. He dug out the scissors from his mother's drawer and cut off an arm of his beloved little bear. In his innocent world view, the little bear he regarded as his best friend The doll can also feel pain and bleed. In this way, the blood stains on the handkerchief can be said to have come from the bear doll."

"The second sister didn't understand her younger brother's childish world view, but she also didn't want to see her brother hurt the cherished bear doll for her. So the second sister opened the window and threw the handkerchief out. But the honest second sister found it after her mother came home. , still chose to tell my mother the truth."

"The mother was naturally dumbfounded, so she picked up the handkerchief and used it to tie the arms of the bear doll and put it on the sofa. Originally, the mother's idea was to let the younger brother look at it first after picking him up from kindergarten. When I arrived at the restored doll, I didn’t expect that the eldest sister, who had finished her cram school early, returned home first, and that’s when I saw that scene.”

"This is the first chapter of "Causes of Disintegration" that I will serialize, "Guardian of Disintegration"."

Hikigaya Hachiman finished talking. This was the only story in the original work that was not a murder case, but it had become his favorite.

"This... is really a heartwarming story, Hikigaya-san. By publishing this story in the first issue, do you want to give everyone the illusion that you are going to write a healing story?"

Machida Enko was surprised by the huge change in Hachiman's story style.

"That's not true. In fact, I have said before that "Disintegration and Punishment" explores the murderer's method of 'dismembering' the body. There are several possibilities for what he wants to achieve. This story is actually a discussion of It is the possibility of covering up the mistakes made by another person by dismembering the body, thereby protecting that person. It is the 'disintegration guard'."

"No matter what, you still have such a rich imagination, Hikigaya-san. I'm looking forward to reading some other stories."

"In addition, there are seven stories besides this, but I haven't finished them yet. I will send them to you when I finish them, Editor Machida.

Hikigaya Hachiman promised.

"Hmph, that's pretty much it. Come on Hikigaya-kun, we've had enough rest, we should continue studying!"

Machida Enko is full of energy and Hikigaya Hachiman is miserable.

It's already late July, and Hikigaya Hachiman's first semester of junior high school is coming to an end soon. He will be greeted by the midterm exam of this school year.For junior high school students, the midterm exam means a reclassification. After this exam, a small number of students in the class will be replaced by new ones.

Although Hikigaya Hachiman does not have such worries, he is determined to return to the top six in grade, so naturally he will not relax for a moment.

During this period, Naho Imamura reported to him the sales of "Malevolence" in the first month.Thanks to the crazy word-of-mouth fermentation on the Internet, a total of 40 copies of the single version and the library version were sold in the first month. Although it was not enough to be reprinted immediately, it far exceeded the publisher's expectations.