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

Chapter 126 Summarizing the past and looking forward to the future

"It's not enough, I want more."

After enjoying the feeding from her boss, Yukinoshita Harano was a little dissatisfied with her desires. She continued to look at Hikigaya Hachiman with expectant eyes, leaning her upper body slightly forward, as if waiting for the next feeding.

"Senior sister...please stop being such a spoiled brat. If you have anything else to do, just tell me. If not, just hurry up and eat."

Hikigaya Hachiman sighed, picked up another small tomato and fed it to Haruno.

"Based on the current situation, the sales of "The Disintegration of Causes" are somewhat unexpected, right?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked. In his mind, "The Disintegration of Causes" was just a collection of short stories for transition. He did not really intend to make a lot of money from this book.But now it seems that this book has no worries about selling.

"That's right, Hikigaya-kun. Bungei Chunqiu Publishing House's current distribution plan for "The Causes of Disintegration" has changed to focus entirely on the sales of the library version. For this kind of short story collection, the library version is really easier to sell than the single book. too much."

Now Yukino has understood Hachiman's career as part of her job, so she will take the initiative to look up some information to understand the situation.

"June will be relatively calm, and I also have to take the academic test, so there won't be much. But after July, there will be more and more things: "The Clock Museum Incident" will be released, and "Confession" will be released at the same time. Books, NHK TV series scripts, and the third printing of "Malevolence". These things will be rushed within a relatively tight period of time, and then you will really have to work hard."

Hikigaya Hachiman picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, then roughly described the focus of his work in the next few months.

"Understood, Hikigaya-kun. It happens that July and August are also my summer vacation time. I can put aside my academic matters for the time being. At that time, I will shift all my work focus to the studio, and I guarantee that I won't do anything. question."

Yukinoshita Harano always seems very reliable at times like this.Although she has a little devilish nature in her heart and likes to tease Hikigaya Hachiman from time to time, when it comes to work matters, she will never be ambiguous.

"Senior sister, you have put so much thought into me... Doesn't it matter about the family? I remember that you were an intern in the company during the summer vacation last year, right?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was a little worried about this matter. After all, Haruno was still the first heir of the Yukinoshita family, so she should have more time to get familiar with her family's business.

"Don't worry about this, Hikigaya-kun. I've already said hello to my mother, and guess what the result was? She was very happy and said that this is the best way to train my abilities. If I just interned in my own company , many leaders in the company will not dare to arrange for me to do too difficult tasks because they are afraid of my identity, and this will not be effective at all."

Harano said happily that she herself felt that it was a very happy thing to work for her junior fellow student Hikigaya Hachiman.As for the reason for her happiness, Yangno herself couldn't tell. She just felt very excited when she saw Hachiman's career flourishing.

"Since you said that, senior, I'm not polite. To be honest, since I got a studio, I have realized how comfortable it is to have someone to help me. So, senior, you also Don't work too seriously and responsibly, I'm afraid that one day I will really be unable to do without you. After all, financial management can only be done by leaving it to the people closest to me."

Hikigaya Hachiman felt that he was slowly becoming dependent on Haruno.He has thought about it countless times, what will he do with the financial work of his studio after Yukinoshita Harano graduates from college and officially becomes the heir to the Yukinoshita family?Could it be that while being the head of the Yukinoshita family, Yangno still had to help him take care of the accounts?This is too magical.

"There will always be a way, Hikigaya-kun. At least for now, I am still your most trusted and closest senior, right?"

Of course Yukinoshita Harano understands what Hachiman is worried about, but she can't give a definite answer now.Why didn't she want to marry Hikigaya Hachiman directly after graduation and be his financial manager for the rest of her life?

If she were Yukino, this would be very simple.It's a pity that she is Yukinoshita Harano. She must consider the interests of her family first at all times. This is the seed planted in her heart by the education she has received for 19 years, and it has now grown into a towering tree.

Thinking of this, Yangno's expression darkened unconsciously.What started out as a happy breakfast meeting ended with a sour atmosphere.

"You are right, senior, we have to live in the present. I believe that a lot of things can be changed in four years. There is no need to fall into doubt about the future now, right?"

Hikigaya Hachiman raised his head and looked firmly at Yukinoshita Harano, but the other person seemed to have no courage to look at him.

"Okay, senior, eat quickly. If you don't eat, the milk and other things will get cold. Eating cold food is not good for your stomach."

Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly remembered what someone said to him in the cafe last week, but now he was using it to comfort Yukinoshita Harano.For some reason, he found it a little ironic.

"What you say is so old-fashioned, Hikigaya-kun. It's not good for the stomach... or anything like that. We're far from the age of nourishing the stomach. We should drink something cool in the summer, right?"

Yangno seemed to be amused, and her expression quickly returned to her original cheerful and generous look.This is also one of her outstanding points: she has a strong self-regulation ability and will not fall into a low mood for a long time, which affects her study and work.

"Sure enough, senior, you are the most beautiful the way you are now. You must keep it like this in the future, otherwise it may affect the income of Hachiman Studio, and I will not be happy."

Hikigaya Hachiman teased.

"Haha, Hikigaya-kun, you must have been a succubus in your previous life. Otherwise, why would you have fascinated me so much..."

Yukinoshita Yangno buried this idea deep in her heart.Now she has eliminated the confusion just now, and every time Yangno cheers up again, she will burst out with more powerful motivation.

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Therefore, when Yukino saw her sister walking out of Hachiman's room after a long time, and her face was still glowing, her expression became very complicated.

She had had this complicated feeling before, when she had just returned to Japan and discovered the truth that her sister had monopolized Hikigaya Hachiman for a whole year.

"This feeling...is so annoying..."

Yukinoshita Yukino hugged her shoulders and said to herself.

Chapter 127 Students’ Job

After finishing the award ceremony, the only important event at work in June, Hikigaya Hachiman faced an imminent problem, which was the stage academic ability test.

The academic ability test is, to put it bluntly, an exam. Since it is a unified examination, it is very important.This exam will be held at the end of June, the end of October, and the end of January every year. From a time point of view, it can be regarded as the midterm exam of each semester, but it is slightly later.

As for Hikigaya Hachiman, he still carries the heavy title of "No. 1 in Class F Entrance Examination", so if his academic performance drops sharply, he will indeed lose face.After all, not many of his classmates knew that he was a novelist, and they didn't know that he spent most of his time writing every day.

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"It's time to study hard..."

Hikigaya Hachiman decided that since he had not had any important meetings or writing recently, it was time to return to his duties as a student.

In fact, as a student, Hikigaya Hachiman can at least meet the two requirements of "listening carefully in class" and "complete homework carefully after class."In other schools this might be enough.It's a pity that this is Sobu High School. There are countless students who can do these two things, and there is no way to widen the gap.

Therefore, when they saw Hikigaya Hachiman walking into the service club on the first day of June, instead of taking out his laptop to type as usual, he took out an exercise book, Yukino and Yui were both a little shocked.

"So Hikigaya-san, you can also learn? This is my first time seeing this."

Yuigahama's surprised tone made Hachiman inexplicably annoyed.

"Are you kidding me? My entrance exam score was 4 points, No. [-] in the school. How could I have done it if I didn't study? It's you, Yubihama-san. I've always been curious, how did you get into Sobu? High?"

In Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes, students like Yuigahama Yui who spend all their spare time making friends are the ones who really have no intention of studying.He had repeatedly suspected that the other party was someone who had slipped through the trap of the Sobu High School Admissions Office.

"Neeeee! I have explained this matter many times. I was admitted to Sobu High School with high scores. Although I am not as high as you, Kitaya-san, I was definitely admitted through formal methods after exceeding the score line."

Yuigahama Yui explained somewhat angrily.Because she always gives people a very silly and naive feeling, many people wonder if her academic performance is also very poor. Yuigahama Yui has explained this countless times.

"So, through the conversation between the two of you just now, we can see that people can have one-sided and shallow impressions because they don't understand each other comprehensively. If you can learn this lesson in the future, it can be regarded as a great contribution made by the Ministry of Service. A great contribution.”

Yukinoshita Yukino, the head of the service department who had been listening nearby, spoke up.

"By the way, my entrance exam score is 820. If you two have any learning difficulties, the headmaster can help you free of charge during club activities. This is also part of the work of the service department."

Naturally, Hikigaya Hachiman would not accept Yukinoshita Yukino's generosity. After all, he himself was able to get [-]% in the exam and could improve himself through self-study.

Of course, if you really need help, you can wait until you get home and find Yukino for one-on-one tutoring. There is no need to do it in school.

Yuigahama Yui saw that Hikigaya Hachiman was not moved at all, so she happily moved her chair next to Yukino, and really started to ask for advice on study problems.

So, starting from June [-]st, the service department became the study department. Occasionally, students who came here saw this situation and immediately decided to join.

More than a week later, there were more than ten temporary members studying in the service department.From time to time in the club, there will be public lectures by Yukinoshita Yukino, the first grader and head of the service department.

The news spread further and further, and the Student Union's Propaganda Department even came here to shoot a video to highlight the school's excellent academic style and the students' hardworking spirit in spontaneous learning.

"I'm really convinced by you... No, no, no, I don't have any yin and yang. This is all true. You just did what high school students should do the most."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who came to the service department for a visit, couldn't help but sigh after seeing this scene.Originally, she was worried that the service department would be expelled from the school during the year-end assessment due to low performance. Now it seems that this worry is completely unnecessary. It is unjustifiable for the school not to send a banner to the service department.

Hikigaya Hachiman was already very smart. After this period of in-depth study, he believed that his competitiveness was not even inferior to that during the entrance examination.

One week before the academic ability test, most clubs have stopped activities so that members can review well for the exam.So even Hayama Hayato, who had been sweating in the football club, joined the army of students in the service club.

"Hayama-kun, how are the football club activities going?"

As a sponsor of the renovation of the school's football field, Hikigaya Hachiman is quite concerned about this matter.So one time after school, he asked about it.

"It went very well, Hikigaya-san. In fact, most of the members' enthusiasm for football has not disappeared, and everyone started working hard again without any mobilization from me. Having a standard football lawn can not only increase our enthusiasm , and can also effectively reduce the probability of injuries during training.”

Hayama Hayato returned.Now he is full of ambition. With his affinity and excellent leadership from the inside out, he has become the de facto minister of the football department and leads the work of the entire football department. He is only a freshman in high school.

"Very good, but don't be eager for quick success, just start from scratch. Perhaps Sobu High School's football strength will take many years and many generations of students to revitalize. At least in our generation, we must play well for the younger generations. foundation."

"I couldn't agree more, Hikigaya-san."

Hikigaya Hachiman feels that he is doing the same thing in the world of mystery literature.In this world after the 80s, the development of benge reasoning is slow, and his works will become the cornerstone of the revival of benge.

After his exam was over, it was time for the release of "The Clock Museum Incident".

By then, what kind of power will this work, which is completely ahead of its time, inject into the world of mystery literature?Hachiman will wait and see.

Chapter 128 The reasoning world is about to face the second impact

On June 22, the third volume of "New Participants" was published in "ALL Reading" magazine.However, neither the readers nor Hikigaya Hachiman himself seems to be interested in this.Hachiman is preparing for the exam, so naturally he won't pay attention.

As for readers' lack of interest, it's not because "The New Participant" is poorly written, but because "The Clock Museum Incident" is about to be released.At this moment, they didn't have the energy to read any healing stories, they all wanted to take a big gulp of strong medicine.

In order to whet people's appetite, Wenyi Chunqiu even opened a useless pre-sale channel on the official website.

"Do you think this is a game? It's even a pre-sale. Others have started to read the book, and your package hasn't been shipped yet. Whoever buys it will be the one who hates it."

Netizens see this very clearly.

However, the literary and artistic spring and autumn propaganda business law did not stop there.Since they had previously promised that Hikigaya Hachiman would not hold a second book signing within a year, Bungei Shunqiu changed the format and printed the title page of one thousand copies of "The Clock Museum Incident" with Hachiman's signature. , and inform all readers: these thousand books will be evenly distributed among bookstores in Tokyo. There is no way to identify them. Whether you can buy them depends on luck.

As soon as this announcement came out, it naturally aroused dissatisfaction among readers outside Tokyo, but soon readers in Tokyo were also dissatisfied.

"Are you kidding me? Do you know how many bookstores there are in Tokyo? On average, one thousand books can't even be sold in one store! I haven't even found a needle in a haystack when I drew cards in mobile games."

How could Literary Spring and Autumn not know about this? They just want to create a gimmick. As long as they can maintain the discussion of "The Clock Museum Incident" during the period before its release, there will be a real game on July [-]rd. Big bang.

Early sales, this is what Literary Spring and Autumn wants to pursue most.You must know that literal reasoning, especially hard-core literal reasoning such as "The Clock Museum Incident", has an extremely narrow audience in the field of popular literature.The unprecedented attention that the book "The Watch House" has received now is actually contrary to common sense and was created by the publishing house through a large number of publicity means.In fact, the content in his book is relatively difficult to read for those who have never been exposed to literal reasoning or even to reasoning literature.

Therefore, from this point of view, "The Clock Museum Incident" shoulders the important responsibility of developing blue ocean users. If the book is successful, it will attract a large number of readers who are not originally interested in mystery literature, thereby broadening the audience for mystery literature.It can be said that this work by Hikigaya Hachiman will benefit the entire mystery literature world and will maintain its influence for a long time.

Many publishing houses have already sensed this opportunity, and they have begun to reprint the excellent mystery novels they have published. Many mystery naps that were last printed more than ten years ago have been republished in this wave. She picked it up.

Even Arisukawa, the writer whom Hikigaya Hachiman respects the most, recently received a notice from the publishing house: two of his ancient novels need to be republished.This also added another amount of money to his bank account.

"Hikigaya-kun, you are such a magical writer. "The Clock Museum Incident" has already had such a huge influence even before it was released. Even my book has benefited from you, hahaha."

Arisugawa called Hikigaya Hachiman specifically to tell him the matter.

"Is it such an exaggeration? Mr. Arisukawa. In fact, if it weren't for the vigorous promotion of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, it would be difficult for a mystery novel to gain such a big attention. I am still aware of this."

Hikigaya Hachiman, who has been studying hard recently, does not know much about the current publishing industry, and was really surprised after hearing Arisukawa's description.

"Don't belittle yourself, Hikigaya-kun. Others can't do it with their own reasoning, but yours can do it. "The Clock Museum Incident" can do it! Believe me, if you don't have enough confidence in the quality of your novel, , Bungeishunqiu will definitely not dare to promote it so boldly. Hikigaya-kun, just look forward to the hurricane that will blow up the entire reasoning world because of you after July [-]rd."

After ending the call with Mr. Arisugawa, Hikigaya Hachiman was in a daze. He realized for the first time that his work was about to bring such a big shock to the mystery literary world. This feeling was a bit unreal, and he had no study for the time being. thoughts.

Uncharacteristically, Hachiman took the initiative to come to Yukino's apartment door and knocked on the door.Soon he heard the sound of footsteps wearing stockings coming from inside the house, approaching from far away.

"Hikigaya-kun? What's wrong?"

After opening the door, Yukino seemed a little at a loss. After all, she had been the one running to the other party's apartment. This was the first time that Hachiman knocked on the door.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong. I have an exam tomorrow. I always feel a little bored when I stay in my room. Maybe it's because you're not with me."

"Actually, it doesn't matter where I study. If you want me to accompany you, Hikigaya-kun, I will accompany you. If you are feeling bored now, you can also chat with me for a while."

Yukino was a little embarrassed by Hikigaya Hachiman's sudden flirtation, but she was still keenly aware that Hachiman was a little distracted now, and couldn't help but worry.

"Okay, can I go to your room and sit for a while?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked.There is a big difference between a girl entering a boy's room and a boy entering a girl's room. Although Yukino is almost ready to treat his bedroom as his own, Hachiman cannot do the same.It seems that it is most convenient for boys to enter the boys' room.

"Of course, I'd rather say that I welcome Hikigaya-kun to come whenever you want."

The last time Hikigaya Hachiman walked into this apartment was when he met Yukino and Mr. Yukinoshita at the end of last year.Now half a year has passed, and apart from adding some appliances, not much has changed in the house.And most importantly, there is a bit of a lack of life in this apartment.

But after Hachiman thought about it, the lack of life here seemed quite normal. After all, Yukinoshita Yukino lived most of his life not in his room, but in his room.This is said to be an apartment, but to Yukino, it might be more like a hotel.

"The exam is tomorrow, Hikigaya-kun. So I won't make you tea or coffee. Drink some hot milk to ensure the quality of your sleep."

Hikigaya Hachiman took a glass of hot milk from Yukino's hand and was about to take a sip when he noticed a warm touch coming from his back.

It was Yukino, she hugged Hikigaya Hachiman gently from behind.

"Hikigaya-kun. Although I don't know what is bothering you, but this may make you feel better."

Yukino was extremely shy at this time, and her voice was so small that it was difficult for others to hear her clearly.

"Hiss - Yukinoshita-san, this is much more refreshing than coffee..."

Isn’t this the breath of life?Hikigaya Hachiman thought to himself.

Chapter 129 "The Clock Museum Incident" is on sale

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know how he spent the two days of the academic ability test. There were only two things left in his mind: the night before the test, his neighbor Yukinoshita Yukino hugged him tenderly from behind; One day after the end, "The Clock Museum Incident" will be released.

Fortunately, the test results are on July [-]th, and the results will be officially released on the second Monday after the release of "The Clock Museum Incident", which is enough for Hikigaya Hachiman to focus all his energy on the novel.