Hikigaya wants to be a novelist

" It's White Album season again …"

Hikigaya muttered something that no one else could understand.

It is December now, and Chiba has already entered winter. Hikigaya is wearing a knee-length white waistcoat and a light yellow scarf, standing in the cold wind outside Ginza with his hands in his pockets. To resist the cold, he tries to bury his face in the scarf, which makes him look more delicate despite wearing glasses. He often attracts the attention of passing girls.

The person he was waiting for was naturally the two people under the identity of " Hachiman ".

Big fans: Naho Imamura and Sonoko Machida. The two editors asked me to wear glasses the night before.

Soon, two familiar figures of appeared across the street, but they were no longer wearing the OL uniforms they wore before, but ordinary down jackets . Hikigaya thought that these two were no longer old enough to like dressing up.

However, after seeing Hikigaya , the two of them were obviously not calm.

" This boy, how come he's so good at dressing up all of a sudden? I really want to hug him tightly and rub him hard. "

This is Machida Sonoko, who previously advised Hachiman to be careful of Imamura Naho. She is slowly beginning to move closer being the dangerous person.

" I say, junior, you should be a little more reserved. Isn't it embarrassing to be obsessed with a boy who is more than ten years younger than you? "

Naho Imamura seized the opportunity to speak sarcastically.

" Haha, at least I'm sincere . But you should pull back the corners of your mouth that are about to stretch to your ears, so as not to scare Mr. Hachiman. "

Machida Sonoko ruthlessly exposed the other party.

Not knowing what the two older young women were whispering about, Hikigaya decided to go over to them. He walked up to them, bowed slightly, and offered his apology:

" Thank you for coming here on such a cold day. You can explain it clearly in the email. "

Of course, the two of them didn't dare to say that they came mainly to see Hikigaya, and they said in unison that it was not a problem.

" Mr. Hachiman , let's go in and talk. "

Naho Imamura spoke first. Actually , Hachiman had hinted to Imamura before that since he already knew his real name, he could just call him by his last name instead of his pen name. But Imamura still liked to call him " Mr Hachiman " for some reason, and Hachiman was too lazy to mention it again.

The three agreed to meet was still the cafe in Ginza, and the two female editors chose to sit on the left and right of Hikigaya respectively.

" Hikigaya-san, you really are a girl killer right now. It's no exaggeration to say that if I were ten years younger, I might really fall in love with you. "

Machida Sonoko spoke bluntly , her eyes still wandering on Hikigaya Hachiman.

" You are sexually harassing him! "

Naho Imamura could not tolerate her junior schoolmate trying to attract Mr. Hachiman's attention with such shameless behavior, and directly put the big hat of " sexual harassment " on her head.

" I'm sorry for scaring you two. I won't go out like this again. "

In fact, this was not dressed up by Hikigaya Hachiman himself, but by his fashion expert mother.

Hikigaya's parents had long said that the money he earned from writing books was entirely at his disposal, but his spending needed to be supervised by his parents. However, a few months later, Hachiman spent almost no extra money except for buying a laptop for work.

This made Hikigaya's mother, who was eager to change Hachiman's withdrawn personality, very anxious. She believed that if she wanted to change Hachiman's personality, she had to change his temperament first. Clothes make the man, and after half-asking for Hachiman's consent, Hikigaya's mother bought him the white waistcoat that he is wearing now, which cost a lot of money, and a scarf that was also expensive. This made Hikigaya's image completely changed. Today is the first time that this image of has appeared.

" Don't do that!! "

The two female editors said in unison. Hikigaya thought that the two of them always had an inexplicable tacit understanding at times like this.

All in all, the discussion about the first third of Malice has finally begun.

" Mr. Hachiman , after you sent me the manuscript, I have read it through many times. As a mystery novel editor, I think the methods used in this case are indeed quite subtle, but they all follow the routines of classic works, and the foreshadowing is also quite obvious. I can see some Agatha Christie feelings. But considering that you said this is only less than one-third of the plot of the whole book, I believe that there will be a reversal in the plot later. "

Naho Imamura gave a report from the perspective of a professional mystery novel editor, and her guess was basically consistent withHikigaya's.

" My opinion is that the case flow is tight enough , and the method of committing the crime is beyond my expectation, but overall it doesn't feel exciting enough. The current part of "Malice" is definitely more like a standard mystery novel than "Confessions", but I think it is not as readable as "Confessions". I look forward to your subsequent content. "

This is the evaluation of Machida Sonoko, a representative of general readers who have not read many mystery novels.

" Okay, I have received your comments, which are basically consistent with what I thought. Now I would like to ask you a few questions about the article. "

Hikigaya pondered for a moment and then spoke.

The two women next to her immediately became attentive, and Naho Imamura even took out a small notebook full of notes.

" The first question is, what do you think of Hidaka Kunihiko? Editor Machida will tell you first. "

" I have a bad impression of him. I can't tell you specifically. Maybe it was the conversation about killing the cat at the beginning that shocked me. "

Machida Enko expressed her views simply.

" I agree with what Yuanzi said. The plot of Hidaka admitting to killing the cat can be regarded as a small reversal at the beginning of the chapter. I even have a feeling that after this description, Hidaka went to see the woman he had never wanted to see before. In order to remove Nonoguchi Shu. "

Naho Imamura's mind is more active.

Hikigaya's mental activities were reflected on his face at this moment, it would definitely be very interesting. He really admired Editor Imamura's keen observation, but the more accurate her speculation in this regard, the deeper she fell into the trap set by him. Many other veteran mystery fans might have the same opinion as her.

" OK , I understand. Now the second question. Do you still remember the titles of the three chapters I sent you? "

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