Stay away from Conan

Chapter 193 Continue to write the rest of your life in the book

"Yeah."

Standing behind Gao Yuan, a man with an elegant mustache and a pair of glasses said calmly.

"I have long admired your name, Mr. Yusaku."

Turning around, Takato greeted - there is no doubt that the man in front of him is Kudo Shinichi's father, the world-renowned mystery novelist, Mr. Kudo Yusaku.

"I didn't expect that you already know about Mr. Sunaga Hirubei."

"Why."

Somewhat sadly, Kudo Yusaku said, "When I returned to Japan this time, I just wanted to get some old materials. But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Japan, I saw the news about the death of Mr. Sunaga. So, I went to visit someone I knew. The president of the publishing house saw Mr. Suyong’s unpublished manuscript.”

"Have you noticed the truth of the matter just by looking at a posthumous manuscript?"

Gao Yuan asked in surprise.

"Because, I have long been aware of the secret hidden in Mr. Sunaga's non-series works."

Kudo Yusaku said, "You have already seen it, right?"

"Well, yes, but I only found out after seeing the first edition dates of all Sunaga-sensei's works."

Gao Yuan said, "As long as all of Mr. Suyong's works are in the same series, their first publication dates are in the same month, and this is true for the twenty-two series. And if you look at it according to this rule, you will find that those very The works in the series are also published in the same month, so according to the previous rules, these non-series works may also become a series of their own!”

In response, Kudo Yusaku nodded, but did not speak, signaling Gao Yuan to continue explaining.

"However, at first glance, all non-series works have different protagonists, different main characters, and completely different themes and types. So when I read all the non-series works for the first time, I didn't notice anything at all. connect."

Gao Yuan said helplessly, "But after I noticed the clues about the publication date, I began to deliberately look for connections in non-series works, and the hidden connections among them emerged before my eyes - there was a supporting character who appeared in all the works. Not in the series!"

As he said this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh - if this was just an easter egg, it would be too much effort!

"In the first work, a girl appeared in the protagonist's sister's class. She was a character that was almost mentioned in passing. It was only hinted that the student ID was very close to the protagonist's sister, and her surname started with M. And in the third film seven years later, In the second work, a young woman appears as a witness to the murder, but because she is only a witness, there is no detailed description and only the surname "Momota" is mentioned. "

After taking a moment, Gao Yuan recalled the details.

"Nine years later, in the third work, the female police protagonist has a pen pal named 'Kangtian'. In the fourth work the following year, the protagonist asks for directions to a housewife named 'Asami' at the travel destination. Nine more years Finally, in the fifth work, a character called "Counter Auntie" appeared. Seven years later, in the sixth work, the protagonist's children gave up their seats to an elderly woman who called herself "A Chao". In this posthumous manuscript written after 12 years, there is an old farm woman who distributes cornmeal to the protagonist’s family.”

After talking about the supporting characters in seven non-series works at once, Gao Yuan began to summarize:

"Seven works, seven seemingly unrelated supporting characters, but if you connect all the publishing years, you will find an extremely wonderful detail: the girl in the first book was still a schoolgirl, and the second one seven years later The book was for young women, and nine or ten years later, the third and fourth books were about housewives in their thirties...and then another nine years later, the fifth book was about forty-something housewives. "Auntie," she becomes an old woman in her fifties in the sixth book seven years later, and becomes an old woman in her sixties in the seventh book twelve years later."

Somewhat shocked, Gao Yuan continued:

"If these characters are regarded as the same person, this is simply the life of an ordinary woman who grows up over time and lives in the stories in the book - the surname starting with 'M' in the first part can correspond to the second one In the third part nine years later, the surname was changed to "Kangtian" because of marriage. It was not until the fourth part that the character's name finally appeared, and the name "Asami" could correspond to the name "Asami" in the sixth part. Ah Chao'..."

"As the supporting character of the story, a girl named Momota Asami, her life in the story did not go wrong. She just made friends, got married, worked, got into a family, and had children... just like this, she lived in Sunaga. Hirubei Sensei’s works span over forty years.”

Kudo Yusaku also said somewhat sadly.

"So, does Momota Asami...this character really exist?"

Confused, Gao Yuan asked this question.

After sighing, Kudo Yusaku said slowly:

"That was a woman who was the same age as him and lived near his home when Mr. Sunaga Hiroe was seventeen years old. They had promised each other for life at that time, but Momota Asami died of terminal illness after that. Since then, Mr. Hirubei Sunaga has never married."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little sad - in the book, the rest of her life was written, and the romance in the world was mostly nothing more than this.

"This was twelve years ago. I visited Mr. Hirube Sunaga. After asking him face to face about the easter egg in the non-series work, he was silent for a long while and calmly told me this story."

Kudo Yusaku said, "The month in which non-series works are published is Momota Asami's birthday."

"In the posthumous manuscript, Ms. Asami is still very healthy. If you want to write about a person's life, it will be considered the end of your life until you die. Therefore, the non-series works have not yet been completed, and Mr. Suunaga's wish has not been fulfilled, so it will never be It's suicide, just..."

"Sunaga Hirubei-sensei himself can't hold on until that time."

Kudo Yusaku completed Takato's words.

"However, there is one problem."

Gao Yuan said, "How did you know that I was investigating Mr. Suyong's affairs."

"Today I went to the publishing house, and the president told me that they commissioned a white-haired female detective to investigate the matter six days ago. And it just so happened that the female detective left your home today. I think you should be together. Investigate this matter."

Kudo Yusaku said.

In other words, Kudo Yusaku already knew the answer to what we are investigating these days twelve years ago...

Gao Yuan felt very helpless about this.

"Hey! Yusaku! Why don't you come back and dress up? Didn't you agree to give Xiaoxin a surprise together?"

At this time, Kudo Yukiko's voice came from inside Kudo's house, but the person who came out was a fat, middle-aged woman with glasses and black curly hair.

"Ah! Xiao Gaoyuan, you are here too!"

With this face, Kudo Yukiko couldn't help but said when she saw Takato talking to Kudo Yusaku.

"You... Yukiko-sama?"

Slightly surprised, Takato greeted like this - Is this the face of Edogawa Fumiyo that the Kudos changed into in order to scare Kudo Shinichi after he became smaller?

"Well, it's me!"

Kudo Yukiko was very satisfied with Takato taking the initiative to call her sister.

"By the way, don't tell Xiaoxin about our return to China! Otherwise, we won't be able to surprise him!"

Kudo Yukiko reminded.

To this, Gao Yuan naturally nodded in agreement, and then after a few pleasantries with Kudo and his wife, they said goodbye.

However, after returning to the room, Gao Yuan locked himself in the basement - wait a minute, at this time, he met Kudo Yusaku who returned to the country to get old information. If he remembered the original plot correctly, according to the current time, Kudo Shinichi is about Wouldn’t it be tomorrow to become smaller?

In this case, I have to do something tomorrow!

However, after a night of thinking, Gao Yuan did not come up with any good ideas. The next morning, when he was about to secretly follow Kudo Shinichi and others, the appearance of a character disrupted all Gao Yuan's ideas——

In the morning, a figure came to Gao Yuan's house and rang the doorbell.

Gao Yuan, who was woken up, looked out the window and saw the person standing at the door of his house. It was actually Miyano Akemi!