Tokyo Mystery Writers

The middle-aged man sitting opposite him had a kind face and a faint smell of alcohol on him. He looked at the manuscript in Maishiro Kyosuke's hand with longing.

This caused a wary expression to appear on Maijo Kyosuke's face.

Because I have absolutely no idea what the other party's intentions are.

It's not that Kyosuke Maijo is unwilling to share; it's just that mystery novels, in essence, are a type of "idea literature."

Especially in the genre of classic mystery novels, the entire book revolves around the core trick.

My book hasn't been published yet, and if others read it and copy the core plot, I'm afraid they'll miss out.

Then my book would become nothing more than a pile of waste paper!

The middle-aged man saw the wariness and resistance on Maijo Kyosuke's face and naturally understood the other man's concerns.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man smiled kindly at Maishiro Kyosuke.

He immediately pulled a business card from the inside pocket of his suit and handed it to Maijo Kyosuke:

"Mr. Maishiro, this is my business card, please accept it."

When Maishiro Kyosuke saw the other party present his business card with both hands, he immediately and politely accepted it.

"Excuse me, sir, I don't have a business card at the moment."

The middle-aged man shook his head with a kind expression:

"It's alright."

Maijo Kyosuke took the business card and looked at it, finding the white card to be very simple.

Only the name, company, phone number, and job title are listed.

But when Maijo Kyosuke took a closer look, he realized that the kind-looking uncle in front of him actually had quite a background!

Hideomi Uyama, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Third Publishing Division of Kodansha's Literary Museum!

This editor is naturally very familiar with Kyosuke Maijo, who has read over 10,000 Japanese mystery novels.

Yukito Ayatsuji, Yutaka Maya, Arisugawa Arisu, Rintaro Hozuki, Ryusui Seiryoin, Hiroshi Mori, Otaro Maijo, Yasuhiko Nishizawa, Ishin Nishio... These stars who would later shine in the mystery literature world were all discovered and promoted by editor Hideomi Uyama!

Maijo Kyosuke never expected to meet Uyama Hideomi in this way!

It's important to know that Hideomi Uyama is the deputy editor-in-chief, not just an editor you can meet casually.

This is a golden opportunity for Maijo Kyosuke!

Although his excitement was indescribable, Maishiro Kyosuke did not show it. He simply placed the manuscript in front of Uyama Hideomi and said:

"Mr. Yushan, please take a look."

Uyama Hideomi looked at the manuscript in front of him but did not open it directly.

Instead, he first took out a stack of wet wipes from his bag and carefully wiped his hands. Only after the moisture on his hands had evaporated did he open Maijo Kyosuke's manuscript.

To the best of my knowledge, this is the most incredible event ever. Perhaps it would be hard to find a perfect crime that can compare to it, even in the entire world.

The incident took place in Tokyo in 1936. It was a series of bizarre and strange murders, yet none of the characters could have committed the crime, and the police had absolutely no clues about the killer.

As a result, the investigation naturally stalled, and the case remained unsolved for over forty years. Fanatics all over Japan competed to analyze the case and rack their brains in an attempt to find the culprit, but the mystery remained unsolved until I first came across the case in the spring of 1979.

Moreover, this incident was meticulously documented, and all clues have been made public. Yet, the outcome was still the same; it can only be said that the difficulty of handling the situation was truly unbelievable!

Maishiro Kyosuke's manuscript did not disappoint Uyama Hideomi's expectations!

The prelude, with just a few strokes, already reveals a magic that can devour souls!

Uyama Hideomi inwardly applauded, took a big gulp of coffee, and looked up at Maishiro Kyosuke in front of him, a look of great admiration on his face:

"Mr. Wucheng, I didn't expect you to be so young, yet your writing is so mature!"

"They dare to write such an arrogant prologue right from the start, claiming it's a perfect crime that's hard to find anywhere in the world that can compare!"

"Let's put aside the quality of the rest of the book."

"That innate madness alone is incredibly captivating!"

After finishing his speech, Uyama Hideomi lowered his head and immersed himself in the story once more. Once he lowered his head, he became completely absorbed in the story, and before he knew it, he had forgotten the passage of time...

—The story of the astrological murder magic begins with the mad diary left behind by a painter named Umezawa Heikichi.

At the very beginning of his journal, the artist claimed that his body was being controlled by a demon.

The devil's thoughts corrupted his mind, demanding that he create an all-knowing and all-powerful perfect goddess and name her "Asod".

In order to create the perfect goddess Asod.

The painter thought of the Western astrological view that the human body is a projection of the universe, a miniature form of it, and therefore everything in the universe has a guardian star.

As for how to determine one's ruling planet, astrology provides a reasonable answer.

Aries will have their head strengthened, Cancer will have their chest strengthened, Virgo will have their abdomen strengthened, Scorpio will have their waist strengthened, Sagittarius will have their thighs strengthened, and Aquarius will have their calves strengthened!

Therefore, according to astrological methods.

By killing six girls who correspond to the aforementioned constellations, making them swallow the corresponding alchemical materials, and then cutting off and piecing together the parts of their bodies that have their guardian stars, the perfect goddess Asod can be created!

After all, a normal person only has one ruling planet, while the "perfect goddess Asod," created according to astrology, has six ruling planets!

Coincidentally, the painter had four daughters and two nieces, all of whom had the same blood type, which perfectly corresponded to these zodiac signs!

Thus, an evil plan was born!

The crazy things recorded in the journal happened more than forty years ago.

Surprisingly, the cases recorded in this crazy diary actually happened!

The painter's four daughters and two nieces suddenly disappeared one day more than forty years ago!

When their bodies were discovered one after another in six mines scattered throughout Japan, it was found that all six bodies had been brutally dismembered!

Each corpse was just like the one recorded in the painter's notes, lacking the part that had a guardian star, as if the painter had actually taken action!

Astrologer Kiyoshi Mitarai and his friend Kazuki Ishioka, who are the main characters in the story, inadvertently mention this shocking unsolved case from forty years ago.

Surprisingly, the actual cases differed greatly from those recorded in the notes.

Before the six girls died, the painter who wrote the notes actually died in his own studio!

But no one has read the painter's notes. Who is using the notes to commit murder?

What was the killer's motive? What is the truth behind the massacre forty years ago?