Chapter 230 198. Research Society of the University of Tokyo (request full version)
“But isn’t this very interesting? What a reasoning.”
The young man known as Jisaki-kun pouted, She couldn't hide her excitement and said, it seemed that she was using "reasoning" as an adjective.
“A rare snowstorm in a century, a mountain villa standing on an isolated land, mobile phones and other communication tools cannot receive signals, residents with different personalities and professions...
Isn’t this just Is it a model for Grandma's mystery novel "No One Survived"? This also created a writing model called "Blizzard Villa Model" for future mystery novels. I feel very excited just thinking about it..."
"I have long said that novels should not be confused with reality. Although I also like to read mystery novels, I have always read them as spiritual food for entertainment."
Originally sitting on the recliner The bespectacled young man pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said helplessly.
“Also, the Blizzard Mountain Villa mode was created by Quinn. Agatha just expanded and improved it. Remember it, you bastard.”
“But in mystery novels , compared to strangers, people who are already in the hotel are more likely to kill people, right...?" Jisaki tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, then said lightly, "For example, Ayatsuji Yukito's hotel. series, the murderer is usually..."
"Not bad, Tsuzaki-kun, after reading mystery novels for so long, I have begun to summarize the rules." The young man with glasses interrupted Tsuzaki, and the light from the fire made him laugh. His gold-rimmed glasses reflected light to a white effect, "But unfortunately, there are countless works in which outsiders are the real murderers. The most classic example is-"
"Senior, please don't spoil anything."
The man who had just opened the wooden door for Kurosawa and the two suddenly made a loud noise, interrupting the slender young man's speech.
Hearing this, the latter spread his hands and shrugged: "I'm sorry, just thinking that a few of us must have read it long ago, forgetting to worry about the guests, please forget what I said before, I am very sorry."< br>
A look of understanding appeared on Kurosawa's face. After drinking the coffee that was just handed to him, a warmth surged in his heart, and his condition became slightly better.
Then the cheongsam girl turned her attention to the mountain villa again and found that it was actually a mountain hut. It was very simple. If she visited it in a healthy state, it would be a good place for vacation. .
The living room of the cabin has a coffee table, a row of sofas, a fireplace, storage cabinets and rocking chairs. The kitchen is semi-enclosed, and the stove inside can be seen.
Kurosawa also discovered that in addition to the four people he just saw, there was also a young man sitting on the sofa holding a switch game console, staring at the screen, focusing on playing games.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. We are all members of the Mystery Novels Research Association of the University of Tokyo. I help others under Terada, and I will now serve as the president. Please take care of me."
The slender young man closed the mystery novel in his hand, bowed to the two of them somewhat artificially, and then stretched out his finger to point at the man who opened the door.
"This is Yamada Kōku. Although Yamada-kun looks a bit old-fashioned, he is actually a freshman who is one year younger than me. He is a bit naive. Please forgive me if I am rude."
"..."
Hearing his senior introduce himself, Yamada pursed his dry lips and nodded to the two of them in silence.
"Wow——! Jisaki is Jisaki! The good-looking person in charge of the Reasoning Research Association!"
The boy who was a little surprised just now continued before his senior could introduce himself. They cheered for no apparent reason, and then came the standard ending - being flicked on the head by Terada.
“Don’t listen to his nonsense. If it really counts as a position, he should be the mascot of the promotion conference. I don’t know why this guy is always very active in some groups, and he can blend in no matter what type. This also brought a lot of new life to our research conference," Terada smiled apologetically and explained softly.
"I am Mochizuki Eri, and my dream is to become someone like the famous detective Aizuki Ye in "The Mystery of the Glass Tower" written by Chinen Mikito!" When the somewhat venomous Eri-chan introduced herself, she didn't look like she just did It's a bit too serious to say something dirty like that.
After the four of them introduced themselves, they all turned their attention to the young man on the sofa who was pressing the buttons of the Switch game console.
Seemingly noticing their gazes, the young man gave an impatient "tsk" sound. He still held the game console in both hands and looked up at the two uninvited guests.
"Uesugi Akihiko, by the way, I have no intention of getting acquainted with you, nor do I have any intention of having a good relationship with you. If you insist on staying here, then that's up to you." Uesugi said these words, pressing the button in his hand The action is still going on, "But if you dare to disturb me playing games, you will be dead."
Uesugi made a gesture of wiping his neck, and then continued to arrogantly sink his body deep into the sofa , playing the game seriously.
"Sorry, Uesugi-kun is just such a person. He is a game maniac in the Promotion Club." Terada pushed up his glasses, "Actually, I was quite strange when he joined the Promotion Club, but I took a few questions about mystery novels. Uesugi-kun can answer the questions fluently, so that’s why "I am approved by him to join."
"I am Kurosawa Mika, and this is Li Ming."
Kurosawa licked her dry lips. This was her first time with him. A group of more than five people introduced themselves, their voices were trembling, and it was obvious...she had some social fear.
"It's okay, as long as you have read mystery novels, we have a lot of topics in common!" Tsuzaki-kun covered his red forehead and grinned, "Speaking of which, you two should be A couple?”
“Not that far yet” Kurosawa. Wiping the sweat on his forehead, he tried his best to hide his inner ecstasy, and then planned to use diversion to stop them from talking about this topic, "Mystery novels... Although I usually don't like reading, but in I also read some of them under the guidance of a friend.”
"It can't be Keigo Higashino, right?" Jisaki raised his eyebrows, and his expression changed at the moment he said this, full of disgust.
"Of course not. Are Higashino Keigo's novels also called mystery novels?" Li Ming answered at this time, "I thought of something more interesting. None of my friends have read mystery novels before. It's a hobby, so I sealed it."
"What's the fun thing?" Ji Qi became interested.
As expected, as President Terada said, Jisaki is really the mascot of the Research Society. He is interested in no matter what the topic is, and may be able to liven up the somewhat boring atmosphere.
“Now I want to name a novel.” Li Ming cleared his throat. Kurosawa beside him was looking at his friend with interest. “The policeman in this novel fell in love with the criminal suspect. , so this book is..."
"I know, it's "The Saint's Relief" written by Keigo Higashino."
Terada pushed up his glasses, and a rare and pure smile appeared on his face as he sat back on the recliner.
"Then I have a similar one here. This novel depicts a licking dog throughout the novel, who sacrifices everything for his goddess, and even kills an innocent person. In the end, she does not appreciate it, but Licking the dog still has nothing, so what is this book?” “This one is pretty good.” It's hard to guess, but as soon as you mentioned killing an innocent person, I remembered it." Li Ming laughed unabashedly, "It was written by Keigo Higashino. The book is called "The Devotion of Suspect X." "."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people burst into laughter.
"The novels written by Keigo Higashino shouldn't be considered mystery novels, right...? Although socialism can be considered a type of mystery novel, I always feel that what he writes is a bit different." Li Ming calmed down and expressed his opinion.
"The Socialists have been expelled from the mystery book a long time ago." Tsuzaki-kun spread his hands disapprovingly, "Also, I know that someone in our research club is writing mystery novels. If you write a book about the Socialists in the future, , please don’t write me in.”
“Who writes novels and includes you? You have completely lowered the IQ of the characters in the book, do you understand?” Eri-chan’s poisonous tongue comes into play again. out.
Seeing that the argument was about to start again, Terada once again played the role of leader and introduced again with a voice that could almost drown out the two of them.
“Everyone is chatting so speculatively, so let’s introduce us to the two guests.”
Terada paused for a moment and continued the newly opened topic without any explanation.
“I, Tsuzaki-kun, and Eri-chan are sophomores in college, and Kamisaki-kun and Yamada-kun are freshmen. The five of us came to experience Blizzard Villa during the summer vacation. We were originally scheduled to stay here. Stay for a week.”
“Reservation?” Kurosawa was a little confused. Does this somewhat dilapidated cabin actually require a reservation?
“The villa was ordered online by Mr. Yamada. The price is very cheap, but I don’t know why... After we made the reservation, when we wanted to go to the website to find relevant matters... the website has been deleted. ”
Although Terada was skeptical about this, he continued to speak disapprovingly.
"The five of us drove here in an SUV, and the car was parked behind the mansion. The weather was quite good when we arrived last night. Unexpectedly, it suddenly turned bad today. If we drive out now, we will definitely be killed."
“Of course you don’t have to worry about food and other supplies. We have prepared enough food to experience the Blizzard Villa mode. We have calculated that even if you are included, it should be able to last for a week, but Wait until the snow stops with peace of mind."
"Of course, there is no signal for mobile phones, and there is no landline phone or Internet..." Terada glanced at Uesugi sitting on the sofa, "So Uesugi-kun put the switch game console. I brought it here, and I happened to catch up with the release of "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" when I went out, so I was a little ignored."
Kurosawa nodded and listened quietly.
During the conversation, she gradually felt sleepy, maybe because she caught the cold in the snow and wind. Even though the room was very warm, she was still shivering.
My head became very heavy and my eyelids started to fight up and down.
Li Dang quickly noticed the condition of the cheongsam girl next to him, and immediately supported Kurosawa's shoulders with his warm hands: "I'm sorry... the snowy weather just now was really too heavy. , Miss Kurosawa may have caught a cold, so Can I borrow a room to rest?"
"Of course, we have a very interesting conversation about mystery novels. Let's talk about it next time." Terada smiled, "It's really rude, it's too chatty. If you are too happy, you will forget it accidentally We just have two vacant rooms on the second floor. Please don’t be polite.”
“It’s almost time for us to disperse. Good night, everyone.”
After some arrangements, Go up the stairs from the first floor to the second floor. At the corner is Li Ming's room. There are five rooms in total on the second floor. Except for Li Ming's room just explained, the rooms from the outside to the inside are Kurosawa Mihua, The taciturn Yamada-kun, and the president Terada.
The stairs are facing the storage room. On the other side of the storage room, the rooms from the outside to the inside are the shower room and the toilet. Uesugi-kun only cares about games.
Kurosawa Mitaka's room looks very simple, it should be a civilian residence. There is a glass window on the thick wooden wall, and the wind and snow are still raging outside the window.
The room has a bed, table and chairs, wardrobe, chandelier and wall clock.
The time on the wall clock showed 11:45 pm.
The strong wind outside the window was still raging. Li Dan helped Kurosawa lie down on the bed, covered the girl with a quilt, and then sat down on the edge of the bed, with his head hanging down like a puppy that had made a mistake. , with an expression full of guilt.
"I'm so sorry...If I hadn't asked for the trip, this wouldn't have happened..."
"It's okay, this is not Li Mingjun's fault. I am very happy to go out with you this time." ." Kurosawa narrowed his eyes and shook his head lightly, "But haven't we found a place to live now? What's there to worry about..."
< br>"Yes, I'm really lucky to have found a place to live, but when I think about how I almost put you in danger, I... No, now is not the time to talk about this. You should have a good rest first. Are you okay? ?”
“It’s just a little dizzy, nothing else,” Kurosawa said in an understatement as much as possible, but his acting skills were really poor.
“?!”
Hearing that Kurosawa was unwell, Li Ming's face became even more livid. He hurriedly put his hand on her forehead and murmured to himself: "It's really hot... Why didn't you tell me earlier! I'll get the medicine... ..." After saying this, the young man suddenly reacted, "Ah! The medicine box was left in the car..."
After talking to himself, Li Ming pretended to calm Kurosawa. As if nothing happened, he smiled at the girl.
"It's okay. I'll ask them. Since they are here for vacation, they should be prepared. You can go to sleep first... Good night."
Then he stood up and turned off the light. And left the room
Kurosawa turned over stiffly. She planned to reflect on today's experience, but at this time, the unstoppable tiredness drove her to fall into sleep.
The clock on the wall is ticking, and the time has passed midnight. So what story is waiting for them next?
(End of this chapter)