She had sensed something was wrong a long time ago.

Now I’m paying attention to Eriri’s movements, and indeed I’ve made some discoveries.

It’s really rare to see Eri Kashiwagi recommending books to others!

When Eriri recommended a book to her for the first time last month, Machida Sonoko was so inspired that she ran to buy the novel written by Kudo Sayaka. She was relieved when she found out it was not hers.

Now that Eriri has given her another surprise, Machida Sonoko feels mixed emotions.

The departure of big names is something that every publishing house worries about.

He stopped writing light novels under a pseudonym and switched to writing popular novels.

It is indeed challenging to temporarily put aside one’s current popularity and take this path.

Machida Sonoko didn’t know what to say because she knew Kasumigaoka Utaha.

If the decision has been made, there is no way to pull it back. It all depends on the outcome.

If you run into a big problem with popular novels, you might give up.

When writing light novels, you can get whatever you want, but the opposite is true for popular novels.

On the other hand, using a vest can also be seen as a form of self-protection.

If you write it under the name of Kasumi Shiko, it will be hyped up by the other publishing house and the topic will be used to make a gimmick, which is guaranteed.

But if the results are not good, it will be a big blow to the pen name Kasumi Shiko.

Now Machida Sonoko doesn’t know whether she should expect Kasumigaoka Utaha’s new work to have a big hit.

As the deputy editor-in-chief of Fuzugawa, from this standpoint, it is understandable to think this way, after all, there is a conflict of interest.

But as someone who has known Kasumigaoka Utaha for such a long time, Machida Sonoko actually doesn’t want Kasumigaoka Utaha to fail, which is also human nature.

The mood is a bit complicated.

I even feel a little betrayed.

But thinking this way is too exaggerated. In fact, it is not that exaggerated.

It’s just that person has her own ideas, and transitioning into popular novels may not necessarily be a bad thing for her.

So let’s see what the result is.

Anyway, Kasumigaoka Utaha is still working on the book about Busei, and it seems that she is not neglecting this side because of the transformation.

For the time being, Machida Sonoko pretended not to know about this matter and would not tell the editor-in-chief anything.

As for whether she knew about it but kept it secret, Machida Sonoko would just pretend that she knew nothing for the time being.

Then prepare two sets of statements, which can be used in different situations.

On the other hand, Machida Sonoko also prepared two explanations for Kasumigaoka Utaha.

One is for congratulations, the other is for consolation. We will decide which one to use depending on the situation.

“Anyway, I won’t discuss contract renewal with Kasumi Shiko-sensei until next year, so there’s no rush.”

……

After Eriri recommended Kasumigaoka Utaha’s book, Aki Tomoya, who was bored, found out about this while browsing the recommendation.

He followed Kashiwagi Eri’s account as a friendly follower.

I didn’t expect to find out the name of Kasumigaoka Utaha’s new book.

Now, Tomoya Aki is using his social media to update him about his life in college. Although most of his fans have left him, there are still some people who really want to know what he is like at the University of Tokyo.

What is the difference between Japan’s No. 1 university and their university? This still arouses the curiosity of some people.

It is also because of this that after Tomoya Aki reactivated this account, he insisted on updating his daily university life.

Now when he was browsing the recommendations, he found Eriri recommending a book, so he went over to take a look. He guessed that it was most likely a novel by Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“Suspect TAKI? I…”

Hacked?

Chapter 276 Are you sure you are not making fun of me? (2/?)

Silly……

The moment Aki Tomoya saw the title of the book, he was stunned.

suspects?

taki?

What did that woman write based on him?

Write him as a bad guy?

Grass! (in Chinese and Japanese)

I didn’t want to read it originally, but the title of the book made Aki Tomoya want to read it.

MDZZ!

God knows how that woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, could come up with such a title for a book.

Tomoya Aki decided to look at it with a critical eye to see what kind of heinous suspect TAKI that woman wrote about was!

He even wanted to know what kind of mood Eriri was in when she was recommending the book.

This book title that has caused so much complaints really left him speechless.

So the next day, he read a novel after class.

“Suspect TAKI, Aki, the style of the novel you read this month has suddenly changed.”

Takagi, who was standing by, looked at the title of the book on the cover and judged from the title that this was a different type of novel from the one that Tomoya Aki recommended to them last month.

“TAKI…Aki, I feel like Aki-kun bought this novel just to become famous.”

Majima also joked at this time.

At the same time, An Yilun also put down the book in his hand, pushed up his glasses, and said with a bitter and vengeful look: “This matter is a long story, so I won’t talk about it!”

Is he going to say that someone he knows probably couldn’t think of a good name for the protagonist, so he dragged TAKI in as a suspect?

Suspect TAKI

This is a story told from the first-person perspective of the protagonist TAKI.

It begins with the character being interrogated by two detectives in the interrogation room of the police station.

With interrogation as the clue, the case gradually unfolds, and a case of dismemberment and concealment of a corpse leads to a decade-long serial murder case.

As the first suspect in the case, TAKI had a fierce argument with the two detectives at the beginning in order to prove his innocence, and the anger of the victim who suffered injustice was vividly displayed.

Faced with the so-called “evidence”, TAKI insisted that he was innocent.

Through continuous psychological attack and defense, he racked his brains to gain a little trust from the two seemingly righteous criminal police.

Then, based on all the clues he had, he reasoned in front of the criminal police, argued for himself, and provided his alibi.

This was a self-incrimination, which took place in the interrogation room.

TAKI uses all available conditions to turn the situation around.

The previous part is the story like this.

There is a reversal in the middle part, where the detective displays the evidence he has collected, refutes his lies, and praises the story he made up.

Just when Tomoya Aki really thought that TAKI was the murderer, the case took a turn for the worse. A contradiction made the case confusing again.

The psychological changes of the characters, the development of the case, and which side the two detectives are on, all become clear until the final reversal.

The murderer is TAKI, but he is good at disguising himself and is better than a good person. When he is “wronged”, his reaction is no different from that of an ordinary person who has been wronged.

He defended himself with solid arguments and almost convinced those who were interrogating him.

When new evidence pushed him into a dead end, he quickly found a flaw and began to muddy the waters, using the evidence used to send him to the gallows as a prop in his hands and taking advantage of the information gap to create contradictions.

From an unjustly “victim” to actively removing the mask, the process of his gradually crazy psychological changes is revealed bit by bit.

All the disguises were removed after his eloquent lawyer secured bail for him.

He killed the two detectives who interrogated him with his own hands. The perfect alibi and the directional flaws he left behind diverted the police’s attention to another side when they could no longer relax their suspicion of him.

Justice did not prevail this time…

After reading the entire book, Tomoya Aki’s expression was conflicted.

He didn’t want to say whether this was good or not, but he couldn’t help but associate TAKI with himself.

The Taki created by Utaha Kasumigaoka is definitely not the same person as him.

But I still feel like I’ve been blackmailed.

“It makes my scalp tingle!”

Tomoya Aki put down the book and just wanted to say that in reality, TAKI is just an ordinary person who is completing his studies after retiring from home.

Strictly speaking, this book by Utaha Kasumigaoka cannot be said to be disparaging him.

Apart from a TAKI, there is nothing else in common if we insist on saying that he is the prototype.

Maybe they just have a bad taste, or they can’t think of a good name for the protagonist?

As for whether Kasumigaoka Utaha will be able to successfully transform because of this book, that is not something that Aki Tomoya considers.

What he thought more about was why the other party chose TAKI as the protagonist.

I read this novel because of the title, and after finishing it, Tomoya Aki felt even more conflicted.

He really wanted to complain, and when he had free time, he couldn’t help it and just took out his phone, opened Line and started complaining.

“Senior, can I ask you a question?”

I didn’t reply her immediately, probably because I didn’t have time to check my phone.

Tomoya Aki didn’t expect Kasumigaoka Utaha to reply to him immediately.

But now that he has decided to ask, if possible, he still hopes that the other party can see his message earlier.

About ten minutes later, Kasumigaoka Utaha replied with a question mark.

As for Kasumigaoka Utaha, she was also a little surprised because Aki Tomoya suddenly contacted her.

It happened so suddenly, and I don’t know why this boy wanted to see me.

“?”

“It’s really rare that you actually have questions for me?”

It wasn’t sarcasm, but Kasumigaoka Utaha really couldn’t imagine what questions a medical student would ask her, a student from the literature department.

Is it about creation?

Kasumigaoka Utaha was still very curious about this. What on earth did Aki Tomoya want to talk to her about…

“I just want to ask how much hatred you had when you used TAKI as the protagonist? (bitter smile)”

Aki Tomoya also made a complaint.

How deep must the hatred be to create such a bad guy?

Although it’s just the “taki” that’s the same, this alone is enough to make Akitomo unable to suppress the soul of complaint in his body.

“…”

Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little confused and gave Aki Tomoya a few points.

“Don’t you want to see it?”

She was a little embarrassed at this time.

She knows better than anyone who Taki is in real life.

When I chose this as the name of the protagonist, I also considered other options.

But I thought that Aki Tomoyuki wouldn’t read it anyway, so I just wrote it as I liked. Also, it’s obviously much easier to write with “Taki” as the protagonist, so I might as well use it.