Chapter 619: Winning an Award but Not Accepting It Is a Tradition of Geniuses

Japanese readers don’t know that Mr. Theking has reached some kind of undisclosed py deal with Kadokawa Publishing.

After the Edogawa Ranpo Award announced the shortlist of several books for this year, Mr. Theking’s fans have been in strong expectations. After all, judging from the current situation, this year’s Edogawa Ranpo Award is already in Mr. Theking’s pocket!

Each year’s Edogawa Ranpo Award will have four shortlisted works.

And this year’s four shortlisted works, two of which are from the same mystery writer, that is Mr. Theking.

As for Mr. Theking’s two shortlisted works, they are "White Night Walk" and "The Devotion of Suspect X". The equally excellent monster-type mystery "Summer of the Bird" did not catch up with the selection of this Edogawa Ranpo Award due to the release time.

"In fact, Nagasaki's book "The Yizhuang Murder Case" is quite brilliant."

"Ogawa Taro's "Shadow" was also shortlisted, but it's a pity that he met Teacher Theking."

Many people feel sorry for it. Ogawa Taro and Nagasaki are the other two shortlisted writers of the Edogawa Ranpo Award besides Teacher Theking. If it was the Edogawa Ranpo Award in previous years, the two would have to go through a fight.

But this time, the two are destined to be runners-up.

Because they met Teacher Theking, they are destined to capsize.

For a while, Ogawa Taro and Nagasaki, the two new writers, actually felt a sense of mutual appreciation, after all, they are both wanderers in the world.

Of course, they will not complain about unfairness because in front of Teacher Theking, let alone the two newcomers, even Endo Ma, the first Japanese reasoning writer, was defeated and lost to Teacher Theking.

So it is completely natural for the two of them to be cannon fodder.

Being a newcomer like Teacher Theking is a blessing, but also a tragedy.

The most annoying thing is that the Edogawa Ranpo Award is usually only awarded to newcomers, so Taro Ogawa and Nagasaki missed the Edogawa Ranpo Award this year, and they will never be able to win this award in their lifetime, because after this year they will no longer be newcomers.

Unless they also learn from some great masters and create new mystery books under pseudonyms.

On the Internet, there are already many posts speculating whether Teacher Theking will attend the Edogawa Ranpo Award, especially on the Suspense House, where countless mystery enthusiasts gather to discuss this year's Edogawa Ranpo Award.

"Theking teacher should be winning the award, right?"

"A popular newcomer, Bunto defeated Endo Ma. There is no reason for such a person not to win the award."

"Poor Nagasaki, this newcomer is really good, but it's a pity that he debuted at the same time as Theking teacher this year. What a tragedy."

"It's the same with Ogawa Taro. "Shadow" is quite wonderful, but compared with "White Night Walk" or "The Devotion of Suspect X", it seems a bit insignificant."

"The Edogawa Ranpo Award, which can only be won by newcomers, is hopeless for them. The key now is whether Theking teacher will attend to receive the award. After all, Theking teacher has been known for his mystery since the release of "White Night Walk."

"I think he should attend and use the Edogawa Ranpo Award to officially introduce himself to the world!"

"No, no, no, after defeating Endo Ma, Theking teacher acted very calmly and didn't even update his Twitter. Would such a person be excited about winning the Edogawa Ranpo Award? I'm afraid he doesn't even want to attend..."

Not going to receive the award is considered a very personal thing by many people!

Previously, Longguo writer Luoyang won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but in the end he asked his friend, the female star Liu Qin, to accept the award for him. This incident caused a crazy discussion among young people from all over the world. Some were unhappy with his behavior, and some admired Luoyang because of this.

Of course, when this incident spread all over the world, it had already turned into multiple versions.

Some people said that the female star who helped Luoyang accept the award was actually Luoyang's sister. In order to please his sister, Luoyang asked her to accept the award on his behalf.

Some people also said that the female star who helped Luoyang accept the award was actually just a subordinate of Luoyang. Luoyang gave her the qualification to accept the award in order to raise his status.

Others said that the female star who helped Luoyang accept the award was actually Luoyang's girlfriend. Luoyang was a man who was born unruly. In order to win the smile of a beauty, Luoyang made such a decision. After all, the literati in Longguo have always been romantic.

The most widely circulated version is the last one.

Because people are more willing to believe that this is a romantic story. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature and then having someone you like to receive it for you is a very romantic thing, although it is a little emotional for the official Nobel organization.

At that time, this matter spread all over the world, and even Japanese netizens discussed it for a long time.

So this time, when everyone was discussing it, they naturally thought of Luoyang. After all, "Dragon Ball" sold very well in Japan, and "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" also had a considerable number of readers, which made everyone familiar with this young and versatile creator from the neighboring country.

Luoyang was too lazy to accept the Nobel Prize in Literature, so what about Teacher Theking?

In the eyes of mystery fans, Teacher Theking is no worse than Luoyang, so how could Teacher Theking take the Edogawa Ranpo Award seriously? Shouldn't it be a tradition of geniuses to not accept the award after winning it?

So most book fans took it for granted that Teacher Theking would not attend the Edogawa Ranpo Award tonight, and the winner must be someone else.

Of course, although they thought so, when the Edogawa Ranpo Award was broadcast live on Tokyo TV in the evening, those mystery novel fans who thought that Teacher Theking would not attend the award also sat in front of the TV and waited for the result.

After all, this is the Edogawa Ranpo Award.

It is worth mentioning here that the Edogawa Ranpo Award in this world is broadcast live on Tokyo TV every time it is awarded.

In this world, it is not only Longguo that values ​​culture. Countries like Japan also like to support the cultural development of their own country through various means, or in other words, countries all over the world are quite supportive of the cultural development of their own country.

As a country with a long history of mystery-themed awards, Japan has naturally spared no effort in promoting them.