tokyo writer

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The protagonist of "Duet of Death" is Yamawaki Junpei, a well-known painter who has a lot of fame in the industry.

One of his paintings can often be sold for millions of yen, which is equivalent to the annual salary of an ordinary white-collar worker.

But few people know that because of his mechanical creation day after day, he has lost interest in painting, and instead fell in love with the violin.

After a painful decision, he confessed everything to his parents, saying that he wanted to give up painting and go to Vienna to study violin.

Not surprisingly, this request was rejected by his parents.For parents, this will cause the family to lose the huge wealth and income gained from selling paintings, and it will become a joke among relatives and friends.

In order to make Yamawaki Junpei change his mind, his mother broke the violin and set it on fire in front of him.

His father didn't stop the whole process, but just watched the violin burn to ashes coldly.

Everything that happened made Yamawaki Junpei feel that he was just a puppet in the hands of his parents, or a money-making machine.This also caused great hatred in his heart.

In order to get rid of his parents and to be able to go to Vienna to study violin, Yamawaki Junpei resolutely planned a crime.

He first purchased a lot of seemingly irrelevant items through his agent, and then used them to assemble an ignition device that could be activated by sound.

In the middle of the night on a certain day, when the parents are asleep, the ignition device is activated according to the pre-recorded "violin sound".

In an instant, the whole house started to catch fire!

And his parents lost their lives in the thick smoke and flames.

After the fire, the police quickly intervened, but after investigation, it was believed that the incident was caused by improper use of fire in the mansion, and it was unlikely to be a homicide, and it had nothing to do with Junpei Yamawaki.

Because on the day of the fire, Junpei Yamawaki was holding an art exhibition in another place, and he had sufficient alibi.

When he learned that the police closed the case with an accident, Junpei Yamawaki breathed a sigh of relief, and planned to quit the painting circle in the name of "excessive sadness".

But at this moment, he received another letter, which said: "If you quit the painting world, I will tell everyone about your crime of killing your parents!"

Seeing the threat, Yamawaki Junpei broke into a cold sweat.

He had to give up his plan and start investigating in private.

In his opinion, since he can kill his parents, he doesn't mind killing another person who threatens him!

After continuous investigation, he found that the person who was most likely to write this letter was his agent. After all, once he did so, the other party would lose a generous commission.

But Junpei Yamawaki was unwilling to kill him just out of speculation.

Because in his most difficult time, it was this manager who helped him, and the relationship between the two of them is still a kind of teacher and friend.

Besides, if the agent really knows everything, why not directly threaten himself with proof?

After that, Junpei Yamawaki began to fight wits with this insider: he pretended to be concentrating on painting on weekdays, and secretly tried various means to investigate.

After spending a lot of money, he finally found a clue that his agent was collecting some evidence related to him, and his handwriting was faintly similar to the envelope.

Yamawaki Junpei weighed the pros and cons, and then devised an ingenious murder plot.

He asked his own agent to help him prepare an art exhibition, and arranged a lot of works inlaid with huge picture frames.

Just as the agent was setting up the venue, a heavy oil painting hanging on the high wall fell down and hit him on the forehead.

Because of the height and the weight of the picture frame, the agent went to the ground on the spot, and was declared a vegetative state by the doctor when he was sent to the hospital.

Junpei Yamawaki publicly announced his withdrawal from the painting world on the grounds that he was sad and could not continue to create.

At the end of the story, he boards a plane to Vienna.

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After reading the whole story, Akihara Hiroto was amazed at the author's talent.

In terms of tricks, he successively adopted two methods of killing with sound and killing with heavy objects. Although it is not particularly amazing, it undoubtedly fits the theme of the story quite well.

Because the parents burned the violin, the protagonist also used "the fire caused by the sound of the violin" to retaliate against the parents.Because the agent asked him to continue painting, the protagonist killed him with "heavy painting".

In terms of human nature, this author portrayed Junpei Yamawaki very thoroughly, completely portraying the kind of egoist who can keep killing for his own selfishness!

The splendor of this work is not as good as Toyama Miho's "Dead Mother", and it is even better in the portrayal of tricks!

However, what are its disadvantages?

Just as Hiroto Akihara was frowning and thinking, the white-haired man who claimed to be the "editor-in-chief" walked to the front of the conference room and said politely: "Teachers, lunch is ready, please enjoy it first." Let's review the manuscript again after lunch."

Hearing these words, the five people on the field had different reactions.

Wada Nobu and Morioka Yuho didn't seem to hear it, and they were still reading the manuscript with their heads down; Takata Tomohisa stood up and walked downstairs with the staff; Seto Tamae stood up, walked to Akihara Yuto, and coughed lightly .

Akihara Hiroto quickly realized that he had something to say to himself, so he also stood up.

The two walked in the direction of the elevator one after the other.

Halfway through, Seto Yuzhi took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Akihara, who are you going to vote for?"

Hiroto Akihara replied: "Mr. Seto, isn't it a bit inappropriate to ask this question?"

Now that both of them are still on the judging committee, they are suspected of manipulating the awards.

Seto Yuzhi chuckled, "Isn't it appropriate? I actually plan to vote for your disciple's "Dead Mother". What do you think?"

Akihara Hiroto immediately realized that President Kawai had revealed his situation, otherwise how could Seto Yuzhi know that his disciple's work had also participated in the election.

Having said that, how did she know that the article was written by her disciple?

Seeing Hiroto Akihara's embarrassed expression, Yuji Seto continued to smile and said, "Akihara, this kind of thing is not a big deal. When I was a judge, I often judged the works of some friends or juniors."

She added: "Many parts of this work are somewhat similar to your writing style, so I can see it right away."

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while, then stopped.

He said in a polite tone: "Mr. Seto, if possible, I hope you don't worry about me and vote with your own point of view."

What he didn't know was that after he said that, Seto Yuzhi looked at him with a little more respect.

Seto Yuzhi took a look, then shook his head, "Mr. Akihara, I didn't decide to vote for the work "Dead Mother" because of our personal relationship."

"Can you briefly explain your point of view?" Hiroto Akihara was still a little unconvinced.

Seto Yuzhi explained.

"The work "Dead Mother" involves very real social issues at the moment, and contains a lot of irony. I think this work is very good in terms of portraying human nature."