RBCT Chapter 145 Maijo Kyosuke's Soul-Stirring Brushstroke
Chapter 145 Maijo Kyosuke's Soul-Stirring Brushstroke
Chapter 145 Maijo Kyosuke's Soul-Stirring Stroke
Maishiro Kyosuke felt his clothes being tugged.
Immediately, the aroma of blueberry ramune filled my nostrils.
"Ms. Mai, could you explain my 'Six Dimensions of Reasoning' to everyone?"
Hearing Jiang Liumei's question, Maishiro Kyosuke was slightly surprised.
Because in my memory, Jiang Liumei was the kind of person with a strong presence who did whatever she wanted and never consulted with others. Why was she acting so strangely today, asking me questions?
Just as Maijo Kyosuke was wondering why Eri was behaving so strangely.
Then Jiang Liumei turned to the previous page of her notebook. The previous page contained drawings titled "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate."
The reasoning six-dimensional radar chart: "Last time was too rushed, so I want to talk about it together with the previous 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' and 'The Third Statute of Limitations'. It shouldn't take too much time."
Upon hearing Jiang Liu Meili's words, Mai Shiro Kyosuke naturally wouldn't refuse her request and nodded.
Jiang Liumei received permission, happily stood up, walked to the blank wall, and pinned the paper with the words "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate" and "The Third Statute of Limitations" to the wall with thumbtacks.
"Everyone, these two tables are the six-dimensional radar charts for reasoning that I created," which are essentially the combined scores for Ms. Maishiro's two most recent works.
"Next, please take a little of your time to share my thoughts on these two works. If there is anything I say that is incorrect, please point it out."
Jiang Liumei clasped her hands together and bowed to everyone present.
Clearly, Jiang Liumei is eager to share her unique scoring mechanism with everyone.
Because this is not just a burgeoning desire for expression.
This is also another way for Jiang Liu Meili to express her affection for Mai Shiro Jingjie.
However, when Maijo Kyosuke, whose mind is only filled with mystery novels, will be able to decipher this meaning remains an unknown question.
"My Six Dimensions of Reasoning" evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a mystery novel from six different dimensions.
"The score for each dimension represents the quality of the book in that dimension."
"However, it is important to note that each dimension is independent, and you should not use the total score to evaluate whether a book is good or bad."
"For example, this one."
Jiang Liumei took a page from her notebook and pinned it to the wall.
"I believe everyone has already seen Teacher Wucheng's 'Convergence'."
"Because of McCarteau's inaction and failure to help, the victim was destined to die. Therefore, the story's resonance is zero. Furthermore, neither the locked room mystery nor the murder has anything to do with the trick, so the trick is also zero."
"Even so, with its writing style, logic, overall feel, and lingering aftertaste all scoring full marks, there's no doubt that 'The Conclusion' is a rare and precious masterpiece!"
"Therefore, everyone should just look at the scores of each individual dimension and not add them up to draw unreliable conclusions about who is better than whom."
After briefly introducing her rating rules, Jiang Liumei began her evaluation of "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates" and "The Third Statute of Limitations".
"The reason I brought out the six-dimensional diagram of 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates' is twofold: firstly, because I was pressed for time last time and was unable to draw the six-dimensional diagram of 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates'."
"So this time, I brought out the six-dimensional table from 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates' to compare with 'The Third Statute of Limitations'."
Let's make a comparison.
"First and foremost is the writing style."
"I don't think there's much to discuss about the writing style of Ms. Wu Cheng's short stories. The fact that she can clearly express the double logic of elimination in 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' and use ancient Greek tragedy to reflect motivation is enough to give 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' a perfect score."
"As for 'The Third Limitation'? In the entire history of Japanese mystery fiction, how many writers have been able to depict the diverse lives of police officers in such a short story?"
"Mr. Mai's skill in character portrayal is truly profound. Putting aside the other detectives, just considering Sergeant Kusami and Detective Mori Takahiro, the ability to depict characters with such depth and realism seems to be something only masters like Mr. Matsumoto Seicho and Mr. Morimura Seiichi could achieve!"
Jiang Liumei swallowed hard and continued, "The second item is resonance."
"The resonance of 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' comes from maternal love. Although the motive for the crime seems a bit ridiculous, it also stems from a mother's expectation that her children will not bear the burden of sin. In addition, Ariake Shoji deserved to die anyway, so I gave it 100 points."
"I originally intended to give 0 points to 'The Third Time Limit' because while reading the story, I always felt that Class Monitor Nan was too cold-blooded, which even made me feel very resistant."
"But when I heard Mr. Tatara and Minister Mikoshiba's interpretation, I was surprised to find that contemporary mystery novels, especially hard-boiled and social mystery novels that emphasize emotions," are always expressing themes of salvation and redemption.
"This subconsciously draws us into the author's train of thought while reading the story, and we might even develop sympathy for the murderer!"
"Although this may represent the writer's style, the general public also enjoys reading these kinds of heartwarming and redemptive stories."
"But we must understand that Ms. Maishiro has written a police novel this time," and since it's a police novel, it should naturally be treated with the standards of a police novel!
"Although Nanami showed no emotion and used a terrifying scheme to force Yukie to confess, which made us feel that she was very heartless, think about it: Yukie is a criminal, and there's nothing to sympathize with her for. In the story of 'The Third Statute of Limitations,' the people we should empathize with are the police!"
"Catching criminals and bringing justice to victims—that is the sacred duty of the police!"
"In police novels, get out of my way with all the so-called touching emotions!"
"May there be more police officers like Sergeant Nanami in this world!"
Jiang Liu's beautiful words were well received by the public. Quan Tian Wanzhi was the first to applaud, using applause to express his praise: "Ms. Jiang Liu is right!"
"I also said what I originally wanted to say."
"If I were to rate the resonance of 'The Third Time Limit', it would undoubtedly be 100 points."
"Because Ms. Mai Cheng demonstrated remarkable restraint, achieving perfection without favoring either side!"
"Besides, isn't there also Takahiro Mori, the empathetic type?"
"I believe that if it were Mori Takahiro, he could definitely build a happy family with Arisa, Akiko, and Koichi!"
Hearing Quan Tian Wanzhi's agreement, Jiang Liu Meili smiled and nodded: "Next are the third and fourth items, logic and trickery."
"I'll combine these two points because 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' has outstanding logic and can be considered a masterpiece of Japanese adaptation of Western logical reasoning," yet it lacks any tricks.
"The tricks hidden beneath the story in 'The Third Statute of Limitations' are excellent, and the game between the police and the suspect is also very exciting."
"Therefore, these two short mystery stories achieved completely opposite scores: 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate' has a score of 100 for logic and 0 for trickery, while 'The Third Statute of Limitations' has a score of 0 for logic and 100 for trickery."
Jiang Liumei took a sip of water and continued, "Next is about temperament and aftertaste."
In "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate," Professor Mai used a double-layered logical process of elimination to directly identify the murderer. She even presented a very tricky logical deduction: if the murderer didn't need to scrape off the serial numbers on the syringes and test tubes, then they wouldn't have wiped away their fingerprints either!
"I believe that not only me, but any reader who has read 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates' will not forget the temperament between the lines of Ms. Wu Cheng's writing, and the lingering aftertaste of logical investigation. Therefore, the temperament and aftertaste of 'The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates' are all 100 points!"
Jiang Liumei paused for a moment, then pointed to another six-dimensional table: "The Third Statute of Limitations is also similar to The Mystery of the Death Row Inmates."
"In Chapter Seven of 'The Third Statute of Limitations,' Professor Maijo, through the words of Detective Mori Takahiro and Miyajima, makes a profound exploration of the mystery of criminal motives."
"Furthermore, the so-called motive cannot be judged solely by its appearance. With such a large human population, the so-called criminal motive cannot be attributed to family education, social education, or the logic of a person's behavior."
"Furthermore, with Class President Nanami's meticulously planned scheme and repeated use of the false clue of 'timeliness,' the ending was so unpredictable that you couldn't guess it until the very last line!"
"Therefore, similarly, the overall feel and lingering impact of 'The Third Statute of Limitations' is also a perfect 100!"
Jiang Liumei's "Six-Dimensional Radar Table for Reasoning" has achieved what its scoring table could not.
Because finally, someone is not using flat, composite scores to evaluate a mystery novel.
Using the "Six-Dimensional Radar Table for Reasoning" for evaluation is a truly meaningful achievement, providing readers with the most intuitive understanding without revealing the secrets.
For example, if you like "logic flow reasoning", you can focus on logic and writing style.
If you like "alibs" and "locked room" scenarios, you can focus on the intrigue and lingering aftertaste.
If you like "social realism" or "hard-boiled mystery", you can focus on the writing style, resonance, atmosphere, and aftertaste, and ignore logic and tricks!
Realizing this, Kasai Kiyoshi, who hadn't said much until now, spoke up: "Ms. Eri, your 'Six-Dimensional Deduction Table' is a really good thing!"
"I hope you can systematically organize this and publish a collection of essays, using this six-dimensional reasoning table" to evaluate the top works of various eras!"
"I believe that with your eloquence just now, you are absolutely capable of becoming a top-notch critic and anthologist!"
Jiang Liu Meili, flattered by Kasai Kiyoshi's praise, quickly waved her hand and said, "Mr. Kasai, you're too kind. I don't have that kind of skill at all."
"True anthologies should be left to true anthologists and critics."
After Jiang Liumei finished speaking, she bowed to everyone again and returned to her seat.
After seeing that Eri had finished interpreting "The Third Time Limit," Kasai Kiyoshi looked at Maishiro Kyosuke with a faint smile on his face: "Everyone has already given their opinions on Maishiro-sensei's abilities."
"Now, even if I were to say something, there's not much worth talking about."
"All I want to ask now is for Miss Jiang Liu and Teacher Wu Cheng to give me a chance."
"Give me a chance to write the cover blurb for 'The Third Statute of Limitations' in the fourth issue of 'Top Hat' magazine!"
"I've already thought of what to write on the waistband!"
Kiyoshi Kasai took out paper and pen from his bag and wrote four large characters on the paper in a flamboyant style.
A stroke that captures the soul!
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